Ej x Ricky one shots

I hate you, i love you

author: IzzyBizzyFrizzyDizzy

platform: archiveofourourown

Chapter 1: I've Got You Now

     It was an unusually normal rehearsal day for the crew, given the crazy theater drama that was usually the norm. Ricky was going over lines and lyrics with Nini, Carlos was adding some new dance steps with the ensemble, and Miss Jen was shouting at people to, "Channel their inner Wildcat!" E.J was watching all this from afar, having felt confident enough in his lines to take a short break.

     He watched as Nini and Ricky sung the lyrics to "Breaking Free" together, the raw emotion showing in their face and singing. Ricky was grasping Nini's hands, and they both looked alive. But E.J. fiddled with the cap on his water bottle, because even though he gotten over his differences with Ricky, he still had a feeling of pain in him when he saw how happy Ricky and Nini were when they sang. He knew it wasn't because of Nini, he already established that he had gotten over her, but if it wasn't Nini that was causing his pain, than who could it be?

     E.J slumped, resting his face in his hands. It was Ricky that was causing him to feel this way, of course it was Ricky. E.J had tried to deny it again and again, but late at night while he tried to sleep, the image of the beautiful, curly-haired boy always crept into his mind. In fact, if Nini hadn't broken up with E.J when she did, E.J would've probably still ended the relationship a little later. But however much E.J wished and longed for, Ricky was an unattainable man in his book, for E.J was sure that Ricky only had his gorgeous eyes set on Nini. But still, E.J longed for a chance to kiss the boy, at least once, just so he could experience the amazing bliss of kissing Ricky Bowen. He caught himself daydreaming in class many times since the boy entered his life, and all E.J wanted to do was hold him in his arms, just once.

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     Ricky gazed into Nini's eyes as they dance and sung, without a single care in the world. He sang with sincerity, he did, but he couldn't ignore the side of him that longed to sing with someone else, and that someone just wasn't Nini. He really did care for the girl, and even though he had only joined the musical in the first place to win back Nini, he was over her. And he couldn't prevent his eyes from wandering to someone else, someone whose last name rhymes with "That's well."

     The first time that Ricky acknowledged his feelings for E.J, he was terrified. In his mind, this was all wrong, he should have feelings for Nini, not for E.J, the boy whose nose he had accidentally broke before. But he couldn't silence his feelings for E.J, and they only got stronger and stronger over time, until he fell less and less out of love with Nini. But deep down inside, Ricky knew that a relationship with E.J just wasn't possible, he and E.J were close to friendship now, sure, but Ricky was sure that E.J probably still liked Nini. And even if E.J had moved on from Nini, even if E.J was gay or bi, why would he ever go for Ricky?

     Nini would always be Ricky's best friend, through thick and thin, dating and not dating. But right now, while he was supposed to be focused on dancing and singing with Nini, he couldn't tear his gaze away from E.J, who was sitting in the very last row of the auditorium. Ricky gazed longingly at E.J, whose glance was elsewhere, and all Ricky wanted to do was to run up to E.J and kiss him.

     Suddenly, Ricky found himself tripping and falling to the floor.

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     E.J glanced upwards at the stage, where Ricky was continuing to sing "Breaking Free" with Nini.

"We're soaring, flying,

There's not a star in heaven that we can't reach,

If we're trying, so we're breaking free"

     E.J painfully smiled at the lyrics, he wished that it were him up there, singing his heart out with Ricky, instead of Nini. He could almost imagine it, nobody else but Ricky and him, holding each other's hands, gazing into each other's eyes, lips inches apart from touching. But E.J wasn't stupid, he knew that would never happen. Still, a boy can dream.

     E.J gazed up at Ricky, he was so beautiful. From his cocoa-brown eyes to his soft curls, E.J doesn't think that he'd even fallen more for somebody. But suddenly, while reaching a high note, E.J sees Ricky losing his footing, and falling off of the stage.

     E.J's instincts kick in, and before he knew it, he's dashing down to the stage, sliding onto his knees, making a perfect catch. E.J has Ricky carried in a bridal-style way, and the boys both blush crimson-red. E.J's heart is racing, and he's pretty sure that Ricky can hear the loud pounding coming from E.J's broad chest.

     "I've got you now," E.J said, gazing into Ricky's nervous eyes.

     The boys didn't notice it at first but the entire rehearsal had stopped to look at the undeniably awkwardly romantic scene. Ricky's eyes were a mixture of shock, surprise, and some other emotion that E.J couldn't quite place. Their noses were inches apart from touching, and E.J could feel Ricky's slow breathing on his face.

     The room was dead-silent, with the others intently listening to see if the silently long-shipped couple would finally get together. E.J stared into Ricky's eyes, and he couldn't do it any longer. He couldn't keep ignoring the signals from his heart, he knew that his heart would never fall for someone as much as it had fallen for Ricky Bowen. He loved this boy with all his heart, he knew it, and he had to at least try, take a chance, take a leap of faith.

     That's when Ricky grabbed E.J by his perfectly gelled hair and locked his lips with E.J's. The kiss was perfect, and it was unlike anything that E.J had ever experienced before. Ricky's lips were soft and gentle, and E.J felt nothing but bliss once their lips touched. Slowly, they both pulled away after an amount of time that was probably a while, but still too short in E.J's mind.

     Then, the crowd of cast members that had crowded around the boys, not to either boy's knowledge, erupted into cheers, making both the boys blush a deep red. E.J heard Ricky sigh with a small smile on his face, before resting his forehead on E.J's forehead.

     "And I've got you too."

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