Chapter 2
Otto started,"Speaking of, he should be here any min-", he was interrupted by a groggy-looking Kylan walking in.
"Kylan!
Oh my you look horrible", Leonel ran up to Kylan immediately checking his symptoms.
"Hi Leo..", is all Kylan could say before a sneezed stopped him.
"Don't worry, I have something perfect for you.", Leonel handed Kylan a glass bottle filled with a pink potion.
This was his so-called "Fix-your-cold-in-a-jiffy" drink.
"Thanks a lot Leo, I'm gonna drink it right now", Kylan forced out in a stuffy tone before picking a flower from a pot and placing it in Leonel's hair.
Leonel's heart felt like bursting at the cute action.
Soon enough, Kylan chugged down the fancy drink he received from Leonel, it tasted like strawberries.
Leonel went back to work, but was interrupted once again when he felt arms around his waist and a face resting in between the crook of his neck.
"You know, you look really cute today, Leo,", Kylan muttered in a flirtatious way.
"Uhm, thank you..?", Leonel was quite confused.
Otto chuckled at the sight, but then realized what was happening.
"Hey, Leonel?
I think you messed up a bit..", Otto said slowly.
Leonel tried loosening Kylan's grip on him,"What do you mean?"
Otto picked up the bottle of cold medicine,"I think you might have given Kylan a bit of the love potion.."
Leonel's eyes widened and face dusted pink.
"oops.."
「Kylan-Leonel」「」Leonel Ward just got out of his part-time job at the cafe and was looking forward to going home, eating some food, and crashing.
He had a shared apartment with his boyfriend, Kylan Torres, because it was both convenient for their jobs and education, and sharing a house gave them the opportunity of being together more.
They've been living together for 2 years now, and they seem very happy with each other.
Kylan has been acting kind of weird as of lately though, but maybe it's just Leonel and his false suspicions.
Leonel got out of work earlier because someone took his shift, but he didn't want to tell Kylan because he wanted it to be a surprise.
He half-skipped up to the comfy apartment's doorstep slowly peeking through the door looking if he can find his boyfriend.
The boy kicked off his shoes and softly uttered a ''Kylan~'', and made his way out of the entrance room to their bedroom.
Before Leonel even made it to his destination, he saw something that made him stop in his tracks and made his heart drop to the floor.
On the large living room couch where Leonel expected to see Kylan, andjustKylan, laid not only his love butanother man.
Leonel stood there, like a deer in headlights, mind racing at a thousand miles per hour.
The two other boys seemed toodistractedto even notice the presence of the broken hearted boy.Kylan is on top of another person and, is that Roy?
, Leonel questioned in his mind.
Ah, Roy York, one of Leonel's best friends since the first year of high school.
How pleasant is it to see him doing this with his beloved boyfriend.
Leonel was still unable to utter words, but everything hit when Kylan locked eyes with his own.
It seemed like Kylan had to process what was happening too, until he saw Leonel dash back out of the apartment.
With a mumbled ''Shit'', he ran out ditching Roy to chase the boy he just betrayed.
Roy sat on the couch in shock, knowing a great friendship he had was going to come to an end, because of himself.
Leonel didn't care where he ran to, he just wanted to run...
Until he only reached the parking lot and felt a hand grab his wrist.
''Let go.'', the boy coldly said, facing a desperate-looking Kylan.
'Leo, please-'', Kylan was cut off by a deep voice that somehow got deeper,''Let.
Go.
And don't call me that anymore.'' Leonel yanked his arm away and stormed to his car.
He didn't hesitate to call his most precious friend, Samir, to tell him everything that he witnessed.
Leonel finally broke down as he described all of the events while sitting in his car.
With every word he became more panicked and less understandable and Samir knew he had to get there immediately.
''I'm coming right now.
Stay in your car, okay?
I'll pick you up because I don't want you driving right now.'' All Leonel responded back with was a humming sound of approval between sobs.
Leonel felt tortured nearly having a panic attack while Kylan was just standing at the curb near his car.
Just pacing back and forth, contemplating, ignoring the boy that loved him.
Samir arrived at the apartment complex at around 10 minutes after the call, to see Kylan sitting on the curb near Leonel's car, and Leonel inside his car with his head down.
He lightly knocked on the window, signaling that it was him before carefully walking Leonel to his own car, guiding him by holding his shoulders like he was fragile porcelain.
Leonel was visibly shaking, slowly walking past Kylan to make him see how he made the boy feel.
Samir didn't forget to give the cruel man a death glare but turned soft when telling Leonel,''Come on, let's go baby.'' Samir knew Leonel loved being called cute things even if it wasn't meant romantically.
Kylan didn't do anything but watch Leonel and Samir drive away.
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Eventually, the two boys arrived at the older's apartment, with Leonel being greeted by Warren's big bear hug.
Leonel was immediately put on their fluffy couch surrounded by blankets and pillows.
Samir sat down next to Leonel letting the boy put his head on his lap.
As soon as a silence hit, sobs were heard.
Both Samir and Warren let Leonel let everything out, but of course not much would be fixed by a simple crying session."Samir.. what did I do wrong..?", Leonel sobbed out, recieving a,"Nothing Leonel, you didn't do anything", from Samir.
Truthfully, Leonel didn't do anything wrong.
He gave it his all to be the best possible boyfriend but of course there were imperfections.
Leonel couldn't understand what he did wrong to deserve this to happen to him.
As Leonel's sobs turned into sniffles and whimpers, he whispered,''What happened to me being Kylan's precious Leo...''
With a pounding headache and wide awake thoughts, Leonel fell asleep with a struggle, while Warren whispered sweet things and Samir stroked his hair.
'Wake up, you sleepyhead~'', Warren softly woke Leonel up with a smile.
Although he didn't want to wake the poor boy up, it was 3 in the afternoon and over-sleeping wouldn't be the best idea.
The smell Leonel woke up to was absolutely delightful, a small smile crept up to his face as he thought about how amazing his friends were.
He was also watching his two friends being all lovey-dovey, another reason to make him crack a smile.
'That's the Leonel I wanna see'', Samir chuckled and ruffled Leonel's hair.
The three boys enjoyed the very well made breakfast/lunch and started their mission on distracting Leonel from being sad as much as possible.
Of course nothing could get rid of the heart ache, but everything takes time.
'Samir and I are going to talk to Kylan later, but we'll let you only when you're ready'', Warren smiled and received a nod from Leonel.
Later the two left to meet with Kylan, leaving Leonel alone- Leonel wanted to be anything but alone.
This left Leonel thinking, thinking about what it would be like if he didn't see that, if he didn't come home early.
Would Kylan act suspicious?
Would he be faking how he acted to Leonel?
Was he acting this whole time?
Leonel didn't want to think anymore, so he fell asleep again.
~~~
It's been two weeks since the incident.
Leonel has been holding on only because of the support of his wonderful friends.
He was ready to meet with Kylan, so Warren, Samir, and Leonel went over to the old couple's apartment.
Leonel had a bitter feeling entering the house.
Memories came crashing in as he was helped with retrieving his things to bring to the other couple's house.
He was going to live with Samir and Warren for a bit until he was to find somewhere else to go.
It was even worse for Leonel watching Roy leave the apartment as soon as he entered.
Kylan watched the boy he cheated on sit at the dining room table while he was making coffee, head down and shoulders hunched.
Leonel's eye bags were clearly visible, as well as the paling of his skin and the sparkle that was once in his eyes was gone.
Samir was rubbing his back waiting patiently for said boy to speak until he cleared his throat and started.
''Why'd you do it?'', was all Leonel was able to utter without a voice crack.
There was silence, silence for too long.
What was Kylan supposed to say?
What would he say that would hurt his broken-hearted lover the least?