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Hugo walks into the ballroom and his jaw almost drops.
Everyone around him is draped in the finest finery.
Here he is, though, dressed in his work clothes with oil stains all over them.
Like a stupid, simple mechanic.
Isn't that all he really is, though?
He spots a mop of raven black hair.
Oh, thank Demanitus.
Then he sees the girl flirting with the owner of the hair.
My fucking boyfriend.
Varian sees him and tried to move towards him, but Eugene blocks his path.
Eugene is in on this?
Hugo isn't surprised.
But as his thoughts sluggishly move to the girl, he is snapped out of his brain by Nuru.
"VARIAN!"
Hugo looks to the alchemist his alchemist and saw that the girl and Eugene had backed Varian into a corner.
The girl is kissing Varian.
Varian is crying.
She is so dead.
The girl puts her hands up his shirt than suddenly jumps away.
Ah, shit.
OOOOOHH nononono.
Varian isn't out.
But still the girl screams,
"EWWWWW!"
"YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE FUCKING TRANSES?"
Varian is crying even harder now.
Later, I come back for her.
Right now, my boyfriend needs me.
Hugo runs towards them and shoves Eugene and the girl away.
"Hey, Goggles. It's me."
Varian looks up through his tears.
His voice is so fucking small when he speaks.
She is DEAD.
"Hugo, can we go home now?"
Hugo crouches down.
"Of course, Freckles."
He scoops Varian up in his arms.
The smaller boy just sobs into the larger's chest.
Hugo lowers his voice to a whisper.
"You're not out yet... but I wanna kiss you so fucking bad so that I can make you feel okay."
Varian responds in the same low tone.
"Go ahead. Fuck knows I need it right now."
Hugo gently lowers his face to the ravenette's.
Their lips meet softly and Varian makes a sound that he is not wholly proud of.
Eugene stares at him.
Everyone does.
"That is literally one of the most illegal things you can do."
"Relationships of the same sex are prohibited by Corona law."
I'm sorry, fucking what?
Hugo can't help himself.
"Fuck Corona law, I'm going to be with the man I love."
Eugene turns purple.
"Guards!"
A burly man grabs Hugo by the arms and drags him out of the castle.
A skinnier man does the same to Varian.
Varian cries and cries and cries, but nothing can fix who he is.
And fuck it, he likes who he is.
Even if others don't.
Fuck others.
All he needs is himself...
and the man he loves.