Bryce's outfit above •3•
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Bryce opened his eyes lightly, furrowing his eyebrows at the dim light that pierced through the window. He sat up slowly, not remembering much from the night before. He looked around the unfamiliar room, until his eyes locked on to a figure right next to him. Bryce jumped lightly, but then started remembering what happened.

Bryce sighed of relief, remembering that Ryan had offered to take him to his mothers house. But, another memory struck to his mind. Ryan went to his old bed, and Bryce went to the guest room. Why was Ryan suddenly in the guest bed with Bryce?

And like on cue, Ryan stirred in his sleep until his heavy eyes finally opened. The hazel orbs searched for the blue ones, and upon finding them, Ryan smiled. "Morning, Bryce."

"I would say 'good morning', but I want to know why you're sleeping with me." Bryce chuckled, making Ryan laugh a bit.

"I got cold," Ryan admitted, sitting himself up. "We should get dressed and get back to school."

That's when Bryce noticed they were both just in their boxers—Bryce's being very short pantie like ones. He blushed, choking on his words as Ryan laughed. "It's okay. Friends can sleep with each other. Why don't you go take a shower?"

Bryce only nodded, still blushing. He sat up, quickly walking out of the room. He eventually found the bathroom, turning on the shower. 

As soon as he stepped in, he relaxed under the warm water. He wasn't used to being so relaxed, seeing that his family puts him under a lot of stress. But whenever he can get relief, he enjoys it.

But the shower made him think. He thought of how Ryan had brought him to that lake, and then joked about how it was a 'date'. Then, he started thinking about how they slept with each other in their boxers.

And then, he thought about Rick.

~Flashback~.
Bryce was in love, and he knew it. Rick and Bryce had been dating for 4 years straight, and Bryce has been very happy. But today, Rick had been acting strangely, and Bryce wanted to know why.

"What's wrong?" Bryce asked, looking at Rick. Rick averted his eyes from Bryce, the look of disgust flying across his face.

"You. I hate you." Rick answered coldly, scoffing a bit.

"What?" The look of regret, fear, and sadness flew across Bryce's face.

"You! You're the worst thing that's ever happened to me! Nobody truly loves you! You're just a huge. Fucking. Screw up!"
~Flashback end~

Bryce clutched his head at the memory, tears rolling down his face. He finally got relaxation, and then his memory screwed it up. Bryce quickly turned the shower off, just wanting to run to Ryan and cry.

But he couldn't, because nobody really loves him.
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Ryan sat on the couch, awaiting Bryce's arrival out of the shower. He had taken his own shower at his neighbor and friends, Luke's, house. The creaking of the stairs made him snap his head to the right, his eyes analyzing the hurt looking Bryce walking down the stairs.

"You okay, Bryce?" Ryan asked, standing off the couch. Bryce nodded quickly, swallowing a lump in his throat. The memory of Rick kept flashing through his head, making him cry a bit.

"Bryce..." Ryan whispered, wrapping his arms around Bryce's waist. "What's the matter?"

"Why do you care?" Bryce snapped back, his voice crackled by sadness. Ryan sighed, resting his head in the crook of Bryce's neck.

"Please tell me," Ryan begged, looking back up at Bryce. "I'll do anything if you'd just tell me."

"It's really none of your business. Let's just go," Bryce pried Ryan off of him, basically storming out the door just to get to Ryan's car.

Yet again, Ryan sighed. He grabbed the car keys, exciting the small house and heading to his car. He sighed again as he saw Bryce standing outside his car, hugging himself as he awaited Ryan to unlock the car.

"It's unlocked." Ryan stated after unlocking the car. Bryce didn't say a word, he just opened the car door and sat down in the passenger seat. Ryan sat down in the driver seat, starting the car without a word.

He peeked over to Bryce, who was obviously holding back tears. "Bryce, I want yo to know that you can tell me everything. I'm never going to judge you for anything. Just remember that."

Bryce thought about for a moment. He sniffled, but didn't respond. He was still trying to get the words out without choking. Ryan sighed again, starting to drive away with a lump in his own throat.
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Heyyy everybody!
Another (sloppy and unedited) chapter!
So tomorrow I'll be going to Spain for a month or so....
I probably won't be back until the end of April.
I'll be leaving tomorrow at around 2:00 PM, so I may get a chapter of my other BrOhm book out, and maybe a chance to edit this and other chapters.
•3• have a good day!