Now or Never-Chapter 1
Ian could still remember that night, when everything changed. It was a chilly starry night when he arrived to the Smosh house, where he currently lived, getting everything ready for the movie night he and his best friend Anthony had planned together since they had been working so hard lately and decided to relax for a day. However, Anthony had warned him that he would be coming late, since he had a date with his girlfriend, Kalel that same night. Ian didn't mind so he was okay about it. But as every minute passed, which felt like an eternity, Ian grew a bit worried. He knew Anthony wouldn't forget movie night or would always come less than 10 minutes late, but a half hour has passed and that was surely out of the question. Feeling a bit paranoid about his best friend taking forever to come over, Ian got off the couch, grabbing his sweater and keys, headed towards the door, when he noticed the door opened and in front of him was Anthony, wearing only a light sweater with the hoodie on his head, one of the Smosh shirts he owns, and his black jeans and converse. Ian let out a deep sigh of relief; feeling a bit annoyed with himself on just how he was just being paranoid about Anthony not coming to movie night, but was glad that he made it.
"Hey man, you sure took your precious time," he joked, "I was almost convinced that you were kidnapped or something," he said as the tall dark-haired man walked past him, without saying a word to him.
"So how did the date with Kalel go?"
Anthony stopped for a split second, not facing Ian, nor not responding to him as he hid his face under his hoodie. Ian found it a bit strange; normally whenever Anthony came back home after a date, he would go off and tell Ian all about it, like a teenage girl fangirling over her favorite celebrity, but tonight was different, and Ian grew a bit more concerned. Pushing himself to ask him, "Did something happen between you and Kalel?"
Anthony walked towards the couch and sat down, still not responding. Ian then plopped himself next to Anthony on the couch, still feeling worried about his friend. He grabbed Anthony's arm, in which made him turned slightly towards him so that they're facing each other. Looking at his friend's hidden face, Ian slowly removed the hoodie off of Anthony's head and his blue-eyes widen with shock. Anthony's face, blushing a deep red, his cheeks burning with heat, his eyes red-shot and watery, with tears streaming down his face. Ian was speechless at what he saw; Anthony was never the type of person to cry, let alone in front of anyone.
"You wanna know what happened?! She broke up with me, okay! She said that I'm not good enough for her and that she was seeing someone else, because apparently I didn't try hard enough in our relationship and she even go off and say how stupid my job is. I was completely shocked by what she had said, y'know how much I love working on Smosh, with you and Mari, and the guys from Smosh Games and the whole camera crew. I-I just don't understand what caused her to do this to me and say all of that bullshit tonight! I wonder did she ever felt that way." Anthony explained as his lips quivered with every word he spoke, forcing himself not to cry, "But, she's the first person I ever really loved–"
Ian hugged him tightly, stopping him in mid-sentence. Pulling back, "I'm, I'm really sorry Anthony, about this bullshit you're going though; you really don't need to continue on. You don't deserve that kind of treatment nor does she deserves you. What really matters is that you love what you're doing and no one can ever change that. C'mon, you can cry on my shoulder," he said, letting Anthony, after mumbling a thank you to him, squeezing him in a tight hug, sobbing hard, his body shaking from the pain of the break-up had upon him.
Ian understood how it feels when the person you loved for so long decides to break it off all of a sudden. A few months back, his girlfriend, Melanie broke up with him for a slightly different reason, but Ian has no idea of what was her reason for breaking up with him. But however, he was honestly sorta glad that it happened; sure he was pretty upset about for about two weeks but he got over it easily. The reason why he was glad that it was over was because he was secretly in love with Anthony; he started falling for him around his junior year in high school, but those feelings were long gone after he started dating Melanie. But when Anthony started dating Kalel, Ian was jealous, but didn't realize why he was jealous until a year later when he was still with Melanie. Ian then acknowledges his feelings for his best friend, but he won't ever admit it, even the thought of confessing to Anthony makes him somewhat uneasy. Even though Anthony was heartbroken, Ian couldn't help but be happy about the break-up, although he knew it was wrong of him to think so. Shaking the thought from his head, he pulled from Anthony, staring into his brown eyes and asked, "So, do you wanna watch some movies to get it off your mind?"
"Yeah, I would like that."
They ended up having a Star Wars marathon, until they both drifted off to sleep on the couch. Ian could feel Anthony's warmth, his arms still around his waist. Ian knew it probably wouldn't happen but at least he could enjoy this moment. For now.
Ian woke up as a ray of sunlight entered through the window in his room. It's been a month since Anthony's break up and Ian isn't sure how long he could keep his secret love for Anthony any longer. Day by day, he has been wanting to confess to his best friend but he's not convinced enough to admit it to him just yet. He decides to get out of bed and go get some breakfast. When he was walking in the hallway, he notices Anthony's room and decides to peek inside his room, and sees no signs of Anthony in there. 'He must've went out to jog or something,' Ian thought to himself, chuckling to himself, 'Guess I need to freshen up. I know who I can talk to so I can also clear my mind.'
Ian went back to his room, got dressed in a baby-blue t-shirt, jeans, and his favorite leather jacket, and grabbed his keys, jumped into his car and drove until he arrived at a white house. He parked his car, got out; walking towards the door he was looking for, knocking on it, hoping that they're home. He hears the locks being unlocked and the door opened, and came out was a Japanese girl, a bit shorter than he was, wearing a Smosh tee and bright blue skinny jeans, her hair a bit messy.
"Ian, what are you doing here?" she asked, a bit surprised.
"Hey Mari, can I come in? I need to clear my head," Ian replied causally.
Giving him a long look, Mari half-smiled, gesturing, "Alright, come in."