Pretty Boy (You Make Me Want To Live)

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It was safe to say that because of their positioning and just how ticklish Frank was, that Gerard was bound to get kneed in the balls, but that didn't make it hurt any less. His hands moved straight down to his crotch, covering it protectively and he rolled off Frank, curling up on his back a pained gasp escaping his lips.

"Shit- Fuck- I am so sorry- I didn't mean to- I-" Frank rambled sitting up and looking down at Gerard, a worried expression on his face.

"Shut up-" Gerard groaned, cutting Frank off and not moving from his position.

"I-"

"Shhh..." Gerard mumbled, waving a finger towards Frank's face as if to press it against the smaller male's lips, but not quite being able to reach.

Gerard's brow furrowed and he suddenly sat up, reaching out to Frank and pulling the smaller male across him before lying back down again, his eyes closed and a peaceful look on his face.

Frank lay still for a moment, their chests were pressed against each other and he was effectively using Gerard as a mattress.

"This is nice." Frank mumbled, turning his head to the side so he was looking at Gerard's cheek, smiling when he saw a faint blush on the punk's cheek.

"Yeah." Gerard agreed, turning his own head, blushing even more at the close proximity of their faces, a small smile growing as he studied Frank's face. He shifted slightly, lifting his chin up before hesitating, letting out a quiet breath before shifting again and biting his lip.

He lifted his hand from where it was resting on Frank's hip, moving it up to the effeminate male's cheek, bringing their faces closer together before finally connecting their lips.

It seemed awkward at first, neither of them moving much and Frank pulled away slightly before pressing forwards again, this time taking control of the kiss, sensing Gerard's uncertainty. He pushed himself up, his hands resting either side of Gerard's head, smiling slightly as the punk's hands caressed his cheeks, keeping him there.

It was like once he'd started, Frank just couldn't stop. Gerard's kisses, albeit inexperienced and unsure, were intoxicating. Completely breathtaking; more addictive than the small sticks of nicotine Frank was found to be holding so often.

It was nice, to put it simply. It was the first time in a long while that someone had kissed him and obviously not wanted sex to be the outcome of the kiss.

"Frankie?" Gerard mumbled against Frank's lips, pulling away slightly.

"Yeah?" Frank's voice cracked, which was when he realised there were tears rolling down his face.

"Are- are you okay?" He asked softly, moving to tuck Frank's hair behind his ear, eyes searching Frank's with a worried expression checking to see if he'd done something wrong.

Frank let out a short laugh mixed with a sob, a smile stretching across his face, "Yes, I'm okay."

"You sure?" Gerard asked carefully, wiping the pads of his thumbs under Frank's eyes to try and get rid of the tears. Frank just nodded again, laying his head down on Gerard's chest with a small smile.

The pair were silent for a minute, the only sound being Frank's quiet sniffles until he shifted, looking up at Gerard slightly.

"Y'know," he started, "I used to think I knew what it was like to be falling in love, to be in love, but I'm not so sure anymore, I think you've completely rewritten that for me."

Gerard's eyebrows shot up so fast he swore they almost flew off his face and he glanced down at Frank, glad that the smaller male wasn't watching his reaction. Did Frank really just admit that he was falling in love with Gerard? They'd only been dating for what, a day? Barely that if you counted the hours.

"Which isn't a bad thing, of course, but I never knew what it would be like to be in a relationship where sex wasn't the number one priority, where I didn't feel pressured into doing something, y'know?"

Gerard just nodded, being too caught up in his own thoughts to properly concentrate on what Frank was saying.

"Gee?"

"Mhmm?" The punk hummed in reply.

"Have you... have you ever been in love before?"

Gerard hesitated, he hadn't dated anyone before Frank, which was surprising considering he was already 20, so his answer was obviously going to be no; he shook his head.

"Oh... Have you ever dated anyone before?" Frank then asked, forgetting about boundaries momentarily and twisting to look up at Gerard when he didn't answer, "Not that you have to answer, I was just wondering sor-"

"No, no I haven't you're my first boyfriend... well, unless you count that time in third grade when I dated my then best friend Lindsey, but other than that then no."

"Oh. What do you mean 'then' best friend? Do you guys not talk anymore?" Frank asked, his eyes wide with curiosity.

"She, ah, she moved across the country at the end of the year, and y'know how you always promise to keep in touch then you never do because you don't have any way to actually stay in touch? Well... yeah."

"Oh... Have you got your phone on you?" Frank asked randomly.

"Uh, Yeah, I should-" Gerard shifted, lifting his hips and checking his back pocket, producing the glass-covered device.

"Whoa, you have such a cool phone." Frank breathed, turning it over carefully in his hands, sitting up across Gerard's hips.

He pressed the power button before turning it back to face Gerard, who watched with an amused expression as Frank fiddled to open the phone to its home screen. The smaller male then crawled off Gerard and lay down next to him, lying on his front and Gerard turned his head so he could see what Frank was doing out of the corner of his eye.

The effeminate boy searched for the Facebook app before turning to Gerard with a playful scowl;

"How come you don't have any social media?"

"Never saw any reason to."

Frank just shrugged, fair enough. He opened the App Store and downloaded the app before opening it and creating Gerard an account, asking for his email and a password.

"Smile!" Frank grinned, snapping a picture of the both of them, leaving Gerard a bewildered mess wondering what that was for.

"Okay... what's her last name?"

"Uhm... I think it was Ballato."

Frank tapped around for a few seconds before turning the phone screen towards Gerard.

"This her?"

Gerard took the phone from Frank, scrolling through the profile, a smile growing on his face, and he nodded a couple of times;

"Yeah, I think it is."

"Cool!" Frank grinned, taking the phone back and scrolling to the top, quickly sending the girl a friend request.

"What did you do?" Gerard asked cautiously.

Frank explained, showing the screen to Gerard again as he did so.

Not even seconds later a ping resonated through the room and Frank picked up the phone again, passing it to Gerard.

"She accepted my friend request!"