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The Way household was eerily quiet during the afternoons when the parents were still at work and Gerard and Mikey were home alone. The younger of the two resided upstairs, in his room probably talking with Ray, while Gerard sat on his bed, on his stomach, cuddling his stuffed animal, a smile on his face. He had white butterfly barrettes pulling back his soft, black locks. He felt like a fairy. A pretty mysterious fairy who spoke with forest animals and sang to them. Gerard giggled at the silly thought. A loud knock sounded at the basement door and Gerard broke away from his thoughts, turning around quickly just as Mikey began to come down the old, creaky stairs. His younger brother peeked his head down and looked around, his eyes eventually landing on the male on the pastel pink bed, “Ray, Mikey, and Pete are coming over in like 2 minutes, so I ordered pizza. Do you want some?” The boy nodded happily and got up, sliding his feet into his Hello Kitty slippers and running up the stairs. He loves pizza. Mikey smiled awkwardly at his brother and opened one of the three boxes, allowing Gerard to take a slice and let it splat on the plastic plate.
They sat there for a few minutes in a thick fog of silence before Mikey perked up at the muffled sound of a car door shutting and he grinned, “Someone’s here,” he then turned to his brother. “Will you be okay with them being here?” Gerard shrugged but then nodded, letting his brother smile in relief and go get his friends. Gerard didn’t know them all that well but he didn’t mind them, they were a bit... dirty though. He heard them talking about sex before and he knows they go and smoke weed sometimes, thinking that the older male couldn't smell it or see them. But he could and he didn't entirely like it, so every time they did it he locked himself in his room and he talked on the phone with Lindsey and Jamia, his best friends. It was everything Gee didn’t do.
”Woah! Gee! First time I’ve seen you in like forever, dude” and the next thing the older male knew, he was being enveloped by a larger frame, fluffy hair in his face. It was Ray, he loved Ray. Gerard squealed and hugged the younger male back, “Ray! I missed you!”
”I missed you too, buddy. Did you get any new stuffed animals?” Gerard bounced on the balls of his feet excitedly. “Yes! Let me go get them!” Ray and Mikey watched the man scramble out of the seat and run down to his room, both of them chuckling a bit. “He’s so cute, too bad he’s so shy” Mikey nodded, hearing the doorbell. He kissed his boyfriend's cheek, telling him that he’ll be right back, and got up, opening the door for both Frank and Pete who grinned and hugged their friend. Gerard struggled with holding all of his stuffies in his arms, there wasn’t a lot but one of them was really big, Mikey won it for him at a fair and he loved it.
“Ray!” The older male squeaked, trudging up the stairs and the once loud room quieted at the interruption, looking at the short, chubby boy who walked with a bunch of stuffed animals in his arms. It was almost funny the way he struggled, Pete bit back a laugh behind his hand. ”I-I got them for you!” He dropped them on the floor next to the couch and got on his knees, picking one up and holding it beneath his chin. “This is Lola! She’s pink”
Ray laughed a little, petting at the stuffed animal's obviously old matted fur, “I see that.” The black-haired male nodded with a large, toothy smile and went on, ignoring the slight looks he got from everyone. The friends, a little annoyed that he interrupted, watched as he picked up each of the four stuffed animals and introduced them. His small pale hands gripped at the delicate furs of the toys lightly, as if he didn't want to hurt them.
“Gee, can you please like... go away?” Mikey's cheeks were pink and he almost regretted what he said when his brother's eyes widened and he looked around, seeing how no one but Ray wanted to hear what he had to say. Tears gathered in his eyes and he stood up shakily, scooping the toys back up and making his way downstairs.
“I didn’t even want to talk ‘bout them anyways” he did though.
Gerard trudged sadly down the steps, dumping his stuffies back on the bed as he sulked.
“Wow, way to be harsh on the kid,” Pete let out after a moment of silence between the four males. Mikey glared at him and took a swig of the beer Frank brought. ”He was being weird, no one wants to hear about his stuffed animals.” Pete shrugged and looked at everyone once, “He looked good on his knees though, you can't deny that—“ everyone groaned and Mikey hit him in the arm.
“Gross dude, he is basically a little kid.”
After a little while of being alone, Gerard sneakily made his way back upstairs after having cried in his big bed, stuffie cuddled to his chest. His brother hurt his feelings a little but he could hang out with them! He loved making friends. The pastel boy made his way to the living room and went to sit next to... Frankie? Was that his name? Gee poked the man's tattooed arm to try and gain his attention and he turned around confused, only to be even more confused when the older male waved at him shyly. Hazel eyes all doe-like and soft.
“Are you Frankie?” He nodded and turned back around, laughing at something Pete said, and taking a sip of his beer. Beer was gross, Gerard hated it.
He poked at Frankie again, making the male turn even more around, “Are you okay? Do you need Mikey?” After shaking his head no, the younger male sighed and turned back to his friends. They were engaged in something and Gerard was bored, he played with the hem on his skirt and huffing to himself quietly, hoping to catch the attention of Mikey’s handsome friend. Frankie had pretty pictures on his arm and wore cool clothes! Gerard liked them a lot.
And he smelled good too!
“Gerard,” his head shot up and he looked at where the voice was coming from, Pete. The male, with bleached-blonde hair and eyes looking as devious as always, looked at him with a smirk. “I’m getting my hair dyed tomorrow do you want me to do yours too?” The male's mouth opened and he nodded, “White!” he basically yelled. Frank and Ray laughed at his antics.
"White?!” Mikey choked out, “Gee no.”
“White! White! White!”
Pete smirked and leaned into the sofa cushions, his legs crossing, “White it is then, princess” Ray hummed and seemed to inspect Gerard, “What about brown? A nice mousey one?” Gerard nodded and clapped at that idea, making Frank smile a bit. “I l-like mouse!”
Frank watched him and felt his heart flip. The boy's eyes sparkled with excitement and he made the smallest noises, like a sleeping Rabbit, when he was excited and it made the younger male want to just hold him. The male was too cute to be true, Frank kept his distance though.
”You guys are idiots” Mikey sighed, getting up from the couch.