Bedroom Warfare - Rack (boyxboy)

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Jack nudged Rye to stand up with him and he did, smiling sheepishly at Brooklyn, "sorry Brook."

"What?!" Brooklyn almost screamed.

Rye bit his lip, "I'm the boyfriend, but we're n-"

"You're not together, I get that!" he frowned, "how the hell could you not tell me?!"

"We wanted to!" Rye said, "there was just never a good time..."

Brook shook his head, "i'm not falling for that shit!"

"Brook, please, we wanted to tell you," Jack said, reaching out to him, only for Brooklyn to pull away, storming out of the club.

Andy rolled his eyes, "i'll go after him. He'll get over it by morning, don't worry."

Rye and Jack had guilty looks on their faces as they watched Andy follow Brooklyn out of the club.

Rye got a text an hour later from Andy.

- he's fine, he was very drunk, he fell asleep on me

Rye chuckled as he read the text, showing it to Jack.

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The boys all met at Andy's the next day, Brooklyn already there, and they piled into the living room. Brook groggily looked up at the others as they walked in, turning over and trying to go back to sleep. That didn't work however, as Jack and Rye pulled him into the kitchen.

"We're sorry, okay?" Rye said, hopping up onto the counter.

"We didn't wanna just- bring it up, because that felt... real," Jack said, pausing as he found the word to say.

Brooklyn gave the two of them a confused look, "what are you two on about?"

"Last night?" Jack raised a brow, "at that bar...?"

"I barely remember leaving the first pub we went into," he admitted.

"Oh! Well, in that case," Rye jumped down from the counter, "we don't really need to talk."

"Ryan-" Jack glared at him, and he sighed, staying where he was.

"Fine," Rye sighed, "me and Jack are a thing, but not a thing thing, and you found out last night and flipped your shit."

"Because we hadn't told you," Jack added, "but we only didn't tell you because-"

"Wait... what?!" Brooklyn cut him off, "you two?!"

They both nodded sheepishly and Brook laughed, "that's the best thing i've ever heard. Since when?!"

"A while ago now," Jack chuckled, "we were in Andy's - and you forced me to speak to him."

"And Mikey forced me to speak to Jack," Rye nodded, "so really, you're all to blame for this."

"Oh, you guys are amazing," he laughed, shaking his head, "i can't believe this!"

"So you're not pissed at us?" Rye asked.

"Nah, sorry about flipping on you guys," he nodded.

"You were wasted, like," Jack laughed.

"That explains the headache, at least."