The Chasing of Moons

Petition to Get the Word "Woo" Banned From the Dictionary

Frank can't even believe he didn't notice it before, but wow, yeah, Pete really is flirting with Mikey. Gerard was completely right when he said that in class, and if it weren't for that letter, Frank would never have noticed it. But he's like completely tripping over himself whenever he talks to Mikey, which is weird, because seriously, Mikey's two grades younger than him, and a gigantic fucking dork, and he's basically just a more sarcastic, less rude version of Gerard with a minor obsession with Billy Corgan. And if you consider how sarcastic Gerard is then the fact that Mikey is even more so is astounding beyond words.

But the fact that Pete's so transparently obvious about his flirting with Mikey makes Frank wonder how obvious his own interactions with Gerard are. Then again he's come to the conclusion that everyone around him has straight goggles which just means that everyone's brain is so completely wired to assuming the state of widespread heteronormativity that they are incapable of comprehending when someone's blatantly bent as fuck.

Besides, Gee's letter said that he thought Frank was playing some sort of joke on him, so that's probably why he hasn't caught on to it yet. The worrying thing is the fact that someone might catch onto him, and he'll be found out. Frank is petrified that it's going to be the latest school gossip, because if he's going to be the gay guy, he wants it to be on his own terms. He wants to come out, not be outed. There's a huge difference.

The bell rings, and Frank looks up to see Pete and Brendon are still talking and he must've tuned out, because he doesn't know how the topic steered around to The Ghostbusters, but evidently it has.

Frank neglects to participate, and he manages to slip away from them when they turn one way and he goes the other. He has always rather hated the fact that his locker is literally in the middle of nowhere when the other two have lockers across from each other. But sometimes it's kind of liberating to not have to hear them have lengthy discussions about the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.

"Hey Frank," someone says behind him and he's caught off guard when he turns to see Mikey walking over to him, alone, no Gerard in sight.

"Yes?"

"We need to talk."

"Oh that's never a good thing to hear," Frank replies, walking just the slightest bit faster in an attempt to get rid of him.

"Yeah, it's about Gerard."

"What about him?" Frank asks hesitantly, but it's almost like he can read Mikey's mind with what he knows is coming.

"You like him."

"Shhhhhh," Frank hisses at him, looking around even though the hall way is so full of people talking that the chances of anyone overhearing them are slim to none. He's still overly wary and looks over his shoulder three times before looking back at Mikey.

"Oh, grow up," Mikey says, brushing off his behavior.

"How did you even fucking know that? What is it with you Way's do you have built in gaydars?"

"Yes," Mikey says, completely serious. Frank doesn't like the fact that he's nearly five inches taller than him, that's something that bothers him a lot. He's used to people being taller than him, of course he is, but it's the fact that Mikey's also marginally younger than him that makes it the most annoying.

"Could you maybe not say it out loud then?" Frank asks, because seriously, this is the third time a Way has decided someone was gay. First it was Gee who was, yes, Gerard, but it was still weird that he knew Frank was gay, and then it was Gerard with Pete which is evidently true, and now Mikey's figured him out. It could be worse though, Frank's not sure what it is about Mikey but he seems rather trustworthy. The kind of guy you could trust with the location of buried treasure. Or at least the kind of guy you can trust to ask if you've got something in your teeth.