(Time skip to a couple weeks later) 

"Ryan, what do I do?" Pete had rushed into the house on the verge of a panic attack. "I don't know what I'm doing anymore." Ryan was laying across the couch, staring up at a pacing Pete. 

"First of all, sit down." He motioned to the chair next to him. Pete sat at the edge and took a deep breath. "Alright, now what happened?"

Pete knew that Brendon and Ryan would leave to give Pete privacy sometimes. He just wished they were there last night so he didn't have to repeat himself now.

"We just spent the day together at his house, you know how we've been doing." Ryan nodded. "And then it got late, so he asked me to stay over and..." Pete was bouncing his leg vigorously and ran a hand through his hair. 

"You didn't sleep with him did you?" Ryan asked accusingly as he sat up. 

"No!" Pete said shaking his head. Ryan told Pete not to rush whatever he had with Patrick. For once, Pete actually agreed to Ryan's no-sex rule not caring how it upset Brendon. 

"Well, what happened?" 

"We just laid in his bed, cuddled and talked. And you know I don't cuddle." Ryan looked at him with a straight face, waiting for him to continue. "I don't know what happened. It was just the feeling of being with him and I didn't stop myself before I asked him..," Pete's voice got quiet, "to be my boyfriend."

"And he said no?" Ryan gave every ounce of his attention to Pete. He shook his head in response. "He said yes?" Ryan's eyebrows furrowed when Pete nodded. "What's the problem then? I thought you liked him." Pete ran his hand through his hair again.

"I don't do this Ry. I've never felt his way and I don't know what to do." Pete dropped his face into his hands.

"Pete, nothing's changed." Pete lifted his head slowly. "The only difference now is that you guys have a label, but you're still the same Pete and he's the same Patrick. You're just Pete and Patrick." Pete nodded as he felt himself calming down. 

Patrick came into Pete's mind. He loved waking up to have Patrick cuddled against him this morning. It was warm and comforting. The boy's hair was tousled from sleep. His snores were cute and soft. Pete wouldn't mind having more mornings like that and that's what scared him. That thought led him to sneak out of the boy's bed and out of the house without a single word. 

Ryan's words ran through his head along with Patrick. A smile spread across his face as the realization hit him. Once again, Ryan's eyebrows furrowed in confusion. He leaned back and eyed Pete curiously. 

"What?" 

"So I have boyfriend?," Pete whispered through his smile. He felt butterflies fluttering in his stomach. Ryan smiled back and shook his head in disbelief. He didn't think he'd ever see a man have this effect over Pete. 

"Is this what it was like with Brendon?" Ryan shut his eyes with a smile and nodded.

"Kinda, yeah." He sighed deeply. "I didn't understand it at first. Our kind isn't meant to have these kinds of feelings really. All we're told to do is guide souls our direction." 

"How did you know what to do then?" Ryan shrugged in response. 

"We just did what felt...right..." Ryan's lips turned down in a frown. "Even though being together's wrong." 

"You guys were made for each other though." Ryan chuckled softly. "You guys were inseparable when I first met you." Ryan smiled at the memory. "Why did that change?" Ryan looked up and examined the ceiling. 

"We're getting ready," Ryan could sense Pete's confusion. "We need to leave soon and there's some things we're trying to take care of before we do." Pete was the one frowning now.

"What? Where are you going?" Ryan shrugged again. 

"I'm not sure."

"Well, do you have to leave?" Ryan nodded.

"Our kind isn't supposed to manifest like this. It's not exactly common, but we did it anyway. We were a little desperate and got ourselves in a little bit of trouble." Pete nodded in understanding. 

"Will I ever see you again?"

"There's a chance, but we'll have to wait and see." Pete nodded again. He could tell from how tense Ryan's body was, he didn't want to talk much about it. They sat in silence, getting lost in their own thoughts. Pete's phone buzzed, pulling him out of his mind. 

Pattycakes

Hey.

Hey Patty

Can I come over?

Of course

Okay I'm coming now

Pete smiled down at his phone. As scared as he was about how he felt, he was excited to see Patrick. 

"Someone's really happy." Pete looked up to see Brendon on the couch with Ryan's head on his lap. "Who you talking to?" Brendon asked with a smirk.

"His boyfriend," Ryan said with his own matching smirk.

"Boyfriend? So Pete's hooked now," Brendon teased. Pete just rolled his eyes as the two teased him for the next ten minutes. A knock on the door stopped the two's school girl giggles. 

Pete got up and opened the door to see Patrick standing there, wrapped in a blanket with his pjs still on. Pete stepped aside to let him. Patrick walked inside with the blanket dragging behind him. 

"You left without saying goodbye." Pete felt guilt building inside of him. 

"Sorry about that. I needed to take care of some things. I was gonna call you." Pete led them to the couch. He was glad Brendon and Ryan left to wherever they went. When they sat down, Patrick repositioned himself onto Pete's lap. Pete wrapped his arms around the boy, pulling him to his chest. 

"Is this okay?" Patrick asked quietly. The question circled in Pete's head. Was Patrick referring to their position or their relationship? It was obvious to Patrick that Pete wasn't use to what was happening between the two. Whenever they would have a moment, something seemed to click in Pete, causing him to shut down a part of himself. 

Pete's arms tightened around his boyfriend. He kissed the top of Patrick's strawberry blonde hair before nodding. "Yes," he whispered. "This is okay."

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A/N:

I'm not really sure what I'm doing here. It's kind of a filler. I'm gonna be skipping time a couple more times because I'm not sure what to write. I have something planned that I'm pretty excited about. This story is currently #2 Peterick! Let's see how long that lasts. Thanks for reading!!!
Now enjoy my 4am terribly photoshopped winged Ryan and Brendon pictures. Hahaha