(Warning: Jonah has a generally bad time in this chapter. I like to think he has an inexplicit panic attack but you do you. This is also mostly not in Jonah's POV {though technically none of this story is in Jonah's POV since it's not first person}.)

The kiss only lasted a few seconds before Jonah realized what was happening and abruptly pulled away.

"Jonah..." Cyrus started after a few seconds of silence. However, Jonah didn't want to stick around to the end to hear about how Cyrus felt bad because he was taken and didn't feel the same way. So, he just ran. Ran away from Cyrus, ran away from the park, ran away from his problems.

It didn't take him long to get home because he focused more on getting away than fatigue or his shallow breathing. Unfortunately for him, he was the only one in the apartment. He didn't know where his mom was, but she wasn't home.

He sat in front of the door while everything caught up with him. All his emotions came crashing down on him and he started to sob. "Stupid, stupid, stupid!" He grumbled, pulling at his hair.

Now, here alone in his apartment with his thoughts, the tidal wave of realization drowned him in regret. Cyrus was never going to talk to him again and TJ was going to beat him up for kissing his boyfriend. He could never ever speak to either of them again, let alone be near them.

It took Jonah a while to calm down. I mean, there was no one there to help him, he was all alone. After about 15 minutes, he managed to collect himself enough to get off the floor. If he was going to have a complete break down, he at least wanted it to be in the solitude of his room.

However, located practically on the other side of town, two boys were sat on the bed of one of the boys. More specifically, TJ and Cyrus were in TJ's room, the younger of the two wrapped up in his boyfriends arms. He had already explained what happened in the park with Jonah.

"Do you think Jonah's going to be okay? I'm worried about him..." TJ nuzzled his face into the boy's neck.

"I don't know, Cy. I don't know if now's the best time to talk to him about it, though." Cyrus sighed. "I think you should give him some space for a while, let him clear his head."

"But what if he thinks I'm avoiding him? If I kissed my best friend, I'd be terrified of losing him. I don't want Jonah to think I'm upset or disgusted or--"

"Well, then, maybe you should talk to him. Tell him about how you feel about him." Cyrus moved out of TJ's arms and moved to face him.

"But, Theo, what if he doesn't actually like me? What if he just kissed me or something? Then what will I do? What if he's weirded out by the fact that I like him and have a boyfriend? What if--"

"Cyrus, I understand you're scared and anxious, but you sound a little ridiculous. Why would he just kiss you for no reason? It makes no sense. Plus, you've made him blush before! He totally has a thing for you."

"But...what about you?" TJ simply averted his gaze to the side and shrugged.

"That's a good question." TJ shifted his gaze to his lap before looking his boyfriend in the eyes. "I guess we'll have to talk to Jonah to find out, huh?" Cyrus rolled his eyes fondly.

"I guess so." He said with a small smile and a casual shrug. "I think we should head over there now." TJ smiled and nodded.

"You go wait for me downstairs, 'kay?"

After a few minutes, the two boys walked together to Jonah's apartment complex. It had been a while since Cyrus had been to Jonah's apartment, since he and Buffy helped the Becks move in, and TJ had yet to actually go to the apartment.

When they reached the door, TJ knocked. However, even after standing there for a couple minutes, they never received an answer. That just made Cyrus more worried, and TJ did his best to comfort and reassure his boyfriend.