Brice's POV

I walked into school with my arm around Preston's shoulder, to be honest I kinda forgot I was supposed to be the perfect straight Brice so believe me when I say walking into school I got a lot of stares. I just ignored them, and went straight to my locker "Brice everyone's staring at you, are you sure you wanna go through with this?" Preston asked leaning against another locker "Yea, I don't really care they can stare all they want" I say grabbing my text book. "Hey there Brice" Rob said coming up to both of us "What's up?" I ask turning around to face them "Well we could ask you the same thing" Lachlan says, I'm confused by what he means then I realize I still have my arm around Preston's waist, "Oh umm, I didn't tell you guys?" I say blushing slightly "No, tell us what?" Vikk asks "Me and Brice are dating" Preston blurts out. Everyone stares at him a bit,"Sorry babe, but you were kinda taking forever to answer" it takes me a second to realize he was referring to me when he said babe. "You two are dating?" Lachlan asks not looking convinced "Yea, I kinda always had a soft spot for Preston" Rob looks straight dumbfounded "Huh well not gonna dwell on this matter anymore, have you seen Seto yet?" Vikk says I shake my head no, "Speak of the devil" Preston says pointing towards the far end of the hallway. My mouth basically dropped when I saw Seto, he wore black high-tops, with some black skinny jeans, a red and black checkered jacket like Mitch's, his hair was now short with a sorta left fringe and to top it all off it was now slightly curly. 

He walked with a bit more of confidence in his walk than him usually just hunched over trying to hide from the world. I stared at him as were many of the girls, I didn't see Ty with him as he walked over to us "Hey guys" he said smiling "Well well well, look who decided to steal my image" I heard a voice say from behind. Seto turned around to see Mitch standing there smiling with Jerome "Yea, sorry I had no other clothes so I went shopping saw this and bought it" Seto explained Mitch patted Seto's back "Hey no problem if you make me look good and frankly Seto it works for you" "Where's Ty?" Jerome asks "Class, he had to make up a paper or something". We stand in the hall talking till the bell rings telling us to go to class, I peck Preston on the cheek and Seto notices "You're dating Preston?" he asks as we make our way to math. "Yea" I say nonchalantly, I see Seto frown.

When we walk into class all eyes go to Seto "Hey look the faggot decided to wear actual clothing" someone commented "Well at least I can afford nice clothes and don't have to wait on welfare" Seto said, everyone was a bit more than shocked that Seto had actually stood up for himself. Seto just smirked and sat down in his seat, I sat next to him "What's with sudden change of attitude and well everything?" I ask, Seto just laughs "I have changed quite a lot haven't I?" I nod my head "Well I got tired of being the geek everyone picked on so I decided to change my image" "I miss your cloak and headband" I say "That's what the haircut was for so I didn't need it" "But I liked your messy hair" "Well it's still messy, but cleaner did that make sense?" I smile at him, I liked this Seto who was more comfortable in his own skin, but I couldn't ignore what happened yesterday. As if he could read my mind Seto sighed "You wanna talk about yesterday?" I nodded my head "I'm sorry about that I don't know what I was thinking" "Well I could use with a little explanation on the kiss" he opens his mouth to answer right then the teacher decided to show up "Everyone quiet down please" Seto turned his attention to the teacher, I just slumped in my seat.

After class I caught Seto's arm and dragged him into the nearest boys bathroom, "Explain now" Seto sighs "Okay fine I kissed you cause I was confused and a bit tipsy, I kept thinking back to us kissing in my room so I wanted to know if I really felt anything, I thought you were drunk too". I moved before I even had time to process what he had said, I ran out of the bathroom tears threatening to fall. I didn't care about where I was running to, I end up running into Preston "Hey Brice what's up?" he asks concern in his voice "Nothing, I just feel a bit sick" I lie he puts a hand on my forehead "You do feel warm want me to take you to the nurse?" "No, I can deal with it" he smiles at me "Okay, well then boyfriend wanna walk me to class" I grab his hand "I would love too" I see Rob out of the corner of my eye just watching us, I ignore him and take Preston to class. 

Seto's POV

I watch as Brice runs out of the bathroom, I stand there confused till my phone buzzed 

Ty<3
Hey meet me outside ;)

I smile and look at my watch, it was second period no one would really notice me being gone, I run a hand through my hair still getting used to it being so short. I walk outside and feel the sun on my skin, it was surprisingly warm considering it was really close to Christmas time.

I looked around for Ty, and see him standing by his car I walk behind him, grabbing his waist making him jump "Hey beautiful" I say kissing his cheek, he blushes "Hey Seto" "So what did you want?" I ask leaning against the hood of the car "Well I wanted to know if you wanted to go swimming or not" I look at him a bit confused "Swimming, babe we have school and it is winter no pools are open" he rolls his eyes at me "Well it's actually really warm, and second off I have a pool at my house, and my family just happens to all be in Europe at the moment" he says. I smile and kiss him on the lips "Sounds like a plan then" we both jump into his car, about a week ago I would have never thought of skipping, I was the golden child, but so much has happened in such a small time and I was changing incredible fast

We got off at Ty's house, him yelling and making sure no ones home. I strip down to my boxers and toss them, Ty stares at me a bit "Well aren't you gonna strip?" I ask making him blush. I jump into the pool and swim back up to the surface, moving the hair out of my face, I looked at Ty as he sits on the edge barely putting his legs in "Aren't you coming in?" I ask swimming over to him "Yea, can I just have a minute?" he asks "Nope" I grab his hips and pull him in "Seto!" he yells clinging onto me I laugh "Oh come on I'm not gonna let you drown calm down" I say he nods his head. After a few minutes of just wading around I say "Okay I'm going under hold your breathe" he nods his head and plugs his nose, I pull us under.

After a few hours we decide to get out, I lay down on a chair they had out there while Ty went inside to get towels, I stare up a the sky, my phone buzzes and I look at it to see a message from Brice 

Brice
Where were you?

I ignore him and just continue looking at the sky, then one thought comes to my mind that I haven't thought about in a while "Did I like Brice?" I mean a part of me did wish that it was Brice here with me, but I mean I liked Ty, didn't I? I was so lost in thought I hadn't noticed Ty come back "Hey mister daydreamer wake up" he says tossing a towel at me. I smile and stand up drying my hair, with it "Hey Seto?" I turn my head to look at Ty "Yea?" "Do you really love me?" I stare at him a bit "Well I mean I think I do, I just don't know if it will be permanent or not" he nods and gives me a small smile "Brice told me you guys kissed" he says after a while "Okay" I avoid looking at him now "Did you enjoy it?" "Ty what's with these questions?" I ask a bit annoyed "Nothing I just wanna know" I take a deep breathe "I thought I did feel something, but I think I have feelings for you as well so I'm confused" I say truthfully Ty leaves it there. "I think I'm gonna head home, and get some rest" I say after getting dressed "Okay, hey Seto?" I turn around and Ty presses a soft kiss to my lips "I love you" I can't bring myself to say it back "I'll see you tomorrow" I say before leaving, and walking home.                                                                                              Skip time, forgive plz

Being with you I've never been happier, love you Preston ;)

That was the message I got sent, and I about threw up at it. Maybe Brice doesn't care about me anymore I couldn't stop the thought from coming to my mind. I got home and when I walked in I saw my dad sitting with a woman at the table. She was tall and had on the flashiest clothing, as well as I could smell her perfume from here, she held a cigarette in her hand causing me to cough coming inside "Oh hey Seto why aren't you at school?" my dad asks "Felt sick so nurse sent me home" I lie. He nods his head "Well this is Savannah, my girlfriend" my dad says proudly, she smiles at me "I should care why?" I say, the girl named Savannah looked at me very offended "Seto" my dad scolds, but the girl just puts a hand on his "Don't worry it must feel weird having a new girl in the house" my dad just smiles at her "Can you get me a glass of water dear?" she asks my dad. He leaves to the kitchen to get her drink, then her entire mood changes

 "How dare you talk that way to your guest, why don't you go to your room and calm down" she says coldly. I stare at her "How about no, and you not tell me what to do" I say, she stood up and slapped me hard, my face burns at the impact, but I was mainly used to it. "You gonna listen to me yet, you little bastard?" I look up and just shake my head, "You still can't tell me what to do" she frowns even more, "Well now I know why your mom killed herself" she then backhands me. I hear someone clear their throat and I see my dad standing behind her a glass of water in his hand.

Savannah just fixes herself "Oh thank god you came back, this boy of yours thought it would be funny to try and peak up my skirt so I slapped him" my dad says nothing for a while. He then pulls out his phone, "Who're you calling dear?" she asks, he glances up, "The police" she becomes paler, "Why? I explained what happened!" I tap her shoulder and she turns around. I smile at her, "I'm gay mate"

The police arrive and I stand at the doorway with my dad "Is that what I did to you?" he asks out of the blue "Along those lines yes" I say "I'm so sorry Seto, you didn't deserve to be treated that way" he hugs me and I'm hesitant to hug back, I mean he was the one  who beat me. I don't dwell on this too long and just hug my dad.

"Seto!" I turn around to see Brice running towards me, he wraps me in a hug "Are you okay?" "Brice I'm fine I swear just a bruised body I've had worse happen to me" he gives me a small smile "Brice you can't just run off like that" I hear another voice say. I look behind us to see Preston coming up to us, Brice smiles and wraps an arm around his waist, I felt a pang of jealously go through me. "Hey Seto, how you doing?" Preston says finally turning his attention towards me "I'm fine thanks for coming Preston" he smiles "No problem anything for a friend" I can't help, but want to kill Preston and take Brice back as mine. One thing comes to mind though "What happened to school?" I ask "Oh well half-day weird I know, but they said something about teacher conference or something" Preston explains, Brice plants a soft kiss on his forehead that same feeling of jealously came back. 

Brice looks down at his watch "Oh well Seto if you're really okay me and Preston we gonna catch a movie" I feel like he just punched me in the stomach "Well Brice if you wanna stay with Seto, we can always reschedule" Preston says. I find myself wanting, and hoping that Brice would say yes "No, if Seto says he's fine he is, plus he can handle himself" Brice says. I watch as the two walk away hand in hand, I feel sick to my stomach I look over at my dad talking to the police, I decide on just going inside. I go inside and lock all the doors to my room hoping my dad would get the hint and not come in since I didn't feel like socializing at the moment.

I stare at my ceiling for a few hours before deciding on leaving and going outside. I contemplate on going to the park then decide on just walking around for a while. I grab my notepad at the last minute, deciding that if all else failed I could always write down my feelings, silly I know but I was running out of options. I end up on the hill near the school the one I go to during lunch, funny enough I didn't go to it today, deciding on skipping school with Ty. I lay on the cool grass, running a hand through my hair, I stare at the clouds thinking about what a mess my life has become since I met Brice. Thoughts cloud my mind I sigh in defeat of trying to relax and grab my notepad. "I thought I was kidding when I said I would write my feeling down" (Italics is writing, also it's in french)

Ma vie est devenue un tel gâchis dans ces dernières semaines, les murs que j'ai construit sont détruits par tant de gens prendre soin, je n'ai aucune idée ce qui est arrivé tout change si vite et je ne peux pas garder avec elle. Je change d'mais je ne veux pas me manque mes vêtements d'habitude, tout cela se sent comme est un masque que je porte quand je sors, et je ne l'aime pas. On m'a toujours dit être fidèle à vous-même, mais je n'ai aucune idée qui c'est qui je suis. Une chose que je sais est que je suis désespéré, et dans l'amour avec Brice. Quand la vie est-il devenu si compliqué?

(My life has become such a mess in recent weeks, the walls I built are destroyed by so many people who care, I have no idea what happened and everything's changing so fast I can't keep up with it . I change but I do not want to. I miss my usual clothes, all this feels like is a mask that I wear when I go out, and I don't like it. They always told me to be true to yourself, but I have no idea who it is I am. One thing I know is that I am desperate, and in love with Brice. When did life become so complicated?)

It was mainly me rambling on about stuff as well as my grammar was horrible, but now at this very moment I didn't care at least I had what I was partially thinking written down and not all bottled up to me. Truthfully though I couldn't write down all I felt since it would probably be about 3,000,000 chapters. I sighed and tossed my notepad aside wondering if anything I wrote would even make sense to me. I shut my eyes trying to think of a time when I didn't have all this drama in my life, but the only times are involving my mom, and I haven't thought about her in a while. It's strange they always say how when someone you love dies you'll never forget about them, except I did I forgot about my mom for almost 3 days not once did she cross my mind so I guess I was wrong about that too. I look over at my watch to see it was barely 1:00, I stare at the clouds one last time before getting up, not caring where I was walking to just the fact that I was moving.

I pass by a drug store, I see a man near the side I go over to him "Hey kid need something?" he asks "Yah, can you go buy me a beer?" "Tough time?" he asks I just nod my head "Okay kid, got money?" I nod my head and pull out my wallet I hand him a 20 he tells me to just wait here. I do, he comes out a few minutes later with a pack of beer and a pack of cigarettes too "Thought you might need these too" he says handing me the things "Thanks" I take both the things and start walking home. By the time I got home I had already had a bottle, I was saving the cigarettes for later. I go inside to see a note from my dad explaining how he got called into work last minute, and he'd be back around dinner. I throw the paper away, I open one of the drawers seeing what I wanted I put the beer down on the kitchen table. I arrive at the park and sit down, I light one of my cigarettes and let out the smoke in one swift exhale "Aren't you a little young to be smoking?" I hear someone ask, I look up to see a girl probably around the age of five, or maybe a bit older, she wore a little pink dress and her hair was put in pigtails "I am, but sometimes I just need something to help me relax" I say. She cocks her head to the side still looking at me "Why do you need to relax?" I pat the seat next to me she smiles and sits down "You see this guy I like, is dating another guy so I'm confused" she nods her head like she understands "Why don't you tell this guy you like him?" I lean back "I don't know I guess I'm scared of how he'll react" "Well you never know unless you try, that's what my mommy always says" she gives me a toothy grin. I laugh "How old are you?" "Six" she held up the amount of fingers "Wow only six, and you already have more sense than me" I say letting out a small laugh

"Emily?! Emily?!" I look up to see a woman looking around frantically, she spots me and runs over to us "Emily oh my lord you had me worried sick" she hugs the girl "I'm so sorry has she been bugging you?" I just smile and stand "No actually she is the smartest six year old I've ever met" I throw my cigarette down and stomp it out. I walk to Brice's house hoping for him to be there, I knock on the door and to my disappointment it's Brice's mom who opens the door "Oh hi, Seto right?" I nod my head "Mom who is it?!" "It's your friend Seto!" she yells back. I look behind her to see Brice coming downstairs his hair messy "Hey need something?" he asks, I look down at the ground "Umm..." "You can come in and tell me" he says "Thanks" I walk in "Mom we'll be in my room" he says. I follow Brice upstairs to his room and when he opens it let's just say I'm not really surprised. The walls were lined with gaming posters, and he had a few animation colleges posters up. He had a desk with a dual monitor I looked at what he was last working on, to see a partially done animation on it "You like to animate?" I ask "Yeah, don't look that one is terribly" he says walking over and exiting the program. "So what did you need?" he asks sitting down on his bed while I just stand there awkwardly "Seto you can sit down why are you being so awkward all of a sudden" "Cause I'm about to tell you a humongous secret" I think to myself. 

I sit on a nearby chair and take a deep breathe "Come on Seto you don't need to be awkward with me" I nod my head "So what's up?" I smile "soIdecidedgthatIreallylikeyou" Brice looks at me weirdly "Sorry one more time please?" I take a deeper breathe "I decided that I really like you Brice". I wait for a response, I search his face for any type of emotions, but all I find is pure confusion. It's a long silence before Brice says anything "Seto I don't know what to say I mean you're dating Ty" he says rubbing the back of his neck "I know I am, but I figured out my feelings" "Did you really?" he says a bit of hope in his voice. I'm about to nod my head when I get a text from Ty

Ty<3
Hey just wanted to say love you and I miss you see ya tomorrow <3

I see this and smile, but then realize I still have no clue who I like. Anger boils inside of me "Pourquoi la baise je ne peux pas me décider, je suis une telle personne stupide que je ne peux même pas croire que je ne peux pas faire jusqu'à l'esprit de qui j'aime pourquoi suis-je une telle personne terrible!" 

(Why the fuck can I not decide who I like I'm such a stupid person, I can't believe that I can't even decide who I like, I'm such a terrible person!)

I felt tears form in my eyes, Brice looked shocked at my outburst "Seto calm down" he said standing up, he walked up to me and wrapped me in a hug. I just cry into his shoulder when I look up at him I can't help, but press my lips to his. Brice is hesitant at first then pushes me back "Seto I can't" that was all I needed to hear I rush out of his room and out of the house ignoring him calling me back. I get back home, I can't keep it together I grab a knife a make 3 cuts into my wrist feeling all my stress leave and to make it even better it didn't even hurt that bad.

A/N

Word count: 4087. I'm actually very proud of how much work I put into this chapter, and that the fact that I'm still not even close to ending it I have a lot of ideas for this book so stay tuned everyone! Again Thank you all so much for all the support!!!!!!!! I hope you guys have an awesome day and why not tell me how your guy's days have gone? 

Anyways as always Keep On Hacking And I'll Meet You There Goodnight!