A Friendly Romance

Chapter 1 – Trip to America

"YEAH! One more convention in America!' thought Jack while he was getting ready to leavefor the airport. He was thrilled to meet up with his good old American friends and finally have some real life fun with them, not that Skype calls weren't fine, but it's not comparable. Before leaving the house, he checked one last time the uploading schedule he had planned for the week, so that everything would be in order.

When boarding the plane, Jack received a message from Mark, saying "Can't wait to see ya buddy! I'm going to pick you up at the airport and we'll go straight to Chipotle so you can eat something else than potatoes!". He smiled and laughed while reading and thought that he was so lucky to have a friend like Mark.

He slept through the entire flight and when he woke up the plane was already landing on LAX. After checking his bags, he wondered around trying to find his friend Mark, until he saw a guy with a septiceye mask on approaching him yelling "OMGGG JACK YOU'RE AMAZINNGGG!". Jack was flustered and kind of scared, but tried his best to maintain a smile for the (crazy) fan that was running towards him.

"Hi there! I'm so happy to meet y…". He was interrupted by the guy taking the mask off and reveling that it was Mark after all. Mark started to laugh and then Jack joined in making them a pair of crazy people in middle of LAX laughing at nothing.

"Give me a hug buddy!" Mark said extending his arms to embrace his friend. Jack smiled a lot during the hug, he just loved how Mark made him laugh every single time.

"I'm hungrier than a zombie on a brain strike!" Jack said making Mark laugh while he volunteered to take his bag.

"WELL, we have a great gourmet lunch waiting for us at the very top notch restaurant where I had to drop the M bomb to get a reservation, called Chipotle". "You were very racist on saying that I only eat potatoes, Mark, I eat lucky charms too!". The two friends made jokes on the entire ride to Chipotle, making it hard for Mark to concentrate while driving.

"I swear, every time I come to America, I gain 10 pounds!" Jack said. "You better! Look at you, you're skinnier than the last time I saw you, you need to start eating more". "HEY! I liked my toned and model like body, thank you very much!" Jack said trying to maintain a straight face. "Oh yes, very toned, oh gosh I can't resist your muscles pulsing through your Flash shirt!" Mark joked. At this point, Jack got up and quickly showed Mark his abs to prove a point, hiding them quickly after due to place and the time of the moment. "Now show we yours, Hercules" Jack said while laughing. Mark, still kind of petrified for the nudity that almost transpired at Chipotle (there must be a porn about that – google it), blushed immediately and nervously said "hum better not, I'm afraid I will blind you with all my awesomeness". "Oh, come on Makimoo!". Mark got a little more nervous and said "I think it's better if you went home, so you could leave your stuff there and … chill".

Jack got alarmed at Mark's sudden change of attitude and started to apologize "Mark, I'm sorry, I thought we were giving each other some hard times, I didn't want you to get naked, at least not her…" Jack stopped talking right at that moment, not realizing why he said what he said, and just saw the look Mark gave him. "OHHHH, so you do want to see me naked! I KNEW IT!" Mark joked, making Jack feel less nervous … 'Why did I say that?' Jack thought.

Chapter 2 – Home Sweet Home

After Mark parked his car on the driveway, he immediately went to catch Jack's bag. "Oh, it's okay, I can take it." Jack insisted.

"No sir! I'm a gentleman, let me treat you like the lady you are" Mark joked, making Jack smile. Mark then opened the door of his house and saw that Matt and Ryan weren't home. Chica started to run towards them, making Jack go "OMG CHICA! I'm finally meeting you!" scratching Chica's hair until he sat down of the floor giving her the beautiful treatment she deserved. 'He's so amazing with Chica' Mark thought with a big smile on his face.

"Well, you're going to have my bed while you're here and I'll sleep on the couch" Mark said. Jack got up immediately with a resigned face and said "NO SIR! I'm going to sleep on the couch, you can't get uncomfortable just because I'm here!"

"Oh jack, c'mon, it's the least I can do!" Mark responded.

"But you won't be in your room and I would feel super bad if I slept there, thinking you were in the cold cold … cold couch" Jack said with a very sweet childlike voice.

"HEY! My couch is quite hot, if you don't mind, just like it's owner!" Mark joked, making, once again, Jack laugh and blush. "Ok, let's compromise. You'll sleep in my bed …." Jack made an angry face and Mark continued "BUT, I'll leave a sleeping bag in my room, so I won't be too far away". Jack started to think and finally accepted it "Hummm … fineeeee" said Jack rolling his eyes.

After putting all his clothes away, Jack got up and faced Mark "Sooo … what do you want do now?"

"Wanna play a game or … watch some TV?" Mark asked, raising his shoulders.

"Uhh, some American TV would be interesting!". The boys started going to the living room and when they arrived Mark took his shoes right away. Jack sat down on the edge of the sofa trying to be polite. He had always been kind of shy, even around friends.

"You can take your shoes if you want, Jack" Mark said after seeing Jack's super stiff position.

"Oh … really? … ok … thanks!" Jack said starting to take his shoes off, afraid that his feet would smell like a dead skunk after that long flight.

"Why are you so far away?" Mark questioned Jack. "Oh, I didn't notice" said Jack approaching Mark, until their hands met in the middle.