Illumination of the End (Frerard)

Chapter 22

Chapter 22:

Frank normally thought of himself as a somewhat patient person, but there, standing outside of the Cartoon Network building waiting for Gerard to come back from his interview, he was far from patient. He had a reason to be impatient of course. If Gerard didn't get the job, well, they would be screwed; living on the street without a dime to their name wasn't the way Frank wanted to spend the rest of his life, that was for sure. 

It had been about thirty minutes since Gerard went inside; Frank was anxiously pacing outside of the front doors trying to calm himself down. That's when the automatic door slid open to reveal a smiling Gerard. The grin on his face was stretched wide, and Frank didn't need to hear him say 'I got the job!' because he could tell just by Gerard's happiness. Frank's pounding heart came to a steady beat as he realized they would be okay. They were going to be alright now.

Frank flung his arms around Gerard in a tight embrace. His tip toes left the ground as the taller man pulled him up and twirled in a quick circle. Frank couldn't help but giggle. He felt lighter than air in Gerard's arms, and everything was falling into place now. He could stop worrying about where they would sleep for the night or where they were going to get some food. 

"Gee." He breathed out. "I knew you could do it." 

Gerard leaned back and smiled as he studied Frank's face for a moment. "I couldn't have done it without your help."

Frank's lips curled up, and he abruptly pressed them onto Gerard's. The excitement was bouncing around in his chest, and Frank figured the only way to get it out was to just so. He wanted to run up and down every street in New York, screaming in joy just to get some of his bottled up cheerfulness.

"We need to celebrate!" Frank stated as he pulled away from Gerard who was standing in front of him, his eyes still closed from their kiss. 

Gerard's eyes slowly lifted open, and he grinned. "You know what sounds really nice right now?"

"What?"

"A cigarette. It's been like a week since I last had one, and I'm 'bout to go insane!"

"Okay" Frank chuckled. "We've got enough cash right now for at least one pack."

"Awesome." Gerard pointed to a convenience store across the block. "There."

Hand in hand, the two boys walked into the store, bought -not stole- a pack of cigarettes. It was nice to walk out of a store without having to worry about being caught for shop lifting. They both leaned up against the wall of the store outside. Frank's hands fumbled with removing the packaging off the pack; then Gerard grabbed a cigarette and held it between his lips, waiting for Frank to pull out his lighter.

For Gerard, the first smoky inhale was the best. He'd been craving a cigarette for what seems like forever, and to have been there with Frank just taking a moment to relax was exactly what he needed. Gerard could see Frank looking at him from the corner of his eye sight.

"Like what you see?" He said with a smirk.

Frank rolled his eyes, and then he grinned as he turned his head to face Gerard. His eyes traveled up and down Gerard's body just once. 

"You look good in a suit, that's all." Frank winked.

Gerard fucking hated blushing, but it happened all the time when he was around Frank. Most of the times he did a pretty good job of hiding it, but this time the rosy color on his cheeks was unmistakable, and Frank definitely noticed which made Frank want to make Gerard blush even more. 

"And you know." Frank said as he leaned closer and twisted a finger through Gerard's black hair. "The way that suit makes your shoulders look just makes me wanna-..." He was whispering, and Gerard was too impatient to wait and see what Frank would say, so he grabbed the back of the boy's head and slammed their lips together because he couldn't take another second of talking. 

Their kiss was sloppy and wet which only made Gerard grasp onto Frank's hair tighter until the boy yelped and pushed Gerard back against the red brick wall; not in a 'I'm going to hurt you for doing that' but in more of a 'I'm in control here' kind of way. To say the least, Gerard was enjoying this. Alot.

It never really occurred to them that people walking by could very clearly see the two making out with each other, but hey, teenagers have hormones, so they can't be blamed. 

Gerard's mouth tasted of cigarettes which made Frank latch his fingers onto Gerard's shirt as he pulled him closer. Frank's tongue explored throughout Gerard's mouth until a disgusted gasp from the side walk made them pull away from each other. 

A woman holding her child's hand gave them a disapproving look as she shielded her kid's eyes from the boys and scurried off around the corner.

A giggle escaped Gerard's mouth as Frank turned to face him once again. "Guess we're going to need to find a more private place to make out now."

"We need to get an apartment. That's what we really need." Frank said as he leaned back on his heels.

"Well, how about, tomorrow, after I get off from work- because I actually have a job now- We'll go look at apartments that are for rent." Gerard bit the inside of his cheek as he spoke. 

"Sound's good to me." Frank grinned. 

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I'm so sorry for taking forever to update :/ and im sorry that this is another short chapter, but ive been working on a new story lately ;-; Anyways, thank you all so much for you're nice comments and asldkfjaljgsdlkjg you're all so amazing and wow this story almost has 8,000 reads?! I never expected that! Thank you all so much for reading it really means alot to me! :D