I'm Okay. Trust Me

Gerard's POV

I spent most of the night wide awake with my arms wrapped around Frankie's fragile, sleeping body.
My mind was racing. What if there was something seriously wrong with Frank? Why is he having these dreams? What are they about? His mom? His childhood?

I chewed my bottom lip to the point where it started bleeding. I sighed and quietly slipped out of bed, careful not to wake Frankie.
I tiptoed down the hall and grunted when I saw that someone else was in the bathroom. I leaned back against the wall and wondered what time it was.

Mikey soon emerged from the bathroom, running a hand through his messy bedhead hair.
He raised his eyebrows when he saw me.

"Why are you up?" he asked, eyeballing me suspiciously.

"My lip's bleeding" I replied flatly. I slipped past him and into the bathroom. He just turned around and leaned against the doorframe, crossing his arms.

I dabbed my bleeding lip with a tissue and glanced at Mikey in the mirror. He had his jaw clenched and was staring back at me.

I sighed and turned around.

"What?" I asked, irritated.

Mikey looked me straight in the eyes.

"You're worried about him, aren't you?"

I took a deep breath and stared at floor, avoiding my brother's glare.

Finally, I spoke up, still staring at the floor.

"Yes" I said quietly, "I am"

"Gerard, listen, I'm sorry for what I said about Frank earlier, it was wrong. I was unfair and irrational. But there's something seriously going on with him. I know you care about him, I do too. I don't want anything bad to happen to him. I know he makes you happy and I want more than anything for you to be happy because you're my brother and I love you."

I look up from the ground to meet my brother's eyes. They're honest. Caring. Loving. Their my little brother's eyes pleading with me.

I smile and blink away tears. I close the space between us and wrap my arms tightly around him.

At first he seems a bit surprised by my action, but he soon wraps his arms around me. We hadn't hugged in such a long time. I had forgotten how tall and lanky he is.

"I love you, bro" I said, giving his skinny body a squeeze before pulling away.

"I love you too" Mikey said, smiling a gentle smile.

"I'm gonna talk to Frank tomorrow... Okay?"

Mikey nodded his head and stared into the distance.

"Good" he said, giving one last final nod.

"I'm gonna get back to bed" I said, yawning, "Night Mikes"

"Night Gerard" Mikey headed off towards his room, but before he could enter, I added "And thank you... For talking to me"

Mikey didn't look up, but I could tell he was smiling.

"No problem"

Notes

HELLO BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE

I am deeply sorry for the lack of updates, but today was the last day of school and I'll be updating more frequently like I used to c:

And I also apologize that the story kinda keeps going between past tense and present tense, I have a hard time with only writing one way, I hope it doesn't affect y'all too much.

xo