side job

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"Jonathan, stop scrubbing the tile." Ezra demanded, pulling the sponge from the nervous mans hand. "I already mopped, twice."

The brunette threw himself back, leaning his back and head on the counter behind him. His eyes were squeezed shut as he took deep breaths to try and calm himself down. "I know, and you did a great job, but I am so fucking nervous that I'm cleaning to distract myself."

Ezra sighed. He plopped himself down next to Jonathan and leaned his head on his shoulder. Ezra pulled Jonathan's larger hand into his lap and gave it a solid squeeze.

"You've got this. They seem like genuinely nice people. I don't think you'd be friends with them if they weren't." Ezra was trying his best to reassure Jonathan that everything would be okay.

Yet his heart still seemed to beating a bit faster and harder, but that just may be Jonathan exaggerating. A hearty pounding was heard on the door, causing both boys to jump.

Breathing heavily, Jonathan turned his head toward Ezra. "I don't know if I can get up yet."

"Take a second to breathe, love. I'll let them in and tell them you'll just be a minute." Ezra stood before Jonathan could respond.

Only a moment later he could hear Ezra cheerfully welcome Ted and Charlie into the apartment. He could hear Ted's naturally loud voice booming through the walls, which didn't seem to help him calm down.

After a few minutes, Jonathan found the courage to stand up and peak towards the living room. Ted and Charlie were actively chatting away as they examined the living room and snuck looks towards Ezra.

Breathing in deeply, Jonathan walked out the door and greeted his friends with a grin. "Fellas! Welcome to my second home!"

Charlie gave him a fist bump, and Ted pulled him in for an awkward side hug. Ezra smiled nervoulsy at Jonathan, who gave him a small wink. Ezra stood and grabbed two small packets of paper.

"Okay, I know this sounds bad but I need you two to sign these NDA'S." Jonathan blurted out as the two in front of him were handed the papers. "It just basically says anything we discuss today cannot be discussed publicly or with anyone else outside of this room."

Ted's eyebrows raised immediately. "Are you a serial killer, Schlatt?"

Jonathan chuckled as his friends still signed the papers. "I promise you it's nothing that serious."

Charlie nervously handed the papers to Ezra, who put them in a briefcase that he'd drop off at their lawyers office in the morning.

Ezra motioned for everyone to sit down after he offered drinks. The more Ezra interacted with Ted and Charlie, the more nervous Jonathan got to actually come out. He could tell the boys were also getting nervous.

"So, basically, I wanted you two to come here and meet Ezra." Ted's head whipped back and forth as he slowly understood what was happening. Charlie sighed in relief and grinned at his friend. "Boys, this is my boyfriend, Ezra. We've been dating for almost a year now."

Ezra reached over and shook their hands with a grin. "It's really nice to meet you two! I listen to the podcasts when Jay's not around so he doesn't get embarrassed." Ezra teased, earning a light-hearted scoff from Jonathan.

"Jay?" Charlie asked with his head tilted.

"Oh. Shit, yeah. That leads us to the next thing we need to tell you." Jonathan laughed nervously as his eyes met with Ezra's.

The boys nodded at each other in confirmation as Ezra straightened his posture.

"So, basically, I am a creator on OnlyFans, which is how Jonathan and I met." This earned a snicker from Ted and a blush from Charlie. "I'm a faceless creator, and I go by Ezzy there."

"I met Jonathan through OnlyFans. I was searching for creators to work with when I found his profile." Charlie's mouth opened slightly as he began to process what was going on. Ted's eyebrows were furrowed, and he seemed to not understand yet.

"He also is a faceless creator, and he has much more subscribers than I do, which is why I didn't expect him to agree to meet up and work with each other."

Charlie shook his head. "You have an OnlyFans?"

Jonathan nodded in response. "I bought this apartment so I can separate my sex work from my YouTube work. Ezra and I were practically living together at this studio, so I ended up inviting him to live here so he could be closer to me."

Ted cooed, "That's surprisingly sweet."

Ezra chuckled. "His YouTube and Twitch personality isn't much different from his OnlyFans personality."

Jonathan smirked, trying and failing to hide a blush on his cheeks. This caused Charlie to make a fake gagging noise. Ted shook his head with a big grin.

"Oh, by the way, my fans call me Jay. So, that's why Ezra still calls me that. He's known me as Jay longer than Jonathan or Schlatt." Ezra grinned, still thinking of all the sex they had early in their relationship.

"I could not have predicted this as what you wanted to tell us so bad no matter what clues you gave me." Charlie laughed as he looked at both Ezra and Jonathan.

Ted nodded in agreement. "We always joke make jokes about you being gay but I don't think anyone has taken it seriously."

Ezra pursed his lips, trying his hardest to not saying anything. He had always been bothered by the joking. Jonathan was terrified of coming out to them and Ezra really believed it had to do with their constant teasing.

"I mean, we all made the jokes. I've not really come out to anyone but you two." Jonathan replied sheepishly.

His parents hadn't found out yet, either. The only people in the whole world that knew were sitting in the same room. It felt like a lot of pressure on Ted and Charlie, especially since they signed an NDA.

Charlie was a bit bad at keeping secrets, but Jonathan hoped that the NDA would help make sure he didn't say anything.