Two Player Game

~Chapter Five~

Conner storms off to his room, like usual and to take his mind off of it by shooting Evan a text. and Zoe almost does the same.

C: [Evan, my neck looks like it got attacked by a vacuum]

E: [??? I'm so sorry Connor, I didn't mean to]

C: [I'm not mad or anything, tree boy, I'm just sayin', if YOU did THIS I'd check yourself to see what damage I did to you.]

E: [oh God]

"Connor! Zoe! Come downstairs please!" Connor groans. This is not something he wants to do. They're gonna see and he's gonna get a lecture. He drags his ass downstairs though.Zoe does the same.

"Yeah mom?" There's a pause.

"oh please tell me you didn't forget!"

And in a monotone voice they both said at the same time, "happy birthday mom.." Connor's getting his hardest not to look suspicious. Mrs. Murphy doesn't notice. Mr. Murphy does.

"Connor. What is God's name happened to your neck?"

Connor groans. "Great."

"Dear me," his mom comes closer to look at it. "What happened?"

Zoe says quickly, "He got in a fight."

Connor clears his throat. "Yeah. I did."

"Son, this is the last time, I'm telling you. I will NOT tolerate violence in my house." She saved his ass. He hates to admit it but she did, what a skank.

"Sure, fine, whatever. It wasn't serious anyway this time. You should see the other guy."

Zoe whispers to him. "don't push it"

"... enough of that. Let's celebrate"

----Ont he other hand----

Evan is TERRIFIED on all the marks Connor left. "Oh dear God almighty- Jared might know how to help." And soon Jared's getting a buttload of texts from Evan.

E: [Help help help this is not a drill I'm covered in hickies I need desperate help what do I do?????]

J: [Woah woah calm down man.. are you telling me.... NO WAY]

E: [SPARE ME THE TEASING I NEED HELP]

J: [okay okay! If you can steal your moms make up, that can cover it up. Try that.]

E: [I'll try. Skype me to make sure it's alright.]

He does. Jared's bored out of his mind anyway. He ends up sitting with Evan as he tries to apply the make up to hide the marks.

"Hell... This is difficult, I'll have to take my shirt off." He does just that. Jared blushes so bright.

"Does this look right?" He shifts to give Jared a good view of it all. "It matches my skin tone pretty well I think."

"It looks perfect." Jared, of course, is talking about his body but Evan thinks he's talking about the make up.

"Yeah? You really think so? Like, perfect perfect or just good enough?"

"Perfect Perfect" He clears his throat. "You did a good job"

"Thanks! I knew you could help, Jared." He beams at him. This is great. What's better than two guys trying on make up? Nothing, that's what. If Jared was there, which he wishes he was, he would probably kiss him. It'd be romantic as Fuck. But alas, they are in two different places and Evan is so oblivious his brain might as well be an acorn.

"So I guess if you ever get any marks you want covered I can do it." He chuckles and so does Jared. When Evan's blushes it spreads to his shoulders and chest lightly. It's beautiful. Jared's trying his best not to stare.

"I should probably put this make up back before my mom notices it's here. I'll be back." When he leaves, JAred lets out a breath he didn't know he was holding.

"Fuck. I'm never gonna get to him before Connor and Zoe."

When he comes back, he looks at the time. "Gosh I should get to bed. It's kind of late."

"Yeah, um-"

"Have a nice night, Jared." he clicks out of the window, not realizing that he's only minimized it instead of exciting and Jared can still see him. he stands and slides off his pants, leaving himself in his boxers and sighs. This is how he's gonna sleep. It's still kind of hot, considering the school year just started. Jared feels like he's gonna have one of those bloody noses from anime's. He can't contain himself. Should he say something? Or hang up himself? Evan stretches and lays back in bed. The make up isn't staying well, he still looks messy from earlier in the hair area. He rubs his face. This is way better than Zoe Murphy's Instagram page.

"..........." he ends the call as quickly as he can. That was.... wow. Evan hears the noise and looks over. Nothing. All Right. Jared's sitting in his chair at his desk and is wondering if he should tell him or not... probably not. Evan scoots over and turns the light off before shutting his laptop. He doesn't know what he's gonna do about Connor. He'll figure it out.

The next day, it's hard for Jared to even look at Evan without blushing. He's not gonna forget what happened the night before. Evan notices.

"Something wrong? I-Is my neck noticeable?"

"No, no It's fine. I can barely see it."

"Oh. Good. But then... What's wrong?"

"Nothing. Nothing's wrong."

"Oh... okay." When Connor get on the bus you can tell he made a point of not doing anything about his neck at all. Evan blushes at the sight of him. Jared hates seeing Connor like that Thinking of what they did. Connor grins and leans in to murmur to Evan,

"Wanna come over again some time?" Evan's face heats up heavily. 

"S-Sure, Connor, just- not today."

"Figured. Zoe said you were going to band practice. Tomorrow then?"

"Yeah. Yeah, totally."

"Get a room." Jared is jealous.

"Jared!"

"Shut up, Kleinman."

"Bite me, Murphy."

"You'd fucking like that, wouldn't you?"

"Guys please." Evan's trying.

"Not from you. I'd go to hell and back before that happens."

"Sure you would"

"You GUYS." Jared stops. For Evan. He hates Connor and Connor hates him right back. But Connor hates everyone.

"Thank you. Don't fight, please." 

"Fine." Connor sneaks a quick kiss to Evan's jaw that sends a shiver down his spine before moving back to his seat. You'd have to be paying attention to notice it. Jared notices it. He doesn't like this at all. He wants it all to end. Connor didn't even like Evan until they became friends two days ago. Jared's liked him since the 7th grade. That's how he found out he liked guys too. But Evan doesn't care how long Connor's liked him, he's finally got someone's interest!! And the guy shows it!! God, this is great, he can't think of a single thing better than this right now.