And I can feel the warning signs

<div align=center>William's anger had bubbled over, it was very rare he got angry like this, but at times, it would all rush out at once. He was so used to keeping it contained within himself that sometimes He couldn't help it. It wasn't that Micheal gave out to William about Gabe, he just merely complained about him, Micheal would sooner change gender than shout at him, Bill thought. Micheal wasn't one for yelling, except for when it came to Gabe. William sighed, and shook his head, it was starting to hurt and he was starting to get frustrated, frustration often lead to tears, in William's case, anyway.

"What do you mean why?" He asked, scowling at the older boy. "Uh? Why do you think I defend you?" He asked, his tone picking up a slightly mocking tone, "um maybe because I'm in love with you, that's why?" All of a sudden William realized exactly what he'd just said, his eyes widened, and he clapped both hands over his mouth. That hadn't meant to come out, not here, not now. All his anger left him all of a sudden, only to be replaced with utter mortification. He stared at Gabe, eyes still wide, hands still clamped over his mouth.</div>

<div align=center>William was so shocked with himself he didn't know what to say. He stood there, mouth agape, muscles tense. He suppose he had meant it, and in this situation he certainly wasn't messing around. The room seemed so quiet you would have been able to hear a pin drop. Neither of the two seemed to know what to say to each other, it wasn't so much an awkward silence, it was merely that each boy was so surprised he couldn't muster up the words to say anything else. "Yeah." William answered finally, quietly, softly, a huge contrast from the way he'd been speaking a moment before.

He'd been debating when to actually voice that to Gabriel, he couldn't find a moment that it would be appropriate, and this certainly wasn't a situation he would call appropriate. The first time round it had been so sweet and romantic, but this time it was anything but. His breathing was heavy, and he looked just a little bit frightened, "I do." His voice wavered and he sounded like he was about to cry, this was always what happened after William got angry, his emotions took hold of him and all he could do was whimper and cry.</div>

<div align=center>William let out a noise between a whine and a squeak, and fixed his lips to Gabe's for a very brief moment. He wasn't sure what else to do, he hadn't meant to tell Gabe he loved him at all, that had just sort of slipped out with the rest of it, though he thought perhaps they might have still been arguing right now if that hadn't happened. Bill sighed, I'm so stupid. He told Gabe it was okay, he didn't mean to. It took a little while for him to calm down, he just stayed there for a little while, tucked up against Gabriel with his head underneath his chin. It felt like an age until anyone even spoke again.

"I think I am ready now." William mumbled softly, finally breaking the silence. He pulled away a little and looked up at Gabe, frowning a little. He felt better for that, he felt better for everything that had happened recently, it had all fallen into place pretty well, and good things had happened apart from that little scrap, Gabe had righted that though, and that was okay, "I think I am ready for other things." He continued, choosing his words carefully, slowly.</div>

<div align=center>William nodded a little, he was alright with it this time. He had thougjt about it for a little while , long and hard. Gabe wasn't scary at all and William didn't really know why he had ever been scared. He trusted Gabriel, the other boy merely wanted to be close to him and William felt the same way. He liked being with Gabe, he made him laugh and he always had something to talk about. William leaned close and kissed him again, softly, affectionately. "I am sure this time," he promised, a small smile crossing his features, he was sincere.

He nuzzled Gabe softly, nibbling playfully at his neck and cupping one side of his face with one hand. He laugjed quietly, he didn't really regret that, what he regretted was the situation, it had been bad and William had been angry. He voiced a small apology, frowning at his boyfriend, the poor man had been so excited to see him and William felt bad about it, he thought he was going to cry, and it didn't take all that long for the tears to come. He cursed himself silently for them and clung to Gabe sudenly, he didn't know what to do.</div>

<div align=center>The promise of pain made the boy frown a little, though there was no way around that and he knew it. He'd more or less given himself to Gabriel, he didn't want to take that back again. He could feel his mind slowing down, and a sense of calm washed over him, he'd gone quiet, though he was still crying, silently, though. All he could do was helplessly cling to Gabe until he wanted to move again, but for now he didn't, for now he was contented to stay here, pressed up against him in the middle of the floor. He safe here, he felt warm and safe and comfortable. They were nice feelings, good feelings.

William's hands found their way underneath the hem of Gabriel's shirt and up his back, he flattened his palms against his skin and held them there. He was feeling slow and sleepy, he just wanted to stay here with Gabe for a while, he didn't care what they did, he didn't care if they didn't do anything at all, if they just stayed here for the next few hours. "I love you too." He answered quietly, the words sounded strange and foreign on his tongue, he'd never really used them before, not in this aspect, anyhow. It felt nice to say them. He rested his chin on Gabriel's shoulder, gazing down at the carpet in front of him. He smiled, albeit it was a small one, it lit up his features though, it made him look happy for once. "Can I stay here tonight?"</div>