Ermagherd guys! 216 reads! Fan-bloody-tastic!! It a long one here! This here little chappy's gonna have quite a few music references in it (what can I say I fan) and the names of some songs I really think you should check out. Also, a sneaky surprise with a few characters >:) Hope you enjoy! Laika out!

-Brice's POV-

As we went into school, every pair of eyes were trained on us.

There was a tense, uncomfortable feeling in the air, as people stares burnt into Seto and I.

We moved forward, Seto clinging tightly onto my hand, me not letting go. There we're cold glares and snickers thrown our way as we made our way to our lockers.

People stared at us as if we were lepers and avoided walking next to us. Then, out of nowhere, somebody shoved Seto, and he stumbled, almost tripping me up. I caught him and held him close as we continued down.

People turned away from us when we got to our lockers, dirty looks and muttered insults from others.

We got out our things and closed our lockers. As I turned around, I saw a group of girls move forward and push Seto into the lockers.

They knocked his bag from his hands and made him fall over, slamming his back into the hard floor.

I yelled at them and they strutted off, laughing as I crouched down to help Seto.

He stood up leaning against the wall, face in his hands, his petite frame wracked with sobs.

I wrapped my arms around him and leant his head against my shoulder as he wept into my chest.

I rested my chin on his head and rubbed small circles on his back, comforting him and trying to take away some of you pain, giving death glares to anyone staring.

The bell rang and everyone else went to class, as I waited, holding Seto, until the halls were empty.

I released him and lifted his head, touching our foreheads together as I held my hands on the back off his neck.

"Shhh, don't cry. It's ok baby, be strong. We can make it. They don't matter." I whispered to him, quietening him down somewhat.

He smiled weakly and I kissed his nose, letting my lips linger for a few seconds.

I picked up his bag, handing it to him, and I walked with my arm around his shoulders to first period.

When we got to the classroom, Seto hid behind me, looking down as we walked to find some seats.

The whole class was staring as us as we went past, apart from two boys near the back who were grinning at us, motioning for us to sit with them at their table.

Ignoring the rest, Seto and I sat next to the two boys. Before we could speak to them, the teacher appeared.

"Ok class, due to an error today I have no lesson plan, so you can talk among yourselves as long as it's quiet."

The class erupted into noise and Seto and I were forgotten for now.

The two boys turned and grinned at us. The first one, a tall guy wearing a suit and a bacca hat, stuck out his hand to me.

"Hi, my names Jerome. Jerome Aceti." I shook his hand and the other boy then spoke up.

"And my names Mitch Hughes, call me Mitchell and you'll have a problem." he smiled and I laughed as I shook his hand.

He had on a checkered jacket and looked so different in comparison to Jerome.

"My names Brice, and this is Seto." I gestured towards Seto. He pressed himself against me and hid more. I chuckled and turned back to a curious Jerome and Mitch.

"Sorry, he's really shy, especially around new people." I explained, squeezing Seto's hand reassuringly.

They nodded and Jerome said "Hey Seto! Don't worry, I don't bite!"

He grinned devilishly and showed his gleaming white teeth. "Much..." muttered Mitch, shoving him playfully.

Jerome giggled and leaned in towards Mitch, kissing his neck making him giggle as well.

"Yeah, but you love it really." he mumbled into his neck, kissing him again and making Mitch blush.

"Wait, you're together??" I asked, surprised, bringing them back to the conversation abruptly.

They jumped back to reality, forgetting we had been there. Jerome grabbed Mitch's hand, and said defensively in a low growl "Yeah, you got a problem with that?"

I smiled and sat back, showing Jerome and Mitch mine and Seto's intertwined hands. Seto still clung to my side, scared of the confrontation.
M"Of course not doofus, we haven't got a problem at all!" I chuckled, and they instantly calmed down, cooing as Seto ducked back down timidly.

We all sat there grinning, until I felt a small tug on my sleeve. Seto sat forward and looked shyly at Mitch and Jerome.

He extended his arm hesitantly and Mitch and Jerome shook it. 'Hi, I'm Seto.' he signed after quickly pulling his hand back.

I glanced back at the two and stifled a laugh at their confused faces.

"Ummm..." Mitch began, unsure what to say. Jerome just sat there completely confused.

"Oh, sorry, forgot to mention. Seto's mute. He just said hi to you." I said sheepishly, rubbing the back of my neck, translating what Seto had signed.

"Oh thats cool." Mitch said, slightly surprised.

We talked for a while about random things before I felt Seto poke me again. He started signing to me and I turned back to Jerome and Mitch.

"Seto wants to know how he's never seen you two around before, a gay couple I mean." I translated, cocking my head quizzically.

Jerome shrugged. "Well we've been dating for a while now and we don't really hide it. I guess you've only seen us now because we only just got transferred to this class. The last teacher we had gave us... quite a bit of grief, when she found out about us."

He clenched his jaw and curled his hands into fists. Mitch gently put his hands on his boyfriends shoulder and immediately all his anger subsided.

"It's ok biggums don't get mad, she's a dumb bitch anyway." he whispered, and Jerome smiled back at Mitch and gave him a quick but affectionate peck on the lips.

"So, how did you two meet?" I asked, wanting to get to know these two better.

"Well, we've known each other since 4th grade, but one day, last year, we had a fight about... something, and at the same time realised we loved each other. It was mutual I guess. He was so nervous when he told me how he felt though, it was adorable! I'm sure I was the same." Jerome gave Mitch a squeeze and Mitch giggled.

He turned back to us. "So, you know how we met, now we want to know how you two met." I could feel Seto tense and hide behind me again.

"Do you want me to tell them babe, or do you want me to make something up?" I whispered in his ear. He exhaled and signed back, just so I could see.

'No it's ok, you can tell them - but can I join in sometimes?' I smiled at him and kissed the top of his head reassuringly.

"Well, it all started first day of term," I began, talking quietly to Mitch and Jerome, who had leant in to hear better.

"I was walking down the road when I saw these three arseholes beating someone up. I went over to help the guy they had beaten once they left and I met Seto."

I opened my mouth to continue but stopped when I saw that Seto wanted to talk. He began signing and I translated.

"When Brice first come over, I was so cautious and nervous. Nobody had ever helped me like that before and I felt completely alien to me. After that we became friends. I had a panic attack last Friday and Brice was with me all the time at the hospital. When we came home at the weekend -"

"We were already roommates at this point." I interjected.

"- we confessed our love and, well, here we are." Seto finished, giving me an annoyed look for interrupting in the middle.

I beamed at Seto. He had come so far from not trusting anybody to being able to talk to virtual strangers in just a few weeks.

Once he finished, Seto wrapped an arm around my waist and buried into my side, content and smiling. He was still shy so I didn't force him to talk anymore.

"So there you go guys. That's our story!" I said, chuckling.

I talked to Mitch and Jerome - or Merome as I called them - until the bell went for next period.

"See you doods at lunch?" Jerome asked. We agreed and left for next period.

We walked down the corridor with my arm around Seto's shoulders protectively and his arm still around my waist.

We continued to get stares and whispers as we walked to music class. Some comments made Seto cling tighter to me and tears well up in his eyes.

"What's a normal gut like Solace doing with a dumb weirdo like that?

(When I say dumb I mean the fact that he is mute idk it's another term for it)

"I bet he's only going out with him out of pity!"

"I hope they both burn in hell!"

"What a freak! How can Brice stand it?"

One by one, the snide comments made my jaw clench and a low growl echo in my throat.

I glared at and flipped off as many people as I could and hurried to music. Once we entered the classroom, Seto let go and walked behind me, head down.

I held his hand and guided him to our table at the back. We got a few looks of disgust from the rest of the class.

Someone even flicked a spitball at Seto. Why was he getting the brunt of the abuse? We were both together, so why was he getting it all? I glared at them all.

"Take a picture it'll last longer!" I snarled. They all turned around and muttered among themselves. I looked back at Seto to see that he had silent tears running down his cheeks.

"Hey, Seto, it's ok. I doesn't matter what they think, the only thing that matters it that I love you, alright?" I whispered.

He nodded sadly and I wiped away his tears with the back of my hand. I had my other hand on his knee the entire lesson, soothing him and reassuring that everything was fine.

At the end of the lesson, as we were just about to leave, Miss Beaufort called us to the front. Once we were the only ones left in the room, she spoke to us.

"Now boys, I know you two are together," she began. Seto grabbed my hand and held it anxiously. I squeezed back and continued listening to Miss Beaufort.

"I have absolutely no problem with it, as long as it doesn't affect your school work. However, the rest of the class do not seem as open with it. How about during lessons, you work in the old room. There are a couple of other students in a similar situation to you who go there, and I trust you two to be able to get the work done. Would you feel better about doing that?"

I was speechless. I just nodded furiously and pulled Seto in for a hug.

"Thank you so much miss, this is the best! Thank you thank you thank you!" I smiled, for both of us.

She beamed at us. "No problem. As long as the work gets done I'm completely supportive of you two, and the others. They'll also be in there after school, would you like to join them to catch up, seeing as you missed last Friday?"

We both nodded and Seto came out from behind me. 'Thank you miss' he signed to her, and I translated, smiling at her joyful reaction. We both left and went to next class.

*

We sat with Jerome and Mitch at lunch and found out they were also staying after school with Miss Beaufort, as well as another couple they were friends with.

When the bell rang, at the end of the day, we made our way to the old music room.

Seto hesitated at first, still bad memories of his panic attack coming back, but I held him close and he seemed fine after that.

We went in and spotted Mitch and Jerome chatting with another couple we didn't know. Jerome waved us over and we sat around a large table in the centre.

"Hey guys! Glad you made it! Here, let me introduce you to some friends of ours." He gestured towards the two others.

"The guy with the sunglasses and slight butter obsession is Adam, but just call him Sky."

"Sup." Adam said, with a slight nod and a grin. He seemed pretty mellow, but I could sense the excitement in his eyes. maybe he's ADD or something. I returned it and turned to the other guy.

"And that's Sky's boyfriend, the one with the headphone, Ty." Ty gave us a small wave and blushed when Sky put a hand in his thigh.

He seemed laid back as well, although the way he was sitting showed he was probably the more mature one of the couple.

"Hi doods, I'm Brice, and this is my boyfriend, Seto." I said to them in greeting, holding Seto's hand.

Just as he had done when meeting Merome, Seto hid into me and buried his head in the crook of my neck. I played with his hair and chuckled as Sky and Ty aww'd.

"He's really shy, sorry guys. He's also mute, but can use sign language. So if you want to speak babe, I can translate for you, ok?" I spoke to them all so they could hear but directed the last part at Seto.

"That's cool doods. I know a little sign language myself so it'll be a bit easier for you." Ty said. Almost to prove his point, he began signing to Seto.

"Hey Seto. Cool name by the way! Hope we can be great friends!"

Seto looked back at him and smiled sheepishly. 'Hello Ty. I hope we can be friends too.' he replied.

I laughed at Adam, Mitch and Jerome's dumbstruck faces as Seto and Ty talked.

"Sorry to interrupt you two, but the others are starting to catch flies." I said to them. Ty chuckled and needed grabbing Sky's hand and putting it around his own shoulders.

After a short conversation with them we continued our projects. Seto and I had finished putting the pictures on our board, the only thing we had to do was think of our songs.

I already had one for Seto, but I just had to come up with one for myself. I got out a laptop and began browsing the Internet looking for songs.

Soon I found one which I think suited me. It was 'Wake Me Up' by Avicii. I typed up the lyrics to both songs as I hummed the tune.

Once I had finished, I printed them and handed the laptop to Seto for him to use. After a short pause staring at the screen, he smiled to himself and stared typing.

Once he had finished and printed, the other guys had all stopped and began comparing songs. I tugged Seto over and joined in.

"Aww, thanks babe!" I heard Sky at to Ty, who was blushing and hugged him. Once Seto and I joined, all eyes were on us.

"So, what did you pick for each other?" Jerome smirked. I smiled at Seto and kissed his cheek.

"I don't know yet but I can't wait to find out." Seto blushed and cuddled up next to me on the old couch we were sitting on.

He handed me a piece of paper with his song choices on it and I handed him mine. I smile as I watched him read it.

For him, I had picked our song, 'Superheroes'. It described all of his struggles, his passion and the reasons I loved him perfectly. Once he saw what song it was, he looked up at me, tears in his eyes.

"Don't cry baby. I love you, always remember that." I whispered. He put his arms around my neck and kissed me, a huge smile all over his face.

There were a few aww's from the guys and when Seto let go, they all smiled at us.

I looked down at the piece of paper Seto handed to me. Firstly, the song about himself, 'When I go down' by Relient K.

I thought I was a pretty compatible song for him so continued to the song he picked for me I felt a warm glow inside of me when I read it.

He had picked 'Appreciated' by Rixton. The way the songs poured out Seto's feelings was amazing.

"Seto... it's beautiful. I'm so glad you feel this way. I love you so much..." I trailed off, hugging Seto once more and planting a loving kiss on his forehead.

We pasted our songs onto our board and finished it. 'I can't believe we finally finished it.' Seto signed.

"Yeah, me either. Let's go take it to Miss Beaufort then go home." I replied.

We said goodbye to the others and took our board to Miss Beaufort's classroom. She was very pleased to see that we had finished the board.

"This is excellent you two! Both of you get an A* and this board has a place at the front of the hall when it's presentation day! I hope you win, it's an amazing piece and you are very deserving." I gave Seto a confused look. What did she mean by win?

Phew, finally finished typing! If there's any mistakes then sorry but I've been typing this on my iPad too long and it's like half twelve so I'm tired! Thanks again guys for the support you're all awesome!