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What he was doing wasn’t right… and he fucking knew it. He wanted something with Gerard… with all his heart. But apparently this other cute person seemed to have caught all his attention lately.
He knew he couldn’t do that to Gerard. They were just a few steps away from being boyfriends… and now this.
“What’s on your mind?” he asked, curling even more in Frank’s side.
“Uhm… Nothing to worry about, Mikey.” And yes. That other cute person was Gerard’s little brother, Mikey.
He had a way for making Frank crazy; even if Gerard was in the same room, he just couldn’t take his mind away from Mikey.
The way he talked, and how his glasses would go down his nose a little when he was embarrassed and blushing. The awkward knees he had when he was standing and how he hated that moment, because it meant that he was leaving home. He also loved the idea that Mikey’s unchangeable poker-face would turn into a little smile when he saw Frank on Monday and Wednesday afternoons, when Gerard had art class and they used that time to be alone at the Way’s house.
“Don’t lie to me. I know that there’s something” Mikey said softly, barely touching Frank’s cheek with his lips. He was so caring and lovingly… soft.
“I… I was thinking about Gerard” he said and a second later he regretted it. For a normal person, it wouldn’t even exist, but he saw the little movement of Mikey’s lip and how the pressure of his arms around his waist loosened just a little bit… but enough for Frank to know that he had ruined the moment.
“Oh…” he just said.
“I know that you don’t like this topic, Mikes, but I feel like I’m cheating on him-”
“You two aren’t even together, Frank. You’re not cheating.”
“I know that we’re not together! But we have kissed a couple of times and we’re really close to each other and-”
“I don’t need to hear that. I know how things are. I know that you are close and I’ve seen you kissing more than I’d wished but…” he leaned closer to Frank on the couch “We are really close too… I dare to say closer. And hey…” surprisingly fast, Mikey leaned down all the way and kissed Frank on the lips, running his tongue over the other boy’s upper lip. It was really fast, but for Frank it felt like the time had stopped in that kiss and too soon, Mikey broke the kiss “… now we’ve kissed too. So I don’t see a reason for thinking about him”
After that, they spent all the afternoon lying on the couch… just kissing and hugging each other. It was soft and caring and Frank loved it… but all the good things end and soon they heard Gerard’s car coming outside. As fast as they could, they sat up and straightened their clothes.
They looked into each other eyes and kissed for the last time that day. Frank switched on the TV and put some shitty movie just as Gerard was opening the door.
“Hi, guys”
“Hi, Gerard” Frank said smiling, surprisingly, it was a genuine smile and when Mikey saw it, all the willing to greet his brother disappeared so he just muttered a bitter “Hi”.
“Hey, Frank, would ya like to come downstairs and I’ll show you the new thing I did?” the older one asked excitedly.
“Uh, sure! I’d love to!” Frank answered as he got up from the couch, giving Mikey’s shoulder a little squeeze.
He followed his friend to his bedroom in the basement and suddenly Gerard stopped in his tracks.
“Frank… look I… I feel that there’s something here… don’t know what it is but there’s something between us and if this something is good… I want to make the best of it, Frank” Not today… he thought for himself.
But inside him, despite all that Mikey made him feel, he felt the same as Gerard. They both knew for a long time that there was something.
“Yes. I want that too” he smiled shyly, and Gerard in front of him, still with his backpack on with the art supplies into it, walked towards Frank and grabbed his hand.
At that, the younger boy gave it a little squeeze and locked eyes with Gerard who went all the way and kissed Frank softly on the cheek. Just in the same place as Mikey did; he thought.
Once they got to Gerard’s bedroom, he laid all his art class things on the floor and walked to the bed with his hand still on Frank and they just lay down.
Maybe he had something special with Gerard… but he felt a really strong connection with Mikey too and he didn’t want to give up on any of them. They meant so much to Frank.
It seemed like the Way brothers had some kind of spell on him and he couldn’t get out of it… and he didn’t want to get out of it either. He liked them too much for it to feel right.
The evil part of his mind started imagining how cool it’d be to have both of the Way brothers on his hands and that thought made him feel dirty, a liar… a worthless liar. He had to make it stop. Right there.