I'm Not a Drag, I Just Dress in It.

He looked up at me. He was wearing battered converse at the moment instead of shiny heels like I was used to. I almost didn't realize how long I'd been staring until he pulled on my sleeve to get my attention.

We weren't at the club this time. We were at store. The comic shop. That made me smile a bit. I had just walked in to look around at the new books. I hadn't expected to see him here.

I looked down at his outfit. He was wearing a black knee length skirt and a Misfits shirt.

"Hey, Gerard. Didn't know you were interested in this kind of stuff." He smiled. I nodded. "Love comics. I've written one actually." I grinned at his amazed expression. "Wait.... Gerard. Gerard... WAY. You're Gerard way. You wrote Umbrella Academy right?" He asked. I was sort of surprised he'd known that. My works weren't really high end popular. More underground. "Yeah. That's me." At that his smile grew. "Dude that's one of my favorite comics of all time!" He said excitedly. "Really?" I smiled slightly. "Yep. I thought the character design was really freaking cool." "Thanks... I drew it myself." I grinned. He laughed softly, nodding.

"So what other comics do you like?" Frank asked. "Batman. Xmen. WONDER WOMAN!" I said, shouting slightly. That got us a few looks but Frank just laughed. "Yeah. Those are cool."

He nodded, both of us beginning to wander the shelves side by side again. "So, pretty boy, can I ask more about you?" I raised an eyebrow. He just nodded, glancing over at me.
"How old are you?" There was silence for a moment. "Twenty two." He answered.
"Where do you live?" Another pause. "Edge of Belleville." Belleville. I lived there. How had I never run into him before?
"Got a boyfriend?" He giggled at that one. Actually fucking giggled. It was adorable. "Nope. Guys just don't seem to have the same interests as me. You however, Mr. Gerard Way, seem like someone I could be with." He winked. I grinned, looking down and blushing a bit. "Oh, well Frankie, you're seeming like a damn good match for me right now as well." I retorted. Now was his turn to blush. "Oh I hope I am."

We went on for a while more asking silly questions before we decided to go get something to eat from the food court in the mall.

Frank, I found out, was vegetarian. That seemed more outlandish to me than anything I'd heard in my life. Not eat meat? How could anyone survive without bacon! Or burgers! Of course, me being me asked why he was a vegetarian. "Cause why would I want to eat something that used to be alive? Animals are cute and helpful and they don't deserve to be force bred and raised in gross warehouses and then sent to slaughterhouses just so people can have their damn hot dogs and bacon." I nodded.

I'd never really thought about it that way. I was always just like well if its on my plate I'll eat it. I wasn't picky. Our lunch was spent with idle conversation before both of us had to leave to go places. I said goodbye to Frank, told him his skirt was pretty on him, and then rushed off to my brother's place.

Notes

I'm feeling pretty down rn about a lot of things bc I saw my ex girlfriend again today and we didn't talk but just seeing her made me sad and then i found out I couldn't go to the fob concert I wanted to but my friends both went and then i checked my weight and I gained 5 pounds bc of stress and ughhh. :/

But i hope you enjoyed this chapter :)