A Little Flirting Hurt No One

You what?

Charles woke up quite late that day.

He opened his phone to a bombardment of messages by Pierre.

Pierre: Mate where are you

Fuck. He'd completely forgotten about Pierre

Pierre: Mate??
Pierre: Pute
Pierre: Va te faire foutre I'm calling an Uber
Charles: Sorry mate
Charles: Something came up
He felt the memories of last night flooding back.

He needs to check on Carlos.

His eyes dart to the time.

11:58

He decided if he was going to talk to Carlos he needed something to invite him for. And what better than lunch at his place.

Charles: Hey mate
Charles: Wanna come over to lunch at my place today
Charles: I can order some pizza

He threw his phone down and went to shower.

He stayed a little longer trying to wash away his tiredness and concern.

After he changed, he checked his phone for new replies from Carlos.

Carlos: Yeah sure mate
Carlos: When
Charles: I'm free now if u want
Charles: Room 534

He decided to order some pizza while waiting for Carlos.

Suddenly, he heard a knock on the door; he went to open it.

There stood Carlos in a white tee and black sweats, his hair damp looking as if he just had a shower.

Charles smiled softly at his friend, "Come in mon ami"

Carlos made his way to sit on the end of Charles's bed, "Wanna play some Mario kart?"

"Yeah sure," Charles said as he went to pull out his Nintendo.

He figured if he was gonna confront him, he needs to ease into it.

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They sat there with their legs crossed on the bed, pizza in hand.

It was now or never.

"If you don't mind me asking, why were you crying yesterday?"

He saw Carlos immediately tense up at the question, he wondered if it was wrong timing.

But Carlos said nothing.

Instead he paused the game and put his slice of pizza down.

Is he going to leave?

No, he rests his head on Charles's lap.

Charles tensed at the unexpected movement but quickly softened into the touch, running his fingers through the boy in front of him's hair.

Carlos let out a sigh,"I think I'm in love with Lando."

Charles just rolled his eyes.

His brows furrowed, "Aren't you surprised?"

"Not really, I mean it's quite obvious," he said, "why don't you tell him?"

He felt his eyes redden a bit.

"I can't," said Carlos, as if about to cry.

"Why?"

"Cus he's dating Oscar."

Charles's mouth hung agape. Lando and Oscar? Really? Now to think of it, they were quite close, but they didn't seem that close.

"How are you sure?"

"I saw them kissing in his drivers room in Australia."

So thats why Carlos was crying.

"I have a plan."

"Please don't be stupid," Carlos pleaded, as Charles's plan were usually chaotic

Charles smiled smugly, "Fake boyfriends."