"Say your facecam broke or something, make it up. Also how the hell did Simon not notice it, it looks like you've got a massive spot of purple face paint on your neck."
"I dunno but they're all oblivious, they never notice when I go to yours so I'm not surprised that Si didn't see it." There was a little bit of muffled laughter on the other side of the screen and I pulled down the collar of my shirt, rolling my eyes as I saw, two, then three, then four more hickeys on my collarbones.
Lachlan spluttered, trying to act innocent, his eyes averted from the screen, but he knew that the next time I saw him he would be in for it.
"You are so dead Lachlan." He giggled, running his hands through his hair.
"I know." I sighed and stood up, digging around in my draw for a bottle of concealer that I had for that exact reason. It wasn't my first time coming home from Lachlan's place with hickeys lining my neck, and I didn't know why I didn't notice it because I remembered everything perfectly.
I flushed just thinking about the night before, it had gotten a little.... steamy and the hickeys were a reminder of that.
"I'll see you soon?" Lachlan asked, playing with the cord of his headphones. I smiled to myself, nodding.
"This weekend? I think the boys are all going out for a party." I gagged, acting obviously, hating parties, and Lachlan knew it. All of the boys kept pushing me to get a girlfriend and because I couldn't tell them about Lachlan, I just stopped going to parties with them, making up the excuse that I didn't want to drink alcohol anymore.
"Oh, yeah, come around and I'll get you out of that one." He rolled his eyes, knowing how rowdy the boys got when they went out and how much I struggled to cope with it.
"Thank Lach, record again tomorrow?"
"Yeah, see ya Vikky!"
I hung up the call and stumbled down the stairs, grabbing something to eat.
Simon and Josh were both downstairs, Simon sipping on a cup of coffee and Josh with his head resting on the bench, an empty cup which once held coffee also on the bench. I poured myself a full mug of coffee and a bowl of cereal and sat down beside them, watching carefully if Simon looked at me weirdly.
It took a few minutes, but eventually I noticed that he was glancing at me, or more specifically the side of my neck, with one eyebrow raised. I knew he couldn't see the hickey, it was covered by the foundation, but it also meant that he had definitely noticed it while we were recording.
Once Josh left a few minutes later, Simon spoke up.
"So Vikk... who were you with last night?" He teased, his finger touching my neck and pulling away to reveal the concealer on his fingers. He raised an eyebrow at me. "Looks like you had some fun."
I flushed red and looked away for a few seconds.
"I- I can't-" I stumbled over my words, unsure of what to do. I didn't want to out Lachlan and I, I especially didn't want to out Lachlan without his permission. He was the reason we weren't out, the boys kind of knew I was bi, I had never mentioned it specifically but they seemed to have picked it up.
"Vikk it's okay if you don't wanna say, I don't mind." He smiled. "I was just pointing out that you have a hickey on your neck and there's no way in hell you'll be able to upload that video with your face in it."
"I know, I know. Lachl-" I cut myself off and clapped a hand over my mouth, making my point even more obvious.
"Lachlan hmmmm?" He looked at me pointedly. "You don't think I already know?"
"I- wait, what?" He laughed and the panic in my chest flared.
"I've seen your texts Vikk, on accident by the way, I didn't do it on purpose, and I know he lives in London. You don't think I notice that you disappear a few times a week and you don't sleep here some nights?"
"Oh... I thought you guys didn't notice cause you never mention it to me."
"No, we all know, we just didn't want to push you. We wanted you to make the decision on your own to trust us but I've just gone against everything the others told me cause I don't want you to hide like this."
"Si-" He cut me off again.
"I don't want you to have to worry about hiding from us anymore, I want you to be able to be with Lachlan openly around us without fear because we all accept you. I want you to be happy." He smiled and patted my shoulder.
"Thank you Simon." I whispered, slumping my shoulders.
"I just want you to be able to tell us Vikk, with no fear. You don't have to hide."
---------------------------------------------------
"So-" Simon raised an eyebrow, "this is who you've been hiding from us."
He was joking, obviously, because they all knew Lachlan, and Lachlan grinned shyly from where he was standing beside me. Josh, JJ and the rest of the Sidemen were all there too, sitting around on couches with phones in hand and grins on their faces.
"I guess, yeah." Lachlan smiled, his hand squeezing mine.
The two of us flopped onto a couch, my head resting on Lachlan's chest and his hands coming around my waist. He was a little unnerved, I could tell, but once I tightened my arm around him he relaxed a little, his chin resting on the top of my head.
"You okay?" I whispered.
"Hmmmmmm." He hummed in reply. "It feels good to finally be out." I smiled.
"Yeah. It does." I raised an eyebrow, laughing a little to myself. "I suppose I should thank you for that one actually, if you hadn't done... that," I said suggestively. "Then Simon wouldn't have talked to me."
"True." He said, grinning cheekily. "Maybe I should do it more?"
I slapped him playfully, elbowing his chest for good measure.
"No! I still need to record you know!" He shook his head.
"Nah, I think my option would be better." I rolled my eyes.
"Alright, you can think that all you want, but I still have a job to do and would much appreciate it if you didn't give me hickeys!"
Vikklan- Hickey
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