"He did feel the same"

"No need to be scared beautiful..."

A few weeks had passed after their "night", neither of them brought it up, let alone dared to mention it, although neither if them could keep their minds off it, Sal thought of how loving and caring Brian was, he knew Brian was somewhat of a rougher person when it came to situations in bed, but with him, it was different, Brian was gentle, more than Sal imagined he would be, he constantly held Sal's hand, wiping tears from his cheeks every now and then, kissing his forehead and lips, then later, asking if he was okay, cuddling and holding Sal in his arms, Brian thought about how beautiful Sal was, the way his cute, gentle moans escaped his lips, the way he held Brian's hand, gripping it tightly, the way he occasionally opened his tear filled eyes, staring into Brian's, as small, little pants came from him, the way he'd lift his hand to Brian's cheek and run his hand through his hair, and the way he would fit the words,

"I love you" in between moans. Brian now knew he was completely in love with Sal, and Sal was still in love with Brian. Brian had lingered on the idea of asking Sal to become more than just his best friend, he wanted to, he felt as if he needed to at this point, he knew for a fact that he needed Sal in his life, Sal was the biggest thing that kept him alive during his spurts of depression, he wanted to be able to call Sal his boyfriend, he wanted to be able to let the world know that Sal was his, he wanted to be able to pull him into his arms and kiss him, to walk in public with Sal's hand in his, he wanted to wake up every morning with Sal in his arms, to see Sal's cute sleepy face, at live shows, he wanted to be able to lift Sal up and kiss him in front of all the fans who were under the impression that him and Sal were straight, and thinking of that gave him and idea, he wanted to see how fans and Sal would react, they had a live show in Tampa, Florida, coming up in three days, so he thought he'd test that.

Brian was laying sprawled out on his bed, in only boxers, he had his blanket covering the lower half of his body, Brooklyn, Benjamin and Chessie were crawling around on him, he smiled at them, began to wonder, if he and Sal were to get together, would Sal ever get used to his cats? He hoped so. Brian had little motivation to get up, he was still quite tired, but he and the other three had filming to do, therefore he had no choice, and he did want to see Sal so that helped a little more, he didn't need to get up for another half hour so he decided to text Sal.

"Morning Sally" Brian had debated on calling him beautiful rather than Sally but he didn't want to make things awkward. Sal had just woken up and heard his phone buzz, he was cold and wrapped in his blankets, he didn't want to reach for his phone, though he thought he probably should, so he quickly reached his arm out for his phone and glasses then cuddled back underneath the blankets, he put his glasses on, though he struggled for a second because he was still half asleep, the brightness of his phone made him squint and rub his eyes, his eyes wandered the screen until he came across Brian's message, he immediately blushed and responded,

"Good morning Bri"

"How was your sleep?" Brian answered.

"Good thanks, what about you?" Sal asked.

"It was good as well thanks Sally"

They talked for a bit until realizing they had no choice but to get up for filming, before ending their conversation, Sal typed,

"I love you Bri" it took a lot of courage for him to send it, and he was worried as to how Brian would react. Brian then saw the message, he smiled and blushed,

"I love you for that" Brian responded, although he really wanted to reword that into a simple yet passionate,

"I love you too"

"Okay Sal, see that buff dark dude?" Joe asked.

"Oh, fuck... Yeah" Sal worried.

"You gotta grab his ass and ya can't say sorry!" Joe chuckled, he looked over to see James laughing and Brian who seemed somewhat jealous.

"Joe, what the fuck? He's gonna beat the shit outta me, I can't!" Sal exclaimed.

"Do it or you lose this episode, and we have a brutal punishment in mind" Joe laughed.

Sal pondered for a moment,

"I can't do this... I can't do this" he thought to himself, he had no choice but to get it over with, he ran up behind the man, and gently placed his hand on his ass.

"What the fuck?!" the man screamed at Sal after quickly turning around.

"It-it was a joke! I'm so-" Sal panicked before he could finish saying sorry which he wasn't supposed to, he saw the man raise his fist, next thing Sal knew, he was on the ground, his glasses had been knocked off, tears were streaming down his face and he was holding his cheek.

"What the fuck is your problem?!" Brian yelled running towards the man.

"Fucking faggot grabbed my ass!" he yelled. Joe and James were both holding onto Sal, making sure he was okay, the majority of the crew was also around him.

Joe looked up to see Brian about to punch the man, he moved quicker than he ever had before, pulling Brian back, away from the man, Brian struggled to get out of Joe's arms for a moment, before flipping him off, then going to Sal's aid.

"Sally, baby are you alright?" Brian didn't fare about the fact that he had just accidentally called Sal "Baby", he was just worried.

"I don't know..." Sal cried, wrapping his arms around Brian's neck, by this time the man was gone, none of the crew had time to catch him.

"It's alright Sally, come here" Brian lifted him up and put his arm around his waist, Sal leaned to get his glasses, but Brian stopped him.

"I got them, it's okay" he helped Sal over to where the others had been standing and he held him close.

"Are you okay?" Brian questioned again.

"My cheek hurts and all but I think I'm alright, now I'm just scared" Sal sniffled, Brian then kissed his red cheek, carefully put his glasses back on him, hugged him tightly and whispered,

"No need to be scared beautiful, I'll protect you... "