The Light Behind Your Eyes

“Why are you wearing that scarf? It’s the middle of September and it’s not even cold.” Kalum said tugging at the grey and black striped scarf that was wrapped around my neck.

I ignored him and continued to talk to Frank. Pretty soon I felt the scarf fall off my neck. The mark Frank had left was on my left side and Kalum and Bob could only see my right side, so I was sitting in the right spot this time.

“I’d really like my scarf back now” I said without turning my head too much.
“Why were you wearing it then” Kalum asked.
“Because I was cold, now give it back” I said
“Pshh whatever” Kalum said throwing me the scarf.

I put it the scarf back on and turned to talk to Frank again.

~Frank’s POV~
Bob and Kalum used to be my best friends. Now they’re picking on me and Gerard, it’s like I don’t know them anymore. Gerard was wearing a scarf to cover up the hickey I had given him a couple of days earlier and Kalum pulled it away and started bugging him. Gerard got it back and started talking to me.

“I don’t think your friends like me very much.” He said.
“They’re not my friends anymore, they hate me and if they pick on my other friends they don’t get to be my friends” I replied.

The rest of the bus ride wasn’t very long and when Kalum and Bob were off it was a lot better. Gerard and I could actually talk without getting interrupted or being made fun of. I turned to Gerard and started talking to him.

“Why did Bob and Kalum become like this?” He asked out of nowhere.
“Because they don’t like me being friends with other people. I think they’re jealous of you” I said nudging Gerard. His cheeks began to blush.
“So, whatcha wanna do later?” Gerard asked.
“I don’t care, it’s up to you” I replied.

Pretty soon, it was our stop and I stepped off the bus. As the bus was pulling away and Ray walked towards his house Gerard looked over at Mikey.

“Not doing anything with Ray or Alicia today?” He asked Mikey.
“No, Alicia is on a family vacation and Ray has piles of homework, so I don’t know what I’m going to do.” Mikey said, kicking a small pebble that was on the sidewalk.
“Well, if you want to hang out with Frank and I later, we might be going out.” He offered. I didn’t mind, I didn’t know Mikey really well so I’d be up to get to know him better.
“I don’t want to join you on your date, no thanks” Mikey said.

Gerard and I tried to ignore the comment his brother made and walked home, holding hands. When we stepped in the door Gerard’s dad scoffed and Gerard’s and my grip broke.

“Gerard a word please?” His dad said.

Gerard walked away as I was left with nothing to do. I decided to make food because I was hungry and I was sure Gerard would be by now too. I settled on making grilled cheese cause I’m not great at cooking things but what can go wrong with bread and cheese? I pulled the bread out and placed it in the pan stacking bread, cheese and another layer of bread. By now it was time to flip the sandwich. My mind wasn’t functioning properly because rather than using a spatula I grabbed the sandwich and burned my fingertips yelling out an awfully loud “OW!”

~Gerard’s POV~
My dad pulled me into his computer office and started talking to me.

“Gerard, I don’t approve of you dating this Frank kid” My dad said. I don’t even think Frank and I were dating, I mean neither of us had asked each other out, right?
“Dad, we aren’t dating, I’ve told you this even if we were it would only be because we are both guys.” I said sternly.
“Exactly, that’s just not right” He said
“Dad, I can hang out with who I want, Frankie is my only friend so if you would please stop bothering me about this and I can talk to you if I want.” I said.

Pretty soon I heard a loud yell come from the kitchen so I ran out of the office in terror to see what was going on. Frank was standing there running his hand under cold water and I could smell slightly burned grilled cheese.

“Frank! What did you do?” I yelled.
“I was making sandwiches but I didn’t use a flippy thing and I burned my hand” He replied.

I shook my head and laughed. I didn’t know much about burns but they needed to be treated good so I grabbed some Neosporin and handed it to Frank. The sandwiches weren’t bad, they were burnt in places but that doesn’t mean they weren’t good.

~Frank’s POV~
It was around seven o’clock and Gerard and I were bored as fuck. I offered to go over to Mikey’s room to see if he wanted to do anything with us, even though he said he didn’t earlier but people change their minds. I walked through the dimly lit hallway and made my way to his room. I knocked on his door, no reply. I tried one more time but he still didn’t answer. The third time I got an answer.

“Who is it?” Mikey said in a sad voice.
“Frank” I replied.
“Go away, I don’t want to talk to any faggots at the moment.” He said.

I barged in and could tell Mikey was crying by how his eyes were puffy and red.

“Mikey what’s wrong?” I asked. At first he was quiet and didn’t want to talk but later he opened up.
“Alicia, my girlfriend, or should I say ex isn’t with her family, she broke up with me today.” He said.
“No girl is worth crying over” I said. It was hard talking about this considering I had only dated a girl once and I dumped her. “C’mon” I said tugging at Mikey’s arm.

I pulled Mikey to Gerard’s room and talked to Gerard as Mikey stood outside the doorway. Gerard agreed to what I had said and walked out of his room, grabbed his car keys and put on his jacket. Mikey and I followed.

Soon we were in the city, and Gerard and I had settled on taking Mikey to the movies. There weren’t many movies playing except for really kiddish ones but we found one we all agreed on. I think it was a good idea to take Mikey out of the house for awhile so he could get his mind off everything.

After the movie was done we piled into Gerard’s silver car.

“Thanks for the movie” I said as I kissed Gee's cheek.
“Ughh” Mikey groaned.

When we got home it was only 15 minutes past 9 which was Gerard’s actual curfew. Mikey marched over to his room and I followed Gerard to his. I took out my pyjamas and after I was done changing I sat on Gerard’s bed. He came over and sat next to me pulling me into a passionate, loving kiss. We were in the middle of the kiss when someone interrupted us.

“Gerard, Frank” Mikey said. “Thanks”

Gerard and I continued kissing after Mikey had left.

Notes

Sorry I didn't update yesterday, I had writers block and bunches and bunches of homework.

Thanks so much for reading!