Red and Blue: A Crankiplier Story

Chapter 19

Ethan's POV

Ethan spent three hours working out how to play songs with Mark. Mark had brought his chord poster so Ethan could learn to play them. By the time they were having a break Ethan had learned Wild Thing, Smoke on The Water, Faded and Cake by The Ocean. He had enjoyed it a lot. He was also extremely tired.
"Hey Mark can I take a nap?" Ethan asked.
"Sure." Mark replied.
Ethan jumped down to his bunk, carefully placing his injured foot in front of him as he sat down. His eyes slowly drooped as he fell asleep.

Five Hours Later...

Ethan woke up hearing soft snores from above him.
Mark must have needed to rest too. We have been through a lot. He thought.
Ethan carefully moved himself to be more comfy when he noticed a book next to him.
Warriors: Into The Wild. The title read. Ethan saw an orange cat on the cover, the books was obviously about cats but what about them? Ethan found himself stuck into reading this book, it was amazing already and he was only on the fifth chapter. It was hard to remember all of the characters though.
"I see you're up." Yawned Mark.
"Yeah. Did you leave this for me?" Ethan asked.
"Yeah, I thought you'd might like it."
"Thanks."
"I'm gonna go back to sleep." Said Mark.
"You do that." Replied Ethan.
Ethan read on, he was enchanted by the book. The main character Firepaw had two friends. His best friend being Greypaw and his other friend being Ravenpaw. He read on and on and he was pretty sure he had been reading for at least two hours. He decided to stop reading for a bit and stared at the bed above him. He heard Mark wake and stretch because the bed creaked as he did so.
"Hey." Said Ethan.
"Hey." Mark replied. "Wanna do more guitar?"
"Yeah." Said Ethan carefully jumping back up to Mark's bed. Mark gestured for him to come closer and he obeyed. He was attacked by a hug.
"Mark!" Yelped Ethan. He heard Mark's deep laugh and laughed with him.
"Just practice the songs I taught you." Said Mark.
"Okay."
Ethan saw that Mark watched closely. He smiled at Ethan, Ethan smiled back and he felt the same spark go off inside himself. He put down the guitar and wrapped his arms around Mark.
"Thank you for talking to me." He whispered.
"Why wouldn't I." Mark answered.
"True." Ethan smiled.
"Hey do you want to get to know each other better, you know because..." Mark blushed. Ethan smiled at him.
"Yeah, we can do that. I just hope that I can tell my part without crying."
"Ethan if you start crying I'll be here for you."
"I love you." Said Ethan
"Me too."
The two spent the whole rest of the day sharing their best and worst moments. Ethan laughed as Mark told him about the time he jumped down the stairs and ended up breaking a bone. Ethan told part of his story every time Mark finished. They were cuddling as they shared and Ethan had never felt safer.
"So then after my parents found out that I was gay, mum slammed me into a wall. 'You fag!' She had yelled. My dad gave me this glare of fury. A few days later he started sexually assaulting me. He came into my room and grabbed my shirt and started kissing my neck. It was horrible. Then he started actually trying t-to h-have s-sex with m-me." Ethan hiccuped.
Ethan looked up at Mark he had a sad look on his face. "Mark don't feel sorry for me, I deserved it. I shouldn't have loved Tyler. I shouldn't have been gay." Ethan said.
"Ethan you never deserved it!" Mark cried.
Ethan was quiet after that. Mark stared down at him softly his eyes were filled with tears. They sat in this position for five minutes staring into each others eyes. Ethan slowly sat up. Mark leaned down and they were kissing each other softly. When they disconnected their heads were still together.
"No matter what happens you will always have me." Whispered Mark.
"Always." Ethan repeated.
They sat in silence looking at the sheets of Mark's bed.
"What time is it?" Ethan asked.
"Five last seven." Mark answered.
"They should be getting back soon."
Mark nodded and strait after Ethan had said that he heard footsteps and low voices.
"Hey guys!" Mark waved.
"Hi." The group replied.
"We had to bring this back to you, we need to go eat now." Said Phil pointing to the bag in Joey's hand, it had their dinner in it. Joey handed it to Mark.
"Thanks." He said.
Ethan nodded. "Thank you."
"See you soon and don't get up to any funny business when we're gone or have you already done it." Said Dan slyly.
Ethan blushed and Mark laughed. "No we won't and did not." Said Mark.
"Okay see ya soon." Said Robert.
Ethan watched as they left. Mark jumped down and grabbed Ethan's crutches, gesturing for him to follow. Mark lead him downstairs and onto the table as he swung along. They ate, Mark put the plastic containers in the bin and went back up. Ethan swung himself onto his bed and stared at the roof.
"Night Mark." He said.
"Night." Mark answered.
Ethan fell into a comfortable sleep smiling.

Sorry for not updating yesterday my iPad was taken off me for using half the gigabytes. WTF I turn off the internet whilst writing and I play my guitar for at least an hour a day. I use YouTube when I'm bored and I only use it now for four hours tops. My brothers use it more than me! That seems like a lot but when you're stuck in a community that sucks you have nothing to do. See ya in the next one, love y'all and piece out!