All I Want Is Nothing.

Gerard finally began to speak. “Frank, you know I love you right?”
Frank gulped as he nodded his head because he knew for a fact that Gerard does love him. “Yes, I know you do.”
Gerard bit his bottom lip softly in thought. “Which is the reason why I am going to spend the night at Mikey’s before I do something I regret.”
Frank’s eyes widened immediately. “Baby, what are you talking about?”
Gerard simply shook his head. “I love you, Frankie, and if I stay here when I am angry, I may end up leaving you..” Gerard trailed off and looked down at his shoes.
“Oh..I guess I understand.”
“Yeah. I’m gonna call my brother and see if it’s cool for me to go over there. If not, I’ll go to Ray’s.”
“Alright. Um.. I’ll just get out of your way then.”
Gerard sighed and kissed his boyfriend’s cheek. “It’s not over, Frankie. Don’t be so glum. I need some time to cool down and think about things.”

Frank opened up his mouth to speak, but he couldn’t form any words together. So he walked off to their bedroom to take a shower to help himself relax and showers are always a good place to cry.

Frank finished up his shower and went out to the living room to ask Gerard if he reached Mikey, but Gerard was already gone.

Frank plopped down on the couch and began to cry heavily. “Oh, God. What have I done?!” He called out, to noone in particular.

Completely drained from all the crying and the hurt he was feeling, Frank stood up from the couch and headed to the bedroom. He stripped down to his dark red boxer briefs and climbed in the bed. He laid on Gerard’s side and snuggled with the pillows which smelled like the other. Soon, he fell asleep.

****
“I can’t believe Frank cheated on you with that skank.” Mikey said to Gerard as they walked out into the back yard.
Gerard shrugged his shoulders. “I know. I can’t believe it myself, actually.”
“So, what happened? Did you two break up?”
“No, no. We didn’t break up. I just needed to get away for a little bit.”
“I see. I would have dumped his cheating ass, but that’s me.”
Gerard chewed on his right thumbnail. “I can’t break up with him, Mikey. I love him too much. And Frank said he didn’t remember anything that happened.”
Mikey chuckled at his brother’s last comment. “And you believed that?”
“Uh-huh. I do believe him. I mean, Jamia IS a major bitch, so she could have been the one responsible for this whole thing.”
“But Frank is guilty. He fucked her, Gee.”
“I know what happened, Michael.”
Mikey scoffed at Gerard using his full first name. “Ugh. Don’t call me that!”
Gerard smiled slightly. “I’m going to forgive him, and that’s that. I am not going to let this wretched woman ruin everything Frank and I have been building together.”

Mikey groaned and let out a breath.

“I know how Frank is when he’s been drinking okay? He is a horny drunk and she could have easily taken advantage of him.”

“Fine. Clearly, Frank makes you happy and since you are my brother, I’m going to support you. But know this, Gee. If that little shit hurts you again, I will make it my duty to kick his short ass.”
Gerard laughed and shook his head at the same time. “Whatever, bro. I’m going to the bathroom. And when I come back out here, we’re going to discuss dinner.”
A few moments later, Gerard walked back outside and sat down next to Mikey. “Sooo, dinner?”
Mikey laughed. “Uh, how bout Chinese? I can pay.”
“Sounds great. Get me the usual.” Gerard said with a smile.
“Right. I’ll go order it then I’ll pick it up. You can come with if you want to.”
“Cool cool. Yeah, I’ll go with you.”

Mikey and Gerard headed back inside Mikey’s house. Mikey called in their order on his cell phone. Once the call ended, the younger Way sibling slid his phone into his left front pocket and grabbed his car keys.

“Let’s go. It takes ten minutes to get there.”
“Alright. Right behind ya.”

The Way brothers picked up their food and came back and started eating five minutes later.

Gerard was doing the best he could to keep Frank off his mind. But, he couldn’t help but wonder what Jamia did to his boyfriend. He had some sort of idea. He really thought that she took advantage of his drunken state and seduced him.

Gerard then shook his head violently. He does not want to know what Jamia did. Still, he couldn’t keep the thoughts of what the two of them may have done out of his head.

Gerard sighed and took his cell phone from his pocket and thought about calling Frank. He decided against it. He threw his phone on to the coffee table and grabbed his duffel bag. He walked to his brother’s spare bedroom and changed into grey sweat pants and a faded Misfits t-shirt.

Gerard walked back in the living room and asked the other if he wants to watch a movie. “Up for a horror movie?”
Mikey beamed. “Hell yeah! What do you have in mind?”
Gerard pursed his lips together. “How about Texas Chainsaw? The original?”
“Good choice, my man. I’ll microwave some popcorn. That okay?”
“Sounds fantastic. I’ll get the movie ready.”

The brothers watched Texas Chainsaw Massacre and munched on popcorn. Once the movie was over, Gerard was struggling to keep his eyes open. He was exhausted. He told Mikey he was going to try to get some sleep. Mikey agreed that was a good idea.

They cleaned up a little in the living room and made sure everything was turned off.

Mikey went to his room and changed into his own pajamas. Gerard went off to the guest bedroom and finished getting himself ready for bed.

Gerard yawned and climbed into the bed. He frowned to himself knowing he’s going to bed alone, although he was too tired to think about it too much.

He’ll talk to Frank tomorrow and they will talk about things with clear and open minds.

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