"it's a beautiful night," ryan started a conversation with brendon, walking the streets of the small town the two lived in. they were walking hand in hand down the streets, sipping their hot drinks. 

"not as beautiful as you," brendon replied, causing ryan to blush and look at the concrete. 

ryan removed his hand from brendon's and tucked it away in this pocket. brendon looked at him and smiled. "i have an idea." he darted across the street, ryan following close behind, apologizing to the driver who brendon ran out in front of.

"where are we going?" ryan asked brendon as he threw his coffee on the ground and leaped the fence into someone's backyard.

"don't worry about it," brendon said, climbing into the next backyard. ryan hastily following behind.

ryan caught up to brendon after he reached a small community park. "you need to stop fucking running and jumping fences, i can't do that shit," ryan huffed, his hands on his hips. he was hunched over, trying to catch his breath.

"well, its like, midnight, so there's no one here," brendon laughed, putting his hand in his pocket and taking out his phone. he tapped on the itunes app and scrolled through his music. a soft ukulele sound played out of his speakers and brendon smiled. "josh and tyler recorded this once, sent it to me, made me cry."

ryan immediately recognized the lyrics: can't help falling in love. he blushed slightly as brendon extended his hand to him. "may i have this dance?"

"you may," ryan replied with a soft giggle. he took brendon's hand. "i can't dance," he warned him.

"neither can i."

they moved slowly, trying to be in sync with each other's movements. it didn't work very well, but brendon was able to make ryan smile and laugh and blush.

brendon watched how whenever ryan laughed or smiled, he would look away. "you're so beautiful when you smile," he told him, continuing to 'dance' with ryan. they weren't dancing, not at all: just swaying.

"stop lying."

"ah, my dear, i do not lie."

brendon put his fingers under ryan's chin and lifted his head. he gently placed his rough, chapped lips against ryan's soft ones.

but i can't help falling in love with you.