Hunter was practicing his charming grin in the mirror, when Tech ran in and threw up in the toilet. Hunter jumped and glared at his twin brother. "Maker, Tech! Warn a soul!" Hunter then got a look of confusion on his face. "Tech... bro... you okay?"

Tech continued to barf into the toilet. Hunter sat down behind his brother and wrapped his arms around his stomach. He applied force and the rest of the vomit came out. Tech gasped and whimpered. Hunter got up and grabbed a toothbrush and after applying some toothpaste he handed it to Tech. He brushed his teeth then spit out the toothpaste in the sink. Hunter watched all this with concern. Tech curled up into a ball. Hunter sat down beside him. "Tech? You good?"

"No." Tech whimpered. Hunter felt a flash of anger and worry. "Who did this to you? I will DESTOY  them." Tech whined something inaudible. Hunter wrapped himself around the ball that was Tech. "It's okay brother, I'll always protect you, no matter what."

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Crosshair was sitting at the table, eating dinner with his mom. She pushed more Mac n' Cheese onto his plate. He stared at the food. His stomach growled but he ignored it. His mom sighed. "So... how was school?"

'You didn't ask me that on the first day of school.'   Crosshair thought, but he responded with: "Really good. I made new friends!"

"Oh, did you now?"

"Their names are; Tarkin, Thrawn, Pryce, and Mayday!"

"As in; the class bullies?"

"No — uh... different people."

"I see... and what happened to Hunter?"

"He's..." Crosshair searched for a word. "Busy. Soccer tryouts. And Tech has Math Club."

"Is that right?" She saw right through Crosshair's lies.

He whimpered. "Mom..."

"Did you fight?"

"No Mom-"

"DON'T LIE TO ME!" She slammed her fist on the table. Crosshair trembled slightly. "We fought." His lip trembled and he willed it to stay still but it was no use. Thinking about his former friends made him want to cry. His mom hesitated. "I'm sorry Crosshair. It's just... your father called. He wants to meet you."

Crosshair stared at her. "That ***** wants to meet me?"

"Crosshair! Language!"

"What? You've called him much worse." Crosshair got up from the table and pushed the now cold Mac n' Cheese off his plate and into Batcha's food bowl. Batcha was his dog. A greyhound, but she was blue so they called her a bluehound. Batcha happily ate the Mac n' Cheese.

"Good girl," Crosshair patted her head. "Hey Mom? If Dad ever calls again, can you tell him I said—"

Mayday sat down and got out his phone. He was still getting over his breakup. His boyfriend broke up with him a month ago. Mayday scrolled through his contacts and saw Crosshair's name. For some reason his heart jumped at that name. He texted him:

Mayday: Hey Cross do u wanna hang out?

Crosshair responded very quickly.

Crosshair: sure what time r u available?

Mayday: Rite now

Crosshair: see u at Shake Shack?

Mayday: Yes luv u

Crosshair: what?

Mayday: nothin typo

Crosshair: oh

Mayday exhaled deeply. Part of him regretted typing luv u. The other half of him was curious about Crosshair's response. Just an oh. Was he disappointed? Nah, Mayday shook his head. He then picked up his backpack and called out: "Bye mom, going to hang out with a guy!" He muttered this under his breath: "Not that you care."

He left and skipped down the street. He had moved here in August and loved his neighborhood. He lived two blocks away from Crosshair, so that made it even better.

He arrived at Shake Shack and scanned the room. Crosshair wasn't there yet. Mayday got a booth and waited. 30 seconds later, Crosshair ran into the building. Mayday waved at him. Crosshair slumped down in the seat, panting heavily. "I...ran...the...whole...way here..."

Mayday was incredulous. "Why would you do that?"

"I dunno. I guess I just wanted to see you." His eyes twinkled. His voice dropped to a flirtatious tone. Mayday's heart jumped. "Are you sure about this? Crosshair... are you...?"

"I dunno. I like guys... but I like girls too... I guess."

The waitress came over and they ordered. Then as she walked away, Crosshair turned and looked Mayday in the eyes. "Are you?"

"Am I what?"

"Into guys?"

"Yeah, I'm gay."

"Do you wanna... I dunno... maybe..."

Mayday got up from his seat and then sat down next to Crosshair. "I do. I do wanna..."

By the time the waitress came back with their shakes, Crosshair and Mayday were in a deep, passionate kiss.