<span style="font-size: 85%; line-height: 116%;"><span style="color: #33FFEE">He stared at the other with a mix of horror and shock. The shock was because this man, a stranger he'd only met the night before, was willing to protect him in a way that he didn't have to hide who he was. Not that he did (for the most part), but that was another story. This man knew how he was feeling, what he was going through, all of that, and it just....surprised him really. He'd never really had anyone who told him they knew what he was going through with being rejected. Silver didn't even need to ask to know that Rich knew why he wasn't accepted; at least by his family that was, more specifically his father.<br/><br/>The horror was because a realization crossed Silver's mind. Had he been so drunk that he made it sound like the whole world was rejecting him rather than just a few people? It was incredibly sweet of Rich to say what he had, but it wasn't like he was hiding from the world.<br/><br/>With a soft sigh, he looked away, his voice barely above a whisper as he spoke.</span><br/><br/><span style="color: #99AAFF">"Everyone I know knows who I am and what I...prefer. They all know I'm gay and they all accept me for that. Most of them anyway,"</span> <span style="color: #33FFEE">he said.</span> <span style="color: #99AAFF">"Honestly...it'd be so much easier to hide that from everyone so I didn't have to deal with...everything else. Even though my family knows...I still have to hide it from my father. He's the only one who doesn't 'approve of my lifestyle' and he hates me for it. His entire side of the family still doesn't know because he refuses to tell them or let me for that matter. Hiding from one person when everyone else knows the truth...it's hard. But I've managed to make it the last six years knowing he openly despises me."</span><br/><br/><span style="color: #33FFEE">Forcing a smile, he looked at the other.</span><br/><br/><span style="color: #99AAFF">"Thank you though."</span></span>