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“We wouldn’t have known if we hadn’t come,” Tony said with a raised brow.
“Yeah. Yeah. Can we just go home now?”
He watched Tony’s expression change from annoyed to somber and let out a sigh.
“When can we go home?” Tony asked.
He’d expected the question, but he still hadn’t quite found the answer yet.
“I don’t know. It depends.”
“On what?”
Steel pressed his lips together for a moment, then dropped his gaze to the floor.
“There’s something Kai needs to do.”
“Something dangerous, I take it?” Tony asked as he leaned back against the bed next to Steel’s. Steel sat back down, too.
“Yeah,” he said, his voice low and his head down.
“Have you been keeping him from doing it?”
He slowly raised his head and while he’d expected to see anger for keeping them in hiding for this long, all he saw was understanding in his brother’s eyes.
“We’ve been safe there. We don’t know if there is still someone after Kai. You and Trina are in danger because I love him,” he said.
Tony crossed his arms and gave Steel a stern look.
“Don’t do that. We chose to go with you and not because we were in danger. The Disciples would’ve kept us safe at home, too. We wanted to be there for you and Kai.”
He stared at his brother, unable to form a single word, so instead of saying some gibberish, he pushed away from his bed and wrapped his arms around Tony instead.
“You’ve always been there for me,” Tony said. “It was about time I was there for you, too.”
Steel squeezed a bit tighter, ignoring the pain in his body. It wasn’t that bad. His arm was fine. The knee would take some time to heal from the sprain, but he’d be alright.
They didn’t speak much on the drive to the safehouse, both seemingly lost in their thoughts. He knew Tony and Trina wanted to go home and he was the one keeping them there because he was afraid of what Kai would have to do to ensure their safety.
Tony was parking the car before he even realized they’d driven for almost an hour.
He unbuckled his belt and got out of the car with almost no wincing. Tony walked around the car and looked like he was about to ask if he needed help.
“I’m fine.”
Tony pressed his lips together and took off toward the front door. Steel followed with a sigh.
Walking inside, they found Trina and Kai in the kitchen. Trina was mixing something in a bowl while Kai was munching on whatever ingredients she hadn’t put in yet. The sight made him smile.
Kai looked up when he heard them and grinned at Steel.
“It’s not broken,” Tony said and walked up to Trina, placing a kiss on her cheek before he gently pulled her hands off the bowl and put the spoon she’d been using on the counter to walk her out of the room.
Steel dropped his head back with a loud groan.
“Way to be subtle, Tony,” he mumbled.
When he turned toward Kai, the man was looking at him with narrowed eyes, his arms crossed over his chest.
