The game was about to begin and after entrusting Mia with keeping James company, Brandon had walked in the field joining the blue team. Nate was conveniently on the other team and Brandon made a mental note to flatten the guy on the ground even if he wasn't near the fucking ball. He grinded his teeth and took position. Nate's sister, a red-head feisty little demon who was three years younger than them, was the leader of the blue team. She shouted some numbers and formations then threw the ball straight in George's arms who sprinted away quickly. Brandon made sure to hold any attacks on George pushing away other players and leaving the path for the tall guy to run. Suddenly out of nowhere he saw Nate making his dive towards his brother in order to steal the ball and Brandon seeked the opportunity. He run faster and with a leap let his whole body sprint to his left where Nate was coming. He slammed into the guy right in the stomach with his big shoulder. His arms reached around Nate and held strongly, for a second it seem they were flying backwards. He heard Nate's breath get caught short and then a thud when they both came tumbling on the ground.
"What the fuck" Nate managed to moan in between groans, he was holding his side a look of pain in his face.
"Yes! Yes! That's what I'm talking about" Brandon heard George celebrating and looked at his teammates giving hi-fives. George had managed to score.
"That was a mean tuckle" Nate's sister Gina chuckled and patted Brandon on the back.
"You didn't have to be so harsh, you fucker" Nate mumbled while standing up and rubbing his side painfully.
"And you didn't have to be such an asshole back there" Brandon shot angrily and strolled away, not waiting for an answer. The rest of the game was spent in the same tempo. Both teams managed to score but the two boys were inflicting the most pain on each other. Everyone seemed to realize their dooming moods and let them attack each other by themselves. At the end Brandon was sporting a split lip and Nate a blue eye and a possibly cracked rib.James had held his breath more times than he wanted to admit during that awful brutal game. He was scared for Brandon every time that 'friend' of his would lunched at his man. Mia though seemed to take the whole thing as if it was expected, her two best friends were literally beating each other and she just fumed and mumbled angrily. She was angry but at the same time relaxed as if this happened regularly.
"Stupid boys. They think they can solve everything with violence" she shook her head and James whimpered at the sight of Brandon wiping blood from his mouth.
"What is Nate's problem?" James spat the other boy's name with anger. After a second of seizing him up, Mia seemed to come to a decision "He is jealous" she simply said and James looked at her shocked.
"But he is your boyfriend! You don't mean.. what?..does he like Brandon that way?" He panicky asked and felt jealously overwhelming him.
Mia chuckled and shook her head "no, no" she smiled "he is not in love with Brandon and he is not jealous of him"
"I don't understand. You say he's jealous, if not of Brandon then who?" James perfectly plucked brows raised in realisation, with his hand on his chest he exclaimed shocked in a high pitched voice "Me?! He is jealous of me?"
Mia leaned back at the bench where they were both sitting on and looked at James seriously.
"He is jealous of the time Brandon is spending with you" when she saw James' face morphing into annoyance she added "Try to understand James. Nate, Brandon and I have been friends since we were 11 years old. Nate and Brandon have been literally inseparable since then. That's 16 whole years" she explained as a matter of fact.
James who was shook now from that information, winced at never asking Brandon's age and stored the detail in the back of his head.
"I'm sure Brandon has been in a relationship before" he said still in his high anxious pitch voice, his hand trembling in frustration.
"Of course he has, there were a few girls and some boys" she said thoughtfully, a new wave of jealously reared inside of James, his eyes widening in surprise at the mention of girls "but that's not for me to talk about. I can just tell you that whoever he dated in the past, his friends would always come first" James tried to protest but she held her hand up silencing him "I'm not saying that's not the case now. I'm perfectly aware of Brandon's priorities. They might have expanded a little these couple of weeks" she gestured at James "but I know we always come first. We are his family" James nodded his head, of course they were, Brandon was always talking about them. And he could understand that they were very important people for Brandon "He hasn't really introduced us to anyone in the past ever since high school" she said at James, shocking him once more "and he has been spending a lot of time with you. It all came quite as a shock for Nate and me. Mostly Nate since they are used to do everything together. Nate's just confused, but he will come around" she went on making James heart beat so fast in his chest he was about to faint, was Brandon so serious about them? Could he hope for such a thing?
"And I can see that he is happy, really happy" she went on seriously looking at him intently. "Thank you for that" Mia mumbled in a hushed voice and looked somewhere at the right of James' shoulder. James stared at her in awe and shock.
"Hey, how are you two?" Brandon's deep voice sent shivers down James spine. He felt him approach and sit right next to him, and the next thing he knew James was raised up and placed on Brandon's lap. The muscled guy was dirty and sweaty, but other than a gasp of shock James didn't protest when the guy enveloped him in a tight hug and kissed him on the cheek.
"We are doing just fine" Mia said raising her brow at Brandon's open display of affection as if she wasn't used to such behavior of him. "It's you two idiots we had to worry about" she said while standing up, her boyfriend was walking reluctantly towards them.James felt Brandon's arms clench around him, his hold tightening. James fingers travelled over Brandon's split lip, now a bit swallen.
"What the hell do you want now?" Brandon hissed to someone behind James. The dark haired boy turned and saw Nate standing awkwardly at the side of his girlfriend who was looking at him with a disapproving scowl.
"James" Nate addressed the boy who looked at him suspiciously
"Yeess?" James asked cautiously and shifted in Brandon's arm now seating between Brandon's legs, his back flashed on his boyfriend's hard chest, his arm holding James around the waist.
"It's nice to meet you" he said looking at James with determination, his face reddening, the color clashing violently with his hair. "Sorry for being an asshole" he mumbled and looked ready to bolt.
James smiled and nodded.
"S'allright Nate" he stood and made his way towards the guy, extending his arm for the second time that night. Nate smiled and shook his hand.
"You like burgers?" Nate said motioning to the boy to walk with him.
"They're my absolute favorite" James answered with a grin
"I know a place. They make a mean burger." Nate said now both walking away leaving behind a huge grinning Brandon and a calculating Mia.
"You didn't mention to James that you've dated girls" she said as soon as the two boys were far enough.
Brandon looked at her shockingly, he was happy that his best buddy had took his head out of his ass and tried to be nice to James.
"It hasn't come up" he said and looked at James talking animatedly at Nate who was looking at him with concentration. "There wasn't a right time to talk about it" he said frowning.
"If you are serious about him.." Mia started saying
"I am" Brandon pointed
"Then you should talk to him about your father" Mia went on as if he hadn't talk. She tilted her head and looked at him with a loving smile. "You are in love aren't you?"
Brandon gaped at her "I'm what?" He was shocked, but it shouldn't be such a surprise Mia was always sharp and quick with understanding things even before Nate or Brandon talked about it.
"Don't you worry, your secret is safe with me Brandy-candy" she teased him like she did when they were little and laughed.
"Oh shut up Mia" he shot pathetically back with a smile and marched right over to save his boyfriend from Nate's embarrassing stories of them as kids.
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The YouTuber (bxb)
Romance**Completed** James is a successful youtuber, a guru of make up, who has no luck in love. All he wants is a straight guy, but all straight guys so far has used him and left him. Will Brandon be the one James is looking for? His macho straight foreve...