It's been one hell of a day for Frank, he had managed to show how much of an idiot he was in front of Gerard, he was scrolling through his phone from the other side of the counter that led to the cash register, so lost on the white screen he didn't notice the person approaching him until he heard them clear their throat. As soon as he heard he gazed up thinking it was a random customer only to find the black haired, paled love bug that was engraved in every little place in his head.

He quickly placed the phone on the counter-top and straightened staring into a pair of black shades in front of him, he couldn't tell whether Gerard was angry or not but which boss would be happy to catch one of his employees wasting time on their phone instead of doing something productive, he could already feel his cheeks burning from embarrassment.
"Frank right?" Gerard said all too serious, his tone deep as if he just woken up. Frank on the other hand took a deep breath and opened his mouth to speak but only a crack came out which caused his cheeks to burn more in embarrassment which caused the black haired infront of him to smile and giggle a bit.

"Why are you so nervous around me?" He asked again , bringing his cardboard take away coffee cup to his lips and sipping a bit, Franks eyes following each movement of his lips before looking back at the shades seeing his stupid face and how stupid he fucking looks. Then Gerard cocked his head to the side placing his cup on the counter next to Frank's andriod phone.

"Look, I know you're not mute or deaf, other wise you wouldn't have the job of a sales person, that would be really stupid wouldn't it?" The taller man said again trying to get some type of wording out of the shorter man, he has noticed a long time ago how nervous his employee got around him, nervous enough to drop something or spill stuff around him, but he couldn't get it why he always felt that way in his presence; He has been keeping an eye on him for a while now seeing how normal he functions around other people but when it came to him, he just seems as if he saw death himself. So Today Thursday 10th October he made it a must to speak to Frank and get the little man to maybe loosen up a bit around, he has heard stories from the other co-workers that the dude was fun to be around with but it was near impossible to see the real person when he becomes a nervous wreck.
On the other end Frank was cursing himself in his head at how fucking immature he was being, too immature to have a decent conversation with this person let alone his fucking boss. He always thanked the gods for having Ray Toro as his supervisor and always had his back for sick days and off days or else poor little fuck-head Iero would be stuck not being able to ask for any.

"and last time I checked you aren't someone who knows a lot about sign language" Gerard continued causing Frank to look down at the counter feeling like a fucking idiot. He took a deep breath and looked back up at the taller man.

"I-I get intimidated.....c-c-cause you'-re the boss?" He managed to say, mentally slapping himself across the face at how high pitched his voice sounded.

Gerard grinned and reached for his glasses and took them off revealing two hazel orbs behind them "Praise the lord, he talks" he said again placing his glasses on his head, pulling most of his bangs away from his pale face causing Frank to almost faint at the sight.
"You know Iero, I'm thinking of giving you a task. I always saw my employees as my friends, I mean who would stick around this dump for more than a year if they didn't have good company around them, you amaze me how you stuck around you either love guitars or you have no other choice as to stay here, I've seen you with the other employee's so I guess you're not an anti-social emo bitch." he stopped taking a breath, yeah little did Gerard know that Frank was staying cause he was the reason he woke up every morning just to catch a glimpse of his perfect face. "My task to you is.." he took Frank's phone from off the counter and unlocked it with a swipe, luckily for Frank he managed to close the browser that was pretty much on one thing..... his boss's profile on facebook, would be weird to have to answer to the man himself why he was on his profile right?. Than Gerard proceeded to tap something in and hand it back to Frank who took wrapped his fingers around it and slowly pulled it back. "I want you to text me something about you every hour or two, and I'll tell you something about me too, it's a fair game right? you won't be out of your comfort zone and I surely will get to know my very work harding yet too clumsy employee" Gerard finished with a smile and then he crabbed the cup and was about to walk away before he stopped and looked over his shoulder "Fail to do so Frankie and every hour you miss will be off your check" and with that he walked towards his office location, leaving Frank dumbfounded staring at his black haired head. He couldn't believe what he was hearing his heart was beating in his chest so vividly, his eyes gazed on the screen in his hands that showed a new contact number written 'Gerard.W' underneath "Gerrard", he must've seen the Gerrard person so added a .w not to get mixed up.

Frank than looked at the time and sighed this was going to be hard, he was too stupid and immature that now his boss has to play a game with him to get to know him cause little princess over here couldn't fucking properly talk to a stunning human being. He then remembered he had a date with Gerrard that night, oh boy this was going to be great.
The phone vibrated in his hands and he looked down to see a message from Gerrard 'don't forget tonight xo'
He sighed and placed the phone in his jeans pocket, "Idiot, fucking Frank Idiot, that's what my mother should have called me" he muttered to himself before a customer walked through the doors causing the bell to ring.

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The day at work dragged by, with every hour Frank managed to text Gerard something he liked and something about himself, his fingers always shook as he typed the text and now that he was in the locker room changing out of his work shirt and putting on another shirt to look decent Frank only had a few minutes to spare before sending another text to Gerard. He thought to himself how awkward it will look for his date to see him text someone else while getting to know eachother, and Frank oh boy Frank knew it's going to be CRAZY he's sure he's going to mix their personality ups, getting to know one person takes a lot of time let a lone two at a time!!.

Good things came out though, Frank managed to find out that his boss was such a cute little geek, he loved star wars and comic books. He was into drawing and listening to music and the most thing that really left Frank's mouth agape was that Gerard had no idea how to play an instrument which led to Frank saying he loved playing guitar and that it was the only thing he was good at which to his amazement Gerard sent him a frown emoji followed by a 'I have my doubts on that, you're good at your job and you don't seem useless...expect when I'm around you' to that Frank decided not to reply after all he was only to sent one text everyone so stalling and pretending to never receive the message was easier.

He checked himself in the mirror not putting as much effort as he thought he would, he wasn't exactly excited about the date or anything he just wanted to get laid and get it over with. He knew, he fucking knew that no matter how much he tried after today, after managing to text Gerard some 'fun' facts as the older man called them through the texts he knew that one day he had to have the balls to talk to him like a normal human being and he needed to focus on that, he couldn't have another man all up in his head to distract him and show how much of a stupid fucking idiot he is, although he has shown that multiple times to Gerard he still hoped that maybe he could amend.

Before he got out of the shop he took his phone out and thought for a while before opening the inbox and composed a new message, 'I'm uhm I live on my own and have nobody in my life' and pressed send, his eyes widening at how miserable he sounded, he panicked a bit his hands shaking as he composed another message explaining that he meant he wasn't in a relationship and not wanting to sound like a depressed whiny bitch, not really along those lines but you'll probably get the hint right?.

He started to walk towards his destination, he made sure to meet up as close as to as his apartment so if he'll be a creep it will be easier to ditch him. As he was walking he received two texts from Gerard and Gerrard, he opened Gerard's one saying 'It's okay I'm the same, I guess you probably caught on that I'm gay and if you didn't someone at work must've told you, and if no...well now you know. So it's hard to find someone decent without them wanting to get laid and then that's it' it kinda irritated Frank at how long were his boss's texts and without hesitation he typed in a 'trust me, I know' and sent it. Feeling more and more at ease texting him, he was hot and fun to talk to, if only Frank had the balls to actually talk to him face to face, he then opened Gerrard's text which followed by a description of his clothes and lots of wink emoji's and hearts making Frank roll his eyes.
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