Can Nobody Hear Me? Jacksepticeye AU

Chapter 22

"I'm so proud of you, Chase..." Marvin leaned forward and kissed his boyfriend's forehead gently. A soft, pink blush spread across the man's cheeks. "I didn't think you'd be able to come out for a while but you did it and- wow- I'm just so goddamn proud."

"Thank you," Chase glanced down at his lap where his hand was intertwined with Marvin's. "I was kind of unsure about the whole thing but I thought I'd do it for you... to make you happy, I mean." Chase expected Marvin to smile but, instead, he untangled their hands and frowned.

"Chase..."

"Yeah?" Chase honestly couldn't see any reason for the magician to be upset with him. Even after running through what he had said repeatedly, he couldn't find any faults.

"Did I make you feel pressured?"

"Well, a little, but it's okay. That's what I needed-"

"I'm really sorry. You should never feel pressured to do anything. If I ever make you feel like you have to do something, please tell me and I'll shut up. I love you so much and I'd hate to force you into anything, especially coming out. That was so wrong of me. I'm so selfish..." Chase had never really seen Marvin so insecure but, in that moment, he looked more fragile than ever before.

"It's okay though, Marvin. I'd do anything for you."

"I just don't want you to think you can't say 'no', alright? I'm not like Stacy. You have a choice with every single thing in this relationship."

"I know," Chase threaded their fingers back together and leaned forward to kiss his boyfriend. Marvin separated their hands but, instead of it being for a negative reason, it was positive. He used one hand to wrap around Chase's slim body and the other to push off Chase's hat and thread through his hair. "I love you." Chase whispered, his breathing heavy.

"I love you too."

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They were all sat in the living room around the Monopoly board. Alex had music blaring through a speaker and they were all in groups, working together to win the game. Alex was with Sammy (who wasn't much help at all), Marvin with Chase, JJ with Anti and Henrik was with Jackieboy Man. Anti kept yelling at JJ to stop buying properties when their amount of money was minimal; Sammy just kept messing up Alex's neat piles of money; Marvin and Chase were practically on top of each other and Henrik and Jackieboy Man were the only ones playing properly.

Alex rolled a nine, pushing the dog piece along the board to a chance space. Alex and Sammy had three hotels on the orange properties and a handful of houses on the pinks so, when Alex flipped over the chance card, he let out a long groan at an unnecessarily loud volume.

Make general repairs on all your property: for each house pay $25, for each hotel pay $100.

Alex glanced down at the money in front of him and Sammy. One mere twenty, a fifty and about five ones. "Nope."

"You give up?" Marvin taunted, smirking as he looked down at his and Chase's piles of money.

"Yep. We're losers," Alex stood up, walking right over to the left over pizza and picking up a slice. He took a bite with a very disappointed look on his face. "You know what, I blame Sammy."

"Blame the child, of course."

Anti rolled for him and JJ, getting a six that landed them straight in jail. JJ sent him a glare which he replied with, "What! Do you think I can magically control what I roll?!"

In the end, Chase and Marvin dominated. They knocked JJ and Anti out a couple of rounds later with their hotel on a dark blue and then Henrik and Jackieboy Man not long later when they landed on the same spot. They jumped up onto their feet and screamed about their victory as everyone else pouted and told them to stop showing off.

They wrapped their arms around each other and shared a kiss whilst everybody covered their eyes. "Disgusting." Alex joked.

"You're just salty because you came last." Chase replied with a short laugh.

"You're right there, dad."

"I vote round two!" Henrik yelled, making the entire group groan. The game had already lasted an unnecessary amount of time and no one wanted to play again except the doctor who was the sorest of all losers.

"No one wants that, Schneep." Jackieboy Man said to his partner, reaching for a slice of pizza. As everyone laughed and smiled together, Chase couldn't help but think about how far he had come.

Just a few months ago, he had reached the lowest of lows. He had just escaped an abusive wife with his two kids and was self harming and getting drunk regularly. Sure, his depression wasn't cured completely but he could safely say that he was happier. He no longer felt hopeless and he was excited for what the future was going to hold. Marvin leant closer to him and kissed his cheek before whispering a small, "You alright?" into his ear.

Chase nodded, glancing at JJ and Anti who were bickering again. It was quite amusing to watch because Anti was glitching as he yelled and JJ was signing so fast that his hands were almost a blur. Jackieboy Man was sitting a couple of metres away, laughing so hard that he was crying as Henrik did the same. Alex was talking to Sammy and trying his best to attempt that Russian accent that Marvin had given Sammy's rabbit and the little girl was enjoying every moment, giggling and clapping for more.

Chase wasn't sure where he'd be without his friends and children but he didn't want to dwell on that. What he wanted to focus on was what he had in that moment. Despite what he had been through, he didn't want to change a thing about his life. Feeling Marvin grab his hand and hearing all of his friend's laughter over the loud music, Chase sighed a happy, satisfied sigh.

He was finally content.

The end.

Okay originally I wrote out a nice long paragraph about how I'm proud of this book and the reads didn't matter but then it disappeared.

So sorry if this paragraph isn't that good!

I'm rather proud of this book and feel it's one of my best books (in my opinion at least). It doesn't have as many reads as my other books but that isn't what matters. What matters is that I'm satisfied with how this book turned out.

I'm sad to have to say goodbye to it but everything has to come to an end, right? I'm sure there will be a new book coming out in the future (I just need to find inspiration...) and, until then, I'll be posting my text fic, Love At First Text or whatever it's called.

Bye bye!!