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Golden Days 》 Ryden

Originally published: July 1st, 2017

Pairing: Ryan Ross/Brendon Urie

Summary: Brendon Urie has an imaginary friend.

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Brendon was lonely.

Sure, he had his family. He had people to talk to. But he wanted a best friend. He wanted someone to have fun with, to share secrets with.

But he had a hard time making friends. People he'd meet didn't interest him, and they thought he was weird. It's not his fault he was dorky and bad at socializing. Luckily, what they thought didn't effect him much. He'd rather spend his time alone than with people who didn't care about him.

One day, he met a guy named Ryan. He hadn't seen him around town before, so he thought it was a bit weird. He dismissed it with just deciding that he probably just moved here. Ryan seemed like the perfect candidate to be his best friend.

Ryan had a way with words, and it was something that really interested Brendon. All the words Ryan spoke were chosen carefully, in contrast to Brendon's habit to blurt out whatever came to mind.

Besides that, Ryan tended to be kind of quiet. Quieter than Brendon ever was, that's for sure. Something about Ryan brought out his loud side. Ryan made him laugh like a hyena, and he told stories with excitement now. It didn't matter if it made people stare at him weirdly. He was happy with it, so it didn't matter if other people thought he was weird.

Ryan went mostly everywhere he went. It didn't really concern him until he realized Ryan didn't mention anything about family. Or about going home. Surely he had a family, right?

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"Hey Ry, I've been wondering.. Where's your family?"

Ryan stared at the ceiling above them, and Brendon worried that maybe that was something he shouldn't have asked. It was probably something that he didn't want to talk about.

"I don't know." Ryan answered. Brendon was a little confused. What did that even mean?

"Oh," Brendon said. "I'm sorry for bringing it up."

"You were going to ask eventually," Ryan shrugged.

The conversation turned out to only make him more confused. How could Ryan not know where his family is?

Brendon figured he should let it go. This was just probably his nosiness getting in the way again.

"C'mon Brendon, it's dinner time!" His mother called from downstairs.

Brendon jumped up from the bed. "Let's go, Ry."

Ryan frowned. "I'm not that hungry."

"Oh, okay!" Brendon replied. "I'll bring something up for you, just in case." Ryan smiled and nodded.

Brendon went downstairs for dinner, and forgot about his thoughts on Ryan's weird answer about his family.

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It was a Friday night when things started to become interesting. The two boys were laying on Brendon's bed, listening to one of Brendon's records together. It was quiet, until it was disturbed.