"Oh, don't be. I don't mean to be a downer. I suppose it just reminded me," he commented. "They're not bad people. My parents, I mean. They just didn't understand," he explained quietly.
"Thank you, but its not hard when it's all you know. Going back would be hard now. Meeting people like your family has been amazing," he admitted, perking up.
He was grateful to be at the hotel. He so desperately needed his boyfriend's touch.