boyf riends one - shots!

the play except the squip didn't happen & michael wears a dress !! (old fic)

this is. A Thing

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(JEREMYS POV)

I walked into the backstage door, carrying my costume and props that I had brought and instantly was greeted by a cheerful filipino boy, my best friend for over 12 years, Michael Mell. 

"Jeremy, my buddy! Guess who's working technician?" He pointed to himself and smiled, he had a headset with a tiny microphone attached to it, with a black t-shirt and black jeans, and of course his classic white sneakers. I barely see him without his classic red sweater on, I gotta admit.. he did look a lot more muscular and fit. He looked.. hot. Wait! No, I didn't mean that. I have to keep my mind set on Christine, after all, she was my Juliet. I blushed slightly and smiled.

"That's so cool! You have V.I.P seating to my show." I nudged him and winked as we walked, He laughed. 

"They just seen that I was good with electronics, and hired me! I'm also working with this cool guy named Jared, he's really good at electronics!" He continued to talk, but I was in a daze just staring at him. Why was I staring at him? I thought, but didn't stop staring. Michael was so upbeat and nice, cute.. 

"Earth to Jeremy!" Michael clapped his hands in front of my face, I let out a squeak and looked around. 

"Oh, right. S-Sorry.." I sighed and scratched the back of my neck. 

"You nervous?" 

"I guess." I shrugged, he put his hand on my shoulder and smiled at me gingerly.

"You'll be great, Jer." He whispered, I blushed and nodded. Why am I all of a sudden so nervous around Michael? Well, now that I think about it.. I'm always blushy and nervous around him. How dumb am I? I never noticed this stuff!

"T-Thanks.." I smiled. 

"By the way, you, me, my basement, and some weed." He smiled brightly, walking backwards shooting me finger guns. I giggled.

"Sure." I tucked a piece of my curly hair behind my ear, he quickly ran off into another room, I guess it's time to start the play. 

(TIME SKIP HALF AN HOUR INTO THE PLAY)

I sat at the side of the stage, out of sight and watching Christine play her part as Juliet, fighting with her father, who was played by Jake, about how she wanted to marry my character, Romeo. 

"But father, I love him!" She shouted dramatically, 

"He is an outcast, and I will not let my daughter marry a thief!" Jake pointed at her.

"The only thing he stole was my heart!" She stomped her foot, staring at Jake. I heard little aw's come from the audience, I admit, it was a nice touch to the play. I blushed and stared at her, she was wearing a red dress, and It almost looked like Maria's dress from Hamilton, except a little less censored. I felt two hands rest against my shoulders, I jumped and whipped my head around to see a smiling Michael.

"You're gonna do great." He massaged my shoulders, I leaned my head back into his chest and let out a relaxed sigh. Michael has given me massages before, no, it wasn't gay! I was stressed and he helped me, no gayness, at all, nope. Although, I did like being touched by him.. Especially the fact that I had my shirt off. I watched Christine as Michael massaged my shoulders, also watching Christine. She was singing her solo, and the song ended, but as soon as it did she stepped on her dress and twisted her ankle weirdly, falling face first into the stage, causing a nose bleed. The audience clapped and some gasped, the curtains closed for intermission. The whole crew quickly rushed over and asked if she was okay, including me.

"Christine! Are you okay?!" I kneeled down to her, she had her hand covering her nose and the other cradled her ankle. 

"I-I think I broke my ankle.." She groaned, tears quickly began to fall from her eyes, ruining her mascara. Jenna, Brooke, Chloe, and Michael all surrounded her and whispering it's gonna be okay, it's okay.. to her multiple times, I gave her a tissue for her nose and the ambulance came. 

"W-Wait! What about the p-"

"Get someone else to play Juliet! She has a broken ankle!" A male doctor yelled, picking her up into a bed that had wheels. She was crying hard from all the pain that she was suffering, and I felt so bad, I almost started crying. Michael was talking Christine through it, Michael and Christine were both very close, in fact, Michael was closer with Christine than I was! They rolled her away, Mr. Reyes following, Jenna went with them because Christine wanted a friend to go with her. 

"Is she okay?" I said to Michael as he walked in front of me, he shook his head.

"Alright, children, who wants to play Juliet?" Mr. Reyes yelled, me and my peers all gave each other confused glances, whispering words to each other.

"Michael knows all of the lines! He helped Jeremy practice." Brooke yelled from the back, we all looked over at Brooke. But me and Michael both looked at each other, smiling nervously and blushing furiously. Yes, Michael helped me practice, just not.. the kissing part, of course. 

"Perfect! Michael, throw on the old Maria Reynolds dress from last year! Girls, go find his size!" Mr. Reyes yelled, the girls scattered to Michael, pulling him away into the dressing room.

"W-Wait-!" Michael protested, but the door closed behind them quickly. I was dumbfounded. I stood there with a blushing face and muttering words to myself, I was going to have to kiss Michael, and, he would be in the Maria Reynolds dress. 

"Yikes." Jared spoke suddenly, I turned my head over to him. He walked over to me and smirked,

"Your Michael's boyfriend, right?" He put out his hand for me to shake, my blush intensified.

"B-Boyfriend?" I pulled at the collar of my costume shirt, he laughed and slapped his knee.

"I was kidding! Chill out, man." Jared slapped my arm playfully, I tried to calm down, but I was so caught up in the sight of Michael in the dress, me dipping him and kissing him..

"Y-Yea.. right. Y-Your.. Jared Kleinman?" I stuttered.

"The one and only." He said with a cocky attitude. I shook his hand and smiled nervously, he yanked my arm and pulled his mouth closer to my ear.

"Michael likes you." He whispered, twirled me around with his hand, and then walked away, smirking and chuckling. I had a dumbfounded look on my face.

..Michael likes me too? 

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