Coming Out - An Emon Fanfic

Chapter 8 - The Date

"Ok Ethan, you got this..." Ethan breathed deeply before knocking on the door. Suddenly, there was a huge ruckus from inside the house. It sounded like someone was falling down the stairs. Ethan could hear Josh laughing his ass off and yelling, "Simon, are you alright?" A shushing noise came from behind the door and Josh's laughing became muffled as a door closed.

Simon opened the door, gasping for air. "Simon, are you alright?" Ethan couldn't help but chuckle at the way Simon was panting, blushing red and trying to look cool. "I... Uh... Fell down the stairs." Simon replied, hiding the fact that he dropped down the stairs trying to answer the door before anyone else. "Are you ok?" Ethan asked, chuckling lightly. "Yeah." Simon started to breathe normally again. "Shall we go?" He asked, grabbing his coat off the hook. "Yeah." Ethan nodded.

They were going to Westfield so Simon was going to drive there. Just before Ethan could get hold of the door handle of Simon's car, Simon went in front and opened it for Ethan. He kissed him on the cheek and closed the door after Ethan got in the car. Ethan blushed as he sat in the car, shaking a little from nervousness. Simon got into the car and started to drive. "So, you wanna maybe watch a movie before we go to Nando's?" He asked while his eyes were on the road. "Sure." Ethan replied.

For the rest of the journey, they had a bunch of conversations about different movies and actors. There was no awkwardness between them, they talked and laughed the whole ride. Ethan felt comfortable around Simon, like they were best friends who had open feelings towards each other - which was true. Ethan smiled as he thought of how happy he was with Simon.

When they got to the cinema, they decided to watch 'Get Hard'. Simon paid for the tickets and popcorn. They sat next to each other in the cinema, which was fairly empty and the movie was great. Whenever Ethan laughed, everyone else would erupt with laughter. What Ethan didn't notice was that sometimes when he was laughing at the film, Simon would just look at him with love in his eyes. Simon's love for Ethan was growing.

After the movie ended, they decided to walk around a bit before going to Nando's. As they left the cinema, Simon put his arm around Ethan and held onto him as they walked towards M&S. Ethan nestled closer to Simon and took in the gorgeous smell of his cologne.

"Fucking fags!" Ethan opened his eyes in horror and looked up at Simon to see he was glaring at someone behind them. Ethan didn't look behind to see who had shouted, instead he looked down in shame. He felt embarrassed as he realised how weird him and Simon must've looked being romantic - they were the same sex.

Simon turned back around and looked down at Ethan. "Hey, it's ok. Just ignore the dick." Ethan nodded before quietly saying, "I think you should take your arm off me." He continued looking down at the floor as he felt Simon's arm fall to his side. He looked up to see Simon looking upset and angry at the same time. "I'm sorry." Ethan said quietly. "It's ok. We should go to Nando's now." He said quietly. Ethan nodded. They silently walked to the restaurant.