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Jeremy crept up to the music room door, as he did every day at lunch, to listen to the singing angel who resided there. He was sure Michael didn't know his best friend had discovered what he did during their lunch break, but he was glad for this. It was wonderful to hear the candid performance of a musician who was unaware of his audience.
[A/N: He sings it twice so there's no point to putting the lyrics here anyways and it makes the job of abbreviating them for copyright reasons a lot easier so. I'm sorry about this whole mess... It was an honest mistake; I made an incorrect assumption about OTW's Content Policy when I skimmed the TOS. :'0 #neveragain I. Cries slightly]
Jeremy sighed quietly, sinking to the floor against the door. Little did he know, Michael was sighing on the other side.
Michael was tired. He’d sailed so many ships to Jeremy, to no avail. He looked at the chocolatey curls peeking over the bottom edge of the window in the music room door and sighed again. It had been two months now that Michael had spent his lunches singing lonely love songs to Jeremy, who hid outside, completely unaware that he was the intended audience.
Jeremy didn't know what to do with the tiny, warm, seedling crush that had slowly taken root in his stomach over the past six months. He giggled extra squeakily whenever Michael was around. He blushed extra pink whenever his best friend was the topic of conversation. He grinned extra stupidly whenever Michael complimented him. He sighed extra deep whenever he heard the talented guitarist singing lonesome love songs at lunch. He was in love, there was no denying it, and he desperately wanted Michael to know... Except that Michael was in love with someone else.
“I’m hopeless for this idiot...” Michael sighed. “If he can't read all the signals I'm sending... How ignorant is he?” Out of the corner of his eye, Michael saw a pale forehead and dark-lashed eyes peeking through the window at him. He suddenly got an idea and readjusted his posture, holding the chords again. He began to sing, and as suddenly as he could, he whipped his head around and locked eyes with Jeremy, who was frozen by his gaze.
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His gaze, he felt, was full of fire and passion as he sang. He poured his feelings into the words, his expression intense.
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He smiled affectionately at the stunned blue eyes.
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Jeremy’s pale face went scarlet.
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Michael mouthed, I love you! to the boy in the hall, who nodded shakily, not blinking.
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He smiled fondly at his best friend again.
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Jeremy blushed anew.
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"Jere, c'mon in!" He called across the room between verses.
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Jeremy, still blushing and wide-eyed and scared, pushed the door open and crept in. He set down his backpack and crouched with his back to the door.
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Jeremy shot up when Michael let the last strum echo away. Just as the musician stood, having set down his instrument, Jeremy flew into his arms.
“Well...?” Michael asked hopefully.
“I-I-I... M-Michael, I-I’ve l-l-liked you f-for m-months now...”
“So my messages have finally gotten through,” he sang into his friend’s ear, and Jeremy giggled.