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just friends

Frank was sitting on his bed, peacefully doing his homework until his phone rang. He looked at it to see that his best friend, Gerard, was calling him.

"Hey Gee, what's up?" Frank answered with a bit of a tired tone.

He assumed it was probably going to be another hour long phone call about how much Gerard had a crush on Patrick Stump. Frank didn't really like talking about it, but he cared about Gerard and let him talk about Patrick. Frank could never tell Gerard that he had a crush on him.

"Frank! I need your advice! Pete Wentz came up to me yesterday and told me that Patrick liked me- and that he wanted to ask me out on a date. And guess what... on that date, he might KISS me tomorrow! What should I do? I've never kissed someone before!! Frank, please help!" Gerard pleaded.

Frank could never say no to Gerard, but he really wasn't sure how to help him.

"Uh- I'm not exactly sure. I guess you could kiss your hand or your shower wall or something?" Frank helplessly suggested.

"Why in the hell would I kiss my shower wall?" Gerard snapped, desperate to find a solution.

"Dude, I don't know? I saw it on Tumblr or some shit like that. And please take into account that I haven't even had my first kiss either! So what makes you think I would fucking know how to kiss someone!?" Frank snapped back, jealously coated thick in his voice.

"Well... Uh... I was thinking maybe we could... kisseachotherforpractice?" Gerard suggested quietly, mumbling at the end.

Frank nearly choked on his spit and he tossed his phone across his bed in shock. Holy shit, no way this was happening.

"Uh, hello? Are you still there? Is everything okay?"

Frank rushed to his phone and mumbled, "...Yeah?"

"So... would you like to?" Gerard asked with a bit more confidence.

"I mean if you... I mean sure but..." Frank was beyond flustered at his suggestion.

"I'll take that as a yes! I'll be over in five!" and then Gerard hung up.

Frank's heart was beating so fast. His hands were shaking as he set down his phone in shock. He couldn't believe that Gerard wanted to kiss him? But it was only for practice- there's no way he liked him. Gerard liked Patrick. Frank was so confused and nervous.

He laid down on his bed and took a deep breath and repeated in his head,

"We are only friends- this is just what friends do! This is normal, he doesn't like you like that and you don't like him like that. We are just friends. Nothing more, nothing less."

Soon enough, he heard footsteps come up the stairs.

"Frank, I'm here!" Gerard said excitedly, plopping down on his bed.

"Hey Gee." he replied, sitting up awkwardly.

"So, are you sure you want to do this?" Frank asked with hesitation, hoping that maybe Gerard would say no. This would make his crush on him become worse. Fuck.

Yeah, I'm sure!" Gerard said with lots of enthusiasm. Frank sighed.

Frank found it a bit weird about how enthusiastic he was about this. He didn't seem to be nervous at all. Frank, on the other hand was shaking. He was going to kiss his crush- who also happened to be his best friend and then have to forget about it. He knew his heart would be crushed, but he'd do anything for Gerard.

Frank looked Gerard in the eyes. His beautiful, dark brown eyes were sparkling in the golden sun that was shining from the window.

His perfectly plump lips looked so kissable and Frank felt ready to kiss him. Patrick was so lucky. He leaned in slowly, hoping Gerard would get the hint. Here goes nothing...

Frank's heart was beating so fast. He rushed a bit and pressed his lips to Gerard's. It was the most amazing feeling. His lips were so soft and perfect. Frank wanted to stay in that moment forever, but he knew he couldn't. He didn't want to push Gerard to the next level, so he pulled away, his cheeks a light pink color.

"Wow. that was really good!" Gerard said. Frank noticed that there wasn't really much of a blush on Gerard's cheeks.

"Really? Well, I'm glad you liked it. I guess while we're here, I really need to tell you something. Uh- listen Gee, I've been meaning to tell this to you for a while but I really really like you..." Frank breathed out, in the spur of the moment. As soon as that sentence came out of his mouth, he knew he messed up big time.

"Oh." Gerard replied, his face falling. The energy in the room became very tense between the two. "I'm sorry frank, I really don't feel the same." he replied quietly, rubbing the back of his neck.

Fuck. Frank faked a smile and said, "It's okay Gerard. It was just a stupid little crush anyways. Just forget about it. Uh, good luck with Patrick."

"No worries. And thanks, I'll text you later?" Gerard asked, standing up.

"Yeah..." Frank replied.

As soon as Gerard left the room, his face fell. He could feel the tears welling up in his eyes. And as soon as Gerard walked out of his house, Frank started to cry. Tears hopelessly fell out of his eyes and he sobbed loudly.

Frank closed his eyes and all he saw was black. He'd never felt so sad in his life, but unfortunately he was destined to be alone forever.