Serenade Me

Part 1

Sean sat at the Starbucks, drinking his hot coffee and scrolling through his phone. The day was bright and sunny. Too sunny to stay home. So, he had decided to go out and enjoy the day. He had plans to record something much later. Right now, he just wanted to get some shopping done and just have some fun exploring. He had gone to an anime store and picked up a few interesting books that had caught his attention.  When Felix sent him a text message requesting to meet him at the Starbucks for lunch. He had been here for five minutes now and there was no sign of him. Checking his messages, he wondered if he had missed a text. Nothing. Rolling his eyes, he sat back in his chair and started to check his twitter. Felix was really distracted lately. Since his trip to Japan with Marzia to help get their clothing brand off the ground, he had been too busy to spend any time with him. 

It wasn't a problem at first. He was touring a lot and Felix really wanted his clothing brand to take off. Felix even recruited Marzia's help him lighten his work load and she had a good eye for fashion. It seemed to be a very strategic move. He just wished that Felix had more time for him between tour dates. With Felix banned from Pax and Cons it was difficult enough to see him. Even living so close to him... Felix was rarely ever home with his constant trips to Sweden and Japan. Sean started to nibble the tip of his thumb, while his other continued to scroll through twitter for news on everything his friends were up too. He bit his thumb a little hard as he stopped on a picture of Mark. Mark looked to be at a renaissance festival with his arm around Amy's waist. Amy wore a yellow flowing dress with an autumn flower crown, while Mark wore a simple black sweater with a black Australian cowboy hat.

Sean had to avert his eyes from the picture for a minute. He may have moved on from Mark, but some of his affection was still there for him. Mark breaking up with him hadn't been easy to deal with. He had moved to Brighton just to help himself get a fresh start and to help forget the past. His relationship with Felix here had been exactly what he needed. They had only been dating for a few months, but Felix understood him. Even if Felix and Mark were always at odds when it came to him. It had tested their friendship more than once and the fans only fueled the fire by taking sides with which ship was stronger. Things had cooled down a lot though since Felix hardly ever saw him and Mark was involved with Amy. Sean scrolled past the picture to see Signe's newest drawing. Another ex that he had left behind for Mark. Signe didn't talk to him much anymore, but he still considered her to be a close friend.

Sean nibbled his thumb again as he realized how much he had gotten around. He felt bad breaking up with Signe after three years together... but coming out hadn't been easy on him. Mark had been there for him, until he wasn't. As close as they had gotten, Mark tasted the pressure of his fans judging him and had jumped right back into the closet. Leaving him broken hearted and left to handle the issues alone. Felix had been his saving grace. Felix didn't care what his fans thought of anything. He just lived and he wanted to be like that. To feel so free. Although, Felix felt a little too wild and free sometimes. Now being one of those times. Had he forgotten about wanting to meet him? Sean glanced around the coffee shop. Still no sign of him. Sean sighed to himself, it was pretty bad that he had walked here and he still beat Felix here. Lowering his eyes back to his phone, he scrolled a bit more.

Sean smirked, seeing that Nate's new album was about to come out. He had already preordered it. He liked Nate's music style. He enjoyed rock music more than any other genre. He envied Nate for being able to get his music career off the ground. He had never managed to get his college band out of the 'garage phase.' Sean read the next tweet from Nate claiming that his wedding to Cristina had been put off. Sean was only a little curious why, when the next tweet caused him to pull his thumb away from his mouth in shock. The picture was small, but posted by Felix. In it, Felix was kissing Marzia's cheek and the caption read, 'She said she'll think about it..' Sean's eyes drifted down Marzia's raised hand to see the ring on her ring finger. Sean stared at the picture in disbelief. This was a joke, right? Felix would have told him if this was true. How had he let this happen? Wasn't Felix in a relationship with him?