the idea of you

chapter 10

before benji opened the door he wiped his face and looked down

"hey Benji are you good?" Jorge asked knowing Benji was hurting even though he wanted to get straight to it but baby steps Jorge thought "y-yeah I'm alright" Benji said clearly lying trying to steady his voice

(no you not, you not baby and it's okay you don't need to be good all the time it's okay to not be good 💀✌🏼)

"are you sure Benji?" Jorge asked "y-yes Jorge I'm fine" Benji said with a shakey voice "Benji's be honest with me I'm here for you and I'm not gonna judge you. Jorge walks over to Benji's bed and Pat's on it noticing the stuff on his floor ignoring it "come on Benjamin talk to me I'm here for you" Benji goes to sit down noticing the necklace in his hand and breaks down in tears "i-im s-sorry I'm trying to not cry" Jorge pulled Benji into a hug and held him there "Benji it's gonna be okay-" "I'm sorry I'm being such a crybaby" Benji said not meaning to interrupt Jorge "it's gonna be okay just let it out your only more of a man showing emotion. I'm proud of you Benji" "w-what do you mean" Benji said as he sat up "o-oh I'm sorry I left-" Benji points at Jorge's shirt with wet spots from tears on it "it's okay silly but I'm proud of you your being really strong and you lost someone very important to you and your letting it out it takes a man to show emotions to someone Benji I'm really proud of you" Jorge says smiling at Benji looking at his eyes "thanks Jorge I really appreciate it" Benji says looking back smiling as a tear falls Jorge puts his thumb on Benji's cheek wiping it away "wanna talk about it?" Jorge says smiling trying not to cry "i-i guess" "hey you don't have to if you don't want to" Jorge said understandingly "no it's okay come" Benji walks back over to the small spot he was at before in his room-

tbc I'm sorry I was supposed to post this yesterday but it didn't post? I'll try to be active but school exists

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