NOTE: Based on The Chess Game from Falsettos but with my own twist on it. :)

    "You're so cute when you pout like that." Connor snickered, starting to put away the chess game.

    "No!" Jared was slumped down in his chair, arms crossed and bottom lip sticking out.

    Even Jared was aware he was acting childish.

    "No you're not cute?" Connor asked with a small grin.

    "No! Don't put away the game, I'll win this time." Jared insisted.

    "Okay, buddy." Connor snickered, placing the board back down on the table. "If you insist."

    "I do." Jared sat up straight and watched as Connor placed the pieces on the board.

    "You can go first." Connor hummed. Jared studied the board carefully before he made each move, but somehow Connor managed to not only make better moves, but also do it quicker. It made Jared frustrated and he wanted to flip the board, but he refused to do something so immature.

    "Lost again, Jare." Connor sighed, placing the pieces back in their places. "Do you play again-"

    Connor paused when he saw tears well up in Jared's eyes. It was clear that Jared was trying to make them go away, but he only succeed in making his eyes water more. He looked up at Connor.

    "You couldn't let me win just once?" He asked, the tears making their way past his eyelids and onto his cheeks.

    "Jare-" Connor began, but once the tears started there was no way they were going to stop. Jared sucked in a loud breath.

    "You never think about me, it's always about you." Jared accused, pushing back from the table and standing up. Connor felt his mood go from sympathetic to upset.

    "I'm the narcissistic one?" Connor scoffed, standing up from his chair as well. "You're just fucking jealous that I'm good at something and you're not."

    "You're hardly good at it, I'm just bad at it." Jared sneered, trying to push past Connor.

    "You actual dickwad!" Connor clenched his teeth. "If you walk out that door, you never come back, you hear me!"

    "Gladly!" Jared gathered his coat and ran to the bedroom to grab a few valuables.

    "I mean never, Jared." Connor warned as Jared opened the door.

    "I'm done, Connor." Jared stared at him for a second before he walked out, slamming the door shut behind him. Connor gripped his hair, angrily kicking a cabinet door before storming off to his room to destroy whatever Jared left behind.

    Jared shivered, the rain outside was freezing. He pulled out his phone and called Evan, hoping the boy would answer.

    "Hello, this is Evan."

    "I need to be picked up, now." Jared stood at the end of their driveway, his fingers were already going a bit numb from the chill.

    "Oh, can it wait, I'm-"

    "Now." Jared said before he hung up. He held his down, a few tears slipping from his face as the rain picked up.