Road Trip (BOYXBOY)

Chapter 1

I'm behind the wheel, drumming my fingers to the rhythm of the music. Harry is beside me in the passenger seat, feet up on the dashboard. Around us, empty snack packets and bottles litter the floor and back seats after the feast we had on the side of the road earlier. This is our first trip away together as a couple. We're the first openly gay couple in school, which means we've gone through a lot of shit together. On the bright side, it brought us closer than I could've ever imagined – at least, in most ways, anyway. We've been together for over a year now and it's honestly been the best of my life so far. At some point during the song, Harry takes his feet down from the dashboard and sits up.

"You okay?" I ask him, glancing at him from the corner of my eye.

"I'm good," he lies, but I don't push it. I know he'll tell me when he's ready.

We keep driving and I keep humming along to the music. I make conversation as best I can even though he isn't replying at all and is instead staring out of the front window. After a while, Harry begins to fidget beside me, but I don't say anything. Eventually, he mumbles something, and I have to turn down the music to hear him.

"Sorry?" I say, prompting him to repeat what he had said.

"I think I need to use the bathroom," he says again, avoiding my gaze.

I'm shocked, but I try not to show it. Harry is an extremely shy person, especially about his toilet habits. He never tells me if he needs to go and won't even pee if he thinks someone can hear him.

"There's a rest stop in about twenty minutes," I reassure him, but he seems unsure.

I know he wouldn't have mentioned it if it wasn't urgent, so I put my foot down a little to try and get us there quicker. After about five minutes Harry turns to look at me.

"Can you pull over?" he asks.

"We're on the motorway, I can't," I tell him. "It won't be much longer, and we'll be there."

He bites his lip and turns back to face the road. A couple of minutes later I notice him holding his crotch. I can tell he's trying to hide this fact but is too desperate not to do it.