Roommates (Frerard)

9

It was Monday. I was tired.
Gerard had his hoodie sleeves covering his hands. His hands were covering his face.
"G-Gee? Are you okay?" I asked.
"F-Frankie... I tried going to Starbucks today. Someone pushed me down. I don't know who it was, but they said, 'Get outta here you gay emo little piece of shit.' They kept saying mean things to me," Gerard said, "I don't want this to happen. I don't want it to happen to you. They said, 'I'm going to hunt down your stupid boyfriend!' I'm scared. I don't want you to get hurt."
"Gee, I'm going to be fine. I punched a kid before, that's well... how i got into this school. I'll be fine."
"Okay..." Gerard removed his hands from his face.
I hugged him for a few seconds and let go.
"Hey... how did you get into this school?" I asked.
"The school was being stupid. They found out about my cuts and self-harm. They sent me over here hoping I would stop. I didn't stop until you came." Gerard smiled a bit.
"O-oh..."
"Hey, we gotta go to class."
We got up and headed out.
Then some kid came up to me and asked in this rude kind of tone, "Are you the stupid idiot that's dating this other stupid idiot?"
I ignored him. I took Gee's hand and walked a little faster.
"Hey! You can't get away from me!" They ran up to us.
"Maybe I can. Maybe I can't. You didn't make the rules here, did you?" I said, walking a bit faster than before.
"...Well-- I--- You--!!! GAH! Whatever. I can do this though," They said, and punch me right in the face.
I let go of Gee's hand.
"Okay, that's it. You're gonna get it." I tried running straight towards them but Gee grabbed me by my waist and picked me up.
"Frank, this isn't how you handle things, I don't want you to get in trouble." He set me down. "Come on, we have to get to class."
"Okay--" Gerard interrupted me cause he kissed me.
The kid laughed and pointed and I wanted to stab him with a fork.
I whispered, "What was that for?!?"
Gerard didn't say anything. He just smiled.
We got into the classroom and did all the boring stuff we do almost everyday.
We ate lunch.
More classes.
And some free time to do our piles of homework. Except we didn't have as much today. Which was great!
I fell face-down onto my pillow.
Gerard came in the room with our dinner.
I got up.
"Hey Frankie." He said. He set the food down on the small table between our beds.
Pancakes?
It was pancakes.
"Pancakes for dinner?" I asked.
"Yeah. Why not?" Gerard said.
"It's just... weird."
"That's your opinion. I love pancakes."
"Oh. I guess I learned something today."
We ate, and it was quiet. It was sad.
We finished and then someone knocked on the door. I opened it.
It was Tyler. But he looked anxious, tired, and it looked like he had been crying.
"I need help. Please. I don't know who else to ask." He said.
"Uh... okay. Come inside." I closed the door behind him.
"What do you need help with?" Gerard asked.
"It's a love confession. I fell in love with my best friend, Josh, a few years ago, and I never had the guts to say it. I really want to, because it hurts. I want to be with him. It makes me anxious and awkward every time i'm around him." Tyler said.
"It's okay. We'll help you." I said.

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"Now Tyler, all you have to do is say it. But you can't, and why is that?" Gerard asked.
"Because... I don't have enough confidence..." Tyler replied.
"Okay, I see, we will have to build up your confidence. Anything else you wanna add?"
"I don't think Josh likes me back. I don't think he's even attracted to men."
"That's gonna be hard. But I have a plan." I said.
"What is it?" Tyler asked.
"Okay, first you have to ask him if he likes guys. Then if he said yes, just say it. If he says no, then I have no idea what to do...
"Oh... I-I guess I'll try," He said, "and thanks for your help."
He walked out of the room.