It was 8:00 pm, and Frank was laying on the couch napping, when he was suddenly awoken by the tv switching to the next episode of "How I Met Your Mother". The Christmas episode. He yawned and sat up, rubbing his half lidded eyes. About.....maybe 2 minutes into the episode, he realized......"GERARD, MIKEY, RAY" he shouted. Gerard came shuffling down the stairs in his typical pajama pants and black t-shirt, followed by Mikey wearing pretty much the same thing. Soon after, Ray came...prancing down, the curls of his hair bouncing slightly as he did so. Gerard padded over to the couch where Frank was sitting. "What do you need, Frank? You have ALL of us down here." Gerard laughed softly. "It's time to decorate for Christmas." Frank grinned. Christmas was franks second favorite thing ever. It was a change, and he liked change. But it was also a time where there were pretty lights and smiles from his band mates. Though he didn't seem the type to thrive off of other's happiness, he did. But only when the "others" were Gerard, Mikey, or Ray.
Mikey smiled slightly at Frank as he stood behind the couch, propping himself up on the headboard with his forearms. Ray rolled his eyes fondly. "I will get the ornaments" Ray spoke. Frank shot up as he pointed at Mikey. "You sir, help me set up the tree please. And Gerard, you can help me with the ornaments when me and Mikeyway are done.". And so, Mikey and Frank started to set up the tree in the corner of the living room, cracking jokes and giggling as they did so. There was an unspoken tension between those two. One that would most likely stay unspoken for a bit.
When Ray came back in with all the decorations, he set the box down and put a Santa hat he had found on franks head. Frank honked rays boob, causing Ray to swat at his hand and shoot him a playful glare. "Oh dear lord" gerard said as he pulled some messy tinsel out of the box, the little shreds of it flying in sprinkles all over him and the floor. "Gerard you should put that over the door" mikey said said as they all laughed quietly at the mess Gerard had made. Ray pulled the lights for the tree out of the box and franks eyes lit up as he smiled. Mikey glanced at Frank with a soft smile, and then quickly walked over to help Gerard with the tinsel that was unfortunately kicking his ass, giving Ray the chance to help Frank. They both started to put the lights on the tree. Once they were wrapped neatly around, Frank plugged them in. "HUZZAH!!" He shouted in excitement as he sit beside the tree, looking up at it. Mikey laughed at that. A little harder than he should've.
Soon, all the decorations were up, and they all sipped hot chocolate in the dimly kitchen as a sort of reward for decorating. They were all chattering to each other mindlessly. As they did so, Mikey and Frank glanced discreetly at each other. And all was going smoothly, the night had gone perfectly, and nothing stressful or embarrassing had happened, up until now. When Frank went to steal another short glance at Mikey, his eyes darted up only to meet Mikey's already on him. He quickly looked away, and so did Mikey as both of their faces flushed in a red glow. Luckily the light was low, so it wasn't all that noticeable to the other two as they continued to talk.
It was about 12:00 before all of them called it a night, going to their rooms. As Frank lay in his bed, his eyes closed, trying to fall asleep, he couldn't keep his mind off of Mikey. His pretty face. His cute hair. That hat he always wore. Everything about Mikey, frank absolutely adored. Though his favorite thing to see, again, was Mikey's pretty smile. Seeing Mikey happy was what kept him healed. Frank sighed softly, and just as he opened his eyes, there was a soft knock on his door. "Who is it?" He spoke softly to the person on the other side. "I-it's Mikey....i-I'm sorry...I know it's late-" "come in" Frank interrupted Mikey, smiling softly. He could put on that smile, but he was extremely nervous. Mikey shuffled quietly in, closing the door behind him and making his way to franks bed, sitting down on the edge. "Frank....i-I-I don't think I can ignore it anymore...." Frank sat up and looked attentively at Mikey. ".......i really..I really like you Frank a-and I don't want to ruin our friendship....actually...I'm sorry...no-no I shouldn't have done this, never mind" Mikey said as he went to stand up, but Frank quickly and gently grabbed his wrist. "No, sit, Mikey." Frank spoke softly. There was a comfortable silence between them, as franks hand lingered on Mikey's wrist before hesitantly letting go. "What........" frank started. "How could you be so sure...that I don't like you." Frank said quietly. Mikey looked over at Frank, his full attention focused now on him and only him. "Well....do you?" Mikey asked softly. "Yes. I do. Of course I do Mikey, how could I not? You're the kindest most adorable person I know. The only reason I'm able to tell you this right now is because I know you would never hurt me. Or anybody for that matter." Franks words spilled out full of emotion, and he meant what he said. A small smile formed on Mikey's face as he looked down, his cheeks glowing red. Frank cracked his knuckles nervously as he stared at his hands. "Well, frank, I like you a lot." Mikey spoke quietly. There was another comfortable silence between them, before Frank reached over and opened his nightstand drawer, pulling out a small box with a ribbon on it. "Well, I got you something." Frank spoke, hiding his nervousness as he bit his fingernail. Mikey took the box with a gentle smile, carefully untying the red ribbon and opening the box. Inside the small box was one of franks guitar picks, with Mikey's name carved into it with a small heart. It was on a chain. It was a necklace. Mikey's smile grew as he took it out of the box and examined it carefully. "Frankie....now I feel horrible for not getting you anything..." Mikey said. "Don't. You made me happy tonight. That's all I need. Merry Christmas, Mikey." Frank took the necklace and moved behind Mikey, gently wrapping it around the front of his neck and clasping it behind carefully.
