Power Outage

First glance

"Okay so let's see, I did the dishes, I cleaned the WHOLE apartment, I've put up my posters, I've bought new pillows for the couch and the bed, I've stocked the fridge... what else do I need to do?" Gerard asked himself as he sat on his new couch with a little list in front of himself of the things he needed to do and things he had already did.

"I MAYBE want to visit Bert but wouldn't that be weird?" Gerard continued to speak to himself while writing more things on the list. "Ughhh I miss Mikey, he always helped me with my dilemmas." Gerard cried out as he sank in the couch. "Well I can always call him!" He said happily, but then he had a sad impression on his face again. "But like, I don't want to bother him I'm sure he has better things to do than listening to my problems. Ugh whatever I'll figure it out somehow, he hated Bert anyways."

Gerard was laying on the couch for the last 20 minutes now, daydreaming, thinking about other things to put on the list and thinking if he should say hi to Bert or not. "Well I don't want to be weird but it would also be pretty mean not to say hi." Gerard thought to himself. "I will go up today!.. or maybe tomorrow.. yes definitely tomorrow and say a quick hi to him, that sounds good." Said Gerard being proud of himself for solving this by himself.

"OH SHIT THE LAUNDRY!" Gerard jumped up from the couch remembering that he's laundry was probably ready by now. He grabbed his keys from the coffee table and put on his shoes . Right as he was about to unlock the door something very very terrible happened.

The power went out.

'Oh fuck, shit shit shit shit shit, what should I do ?!?' Gerard thought to himself. His heart began to race and he started to panic, he felt his knees get weak under him, looking for something to hold onto he choose the door knob. His door opened and all he saw was the neon green exit sing. But then he saw his neighbour's door open. And that's when Gerard saw the most beautiful pair of hazel eyes he has ever seen.

There was a short man standing in the door with a flashlight in his hands. He wore a black oversized Misfits shirt, ripped black skinny jeans and a worn out red converse. He looked at Gerard with a mix of confusion and worry. "Shit man, Are you okay?" asked the mysterious man, he had a kind of raspy voice but still so comforting. Gerard couldn't see his face, there was already dark and his eyes were filled with tears. The man must've noticed how Gerard was breathing so heavily while just sitting on the floor, looking up at him like a lost puppy.

Gerard couldn't speak and he couldn't move any of his body parts. He was sobbing by now, he was scared and embarrassed. 'A way to introduce myself to the other neighbour' Gerard thought to himself. 'Wait, his the other neighbour, is he that Frank guy?' The man was now in front of Gerard, he kneeled down to his level and shook his hands in front of Gerard's face. "Hey, are you okay? Do I need to call an ambulance?" Asked the man.

"I-I.. uhh" Gerard stuttered tears streaming down his red cheeks. "I- uh- the power, it we-nt out." Gerard chocked out in between sobs, he was face palming himself mentally. 'Could this get any more embarrassing?' He asked himself. "Well, your right about that, I was just about to go down to the basement to check it out. Do you want to maybe join me?" Asked the guy. "I'm Frank by the way, and you are?" Frank smiled at Gerard. "I-I'm um- Gerard." He said as he shook Franks hand. "So, would you like to join me Gerard?" Frank asked as he got up, he helped Gerard up as well. Gerard's legs were still weak so he almost fell, Frank was able to catch him in time. Now Frank was grabbing Gerard by the waist and Gerard was holding onto Frank for dear life.

They were just looking at each other and even though it was dark both of them could see how red the others face was at that moment. "S-so sorry about t-that." Gerard said as he let go of Frank as he felt his balance returning to his body. "I-I um would love to join you t-to umm turn the power b-back on." Gerard said as he was smiling a little. Frank smiled back at him. He didn't look weirdly at Gerard and he didn't judged him and that made Gerard like this guy even more.

They were walking down the stairs Gerard gripping his own hand trying to wash away that feeling of panic, spoiler alert, it did not work. But hey, at least his breathing was now back to normal. Frank seemed to notice how anxious Gerard was, so he decided maybe a little conversation would help.

"Sooo what was that about?" Wow such a great topic to bring up, very good Frank. "I mean-not to be rude or anything, just curious, are you sure your okay?" Frank said with an apologetic look on his face. "Well, this will probably sound stupid as fuck but I'm like deadly scared of the dark." Said Gerard looking down in embarrassment. "Oh hey don't worry, there's nothing to worry about." Frank said as he touched Gerard shoulder lightly. "Wait you don't find it weird or anything? I-I mean- cmon I'm a grown ass man and I'm still scared of the dark." Said Gerard looking both shocked and miserable.

"Oh don't worry about it man, we all have phobias and some of them are just a little harder to overcome. Have you tried to go to a therapist?" Frank asked "Oh well we tried when I was still a kid but I don't know, It didn't really helped me."
"Ohh I see." And with that their conversation ended since they'd reached the basement. There was a long, dark hallway, just what Gerard needed. Frank shone his flashlight at the end of the hallway, there was a door that read: ,power source'

"Well, here we are" Said Frank as they walked down the hallway reaching the door at the end. Frank took a key out of his pocket and unlocked the door. They walked inside and it was filled with wires,buttons and switches. Frank opened a tiny metal box on the wall after he typed some kind of code in. The box beeped and Frank opened it, there was a metal switch inside that Frank pulled up and BOOM, the power was back.

Gerard felt a wave of relief wash over him, he looked around smiling. And then he turned to Frank who was already looking at him. Damn he was pretty, he had some smudged eyeliner under his eyes, just like Gerard. He had a lip piercing and he looked just like how Luisa described him.

"So? How do you feel?" Frank broke the silence as he was secretly studying Gerard's beautiful features. He had beautiful brownish-greenish eyes and a beautiful pixie nose. Surprisingly Gerard also had some black eyeliner on. They were looking at each other for what felt like an eternity. "Oh- I feel much better now thank you." Gerard smiled. "And also thank you SO MUCH for helping up there, I would have probably had a panic attack if you haven't helped me." Gerard giggled scratching the back of his head. "Oh cmon it's nothing I'm happy I could've help." Frank smiled at him.

"But now, I think we should go back up, what do you say?" "OH! Yea of course leats go, this place creeps me out." Said Gerard in a dramatic tone. Frank laughted a little. "Well then,let's go your majesty." Frank said grinning as he played along and offered a hand to Gerard, Gerard took his hand and they ran up to the 3rd floor, hand in hand like little kids.

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