Bad Little Boy

Cherry lip balm. Cherry fucking lip balm. Mr Way wore cherry lip balm and the taste just wouldn't go. I took a drag of my cigarette, trying to rid myself of the taste of cherry and the feeling of being used. Breath in the deadly chemicals Frankie, then exhale them out into the also deadly atmosphere.

"Frank?" Joe nudged me. I blew the smoke out and upwards in Joe's general direction "Frank, we're planning Ryan's party and you're barely listening" Ah yes, Ry's birthday party, where Joe would get smashed, hit on girls, I would get smashed hit on guys and Ryan would get smashed and probably throw up. It sounds good in theory, but this year Joe was convinced that he could get Ryan laid that night.

"Hey, maybe you're hitting up the wrong people, have you tried any gay bars yet?" I asked. Joe laughed, convinced that Ryan was indeed straight. That was how Joe looked at the world, everything was black and white except me (I was rainbow coloured with sprinkles on top) and that was that "Come on Ry, give us a pointer" I begged Ryan.

"Fine. Their name begins with a B and they're the year below us" he sighed. That was no help, that could be anyone and Ryan knew it. He could mean a dude or a girl, and theor was no way of knowing yet.

"Ryan, just get laid already, in the 17 years I have known you, you have rejected every advance you have ever received" grumbled Joe "come on man"

Okay, let me tell you a thing about Ryan. He was cute, no doubt about it. Ryan was also a nice dude, the kind you could wake up to making pancakes in the morning. He is also super charming and totally the sweetest guy I've ever met. If Ryan wasn't my best friend or like my brother and if I hadn't just... been fucked by Mr Way... I'd be all up on Ryan like a mofo, but god, he was like a unicorn in human form.

Ryan was also the first in the whole world to know I was gay, even before my parents and Joe. He was supportive and amazing , I don't know what I'd do without him. If I ever needed him, he was there and I'd be there for him. Oh fuck, I sound like a cheesy fucking drama.

"we'll make a deal... Frank?" Asked Ryan. Oh god, what now? "When Frank tells us why he's so distracted?" Joe laughed, and nodded. Oh fucking hell, time to lie your way out of it.

"Ryan, he's just distracted becaude of Mr Way, he just appreciated his ass, thats all" Joe answered for me, and I played along, laughing.

Thanks Joe, you're a star.

Notes

Just getting back into this, that's why its so short <3