"Hey dudes! It's Mitch, or BajanCanadian here, and welcome to our panel!"

The screams in the auditorium were deafening. They were loud enough to make a few of the soft spoken members on stage flinch softly. Ty plastered a small smile on his face, trying to cover it up. He felt the back of a warm hand brush against his own, causing him to tense up. His wide eyes flickered over to meet Adam's warm gaze. What are you doing?

Accident. Adam mouthed, though Ty knew better.

He tried to pay attention as Mitch introduced everyone, but Adam was making it a bit hard. The older boy kept shifting slightly, so their hands would touch momentarily, or their arms would brush against each other. He could hear a few faint shrieks of 'Skylox!' every now and then. He made a point of moving away from Adam when those started up.

Adam pouted, pretending to be offended. Ty resisted the urge to grab him and kiss him right then and there. The teenager made it so hard. He was too damn cute. Especially when he was making that stupid face...

"Hey, Ty, you with us?" Laughter filled the air. Ty's face flushed red. Jason looked exasperated, while Seto seemed a bit amused. Yes, Seto was here. The fifteen year old had revealed his face and name long ago. His name was Matthew, but no one ever called him that.

"Aw, don't laugh at him. He's not used to panels yet." His breath hitched as an arm was slung casually over his shoulders. Again, it was Adam. Just his mere touch was enough to unnerve Ty completely.

"Are you, babe?" The last part was murmured, his friend's lips brushing against his ear. The crowd started screaming. They couldn't hear what Adam was saying. All they saw was Adam's arm around Ty, and how close the two were to kissing. If Ty just turned his head slightly...

"Alright then. Anyways, now that introductions are out of the way... Matthew has an important announcement for you all!" The audience was now screaming for Seto. Various things, like 'marry me!' or 'so cute!'. Now it was Seto's turn to blush and laugh nervously, clearly flustered.

All Ty could think about was how Adam still had his arm around his shoulders. Then he felt it drop. He relaxed, sighing softly. Finally. He could function normally.

He let out a startled squeak as a hand gripped his hip. He was now being held dangerously low around the waist in front of thousands of teenage girls. Adam looked so casual about this, though he suddenly started laughing. The microphone hadn't picked up Ty's squeal of shock, but Adam had obviously heard it. And so had Jerome, who's gaze traveled from Adam's arm to Ty's face. He seemed to grimace, then started talking about the new merchandise coming out soon.

Jerome knew about Ty's crush, even before Ty himself. And he found it disgusting.

Oh, and Adam knew, too. It was clear he found it hilarious. He loved to mess around with Ty. Sometimes he went too far, and it only caused Ty to fall harder for him.
It was a relief than the one he liked wasn't as homophobic as everyone else.

Suddenly, everyone was sitting in their chairs. Only Adam and Ty were still standing. Adam finally let go of Ty, purposely letting his hand brush against the side of the boy's thigh, his touch lingering. Ty sat down quickly, trying to calm his racing heart and listen to the fan's questions.
He hated this.

"Um... I have a question for Sky." He knew that smirk. That girl. Oh god. She followed him on Twitter. Constantly Tweeted and DMed him pictures of Adam. He had no idea how she had gotten any of them, since they weren't on Google, and he had never seen them before.

"Ask away." Adam gave her one of those charming smiles.

"Who do you ship more? You and Ty, or... Brice and Matthew?" Oh, the screams. The shrieks of fangirls. Ty's eyes widened. Seto looked horrified, and kept glancing frantically at someone off stage. The other boys had grown quiet. Ian actually rolled his eyes. Quentin played with a loose thread on his jeans. Jason's expression was stony.

"Oh, definitely Brice and Matthew. I mean, Skylox is forever, but Setosolace is the One True Pairing. They're such great friends! Don't you wish we could get Brice out here? Wouldn't that be a fun idea for next year?" Adam was so nonchalant about all of this. He answered so smoothly, so perfectly. It spoken as a teasing joke. The 'friends' part caused the tension to melt.

"How about we don't?" Seto rubbed his temples. He was laughing like everyone else, but there was something off about it. Nervous energy pulsed off of the tense boy, making Ty feel bad for him, and a bit angry at Adam and the fan, who's name was Autumn.

Brice was off limits.

Brice was untouchable.

You could tease Matthew about anything. You could call him ugly, fat, a f*g, anything.

But you didn't tease him about Brice.
The two had a... special friendship.

They were untouchable. Adam knew this. Adam knew this. He knew how uncomfortable it made Seto, how anxious it made him. Last time, Adam pushed it so far, he actually made Seto cry.

Seto never cried. He just didn't. And he was never bothered by everyone's homophobic slurs and such. So, naturally, it was a shock to them all when the young teen hid his face in his hands and started crying when someone commented on how 'f*ggish' him and Brice acted. They thought he was laughing at first, until he suddenly ran out of the room.

Ty realized just how little he knew about these boys he called family.

He could see Brice, hiding in the shadows of off stage. His blue eyes were practically glowing. He was grinning at Seto, giving him two thumbs up, then waving frantically. The smallest of smiles quirked Seto's lips.

Sweet... they'd be cute together. If only Brice was gay. Brice is so sweet to him.

Seto and Ty were in similar situations. That's probably why they were such good friends. Except, Seto took whatever Brice and he had a lot more seriously, got bothered by things easier...

"Ty?" Adam poked him in the ribs, snapping him back to reality. "Question for you. They want to know if you're continuing the Hunger Games series."

"Oh! Um... yeah? I'd like to continue it. If Mitch wants to..."

And that's how it went along. Ty kept himself under control, using his annoyance at Adam for teasing his best friend to keep himself from falling into the boy's trap. After a while, Adam stopped even trying to get Ty's attention, and just stared ahead blankly. The rest of the panel was full of tension and extremely awkward.

It was a relief when it was all over.

[For any confused: They are all homophobic. Seto, or Matthew, is out as bisexual to the group. He indeed has a crush on Brice, who is fine with it and thinks it's adorable and thinks Seto's adorable and shit like that. Ty is gay, but not out. He likes Adam. Adam knows this. Jerome knows it. Adam seems to be okay with it, and likes teasing Ty. No, it's not okay that Adam is leading Ty on.

This is a PART, not a chapter. Things move fast.]