Two Player Game

~Chapter Twenty-Nine~

"He never did! Because Evan is too good for him! He's nice and Kind and cares about other people more than himself. He always talks himself down, but he's always there when others need it. Connor needed it, I'll admit that, but Connor took much more than what he gave."

"What. An. Asshole. If I meet him in kicking his ass. Real shit, I will literally beat the fuck outta that guy."

"Glad I have you Mikey."

"It's a good thing, isn't it?" he kisses his forehead.

"What would I do without you?"

"Pine after Christine."

"True."

"But you dont. so you get me instead." he smooches his cheek.

"I'd rather want you."

"Aw, Bro... That's sweet."

"No homo, but I love you bro."

"Bro... Same here... No Homo."

"You guys are weird," Jared butts in.

"Shhhhhh, we're having a moment." He rolls his eyes at them.

"Just let us be strange. What was it tree boy said that one time? 'the things that make us strange are what make us beautiful?' see, that's why I like him more than I like you."

"Everybody likes Evan better than me. I'm the asshole!"

"I'll agree with that one."

"Oh thanks. I'm so bad. I'm a bad person to a lot of people." Everyone is quiet. "Don't worry Jared! We love you Jared!" Jared responds to himself.

"... Dude, of course you're not a bad person. Of course we love you, are you okay?" Michael is concerned. Jared's going into one of those times again. It started that morning whenever they were talking about his dad.

"... Buddy, you're awesome. I was just joking, you're one of the best people I know. The two of us love you. Evan loves the hell outta you, you're a good person."

He mumbles. "Yeah, right." They've probably woke Evan up by now. Evan blinks groggily.

"Hm?"

"Morning, nature child. "

"You done gone woke my Tree boy up."

"Sorry about that, future king of the trees."

"Wha?"

"Don't worry about it, Ev."

Evan snuggles up against Jared. "Dude, he is so cute." Jeremy nudges him with his elbow. "What? I meant like a kitten or a little kid or something." Jared wraps an arm around him.

"Uh... Thanks? I-" his eyes get wide and he shoots up, stumbling away to the bathroom.

"Jesus." Jared groans and gets up to take care of it.

"Sorry to hear your boy can't keep his insides on the inside!"

"This is gonna take a while." Then He hangs up on them.

Michael sighs. "poor guy."

"Yeah...." He shifts and remembers the box in his pocket. He's gotta hide it. Jeremy smiles up at him and giggles lightly when he feels the box

"Is that a banana in your pocket or are you happy to see me?" Michael blushes hard.

"Shit, uh..." Jeremy laughs.