Gerard dabbed at his bloody nose, which had come about when his face was smashed into Frank's.
“Is it bad?” Frank asked as he watched Gerard try to stop the bleeding.
“No, it's not the worst I've gotten. I'm sorry you've already been tagged as a faggot...” Gerard said slowly.
“I mean...” Frank trailed off
“Wait, you are? I mean, I'm not judging.”
“Yeah, I've never dated a guy or anything... You were uh, sorta my first kiss... But I do like them...”
“I'm honored.” Gerard said jokingly, making Frank giggle.
“But, anyway, I've been given shit my entire life, I thought moving here for high school would change that but apparently not...”
“It will get better once you get some more friends.” Gerard told him as the bell for second period rang. Gerard sighed as the blood started to stop. “What do you have second period?”
“Uh...” Frank paused for a moment as he pulled his folded up schedule out of his pocket. “I have science.”
“Oh, good. Me too, I'll show you the way.” Gerard said as he crumpled up his bloody tissue and threw it on the floor. He left the bathroom and kept his head low as he worked his way through the crowded hallway, knowing even with what happened this morning not many people would pay any attention to him or Frank.

He showed Frank to the science room and the two sat at the back of the room. Gerard took out his sketchbook and started to messily sketch a boy with medium, black hair hanging from a ceiling fan. Frank watched as he drew, shyly twiddling his thumbs as he did.
“A-Are you okay...?” Frank whispered to him as he gently placed his hand on Gerard's arm.
“I'm okay.” Gerard said with some hesitation.
“Trust me,” Frank said with a sympathetic look on his face “ I know you're not.”
“Oh, and your skinny ass is?” Gerard spat at him, which quickly shut him up.
“...So you've been looking at my ass?” Frank said, trying to lighten the mood in addition to changing the subject.
“You know what I mean, dick head.” Gerard responded, obviously upset still.
“S-sorry..” Frank said quietly as he turned away.
“Yeah, whatever.” Gerard said as he continued to draw.

The two didn't talk again until lunch, which was fine by the both of them. The two sat down at a table near the back hoping to go unoticed.
“Gerard!” Someone yelled from across the room, making Gerard's neck snap up and look for the person who had called his name. Mikey was waving at him from across the room, with another boy standing near him as well. The made their way over to the table and sat down with them.
“Are you okay, Gerard?” Mikey asked once he had sat down “What the fuck happened this morning?”
“Uh, nothing really.” Gerard said as he looked away, trying to avoiding eye contact with Mikey as Frank blushed.
“Wait, seriously, what happened?” Mikey asked as he examined the two.
“I'm Mikey, and this is Ray.” Mikey said as he gestured to himself and the boy sitting next to him.
“Hey.” Ray said with a smile as he held out his hand to Frank.
“I'm Gerard.” Gerard told Ray, though didn't bother to look at him, or an
“I-It was nothing.” Frank said as he looked up at Mikey, blushing harder “I-I uh
, I'm Frank, by the way.” He said as he brushed his brown bangs away from his face.y of the boys at his table. He looked towards his wrists.
“Gerard!” Mikey yelled, snapping Gerard out of his daze. “Come on, it's time to go! What the fuck are you even looking at?”
“Oh, uh, nothing. Sorry.” Gerard said as he got up and grabbed his backpack, swinging it onto his back before joining the crowd exiting the cafeteria. He had a few other classes with Frank, and made sure to sit next to him in all of the classes, though they didn't speak much. Gerard drew through all of his classes and Frank watched him silently, neither one of them caring enough to pay attention to the teacher.

“Hey, uh,” Gerard said to Frank as they walked out the front doors of the school. “Do you maybe wanna come over? Like, now, I mean. If you can't that's totally fine, I just have nothing to do, so..”
“No, yeah, I can totally come over if you want.” Frank said with a smile.

“Okay, good.” Gerard said as he smiled back, reaching for his hand so he could lead the way though quickly stopping himself. What the fuck are you doing, Gerard? “Uh, it's this way.” Gerard said quietly, before leading Frank to his house in silence. Frank glanced at Gerard every once in awhile, though Gerard always seemed to be staring at his feet. Frank found himself admiring Gerard, his short blonde hair, his beautiful eyes. Frank started to twiddle his thumbs as he watched Gerard, smiling lightly as he did.

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