It had been one week since Eliza had learned Nyx's secret, and he was considering telling his own. She had thought about it for a few days and couldn't decide whether or not it would be a good idea, or whether or not it would make it seem like Eliza was fishing for attention, or invalidating Nyx. The last thing he wanted to do was hurt them in any way. They hadn't known each other for long but Eliza knew he really liked them. They were planning to have a game night that night and he thought about bringing it up then, sort of like an eye for an eye, but instead a secret for a secret. She figured she could just go with the flow and decide in the moment. It was currently 4:32 PM and he was planning to head over around 6:30 PM or so. She spent about an hour getting ready and doing her makeup and when it finally came time to leave he grabbed a deck of cards and some gummy bears he had bought for them to bet with in a game of poker. She found out that Nyx loved gummy bears when the two of them hung out and played an ice breaker game, so Eliza bought them instead of the M&M's from the first night they went on a date. He got in the car and drove over to Nyx's apartment where Nyx was waiting on the couch when she arrived and rang the doorbell. They opened the door and the two of them hugged and kissed each other chastely. They both smiled and went to the couch, the table had been cleared off and Eliza pulled out the deck of cards. She set them up for a game of Texas Hold 'em, and evenly divided the gummy bears. Whether or not she won she was going to give her candy to Nyx since he didn't really care for gummy bears. They played 10 rounds which consisted of Eliza winning, and both of them pretending Eliza didn't see when Nyx 'secretly' ate a gummy bear. They talked and laughed and played for an hour before ending up shirtless and making out again, this time on Nyx's bed instead of the couch. They tried to unbutton Eliza's pants but Eliza panicked and ended up falling backwards. Nyx looked at them confused. "What's wrong? Did I come on too strong? I'm sorry.." She simply shook her head and swallowed the lump in her throat. "You...You didn't do anything wrong. But I need to tell you something. When I was 10 I was diagnosed with severe depression, and ever since then I've self harmed. I'm sorry I didn't tell you before but I was scared of what you'd think.." He looked down at the bed in shame but soon felt a hand softly touch his face and a gentle kiss. "I don't think any less of you. Thank you for being brave enough to share that with me." Eliza smiled. She felt genuinely cared about for the first time in a while. "Thank you for not being upset with me." Nyx smiled back and leaned forward to kiss him again, and this time when they went to unbutton Eliza's jeans, she didn't resist. They both undid each other's bottoms, Eliza was wearing pants and Nyx was wearing a zip up skirt. They slipped out of their bottoms and laid together, wrapped in each other's arms still kissing. It was warm and magical and connecting and they didn't stop until their lips were red and sore. When they finally stopped they pulled away from each other and giggled breathlessly. After a moment of just laying silently they got up and got dressed again, heading to the living room to eat gummy bears, watch TV, and occasionally kissing again and admiring the fact that it tasted like fruit flavoring and sugar. As the night went on and they both got tired they ended up falling asleep together on the couch. But it was disrupted by Eliza having a nightmare. She was dreaming that she and Nyx were hanging out when suddenly the ground opened up beneath their feet and Eliza started to fall. He reached out for Nyx's hand but they wouldn't pull them up and Eliza continued to fall until she hit the ground, and that's when she woke up. He jolted awake and the movement made Nyx wake up too. They looked up at him. "What's wrong Eliza? What happened?" Eliza sat up and wiped the small bead of sweat off his forehead. "Just...A bad dream. Sorry for waking you up." Nyx told her it was ok and they laid back down, but he just couldn't fall back asleep all night. The next morning when Nyx woke up, they looked up to see Eliza staring off into space with a tired expression and wondered if it would be stupid to ask if she had gotten any more sleep after she woke up earlier. After a moment Eliza noticed that Nyx was looking at him. "Oh! You're awake! Do you want some breakfast? I can make you something, or we can doordash food. It's up to you." Nyx smiled. "I want my beautiful, handsome, and amazing significant other to make me breakfast if he's up for the task." Eliza laughed quietly and slid out from next to Nyx. "Of course I'm up for it, what're you in the mood for?" Nyx said eggs and bacon, and Eliza went to go make it with a smile. But after what was said and what happened last night, Nyx began to wonder how many of those smiles were forced.