"Well, fuck off! I don't want you nagging on my ass about being with him! IT'S YOU'RE FAULT YOU DIDN'T RAISE ME RIGHT, YOU INCONSIDERATE ASSHOLE!" Ryan ripped the phone away from his ear and threw it forcefully across the room, before tears started welling up in his eyes.

I don't want to cry over them again. I don't. They're stupid.

Dallon sheepishly opened the bedroom the door, hearing Ryan's yelling, and the phone slamming against the wall. "Ry?" He said gently, placing a tentative hand on Ryan's forearm. Ryan pulled his arm away sharply, before sighing and sitting on the bed. "Ryan, what happened?" Dallon sat next to his obviously distressed boyfriend.

"My parents..." He muttered, drawing patterns in the fluffy carpet with his toes. Dallon slowly intertwined their fingers, and Ryan didn't flinch away this time. He watched as Dallon's hand slipped into his own perfectly. Dallon placed a gentle, but loving kiss to the side of Ryan's head. "They were yelling at me for moving in with you. But what else was I supposed to do? My mom hated that I was gay, and my dad always came home drunk and..." Ryan tried his hardest to hold back tears that were threatening to spill. Dallon took his hand out of Ryan's to wrap his arms around the younger boy's tiny waist. He nuzzled his face into Ryan's neck and gently kissed it. 

"Shh, it'll be okay baby. They don't know what they're talking about." Dallon kissed gently towards his ear. Ryan nodded and sighed, letting Dallon continue. Dallon pulled away to look at his boyfriend. "I can invite Brendon over?" He suggested, hoping to lift Ryan's spirits.

"No!" Ryan said quickly. 

"What? Why not?"

"My parents would be so disappointed if they found out I was poly." Ryan said, embarrassed. He fiddled awkwardly with his thumbs, rubbing them over each other in circles.

"Since when do you care what they think?" Dallon asked, running his fingers through Ryan's hair. Ryan shrugged and looked towards his boyfriend with glazed over eyes.

"Why do they hate me?" He said quietly. Dallon leaned forward and gently placed a kiss on Ryan's lips. 

"They don't hate you. They just don't understand." Ryan nodded and closed the distance between their lips. 

"I love you." Ryan muttered, while pulling away.

"I love you too, baby boy." Dallon brushed hair out of Ryan's face, and Ryan smiled softly, cheeks slightly red.

"Now can we invite Brendon over?" Ryan said, his face lightening back up to his normal bubbly self.