"corbyn!"
corbyn turns, seeing his best friend zach racing toward him. "yeah?"
"it's been ages since i've seen you!" the younger male says dramatically, flinging his arms around corbyn.
corbyn winces slightly, gently unwinding zach's arms. "easy, z."
zach frowns, his gaze dropping to corbyn's torso. "jonah?"
"yeah," corbyn confirms, ducking his head. he knows that jonah would be pissed off beyond belief if he knew that corbyn had told zach about his temper, but corbyn had never been able to hide anything from his best friend.
"why do you stay with him?" zach asks bluntly, and corbyn feels his cheeks flush.
"he loves me," he mumbles, and zach just shakes his head.
"corbs, if jonah loved you, he wouldn't hurt you."
corbyn remains silent. he knows that what zach is saying is true, and that his relationship is a toxic one, but he loves jonah. he's seen jonah's soft side, and he can't bring himself to abandon him. things can get bad sometimes, but things can also be really good between them.
zach nudges corbyn, and corbyn sighs, "i need to get to class."
"can we hang out at my place afterward?" zach asks hopefully, and corbyn nods.
"sure."
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Romance"i'm sorry, corbs," jonah murmurs. "i just can't stand the thought of you with any other guy." "of course not," corbyn agrees softly, shakily. "i only love you." "and you'd never leave me," jonah reasons, his arm tightening around corbyn ever so sli...
