all at once, everything is different, now that i see you. +++ when you've lived in a tower with only your mother for company your whole life like mitch has, you jump at the opportunity to leave, even if a wanted thief is your chaperone.

if i wear a mask, i can fool the world, but i cannot fool my heart. +++ mitch was not like other boys his age. he was small, weak, and very feminine, so you can imagine how well his abusive father took it when he got the summons to be trained in the army.

genuflect, show some respect, down on one knee. +++ riffraff, street rat, scoundrel. call him what you like, scott knows it's true. i mean, he's lived on the streets all his life, forced to steal food and sleep in his small cave thing that he managed to find. he's gotten used to it. until one day, a phone is thrown at him. scott is startled, obviously. people normally threw rocks or bricks at him. intrigued, he turns the phone on. poof! a genie appears.

you're there on a ship, the pirate ship, of gallant captain hook. +++ being kidnapped by pirates wasn't on scott's to-do list.

LDShadowlady; the famous YouTube gamer with the pink hair and bubbly personality. What if we told you she was adopted? Dan Howell; dark, emo, and gay af. What if we told you he adopted her?

"My world was black and white until I met you. Then, I saw gray. But I guess you didn't. You saw red." ~~~ Phil Lester has always loved Dan Howell. Ever since they moved together, he's been falling head over heels for him. One day, Phil finally confesses his love . . . and Dan turns him away. Phil's heart is breaking, but he stays strong. He finally collapses, but Dan doesn't comfort him. Dan is nowhere to be found. After a while, Phil finds him . . . drinking and smoking with the bad kids. Can Phil find someone else to love, or will Dan come back for him? ~~~ "Dan?" "Phil?" "I love you."

February, the second month of the year. The month of love. On the big day known as Valentine's Day, Pentatonix scores a gig. Mitch's boyfriend isn't happy about this. So, to make up for it, Mitch decides to bring him a beautiful bouquet of red roses a week before the performance. However, as he gets to his boyfriend's house to deliver them, he catches his boyfriend in the midst of a heated moment with another man. Devastated, Mitch throws the roses away and rushes home. There, the only person that can comfort him is Scott Hoying, his best friend. Oh, and he may have a teensy tiny crush on him. Just a small one. Ok, a big one, but Mitch knows that there's no way Scott returns these feelings. Or does he? +++ This story is roughly based off of Pentatonix's song "Water"

Dan and Phil have always loved each other. But that's the problem with crushes; you may never know about them. Instead, they vent their feelings into a journal, with carefully written-out notes to one another. For years, they communicate their love this way, unbeknownst to their significant other. When they die, their notes are left in those beloved journals, the pages yellowing in their abandoned drawers. Dan and Phil never know of their shared love. The only remnants of it is their journals. But what did they say? NOTE: this book is very sad. like very very sad. you have been warned

he don't say a word, and he won't say a word, until you kiss the boy. +++ mitch doesn't speak. it's not like he can't, it's just that he doesn't want to. he refuses to open his mouth and let words escape his lips. why, you ask? that's for him to know and for you to find out. scott meets the silent boy and is instantly intrigued. after all, how could you not with his warm brown eyes and a smile that could bring happiness to the saddest of people? and when he discovers mitch's silence, it just feeds his thirst for knowledge. he wants to know why. well, you know what they say. curiosity killed the cat.

"Ten! Nine! Eight!" I glance over at Mitch, breath hitching in my throat. "Seven! Six! Five! Four!" Making a split decision, I pull him closer to me. He seems surprised, but doesn't stop me. "Three!" I lean in, eyes fluttering closed. "Two!" Mitch uncertainly closes his eyes as well, closing the gap between us. "One!" Our lips touch, and the sound of people shouting "Happy New Year!" is distant. It's just us. Finally, we pull apart. "I love you, Grassi," I whisper, wrapping my arms around his waist. I hear him chuckle slightly. "I love you too, Hoying." *** Let's kiss the past away, like New Year's Day.