For the next week, Gerard kept sneaking over to Frank’s house at night to see him. They’d sit up on the roof together, talking for hours at a time, smoking cigarettes, and sometimes not even saying anything. Just being together and holding onto each other was comforting and warm. One night, after it got too chilly, they both went back to Frank’s room together and Gerard got under the covers with Frank. They both started to talk, when Gerard yawned. "I'm tired." he said.
"You can take a nap." Frank offered. Gerard nodded and curled up tighter against Frank. As Gerard slowly began to drift off, Frank simply kept his arms around Gerard, pressing his cheek against Gerard's soft hair, humming gently under his breath.
When Gerard slept his face was so calm and he was so still it always surprised Frank. When he slept he looked much younger than he was, more like a little boy. Certainly not a 17 year old. And he looked much more peaceful when he slept.
Gerard sleepily opened his eyes and yawned.
"Hey," Frank said softly, smiling.
"Hey," Gerard whispered. Frank kissed his forehead and then Gerard pressed his head against Frank's chest.
"Am I asleep?" He asked. Frank should his head.
"No, you're awake."
"I thought I was asleep." He mumbled. He pressed his head tighter against Frank. "I thought you were a dream. I have lots of dreams." He added sleepily "All the time. I like them a lot...but then they go away." His voice cracked slightly, but he kept going. "I like... I like it when I can just dream all day. And sometimes, I really want to have a dream, I really do, but I can't think of anything. And then later I just... I do."
Frank kissed the side of Gerard's face. "I'm not a dream. I'm real."
"Good." With that, Gerard fell back asleep.

Over the course of the next week, Frank began to notice little changes in Gerard. Gerard couldn’t even be next to Frank without holding onto him somehow, and he was constantly kissing Frank and hugging him and so on. It felt nice, and often Frank returned it, but it began to grow more public. Frank was still too confused about what he really thought of Gerard and started trying to avoid Gerard during the day, only seeing him at night when they were alone together, or with Mikey. But Gerard wanted to see Frank all the time.
And as Frank was leaving school one day, he saw Mikey and Gerard. He ran up to them.
"What are you guys doing here?" He asked nervously.
"Stalking you." Gerard said. Frank tried to smile back, but couldn't. He knew if Gerard tried anything, Frank would never hear the end of it from anybody.
"Why don't we all hang out later? I mean, I gotta get home first." He said quickly. Frank could already feel kids gathering around them, all shocked at Gerard's appearance. He heard someone whisper that Gerard looked like a sociopath.
Mikey leaned closer towards Frank. "What's wrong?" He asked softly. Frank shook his head. He couldn't explain it. Just then, a couple of kids came over.
"You don't hang out with that, do you?" One asked, pointing at Gerard. Gerard smirked back at her and she cowered slightly.
"He's like a Satan worshiper." Another said.
"Yes, that is what I am. I am here to destroy your innocence and send you all to Hell. Hail Lucifer." Gerard said in a dark voice. He leveled his glare and some grew so frightened that they ran back. Then he yanked Frank towards him and kissed him on the lips. Some people screamed, some covering their eyes, others gasping. If it weren’t for that, Frank might have liked it, but instead he quickly shoved himself away. Gerard looked more surprised than anybody.
But before anyone could react, Mikey beat everyone to it. He broke the deadly silence by suddenly screaming "IM DONE!" Every single person, including Frank and Gerard, watched in surprise as Mikey kept shouting "I'm done, I'm done, I'm DONE!!” Then he collapsed to his knees, pulling his hood over his head, and then fell over, his head hitting the grass. Everyone could hear him saying "nope, nope, nope, nope, nope" over and over again.
Finally, students ran away, except those who looked frozen in shock. Frank quickly said "I gotta go, Gerard. Really, I'll call you later." Without looking back, he turned and ran. I just gotta ignore it all. he thought. If he could ignore Gerard long enough, he knew Gerard would forget about everything that happened between them.
At least, he hoped he would.

Notes

Trust me, I'll update soon. The entire story is done and I'm still so excited about posting it all but I'm forcing myself to wait.