Change Can Be A Good Thing

Love, And Homophobes (Ch.15)

Brice's pov

I was walking happily to the cafeteria. I felt like a huge weight had been lifted from my shoulders. I smiled happily and continued walking. Seto trailed behind me and I glanced back at him.

"You okay Seto?" I asked. He looked up, blushed, then looked away. He nodded and looked down at the ground. I frowned, but since he was blushing, I figured that he didn't hate me for that confession. We continued to walk, when Seto suddenly tugged on my sleeve.

"Hmmm? What is it Seto?" I asked. He blushed, and looked down in embarrassment.

"B-Brice...? D-Did you mean it...?" He muttered quietly. I blinked in surprise, before smiling.

"Yeah.... I really do love you Seto..." I said, just as quietly. He looked up in surprise, his eyes wide. I smiled, and pulled him into a hug.

"I.... I love you too...." He muttered, blushing furiously and hiding his face in my chest. I chuckled and placed a soft kiss on his head.

"Come on. Let's go to the cafeteria. You okay with telling the guys?" I asked. Seto hesitated, before nodding. I smiled, then took his hand and we walked to the cafeteria.

"Hey Brice!!! Seto!!!! Over here!!!!!!" I turned around and laughed at Sky, who was waving his arms around frantically. I dragged Seto over and we both sat down. I still held his hand and Ty raised an eyebrow.

"So. You two a couple?" He asked. Seto blushed, and my cheeks turned a bit pink at his bluntness, but I nodded. Ty grinned.

"About time!" Almost everyone said. I blinked, before laughing.

"Hahaha... Yeah... About time!" I agreed.

Time skip

School was over, and me and Seto were heading towards the entrance, when we saw Sabine. She was glaring harshly at Seto, and she stormed over and slapped him across the face. Seto gave a small cry, and held his cheek. Sabine went for another slap, but I pulled Seto away from her.

"What the hell Sabine!" I yelled. I held Seto close to me and he clutched my shirt tightly. No doubt that that slap brought back bad memories. Sabine glared at Seto.

"He stole you away! You're mine! Not his! YOU WERE PROMISED TO ME!!!!!" She screamed. Seto shrank away, and started crying softly, obviously terrified.

"Stop it! You're scaring Seto!" I yelled, and held Seto tightly.

"YOU'RE MINE, YOU'RE MINE YOU'RE MINEEEEE!!!!!" She yelled. I raised my hand, and slapped her. Hard.

Silence.

"B-Brice...? W-Why would y-you do t-that! I thought you l-loved me!" She cried. I glared at her.

"I never loved you. The only reason I dated you, was because my parents forced me to." I snapped. I grabbed Seto's hand and stormed past Sabine and we walked home.

"B-Brice...? Are y-you okay...?" He asked quietly, frowning in concern. I smiled at him.

"Yeah... I'm fine. I'm just glad that that's dealt with." I said reassuringly. I squeezed his hand and we walked the rest of the way home, hand in hand.

Time skip

We walked in my house, and standing there, was my father with a cellphone in his hand. He was frowning at me.

"Brice. i just got a phone call from Mr. Benedict. He said that you slapped Sabine and told her that you didn't love her! Brice, we talked about this!" Dad cried angrily.

I glared at him. "Because it's true! I don't love her! I never did!" I yelled. Seto was hiding behind me, and I held him protectively.

My father noticed, and he snarled. "Brice. Why are you hugging him?" He asked. Seto trembled slightly, and I glared at my dad.

"I'm allowed to hug my boyfriend. No?" I snapped. My father's eyes widened.

"What?! You can't be with him!!! He's a boy!" He said loudly.

"So what!? I can love who I want to love!" I yelled in anger. My father just stared at us.

"Come on Seto. Let's go to my room." I said. I grabbed his hand and walked past my father.

"You.... My son wasn't gay before! It's your fault! You corrupted him!!" My dad yelled. he ran forward and yanked Seto away from me.

"Seto!" I cried. My dad flung Seto into a wall, and I heard Seto cry out in pain. I ran forward and hit my dad out of the way.

"Stay away from Seto!!" I screamed. I quickly picked up Seto and ran to my room. Dad chased after us, but I managed to close the door before he could get in.

"Brice!!! Open the damn door this instant!!!" He screamed banging on the door. Seto held me tightly, his eyes closed in terror. I kissed the top of his head.

"Seto... It'll be okay. I'll call Sky and see if we can stay with him okay...?" I muttered. Seto nodded, still holding onto me tightly. I nearly growled in anger, when I realized that he was blinking back tears. I lay Seto, and went to grab my phone.

"Sky...? Can me and Seto maybe move in with you..? I know it's a lot to ask..." I said.

"Yeah, sure man. Family problems?" Sky said over the phone. I glanced over at my door, my dad still screaming and hitting it. I sighed.

"Yeah...."