Can't take it any more!

Gee sat and quietly drew in his sketchbook through that first class, as he wasn't exactly going to get gym work to do while he was there.
Frank was teaching his class about cross hatching, a subject that Gee was well versed in already, but these were freshmen, so it was unsurprising that they were all pretty clueless.


Once Frank had set them to the task of shading a picture using this technique, he sat at his desk, and couldn't help but stare at the pale boy, and the way that the tip of his tongue poked out when he was concentrating. Frank thought it adorable.


Gee felt eyes on him and looked up. Frank grinned at him and Gee blushed pink, dropping his head back down and hiding in his hair. Frank chuckled, then stood up and walked to Gee's side, crouching next to his desk so they could speak without being overheard.


"You ok?..."


He asked softly. Gee nodded, keeping his head down.


"You sure?"


Gee looked up through his lashes at Frank.


"Y-yeah..."


He whispered.


"I'm o-ok."


Frank smiled, then looked at Gee's drawing.
It was a new piece, as Gee felt it would be awkward if he was caught drawing Frank.
In the picture was a sweet shop, with steps down to the sidewalk, and shutters and flowers at the windows. It was Rosebud's, complete with the faded sign over the door that Gee kept offering to repaint, and sat on the step was a thin broken boy, and an older woman who looked a lot like Rosy. But the boy didn't look quite so broken, as his smile was almost as wide as her's, and he wasn't so thin, as he sat there with a cookie in his hand.
Frank smiled.


"I like it...this is a happy picture...it's what you want, isn't it?"


Gee nodded.


"It's kinda how I feel when I'm with Rosy...sh-she makes the b-bad go away."


Frank nodded in understanding.


"I had someone like that when I was younger..."


He remembered the last time he'd seen Joseph.


"There was this record shop near my house...the owner, Joseph, let me stay there for hours, just listening to music and helping him tidy the records. I didn't want to go home cos mum and dad were always fighting, and Joseph was just there for me."


"Just like Rosy."


Gee smiled, their eyes meeting and Gee's heart fluttering in his chest.
Frank smiled sadly.


"Yeah..."


He sighed.


"He passed away a couple years ago now, but I was with him at the end. He taught me how to play guitar and how to be who I am, and not who everyone else wants me to be."


"He s-sounds like a good man."


"The best."


A tear slipped from Frank's eye that he quickly brushed away, clearing his throat and standing as a girl at the back called for his attention. He gave Gee a quick smile, then went to help the freshman.
Gee breathed shakily and continued with his drawing.


When the bell rang, Frank dismissed his class and watched as they all hustled out the door, then closed it and went to sit at his desk. They could talk for a couple minutes now, before the next class, a group of rowdy juniors, turned up.
Gee looked up from his picture.


"I'm supposed to be in m-math next."


He said, grimacing.
Frank laughed.


"Yeah...someone brought your worksheets along already..."


He picked them up and took them over to Gee's desk, handing them to him, and purposefully letting their fingers brush against one another.


"Don't ask me for help though...I suck at math..."


Gee giggled, and Frank grinned wide.


"That's my favourite sound in the world..."


Gee blushed red and hid in his hair again.


"But these worksheets?..."


He shook his head, Gee looked up, questioningly.


"They're like some next level evil shit."


Gee laughed, looking at the sheets...he had to concur.


"You're right...calculus is the work of the devil."


A knock came at the classroom door. Frank rolled his eyes at Gee and gave a wry smile, then went to let in his next class.


"Come in, come in...everyone take a seat. I'm Mr. Iero...welcome to my class..."


He shot Gee a wink then turned back to his class.


"Today we're going to learn about negative space."


Gee grinned, cos he remembered learning that last year, then he looked at his worksheets and groaned internally, cos this was reeeeally gonna suck.

Notes

Hi there chipmunks... I'M BACK!!

Im still recovering, but I figured it's time to get back to writing now.. Hope you like it?

AnyWay.. Peace out babies! <3 Love ya!