Falk slowly opened his eyes. The curtains were pulled shut, but they were thin enough that he could tell the sun was rising from the light trying to pour in. That meant he had been there all night. It was all right, though; he had no regrets about staying the entire night. 

 Matthew was already awake. He was sitting at his desk, his back to Falk, probably writing something down. He could often be very quiet if he was working on new song lyrics, and he probably wouldn't notice if Falk was awake or asleep. 

 "Anything good?" Falk asked, sitting up. "If you're this quiet and you couldn't be bothered to put a shirt on, you must be up to something." 

 Matthew turned his head. "You're awake. How long have you been up?" 

 "I just woke up. Trust me, if I had up earlier, you would have heard me sooner." 

 Matthew smiled. "Well, it's good to see you being your usual self." 

 "Well, why wouldn't I be?" Falk asked him. "Has something happened that I don't know about?" 

 "I doubt it." Matthew suddenly looked a little uncomfortable. "I wasn't sure if you were going to wake up and regret everything." 

 By 'everything', he obviously meant the night before. Falk felt a little touched that Matthew was concerned about him, even though he had nothing to be worried about. 

 "Any chance you can take a break and come sit with me for a minute?" he asked. 

 Matthew got up and came over to sit down next to Falk on the bed. "What is it?" 

 "I don't have any regrets at all," Falk began. "I don't know why you would think I would, but I don't. I'm very comfortable here with you, and you know how much I like you. Do you have any regrets?"

 "No, not at all," Matthew answered quickly, as if he didn't even have to think about it. "I guess I just wanted to make sure you were comfortable." 

 Falk smiled. "I like that about you." He sighed. "It's been nice having this as our little secret. But if we're going to get this serious..." 

 "We'll have to tell everyone," Matthew finished for him. "Yeah, you're right." 

 "Of course I am. Now, I'm going to go shower and get dressed while you think of a way to explain this to everyone." 

 "Aren't you going to help me?" Matthew asked. 

 "Well, you're the one who came to me making it clear you wanted to have a romantic relationship," Falk pointed out. "But I guess I'll tell everyone with you." He gave Matthew a quick kiss on the cheek. "Please remember to put a shirt on for it!" 

 Matthew sighed. In all the time he had spent developing feelings for Falk, it had never occurred to him how much stress having him for a boyfriend might cause him. But it felt like it would somehow be worth it.