Can You Chase Away The Darkness - Fuenciado

Chapter Five

Vic's POV:

When I woke up, it was around nine. I knew everyone else would be still be asleep, so a feeling of relief flooded through me. We didn't hit the road until two, so I decided to head out. I creeped past the bunks and to the bathroom being as silent as I could. I headed for the door, some time alone was what I needed. Before I could make it to the door I was caught.

"Where are you creeping off to?" My brother asked me, narrowing his eyes.

"Just going for a walk" I said, as innocently as I could.

"Cool, I'll come with. You can tell me what's been making you so weird lately" He said, changing his shirt.

"Mike there's nothing to tell and it won't be a quiet walk if you there pestering me" I said, rolling my eyes.

"Well if there's nothing to tell, then I can't pester you" He smirked, "hand me my hat please".

I handed him the hat and shot him a dirty look while doing so. Why did everyone have to keep getting at me about this? I just had to work out where these feelings were coming from. I knew I wasn't gay, I had never had fancied guy in my entire life and nor was I about to. This was some stupid phase, I could feel it - I just hoped it would be over quickly.

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I found myself walking down a street with Mike, he had made me stop at a shop so he could get food for his hangover. I couldn't keep annoyed at him for long, not when he had insisted on coming out here with an added hangover just to see if I was alright. Not to mention the fact that he was my little brother, our fights never lasted longer than a day. He made fun of me constantly, but when it came to it he had my back.

We sat down on a bench in a random park, which was the perfect distance away from the park. Short enough away for us to be able to find our way back and long enough that no-one would come looking for us. Mike offered me some fries from the carton he was holding.

"It's way to early for fries" I replied.

"No it's not, seriously they are really good, try one" He persuaded.

I reluctantly took one, glancing out at the landscape unfolding in front of us.

"So since I gave you a fry, the least you could do is tell me what's on your mind" He said.

"Mike I told you it was nothing" I sighed.

"So you're just being a girl for no reason?" Mike asked.

I shook my head, he really had a way with words sometimes.

"Word is, it's something to do with Jaime. So maybe I should just call him and ask about it" Mike said, whopping out his phone.

"No don't" I exclaimed, "where'd you hear that anyways?".

Did Jaime know I had feelings for him? Was he telling people? Sudden images of Mike, Tony, Jaime and the rest of the crew laughing and joking about me flashed through my mind.

"I know everything that goes on in this band" He said, trying to act knowledgable.

"Mike..." I warned.

"Jaime told Tony he thought he had pissed you off somehow and Tony told me" He replied.

I scuffed my feet along the ground below us, until Mike nudged me with his knee to stop.

"I'm guessing by the look on your face, it does have something to do with Jaime" He stated.

I had to think quickly, did I trust Mike enough to tell him? Sure he was good at taking serious problems and making a joke about them but maybe it could help, talking to someone. After all, I had known him for twenty eight years.

"What if it was?" I said, shrugging my shoulders.

"Well then I'd want you to elaborate" He said, shooting me the kind of look someone gets when asking something stupid - I guess I deserved that one.

I looked at him, I knew now I had dug myself in too deep to get away without telling him what the matter was. But how was I supposed to put into words? 'Hey Mike, so I've been straight my whole life and now apparently I'm gay. And to top it all off, our best friend and bass player of the band was the one to drag me out of the closet'. I zoned back into real life, realising Mike was staring at me - waiting for an answer. Here goes nothing:

"I've been feeling... different towards him" I said, speaking as quietly yet clearly as I could.

"But Vic, I thought you were straight" Mike asked.

"So did I" I exclaimed.

"No, you're clearly mistaking this feelings for something else. It's been a while since you've had a girlfriend dude, maybe that's what all this is about" Mike said.

"I don't kn-" I said, only to be cut off.

"Tomorrow night, we have the night off and I'm taking you out for some action" Mike decided.

This could only turn out badly.