Liking his identity as a Key being secret, he made sure to live a life that would allow him to be under the radar. That was no longer possible for Tyler. Mike never cared at all about being hidden or subtle about it. He flaunted that he was a Red Key and milked it for all that he was worth. It was his right. Elijah just shrugged and turned to look at Tyler. Tyler stood and raised an eyebrow. Elijah asked "Have you been fucking your girlfriend? Have you been using the Lock?" Tyler seemed taken aback. He snorted as he thought it was a joke. When he realized it was not, he got a bit defensive. He said "Yeah, of course I fuck my girlfriend. We have been dating since we were in high school. My Lock isn't that useful so I usually use the special condoms." There were very special condoms that you could use that protected you from the effects of the person's colored Lock or Key. You had to get them from special clinics. "So, she hasn't gotten obsessed with you?" Elijah prodded. "Shut the hell up! Stop poking around my business. We love each other." Tyler snapped. Elijah backed off with his hands up.
Inciting and upsetting Tyler was not really what he wanted to do. He just wanted to understand his situation. "As long as you know what you're doing. Mike and I are here for you if you need some help." Tyler calmed down and it seemed that they were cool. They returned to the party and hung out together. Mike then came over and they talked for the rest of the party. Some of the other partygoers came to congratulate him before leaving. When the party was done, everyone had to share in the cleaning duties. Elijah was totally fine with helping out and the frat house was clean in under an hour. It was mostly due to Mike. His power was super speed. Apparently, he had a random guy at the party to fuck while Elijah was with Ryanne. Mike was able to zip around and do lots of chores. Ian gathered everyone up and we addressed the fact that Tyler was a White Lock. We came to the agreement we would not tell anyone about it. If anyone asked, we would cover for him. There were some people not in the frat that saw it, but we could still keep things locked down. Tyler looked very grateful.
Mike went straight to his room after the meeting and the rest of the frat house residents dispersed. Elijah had some homework to do, so he went to his room for the night to get it all done. He worked until he finished it and went to bed. The next day, he went to a couple of his classes and turned the assignments in. After that, he decided to walk around the campus for a change of pace. He ran into some of the partygoers and some people that heard of the party but did not attend. They were nice and gave him their congratulations. He made sure to thank them all when they talked to him. As he walked along, he saw Mike talking to someone and they started laughing. He was going to approach them when they turned to look at someone approaching from the opposite direction. The path they were on was a narrow dirt road. There was a pair of wooden benches with iron dividers. When the other person got to them, Mike and his conversation partner went very quiet. Elijah got there not too long later. All 3 of them looked guilty. That raised a big red flag in Elijah's mind. "What's going on here?"
