Best + Bitter = Better

Twenty Five days after

Geoff wakes from the feeling of something playing with his hair. He looks over to see Awsten plaiting little braids in his hair. He grins lazily at Awsten. "Mornin'." Geoff mumbles, rolling over and cuddling Awsten, kissing his forehead gently.

Awsten giggles, "Good morning." He tugs Geoff's shirt, so that he's looking at him. "I'm gonna break up with Mark." He smiles.

Geoff instantly wakes up a hundred percent more. "What? Are you sure? How long have you been up?" He pinches himself subtly to make sure it's not a dream. It's not a dream.

"Geoff. I thought about it. I have self respect. What he did was wrong and I'm not gonna put up with it." Awsten declares.

Geoff gives Awsten a squeeze, "I'm so proud of you, lovely." Inside Geoff, there's a party going on, but he keeps it calm on the outside.

Geoff's phone rings, shocking them both out of the moment. Geoff puts it to his ear, mumbling a quiet hello. "Oh, hey Jawn." Geoff smiles. His eyes are on Awsten's face to make sure he isn't making fun of him. It's an irrational fear, okay.

"Hey, Bud, I'm at the shops, do you need anything?" Jawn asks and Geoff can hear various rattles of shopping trolleys in the background.

"Uh, no thanks, " He covers the speaker, so he can ask Awsten if he wants anything. Awsten shakes his head. "Yeah, no thank you." Jawn starts to say goodbye, but Geoff interrupts him, "Wait! Wait." He steps out of the bed and starts pacing the room. "Y'know when you said I could live with you?" Jawn makes a sound of recognition. "Yeah... Can I? Because I had to stay at Awsten's last night 'cause Lucy had someone over and I got a job at Starbucks, so I can pay rent and everything and—"

Jawn cuts him off with laughing and he goes bright red. "Of course you can. And what's this about you staying at Awsten's?"

Geoff smiles, "Okay, okay, bye!" He hangs up, turning to look at Awsten. He's wearing an unreadable expression.

"You're moving in with Jawn?" Awsten asks, there's a tinge of disappointment in his tone. A frown flashes across his face before he plasters a smile over it and gets out of bed. "I'm happy for you! Y'know you'll never have to see Lucy again." He wraps his arms around Geoff, who reciprocates his actions. Awsten's voice sounded flat and Geoff doesn't quite know what to do with this information.

Geoff coughs and steps away from Awsten, but Awsten stays clung to him for a moment longer. "Yeah, I'll finally be away from her and I'll hopefully never ever ever see a naked woman again." He laughs awkwardly.

"Unless it's your girlfriend." Awsten adds, unaware of Geoff's current predicament.

Geoff makes up his mind in a second. "I don't want to have a girlfriend. I want a boy one— I-I mean a boyfriend. Not a boy, only a boy my age, are we boys? I don't know. I'm not I creep— I mean like I don't like children. I mean I love children, but not like as a friend— like a boyfriend I mean. Being friends with children is cool. No, wait I mean—," Geoff sighs. "I give up." He laughs nervously and stares at his shoes as his entire face heats up.

Awsten steps forward and touches his arm, "You're gay?" He asks gently. This is one thing he never expected from Geoff.

"Yeah." Geoff breathes. Awsten smiles.

- sorry it's short. I have a headache.