[Like... okay. He knows why it wouldn't be okay, because if he walked outside (out-outside not outside-of-this-building-here-outside) and said "boyfriend" and then pointed to this human-passing guy, people would throw cans at them and call them disgusting until they left, and some people will even get violent about it. But... in private, between them, or around Ain's friends? Yeah. That's fine.]
Unless you'd rather be "mates", but that's... aha, that's a bit heavier.
not to introduce a/b/o into the situation but also--
[Like... okay. He knows why it wouldn't be okay, because if he walked outside (out-outside not outside-of-this-building-here-outside) and said "boyfriend" and then pointed to this human-passing guy, people would throw cans at them and call them disgusting until they left, and some people will even get violent about it. But... in private, between them, or around Ain's friends? Yeah. That's fine.]
Unless you'd rather be "mates", but that's... aha, that's a bit heavier.