Different (a MIKA fanfic)

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"Hey guys. Sorry about that. I should've thought to get lunch before texting you." MIKA let go of my hand and sat at the piano. "First up we should do an old classic. Grace jelly I think"

The band showed me how to play the song the way they do on stage and MIKA signalled for me to sing at particular points.

" well done Ross. You picked that up quickly!" MIKA sounded surprised

"I already knew most of the chords so it wasn't hard." I told him with a smile.

" cool so you're already ahead of the game aren't you." He winked at me

"Yeah I guess." I blushed.

"TOY BOY!" He started to play and we joined in.

The songs sounded so much more energetic the way that we did them. At a few points, MIKA stood and sang rather than playing and for a couple of songs, he took the guitar from me and had me dance around with him. It was a lot of fun and it helped me to see that I shouldn't stress about it because it wasn't serious.

I realised that MIKA wanted to make people feel better through his music so it was all upbeat and bouncy.

"Thank you for coming today guys" MIKA thanked the band as they all got their things together and headed out. "See you on Wednesday!"

"Bye guys!" I added and turned to MIKA to see that he was back at the piano.

"The song that we wrote, the one that we are going to sing at the end, I think that we should play it on our own. We should get the band to leave when we announce the relationship and then it would be just us on the stage"he looked at his hands and played a tune

"I think that would be perfect baby" I told him as I stood behind him and wrapped my arms around his neck do that I could kiss his cheek.

"Great. I wasn't sure what you would think." He looked at me and smiled " shall we practice?"

" yes. Let's!" I took the guitar and put the strap over my shoulder.

We sang the song through a couple of times so that we were sure on what we were doing enough so that we didn't have to watch what we were playing and we could sing to each other more.

"I think that you are ready for the concert even though we have only given ourselves a few days to prepare. You are so talented Ross. I love you" he went on while looking deep into my eyes.

"Thank you MIKA. I love you too." I blushed. " please can we go home now so that people don't walk in on us so much?" I pulled him by his hand asking the question more rhetorically than anything else.

"I guess I don't have a choice but the answer was yes anyway." He laughed and pulled his hand out of my grip to wrap his arm around my shoulders and pulled me closer.

After we got into the house he took me into the bedroom and picked me up before kissing me and laying me on the bed. He lay next to me and pulled me close. "I'm so proud of you. You're so brave" he whispered and pulled me closer.

"I'm proud of you too. I mean you're MIKA so why wouldn't I be proud of you." I spoke into his chest

"Thanks Ross... Shall we have some dinner and get to bed? It's nearly dark outside" he pointed out.

"Yeah sure. I'll help cook!" I suggested and took his hand in mine as we went to get some food.

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"I'm going to have a shower and stuff. I'll be back in a minute." MIKA told me as he left the couch and walked into the bathroom.

I walked into the bedroom and took out a clean shirt. I took of my button up and my binder and put in on before taking off my jeans and putting my dirty clothes in the laundry bin.

"Nice briefs! Are you an old man?" MIKA giggled as he watched me from the doorway.

"Nice boxers!" I mimicked him before telling him that boxers made me feel uncomfortable and dysphoric.

"Sorry baby. I didn't know" he pulled me onto the bed with him and gave me a hug.

"It's ok MIKA. I know it's still new to you and it's just a silly thing anyway so don't worry about it. I know you didn't do it on purpose an you would never try to make me feel bad." I pulled him onto my lap and hugged him tightly.

"Thank you for telling me so that I don't do it again because I know it's a small thing to some people but if it had an effect on you then it has an effect on me." He stared at me before kissing me and laying down in the bed.

We lay together and held hands like we had on the first day we met.

"Why did you hug me instead of shake my hand when we first met!" I wondered and waited for his answer

"Well that's a good question... I didn't even think. I just did it and it felt right so I took your hand as soon as I had a reason to... I still do because it still feels right." He told me as I felt him pull me close and I fell asleep in his warm, loving arms.