"Where are they?" Hunter asked Bret as they looked around the ballroom. "Damn this mask is blocking my vision."

"I thought you said they would come if you had this party?" Bret asked and nudged Hunter.

"I thought they would." Hunter replied. Hunter looked at his watch. "There are still two more hours left…they'll come."

Brian and Shawn had managed to sneak past security and into the ballroom. "Security was pretty tight." Brian comments and Shawn nodded.

"Do you see them?" Shawn said, looking around.

Brian looked over the tall people and saw the king and the general threw the crowd. They kept looking to their left and right, as if they were looking for someone. "Yeah, I see them right there." Brian pointed.

"Don't point." Shawn slapped Brian's finger and looked around to see if anyone was watching. "How do you want to approach this?"

Brian smiled. "Follow me."

"Damn it, where are you?" Hunter asked himself as he looked around. He was starting to regret hosting this party. It wasn't worth it if his little blonde didn't show up. Hunter sighed. Maybe the little blonde really didn't love him and didn't want to be found. Hunter looked to his left and saw nothing. He was starting to become depressed until he felt a hand on his left masked covered cheek. He turned his head and smiled at the site.

"Where you looking for me?"

Hunter took his hand. "Come on." Hunter led him outside.

Bret took a sip of his drink. He was feeling a bit disappointed. He thought this would be a sure way to see his angel again but he guessed he was wrong. He didn't like being wrong. He really wanted to see the pretty blonde again. He would give anything too.

Bret felt a light tap on his shoulder. Bret turned around and was almost floored.

"You came."

"I couldn't miss a masquerade." Bret grabbed the blonde's hand and walked out with him.

Stephanie watched as Hunter left with the little blonde man. She really hoped Hunter found happiness with him. At the same time, she watched Bret leave with a tall blonde. Stephanie sighed. She hoped she could find her own happiness in falling in love.

Sunny turned to her sister. "Did you see that?" Sunny asked as she watched Bret leave with the same tall blonde he left with last night. Stephanie rolled her eyes.

"Yes Sunny. You have to get over him?" Stephanie started. "Hunter doesn't like me so you know damn well Bret doesn't like you." Stephanie said. "You need to get over it and find happiness somewhere else."

"Excuse me Stephanie." Stephanie looked up and smiled brightly.

"Yes, Sir Batista."

"May I please have this dance?" Dave held out his hand. "And please call me Dave." Stephanie took his hand and stood up.

"Get over it." She told her sister and left with Dave. Sunny smirked. She would get over it.

"God, I'm so glad you came back." Hunter started. "You know, I threw this party just for you." Hunter confessed and the blonde smiled.

"I figured." Brian said. "I thought I told you this had to stop."

Hunter stepped closer to Brian. "I don't take orders very well." Brian shook his head.

"I'm serious."

"I am too." Hunter answered and Brian sighed.

"I'm serious, this has to stop between us." Brian said. "I can't see you anymore."

"Why?"

"I told you." Brian said. "We can't be together because of-."

"Them." Hunter shook his head. "When I first met you, you asked me if I did anything that made me happy. So now I'm asking you, do you do anything to make yourself happy?"

Brian didn't respond. He was right. He has spent the majority of his life pleasing others but that comes with the territory. He was a servant in the palace. It didn't really matter if he was happy or not. No one cared. He just had to fake a smile and keep it moving.

Hunter grabbed Brian and pulled him closer, bring him out of his thoughts. "I promise you, I can make you happy. Please stay here with me and let me love you." Hunter said and leaned down and kissed Brian.

Brian wanted to run away. He wanted to push the king into the fountain behind him and run away but he couldn't. It was as if he was frozen in time. Brian closed his eyes and leaned in to the kiss. If this was the last time he would get this close to the king, he might as well make the most of it.

Shawn gasped as his back hit the brick wall and Bret stepped in between his legs, trapping him.

"You know, this reminds me of something." Bret said with a smile and Shawn laughed.

"Yeah, haven't I been in this situation before." Shawn said and Bret leaned in closer.

"You know, we never finished what we started last time."

"Bret." Shawn warned but Bret stopped him.

"I know you don't want to be with me."

"It's not that I don't want to be with you." Shawn sighed. "We just can't."

"If we can't be together." Bret said. "Then just let me have one kiss and I promise you, I'll never bother you again."

Shawn chuckled. "That's the problem. If you kiss me, you're going to want me even more."

Bret placed his hands on Shawn's hips and pulled Shawn closer to him. "I'm a disciplined man, I can suppress the urge." Bret said before leaning down and kissing Shawn.

Shawn wrapped his arms around Bret's neck and kissed him back. 'Fuck it.' Shawn thought.

Sunny watched as Bret and the blonde shared a passionate kiss. Sunny scoffed. This could not be happening. Bret was her man. Sunny went back in the ballroom and took a lighter out of her purse and picked up a napkin. She lit the napkin and threw it in one of the plastic plants. The fire alarms almost immediately went off and everyone ran outside.

Shawn broke the kiss wen he heard the alarm. "What's going on?" All of a sudden, all of the party goers rushed outside. Bret tried to hold on to Shawn but someone pushed him and he fell back. This allowed Shawn to break away and run.

Masses of people started to run pass Hunter and he broke the kiss with his little one. He then heard the alarm. "What the hell." Hunter grabbed Brian's hand, determined to not loose him in the crowd of people but it was to no avail. The pushing and pulling of the crowd made it hard so Brian's hand slipped from his.

"Hunter." He turned around and saw Bret. "What the hell is going on?"

"I don't know but I'm going to kill whoever did this." Hunter said. "Come on." Hunter and Bret walked back into the ballroom and saw a few workers putting out a small fire.

"What happened?" Hunter yelled and Otunga walked up to him.

"Someone lit a napkin and threw it into that potted plant. No other damage was done to the palace though. We were able to put it out in a hurry."

Hunter took off his mask and threw it on the ground. He was so close to convincing his blonde to stay and some idiot decided to try and set his home on fire. "The party is over. Get everyone out of here and go to bed. They can clean that shit up tomorrow. I don't want to be bothered for the rest of the night." Hunter said and marched upstairs to his bedroom. Bret followed.

"I can believe this shit." Hunter sighed. He didn't know what else to do. He tried and tired but nothing ever worked. Something had to give.

Brian and Shawn managed to find their way back to there rooms with drawing any attention. They stripped themselves of their outfits and threw them in the closet and placed their masked in the bottom drawer of the dresser with the rest of the mask. They put on their night clothes and laid in bed. They laid there in a comfortable silence until Brian spoke.

"Shawn?"

"Yeah."

"Are you happy?" Brian asked and turned over so he could look at Shawn from his bed.

"Yeah, I do have my sad moments but for the most part I'm happy. Why? Are you not happy?"

"I feel like I could be happier." Brian sighed.

"We all could be happier." Shawn says. Brian sighed. Shawn was right.

"Yeah, I guess your right." Brian turned his back to Shawn. "Goodnight."

"Night." Shawn said from his side of the room and turned away from Brian.

Brian touched his lips. I could be much happier.

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