The Big Brilliant Book Of Emon One-Shots

Lies

"No."

Ethan bit his lip, watching the lie detector carefully. He hoped that was a lie, or his heart had just shattered.

JJ had asked 'do you like me' and so had Josh, and for both Simon had said yes, and the lie detector hadn't beeped. However, Simon said no when Ethan asked, and Ethan expected this to be a joke.

Simon smiled as the music stopped. Wait, what? There was no way...

Ethan felt his heart fall, and he could feel the tears begin to brew in his eyes. Yes, he knew that that was probably a joke, and Simon would apologise after, but was he actually going to?

"I-I..."

Josh and JJ looked at Ethan, and Josh's face fell.

"Ethan, are you..."

Ethan looked down, and closed his eyes. Fuck, the tears were beginning to show. No, he couldn't, he couldn't cry on camera.

Josh gently pressed a hand on Ethan's shoulder, who flinched, and squeezed his eyes shut harder.

"Ethan no..."

Ethan opened his eyes and looked up at Josh, who tried to brush away his tears, but snatched his head back and burst out of the room.

Josh swallowed hard, and looked back at the other two. JJ was frozen with shock, and Simon...

"I.... I'm horrible..."

Simon looked up at Josh.

"I can't believe I..."

He looked away as Josh took in a deep breathe, before letting out a huge sigh.

"Simon he's just sensitive-"

"No, Josh, that's my fault." Simon looked back, and blinked twice to rid of a tear which was begging to escape. "Ethan... He-He really likes me, and it's just... He thinks as me as his best friend, and I just... Said something like that to him."

Josh heard a scream, and looked at the door, where it had come from. Oh Lord, what was that?!

He watched as Simon lifted from his seat and pushed the door open, looking around the landing.

"Can you guys... Stay here? I'm going to talk to him."

Josh sighed.

"I don't think-"

"Josh, he's my best friend, and I love him! I can't just do this to him."

Simon bolted up the stairs, and looked around, spotting the bathroom locked, and something on the floor.

Simon approached it, and gasped, picking it up gently. It was the photograph of the pair, in which was stood on his bedside cabinet, and every morning, when he woke, he'd wake to the photo and smile.

But the frame had smash, and the glass was everywhere. What... What had Ethan done?

He threw himself against the bathroom door, and swallowed hard. Come on, he thought, you've got to do this.

"Ethan?"

"FUCK OFF!"

"I-"

"SIMON FUCK OFF!"

He heard something hit the door, and a scream.

"I didn't mean to..."

"TELL THAT TO ME DEAD BODY!"

Simon hung his head, and sighed.

"B-but..."

"NO! I DON'T CARE! GET OUT OF MY LIFE!"

Simon swallowed, and slumped down, before slowly making his way down the stairs.

"What did I tell you?"

Simon didn't looked over to Josh, or JJ, and they both watched him disappear into the closet under the stairs.

Ethan heard nothing more, and looked up. He didn't want to go on knowing Simon didn't like him, even if it was a joke. It had hurt him, emotionally and physically.

He looked down at his arm, which was now covered into cuts. None of them were that deep, because he'd panicked when Simon had come to the door, but he was prepared to kill himself.

He heard someone knock on the door, and a whisper.

"Ethan let us in..."

Ethan slowly got up and unlocked the door, allowing JJ and Josh to slip in.

"Ethan we need to talk, because... Simon's really hurt.."

"He should be, because I'm prepared to kill myself!"

"It's not worth it, Ethan we still love you."

Ethan lowered his head, and Josh inspected the cuts on his left arm and wrist, cleaning them out and covering them in a bandage.

"You need to talk to each other. He's... Yours, Ethan. Your supposed to be... Together."

Ethan felt more tears, and collapsed into Josh's arms. With a little sniffled, he answered.

"I love him..."

"I know."

"No," Ethan looked back up. "Not as a friend, I-I... As a partner..."

Josh smiled, and shook his head.

"He does too, Ethan. He's told me this before."

Ethan stood up, and so did JJ and Josh.

"I'll talk to him it you're there with me."

Josh smiled, and nodded, and felt Ethan's hand clutch his desperately.

"Moné...?"

There was no reply, but the closet door wasn't wedged shut. Gently, he pushed the door open, only to fall onto his knees and gasp.

"N-no... S-Si..."

His lip began to tremble, and Josh knelt by Ethan's side.

"There's... No...."

Josh looked down and Ethan could hear him crying but Ethan wasn't just upset. He was hurt, and frustrated.

"SIMON!"

He began to scream, in hopes to wake Simon, but nothing.

"PLEASE!"

But there was nothing Ethan could do. If there was anyway Ethan wouldn't have suicided, it would have been hanging, and that was the one thing that had just occurred.

"I-I... Can't... Moné I'm so sorry... I am so sorry..."

Ethan screamed once more, before feeling his body go numb and his vision black.

-Ethan is very over reactive, I know. I don't really like this one but it was a good idea when I first thought of it. (And I just felt like saying if you're Australian/Canadian you have the most beautiful accent ever ❤️)-