Masterpiece (Tronnor)

Chapter 5

                 

Connor: Hey, are you free in an hour or so??

Troye read the text sitting on a couch in the studio. He was sitting with Emma around a small table discussing the album. For the first time in ages he had actually had some inspiration that day. Troye and Alex had worked on lyrics all day and they had come up with some good ones, even figuring out some nice chords on the piano to top it off. Troye desperately wanted to spend time with Connor but this sudden burst of inspiration was too good an opportunity to miss, so he stayed.

"Who is it?" Emma asked, looking at Troyes conflicted face. He had been so stressed lately with the deadline, she hated seeing him like this. She felt like she was a guardian to him and had to protect him from stress and shitty bosses.

"It's Connor," Troye answered with a weird look on his face. Emma raised her eyebrows as if expecting an explanation. "He wants to know if I'm free. I really want to spend time with him but we need to continue writing. This is the first time in a while we have actually done quite a decent amount in one day." He laid his head on the table and sighed.

"We've done heaps today Troye, you can go and spend some time with your best friend," Emma said putting extra emphasis on the 'best friend'.

"Are you sure? I really don't have time," Troye said looking up at Emma. Emma then pulled out her phone and sent a text. Troye was confused for a second in till Emma turned her phone of and looked at him with a satisfied smile on her face.

"Get ready, you're getting picked up in about half an hour," Emma stated. A second later Troyes phone dinged in his pocket.

Connor: I'll be there soon,

"Thanks, Em." Troye stood up, truly grateful for having Emma around. "You're the best manager and friend, you seriously help so much," Troye said stepping back from the hug they had just entered into. "We need to do more than just spend time here at work."

"You're like my tiny son and I want you to have fun with your friend and not stress out so much," Emma said looking at Troye in the eyes. After their little moment had ended, Troye went and got his stuff to get ready to go to whatever adventure Connor was planning on taking him.

Emma packed up then looked at Troye, who had been fixing his hair in a mirror and checking to see if he looked okay. She smirked and walked over so she was standing behind him. "You have been spending lots of time with Connor lately, has anything changed?" She questioned, looking over at Troye.

Troye rolled his eyes in the mirror, not looking at her and was still trying to put a couple of stray hairs back in place. "You know we're just friends, nothing more," he said, getting frustrated with his hair, not being able to keep the messy curls in place. Emma took his hand softly and turned him around so he wasn't fixing his hair anymore.

"You look cute okay, Connor will love you," She mumbled the last part under her breath and Troye just rolled his eyes his eyes once again, a habit people often complained about.

"I don't like him like that! Plus even if I did he definitely doesn't like me, all your shipping won't change that," Troye said. He didn't want to admit to Emma about liking Connor; it would just cause her persist more, and he wasn't in the mood for that, despite how much he wanted to be honest with her.

Emma muttered something under her breath that Troye didn't quite hear but sounded along the lines of a sarcastic comment. Troye laid down on the couch in the corner of the room. He got his phone out of his pocket and scrolled through tumblr for a little while untill he got a text from Connor saying he was out the front.

He walked over to Emma, who was sorting through her emails on her computer and gave her a hug from behind saying goodbye. "GO HAVE FUN WITH YOUR BOYFRIEND!" Emma yelled while he was leaving through the back door. He gave her an "are you kidding me?" look, but smiled at the thought of having Connor as a boyfriend.

"What are you looking so happy about?" Troye jumped and turned to look beside him where Connor was standing trying not to laugh at a shocked Troye.

"Connie! What on earth was that for?" Troye said, trying not to look to frightened and laughing it off. After quick greetings, the mad their way over to Connors car, which was parked on the far side of the large parking lot.

They chatted a little bit while they hopped into Connors car, but it was mostly a peaceful silence until Connor started driving and Troye questioned where they were going for the second time in two days. "It's not overly special, but we're just going to a little park close to my flat. It's got some lovely flowers and I was wondering if we could just go for a little walk," Connor said looking over at Troye once he stopped at a red light.

"It sounds like fun," Troye responded, surprised that Connor had actually given him a straight answer.

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It was already dark outside when Connor drove both of them home. It became kind of a routine in the past couple days, but they couldn't complain. In fact, they couldn't be happier about it.

"So should we do something fun tomorrow, like flea market or something?" Connor asked,0 breaking the silence between them. He looked over at Troye who sat with a terrified expression on his face.

"Shit. I forgot. I have to go back to Perth tomorrow. " he said looking like someone who just run over a puppy.

"Oh, well it's okay. We can continue our little dates when you come back, right?" Connor said, trying to sound like he was joking, although he really wanted to know if Troye thinks they could date. But Troye didn't look like he got the joke, he still sat looking shocked.

"I'm so so so sorry Con, I SWEAR when I get back we will climb the fucking Mount Everest on a segway okay I'm so sorry.." Troye could go on with apologizing for a good hour but Connor stopped him.

"Hey hey hey it's okay I can wait 2 weeks without seeing my best friend " he said trying to hint on the subject again but Troye seemed numb from the realization. Connor parked the car in front of the familiar house Troye rented.

"Now go get some sleep I'll call you before you go" he smiled at the younger boy. Troye got out of car giving Connor a thankful smile before turning around, getting into his flat.