A White Room

Chapter 11

Chandler's apartment was cozy, decorated with anime posters and baseball things. Chandler has a big couch, a coffee table, and a few end tables with lamps in the living room. Next to the living room was the Kitchen and dining room combination. The kitchen was nice for an apartment, and clearly wasn't used too much before Chandler left, since everything was clean. The dining room table had a few unlit candles on it. 

Chandler had taken his shoes off by the door, and Chris mimicked him. Chandler just smiled at Chris as he looked around, and then quickly went to the kitchen. "Jimmy said he bought food."

Chris chuckled, "You're a foodie huh?"

"Always," Chandler said as he grabbed a box of gushers, "oh they know me so well."

"Gushers?" Chris asked, confused on how that indicated how well they knew him.

"My favorite snack," Chandler said, ripping the box open. Chris chuckled some, Chandler was just adorable in Chris' eyes. "Want one?"

"Sure," Chris replied. Chandler tossed the packet of Gushers across the room, and Chris caught them with ease. "Thanks."

"Nice catch," Chandler said, walking back over to Chris while opening his own pack.

"Nice throw," Chris replied, smirking some. Chandler smiled at Chris, both of them had some nervousness about this whole situation. Chandler was out of a facility for the first time in forever, and he was at his home with the man who helped him get better. As for Chris, he was in his crush's house.

Chandler sighed, "It's odd to be back here."

"I'm sure. It has been two years after all."

"It's nice though. And you're here as well."

Chris looked at Chandler, "What does that have to do with the strangeness of being back?"

Chandler finished chewing some gushers before talking, "It makes it easier. You're like a link, something that reminds me that not everything is changing." 

"Good to know that you enjoy me around."

"I always will Chris," Chandler said, "You're the first person I connected with in more than two years, you're my friend." Chris smiled. He hoped Chandler would see him as more than a friend. Chris would give anything to be more than a friend to Chandler.

"I'll always be here for you Chan."

"Do you promise?"

"I promise," Chris said. Chandler held out his pinky to Chris. Chris chuckled before locking his pinky with Chandler's. "I pinky promise."

Chandler smiled, but then froze for a second and sighed, "I should probably plug in my phone. I'm sure there's a ton of messages to look through."

"Oh yeah. That's probably important."

"Probably," Chandler replied as he went into his room. His phone charger was still plugged in next to his bed. Chandler unplugged it and plugged it back in in the living room. He then connected his phone to it and tossed his phone onto the table. "I'll worry about it later."

"An expert procrastinator," Chris said.

Chandler smiled, "You know it. Anyways, what do you wanna do?"

"We could watch a movie, you've missed some good ones."

"Sure!" Chandler replied, he turned on his TV and opened Netflix, Jimmy had a family plan that they were all on. There were 4 accounts. Jimmy's, Chandler's which is called 'Chan-Chan', Tareq's which is called 'I own cameras', and then one called Ect, which everyone else could use. 

"Why does it not surprise me that you share a Netflix with Jimmy," Chris said. 

"Because you've realized that Jimmy is both my best friend and boss," Chandler replied as he tossed the remote to Chris, "put something on. I'll grab soda for us both."

"Mountain Dew?"

"I told you I liked it one time and now I cannot live it down," Chandler said.

Chris chuckled, "So it is mountain dew."

"Yes it's mountain dew." Chris chuckled as he opened Chandler's netflix account and started to look, checking to see what types of things Chandler would normally watch first. Chris picked a movie and put it on as Chandler walked back in, two cans of mountain dew and a box of gushers in hand. Chris couldn't help but laugh some. "What??" Chandler asked.

"You holding two cans of soda and a box of gushers is the most you thing I've seen you do yet," Chris said.

"You haven't seen shit yet," Chandler jokes, "You think I'm bad now wait until you see me while filming tomorrow." 

"Oh that's right. I still have no clue what I'm getting myself into with that."

Chandler paused and took the remote, "Fuck youtube then. We gotta prepare you for the bullshit that will occur tomorrow. Especially since it'll likely be more than just me and Jimmy. "

"You sure Chan?"

"Yeah it's sure. Besides, I'm one of the best people to watch these videos with since I'll be able to tell you some of the things that weren't caught on camera," Chandler said.

Chris sighed, "Go ahead then." Chandler opened youtube on his TV and then typed MrBeast into the search bar. 

"Besides, I'm sure there are videos that I've missed and I'm curious about what everyone got up to," Chandler reasoned. Chandler then clicked on a video, and that was the beginning of a long night for them.

Chris and Chandler sat together on the couch and watched, Chandler kept explaining jokes and such, and telling Chris about the people who kept popping up in videos. Chris was just happy to be there with Chandler. They had been letting the videos auto-play, that way Chandler got a decent mix of videos he recognized and those that had occurred during his confinement. Chris was watching when he noticed Chandler hadn't said anything about the last few videos, some of which he was definitely in. Chris looked over to see that Chandler was fast asleep. 

Chandler looked peaceful when asleep. Chris moved to carefully lay Chandler down, and then he went to leave. Chandler's eyes opened a little, "stay." His quiet voice called out. Chris looked back at Chandler before walking back to the couch and sitting down by him.

"Okay, I will. Anything you need, that's what I'll be." Chandler smiled softly and fell back asleep. Chris couldn't even consider denying it, he was absolutely infatuated with Chandler. But maybe, just maybe, he didn't mind loving Chandler. And maybe Chandler loved him back.