Validation (A Cricky Fan Fiction)(REWRITING.)

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"Thank you for answering Ryan's questions, by the way. He was..... thrilled." Ricky thanked Chris as he placed his "serial-killer-esk" items in a paper bag.

"Well I hope he's feeling better." He answered with a warm smile.

"Oh trust me, he is. He's just having a hard time clearing a photo of you."

"He'd like an original? What about tomorrow?" He proposed, wanting to spend as much time as he could with Ricky.

"Y-you'd be willing to do that?"

Before Chris could answer, Frank walked up behind Ricky and placed his hands on Ricky's shoulders. And not in an affirming way, more of a "I'm really jealous of this fancy guy you're talking to and I'm better than him so I'll pretend to be your boyfriend to scare him off" kind of way.

"I'm going to go out and grab a bagel, you want one?" Frank asked.

"Oh uh, no thanks. I'm fine." Ricky nodded, turning his attention back to Chris.

"Oh okay." Frank replied, making sure to give Chris the evils as he left.

Silence developed between the two, being short lived by Chris handing over his number to Ricky.

"I'm staying locally, at the Heathman. Call me before 10. For the photos I mean."

"Oh, uh, yeah. I will."

Ricky took his business card and watched him walk out the door with his stuff. He handed it to some guy, which he later put together as his chauffeur, and got in the car. Ricky watched as they drove off, it was slightly depressing but still cute. Ricky had barely known him and has already fallen head over heels.

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Just as he promised, Ricky called Chris after he got home from work. A time was set for tomorrow and the conversation died out as Chris hung up.

Ricky and Ryan stood there as Ryan's friend, Bryce, took photos of Chris. Ricky, being the small and anxious human he is, stood there awkwardly and played with the strings on his hoodie.

"Thanks for doing this, Mr. Cerulli." Ryan thanked Chris.

"It's no problem, I'm happy to help." He replied with a smile on his face.

Bryce flicked through the photos he'd already taken, seeing that they all have him straight faced.

"Uh, how about we try a few with a smile." Bryce inquired.

Still, he kept a straight face. Obviously not wanting to smile. Seeing his cooperation skills are bare minimum, Bryce just kept taking photos.

"Or not. Whatever floats your goat." He mumbled to himself.

Whilst Bryce continued, Ryan and Ricky started their own little conversation.

"You do realise he hasn't stopped looking at you, right?" Ryan whispered.

"He asked me to go for coffee afterwards." Ricky replied back, smirking at Ryan's look on his face.

"Well Ricky is gonna get something later." Ryan winked.

"Hahaha, bullshit. Now shut up and watch."