5 lovers (Boyxboy)

6

***trigger warning***
Originally published: April 3, 2016

Connor's POV

I finally decided that I was tired of Devon ignoring me. I'm going to invite him over to talk to him.
I walk over to where he was standing. "Devon," I start. He turns and looks at me with a sigh.

"What?" He sounded annoyed. "Can we talk? After school at my place?" His face softens a little and he lets out a small sigh. "Fine." I nod in response. He shuts his locker and leaves.

'Hopefully my dad won't be home..'

•••

Devon and I walked home together. "So are you finally going to tell me what's going on?" He doesn't look me in the eye. "Yeah." I answer.

The rest of the walk was quiet. We reach my house. I unlock the door and we walk inside. "Connor?" I hear a voice shout. "Shit.." I mumble. "Come on." I grab Devon's hand and drag him upstairs.

"What's going on?" He asks. "It's my dad." I shut and lock the door. "What's wrong with him?" Devon asked alarmed. "Connor, get your ass down here!" My dad yells. "Just-stay up here and stay quiet. Okay?" I look at him. "Yeah.." he replies. I unlock the door and walk downstairs.

Devon's POV

He leaves me in his room. I sit down on his bed and wait. I look around and his room was pretty bare. He didn't have any poster or anything up on his walls. The room was plain. Before I can think of anything further I hear the sound of him arguing with his dad downstairs.

"Who's up in your room?"his dad questions.

"My friend." Connor answers so quietly I hardly hear him.

"Your friend? Or is it your boyfriend?"

"He's a friend!He's not my boyfriend!"

"Faggot!" I heard a loud slapping sound and a thud. "What's going on down there?" I hear Connor scream and his dad yelling something I was unable to hear. I knew what was happening. I wanted to go down there and help but something told me I shouldn't.

Finally everything was quiet and I heard footsteps run up the stairs. The door opened and Connor entered in. He slammed it shut and locked it again. He had his back towards me so I couldn't see his face. His entire frame was shaking. "What happened, Connor?" I ask immediately getting up from my spot on his bed.

"Nothing." I could hear in his voice that he's trying to hold back tears. "Connor." I get up and grab his arm. He doesn't flinch or move away and yet he still didn't turn to look at me. "Connor, look at me, please."

He slowly turns his head towards me. "Connor..." My eyes prick with tears. His eye was swollen and he had cuts on his face. Tears streamed out of his eyes. I pull him into a hug. "Why didn't you tell me?" I whisper. "Because I had just met you and I didn't want you caught up in my problems and scare you away." He pulled away and wiped his face, flinching when he accidentally touched his swollen eye. "You have to tell me what's going on..." I put a hand on his shoulder. He takes a deep breath, preparing himself.

"My mom died when giving birth to me. My dad always blames me for her death. Every night since I was at least 10 he would drink and hit me." He looked down. "I'm so sorry." I hug him again.

Is there anything else I need to know about?" He shakes his head and pulls away, wiping his eyes again. "Everything's fine." He puts on a smile. A fake one.

I grab his arm and push up the sleeves. "D-Devon!" He stutters. I look up at him as tears start to fall from my eyes.

"Connor..."

Hello readers! I would like to thank tyajiaclark1234 for the advice for what to happen in this chapter. I hope you enjoyed this chapter.