"Isn't it beautiful?" The raven-haired male asked; holding up the arm filled with cuts. "I find it quite lovely, but what do you think?" He stared intently at the red-haired male standing a few feet away. The redhead shrugged his shoulders, trying his best to hide his disgust. "I don't know. It's just… Y'know." He answered. "Aah. I should have known. You don't understand the beauty of it. Oh well. I guess I'll have to teach you…"

It started out normal, just another day at school for the students. Each of them just hanging out during lunch and talking. It was innocent enough. Everything was good… Except for two males.
"What do you mean you're not gonna help Silver?!" The raven-haired boy cried out. He looked very frightened, probably due to the fact that his partner was dropping out of the project they had started on. "I told you. I don't have enough time. I got things to do, I'm just too busy. I already informed the teacher. He's fine with it. Sorry Gold." Silver answered. "NOW WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?!" Gold snapped.

"This is so stupid. We were supposed to be partners. There's no way I can get the rest of the project done by myself! We barely even started our research." Gold muttered under his breath. He was doomed now. He could barely even pay attention in most of his classes, but now he was expected to do the work of two people on a huge project. Gold let out a sigh of defeat before he stood up. "Guess I better hit the library before anything else."

"Thanks for nothing Silver. I was counting on you to help." Gold spat out. "Well, I'm sorry. No need to be a big baby about this. Something came up and I have to basically go home for a little while." Silver responded. "But that's still no excuse! You promised!" Gold shouted. "Keep your voice down. The others will hear you." Silver stated. "Then let them!"
Sharing a room with your best friend was pretty cool, especially when it's a dorm room. But then again things could get complicated when your best friend was also your date mate in a sense. That's what Gold and Silver were. Best friends who happened to go on dates with each other sometimes. Silver always assured others that it was 'nothing serious'. Too bad no one knew about how he was lying. Things had grown complicated for the two best friends all the way back in Grade 7. Gold had noticed that Silver just… Was attractive. Sure, it probably didn't help that they shared a locker and had been in the same classes since… Well forever.
Silver had been the one to make the first move in Grade 8. He had noted that Gold had been acting weird, which included skipping gym class and basically anything that involved having to get changed. Now at first Silver had chalked it up to puberty, with the hormones and the changing body, but he later saw it was utterly different. Gold no longer wanted to hang out with him if they were alone, he rather have had him and Silver hang out with some of the other boys. It took a while but Silver somehow managed to corner him and talk to him alone. Gold really didn't know what to think at first when Silver kissed him.
They never officially came out as gay. Both of them just never really thought of it that way. Sure they were both boys but they couldn't be gay. They just mainly found each other attractive, not other guys. Gold had many crushes on girls but not any other boys. Silver was just… Not really much of a people person. He barely showed interest in other boys let alone girls. Some would have said that Silver was aromantic. But Gold happened to prove them wrong.
They went on dates together all through Grade 8 and Grade 10. Grade 11 was when people started to notice. They ended up questioning the two friends about their relationship with each other and both of them gave very different responses. Gold was quick to say they were dating while Silver swiftly denied there was anything but friendly interactions. It ended up to be too much at the time and the two of them broke contact with each other for the rest of the school year. Of course, when you share the same classes it can be hard to do just that.
By the second term of Grade 12, Silver and Gold had gone back to being date mates. They were fine and just didn't care anymore. They openly told their friends and family about their relationship and assured everyone it was just romantic and not sexual. What a lie. They were teenagers with so many hormones between the two of them. How could it not be sexual? But everyone seemed to believe their lies and everything continued on as normal. At least until they went off to an all boy's college.
Silver had been smart enough to go to a university but declined every single one that offered him a scholarship or a spot in the school. He just wanted to go to the same school as Gold; which happened to be an all boy's college. It was a pretty neat place, it had dorms that were made up of multiple rooms that held two beds each. Silver agreed to go there with Gold, mainly to keep an eye on the other.
It didn't exactly work out. With them being date mates it meant that the two of them were allowed to go on dates with other people. Gold started seeing someone else. And it was very serious. Silver never said anything. He wouldn't dare say anything to Gold, he never wanted to make him uncomfortable, even though this made him very hurt. After a while, Gold started to date this other person and things got even more upsetting for Silver. Gold hardly was at the dorm room and half the time he would blow off their plans together. But Silver vowed to be a good person and not say anything. It wasn't long until Gold's new relationship ended and he came crying back to Silver.
It was then that Gold swore that girls weren't right for him. He said he was gay now. Silver never questioned it but still was concerned. If Gold had been with a girl of all people, couldn't that include some risks? He pushed it from his mind and did his best to comfort the broken raven haired male.
How long had things stayed smooth? Not very long. Gold ended up getting crushes on other males. It made Silver's blood boil but he never told Gold to not act on the feelings. After all, they were just date mates, it wasn't like they were boyfriends. Gold ended up getting a boyfriend and once again wasn't in the dorm as often as he used to be.

How did it end up this way? I just don't understand where we went wrong… Gold shook his head before rubbing his forehead. "Urgh. My head hurts." Gold muttered as he opened his cell phone. "Maybe Red will be willing to help me out…"

I'll be there in five minutes.

Five minutes, that was how long it was going to be. Gold wasn't too sure about what to say. He knew Red had his own project to work on. Maybe he just had to give up and fail. When the knock came on the door Gold smiled. He opened it and hugged his boyfriend. "Look I just need some help. I know you have your own project but my partner basically dropped out."

Silver let out a sigh. It sucked, he didn't want to leave Gold alone. But he had to return home. His father was sick and he promised to watch over the house for a few days, which meant taking over the role of the mob boss. Life sucked. "Maybe I'll text Gold… Maybe I'll keep him updated. He might like that." Silver said with a small smile.

"You're what?!" Gold asked in a slightly shrill voice. "I'm sorry. I just like him a lot. I told you this was an open relationship Gold. He's totally fine with it too." Red answered. "B-but! We're boyfriends with each other I don't want to have him as a boyfriend!" Gold screamed as he grabbed Red's collar. "I don't want this at all! I thought you were joking when you said it was an open relationship! In the span of these two years, you never dated anyone else!" Red only stared at Gold. "I'm sorry. I thought you knew." Red said softly. "Knew? Knew what?!" Gold screeched. This was hurting him so badly. "I'm Polyamorous."
Gold curled up on his bed. He hated this so much. Another breakup. Another fucking breakup. "...Stupid Red… Stupid Green…" Gold muttered as he pulled the covers over his body. He could feel the tears starting to sting his eyes. "I hate everything. I hate everything…" Gold hissed as he closed his eyes and willed himself to sleep.

Gold awoke to a few text messages. One was from Red, two were from Green and at least four was from Silver. There also was another one that came from an unknown number. Gold let out a small groan. He wanted to just delete them all. He opened one of them and sighed.
Boyfriend : Gold. I'm sorry. I think you acted a bit too rash last night. Contact me as soon as you can, I will also give you space if you need it.
Gold just scowled at the message from Red. He almost deleted it but decided to reply to it quickly.
Red, I need some time to think. I would love some space. Please don't be mad at me.
He checked the next few messages.
Green-Senpai: Look I'm sorry about what happened, Red told me. But I honestly thought you already knew and were okay with it. If you want I can back off since you had him first.
 Date Mate : I'm on the train. It's boring. Please save me.
Green-Senpai: I'll be willing to help you with your project if you need it. I understand that you wanted Red to help you last night and that didn't work out.
 Date Mate : I'm home. This is just great. Oh god, there's some new weirdos at my house.
 Date Mate : Apparently I'm being called 'Senpai' by these people. They're all older than me!
Unknown: Sorry to hear about the breakup. Look, I'm here to talk if you want me to. We could meet up also! But it's all up to you.
 Date Mate : Gold. Did you sleep in again? It's the afternoon and you still haven't answered! You idiot! Get out of bed right now!
Gold sheepishly looked at the time. It was 5:64 pm. He had missed his classes. Just great. Gold stared at the messages, unsure how to answer, and if to answer, any of them. He started to type a message to Silver but in the end, didn't.

Silver's phone hadn't vibrated at all. It was making him worried. Even if Gold had been on a date with Red he would have texted him at least telling him that he was busy. There was none of the usual snide replies or clingy texts at all. It only made Silver feel anxious. His date mate was fine, right? But something in his heart said no.

Gold had ended up not answering any of the texts and fell back asleep. He felt embarrassed when he saw he was late for class. "...Dammit, I better hurry or else I'll get in trouble again!" Gold shouted as he jumped out of bed. He didn't bother to change his clothes or even brush his hair. Gold just grabbed his books and ran out of the dorm room. He ended up running into someone and banged heads together. Everything went flying. Gold stumbled backwards and was briefly stunned. "I-I'm so sorry!" The person shouted. "N-no it's my fault…" Gold mumbled.
The kid was kind of cute, he had the most beautiful eyes. Gold just stared for a few minutes. "Let me help you." The male said. "Ooh. Okay. Aah. I'm really sorry. My name is Gold." Gold said as he held out his hand. "Oh! So you're Gold! I'm Salem. I texted you yesterday. I'm really sorry. You probably were late for class and I made you even later!" Salem exclaimed. "N-no it's fine. I really shouldn't have barged out of my room like that. And I'm sorry I didn't text you back. I fell asleep. I'm failing the class anyways so it's not like it matters, right?" Gold asked with a grin. "B-but you need to pass don't you? I could help tutor you!" Salem replied.

In the end Gold didn't go to class at all, instead, he stood there talking to Salem.