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"Gee, honey do you have your lunch box?" Mrs. Way called out to her son, who had hidden himself inside his bedroom closet.
"I'm not going!" Gerard shouted back stubbornly, hiding his face behind his knees like that would prevent her from finding him.
Mrs. Way had recently gotten a new job, and because of said job, Gerard had to go to daycare during the day until he started Kindergarten in September.
Mrs. Way sighed in response, and gathered up Gee's things, including his lunchbox, and made her way into his room.
Gerard's signature hiding place was his closet, so she knew exactly where he was, and luckily she knew exactly how to get him out.
"Gerard... if you give daycare a chance, I'll buy you ice cream.."
Gerard's ears perked up instantly, and he slowly peeked his head out of the closet, eyeing his mother with wide eyes.
"Promise?" She nodded, sending her son a sweet smile. "W-With sprinkles?"
"I'll tell you what, if you come out of the closet, and at least try to have a good day at daycare, I'll let you get whatever you want on the ice cream."
Gerard's eyes widened even more, and he slowly crawled out of the closet.
"Promise? Pinky promise? No take backs?"
Mrs. Way smiled and held out her pinky, ready to seal her promise for the ice cream.
Gerard was on his feet instantly, his short legs rushing over to his mother, a wide grin plastering his face as they hooked pinky's.
"I'm gonna get chocolate, and sprinkles, and hot fudge, ooo hot fudge!"
Mrs. Way listened to Gerard ramble on about what he was going to get, and pulled him into her lap, attempting to fix his crazy hair with her hands.
"But mommy..." Gerard whispered, his head low, his wide eyes staring up at her. "I'm scared."
"What are you scared of?" She frowned, moving her hands to Gerard's back, rubbing it soothingly like he loved.
"W-What if something happens to you? What if I never see you again? What if-"
His sentence was cut off with a sob, and he began to cry, the tears flooding down his cheeks like a river.
"Oh, honey." She sighed, hugging her son against her chest. "Nothing is gonna happen to mommy, you don't have to worry."
"B-But how do you know? I- I won't be able to protect you at the daycare- I can't make sure you're safe-"
"Oh, baby." She whispered, now feeling emotional herself. "You don't have to protect me, I promise I'll be okay."
Gerard pulled away from the embrace, and gazed at his mother with tear stained cheeks, and a quivering bottom lip.
She kissed his stained cheek softly, and he quickly wrapped his arms around her neck, and wrapped his legs around her waist.
"It's time to go now.." She whispered, picking up the emotional boy, along with their things, and headed towards their front door.
Gerard was quiet the whole car ride there, silently staring out the window while he gently kicked his feet against his car seat.
He was never away from his mother, he was always with her during the day, and then with her and his father during the night.
He was convinced he was her body guard of sorts, protecting her from danger throughout the day, but now they would be separated, and no one would be able to protect her.
He was also scared of the other children, he didn't really have friends, and he was afraid to make them.
Too soon they arrived at the daycare, and Gerard was now terrified.
The building looked scary to him, what if it was haunted? What if he got lost? What if they locked him in the basement?
"Mommy..." He whimpered, squeezing her hand as they walked through the parking lot. "I don't wanna..."
"Just remember the ice cream, anything you want, you can even get like, brownies in it!"
That of course diverted Gerard's attention, but only for a few moments, as when they walked inside the building, his fears were back.
There were kids everywhere, running around, yelling, it overwhelmed Gerard.
"Hi, this is my son's first day, I'm Donna Way and he is Gerard Way." Donna spoke to the lady at the desk, ignoring the frightened grasp her son had on her hand.
"Aw, little Gerard Way!" The lady gushed loudly, leaning over to see him. "We're very excited for you to join us!"
Gerard cowered away instantly, hiding behind his mothers leg, and hiding his face against the back of her thigh.
"He's shy." Donna commented, signing the few pieces of paperwork left for Gerard.
The door opened then, and another mother and little boy walked in.
Gerard glanced back at them, and his attention was instantly caught by the little boy, he was holding Gerard's favorite comic book.
The little boy noticed Gerard staring, and Gerard quickly turned away, once again hiding his face against his mothers thigh.
"Okay, honey, it's time for mommy to go."
"No!" He gasped, clutching onto his mothers pants as she turned around to face him. "You can't leave me here! I don't want ice cream! I just wanna be with you!"
"Gee..." She sighed, kneeing down to his level. She went to speak, but then noticed the boy and his mother behind them.
They made eye contact, and the other mother sent Gerard's a look of 'been there', and an encouraging smile.
"Gerard, why don't you go talk to that little boy? Look he has a comic book, you love superheros!"
Gerard glanced shyly at the boy, who in return frowned and glanced down at his comic, clutching it protectively against his chest.
"Now Frankie." The other mother spoke, leaning down to the boys level. "This is his first day, won't you be nice and show him around? You both like comics, I'm sure you'll be great friends."
Frankie looked unsure, but he didn't want to upset his mother, so he slowly took a step forward, and reached his hand out for Gerard.
Gerard eyed his hand nervously, before panicking and lunging into his mothers arms.
"It's okay, Gerard, he's a nice boy." She kissed the top of his head. "Mommy has to leave now, go and play with Frankie."
Donna slowly peeled Gerard's arms off of her, and turned him around to look at Frankie, who still had his hand extended.
Gerard was nervous, but his mother had said Frankie was a nice boy, and he trusted her, so he slowly took his hand.
Both mom's had assumed Frankie was reaching out for a handshake, but he never released Gerard's hand, he held it firmly in his, and led him deeper into the daycare.
"I'll show you where all the action figures are." Frankie smiled, leading Gerard through a mass of children.
Gerard glanced back at his mother nervously, who in return smiled sweetly at him, before blowing a kiss and leaving the daycare.
"Batman is mine." Frankie explained, letting Gerard's hand go as he opened the trunk of toys. "But you can have Spiderman."
"What about Robin?" Gerard questioned timidly, gazing into the trunk of toys.
"Batman and Robin go together, that means Robin is mine too."
"Oh." Gerard frowned, disappointment clear in his voice. "Okay.."
Frank collected the toys, before rushing off into another area, Gerard following behind quickly.
For a while Gerard just watched Frank play with his toys, feeling a bit sad that he couldn't play with Robin.
Frank didn't notice at first either, he usually played alone, and wasn't used to the company.
He finally did notice, when Gerard sniffled quietly.
Gerard wanted to go home, he wanted to go be with his mom, he didn't want to be with some little boy who wouldn't share his toys.
"What's wrong?" Frank frowned, pausing his game to look at Gerard.
"Wanna go home." Gerard whimpered. "I want my mommy."
Frank frowned again, this time gazing down at his toys.
He remember his first day here a week or so ago, he remembered missing his mommy too, and he felt sorry for Gerard.
"Will Batman help?" He questioned, not really wanting to give up his toy. "Or Robin?"
"I- I like Batman.." Gerard responded shyly, gazing at the other from under his teary eyelashes.
Frank sighed and scooted closer to Gerard, stubbornly handing the toy to him.
Gerard accepted it timidly, staring at it for a moment before speaking.
"But Batman is yours..."
"Yeah he is." Frank agreed, nodding his head. "But I don't want you to be sad."
"Thank you.." Gerard replied shyly, a small smile forming on his face as he scooted closer to Frank, so their bodies were touching.
Gerard decided he liked Frank.
"Okay, so Batman and Robin are-" Frank went on to explain the game, and the 'mission' Batman and Robin were on, and Gerard was eager to jump into the scenario.
They played for a long time, laughing and giggling at little jokes they made, shoving each other playfully when the other did something wrong.
Frank decided he liked Gerard, too.
"Batman, she needs our help!" Cried out Frank, his Robin action figure rushing over to a little princess doll, who represented an innocent citizen.
"We'll save you!" Gerard declared, his Batman figure following Frank's, where they attempted to lift the princess doll, rushing her to safety away from the bad guys.
"We did it, Batman!" Frank gushed, making his action figure hug Gerard's. "We're heroes!"
"Frankie?" Gerard spoke timidly. "Can we play Batman and Robin, like as us?"
Frank's eyes lit up at the mention of that, like it was the greatest game plan ever.
"Yes!" He squealed, quickly looking around the room to find someone to play the victim they had to save. "Hayley! Pretend you're in trouble and Batman and Robin have to save you!"
The little girl with messy hair looked at him curiously, before nodding her head quickly.
"Batman!" She shrieked, running to a corner. "Batman, Robin, help!!"
Frank leap to his feet, standing in a proud pose, with his hands on his hips, and his head held high.
"Don't worry citizen! We will save you!!" He lifted his fist to the air, before running towards her.
Gerard was quick to follow, his fists clenched as he prepared to fight off imaginary enemies.
"You can't hurt her!" Gerard shouted, punching and kicking through the air, imagining bad guys falling to the ground at his hand.
Frank grinned widely and began mimicking Gerard, fighting off imaginary enemies while protecting Hayley.
"Gerard, look out!" Frank gasped as an imaginary enemy snuck up behind him.
Gerard gasped loudly and ducked, letting Frank take out the imaginary bad guy.
"Frankie!" Gerard shrieked as another enemy took advantage of Frank protecting Gerard to try and hit him over the head.
Gerard leap to his feet again, tackling the enemy and saving Frank before the bad guy had a chance to hurt him.
Once Gerard had 'killed' the bad guy, he jumped up and Frank and him stood back to back, making sure no one could sneak up on them again.
They continued fighting off the enemies until they were both left breathless and panting; deciding then that there were no more enemies.
"My heroes!" Hayley cried, pulling the two into a hug. "You saved my life!!"
She then kissed their cheeks, and Gerard blushed, while Frank shrieked and wiped his cheek instantly, whining about cooties.
Hayley just giggled and skipped away, ready to play her next game.
Frank and Gerard started to giggle as well, gazing into each others eyes like they were the bestest friends.
"I like you, Gerard." Frank smiled. "You can play with Batman whenever you want."
"I like you too, Frankie." Gerard giggled, his cheeks a light shade of red. "We can share."
Frank nodded his head with a bright smile against his lips, and him and Gerard rushed off to play some more.
Frank eventually made his way towards the front door, which was being 'guarded' by the lady who checked Gerard in.
"What are we doing?" Gerard questioned as Frank pressed himself up against the wall, trying to make himself invisible to the woman.
"We're breaking out of this place!" He hissed quietly, peeking his head around the corner to eye the woman. "You gotta distract her!"
"How am I suppose to do that?" Gerard frowned, trying to be sneaky like Frank was.
"I dunno, run around screaming. I'll get out, get help, and then we'll come back for you."
Gerard nodded in understanding, and ran out into the open, looking panicked.
He wasn't really sure what he was going to do, but he figured it would come to him naturally.
"Miss! Miss!" He cried out, catching her attention.
He didn't know what to do after that though, so he panicked, and just started screaming at the top of his lungs.
The woman jumped in surprised, before quickly rushing over to him.
"Honey, what's wrong?" She questioned, looking him over for any injuries.
He stopped screaming as he watched Frank make a B line to the door, his heart racing as Frank got closer and closer.
But just as Frank was about to escape, another worker scooped him up, carrying him back into the play room.
"Not today, Frankie."
"I'm gonna get out!" He yelled, kicking his feet. "And I'm taking Gerard with me!"
"The only place you two are going is nap time, so why don't you show little Gerard to the nap time room?"
Frank huffed and straightened out his shirt as the woman put him down, but mumbled a 'fine' anyways.
Frank grabbed Gerard wrist and led him into another room, where there were other kids setting up their napping mats.
"M' not tired." Gerard whined, grabbing the same items as Frank.
"Me neither." He pouted, setting up his little napping area. "This place is a jail!"
Gerard was starting to get scared as well, because he didn't like the dark, and he didn't have his night light, or teddy bear.
He didn't want Frank to know he was scared though, so he just confidently made his own bed, ignoring the fear that was creeping up inside him.
"H-How long do we gotta nap?" Gerard stuttered out, kicking off his shoes to climb under his blanket
"For hours!" Frank groaned dramatically, throwing his blanket over himself.
He was being overly dramatic, and nap time was only for an hour, but in his defense, an hour to a six year old did seem extremely long.
"Oh.." Gerard whispered, pulling his blanket up to his chin. "Okay.."
Frank didn't notice Gerard's fear, so he simply nodded, and rolled onto his side facing Gerard.
Suddenly the lights went off, and Frank snuggled into his blankets, popping his thumb into his mouth.
"Don't tell my mom" He giggled. "I'm not suppose to suck my thumb no more."
Gerard just nodded, too afraid to speak.
"What's wrong?" Frank frowned around his thumb, eyeing his new friend with concern.
"N-Nothing.." Gerard lied, squeezing his eyes shut.
"Are you scared?" Frank questioned, raising an eyebrow at the other.
"No way!" Gerard squeaked out, trying to sound as confident as possible.
"It's okay." Frank assured, scooting his little bed closer to Gerard. "The dark is scary."
Gerard just nodded in response, his hands clutching his blanket.
Frank used to be scared of the dark, and he understood why Gerard was afraid... but he didn't want him to be, so he reached out his hand, and clasped it over Gerard's.
Gerard opened his eyes and gazed over at Frank through the dark, his body starting to relax.
"What are you doing?" Gerard questioned softly, opening his hand slowly so he could hold Frank's properly.
"So you're not scared." Frank explained, squeezing his hand softly.
"Oh.." Gerard smiled, moving closer to Frank. "Thanks."
Frank just hummed in response, and soon they fell asleep, hand in hand.
When it was lunch time, they swapped their snacks, because Gerard liked the crackers, and Frank liked the pretzels; but they each got the opposite.
They were together for the rest of the day, and when it came time to go, their mothers showed up at the same time.
"Mommy!" Gerard squealed, leaving Frank for the first time that day to rush over to his mother. "Mommy I missed you!!"
"Oh, my Geebear." She smiled, lifting the little boy up onto her hip, where he leaned in to kiss her cheek. "How was is?"
"I made a friend!" He announced proudly, looking over at Frank. "Frankie!"
Frank smiled up at him, while he grabbed his own mothers hand.
"Will Gerard be back?" Frank questioned shyly, looking up at Mrs. Way. "I like him."
"He'll be back tomorrow." She smiled down at him, then glanced at his mother. "I'm Donna, by the way."
"Linda." Frank's mother replied, smiling and shaking Donna's hand. "I'm glad to see our boys get along, Frankie doesn't usually get along with other boys."
"Mom!" Frank groaned, his cheeks turning red. "Don't tell them that!"
Gerard wasn't even fazed by it though, his mind was on the promise of ice cream, but now he wanted Frank to come too.
"Mommy, can Frankie come get ice cream with us too? Please?"
"Ice cream!?" Frank interrupted, gazing up at his mom. "Mommy can we go? Please, please, please?"
Linda sighed and gazed at her watch.
"I suppose we have some time before daddy gets home, but if we go get ice cream it's gotta be our little secret, okay?"
Frank jumped in delight and nodded his head frantically, grabbing his mothers hand and attempting to pull her out the door.
"Do you mind if we join you?" Linda asked Donna, while she held Frank back.
"Not at all, Gee seems to really like Frankie, and he really needs a friend, so why not. We're going to that little ice cream shop on 5th."
"We'll meet you there." Linda smiled, reaching down to pick up Frank before each family descended to their own car.
Gerard didn't shut up about Frank the entire car ride to the shop, he told his mom about Batman and Robin, and Hayley who they saved. And he told her about sharing his snacks at lunch because Frank liked his pretzels, and he liked Frank's crackers.
Frank had done the same thing to Linda as well, going on and on about how he didn't think he'd like Gerard at first, but then how much he did; and how much he enjoyed holding his hand at nap time.
Linda was very surprised at how much Frank liked Gerard, because he tended to be different than the other children, and he tended to avoid them because of that.
She decided she wanted to get to know Donna more, that way him and Gerard could hopefully see each other more outside of daycare.
Once they reached the shop, and Donna had undone Gerard's car seat, Gerard jumped from the car, eagerly looking around for his new friend.
Frank had done the same a few moments later, and they both smiled widely and waved at each other as they made eye contact.
Gerard grabbed his mothers hand and quickly made his way over to Frank, where they began chatting instantly.
"Do you like sprinkles? I like sprinkles, my favorite is the blue ones."
"I love sprinkles!" Frank giggled. "My favorite is the blue ones, too."
"We're gonna get lots of blue sprinkles, okay!" Gerard exclaimed, releasing his mothers hand to grab Franks. "We can get green sprinkles too!"
"Ooo, ooo, ooo! Can we get fudge too?" Frank questioned with wide excited eyes. "And whip cream?"
"Yes!" Gerard squealed, rushing over and gazing through the plate glass protecting the tubs of ice cream.
Him and Frank looked over the many ice cream flavors, while their mothers stayed back, watching the two while chatting.
"I've never see Frank like someone so much." Linda whispered, not wanting to catch her son's attention. "He really likes little Gee."
"Really? I'm surprised by their fast friendship as well, Gee is usually so shy, he doesn't have any friends."
"Maddy told me that when she checked on the kids during nap time, they were holding hands and snuggling."
"Nap time?" Donna frowned, not realizing that was a thing. "Oh my, I wish I had known, Gee is afraid of the dark."
They realized that Frank must of been trying to comfort him, and that warmed both of their hearts.
"Mommy! Come on, let's get our ice cream!!" Gerard urged, turning around and sending his mother an inpatient gaze.
Frank and Gerard got the exact same toppings, only with different flavored ice cream.
Gerard got chocolate, and Frank got vanilla.
"Mmm!" Gerard hummed happily as he scooped a big spoonful of ice cream in his mouth, with Frank next to him, and their mothers across from them.
Linda and Donna decided to take this opportunity to try and get to know each other better, taking advantage of their young boys being distracted by the ice cream.
It turns out they live in the same neighborhood, merely blocks away from each other.
And it turns out that Frank and Gerard were both starting Belleville elementary school next month.
It was a very small school, and they only had one kindergarten class, so Frank and Gerard would be in the same classroom all year.
They decided to keep that information from the boys for now, they wanted to wait and surprise them it later.
"Frankie?" Gerard questioned as he gazed at Franks little cup of ice cream. "Can I try some of yours?"
Frank frowned and gazed down at his ice cream, not wanting to share. But then he looked back up at Gerard, and the little sparkle of hope in Gerard's eyes changed his mind.
"Kay." He nodded, sliding his cup towards Gerard. "But now I get some of yours."
"Kay." Gerard smiled, sinking his chocolate covered spoon into Frank's vanilla ice cream.
Linda was almost convinced she was dreaming, because Frank never shared with anything, especially not ice cream.
Both boys hummed in delight as they tasted the new ice cream, and then switched the cups back.
"Again?" Gerard asked a few moments later, dying to taste more of the vanilla.
"Switch!" Frank giggled, kicking his feet as the sugar kicked in.
They switched cups again, giggling the entire time as they continued sharing.
"Brain freeze!" Frank shrieked, his hands coming up to cup the sides of his head painfully." Ow ow ow!!"
"Put your thumb on the roof of your mouth!" Gerard instructed quickly, like this was a life or death situation.
Frank complied instantly, a few moments later sighing in relief as the pain went away.
He didn't remove his thumb though, instead he began sucking on it instinctively, even though he knew his mother would be angry.
"Frank." Linda snapped softly. "Stop sucking on your thumb."
"Mama just one minute, okay?" He mumbled around his thumb, relaxing back against his chair. "Just wanna do it for a minute."
"Frank." She spoke, her disciplining voice slipping through. "Now."
"Mama-"
"Now."
He let out a huff before finally removing his thumb, and crossing his arms stubbornly.
"Good boy, now finish your ice cream."
Frank didn't touch his ice cream though, because he was upset, instead he just stared at Gerard who was licking away at his spoon.
The only thing Frank wanted to do was mess with Gerard, because that's what he did when he was upset; he messed with people.
So the next time Gerard scooped up another chunk of ice cream and lifted it to his mouth, Frank shoved Gerard's arm, making the ice cream smear all over his nose.
"Frankie!" Gerard gasped, dropping his spoon on the table. "Why did you do that!"
"Frank!" Linda snapped. "Apologize to him right now."
"Sorry." Frank smiled, grabbing a napkin and dabbing it over Gerard's nose.
"Why did you do that?" Gerard sniffled, the unexpected action upsetting him.
"Cuz I like you." Frank giggled quietly. "But I don't want my mom to know, because then she'll want me to like everyone."
Frank was trying to be quiet, so his mother wouldn't hear him, but he was six, and it was impossible for a six year old to be quiet.
Frank wasn't lying, granted he wasn't telling the full truth either, but he wasn't lying.
He did like Gerard, and he was afraid of his mother expecting him to be nice to everyone, just because he was nice to Gee.
He had a reputation to uphold.
"That's mean." Gerard mumbled, so tempted to dump the rest of his ice cream on Frank's head.
"I'm mean." Frank spoke out loud, shrugging his shoulders.
It was all a show for his mother though, and he discretely grabbed Gerard's hand under the table, showing the other that he didn't mean it.
Gerard just smiled shyly, and then they finished their ice cream.
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Several weeks later they were in the same kindergarten class together, sitting side by side while they learned their ABC's.
They were both so excited when they learned that they were in the same class, their mothers told them one night at dinner a week or two after their ice cream date.
They had decided to have dinner together, that way Gerard and Frank's fathers could meet, and then they could all get to know each other better.
They all became fast friends, and because of that, Frank and Gerard got to see each other a lot more.
And then they grew closer as well, so close that Frank didn't mind sharing Batman anymore.
"Gee, what comes after 'F'?" Frank whispered to his best friend, stumped on his assignment.
"You just said it." Gerard giggled, finding it amusing that the first letter of his name came after the first letter of Frank's. "It's 'Gee'!"
"Oh." Frank giggled. "I'll remember that, it's like Frankie and Gee!"
Frank smiled and quickly scribbled it down onto his paper.
"Mommy said that you're comin' over after school, cuz your moms working late." Gerard spoke up a few minutes later, excited that his best friend was coming over after school.
Even though he was practically there everyday, or vice versa.
"I come over anyways!" Frank giggled, kicking his friends foot with his own. "Didn't you just get Mario Kart?"
"Mhm." Gerard hummed, finishing up his assignment. "I'm real good at it."
"I'm probably better." Frank scoffed, discretely looking over his friends paper, coping the answers.
Gerard only rolled his eyes in response, and relaxed back against his chair, ready for the next assignment.
The rest of the day dragged on the same, Gerard doing his work, and Frank copying it. But before he knew it Gerard was rushing into his mothers arms, hugging her tightly as she picked up him and Frank from school.
"Mommy, I learned the ABC's!" He exclaimed. "A,B,C,D,E-"
"F!" Frank interrupted loudly. "Like Frankie! And then 'g' like Gee!"
Donna smiled and lifted Gerard up to rest on her hip, and then she grabbed Frank's hand, leading them to her car parked on the side of the street.
She buckled them into their seats, before starting the car and starting their short journey home.
The boys talked the whole ride, rambling on and on about what they learned that day, or about what they were going to learn tomorrow.
Donna just smiled and listened to their conversation, enjoying the fact that her little boy finally had a friend.
When they finally made it back to their house, she fixed up their afternoon snacks, and told them to go into the living room.
"Gee, I bet you I'll beat you at Mario Kart!" Frank exclaimed as he jumped on the couch next to his best friend.
"What do I get if I win?" Gerard questioned with his eyebrows raised, and arms crossed.
"Umm, if you win you can have my afternoon snack, and if I win, I can have yours."
"Deal." Gerard grinned, handing his friend the other controller. "But you're so going down."
Gerard ended up giving over his afternoon snack to Frank, because he did indeed lose. Frank gloated the rest of the day, making it a point to chew loudly in Gerard's face.
Gerard just sat cross legged on the couch with his arms crossed as Frank continued to rant about how yummy his cookie was.
Now Gerard wasn't a sore loser, so he didn't pout, he didn't complain, he just sat on the couch with his head low, waiting for Frank to shut up.
"I told you I'd win!"
"Congrats, Frankie." Gerard replied, forcing a smile in Franks direction.
Suddenly Gerard's stomach rumbled loudly, and Frank was pulled from his selfish thoughts.
"Are you hungry, Gee?" Frankie questioned quietly, half of the cookie still in his hand.
Gerard nodded slowly, gazing over at Frank through his tangled hair.
Frank frowned and looked down at the cookie, he really wanted to eat it, but he really didn't want Gerard to be hungry.
After much debate with himself he held the cookie out to Gerard, stubbornly avoiding his gaze.
"But you won?" Gerard questioned with a frown.
"Yeah, and I'm the bestest video game player, and you better not forget that. Now eat the cookie."
Gerard smiled shyly and grabbed the cookie from Frank, leaning over and placing a quick kiss on his cheek in the process.
"What's that for?" Frank blushed, his finger tips running over the spot Gerard had just kissed.
"Mommy always does that to daddy when he does something nice, I think it means thank you. I was thanking you."
"Oh." He giggled, then leaned in and mimicked Gerard's previous action.
"What're you thanking me for?" Gerard asked as he felt his cheek tingle, giggling quietly to himself.
"I wanted to thank you too." Frank smiled. "For being my bestest friend."