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Cosplay convention -boyfs 🤍

Boyf Riends - Cosplay convention 

(I got this idea yesterday when I was at a convention cosplaying as Michael, I was super excited btw because I had like 4 people who knew who I was and complemented me lots!) 

"Jeremy come on! we're gonna be late!" I heard my best friend Michael yell from across the house. We were packing for a three-day cosplay convention happening here in New Jersey! I've never been to one myself but Michael's been to a few so he decided to take me to one happening near us. We decided ages ago that we were going to cosplay but I had some trouble picking out my character. At first, I thought I'd just play it safe and do maybe Luigi but from Luigis Mansion 2 on 3ds but ultimately decided against that idea. Maybe Captain Spock from Star Trek? No, I'd be seen as too much of a geek or..whatever... idk. The point is I still hadn't chosen a cosplay. Why is this relevant? Well because Michael thinks I have one prepared and I don't want to disappoint him. Its fine I'll just find one at some Halloween party store or something after we check into the hotel. Hopefully Michael won't realise.

"JEREMY!! YOU COMING?!?!?!" I heard him practically screech. Welp, guess that's my cue. I shoved the rest of my clothes into my suitcase and zipped it up tight before meeting Michael outside. "Heyyyy look who decided to show his face" Michael said through a playful tone and much laughter. I let out a laugh of my own "yeah, you're lucky I even agreed to come with you this year. You know how much I love social interaction" I replied with a sarcastic tone for the last part. Michael looked at me clearly questioning our friendship. "Ah yes your very famous very long lasting social battery that I've been hearing about" he joked in a posh tone. I gave him a light punch on the arm as i laughed at his joke and climbed into the passenger seat of his famous Pt Cruiser.

The road was bumpy to say the least. I had to hold onto the door of his car to keep myself from being thrashed around by all the potholes and bumps in the asphalt of the road in which we were driving. Michael acted like it was nothing, I looked towards him with concern at how uneven the terrain was and he just snickered back at me. "You good there Jer?" Oh he's mocking me. "Extremely. Better than good actually, I am fantastic" my voice was telling a different story from the many voice cracks I had just experienced. Michael looked towards me and starting passing himself with laughter. "Sh-shut up! And watch the road!! I don't wanna die just yet" I told him "yeah yeah whatever you say wise guy" he smirked and continued driving. So here's the thing. I've liked Michael since forever. We've been best friends for 12 years and never once had a fight. He was dare I say... perfect. I watched him the rest of the drive, I took in every detail of his face from the dimples on his cheeks to the small patches of discoloured skin trailing up his neck. (Look I love vitiligo Michael a lot so I wanted to write it... don't judge) I love everything about him. The way he smirks whenever he makes a funny comment. The way he hums along whenever a bob marley came on the radio. I just wish I could tell him how I feel. I know he's gay but he told me just the other day through a game of truth or dare that he has a crush on a guy. He wouldn't tell me who but he did say he was tall and has brown curly hair which also just so happens to be every guy in our year.

We pull up to the hotel 2 hours before the convention giving us enough time to get settled and begin to get into cosplay. "Hello, we'd like to check in please?" Michael says to the receptionist for the hotel. "Alright, and what was the name for the room?" She asks us and Michael responds quickly "Heere? Michael Heere" (hey vsauce Michael here) I begin to freak out. Did he just put his name with my last name? Why? Shee types some stuff into her computer and looks up at us "Ah yes, your room is 420, here are the keys. Enjoy your stay!" She handed us a key card and key to get in "Thanks!" Michael takes the keys and makes his way to the elevator. I nod at the lady in thanks and join Michael in the elevator to the 4th floor. He swipes the key card and presses the number 4. We wait in awkward silence for the doors to open, well for him it was probably normal silence but I was freaking out about a number of things. How was I going to go out and get a cosplay without Michael knowing, why did Michael book the room under our combined names, why am I freaking out right now? A lot was going through my head but I was snapped back to reality when Michael snapped his fingers in my face. "Hellooo earth to Jeremy" he laughed. Shit I must've spaced out. "Oh shoot hey sorry I must've zoned out" I rubbed the back of my neck anxiously and followed Michael to our room.

The door opened and the room was pretty nice. It had a huge window spanning the entire back wall, a full sized fridge, desk space, kitchen, bathroom... one bed. There's only one bed. I mean it's fine Michael and I have slept in the same bed heaps before but idk something felt different this time. Why didn't Michael just book a room with two beds?

I placed my stuff down beside the bed and sat down on the edge of it. "Hey Michael can I ask you something?" I say flopping down on the bed all the way "Huh? Yeah sure dude what's up?" I take a deep breath and prepare. "Why'd you book the room under that name?" I sit up and look at him "what name?" He looks at me confused "you know... like your name but with my last name?" He thinks for a second before laughing "omg you can be so dense." I look at him with confusion on my face "uh what?" He starts laughing hysterically "well we're both using the room aren't we? Therefore it's both our names combined" that answer didn't satisfy me "but then why didn't you just use Michael Jeremy or Jeremy Michael? Why Michael Heere?" He looked down and whispered something underneath his breath just loud enough that I heard it. "Because some day that will be my name" I'm sure at that moment my face went bright red. "Idk man that's just what I thought of at the time." He quickly spoke as if he never said the other thing to begin with. "O-oh yeah okay sure.. haha yea that's cool." I stuttered out not sure how to respond. "You okay bro?" He said... okay I don't think I was supposed to hear what I did. "Mhm yep I just remembered I forgot something for my cosplay. Okay I'm gonna go get it. Bye!" I said as I swiftly exited the hotel room. Yeah that was smooth Jeremy real smooth. Did he mean it? Wait what even did that mean?

I took michaels Pt Cruiser to some party store I knew that sold costumes. Upon stepping inside I made my way towards the costume section and scoured the aisle for anything that could work but failing miserably... that was until I saw it.

-time skip brought to you by my majestic theatre wall complete with every broadway playbill imaginable-

The key card scanned and I pushed the hotel door open. I put my stuff down on the bed and noticed a note written in Michael's handwriting. My heart skipped a beat when I realised that Michael wasn't here. The note read, "Hey Jeremy, sorry for freaking you out... I feel bad and I'm terrible with saying things so im just going to write them. I like you. That's an understatement... I love you, I have loved you since... since forever. I can't remember a time when I wasn't imagining being with you. God I'm so sorry if this is screwing things up between us but... I had to say it. I couldn't keep it in much longer. I'm down at the hotels Cafe. Come find me when your ready. -sincerely your best and dearest friend... me'

I wasted no time. I grabbed anything I needed and ran out of the room as fast as I could. The only thing on my mind was Michael.

I found him sitting at a bar table near a huge window, shit he looks so worried. I approached him and couldn't help myself. I wrapped my arms around him as tight as possible and started sobbing. "J-Jeremy??" He stuttered and hesitated to hug me back but eventually grabbing onto me equally as hard.

We sat there for quite a while just happy in eachothers embrace when he eventually let go. "So..? What's happening? Y'know between-" I decided it'd be better to just cut him off "I love you!" I practically shouted it. He looked at me stunned. "You... you what?" I took his hands in mine and inhaled a shaky breath. "Michael mell, I have loved you since the day I laid eyes on you... will you be my boyfriend?"

<Sorry, I have to leave that there otherwise this is going to be way too long. There will be a part two tho for the actual convention>

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