A boyfriend's comforting embrace

"I-I don't need-"

"Oh hush, Kellen. You're just a sweet boy who others have taken advantage of. Admittedly, I too want to take advantage of your sweetness, but in a different way. So let me pay the tax, hmm? I guess it would be considered boyfriend tax, but I doubt you consider us boyfriends." Rhys' chuckle made Kellen feel worse. 

They were a pair, they were together, and they were currently living together, even if it was temporary. What Rhys said…made sense to him, and it wasn't as if there was another way to say that. Well, maybe they were lovers, but even Kellen knew that they hadn't done enough to be considered that. At least, he didn't think so. 

"I consider us boyfriends. We're a pair first, but we are…dating." Kellen's tongue felt weird saying the word. Well, maybe weird wasn't correct. It was uncomfortable. Unusual. He hadn't said it a lot, especially when it came to him. Rhys' arms tightened around him.