AN: Alright ladies and gentlemen who are reading this story, I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is that I'm so very happy that a lot of you enjoy this story more then how it was going before, I'm extremely sorry for my lack of imagination at times, but the journey of these two thus far and will continue throughout the end of time and to INFINITY! The bad news; this is the last chapter. I must say that I'm very proud of myself for finishing my first ever fanfiction *claps and cheers and throws confetti* but I'm very sad that I will miss all of you wonderful reviewers and supporters :( Thank you all so much! Please enjoy the final chapter of "Skrillmau5"...

Sonny looked up at Joel with endearing eyes as Joel slowly climbed on top of Sonny with his bare torso pressed against the younger boy's stomach. Sonny shivered and closed his eyes, allowing Joel to nibble lightly at the soft flesh of his neck. Joel slipped between Sonny's legs and wrapped an arm all the way around his waist, lifting him closer to his body. The rough breaths that escaped Sonny's lips were shooting straight to Joel's groin, making him moan softly against Sonny's neck. Sonny peeled his neck away from Joel and looked into his eyes once more, leaning closer to try to capture Joel's lips in his own.

"Boys! Come out now!" Sonny's mom called from the other room.

Joel and Sonny both stared at each other with wide eyes and then started to laugh. Joel got off Sonny and stretched out his arms, putting his shirt back on. Sonny laughed and also clothed. Before the boys left the bedroom, Sonny playfully slapped Joel's ass.

He didn't know what to do. His mom was acting a little more caring toward Sonny, but could he trust her? He had a big surprise for her, even though it was his 16th birthday. It was January 5th and the snow was falling quietly outside. Inside the apartment it was calm, warm, and content. Sonny put on a snugly sweater that Joel had got him for Christmas from the thrift store, and Joel was wearing the one that Sonny had got him. Joel was still living on the streets, but he would spend the cold nights at Sofi's welcoming house. Sonny had begged Joel to come live with him and his mom and dad, but Joel had refused, assuring to Sonny that he would get sick of his company.

"No I wouldn't! You could never be a bother to me! You can stay in my room and stuff!" Sonny had exclaimed.

Joel just laughed, "'And stuff'... Sonny, I wouldn't be able to resist you, and then we would end up waking your parents and then I would be murdered," He laughed. Sonny blushed at the thought of waking his parents during sex. "Just don't worry about me, I'll visit every chance I get," He kissed Sonny's cheek and smiled down at him. Sonny smiled, but agreed.

Now they sat at the table. Sonny's dad was at work in Tokyo for a few months since after Christmas, but his mom and Joel were in the kitchen. Sonny was sitting for a few minutes until the lights went out and a faint glow from the kitchen appeared. His mom and Joel held the cake with both their hands. Sonny's eyes widened at the size of it. The cake was about 2 feet tall with blue icing swirled around a white layer to spell out his name in huge letters and the number 16 under it. Sonny smiled and laughed when Joel almost tripped. After they were done singing 'Happy Birthday', Joel took a seat next to Sonny and waited for him to blow out the candles.

Sonny thought long and hard for what he really wished for, and then he got it and smiled. He looked at Joel, then at his mom and blew the candles out. They clapped and his mom went into the kitchen to get the knife. Joel raised an eyebrow at Sonny's smiling face.

"Why are you smiling like that? It's creepy," Joel chuckled.

Sonny laughed and gave Joel a displeasing look, "I just wished for something amazing to happen,"

"Like what?" Joel asked and stroked his finger through Sonny's long, black hair.

"I can't tell you or it won't come true!" Sonny exclaimed.

Joel threw his hand up in surrender, "Okay, okay,"

Sonny's mom came back in the room with a giant knife and laughed a bit, cutting the cake. She looked at Joel and jerked her head toward the kitchen with a small smile. Joel nodded quickly and galloped into the other room. Sonny pressed his lips together and looked down at the piece of cake being pushed his way. Joel came back moments later with a big and little gift. Sonny laughed and shook his head slowly. Joel fumbled with the largest package and then smiled, handing it to Sonny.

"That's from me and your father," Sonny's mom said with a nod, "I hope it's okay."

Sonny's heart beat fast as he slowly tore away the paper, relieving a white box. Sonny gasped and covered his mouth. Joel's jaw dropped.

"You lucky bitch..." Joel whispered.

Mrs. Moore glared at Joel sharply; he apologized for swearing. Sonny removed the rest of the packaging and tried not to cry as he bit down on his lip. A Mac laptop computer rests on his lap. Joel couldn't help but smile. He knew Sonny must have been so happy. And it was very nice of Mrs. Moore to get him the laptop for what she's done to his old one. Joel knew the whole plan. He had known what Mrs. Moore got her son, and he knew exactly how to top it off.

"It took a while to save up to get, but I hope it will make up for your old one..." Mrs. Moore smiled sincerely at her son who now had tears in his eyes. He looked up at her and didn't move. Couldn't move. She rolled her eyes and laughed and walked over to hug her son, "I'm sorry for the hundredth time, Sonny," She whispered and patted his hair.

Sonny cried into her soft mane and held her close for a while. Joel sighed silently and smiled at the loving embrace of mom and son. In a way, he felt a bit envious, but he was not about to run home and hug his mother. No way. When they departed, she kissed his forehead and smiled.

"I love you sweety, happy birthday."

"Thank you, love you too," Sonny smiled up at his mom.

Her and Sonny hadn't really been that close since the day he almost killed himself, but Sonny felt more attached to her for some reason. She became to be a little overprotective, like a real mom should, and he already had forgiven her, but to hear it come out of her very own lips made Sonny realize that he wasn't completely trusting her yet. Now he could.

"Open your friend's gift," She smiled and motioned Joel to step forward as she wiped away her own tears.

Sonny raised an eyebrow and looked at Joel. Joel smiled and put the box on the table in front of Sonny. Sonny took it and shook it a little. Joel raised his eyebrows and laughed.

When Sonny got the paper off, he frowned at the plain white box. It was a little heavy, but he couldn't find the opening to it. Joel laughed and took the cake knife, wiped it off on a napkin, and wedged the box open gently. Inside slid out another box. Sonny sighed and laughed until Joel flipped it around and showed Sonny the front. Sonny stopped laughing and instead gasped. It was the Ableton Live 8: Beginners CD-ROM. Sonny's eyes were wide as Joel took out another, thinner box from the previous package and flipped it around to show Sonny. Sonny squealed with excitement.

"Oh my God, Joel!" He screamed, "How much was all this? You can't afford this! Take it back now!" He slapped at Joel's arm and Joel just laughed.

"It's from me and Sofi," He shrugged, "We split the price. I paid for 80 percent."

"How did you get the money?" Sonny asked, looking up at Joel with wide and terrified eyes. Joel chuckled.

"I cleaned her house every weekend since I first sort of started sleeping over there. Her mom gave me 20 bucks each time," He shrugged.

"What is it?" Sonny's mom asked, picking up the thinner item.

"That, Mrs. Moore, is the Ableton Live Controller. You use it with this program to make music," He smiled.

"How much was it?" She asked, "I don't want you spending too much money on a gift,"

"Umm... It was only... 173 dollars all together," Joel shrugged. "But I only paid 138,"

"JOEL!" Sonny shrieked. His mom laughed and Sonny quickly looked at her in surprise.

"Oh Sonny, just say thank you and leave this boy alone," Mrs. Moore laughed and patted Joel on the shoulder, "But really, Joel, you didn't have to do that,"

Joel shrugged, "I wanted to," He smiled at Sonny. Sonny smiled back and then took a deep breath.

As they continued eating the cake as the silence took over. Joel helped Sonny hook up the system and update his laptop and everything while Mrs. Moore cleared the table and was scrubbing plates in the kitchen. When Sonny finally got the program up and running, his mom was done and came into the room to see what was going on. She watched as Sonny put a couple frequencies into the notes he played. Sonny smiled up at Joel and then looked over to his mother and smiled wider. His mom loved how happy her son was. Sonny looked down at the table just then and bit his bottom lip, his nerves were all jumbled and he was starting to get second thoughts about what he was about to say and do next. He wanted time to think, he needed more time to talk this over with Joel and come to a good conclusion. But by the time he opened his mouth, he knew it was too late.

"Mom..." Sonny said. Not smiling. Not looking at Joel anymore. Instead he looked at his mother. Mrs. Moore raised an eyebrow and looked at her son with question, "There's something I need to tell you, but you... might want to sit down for this," He said quietly and then looked down at the table, "You too Joel."

"Sonny..." Joel started, but Sonny shook his head slowly. Joel silenced himself and slowly sat down, in fear of what Sonny was about to do.

"What's going on?" His mother asked quietly, "Did you get a girl pregnant?"

Sonny chuckled and shook his head. That would've been much easier to confess to his mom than what he was about to say.

"I just... do you ever know that feeling when you have strong emotional relations with someone... but you're afraid to tell anyone about them because you're afraid you might be... judged or... looked upon differently?"

"Yes... when I first met your father..." Mrs. Moore went silent and just looked at her son when she didn't get the reaction she had hoped for. She quickly glanced over at Joel to see if he knew anything about this, but he just looked down at Sonny's hands on the table. She looked back at Sonny, "Sonny...?"

"Mom, I'm gay." He said quietly and closed his eyes quickly.

"God dammit," She whispered harshly under her breath.

The room went uncomfortably quiet. Joel looked down at Sonny with a tiny smile and then back up at Mrs. Moore. The anger from her face left and her eyebrows raised slowly, as if she's just realized something. She didn't look at her son, instead she looked at the table. Joel just watched as she slowly got herself to look at Sonny.

"Sonny," She whispered. He quickly looked up with tears running down his cheeks. She didn't smile, but her eyes were watering, "It's okay,"

Joel pursed his lips in surprise and looked over at Sonny, completely surprised at that reaction. Joel put a hand on Sonny's shoulder and gave it a quiet rub.

"And mom..." Sonny croaked, barely audible. Sonny placed a hand on Joel's and Joel felt his heartbeat quicken when Sonny's mom glanced at him daringly. Joel looked at their hands and felt a warm sensation pulse through him. Mrs. Moore peered up into Sonny's eyes with the reflected tear that ran down her face. "This is my boyfriend, Joel Zimmerman,"

"Sonny..." She whispered, and as soon as she did, the tears were rolling down her cheeks uncontrollably.

"I love him, mom," Sonny whispered hoarsely, "He was the one who saved me from starvation... saved me from my lonely suffocation... saved me from myself..."

"Sonny, that's enough!" She shouted and then quickly closed her eyes when she saw the fear in her son's, "Sonny... I understand... I-I... please excuse me," She said and ran off down the hallway and into her bedroom.

Sonny just sat there and stared at the table, dried tears on his face. Joel leaned down and wrapped his arms around his small frame.

"Shhh," Joel whispered and kissed Sonny's temple when he felt the smaller boy start to shake under him, "It's going to be okay... everything will be fine... she just needs a little time to herself," He promised and pressed his cheek to Sonny's head, "Wanna take a walk or something? Get out of the house for a bit?"

Sonny nodded and slowly got up. They put the new gifts in Sonny's room and got dressed in their warmest jackets. Sonny wore a black jacket that was a little puffy, and Joel had one much thinner that made him appear even taller in comparison. Sonny had tried to force Joel to take one of his dad's old ones, but Joel refused, assuring Sonny that he was immune to the cold.

As they walked down the street, Joel held out his fingerless-gloved hand to Sonny, who gladly held on to it with his own. Sonny didn't really care anymore at who saw him. Even the kids at school knew he was gay, but they wouldn't dare try to pick on him. They knew Sonny was dating the Deadmouse.

It was funny how everyone found out actually. After a month of recovery, Sonny was back in school and the person who walked around with him all day was, Indeed, the Deadmouse. During Sonny's recovery on his hand, he had to go back to the hospital often so the doctor could make sure he was mentally stable. He and Joel would stay up late and help recreate Joel's mouse head. It took a lot of work, but they soon got it all buffed up, shined, and coated with a solid red paint with help from the staff -because they had all thought Joel and Sonny's relationship was just so cute- it was finished, and Joel had worn it to walk Sonny to his locker. All of the school staff knew who the masked man was, as he was encouraged to wear a Visitor's Pass, but the looks on the students faces were priceless as the mysterious 6-foot-tall man with the giant red mouse head walked hand-in-hand with a short boy with a half-shaved head of hair. Sonny kept smiling to the point where his cheeks hurt.

Still, Sonny didn't have a lot of friends, but not one nasty note was taped to his locker. Not one rude comment was shouted at him. They all knew Joel, and they all knew Joel would beat 6 kinds of shit out of them if they even laid a finger on his boyfriend.

Boyfriend.

It was such a strange word to Sonny that he rarely even used it, and when he did, he felt his skin heat up and his heart try to beat faster. It would be different if he said girlfriend. Even though everyone knew what he was, he still wasn't sure if he was comfortable enough to admit it. Of course he's comfortable enough to be with Joel though. Joel wants everyone to know who he's dating. He's stubborn. Sonny had learned that over the past few months that they've been together.

Joel tugged on Sonny's hand and brought him across the street. A few cars honked at them, but Joel flipped them off and continued to trot across the busy lane. Sonny couldn't help but laugh and be dragged along with it. When they reached the other side of he street, on the side walk, Joel smiled down at Sonny who looked up in confusion. What was Joel's evil scheme? Where was he taking Sonny?

"I want you to close your eyes," Joel said softly.

Sonny obeyed, but couldn't help at gnawing on his bottom lip. He felt the atmosphere change as he felt himself being dragged into a building, but not once did he peek. He was seated on a chair and then Joel's presence slipped away. Sonny found himself panic a little and finally opened his eyes and looked around without permission. The building was dark instead of the few streams of light from the dim lamp posts outside. The snow was still dancing softly outside and cast shadows across the naked, hardwood floor of the building. The insides were nice, but the floors were a little dusty, but he could tell people have been walking around in there recently. He kicked his feet mindlessly under the tall wooden chair. Just then he heard a crash of glass and snort come from the other room. Sonny raised an eyebrow but remained completely still. To be honest, he was feeling a bit frightened.

A door swung open and the light from the other room spilled into the room in which Sonny sat quietly in. A few people piled into the room holding various items. Noise makers, confetti poppers, and kazoos went off. Sonny laughed when he saw Joel wearing ridiculous, completely out-of-character silver cheetah-print tights, red high-heeled pumps, a purple sequinned top with feathers sprawling out the shoulders, and a face caked with silver, purple, and glittery make up. He awkwardly walked out holding a normal-sized caked, his shiny red lips spread into a twisted grin as his eyebrows pulled together in seduction. Sonny's cheeks burned with both embarrassment and... well yeah, just embarrassment. But he couldn't help but smile at the enthusiasm in which his boyfriend had.

"Sonny, darling," Joel sneered in a very fluent and stuck-up tone, "This is my friend Anton and his mate Daniel. And this is Sofi and Gregory!" Joel smiled and placed the lit cake in front of Sonny.

They sang happy birthday in a very awful, out-of-tune symphony, but Sonny enjoyed it anyway. He's never really had friends to hang out with on special occasions like these, but it felt good to know that he could be himself around people he liked, even if they were a little older then he was.

"So why are you dressed like that?" Sonny asked slowly, looking Joel up and down.

Joel huffed and crossed a long leg over the other, "I wanted to express my inner manhood. Miss Idiot-Sofi doesn't know what a 'clown' is," He snapped his gaze at Sofi who laughed. Sonny sighed and then leaned over and kissed his boyfriend's painted lips. A chorus of awww's came from the others.

"That reminds me, we all bought you presents! Open mine first!" Sofi exclaimed and ran into the other room. She came back dragging a few presents into the room and then tossed Sonny a neatly wrapped, animal-printed present with a silk bow.

Sonny smiled and tore the paper off the gift. The box was plain and white, but it was slightly heavy. Sonny slowly opened the box and then blushed when he looked inside of it. Sofi giggled.

"Well, what is it?" Joel demanded.

Sonny pressed his lips together and shook his head. Zedd grabbed the box and fished inside of it for the item. When he pulled it out, everyone slowly turned to glare at Sofi. She was laughing. Sonny covered his face with his hands. It was a huge, pink rubber sex toy with multiple vibration settings and studs running all down the sides of it. Joel looked at it with disgust.

"Well that... was very thoughtful of you," Joel said sarcastically and slapped Sofi playfully on the arm. Sonny awkwardly hugged Sofi and quickly sat back down.

"This is from me," Gregory laughed, handing over a smaller gift. Sonny prayed it wasn't flavoured lube.

When he opened it, he frowned. It was L'Oreal strawberry shampoo and orange tangerine bubble bath. Everyone laughed, including Joel. Sonny sighed in displeasure, but hugged Gregory anyway.

"Just incase you guys wanted to take a sexy bubble bath or anything," Gregory shrugged. Joel snorted.

Zedd and Daniel handed their gift to Sonny and without thinking, unwrapped it quickly and then groaned in frustration. Chocolate-flavoured lube.

"What the hell do you guys think we'll be doing all weekend? I'm only 16!" Sonny shrieked.

"I want grandchildren!" Zedd exclaimed. Joel rolled his eyes but laughed anyway.

Sonny laughed as well and then sighed and placed all the "gifts" on the table. He one-by-one gave everyone a good, long hug. They continued their party until the night grew late and everyone left the building.

"Happy birthday, Sonny," Sofi hugged Sonny and pecked him on the cheek, "Take care of this dufus," She poked Joel in the stomach and winked back at the shorter boy before leaving.

Sonny sighed and sat back down. Joel smiled and locked the door, walking over to the table and kicking off the extremely high heels. He sank into the chair and sighed. Sonny raised an eyebrow at Joel.

"Tired?" Sonny asked in almost a whisper.

"No, I just feel old," Joel groaned. Sonny rolled his eyes, "You're sixteen and I'm almost twenty. Twenty fucking years old." Joel shook his head. Sonny smiled and pushed himself off the chair, walking toward Joel. He kissed his temple and smiled.

"You're not old," He assured him. Joel shrugged.

"Also, I got to tell you something," Joel shuffled uncomfortably. Sonny watched him with eager and frightened eyes as he looked down at his hands.

"Y-yes?" Sonny asked, not really sure if he wanted to hear it or not.

"I... got a..." Joel bit his lip and looked up at Sonny. A rippling smile suddenly spread across his face, "I got a motherfucking job!"

Sonny jumped a little at the enthusiasm but then smiled widely, "I'm so proud of you! When? Why? Where? How?"

"Well Sofi's mom got me a part-time at her house-cleaning business -because apparently I'm that good- , plus a got a permanent gig at the Sunset Centre every Friday night, I can get you one there too! I never told you because I wanted it to be a surprise for when I got you your present," He chuckled.

Sonny smiled a watery smile and then bit his lip and closed his eyes. He removed his glasses to rub his eyes as Joel notice he was full on crying. Joel got up quickly and wrapped his arms around Sonny.

"Shh, shh, baby, what's wrong?" Joel whispered into his ear.

"I-I'm just so m-madly in love with you right now," Sonny choked and wrapped his arms tightly around Joel.

"I love you so so very much," Joel whispered and kissed Sonny's hair. He pulled back and looked into Sonny's dark, watery eyes and then stroked the back of his fingers along his cheekbone. He leaned his head down and connected his lips ever-so-lightly to Sonny's, feeling the heat of his breath wash over his own lips.

Sonny got up from his chair and pushed Joel lightly back into his own. They didn't let each other go. Sonny slid a leg in between Joel's thighs, then the other. He pushed his hips into Joel's groin and the older man let his lips go to gasp, "I don't think we should let those gifts go to waste, eh?" Sonny whispered into Joel's ear and felt him shudder underneath him.

"I fucking love you," Joel whispered hoarsely and captured Sonny's lips once again.

THE END.