You Have Witchcraft In Your Lips

Over the next week Frank found himself on his own more than usual. He was so used to Mikey wandering into his house at least once a day, it was strange for the apartment to feel so empty. Frank doesn't blame him of course, if he had a brother he'd want to hang out with him. Not that he wants to hang out with Gerard.

"Hey Spence" Frank called, spotting a pair of feet under a rather beat up car in the garage.

"Frank?" Spencer rolled out from under the car, raising his eyebrows. "What's up? I didn't think today was your day to come in"

"Well... It wasn't, but I felt like being here" Frank muttered, already knowing he was going to get the piss taken out of him for it. Spencer was never one for being particularly warm or sympathetic.

Spencer snorted, pulling the toolbox towards him and rifling through it, replacing the screwdriver for a smaller one. "Sure, sure. Because you've always been the workaholic type, haven't you"

"Hey, you'd want to hang out here if your house was as shitty as mine too"

"Oh Frank, were you feeling lonely?" Spencer mocked.

"No" Frank said defensively.

Spencer scoffed, then looked from the screwdriver to the car, and swiftly dropped it at his feet "Okay, well I'm gonna take a break to clear my head, so you have 15 minutes to convince me otherwise"

Spencer got to his feet and pulled a packet of cigarettes out of his pocket, passing by Frank and outside to the fresh air. "You got a light on you?"

"Yeah" Frank sighed, stuffing a hand into his jean pockets. He pulled out his lighter and tossed it to Spence, who caught it smoothly and raised it to the cigarette.

Frank sighed, before snatching the packet from Spencer's hand, fumbling with it so he didn't have to look him in the eye. "... Mikey's brother is in town and he's been spending a lot of time with him"

"Ah, so it's jealousy. I didn't know Mikey had a brother"

"I had kinda forgotten to be honest, until I had to go pick him up"

"What's he like?"

"Bit of a prick from what I could tell" Frank shrugged, taking back his lighter. "The theatre kind, y'know?"

"Ah. So you'll be here for the rest of the day?"

"Maybe. I don't know. I don't have much else to do. I have nothing to do actually" Frank frowned. "All I ever have is work and hanging out with Mikey"

"You still have you're guitar right?" Spencer offered, dropping the butt and stepping on it.

"Still... That's all I have, isn't it?" Frank sighed, dragging a hand through his hair.

"I'm sure you have loads to do"

"I'm going to be bored out of my fucking mind from now on, aren't I" he muttered, not really listening. "Fuck, I... My life's really dull" Frank blinked, looking up at Spence.

"What do you want me to say Frank, get a hobby" Spence rolled his eyes. "I'm going back to work. Stub that out before you come back in, okay? I don't want any more explosions"

"Yeah, yeah" Frank said distractedly, patting down his pockets as his phone began to ring.

"Mikey?"

"Where are you? I'm at yours and you're not here"

"I'm hanging out with Spence" Frank said offhandedly, trying not to sound too happy he'd called.

"Okay. How long will you be? Fair warning, I'm raiding your fridge until you get back"

"I can be there in half an hour. Good luck, there's nothing to raid" Frank said cheerfully.

Spencer gave him a knowing look as Frank practically skipped back. "See you Thursday, dork"

-

"I found a kit kat" Mikey greeted him as soon as he heard the door open. "It was a small raid but a success nonetheless"

"Hello to you too. It's been a while" Frank wandered into the living room and shrugged off his coat.

"Yeah, I'm sorry. I've been trying to make sure Gee gets settled in, he doesn't know anyone here"

"I know, it's okay" Frank said quickly.

"He got an apartment though" Mikey said, his eyes lighting up.

"That's good..." Frank frowned at the weirdly eager look on Mikey's face. "And?"

"I'm moving in with him! I mean, Gerard didn't particularly like the thought of moving in with a stranger, and I realised that it's a chance for me to finally get away from my parents. I don't know why I hadn't thought about it"

Frank scoffed. "But you don't have a job. How are you affording that?"

"I just told mom and dad I was moving out, not that I was moving in with Gerard. They gave me a pretty generous loan for it, seemed happy enough to get rid of me honestly"

"That's good then. Some actual independence" Frank nodded, seeing the giddy look on Mikey's face. Great, now he'll never see him.

"There's like, hardly any furniture apart from some stuff from my old bedroom, so we need to go shopping. Probably tomorrow though, he's at his big audition today"

Mikey lingered when Frank didn't respond, pondering whether or not to ask.

"Wanna come shopping?" He asked when Frank failed to look like he gave a crap.

"No, not really"

"Please? I'll buy you lunch. The biggest veggie burger there is"

Frank paused, then sighed. "It better be the biggest"

Notes

2 chapters in one week? What is this madness?? Exams are soon so I wanted to do some writing :) hope everyone's enjoying the new year so far

-killjoybyname