Something between us - Marlie

Chapter 1

Martin's POV
"I'm home!" I heard Charlie call from the kitchen. I ran out of my room to talk to him. "So, how was shooting with Luke?" I started curiously, but somehow I managed to make it sound like I was jealous. "Great, Ellie was also there, so she kinda ruined our manly party, but it was fun," Charlie unknowinlgly soothed me. I felt a hint of relief when he told me that Luke's girlfriend was also with them, not that Charlie could like a boy... but if L had Ellie there, he couldn't do anything inappropriate to Charlie. 

Wait- what?! In that moment I realized I'm standing there doing nothing, so I guickly blurted out the first thing that came to my mind. "I have to go now, I'm gonna finish editing of one video, if you'll need anything, just call me, I'll be in, the bedroom." 

"Okey dokey, Imma work on my videos as well, after this colab I have plenty of stuff to edit," he smiled and I thought I was gonna melt. Okay, I should probably figure out, what the hell I'm doing! We've been roommates for some time, but in my entire life, I've never had any romantic feelings for him, so what's happening? I went to my room, sat on the bed and started thinking rapidly.

 Do I like Charlie? I've always thought of him only as my best friend, so why do I want to kiss him now? Not that I've never liked a boy before, I'm probably bisexual, but what could have changed, that now Charlie..? Oh come on Martin! Am I even hearing myself?! It's clearly obvious I don't like like Charlie, I just love him as a friend and I was grateful that I could see him after a day apart... or maybe it's just my hormones going crazy, I'm not comepletely adult after all... how could I like him more than as a friend, when it wasn't different for the whole time I've known him?

 What was I even thinking... plus Charlie doesn't like boys, so I don't have a chance anyway. I should be glad he is okay with LGBTQ+ people, so I won't have to be scared when I decide I'll tell him; not that I'm intending to. Yeah, but I've been wasting my time for long enough now, I should as well do something! 

I started with editing, but it was pointless; I couldn't focus on anything properly and every few seconds I lost myself in unwanted thoughts about Charlie and my relationship with him. Eventually, I gave it up and took a shower. Before I closed the door to the bathroom I wished him good night and then I let waves of unconsciousness to drew me to the calm ocean of sleep.

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I woke up next to Charlie. "Good morning baby, did you sleep well?" "I always do, when I'm with you," I replied and leaned in, so I could kiss him. But when our lips were just inches apart, our bed dissapeared and I was falling God knows where... 

Ow! What's happening? Oh! I fell from my bed and hit my head against the ground... Ouch! "Fuck!" I swore over the whole room. "Are you okay? What happened?" I saw Charlie standing in the door and I remembered the whole dream. What the hell? What was I even dreaming about? That I wanted to kiss him... and we were probably dating, because we were even sleeping together... what the bloody hell is that supposed to mean?

 And just in that moment I realized everything. It felt like someone just smacked me, like I've found the right key to a lock; in this case the key "Charlie" clicked into "I'm in love with" lock. I could feel myself getting paler and paler. "Hey, Martin!" Charlie snapped his fingers in front of my face and I realized, that he was talking to me the whole time. 

"Are you alright? You look like you just saw a ghost!", he laughed, but when he noticed, that I'm just staring at him in horror and not reacting at all, he walked over to me and helped me with getting back on my feet. "Did you hit yourself? Are you hurt?" I just nodded and pointed at my head, because I was too scared that if I said even one more word my voice would break and I would look like a bigger idiot than I already do. "Wait, let me see if you don't have a bump," Charlie offered and I gladly accepted - trust me, there's nothing better than someone ruffling your hair.

 "It's alright, nothing here," Charlie smiled at me and suddenly I felt alarmingly strong urge to grab his hand and put those fingers back. "Yeah, thanks. I'm gonna take a shower now, so..." I didn't finish the sentence and just shrugged. "Of course, I'll be in the kitchen if you need anything," he smiled and left me alone. Ok, I think I'm really gonna need this shower...

Charlie's POV

I had a really hard and weird day today. It was a few months ago, when I truly realized that I don't want to spend my time in bed with girls or women. No, I've always loved and I'll always love boys. But back to today. I've decided to come out of the closet by making a coming out video. And hopefully in a way, in which Martin, my old friend and roommate, won't find out about it. I was scared how he would react and if it wouldn't destroy our friendship. 

Because although I liked him - in particular his amazing hair, magic eyes and absolutely perfect body - we were just friends. He always treated gays well, but I just couldn't get all these 'what ifs' out of my head and I was just a big coward. So I lied to him and told him I was gonna collaborate with my US friends. I found a quieter place in a park around noon, took out my camera and started.

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When everything was done, I went home. Martin looked upset, but I didn't really worry about it. If it was something about me, he'll tell me, when he is ready. 

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