Yet another fic I have no name for (ibvs)

III

Thank you again to ds-and-ibvs-nerdo on tumblr for helping me with this yet again! At this point both of us are kinda working on this, since they help quite a bit with the plot lmao. I had no idea on how to end this chapter, sorry lol.

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"So, what's up?" Chris asked, well aware of "what's up".

"Why?"

Chris' last option was to play dumb "I... I don't know w-what you're talking abo-"

It was too late. Nevin grabbed his wrist, hoping that wasn't where the scars were (they weren't, don't worry), and rolled up his sleeve with as little force as he could, just to see bandages, and he didn't have to take them off to know what was under them. This is exactly what he expected, why was he surprised? Did part of him hope that it was some sort of joke? Or that he was wrong? He looked up at Chris, who was desperately avoiding eye contact.

"Wh-why would... why would you do this to yourself!?" Nevin could feel tears well up in his eyes, and unsuccessfully tried to blink them away.

"I... wh-... well..."

Why did this have to happen? Why did Nevin have to find out? Why couldn't Charlie just shut up for once? Chris' heart was racing. Tears started streaming down his cheeks. He felt like he was frozen in place. Everything felt blurry.

Suddenly, he felt something wrap around him, and everything around him felt normal again. He looked down. Nevin was hugging him. He felt his face warm up slightly, and he hesitantly hugged him back. It felt... nice, like when Nevin last comforted him. He couldn't help but cry even more, almost collapsing to the floor in Nevin's arms.

(I can't not make this sound gay, it's so hard to write angsty stuff when shipping is involved)

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As soon as Chris and Nevin were in Isaac's sight, he frantically told everyone to be quiet.

"So, how did-"

Edward rushed to cover Geno's ears "NopE, absolutely not, do not finish that sentence, please shut the fuck up."

Everyone stared at him, none of them expecting him to do anything of the sort (istg I'm a horrible writer).

"Wh-"

"I'm gonna t-" Geno started, looking up defiantly at his brother.

"You shut up too!"

Meanwhile, Drew and Charlie were discussing important shipping matters.

"Psst, Drew!"

"Yeah?"

"Look, you don't know anything about me, and I'm kind of an asshat, but I need you to do me a favour."

"Well, it depends, I guess? What is it?"

"Weeeeell..."

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"So basically, you want me to ask Nev about his apparently obvious crush on Chris?" Drew asked, raising an eyebrow.

Charlie rolled his eyes "Duh! You can't tell me you can't see it, it's clearly obvious!"

"Well, it's not like he's been all that open with me up until recently."

"Whatever. Just talk to him about it."

"Suuure."

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"Thanks for walking me home, Nevin." Chris said, taking his jacket off and chucking it onto his bed.

"It's no problem, I live two houses away."

Charlie suddenly opened the door "Chris! Just wanted to let you know that you aren't in trouble, dad is still passed out on the couch, so that's great."

"Oh, uh, okay, thanks."

Charlie rushed back downstairs, probably plotting something, and then there was silence.

Really awkward silence.