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Married

this takes place 2 and a half years after the first chapter. please enjoy.

the day the boys walked in, both having rings on and appearing unusually happy, everyone noticed. the rings were simple bands with the others birth stone and Sal was wearing two. what really caught their eye's was the fact both were wearing rings on their left hands. it was odd. Ashley looked at them, confused.

"you know that you're really only supposed to-" Ashley started.

"wear wedding rings like this?" Larry smirked. Ashley nodded.

"surprise." Sal said. Ashley stared at them. here they were in their final year of high school, having only known each other going on four years, and they were claiming they were married? Ashley laughed.

"that fun, but impossible. we would've been invited." Ashley said.

"not true. Sal doesn't like people seeing his face, he didn't want a crowd of people staring at us." Larry shrugged. "actually we just did it over the weekend." Larry added. Sal nodded in agreement.

"and before you ask, no neither of us wore anything fancy." Sal said. Larry laughed.

"mom ask him if he wore a dress. it would've been the best if he had!" Larry laughed. Sal smacked him hard in the stomach and Larry yelped. he gave Sal a nervous laugh. "heh, love you." Larry said. Sal glared at him, face red under his mask.

"asshole." Sal glared. Ashley laughed and shook her head.

"thats great but we didn't get to see it." Ashley said.

"I wanted it to be a family and friend thing, but Sal really didn't want anyone to see his face." Larry chuckled. he couldn't see the look on Sal's face but if he could, he would've realized Sal was slightly crushed by that. as a kid he would've loved to have a big open wedding, but after the attack he couldn't. he knew Larry wanted his friends and family to be there, but it would be all Larry's friends and family, well a few mutual friends. Sal didn't want anyone to see his face, it terrified him. Larry was the only one allowed to see him. he couldn't help the sorrow and hurt that filled him. he never even realized Larry was talking to him. Larry grabbed him and shook him gently. "hey, wake up." Larry said. Sal jumped and looked at him.

"huh?" Sal ask. Ashley and Larry looked at him worried.

"we've been trying to get your attention." Ashley said. Larry nodded in agreement.

"oh, sorry." Sal muttered. Larry immediately knew something was wrong. Sal had been nothing but giggles, basically, since they got married two days ago. he wasn't happy, he was upset. it bothered Larry. Larry grabbed his hand and pulled Sal into their usual talking spot, the bathroom. he locked the door and looked at Sal.

"talk to me. whats wrong?" Larry ask worriedly. Sal looked away.

"nothing it's fine." Sal sighed.

"no, somethings wrong." Larry said, pushing Sal's mask up gently. he grabbed his chin and tilted his head up gently. Sal flinched away when he saw his face and turned his head. Larry knew what that meant. Sal was thinking about Larry looking at his face again. "hey, talk to me. please?" Larry ask.

"I..." Sal started. he sighed. "you were happy with the way we got married right?" Sal ask. Larry looked confused.

"yeah why wouldn't I be? I finally got you to say yes and agree to a date." Larry said, a bright sparkle in his eye. it faded along with his smile after a second. "are you having second thoughts?" Larry ask. he felt a panic in his gut.

"what? no. I just... I feel like I held you back because I didn't want us to get married in front of a bunch of people." Sal sighed. "I know what you wanted.... I know thats what you really really wanted, but I... couldn't." Sal added. he looked at Larry and Larry smiled slightly.

"is that what your upset about?" Larry ask.

"I'm not upset. I'm... worried you aren't happy." Sal admitted. Larry smiled slightly, resting his head against Sals.

"I'm always happy with you." Larry said.

"but the wedding-" Sal started. Larry kissed him deeply.

"shh. I admit it's not the wedding I wanted. I wanted something nice that my family could see, but they probably wouldn't like me marrying a guy. it's alright." Larry murmured. Sal rested his head on Larry's chest.

"I'm sorry." Sal sighed.

"don't be. it was perfect the way it was. we're happy right?" Larry ask. Sal nodded after a moment.

"yeah. we are." Sal replied.

"good then it's fine." Larry smiled, kissing him deeply. he flipped Sal's mask down and winked at him. "come on before people think we're having our honey moon in here." Larry teased. Sal tilted his head slightly as Larry opened the door and walked out, grabbing his backpack from the floor. he waited patiently for Sal, who caught up with him after a few minutes. he scooped Sal's bag up, holding his hand out patiently for Sal's hand. Sal smiled slightly and took his hand happily. he looked at his ring then at Larry.

"you're sure you're happy?" Sal ask. Larry nodded at him.

"of course. I have you. why wouldn't I be?" Larry ask. Sal nodded slightly and leaned against his side.

"Travis is coming up behind you guys." Ashley said.

"yup." Larry said.

"so it would seem." Sal muttered. he sighed. he was tired already. Larry heard the foot steps get closer and stopped, turning around to face Travis.

"you got something to say to my face bitch?" Larry growled. Travis stopped in his tracks at the dark look on Larry's face. "or are you fucking coming at Sal with intents on hurting him?" Larry hissed, arms crossed over his chest. because the new school year had just started they hadn't seen everyone in a while. Travis, from a distance, hadn't realized Larry had shot up 5 inches. Larry, who had been 6 foot at the end of last year, now towered over him by 6 inches. he towered over Sal by an entire foot, Sal being only 5'5. Travis was only about 5'11. he stood over Sal, like most did, but Larry stood even taller over Travis. from a far he hadn't seemed so tall, but when he got closer Travis realized how big of a mistake he'd actually made.

"nope. just welcoming back." Travis chuckled nervously, stepping back quickly.

"thats what I fucking thought." Larry glared. he turned and took Sal's hand walking away. Sal was too busy giggling under his mask. "whats funny?" Larry ask confused. Sal couldn't stop his giggling and broke into full on laughter. Larry watched him arms crossed over his chest with an unamused look until Sal managed to catch his breath. "are you done? why are you laughing?" Larry ask.

"h-he took one look at you," Sal was laughing again by this point and was turning red under his mask because of his laughter. Larry raised an eye brow. Ashley giggled. clearly something about this was funny to Sal.

"I don't get it." Larry muttered. Sal couldn't stop laughing and at this point was trying to cover his mouth, he was laughing so hard that he was trying not to snort. Larry's cheeks were turning bright red, embarrassed obviously at the fact that Sal was laughing at him. Sal finally managed to get a hold of himself and took a deep breath.

"okay. okay. sorry. I'm sorry. Travis took one look at how tall you were and fucking shit his pants. the look of terror on his face. I couldn't." Sal started laughing again. a smile broke out on Larry's face and he chuckled softly. of course Sal would find that hilarious. Larry shook his head at Sal. "you're a teddy bear. how could anyone be scared of you?" Sal laughed, heading to class.

"he doesn't realize you would literally murder someone if they hurt him does he?" Ashley ask.

"nah, I won't burst his bubble either. I'll be his teddy bear." Larry shrugged, pushing his hands into his pockets and following Sal with a content grin. "besides, we've got the rest of our lives for me to prove it to him." Larry added. he walked into the class room and plopped down beside Sal. life was good.