Converse x Vans

Stormy night

Charlies POV

"Come on Chase lets go were meeting some friends for dinner." I tell Chase from downstairs.

"I dont want to go anymore!" He says.

"Ill go check on him." Nick says.

"No I'll go." I say before kissing him on the cheek.

I walk up the stairs and I knock on his door.

"Come in." He says.

I walk into his room and I see him sitting at his vanity and looking at me as I walk into the door, he looks distressed but I dont know why but for some reason his rooms a complete mess, which is really uncommon for him. Chases room is normally spotless and when it's messy I know somethings very very wrong.

"Whats wrong your room is never this messy." I say.

"Some things change." He says as he puts mascara on.

"What's wrong Chase." I say sternly.

"A girl who I thought was my friend turned out to be homophobic." He says.

"And how are you feeling about that?" I ask.

"A bit betrayed." He says. "Should've expected it though, but I don't know."

"Hey it's okay not everyone is accepting of homosexuals and no matter what we have to be ourselves because if we don't then they win." I say. "Be yourself if she says anything her loss because she lost a friend that would stick up for her no matter what."

"Yeah I guess, just didn't think I'd lose a friend over being gay." He says

"Yeah." I say. "But hey we're going to dinner tonight and I think we should go and show people that we aren't shakable and we get back up no matter what."

"Yeah." He says. "Let's do it."

"Now wear something good." I say.

"I will wear anything that reveals everything." He smiles.

"Nick would kill you." I laugh. "You have an hour."

"Not enough time but I'll make do."

Right as I leave Chase's room I hear him turn his speaker on but you can only ever hear it from two or so meters away from his room. The song, "yes, and?" By Ariana Grande starts to play. I swear his music taste changes with every time he breathes.

"How'd it go?" Nick asks.

"It went well but we will have to talk about some things about this after."

"Okay." Nick says.

We literally wait two whole hours before Chase comes down stairs. I mean he looks flawless but two whole hours is a bit much, but what would I know I throw on clothes that may look nice together and call it a day.

"Ok let's go." He says smiling.

"We're literally late." He says.

"Were never late their early." Chase says cheekily.

Nick smiles but definitely didn't like that, Nick actually despises being late to things and we aren't incredibly late but we're not on time either around fifteen minutes late. Nick needs an hour before we can leave to remember everything so he did do that but being late actually stresses him out.

Chases POV

I walk up towards the car when I feel something unnerving, almost like I'm being watched. I turn around and look around for a few seconds before I see someone at the end of the street, their just standing there and I cant see them actually moving but I can feel their eyes piercing my skin. He starts to walk closer but Nick and Charlie are still inside and I cant move. As it continues to get closer their face becomes more and more recogniseable but I cant see pin point who it is.

"Hey." He says.

"Hey?" I say but he can see I'm confused.

"I'm Benji I'm in your english class, your dating Isaac right." He says cautiously.

"Uhh yeah I am."

I literally try to rummage through my memory to try and remember him but nothing comes to mind. I can't even remember anything about him except then name sounds extremely familiar.

"Yeah, sorry this is awkward but I was wondering if you could help me with our assignments I'm really struggling with my assignments." 

"Yeah I would love to help you just meet me in the library tomorrow." I say.

"Thank you so much." He cheers. "Your the best!"

He walks away and basically skips back to his house.

"Who was that?" Charlie asks.

"A kid I literally dont remember but he needs help with his assignments." I say.

"Check if any of your friends know him." Nick says.

"No Ill find him on the school system."

"How?" Nick asks.

"Don't worry lets just go to dinner." I say and get into the car. 

We head to dinner and when we arrive, we see, Aunty Elle, Uncle Tao,  Crazy Aunty Darcy and Aunty Tara. We sit down and speak for a while and get food and then we sit there for an hour and just talk. I continue to speak to Aunty Elle until we have to leave and then when we get home Charlie asks me to come and talk with him in his and Nicks room.

"Yeah?" I say walking into their room.

I see its only Charlie in the room and I see Charlie doesn't look sad. Whats going on?

"Come sit Chase."

I sit on the bed and Charlie takes a deep breath before proceeding. "Chase I know nothing has happened but I really want to know if you have been having any troubles with your mental health recently, I havent seen any different behavior from you but i just wanted to check up on you."

"No, I havent but thanks for checking on me." 

"I just want to make sure you're okay." He says.

"No, I get it thanks Char." I say before exiting the room.

Authors Note:

Hey everyone, I hope you have all been well its been so so so long and I have really missed writing this book so I know want to put all my writing focus and effort onto this because I love you all and the support you all have shown me. We are so close to 30K reads and I couldnt be happier. My first ever chapter of this book is at 1.8K reads and I remember first publishing it and only  the next year would I have achieved so much with my little writing secret. I couldnt be more proud of being aport of the heartstopper fandom and cant wait to write and show you more of my little other heartstopper universe. I will see you all soon <3.