XoXo (Frerard)

I spend the next three days hibernating in the basement, only going out to use the bathroom or let my family know that I am in fact not dead.

I am slowly drifting among the clouds of my dreamland when Mikey's voice pulls me out of my sleeping form and back to reality.

'Wake the fuck up!' he yells as he grips my shirt and proceeds to shake me until my eyes open. 'Come on!' he says pleadingly, letting go of me. I value the opportunity and lay back on my bed, hearing Mikey sigh.

'Fine, if you don't get out of bed, I'm not giving you any coffee.' dammit, he knows my only weakness. I throw him an angry glare before getting up and walking towards the kitchen, where a hot cup of fresh goodness is waiting for me.

Mikey walks in after me and pours himself a cup of the brown liquid too, taking a small sip before looking back at me.

'So, two of my friends are gonna come over today.' Mikey states it like it's nothing, but I know that if it really was nothing, he wouldn't have told me.

A couple of hours pass and there's a knock on the door.

*** Frank's POV***

I knock on the door anxiously, looking at the slip of paper in my hand and checking that I'm at the right address. I hear some shuffling from behind the door, a couple of words are shouted but I can't make them out.

The door opens just a crack and the head of a red haired boy pops out. He looks at me and raises his eyebrows questioningly, expecting me to say something but I'm stuck staring into his hazel eyes.

I finally manage to snap out of my trance and open my mouth, but I am interrupted by a voice I recognize as Mikey's.

'Gerard? Who's at the door?' he asks and I hear him walk closer.

The boy at the door, whose name I assume is Gerard, answers in a confused tone 'Ummm... He didn't really introduce himself...'

'Oh for fucks sake!' Mikey yells as he swings the door open, smiling widely when he sees me. 'Hey Frank' he says cheerily. 'Frank, this is my older brother Gerard. Gerard, this is Frank.' he adds when he notices the look of confusion on Gerard's face.

'I didn't know you had an older brother...' I say it more to myself and Mikey's smile falters.

Gerard throws Mikey a glare, but shakes it off.

'Well it's nice to meet you Frank. Mikey, is anyone else coming over?'

'Yeah, Pete. But he's late as usual.' Mikey's response feels awkward and out of place, but Gerard smiles before patting him on the back.

'So, you're still crushing on him?' Gerard asks, and Mikey nudges him in the shoulder as he mutters an insult before taking my hand and pulling me towards the stairs.

And as I throw a final look towards Gerard, I can swear I see his cheeks turning red out of the corner of my eye.

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