Choose Your Heart, Or Your Head (Ianthony)

Chapter Eight

A/N: I know I have exams and everything but I really couldn't resist. Enjoy.

Not even paying any attention to where he was going, Ian kept on walking. He didn't even care; he just needed to be far away from that hotel. The scene kept replaying over and over again in his mind. The way their normal conversation had taken a sudden turn, how close they had been, how good Anthony smelled and finally, how his lips had felt against his own. Ian couldn't help feeling guilty about it. He hadn't kissed Anthony back but then again, he hadn't pushed him away either. He tried to justify himself by the fact that he had been taken by surprise, and because Kalel walked in before he even had the chance to do anything about it. But the problem that Ian had the most trouble coming to terms with was that, if they hadn't been interrupted, he probably would have kissed him back.

....

Anthony sat down at the table where they were meant to be doing the signing and couldn't help being worried. Ian wasn't there yet and the fans were going to be coming in about ten minutes. When Ian had walked out earlier it was very hard to tell what he was thinking. His face hadn't given much away; he just looked a bit dazed. He hadn't looked like he wanted to punch him which was one good thing but maybe he was just hiding it. Anthony took a big gulp of water to try and calm himself down. Maybe it wasn't the end of the world. When Ian confronted him about it he could just lie and say it was a dare or something. It didn't take a genius to figure out that Ian wouldn't fall for that, but it was the only thought that Anthony had to hold onto to stop himself from becoming a nervous wreck.

Just as Anthony was still contemplating the situation, Ian walked into the room. A smile immediately broke out on Anthony's face but then he remembered that Ian was probably mad at him so his smile disappeared just as quickly. Hours seemed to go by as Ian walked across the room to his seat when in reality it was only a matter of seconds. A few moments of silence passed before Anthony spoke.

"Look Ian I'm really sorr-

"Anthony," Ian cut him off. "Please don't bring it up now."

"But-

"I said not now," Ian said firmly without even looking at him. "The fans are gonna come in at any moment and there are loads of other people in the room right now. The last thing we need is to cause a scene."

"Okay," Anthony bit his lip nervously. He would rather just get it over with now instead of waiting for an agonising two hours before they could talk. But he knew that Ian was right, now was not the time to be talking about it.

The signing was pretty much the same as it had been the previous day. There were the normal people, the crazy fans and the criers - it was all very entertaining. One thing did happen though that was difficult to forget.

"Hey Ian, hey Anthony," the girl smiled at them. "Could you sign this for me?"

"Of course," Anthony smiled back at her. His patience was wearing thin but he couldn't take it out on the fans; it wasn't their fault that he had somehow ended up kissing his best friend. When they took a good look at what the fan was presenting to them, their smiles started to fade.

"Um...what is this?" Ian asked her. He could feel the heat rising up on his neck like it always did when he was embarrassed or nervous. He really hoped that Anthony wouldn't pick up on it.

"It's an Ianthony collage," she explained and sure enough, that's exactly what it was. It wasn't particularly big but it did contain many pictures of them together, from before Smosh even started to present day. Of course, most of the pictures captured their more 'intimate' moments together, like the staring contest they did for a lunchtime episode and their Just Dance duet. To top it all off, each picture was outlined with red hearts and repeated scribbles of "Ianthony4eva" all over it.

"Have you got anything else that we could sign?" Anthony asked her, clearly flustered by what was in front of him. Normally they wouldn't care about something like this but, given what had just taken place a few hours before, they couldn't help feeling extremely uncomfortable.

"Why don't you guys like Ianthony? I mean, it's obviously real," she said, completely oblivious to their awkwardness.

"Listen, we know a lot of our fans...ship us together or whatever. But just because two people have been close friends for a long time, doesn't mean that they should be in a relationship," Ian said carefully.

"We're not even gay," Anthony forced a laugh. He knew that even though Ian had been talking to the girl, those wordd had been aimed at him. It was basically Ian's way of rejecting him and he couldn't help feeling upset. He knew that it had been a longshot anyway but he had hoped that maybe, just maybe, they could have had a chance together. Then again, that kind of stuff only happens in fairy tales, where the nice guys always win.