They Didn't Know (A Minizerk Fanfiction) {HIATUS}

Chapter 18: Away

Simon's POV:

It didn't take long for us to settle back into routine when we got back from Gamescom, but our sleep schedules were still fucked for the time being. However, when we got back, we had to get ahead on recordings because Ethan and Josh were going away. This should be good for me, as it will be a more relaxed week of recording, but also I should be able to get my mind off Josh, maybe even find someone.

Right now, I was getting ready to jump into the group Skype call to record, but I just didn't feel like myself. I'm not sure whether it's the stress of extra recordings, the thought of a more relaxed week to come, or the thought of not having anyone to eat with or anything for a week, since Josh's sleep schedule was the same as mine. Oh well, its not like I haven't had to put on a cover before. Time to record.

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Another day, another cycle of this routine. Josh leaves tomorrow, Ethan's already left. He'll have an amazing time on holiday, a well deserved rest, and guaranteed he won't even think of me once. And then there'll be me, sat here thinking about him the whole time he's away.

I keep saying I'll find someone else, and maybe that's what I should do without Josh here to distract me. But the problem is how? I don't leave the house to meet anyone new and there's no one I already know. Well, guess I'm going to be lonely for the rest of my life then. (Literally me XD) As long as I have Josh and the rest of my friends, I'll be okay. I'd rather keep Josh as a friend and push down these feelings towards him than tell him and ruin everything.

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He goes away today. He's going to have a week away with his gorgeous girlfriend. A week without recording, unless he chooses to. A week without any of us getting in his way or annoying him, both in games and real life. A week without even a thought of me, I mean, why would he think of me? I'm just one of his best friends, what reason could he have for thinking of me? None. Exactly.

Josh's POV:

I go away today. A week away from the stress and everything else that comes with recording. But a week without recording also means a week without little random jokes and comments, laughter and just good times in general. A week without my best friends, which is always the weirdest part of this week off, a week of peace and quiet. Normally I look forward to that part, because they really get on my nerves sometimes, but this time I'm not looking forward to it at all, I don't know why. Maybe it has something to do with Simon and the fact that he's been acting strangely again, or something else, I'm not sure but what I do know is that I'm gonna miss him, and the others a lot.

I promised myself I wouldn't touch my phone or even look at it unless it was an emergency. No social media, no texting any of the boys, nothing. This week was about me and Freya, celebrating our birthdays, just the two of us in sunny Greece. Why would I need anyone else? Freya means the world to me, why should my mind be anywhere else? But so do the guys, and there you go thinking about them again. It's only a week away from them, the same as you've done before, so why is now different? Good question. You'll be back for Simon's birthday, you won't miss anything. Exactly, I need to stop thinking about this and focus on making sure I have everything.

A/N: Hey guys, it's been a long time, and I can't apologise enough, I've just had a really bad start to 2017 and that, combined with major writer's block, has just left me without wanting to write and with nothing to write. I'm not trying to make excuses for how long I've been away, but yeah, that's my shitty reasoning.

Hope you guys enjoy this shitty short chapter, hopefully the next one will be better, this is a bit of a filler and I honestly don't know where I was going to take it to begin with tbh. The next one will also (hopefully) be longer, because this chapter is very short.

Until next time (which hopefully won't be that long this time) x