Chapter 2: Down With Gay

The next week, Punk walked down the arena to guerrilla position, taping up his elbows along the way. The next match would be him against Jericho, and he was looking very forward to it. Sure, he was scheduled to lose tonight, but a match with Chris Jericho can do nothing but boost a man's career.

Once Punk got there, he finished taping up and started watching the current match. It was Jeff vs Edge, and if he read the script correctly, Jeff was supposed to win. Punk chuckled when Jeff took off his shirt to do the swanton bomb and the girls in the crowd started screaming. He half smiled when Jeff nailed the swanton and picked up the win. "Nice job, Hardy." He wondered if Jeff was still having problems with his ex boy-er-GIRL friend.

Punk grimaced when Edge hit Jeff in the head from behind with his world title. That looked ridiculously stiff. Edge smirked and held his title over his head, standing over Jeff as the crowd booed.

As Smackdown went into commercial, Jeff slowly made his way backstage,where Edge was waiting for him.

"Are you ok? I swear I did not mean to hit you that hard!" Said Edge.

"I'm fine," said Jeff, rubbing the back of his head. "Just a little bump."

"Are you sure?" Asked Edge."

"Positive," said Jeff. "You've put me through worse."

Edge chuckled. "As long as you're sure."

As Edge walked away, Punk checked the time on his phone. He had about two, maybe three minutes before Smackdown came back from commercial, and Jericho was going to make his entrance first. Yup. He had enough time to go talk to Jeff. Punk walked over to Jeff. "Hey Jeff, how are you?"

Jeff looked over at him. "My head's fine. It's just a bump."

"Well, that's nice," said Punk, stepping even closer to him. "But I wasn't exactly talking about your head."

"Oh," said Jeff. "I'm fine."

"Now, are you really fine? Or is that just a "I'm really not fine" fine?" Asked Punk.

"I'm perfectly fine," said Jeff. "I don't need her to be happy."

Punk sighed. "Him."

Jeff raised an eyebrow."No. Her."

"You don't have to lie to me," said Punk. "I'm still just as down with gay as I was last week."

Jeff blushed a little and rubbed his head again. "But I'm not-"

"I know you are," said Punk. "You would never let me stand this close to you if you weren't."

Jeff blushed even harder, just noticing him and Punk were only about a finger length apart. "I, uh-"

"Just admit it," said Punk. "It's not like it's anything to be ashamed of."

Jeff sighed. "Punk, the media will eat me alive."

"So?" Said Punk. "It doesn't matter what they think."

"But, it's not like I can just tell people I'm gay," said Jeff, regretting saying that the moment it came out of his mouth.

Punk smirked and looked over, seeing JTG, the biggest gossiper in WWE, walking towards them. He grabbed Jeff's cheeks and kissed him, making sure JTG saw. Punk broke the kiss and was satisfied to see JTG scurrying off to catering. "There, now you don't have to. JTG's got you covered."

Jeff looked at him in shock. "Punk! You jus... but... I..."

"No need to thank me," said Punk, smirking at Jeff. "I quite enjoyed myself."

Jeff blushed but glared at him. "Thanks a lot, Punk."

"You're welcome," said Punk, seeing Jericho about to make his entrance.

Jeff glared again. "Ya know, he's gonna gossip about you too."

Punk shrugged. "Oh well. I've got a match to lose. Later." Jeff looked after him with his jaw dropped, as Punk went to go enter. Just before Punk went though the curtain, he winked back at Jeff and smirked, then went onto the stage like nothing happened.

Punk couldn't help the smug look on his face, but Michael Cole covered for him, saying he was very confident going into this match. But that look had absolutely nothing to do with this match. It had everything to do with a man he was sure was watching him backstage. Jeff Hardy.

Jeff watched Punk's match backstage on the monitor. He had quickly ran back to his locker room and grabbed a hoodie to pull on so no one would recognize him. He did not want to deal with anyone JTG may have told by now. He was just sticking around to talk to Punk after his match. Punk may be able to just not care, but Jeff certainly couldn't.

Jeff hid his face under the hood as JTG walked back with Heath Slater. "They're right there!... well, were right there."

Heath rolled his eyes. "Man, quit playing."

"I swear!" Said JTG. "They were making out against the wall RIGHT THERE!"

"Whatever," said Heath, walking back down the hallway.

"I'm not lying! It really happened!" Said JTG, walking after him.

Jeff shook his head at him. He just couldn't live without spreading drama. Jeff looked back up at the monitor to see Jericho hit the code breaker on Punk and win the match. Chris made his way backstage, but Jeff was anxiously waiting for Punk, who was very slowly getting up and coming backstage. As soon as he passed through the curtain, Jeff yelled for him. "Punk!"

Punk looked over and smirked. "Aw, you waited up for me?"

Jeff glared at him. "JTG is already telling everybody we were making out over there."

"Hmm," said Punk. "Making out seems a little extreme."

"That's not the point here!" Said Jeff. "Pretty soon, everyone will know, and then TMZ will know, and-"

"And nothing," said Punk. "None of their opinions matter. If we wanna make out, that's our choice. The media doesn't matter."

"But, Punk," said Jeff.

"No. Look at me," said Punk, cupping Jeff's chin and forcing him to look him in the eye. "It doesn't matter."

JTG then came back down the hallway, this time with Randy Orton. "I swear they were right ther- Look! There they are! See! I told you!"

Jeff jumped back from Punk and opened his mouth to explain but Punk rolled his eyes, grabbing Jeff and pulling him against him, planting another kiss on him, but this time let it continue for much longer.

Randy shrugged. "And?"

JTG looked at him with his mouth open. "And?!"

Randy looked at him. "If they wanna play tonsil hockey then just leave them alone and let them." He walked back down the hallway, JTG following him with his head down.

Punk seperated from Jeff for oxygen, planting a couple last pecks before whispering in Jeff's ear. "It doesn't matter."

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