~cheat
/tʃiːt/
to be sexually unfaithful~

~eddy~

eddy wasn't okay. he's been out of it since two weeks ago. he might've been okay, but he gave away his entire heart for her. her. as a youtuber, he'd been quite careful to not lend his heart too easily, for one might take advantage of it. eddy thought he was safe with toni, but he found that she was like what he'd been avoiding. but by then, he had already given away his heart. he had loved her the moment he saw her, and something clicked. toni was charming and loved eddy, but she found the relationship boring after a while, and eddy was oblivious. eddy loved her like the moment they first met, but toni only saw an opportunity for money. when the relationship got boring, their fame was growing.

eddy was reminiscing of the times when he and toni had so much fun. he loved her so, and gave her his heart. they shared secrets and cuddled and he thought she was the one, but he found out. it was brett's turn to go shopping, and he passed by toni with another man, making out. brett took a short video and bolted for home, as so not to alert them. he arrived and showed eddy, and then he crumbled.

it was definitely real, and they were both too passionate for it to be forced. the video kept replaying and haunting eddy. the man twirling toni's dark hair while she leaned on his figure. it was undeniable, and eddy was broken.

eddy only came out of his room to go to the bathroom and the occasional snack, and for nothing else. the small glimpses that brett caught of him were worrying, his body too slim to be healthy, or the obvious bags under his eyes. brett tried to coax him to do something, but alas, nothing came in return. for the boy never filmed a video, never posted on social media, never made a sound or watched a video. he couldn't trust anyone anymore.

not even his best friend.

~brett~

"eddy, c'mon, please come out, or just talk, something!" brett called from the other side of the door. no response. brett sighed, he couldn't do anything, his door was locked and he wouldn't make any form of communication. brett slumped against the door, his best friend was broken. after he'd shown eddy the video, he'd gone on to confront toni. she said she didn't care, as long as she was still getting the money, and he'd gone off to cut her from the fund. brett had gone by her, sitting in the streets, begging for money, and he'd always turn away in disgust, for she had done this to herself, her selfish self. she broke his friend, his best friend, and he wish he could say he was mad, he was, but he was more devastated than mad, a lot more devastated.

every night, brett would sing a lullaby or wish a goodnight to eddy. no matter if he never responded, he just hoped eddy knew that brett would always be waiting for him, until the day he died. brett then always curled up in his own bed, worrying for the taller boy.

this night was different. usually, brett would dream about something random, like unicorns or something and he would forget it in the morning. but this night, he dreamt of eddy, eddy being happy, being free, his body looked healthy and the bags under his eyes were gone. but not only that, they kissed, ever so briefly on the lips, but still a kiss, and they both looked at each other lovingly. eddy gently teased brett about his height, and brett teased eddy back about his teeth, just like a couple. and when brett woke up, he remembered every single detail.

"fuck, i'm not gay, that was just, uhhhhhh, just a weird dream. yeah, just another weird dream..." brett mumbled to himself. but for the entire day, brett couldn't take his mind off of it. he longed for the day eddy was back to normal, and weird feeling in his chest arose when he remembered the part when they kissed. but brett wasn't gay, it was probably the weird feeling that arose from kissing your best friend. besides, he'd always goggle about girls to eddy, and eddy would talk about toni. at the time, they'd laugh and be happy, but the remembrance of toni snapped brett back to the present, the monster that broke the person he trusted most.

he sung to eddy that night a little longer than usual, and went to bed. and again, he'd had another dream about eddy, about them cuddling on the couch and nuzzling each other. and when he woke up, he'd deny the feeling of love that was tugging at his chest.

they were just friends. brett just wanted to help get over toni, as hard as that would be, and and he would help as a friend, just a friend. because he can't be gay, no way he could be.

no way, he'd think, no... way...