You're My Reason Why (Boyxboy) #Wattys2016

Chapter Ten

(Ricky's pov)

I walked down the stairs and saw Cam in the living room. "Hey, little brother. How are you doing today?" I shrugged and grabbed my book bag.

"I don't know, I sure as hell don't feel like going to school today," I said.

Cam sighed and said, "Just try to forget about what happened yesterday. The week is almost over."

"Okay, I'm leaving," I said and walked out to my car. I got in and started it up and drove to school. Once there, I saw my friends standing outside. I got out of my car and walked up to them.

"Hey, Ricky, what's wrong?" Calvin asked.

"Nothing," I said and shrugged.

May punched my arm and said, "Liar, what happened?"

I rolled my eyes and said, "Eric hates me, he kissed me and said it was my fault."

"Damn, man, that's tough," Damian said.

"It's whatever, I don't really care anymore. If you guys don't mind I'm going to eat alone today. I need to get some things off my mind," I said. They all nodded and I walked to my locker upstairs. I got my books and went to my class. I just sat there thinking about everything Eric said. I sighed and put my head down. Yep, it's going to be a slow day.

(Eric's's pov)

I walked to the school and saw Ricky standing outside with his friends. I felt guilty about yesterday but it had to be done. I can't have him thinking that I actually like him back, because I don't. I know that Mr. Buckingham said that I do, but I can't. He's a guy and I'm a guy, that's just weird. I sighed and saw him walk away from his friends. I've never seen him so sad, he's usually so happy! What did I do? Did I really break Ricky's heart? It was just a stupid crush. He barley knows me. I walked inside the school and went to my locker. I saw Monica standing by my locker and I rolled my eyes. I rather not deal with her today. "Eric! We need to talk," Monica said.

I stood in front of her and said, "What?"

"What happened yesterday? You like snapped at Candice for being rude to Ricky. I thought you didn't even like him." I groaned and slammed my head on my locker.

"Nothing happened, I just get annoyed easily. Candice was being a bitch so I snapped. End of story, I didn't do it for Ricky. I did it to get her to shut up," I said.

"What crawled up your ass and died?" she said.

"I'm just tired of hearing about Ricky, okay? So just leave me alone," I said.

"Okay. . .see you at lunch," she said and walked away. I sighed and got my books and went to class. Four very boring lectures later I walked out of the class room and went to the cafeteria. I saw my group of people, I don't want to call them friends anymore, and they waved for me to come over. I walked over to my seat and was about to sit down when I saw Ricky eating alone at the table in the corner. He looked so sad and lonely. This is my fault, I know how it feels to be hurt and to be alone. So, why did I do this to him? Should I talk to him? Maybe I can just tell him to get over it and he'll go back to his friends. I walked away from my table and walked over to Ricky. He looked up and his eyes held shock and sadness in them.

"What?" he asked.

"Look, I know you had some little crush on me or something but you really need to get over me. I'm never going to date you and I don't want to be around you. Just go find an actual gay guy to crush on," I said.

He looked down at the table and said, "You don't understand." He looked at me, a small smile on his face. "This isn't just some little crush. I've had crushes before but this is different. I don't know what it is but I know I'm meant to be with you. You act like an asshole but you don't mean it. It's just a defense mechanism that you use so people won't mess with you and your feelings. I've seen the side of you where all you want is a hug. All you really want is to not be alone and I know how that feels. I used to feel so alone when I came out as gay. I didn't have any friends and my family acted weird around me. They're fine with it now and I have friends, but I do know how you're feeling. So please, learn to not shut people out, especially the people who care." I stared at him, shocked that he said all that. I opened my mouth trying to get a word out but I just shut it because I didn't know what to say. Then it finally hit me, he's right and I'm wrong. All I want is a hug and he's always there to give me one.

"Can I have a hug?" I asked, blushing a little. I didn't care that everyone was staring at us.

"Of course," he said and got up. I felt like I was going to cry, all I want is to not feel alone and I finally have someone that makes me feel happy. He wrapped his arms around me and I put my head in the crook of his neck and started to cry. I didn't care that all my people and his friends were staring.

"I'm so sorry," I sobbed.

"Shhhh, it's okay," he said.

(Ricky's pov)

I wrapped my arms around Eric tightly. He started to cry and I looked around and saw his friends and my friends staring at us in shock. I don't blame them, I'm shocked, too, I never thought this would happen. "I don't want you to leave, I didn't mean what I said," Eric said.

"I know, it's okay," I said. His sobs started to quiet down and he was just sniffling. He pulled back and looked at the ground. He glanced around and saw everyone staring. He ran out of the cafeteria and I ran after him. He ran into the bathroom and I went in and locked the door so no one would come in and see him. "Are you okay?"

"Yes, thanks. I have to tell you something," he said.

"What?"

"I think I like you. . ."

"Really?" I asked, a huge smile spreading across my face.

"Yes," he said and looked down. I put my hand on his chin and lifted his head up.

"Then will you go out with me?" I asked.

"Yes," he said and leaned up to kiss me. I kissed him back and he smiled when we pulled away. This is the best day of my life.

*Hey guys, I just wanted to ask you what you want to see in this story. Like give me your idea for a chapter and I'll try to fit it in the story. I hope you're enjoying my story so far, thanks.*