Coming Out - An Emon Fanfic

Chapter 1 - Admiration

Ethan shrieked with laughter, his voice filling the whole room as Simon slapped both hands onto his face, hiding his embarrassment. They were filming a video called, "Try not to Laugh," and Simon's old, "Scissoring" video was being played. Ethan could see Josh shaking in his seat as he silently laughed. He looked back at Simon who continued hiding his face, waiting for the monotone drone of his old video to disappear.

They were both soaked to the core and Ethan couldn't help but admire how cute Simon looked, covering his face like a baby. He absorbed everything he saw; the way his muscles were tensed, the way his flat stomach showed through the soaked t-shirt - everything.

Ethan liked Simon, of course he did. He had come to terms with his feelings after months and months of trying to fight them, but he had no one to tell; no one to pour all his thoughts into. All of the Sidemen would just tease him about it if he told - they already did!

The two were always teased about 'Emon' - their ship name. Simon would sometimes play along with it and sometimes he wouldn't, but whenever he did, Ethan couldn't help but smile a little. The ship had come about during a GTA recording session. Josh had made it up and the name stuck. The two were something special within the Sidemen. They were different, something else when together. And that was something Ethan loved and found very special.

They had finally finished recording the video and started to clean up. Simon and Ethan had changed into dry clothes and Josh went away to put his laptop somewhere safe but he had completely disappeared.

"Josh, where the fuck are you?!?" Simon shouted.

"I'll be back, one minute!" Josh yelled back.

"He's not coming back." Simon replied to himself as he looked at the huge mess in front of him. Water everywhere, it would take the pair a while to clean this up.

"Hey, you wanna help me edit the video after we clean up?" Simon asked Ethan as he grabbed a mop and started on the huge puddle.

"Yeah, sure." Ethan replied with a nod as he wiped down the soaked chairs. The two exchanged a smile before turning back to their jobs.

"And I thought Josh was the dad. He's not even doing anything!" Simon complained as he uselessly moved the mop around in the puddle, attracting Ethan's attention.

"Well, he's the dad for a reason. Let me help you out with this." Ethan sighed as he took the mop from Simon's hand. "You do the chairs and anything else that has water on it." He said as he nodded towards the chairs he was working on.

Simon nodded, "thanks" he smiled, before moving onto the chairs.

After an hour of cleaning, they had finally finished. "A'ight, lets go." Simon shouted as he walked out of the kitchen to meet Ethan in the hallway. He had two cans of Dr.Pepper in his hands - stolen from Josh's supply. He threw one at Ethan with a cheeky wink and a grin before they both went upstairs to edit.