The Only Hope For You Is Me

*Frank’s POV*

NONONONONONO. This couldn’t be happening. It. Just. NO. They couldn’t just separate me from my precious boyfriend. What the hell was fucking wrong with them? I looked at Gerard in desperation, pleading silently for some miracle to happen. Gerard caught my gaze, he was crying silently. The two crew people dragged us back to our room.
“Pack up your shit.”, the woman told me. I stuffed my things into my bag and gave Gerard a quick hug before anyone could hinder me. The woman slapped me in the face.
“Fucking Faggot!” It was worth it anyways.
Then she led me out of the door towards another building leaving Gerard and the blue-haired guy alone. She entered a room and told a random unlucky guy about my age to pack up his stuff. He frowned.
“Thank this faggot!”, she told him and pointed at me. Then they left. The other boys in the room were staring at me in confusion. But I didn’t grant them the pleasure to know about what had happened and went to bed.

I woke up the next morning to a guy from the crew banging at the door. I rolled out of bed, got ready and went to breakfast. Keeping my gaze towards the ground I fell back into my old routine of trying to avoid everyone. Since the houses were identical, it wasn’t difficult to find the hall. I got my plate and sat down at the table with the least people at it. All I could think about was Gerard. How could I have thought that I wouldn’t lose him like all my other friends and family? I was worrying so baldy, hoping that he would be fine. I just missed him so much; it caused actual physical pain in my chest.
A girl sat down across from me. She had dark hair and was wearing a shirt, which was way too large for her.
“Hi, my name is Ann, I’m not trying to flirt. You look terribly unhappy, so I decided to talk to you.”
No. I was not going to make the same mistake again. And I decided to make it very clear, even though she seemed nice.
“Okay, look I don’t want to offend you, but I really don’t want any contact to people. See, I lost everybody to the epidemic, and now I just lost somebody again. I really don’t want to experience that another time, so I don’t want to be friends with anyone.”
It felt actually pretty good to get that of my chest.
Ann nodded.
“Okay, I’ll leave you alone then. But if you need someone to talk to, I’m here. You can also talk to me without becoming my friend, that’s absolutely fine.”
Wow, this girl certainly knew what I needed to hear.
“Thanks a lot”, I smiled.
She left and I got up to bring away my plate. After that I went to “work”, walking slowly and hoping to get a glimpse of Gerard.

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