Brett thought Eddy bought him his favourite bubble tea every Saturday, because it was his way of saying 'I love you'. He was very wrong.
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"You wanna meet up with friends?" Brett asked, arm mindlessly falling into Eddy's lap. "Nah, bro, I need to meet someone today." Eddy said, smiling though. Brett never intruded into Eddy's life though, so he believed Eddy would have definitely told him if he ever got into a... relationship. He didn't expect it. He was most definitely keen on the fact that he was loved back, romantically. No one could explain Eddy's stares in any other way. They always screamed affection.
It was a sudden clash in his brain, when he sat alone at the bar they always visited that Eddy never said, or hinted towards anything that showed he loved Brett. Sure, frequent bubble teas, staying up late to practice, watching movies all day, playing with random dogs they find, they existed but... they all were too... normal. Normal for them. Suddenly he realised something he wished he hadn't. 'Is it all just platonic love?' He wondered sipping away his drink.
His pondering led him to realisation that he was too late to confess. His immediate action was to get up, pay and leave for home. 'I have to tell him today. Or else he'll go out of reach.' He stood on the fact as he unlocked their apartment door. It was his third big mistake.
He never expected Eddy to be rubbing off pink lipstick stains off his lips with a white kitchen towel; it was the last thing he expected if he were to be honest to himself.
"Hi-hi I wasn't- You had a date?" He chuckled nervously, hoping to be proven wrong. Hoping it was maybe an overly obsessive fan girl or fan boy who went too far. It would be still better than hearing- "Yes I was, Brett. You don't look too good. Want some help?" Eddy asked softly, ignoring the sudden hurt in Brett's eyes. He was too blind to notice it, in fact.
"No, I don't. Did you enjoy?" He asked. "Yeah, she is cool!" Eddy replied suddenly all merry and cheery. "Good, amazing." Brett faked a bright smile, which went ignored by his best friend. "Thanks, but take care bro. You seriously don't look too well. Lessen drinks, aight?" Eddy spoke cautiously.
Brett went to his room, disbelief running in his veins, his skin crawling. 'I was too late.' Brett whispered. 'He's gone.'
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Brett's second big mistake was falling for his best friend. He unknowingly started falling in love. His affection increased with every moment that he spent with Eddy. Whether it be beside him, filming, or practicing or even just eating, it felt like heaven.
He always went too hard and far with his cute and loving gestures. Birthday videos, presents, surprises anything. He was always the initiator. He was always the one in the pit.
He never knew how he got himself there. Maybe he was just too blinded by love, he took Eddy for granted. He always believed he would be there with and for him no matter what. He never considered the fact that maybe one day, at one point of someday, he'd be in a cage, all alone.
He always loved alone and hurt alone. He never shared and when he did, all he got was a taken man.
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"How's life? Mary? Girlfriend yet?" Brett asked. "Great! and not yet. But tell me about you. You don't seem good? Lively like before." Eddy spoke softly, looking directly into Brett's eyes. "I- it's nothing."
"Oh okay." Eddy replied, shoving Brett's cooked pancakes. Brett sighed, and walked towards the bathroom. He locked himself in, and looked at his pathetic self in the mirror. And that's when he realised.
His first mistake was ignoring the signs.
The signs of being loved, and the signs of being let go. He was loved, like 'love' loved. Everything meant something: affection. Romantic attachment.
Eddy now went to buy coffee; Mary's favourite drink. He watched movies with her all day long. He even played for her. It was all a full circle.
Eddy has gotten over Brett.
Brett never opened up, never spoke his secrets. He always created walls that were too hard to climb over. Always built them without any doors. He was stuck in his own maze, in his own eternal darkness.
He walked out the bathroom. His heavy heart beating softly against his chest. "Can I ask you something?" Brett whispered. It scared Eddy.
"Go ahead, no fears." Eddy shook his head, assuringly. "I get it if you think of me as weird, after this but... did... you..?" Brett inhaled. "Did you ever like me?"
Eddy froze. "Brett..." Brett broke him off, "I am asking romantically and if your answer is no, I am fine. It's just-"
"Yes I did." Eddy breathed out. "I did, for too long. You never... never said anything and I guessed it was our way of showing our brotherly love. I did. The answer is yes." Eddy almost teared up.
"I- I thought you... I thought you didn't like me back, so I never said..." Brett stumbled upon his words. "I never thought..."
"Thanks for asking before I made things real with Mary." Eddy smiled.
"I thought you giving me bubble tea was your way of saying I love you. Then I though I was wrong. But-" Brett hiccuped.
"It was my way of saying: I love you and I care about you. I can not think of my life without you and I'll stay by your side till forever ends."
Edit: OMG I lost a full page. A FULL PAGE of this oneshot, but somehow the story still makes sense! I am so pissed that the best part was lost but I am happy the book still makes sense. I just realised this just got even shorter...
but meh... please ignore speeling mistakes because I wrote this in a hurry ;)
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