If Not Boyfriend, Then Protector

"Oh, Beau!" Spitfire smiles happily.

Beau answers, " you deserve something nice,"

" You seriously know how to make me smile," Spitfire replied, gratefully When, swiftly somebody enters the restrooms, " Beau, I got to let you go," he says in a hushed whisper, " bye," he says quickly,

" Ok, ok, ok... See you tonight," Beau responds,

before clicking the phone and hanging up,

Spitfire took a deep breath,

opening the stall door casually,

it wasn't Scott but an older man heading towards a stalk door,

Spitfire scampered past him,

opening the main door

And traveling towards the figurines and statues,

he finally found Scott.

" Hey, " Scott smiles, watching Spitfire high step it to Scott's side,

" I gotta find something for my cousin's birthday, he likes?????" Spitfire says, trying to think back, " oh, turtles, Koda loves turtles," he says with a smile picking up a small figurine that had two turtles swimming,

" I didn't even know you had a cousin, Koda?" Scott smirks,

" It is cute, though," he smiles, studying at the statue,

Spitfire laughs, turning the figurine upside down," Whoa.... The price isn't," he frowns, putting it down on the shelf,

Scott grabs it, placing it in a two-handled carry cart,

" I'll buy it for you," he smiles, " Hey baby, you feeling ok?" He asks watching Spitfire bothered,

Spitfire sneers, " yes, as a matter of fact, I'm feeling great,"

Scott shook his head, " you look exhausted,

guess that is what I'm seeing,"

Spitfire nods, " well, so do you," he replies.

" What???... Nah, I earned these dark circles,

hard work pays off, and no... I'm not drunk having fun,

I'm scheduling our touring route," Scott says,

Spitfire jeers, " Scott, you jerk,"

Scott shapes a brow, " what's with the attitude?"

" Attitude?.... You act like I drink all the time,

it's literally the first time I've ever tried alcohol," Spitfire fires back,

" No offense, babe, I didn't mean to upset you," Scott says sincerely, draping his rather large arm around Spitfires shoulders,

Spitfire frowns, " I'm sorry," he says, directly " I didn't mean to lash out on you,"

" Don't apologize,

I should stop being sarcastic,

actually, my mom was talking about that when I visited last week, ha!" Scott chuckles at the thought,

"she told me I have my dad's sarcastic attitude,

I couldn't believe it, to be honest,

I look like my mom, but my so-called sarcastic attitude comes from dad," he says, following a dramatic laugh,

Spitfire giggles along with him, "you should invite them over some time,"

" Yeah, they've never met you, although I've told both of them we were dating, Mom is overly excited that her youngest son finally came out of that old closet," he rolls his eyes jokingly, " I think mom new though," Scott smiles glancing to Spitfire who seemed very distracted and uninterested in Scott's story,

" Spit!" Scott asks, " did you ever come out to your dad?"

Spitfires attention turned to Scott pretty quickly,

That was a touchy subject Scott brought up just now " N-no... I've never literally gone over to none of my family members and exactly pronounce the word, Gay, nobody's ever asked, so I've never brought it up," he says with a sigh, " Dad... He knows, though,

He knows we're dating, he knows,"

Scott shrugs, " Well, if Adam thinks you're straight and dating another guy, he's pretty-" Scott went to say, but Spitfire broke down in tears,

his black eyeliner mixed with salty tears ran down the side of his cheeks, He tried to cover bruises on his cheekbones,

but Scott noticed immediately.

" My god, Spitfire, what the hell?" Scott says, slowly watching Spitfire try to smooth his foundation over noticeable injuries,

Spitfires chin chatted,

he was crying so hard, he whimpers and spoke with a shaky voice, " Scotty... I did something," he says, glancing up to Scott nervously,

Scott being very concerned, grabbed ahold of Spitfire's shoulders,

" W-what?.... What's wrong?" He asks in question,

Spitfire massages his temples in a circular motion,

his head still hurt from the night before,

" Scotty, I was with Beau last night, I think ... I think..." He says,

still upset, trying to catch his breath "Oh Scott, I'm sorry," he cries, grabbing ahold of Scott's hands.

Scott listened but couldn't make sense of any of this,

" what you're you saying?... You? You spent the night with Beau?" He asks curiously,

Spitfire shook his head, " I slept over with Beau last night, "

Scott listened with a shocked look written all over his face,

Scotty, I'm sorry," he says, tears dripping from his chin,

This has been eating Spitfire from the inside all morning,

" I think I have feelings for Beau,"

Scott's mouth fell open,

then he spoke, " so you didn't just fall in love with him,

but you also jumped in bed with him?... Ha," he scoffs, following an unbelieving laugh, " ha, I can't believe this," Scott gritted his teeth together in fury, jerking away from Spitfire, " I should have known your pretty young and restless, I should have known you'd try and cheat on me, I'm just a blonde potato you can have Sloane, hope he'll make you happy, I'd drop the world for you, but I can clearly see you have the hots for Beau Beau bear" he snarls, walking off to the cashiers, placing the turtles on the counter,

" That'll be $15.99," The young cashier says politely,

Scott grabs his wallet from his back pocket,

swiping his visa through the groove.

" You have a nice day, sir," the girl smiles, giving Scott the receipt,

he took it and marched outside,

Spitfire breaking a sweat to catch up,

Scott had much longer legs,

" Scotty... Scotty please," Spitfire shrieked, turning the sprint into a quick running movement, " Scotty Please," he says sternly,

grabbing ahold of Scott's arm,

jolting Scott backward,

" Please listen to me," he pleaded,

Scott rolled his eyes,

he was heartbroken that it had to come to this,

he shrugs, then spoke, " What?"

Spitfire dried his tears, " Scotty... " He grimaces, " I feel awful," he says, another round of tears drained, " my dad hates me, my best friends won't call me, now you hate me... I'm such a failure," he says,

grabbing his head, which still pounded,

Scott placed his hands on his hips, " I... I don't hate you," he says bluntly, " you just broke my heart, that's all," he says with a frown,

Spitfire shook his head, " but I didn't mean to, I didn't ask for this to happen," he says," please forgive me, I'm such a horrible person to break such a kind souls heart," he whines,

"My feelings just grew for Beau,

he treats me nice, Scotty,

I'm attracted to him," he adds,

Scott nods, " you are not a horrible person, and hell, maybe I'm overreacting?... I guess if you're happy, I'm happy," he frowns, " it'd be better if you were in my arms, but... I guess if Beau stole your heart,

I can't stop that," Scott says, reaching out for a famous one of Spitfires hugs,

Spitfire listened with tears in his eyes, brimming his eyelashes,

" why'd God give me such a good friend?" He asks, " I don't deserve you, you deserve somebody better," he cries, enclosing his arms around Scott's waist, tightening the hug,

Scott frowns,

Scott was remarkably hurt,

his heart with a permanent crack right down the middle,

his best friend and sweetheart found somebody else,

and sadly, Scott was going to have to be a man and get over it,

Spitfire had some serious problems,

and those bruises worried Scott

more than Spitfire having a new boyfriend,

Scott rested his chin on Spitfires silky black hair stroking it with his right hand, Scott had to stop being selfish and take care of the person who will always have his heart, he only wishes Beau was going to be the man Spitfire deserve if he wasn't there,

He held Spitfire tightly, feeling Spitfire cry was nothing fun for Scott, If he wasn't going to be Spitfires boyfriend, he wants to be his protector.