Nero (Made Men 1)

Nero followed Vincent out the back school doors; they were hardly used and only there in case of an emergency. Walking out, they headed along the school building, following the smell. When they reached the rich-boy douchebags smoking pot, it was everything Nero could do not to beat the shit out of Sebastian right then and there.

“Get the fuck out of here.” Nero wanted to make it clear they didn’t want to finish their weed, but mostly, he enjoyed watching them run.

When Sebastian tried to make a run for it, too, Nero pushed him hard, making him fall backwards. “I don’t think so.”

“Hey, I didn’t do anything.” Sebastian held up his hands.

Nero squatted down beside him. “Nothing? Really? So, you didn’t happen to fucking throw the milk at Elle’s face?”

“No-no, of course not. You think I could really throw something across the cafeteria and not miss?”

Nero watched Sebastian practically shed a few tears. “Yeah, you’re probably right. I bet you can’t even aim your piss in the toilet.”

Sebastian tried to smile and laugh. “Yeah, I can’t even do that.”

“I guess you didn’t happen to see who did, then?”

Sebastian violently shook his head.

Nero looked up at Amo and Vincent standing above them. “What do you think? You think he’s telling us the truth?”

Vincent smiled. “Maybe we should help him remember.”

Sebastian was practically crying now. “No. I-I don’t know anything, I swe—”

“All right, calm down.” He needed Sebastian to get his next message. “Now, I’m going to give you one last chance. You tell us right now everything you have done to Elle and Chloe, and I will make sure I won’t let Amo kill you.”

Nero watched Sebastian look up toward Amo. Amo didn’t have to make himself look scary. He’s already scary as fuck.

Sebastian thought about his next words. “I haven’t fucking touched them.”

Nero grabbed Sebastian’s face over his mouth, squeezing as hard as he could without popping his fucking head off. “If I find out you’re fucking lying to me, I promise, you will be unrecognizable by the time I get done with you. Understand?”

Sebastian nodded as hard as he could and Nero shoved his face down, making his head meet the concrete floor. Sebastian finally let his tears run.

“Now you can get the fuck out of here.”

Nero watched Sebastian get up and scramble off. Yeah, just like a little bitch. He really couldn’t do much more to Sebastian no matter how much he wanted to smash the liar’s face in. Elle was right; they had to be smart about what they did on school grounds. However, outside of these walls was going to be a completely different story.

Nero stood back up and noticed his crew didn’t look very pleased. Hell, Nero wasn’t pleased that he couldn’t hurt Sebastian the way he would like.

“We find someone to talk and tell us everything. Then, we get him outside of school.” Nero needed them to focus. Like Elle said, look at the bigger picture.

“Fine.” Vincent wasn’t happy about his choice, but he wasn’t the one calling the shots.

Amo started walking away. “I’m going back to class.”

Nero had known Amo wasn’t going to approve. When Amo wanted to hurt someone, he didn’t care if they were innocent or guilty; he would kill and not give a shit. Nero knew this because he normally would act the same way, but this time, it was different. He had to take Elle into consideration, and he wanted this handled properly.

Nero watched Amo walk away and out of sight. He leaned his back up against the school and squeezed the bridge of his nose. He was starting to really regret his decision.

Vincent leaned against the wall beside him. “He’ll come around. You know how Amo gets when he wants to kill something.”

“Yeah, which is making me want to change my mind.”

“As much as I want to chop Sebastian’s fucking dick off, you’re right. It’ll be much more fun hurting him after we know what he’s done.” Vincent said exactly how he felt, and it helped Nero accept his decision.

He relaxed his muscles. “It will be, won’t it?”

Vincent smiled. “It will, but I don’t know if it will be as much fun as what you and Elle did in the girls’ locker room. I’m guessing you took complete advantage of the situation?”

Nero had taken advantage of Elle being hit in the head. I deserve something from it if I can’t kill someone.

Nero looked over at Vincent and saw him look at his neck. Nero smiled, remembering how hard Elle had bitten him. He would have never guessed Elle would be the rough type. The bite had caused him to give in and play with her.

“Of course I did. She got me good, didn’t she?” He hadn’t looked at it yet, although he could feel he had a nice mark on him.

Vincent laughed. “She did. Damn, please tell me you took my advice.”

“Oh, I got her on her knees, but I want her crawling.”

“Oh, God, you didn’t. Nero, it’s the polite thing to do; girl gets on her knees and you give her something to do.” Vincent started shaking his head at him.

Nero smiled at him. “Just think about how much more fun it will be after she’s been down there a while.”

“Man, you’re fucking lucky I know you actually like her; otherwise, I’d show her the hospitable thing to do. Wait, you like her, right? Because we do have a good thing going with the other girls at school.”

Nero didn’t even have to think. “Touch her, and I’ll chop your fucking dick off.”

“So, that means I can at least think about her suck—”

* * *

Elle couldn’t wait for Spanish class to end. She was too anxious to see if the guys would actually be there because, if they weren’t, well, she and Chloe would no longer be able to continue at Legacy Prep.

When the bell rang, Elle wasn’t anxious anymore to get up and see if they were out there. I know they couldn’t help themselves. She thought about how pissed their faces were in the gym. There’s no way they couldn’t.