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(Michael's living room)

I followed Michael back to his house. I never thought that I would come back to this small house unless we were studying.

Michael unlocked the many locks and passed through the door, "Mom I'm back. I also brought a friend over if you don't mind."

As he said that I heard a loud gasp and heavy footsteps getting closer to the entrance. "FRIEND no way!!! Michael brought home a friend let me achoo... let me see." A middle-aged woman with visible wrinkles popped up in front of me said with a bright smile. But I could tell she wasn't feeling well. She looked me up and down then turned to Michael and gave him a thumbs up. "Great catch"

Michael rolled his eyes, "Mom seriously you are nowhere in the right shape to be doing that. Go back into the room and sleep. I will have lunch ready for you in a few minutes." He said walking past her.

"Party pooper," She said and winked at me as she went back into the room she rushed out of.

I looked at Michael and he had a pink face as he mumbled something in his hands.

"She seems energetic," I said not really sure how else I should react to that. And also what did she mean by good catch?

"Yeah I know sometimes I wonder who is the younger one." I took off my shoes and followed Michael into the kitchen and watched him put all the ingredients away. But I couldn't help but look around at the new room. I know it might sound terrible but, I have never been in a kitchen in my whole life. So all this was new to me.

He looked over his shoulders as he placed some cans in a cabinet, "Hyugo it's ok you don't have to wait for me in here. You can go to the living room and I will be right out there soon." Michael said

"Ok" I said leaving the room to go into the other.

I looked around and saw a couch and I sat on it. I was comfy and cozy, I quickly made myself at home and relaxed trying to put the whole thing that happened in school behind me for now. "So tell me about yourself."

"Ah" I yelled when I heard a voice from behind the couch.

I looked behind me and saw Michael's mom with her fingers up to her mouth "Quiet or he will figure out I'm not in bed. He is such a worrywart I must tell you." She whispered

"But shouldn't you be getting better?" I questioned

"And miss Michael's first boyfriend. You must be dreaming." She said as she lightly slapped my arm.

My eyebrows curled up."Boyfriend?"

"Yeah aren't you his boyfriend." She said turning to me.

"No I'm not but, then again I don't know what we are either," I said thinking about it. Are we acquaintances, study partners, or something else?

She was laughing to herself in a mischievous way, "Let me guess you are torn about if you view him as a friends or something more. But you are scared of it being more because you are in denial." She started to say her smile becoming bigger every second.

"What no. It isn't like that between us." I said waving my hands in her face. I think my face was getting red for some reason too.

"I know sweetie it's ok you don't need to li—-" She was cut off

From behind we both heard someone clearing their throat. We both slowly looked up at an annoyed Michael as he turned his glare to his mother, "Mom gets in bed right now or else you can just be eating Chinese delivery for lunch." Michael threatened.

Her face quickly changed into pure terror, "No anything but that you know I hate that places food." She pleaded

"Then stop bothering him and go into the room." He said pointing to the room.

"I just wanted to get to know your boyfriend." His mom said with a pout on her face.

His eyes glanced as me for a second, I'm actually shocked with myself for even catching it and his mom said that, "Mom like I told you he isn't my boyfriend he is just a friend." Michael yelled his face getting noticeably redder.

"That isn't what he said though." She said as she laughed to herself and disappeared into the room leaving me and Michael all by ourselves in the living room.

he let out a big sigh as he dropped himself on the couch right next to me, "Sorry about that don't take her seriously. She just really enjoys boys' love and always wanted me to have a boyfriend." He said rubbing the back of his neck and sitting next to me on the tiny couch.

"Are you gay?" I hesitantly asked.

"No, but I am bisexual. But when I told my mom she told me to just say that I was gay. But she means no harm really." Michael said eyeing the door.

I looked at him but I couldn't fully process what he had said before my stupid mouth started running, "Wait you don't think of me in that light right?" I said suddenly getting self-conscious. How would I react if he did anyway?

"Hum I don't know, I have been dying to see how you would look like without a shirt on," Michael said bringing a hand up to his chin and looking at me seductively.

"Wait for real!!!" I said my eyes going big.

"Of course not are you crazy. Who would fall in love with a snotty rich kid like you." He said with a small smirk forming on his face.

I looked at him blankly why did I feel hurt when he said that about me. I already know it is true so why. I couldn't look at Michael's face anymore, I looked at everything else other than him. "Hey, why are you avoiding me?" He asked.

"I'm not," I said as I suddenly found the corner of toys so interesting. "Oh, I just realized something. Where are the girls, and I guess the boys too?" I said trying to change the topic.

Next thing I knew his hand gripped my chin tightly and forced it to face him. His face looked irritated and pissed off. "Hyugo," He said as he let go of my chin and flicked my forehead. "You are such an idiot I knew you were close-minded but seriously."

"I'm sorry it's just it's my first time meeting someone who was queer so I didn't know how to react," I said holding the spot he had hit.

"Fine, I will forgive you for now," Michael said sitting back on the couch.

"Good" I sighed in relief under my breath.

He didn't let the room get silent though, "But you have to tell me what happened in the morning. You were a crying mess." He said now jumping from one topic to another without any warning.

I shook my head, "Please don't mention that. It's embarrassing." I said as I put my face in my hands I still couldn't believe I stooped that low. Who am I anymore?

I calmed down and raised my head and turned my body to face Michael head-on. "Have you ever felt like people don't truly love you but act like they do?"

"No," He said without any hesitation or second thought.

I was taken aback for a second, "Seriously never at all," I said looking at him like he was crazy, no inhuman.

"Nope most of my life I kept to myself not really invited into conversations with anyone." He said shrugging like it is a normal thing.

"Then what about me?" I asked thinking about he is talking to me.

"Oh you just irritated me so much in how you were so oblivious to so many things around you," Michael said eyeing me.

I pouted, "No I'm not," I argued.

"Yes you are Hyugo and know I might be stepping my boundaries but, I feel like you just figured out the people you called friends were just after your money." He said lowly, watching how I would react. And let me just say I didn't act nicely.

"No no that's not true," I yelled my face getting red in anger.

"Yes it is, face reality." Michael is saying all this but the way he says it with no emotion just pissed me off so much.

I covered my ears so I wouldn't hear his nonsense. "No, you're wrong this is all just a terrible joke. I have true friends." I said c

"Hyugo" He softly said reaching out to take my hands off my ears.

"No shut up." I slapped his hand away from me.

"Hyugo"

"Be quiet present. Why am I even in this excuse of a house anyways. I'm leaving." I got off of the couch and rushed for the door. My mind is everywhere I don't need Michael if anything I am just troubling him more being this shameful.

"HYUGO" I turned around about to yell back at him but I was slapped right across the face. Hard.

I held my cheek and looked at Michael who was even more pissed off compared to when I was avoiding him earlier.

"Would you shut up for once. I swear I will beat the living hell out of you. Let me speak you piece of shit." He snapped. His neck vein was popping out so much and his knuckles started to turn white too. Why was he even mad in the first place? This has nothing to do with him at all.

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