We Can Work It Out

I Had No Idea that You're in Deep

Hey, Deaky's finally out. Are you gonna come over? – Bri

Roger read the text message from Brian when he was playing scrabble with Freddie in his own flat. He glanced toward Freddie and he saw the older man was busying himself form a word from his own scrabble tile. He was about to reply Brian's message when Freddie chirped out in happiness when he got a high score.

"Yeah! Now you're going down, Taylor!" Freddie said in pure happiness while Roger was only thinking about going to Brian's and John's shared flat that was actually only across the hall.

"That's not so bad, mate," Roger squinted his eyes and tried to reply Brian's text first before he form his own word.

Still playin scrabble w fred. Wait a min.

After he sent his message, he bit his lip because he was worried Freddie would catch him texting with Brian behind his back. Oh, yeah, Brian and Roger were in a kind of relationship. They were only fooling around but not actually in a real relationship. They casually slept with each other but not calling themselves boyfriends yet. That was why they didn't speak a word toward their bandmates, Freddie and John. They wanted to keep it that way.

Just tell him that you're going to do some laundry or something. I miss you. – Bri

Reading Brian's immediate reply made Roger bit his bottom lip even harder. He believed if he bit it much harder, it would bleed. Freddie reminded him to form a word already and he also warned Roger not to bit his lip too hard. Roger stopped his bad habit for a moment until he formed a word and he accidentally formed a high-scored word. Freddie looked unhappy but the older man just frowned.

"Who are you texting?" Freddie asked all of sudden. Roger didn't see that coming and he just startled a little bit. He casually took a swig from his beer to control his mini heart attack and also to hide his blush from Freddie. He didn't want to tell his best friend that he was secretly texting Brian who was waiting for him across the hall just to had sex with him.

"Um... my sister?" He cursed himself because it sounded more like a question than a statement. Roger knew that Freddie didn't believe him a hundred percent, judging how the older man looked right now, but he also didn't want to tell Freddie the truth, yet. It was his deal with Brian.

Aren't you coming over? I'm so close to do it all by myself in the bathroom. – Bri.

Roger couldn't breathe. He imagined Brian doing something dirty just to relieve himself in the bathroom and boy, that was so fucking hot and he could feel himself getting hard just the thought of it. But, Roger immediately remembered that he was not alone and Freddie was sitting right in front of him. He didn't want to alarm the older man that Roger was imagining their guitarist doing something dirty in his bathroom.

B there in 5 mins.

"Uh... Fred? I just remember that I have a pile of dirty clothes in my room. And I know I don't have more clean clothes to wear. So, I'm going to do some laundry downstairs." Roger finally said. He felt bad that he lied to his roommate and his best friend. He didn't want to lie to Freddie. In fact, he wanted to tell Freddie everything about his secret kind of relationship with Brian. But everything was perfect between him and Brian because nobody knew about their relationship yet and they wanted to keep it that way until both men were ready to tell the world.

"Laundry? I thought you were doing your laundry last night when Deaky and I were out?" Damn. Roger needed a better excuse in the future and Freddie knew how terrible of a liar Roger was.

"Well, I was so occupied watching some videos on Youtube last night that I actually kind of forgot to do my laundry. So, I think I don't want to forget it this time," Roger said with a smile. Freddie was skeptical at first but he was nodding anyway. Roger was relieved that Freddie actually bought it. And he also kind of complimented himself how fast he could think of an excuse.