Power Outage

The 7th floor

It was today. The day Gerard decided to say hi to Bert. He still doesn't know why he thinks he has to. Not like Bert knows that Gerard has been living here for the past week. Gerard was standing in front of his mirror, fixing his hair and checking out the outfit he chose today, not like he cared about Bert's opinion (he most definitely did) but he wanted to look good just a 'little' bit. Plus he wanted to meet Frank again today and for Frank? He NEEDED to look good.

Bert was a nice guy actually. Him and Gerard used to have a thing back in high school, but after they graduated they kind of just stopped talking. Gerard felt a little sad, he really liked Bert not just as a 'lover' but also as a friend (and maybe Gerard still had a tiny crush on that guy).

He unlocked the door, he saw Frank and Luisa talking with each other. Gerard froze for a second but then said hi to Luisa and smiled at Frank. Was a smile enough? He should say hi to Frank too. Gerard started to overthink once again. Frank smiled back. God his smile was so precious.

Gerard decided to walk over to them before going to Bert's. "Good morning Frank, and good morning Luisa!" Gerard said waving his hands. "Oh good morning darling how are you?" "Oh I'm fine thank you." "Hi Frank." Gerard said shyly, his cheeks turning red as he spoke."Hi Gee." Gee. Only Mikey called Gerard 'Gee', but if felt nice hearing it from Franks mouth.

"Oh are you going somewhere darling?" Asked Luisa as she saw how nicely dressed up Gerard was. "Oh I'm just going to say hi to Bert." Said Gerard. The smile from Frank face faded. "Oooh I see, your high school hook up?" Asked Luisa in a sarcastic tone and giggling a little, sometimes it's hard to believe she's an old lady. Now Gerard's face was a beautiful crimson red and Franks face became shocked. Almost like he was jealous.

"Dont worry my darling I'm just kidding." Luisa continued laughing as Gerard giggled a little to ease the embarrassing tension that had built up in the atmosphere.

"But I think I'm gonna go now." Said Gerard still being a little red on the cheeks. "Oh of course you just go dear, and have fun." Luisa said giggling again. "Bye Gerard..." said Frank in a sad, disappointed tone. "Bye Frank." Said Gerard with a fake smile, pretending he wasn't bothered that Frank had called him 'Gerard' instead of 'Gee'.

After 5 minutes of walking up the stairs Gerard finally got to the 7th floor. It would probably take a few minutes for someone in their 20s to walk up  4 more floors, but Gerard was tired and he was still thinking about Franks face when he heard Gerard was going to Bert's.

Now that Gerard got here he faced one lil problem.
He has literally no idea which apartment is Bert's. Also, this floor was built a little different than the others. It had WAY more apartments than the others before it. Gerard looked to the left side of the hallway. At the very end there was an apartment that just gave off 'Bert' kind of vibes. So Gerard confidently started walking there. He knocked a few times waiting for an answer.

After a few minutes an angry lady opened the door looking like she was ready to jump Gerard. "What do you want?" Asked the lady. Gerard looked shocked and for a second he thought that Bert was living with his mom.

"Umm.. I'm looking for a guy named Bert, does he live here?" Gerard asked. "Oh your looking for that McCarcken guy? Well your looking on the wrong place, he lives on the other end of the hallway." The lady said rolling her eyes, still being pissed off. Before Gerard could even react she slammed the door in his face. "Ugh, it's McCRACKEN, not carcken!" Gerard said annoyed. "Whatever." He rolled his eyes and started to walk to the other end of the hallway.

Once he got to the right door he knocked. He felt nervous. And then he heard the door open. And then he saw Bert, standing in the doorway, cigarette in his mouth which almost fell out after he saw who was knocking on his door. "Uhh.. Hi Bert." Said Gerard, he was already embarrassed.

"Wow, umm, Hi Gee, 's been a while eh?" Asked Bert, shocked, he had a habit of speaking a little weirdly but Gerard actually loved it.

"Soo, I actually just moved here a few days ago and I heard from the neighbours that you also live here, so, I thought I'll say hi." Said Gee. "Oh you live here?"  "Yes on the 3rd floor." Said Gee smiling a little. "Do you want to come inside maybe, for a cup coffee or sum?" "Oh, sure!" Bert moved out of the way so Gerard can come in and after he did. Bert closed the door.

Bert's place really reflected his personality, it was messy and it smelled from cigarette and probably also weed. But he had multiple pictures of him and his mother on the walls and also some with his friends too. "And how've you been Gee?" Asked Bert as he was making coffee in the kitchen. "I'm good thanks, as I said I just moved here so my apartment is still kind of empty." "Hm, I see." Gerard sat down on the couch and Bert joined him eventually. "And how have you been?" Asked Gee looking at Bert. "Well I have a band actually." Said Bert sitting down next to Gerard. "Omg no way , really? What's y'all name?" "We're called, The Used." "That's a badass name ." Said Gee grinning. "Yeah, I came up with it." Bert said smiling under his cigarette. "But anyways, here's your coffee, doll." Doll. Gerard almost spat out his coffee but tried to keep it cool, smirking a little.

"And how's your little fear of the darkness?" Asked Bert as he looked at Gerard. "Oh, umm, well it's kind of still the same." Gerard said embarrassed for the 10th time today, looking at his lap. "Oh hey, don't worry dude it's nothing to worry about, you know I dont judge you, I've dealt with your panic attacks before, remember?" Bert said putting his hand on Gee's hands and smiling at him.

And in that moment Gerard had no idea what had gotten into him, but, he kissed Bert. Which was both surprising to him and Bert. And also us cuz this isn't a Gerbert fanfic. Bert was shocked but after he realised what was happening he kissed Gee back. Gerard had put his coffee mug on the floor so him and Bert got closer to each other.

Bert was basically on top of Gee, having a hand on his waist while Gerard had a hand on Bert's face and on his shoulders. After a few seconds of their make out session they both stopped, breathing heavily, smiling at each other.

Maybe it was to ease the tension or cuz both of them were pretty touch starved but it'd already happened so. Now they were just laying there drinking what was left of the coffee. "Soo, what kind of music does does your band do?" Asked Gee breaking the silence. "Well it's kind of like an Alternative and rock style, if you want to I can take you to one of our gigs." "Yess I would love to!" Gerard said excitedly.

"But I think I'm gonna get going now, I still have some things to do." Said Gerard putting his mug on the table. "And also sorry for um.. you know. I don't know what had gotten into me." Said Gerard scratching the back of his head. "Don't worry man, I mean it's nothing serious right?" Asked Bert "Oh, um of course." Gerard smiled. "Well then, it was nice to see you again, and I will tell you when's our next gig with the band." They quickly hugged each other. "Bye Bert!" "Bye Gee!"

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