You did WHAT?!?!

Part 5

It only took a few days for Brook to get completely better and back on his feet. Of course, with his inability to hold a good grudge, he forgave Andy and Rye for playing such a cruel joke on him. To pay him back, they both agreed to buy Brook's food for a week. Jack, thank goodness, didn't catch the fever, despite getting a lot of unwarranted but not unwanted hugs from a practically drunk teddy bear that was a sick Brooklyn.

Goes without saying though that as time went by Jack's brain and his heart struggled harder and harder to get along. While his brain demand he repress his steadily increasing feelings towards Brook, his heart couldn't help but to pound with excitement whenever he received a hug or a bright smile. These feelings felt like nothing shy of a guilty pleasure, constantly invading his senses.

Despite all that, he kept forcing himself to push them down. He didn't want to deal with these feelings, at least not now. They took up the space in his head and the time in his day.

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"GO GO GO GO YES!! WOO!!!" Mikey hollered. Jumping up from the couch as Brook slammed his controller down on the table.

"Dammit."

"Look mate, I'm really, truly sorry that I'm so good at FIFA and you suck at it."

"You don't have to rub it in my face like that." Brook huffed as Mikey cackled and continued to do his little victory dance. Jack, who was lying on Andy's bed, could only laugh.

"Don't be too upset, you're still better at GTA than he is." Brook face perked up and he chuckled, a devilish smile emerging on his face.

"I am aren't I." he said, turning to look at his victorious opponent. At this point, Mikey had ceased all cellabration and a small competitive fire now burned in his eyes.

"Not a chance. I could beat you anyday."

"Is that a challenge?" Brook quirked his eyebrow, confidence gleaming in his eye.

"Hell yeah it is BRING IT ON!! I WILL DESTROY YOU GIBS!!"

"AHA IN YOUR DREAMS!!! I AM THE KING OF THIS GAME!!"

"YOU DELUSIONAL CREATURE!! THERE IS ONLY ONE KING, AND THAT'S ME!!"

"DON'T FOOL YOURSELF MATE! I'M KING!"

"NO I'M KING!!"

Jack suddenly cracked and started laughing hysterically. The two competitors spun their heads around to look at him. "Are you idiots gonna put in the game and play or are ya gonna keep arguing all day?" The boys only stared in response.

"Oh, he's right." Brook stated bluntly, running over to the console to set up the game.

"Absolute nutters you are." Jack pushed out, wiping a tear from his eye. As the boys became concentrated on their game, Jack stood to leave. While passing behind the couch, he reached out to Brook and ruffled his hair, "Good luck." he said, and then headed back to his room.

Upon laying down on his bed, he instantly became tired, succumbing to sleep.

Hey.

Hey you.

Yeah you.

Don't be shy, I'm only a part of your dream.

Oh, looks like you can't respond to me.

You can hear me though right? 

Okay good. 

Listen, I have something important to tell you. 

I can hear your heart. 

It's in pain. 

It cries a lot. 

Often actually. 

And this isn't the first time it's felt this either. 

I know you know this. 

You've been hurting your heart Jack. 

Your heart found another heart that it loves, so truly and so deeply. 

You've been keeping it away, you've been keeping it trapped. 

You might think that it's for the best, but it's not. 

It'll only continue to cause you pain. 

Don't keep doing this Jack, you have to stop. 

I want you to feel happy and full, and not scared anymore. 

Lots of things will be confusing along the way but I promise it will all be okay in the end. 

Promise me Jack, promise your heart. 

Promise you won't hurt it anymore. 

Promise, promise, promise, promise...

"Jack? Hey, Jack. JACK?!" said boy's eyes snapped open to see Brook looking down at him with curious eyes. Those big, green, adorable eyes. "Oh my god I thought you were dead! Hey, hey guess what? I BEAT MIKE AT GTA!!" he wiggled excitedly from his knelt position on the floor. Jack sat up on his bed, a warm smile gracing his face.

"Well done mate."

"You proud of me?" Brook asked excitedly. Jack felt his heart whirl to life.

"Yeah, I'm real proud of you."

Brook smiled brightly, but it soon began to fade, being replaced with a look of concern.

"Jack, are you okay? Why are you crying?"

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Ok so this chapter is pretty short kind like the rest of the book but I promise the ending is longer (I mean I think but honest to god I could be wrong (it is the last chapter though so the finale should be the longest)) (anyway). Hope y'all have enjoyed my shit. Thanks for 100+ reads btw my dumb ass appreciates that xD Okay i'm done. Peace out mother fuckas.