the title has nothing to do with the chapter it's just something i thought should be known thanks

"so, what are we?" ryan asked, walking next to brendon, hand in hand around the mall. they had just finished walking around claires, making fun of everything. they were then abruptly thrown out when brendon fell over laughing and knocked over a stand of children's makeup. 

ryan ran out of the store laughing as brendon was yelled at and thrown out by the manager. when brendon came out, he was laying on the floor crying of laughter.

brendon looked at ryan as he gently swung their arms between them, "what do you mean what are we?"

"you know...what are we?" ryan asked again, "are we boyfriends? friends? friends with benefits? fuck buddies? meme whores? what are we, my guy?"

brendon made an 'o' shape with his mouth and shrugged slightly, "what do you want to be?"

"don't put this pressure on me, my guy. i will get overwhelmed and i will cry," ryan replied, causing brendon to give a small smile and chuckle under his breath. in his mind, he went over his thoughts about what to say to the cute boy next to him.

"do you like, i don't know. wanna be my boyfriend?" brendon asked, subconsciously preparing to drop ryan's hand if he said no.

ryan turned to him and quickly kissed him. brendon released ryan's hand and put his hands on the thin boy's waist. ryan reached up and wrapped his arms around the taller's neck. they shared a kiss that was long overdue. despite not regretting it for a second, ryan wished brendon put on some fucking chapstick because that boy's lips were all rough and shit. 

ryan was the one to pull away first, blushing and looking down at the tiled floor. "i'll take that as a yes?" brendon asked with a smirk and ryan nodded, taking the boy's hand again.

from across the mall, they heard a scream. 

both of them looked up and watched as lyndsey gunnulfsen ran across the mall and leaping onto ryan, bringing them crashing down. luckily, they didn't hit the floor that hard or else they both probably would have died. ryan, looking dumbfounded, shouted, "you need to fucking stop doing that!"

"no! you guys just kissed! what the fuck! when did it become a thing!" lynn screamed as alexa quickly darted over, looking completely concerned for her girlfriend and one of her friends.

"it became a thing right before you fucking tackled me to the ground and broke my back!"

lynn got up and off of ryan, alexa helping him up as the younger of the two girls walked over to brendon. she backed him up into the wall and looked up at him. lynn was about 5'7 and brendon was 6'0, so it was very funny to look at. she tried to be intimidating as she put her hand on the boy's chest and went, "listen here fucker. if that boy right there," she pointed to ryan, "ever calls me crying saying that you broke his heart, i swear right here, right now on everything that i love i will slap you into the next century. that is my son right there. i am his actual mother. okay? i will fucking murder you if you hurt a single hair on his fucking head, got it?"

"yes, ma'am," brendon said and alexa broke out into laughter, "now, will you leave us alone so i can take my new boyfriend on a proper date?"