Look At You Now (Ray x Reader)

Welcome To Jersey

You finally left Connor and Felix at the cafe and completed the rest of the tasks on your checklist. You put your holidays in for work and let your landlord know that you wouldn't be in the flat for a period of time. It took quite a bit out you to run around the town all day trying to get things done, plus a good few hours had passed, so you decided to hop back into the cafe and get a quick shot of espresso. Upon entering you saw Gerard standing in line and happily walked over to him, once he saw you out the corner of his eye he smiled and motioned for you to join him in the queue.

"i would've thought you'd still be at the apartment with the others" you said while taking your purse out your bag. Gerard shrugged and pulled his wallet out.

"i'll cover it... yeah well frank and ray have been at each other's throats all day, i needed some air y'know? well.. some air and some coffee" he chuckled at his comment at the end and insisted on paying for both your guys drinks. You protested for a bit but he paid the barista and you both sat down at a table.

"what do you mean by ray and frank have been at each other's throats?" you questioned before taking a long sip of your coffee. Gerard sighed and shook his head, he didn't seem too bothered by it, more annoyed than anything.

"ever since yesterday when we were at that bar and you sat next to them both they've been giving each other dirty looks." he explained with a straight face.

"that's weird..." you mumbled into your cup, Gerard just acted unfazed by it all and directed almost all his attention to his coffee. "i'll walk back to the apartment with you after we're finished here, i've done all i've got to do in the town anyway" you continued, Gerard nodded and took another sip of coffee.

Once you and Gerard finished your drinks you both started heading to your apartment, you were both laughing at the few memories you had of last night, like Frank trying to square up to a mirror thinking someone kept staring at him.

It wasn't the longest walk from the cafe to your apartment but it only felt like five minutes with Gerard making you laugh as much as he did. It was almost like he was a completely different person from what he dressed like, he wore clothes like ripped jeans and band shirts and his makeup made him look like he was dead but his personality was one of a super happy Labrador.

You both reached the apartment and before you even took a step inside you could hear bickering, Frank and Ray were at it once again. When you entered they were both in the living while Mikey was hiding in the kitchen.

"what do you even mean dude i'm just acting how i act to every new person i meet?" Frank shot at Ray with his hands on his hips. Ray grumbled but bit his tongue as he saw you and Gerard enter. "cat got your tongue dude?" Frank teased not noticing your presence.

"shut up Frank, leave Ray alone and go grab (Y/n)'s suitcase so we can finish packing" scolded Gerard, Frank turned around and his cheeks went red as he realised you heard some of their argument. He walked off into your room to grab your suitcase and you walked over to ray and sat next to him with a smile.

"hey... how was your day?" he asked as he turned slightly in his seat to look at you.

"it was good, i spoke to Connor and i think he'll be better on his own than i first thought" you smiled at the thought of him and Felix, it made you feel less anxious about leaving knowing he'd have someone there to rely on.

"well that's great news! while you were away we packed a bunch of random clothes from your closet so you should probably go through them and sort it" he explained just as frank walked in with the suitcase in his arms. Ray raised an eyebrow at him "why are you carrying it like that? you know it's got wheels right." you giggled slightly at rays comment which made Franks cheeks go every redder, he places the suitcase down in front of you then proceeded to squeeze in next to you.