Okay. This was it.
Almost two years. Almost two years ago, YouTube approached Thad to ask if he wanted to work for them, as a youtuber. Naturally, he accepted. Why wouldn't he want to get paid for something he was already doing? Plus, he loved making videos. No matter if he sang, ranted about a new book or movie he liked, addressed a social problem or simply answered his fan's questions in them, he loved it. He loved making videos and reading the comments to them, even though his "fans" –they were more like friends to him- called him hot or attractive way too often, especially since he was neither.
Don't get him wrong, though. He knew he could be pretty attractive if he took the time to dress up and do his hair and everything. But he hardly did, and so he didn't really get it.
Yeah, being a youtuber was awesome. It had perks, too, since he got invited to go to cons both last and this summer. He got to talk to other youtubers from all over the world, and finally meet some of them in person.
Take Sebastian Smythe. Their videos were almost opposite to each other, besides the singing ones. Even if they had the same subject to a video, Sebastian was harsher. He said what he thought, no fancy words or metaphors used. Just…. Honest and straightforward. And occasionally with some cursing.
Thad liked his videos, though, and not just because…. Well, Sebastian was attractive. Really attractive. They'd talked before… tweeted each other, texted, called, skyped. But they hadn't…. met, before. Not yet, at least. Last year, Sebastian hadn't been able to make it to vidcon, or Leaky Con, while Thad didn't go to neither comic con nor playlist live, no matter how much he wanted to.
Now here they were, a year later. Vidcon would officially start in about an hour and Thad was nervous as hell. He'd been at the convention place for what, an hour now? Sebastian hadn't arrived yet. He'd talked to some other youtubers, both strangers and friends of his, tweeted, taken some selfies, but nothing seemed to distract him.
Problem was, he liked Sebastian. As more than a friend. He couldn't help but think the tall brunet was attractive, and no matter his obvious love for sarcasm and occasional snarkiness they could have nice, long conversations and he was always nice to Thad. Besides, he was interesting, and despite the fact that Thad had the bad habit to zone out of conversations he found boring that almost never happened when he was talking to Sebastian, even when the other guy would be going on and on about basketball or baseball or whatever other sport again. He'd just… watch Sebastian getting excited about it, look at the spark in his eyes Thad could even see over their crappy skype connection. And he loved it.
But after hanging out with gamer Nick, his boyfriend Jeff, social-justice vlogger Wes and David, who mainly sang and wrote parodies, Thad was still quite nervous. All of them seemed to have fun, but Thad just… wasn't really into it. He once again zoned out, keeping an eye on the entrance to the big room. Most official guests had already arrived.
And then Jeff snapped him back to attention.
"Hey, Thad, are you gonna be vlogging during the event? I've heard a lot of youtubers going on about it, and I'm not sure if I wanna…" The blonde said, always in his cheery tone. "No, I'm not. Vlogging isn't really my thing, so I'm leaving it to others. You should though, your vlogs are always amazing." He answered, not noticing Sebastian coming in. They talked about the amount of vlogging done at vidcon some more, and it distracted Thad enough that he didn't notice Sebastian walking up behind him, finger over his lips so the rest of the guys wouldn't alert Thad. The latino jumped when Sebastian suddenly put his hands on his shoulders, laughing slightly as Thad calmed down his suddenly racing heartbeat. "Hey, babe. Nick, Jeff… I haven't had the pleasure of meeting you two yet. I'm Sebastian." The tall brunet said, and Wes and David introduced themselves as well. Thad wasn't really paying attention to the interaction between his friends. He was blushing lightly, Sebastian's hands still resting on his shoulders and his chin on his left one as well. Plus, he'd called him babe. In person. In front of his friends.
Yeah, he definitely wasn't okay, to say it in fangirl terms.
After a few minutes, when all guests had arrived and Blaine and Kurt joined them as well. They didn't seem all too keen to see Sebastian, especially Kurt, but Thad knew the story. And they seemed happy to know Sebastian didn't like Blaine like that anymore. Thad was glad too, even though he still most likely wouldn't have a chance. He was nothing like Blaine, and apparently Blaine was Seb's type. So no matter the fact that Sebastian was still kind of pressed against his back, he shouldn't get his hopes up. Sebastian fell for innocent school boys, not smartass booklovers.
Vidcon went by quickly. Thad would spend loads of time with Sebastian, and they'd hang around Nick and Jeff a lot since both of them were friends with the couple. They spend time in each other's hotel rooms, talking and watching movies and occasionally singing together. They even filmed two collab videos, one for each channel. At the last night, Thad ended up in Sebastian's hotel room, exhausted from the dance party at the end of the convention.
They slept together in Sebastian's bed, cuddled together comfortably.
The next morning, Thad woke up first. He was an early riser, whereas Sebastian rather slept in. He wrote a small note for the tall brunet, walking out of the room to his own one to shower and put on clean clothes. He had to catch his plane back to L.A., and he was already rather late.
He didn't see Sebastian anymore that morning. He just packed his bags in peace, smiling softly when he found one of Sebastian's shirts he'd left in his room after taking it off on a warm day and deciding to take it home with him. It couldn't hurt, right? And it still smelt like the brunet…
A few hours later, he checked out of his hotel room and took the subway to the airport. He read a book on his way there, but he couldn't really get into it. He missed Sebastian, already, and he felt bad for the way he'd just left him with a little note. It didn't even say much, just a small thank you for letting him sleep in his hotel room and for the amazing time they had together and his excuses for leaving so early. He sighed, looking back down at his book and biting his lip.
Once at the airport, he checked in quickly. He had to wait for his flight for a while, since it was delayed. He walked through the airport, looking for a bench to sit at as he waited. Once the intercom voice announced it was time for boarding he got up again, making his way to the gate.
"Thad!"
Thad turned around, searching for the person calling for him.
"Thad!"
He heard again, and he found who was calling. It was Sebastian, running towards him on full speed. He was dressed messily, hair still messed up and he had his shirt on inside out. He stopped in front of him, panting lightly. "I just wanted to say goodbye…" The tall brunet said, smiling softly at the latino. "And…" He leaned in, connecting their lips in a soft kiss. "I… I really like you, Thad." He added after they pulled away. Thad just stared at him for a few seconds before leaning up and pecking Sebastian's lips again. "I really like you too. But I have to catch my plane…" Sebastian nodded, walking with Thad as far as he could before waving him goodbye.
When Thad got home early the next morning, he found himself looking forward to the next time he saw the brunet.
