"Sometimes you are terribly stupid" their lips separated but Philip could still taste his lover. "Do you think only guys who sleep with guys hide their relationships? You think everyone just so simply and cheerfully informs everyone around them who they spend their nights with?"
Philip knew Frank was right, but....
"That's not the point," he shook his head. "We're not a one-night adventure. We've been dating for four years..."
"But we met as a one-night adventure. Nothing serious. Sex here, sex there. Two teenagers in the power of hormones. Isn't that right?"
"Well, yes, but..."
Frank put his hand on Philip's cheek. It was such a warm gesture!
"No buts. This is our private, sweet time and can remain so until the end of the world. We don't need anyone to interfere in our lives, to judge."
Of course they didn't need that.
"But after all, you said yourself that you don't want to hide..."