"ricky, wake up, please!" ricky stirred, waking up from his unexpected slumber to meet matt's hazel eyes. they were puffy and red, rimmed with tears that stained his cheeks. ricky shot up, wrapping his arms around matt tightly.

"you scared me. where the hell were you?" ricky grasped matt's jacket in fistfuls, running his hand through matt's messy mop.

"i can't fix it. they won't let me." matt sobbed, shaking his head. the taller boy leaned on ricky's shoulder, his cries muffled.

"tell me what happened." ricky pulled away, moving his arms so his hands could hold matt's face. he looked right into the swollen eyes of his lover, reading for his barrier. there was none.

"kat s-said mom and dad already took down my room. t-they stuffed my things in the basement and left it there. kat tried to deal with them, but they denied." matt shook his head, tears falling down his face and dripping on ricky's hands.

"it's not your fault."

"i don't know what i did wrong. i tried everything." matt whined, dissing ricky like he was a disobedient kindergartener.

"it's not your fault." ricky felt his eyes burn in their sockets, his mind willed themselves to not give in. once he starts crying, matt goes nuts.

"lets go. we're going somewhere." matt went rigged, his tears stopped and his sniffles. ricky pulled away, confused.

"wha-?"

"lets go!" matt shouted, grabbing ricky's hand and yanking him out the door, not caring if ricky wasn't dressed appropriately for the cold weather.

ricky let matt drag him, dumbfounded with whatever went through matt's gears.

he ended up sitting beside matt in their bmw, frozen in place as matt hurriedly pulled out and sped out of their neighborhood.

"where are we going?" he didn't hear ricky.