Cinderella Man

"Hey." Anthony grinned, plopping down on the couch, "Let me get you a drink. Or two. Or three. How many will it take to get you in my pants?"

"Uh…." Josh waved his hand in front of Anthony's face, "It's me….Joven."

"I know that." He nodded, "But I'm tired of watching Ian hit on Lasercorn and Matt hit on Mari, and I need a break from all that shit. Who even started this party and why?"

"I think Lasercorn started it to get into Ian's pants." Joven scratched his chin, "It's only been like two hours and he's succeeded three times."

"I thought I'd come hit on you." Anthony mumbled.

"Really?" Josh looked at him suspiciously.

"Really really really." Anthony slurred his words together, slamming his drink down on the table beside them, "Come on, let's go."

"Go where?"

"You said Lasercorn fucked Ian. Go ask him where he did it. We go there." Anthony leaned back, "Go on. Go ask him."

Josh got up and turned bright red as he headed in David's direction. He had his arm around Ian's shoulder and was telling some story to Matt and a few other YouTubers Josh didn't know well enough to remember the names of while slightly drunk.

"Hey, David. Let's talk." Josh waved him over.

David glanced down at Ian, "I'll be right back. We can sneak off somewhere again."

Josh frowned, "So you and Ian now?"

He shrugged, "I guess so. Could just be a tonight kind of thing, but I don't know."

"Well, best of luck, my friend."

"What did you want to talk to me for?"

"Where exactly did you and Ian sneak off too?" Josh asked, "I mean, I know we're in a hotel, but we're here at the ballroom. There's not exactly easy access to a bed down here." He hated lying, but he had to, "I'm not really feeling too good, and I think I could use a bed to lie down in and some ice water."

David held out a card, "I booked a room since I knew I'd be getting Ian tonight. You can borrow it if you want, just make sure you're back within the hour, I kind of just promised Ian I'd sneak off with him again."

"The party just started and you're about to fuck him for the fourth time?" Josh shook his head, "Wow."

"That's four times the action you've been getting." David grinned, grabbing himself another beer.

"Actually, four times the action I'm getting is zero, since I've gotten zero action tonight." Josh pushed David lightly.

He rolled his eyes, "You know what I meant. I'm getting more than you."

"Did you expect it to be the other way around?" He raised an eyebrow.

David rubbed his face, "I…..I guess not. I just expected something, you know? That's kind of the whole reason I convinced Ian to invite a ton of YouTubers; so I could fuck him and have it not seem suspicious. I thought you'd find at least someone. I mean, Ian was easy enough to get, and he was really good at-"

"Thanks for the card." Josh said hurriedly, "Get back to Ian. Don't tell me about your sex life, please."

"I won't, I won't." David held his hands up, "But seriously, bring me that card back by midnight or your fairy godmother will reverse the spell and you will be unattractive to everyone."

"Can my fairy godmother make me attractive to everyone?"

"Here." David handed him the beer he hadn't drank from yet, "Give them this. Bam. You're attractive. You're lucky you've already got a nice blue shirt on, I don't want to dress you in something else."

"Thanks a lot." He said sarcastically, grabbing the beer, "If you're my fairy godmother, who are my ugly stepsisters?"

"Matt and Mari." David grinned.

Josh frowned. By default, that left Anthony as his prince. Did David know?

"Or maybe Anthony instead of Mari…." David looked up, then back at Ian.

"Anyway, what happens if I'm not back by midnight?" Josh tried to get David's attention back to himself.

"I'm killing everything you love." David frowned, "Either that, or you'll just be up there while I let Ian fuck me."

"I'll be back by midnight." Josh nodded, not wanting to be around during that, "Thanks again."

Josh looked around once David had preoccupied himself with Ian. He located Anthony and motioned for him to follow him. Anthony stumbled over to him.

"Did you find out?"

Josh nodded, "Yeah. He got a hotel room, but we can use it."

Anthony grinned, "Good. Let's go."

It was one of the most pleasurable experiences of Josh's life. He froze up while Anthony was on top of him. He heard voices. There was laughter, and he could tell right then and there it was Ian.

"David!" Ian gasped loudly, "Put me down!"

He used the time they were talking to get dressed.

"Maybe I like you pinned up against the wall." David replied, and there was silence for a few seconds -Josh assumed they were making out- before he spoke up again, "You look so hot right now."

"When do I not?" Ian said softly.

"Never." David answered in a more serious tone, "You always look amazing."

There was more silence, but there was a thump against the wall, and it seemed as if Ian had unattached his legs from around David's waist and was now standing up. Josh couldn't hear anything else, but he was sure that Ian was kissing David sweetly rather than trying to get in his pants again.

Anthony frowned as Josh ran around the room, trying to look like he wasn't just having sex. He grabbed his shoes and socks and rushed out, dropping a shoe in the process. He turned back briefly to stick the key in David's pocket. He was right, they were kissing each other like they meant it, not in a one night stand kind of way.

He himself, however, had most definitely been a one night stand.


Anthony woke up the next morning, feeling like shit. He sat up slowly, his head still spinning. He looked around and took in his surroundings. It appeared that he was in a hotel room. He heard a voice from another room.

"I don't know, I mean, I definitely like you a lot, and I don't think that last night was just a one time kind of deal, but I just don't know."

It was Ian.

"I really like you a lot, but I don't know if you feel the same way." Ian paused, "No, that won't work. What about….Look, last night meant the world to me. That kiss we shared outside the room really blew me away. I really felt something there, and I really want to feel it again." He groaned, "That's too sappy. Fuck. Hmm….I enjoyed spending time with, and in, you last night, and I was thinking maybe we could go get some dinner or something….No, too casual…."

"Ian?" Anthony frowned.

"Anthony!" Ian sounded surprised as he poked his head out from the bathroom, "How long have you been awake?"

"Who were you talking to?"

"No one." Ian turned red, "I was just….practicing."

Anthony dropped it, "Do you know how I ended up here?"

Ian looked down, "Uh, no."

"Well, I should probably figure that out pretty soon."

"Yeah…." Ian looked back up, "Well, we're running out of time on the room, so I should probably get going."

"I'll see you at work tomorrow?" Anthony got dressed and put his shoes on.

Ian nodded, "Of course."

"Good luck." Anthony spotted an extra shoe, and it definitely wasn't Ian's.

Maybe this would lead him closer to who he slept with, if he slept with anyone at all. He grabbed it and took it with him as he walked out the door.

"With what?" Ian looked confused.

"With whoever you were giving that speech too."

The next day at work, Anthony heard Ian going over a list of ways to tell someone he liked them again. He still had no idea who it was, but he decided not to interrupt him again, and instead, he went to talk with Joven, Matt, and Mari.

"Hey guys." Anthony smiled, sitting with them.

He got a chorus of cheery replies from everyone but Josh, which upset him. Anthony had started developing feelings for Josh a few weeks ago, and Josh had just finally started showing signs back. Now, he completely ignored him. Anthony hoped he hadn't said something stupid while drunk.

"Did you guys have fun at the party?" He asked.

Matt and Mari nodded.

"Oh yeah." Matt grinned, "It was awesome."

Mari nodded in agreement, "Really fun."

Josh just nodded his head a few times, "Pretty good."

Ian walked into the room, "Is everyone here?"

"No, we're waiting on Lasercorn. He said he'd be a bit late today." Josh smiled at Ian, "Something about grabbing coffee."

Why was Josh all happy when Ian talked to him, but ignoring Anthony? He crossed his arms and sat back. He'd have to talk to Ian about it later. All Anthony knew was that Josh seemed to hate him, and that Ian couldn't stop pacing around the room.

"Hey guys." David pushed the door open, "Sorry I'm late. I went on a small coffee run. I was exhausted. I've had some pretty intense nights lately."

Anthony had no idea what he was talking about, but then again, Anthony was wasted for more than half the party. He vaguely remembered hearing Ian and David's names together several times, but he couldn't remember why.

They were all there to mass edit some videos for the upcoming weeks. Josh sat across the room from Anthony. Ian kept staring over at David and looking away when David noticed. Matt and Mari sat beside each other as usual. They always said they were just friends, but everyone knew they had something going on.

Anthony was sitting alone, hunched over his laptop, editing a video for their main Smosh channel.

David was sitting a few feet away from him, and Josh went over to talk to him.

"Did you find a shoe in your hotel room?" He whispered.

David shook his head, "No, did you lose one?"

He nodded, "Yeah. It was all white."

Anthony gulped.

Fuck.

David frowned, "Sorry, Joven. I can help pay for another pair."

"No, don't. I don't really need them anyway, they were old." Josh shrugged.

He nodded, "Alright, well, I'll tell you if I find it. I might've taken it home with me, I don't know. I grabbed what looked like mine and brought it back with me."

Josh looked back at Ian quickly before whispering into David's ear, "Did you remember everything that was yours?"

"No." David pouted, lowering his voice, "I left before he woke up. I was scared."

Josh nodded and took his position back on the other side of the room.

Anthony frowned. He had Josh's shoe. Did that mean-yeah, they probably had slept together. Fuck. Anthony wanted to tell him how he felt before that. He was going to tell Ian this when he got home.

Finally, they all finished editing. Anthony went to find Ian, but he couldn't see him anywhere. He went out to the car to wait for him, but when he didn't come back in fifteen minutes, he went back to find him.

He found him. He wasn't expecting such a shock, but he found him.

Ian was standing in the middle of the studio with his arms wrapped around David's neck, kissing him passionately. David had a coffee cup in one hand, and the other settled around Ian's waist. Anthony wanted to make an Iancorn joke, but he didn't want to ruin their moment, so he just backed out of the room slowly and headed to his car.

A few minutes later, Ian walked out. David followed a few seconds later, and they smiled at each other before parting ways. Ian got in the passenger's seat, smiling to himself.

"Why are you so happy?" Anthony raised an eyebrow, curious as to see if Ian would tell him.

"Oh, nothing." He hummed, "I've just been having a good day. David gave me the rest of his coffee, so I'm feeling pretty energized. It was cold coffee, but it was still pretty good."

"Can I ask you something?"

Ian looked down at his phone and blushed lightly before looking back at Anthony, "Yeah. Sure. Go ahead."

"What did I miss the night of the party?"

"Not a lot." Ian shrugged, looking back down at his phone, "I listened to a lot of David's stories; he's a really cool guy."

"Yeah, plus Iancorn is totally real." Anthony rolled his eyes.

Ian blinked, "What?"

"I'm messing with you, Ian."

"Oh." He said softly.

"Just….did I sleep with anyone?"

Ian frowned, "I don't know. Want me to ask David? He might know."

"Yeah, ask him." Anthony shrugged.

After a few minutes, Ian looked back up, "He says he doesn't know."

Anthony was beginning to get aggravated.

"Why? Do you think you did?"

"I overheard Josh asking David if he had his shoe because he left one." Anthony frowned, "I have that shoe. I'm assuming it means I slept with Josh."

Ian sighed, "Well, I'll tell you this, I did see Josh leaving the hotel room last night while I was waiting outside, but I don't know if-"

"Why were you waiting outside?"

Ian blushed, "I….I may or may not have been kissing David."

Anthony grinned, "That's who you were practicing for? Lasercorn? Of all people to practice asking someone out over, you chose him? Dude! He'd totally date you in a heart beat! Everyone knows that."

"Well, we're together now." Ian smiled, "Officially."

"That's further ahead than I am, so good job." Anthony drummed his fingers along the steering wheel as he pulled into the parking lot of the restaurant.

"You mentioned Josh….Do you want to be with him?" Ian asked, "Because I say go for it. I've never been this happy. I haven't been able to stop smiling for more than a few seconds at a time. We already have a date set up for tomorrow morning."

"Before or after we're filming?"

"Oh yeah, we're including the Games guys in our video tomorrow, aren't we?" Ian grinned.

"Yeah, we are." Anthony nodded, "But is your date before or after?"

"David and I will probably have it before to go get breakfast." Anthony noticed that Ian kept smiling widely everytime he got a text from David.

"Okay, you being so happy is really pushing me to get over myself and ask Josh out on a date too." Anthony glanced at Ian, who was still smiling like an idiot.

"Do it!" Ian said quickly, "Asking him out was literally the best decision of my life. I'm so glad I did it."

"I'll do, I'll do it." Anthony frowned, pulling up outside the house.

"What are you doing, Anthony?" Ian frowned, "This isn't my house…."

"I know."

"Then-"

"It's David's."

Anthony had never seen Ian get out of the car so fast.

The next day, he stood outside the Smosh house and waited for everyone. Anthony wasn't surprised when Ian and David came later than everyone else.

"I had…." Ian lowered his voice, "I had to go home to change my clothes. I couldn't wear the same thing I did yesterday, everyone would know."

"You came here with David. You don't even live remotely close to each other to carpool. Everyone knows you guys are together now."

Ian grumbled off and Anthony was about to ask him what got up his ass, but he already knew.

Anthony had the shoe in his backpack, and he wasn't really sure what he was going to do with it, but during one of the breaks, he walked over to Josh, who looked worried when he saw that Anthony was heading his way.


Oh shit. Josh thought, What the hell am I supposed to do now? It's going to be so hard to talk to him and I don't know what to-

"Hey, Joven."

"Hi Anthony." He looked up at him.

"I…." Anthony opened his backpack up, "I believe this belongs to you."

Josh was surprised that Anthony had his shoe. He didn't think Anthony would've noticed it being there.

"Yeah." He nodded, "That's mine."

"I assumed that because you took your shoes off, you took everything off." Anthony was turning red.

Josh sighed and looked away, "We both did. I'm really sorry, Anthony."

"Don't be sorry. I'm sure I enjoyed it. However, I also want you to know that I am free for dinner tonight if you want to go."

"What?" Josh grinned, "For real?"

Anthony nodded, "Yeah for real. I've been wanting to ask you for out a while now, but I could never bring myself to actually do it. I have a reason now, and a motivation." He gestured to Ian and David, who were sitting on the curb together, talking and drinking coffee.

"They're an item now?"

"Even when they weren't an official item, they were still an item." Anthony grinned.

"So…." Josh looked at Anthony, "Can I have my shoe back?"

Anthony held it out for him, "I should put it on your foot, but you've already got one on."

Josh rolled his eyes before noticing that Ian was heading their way.

"I gotta go do something real quick." Josh ducked out of the way while Ian and Anthony started talking about the video.

He sat down beside David.

"Hello." David nodded, taking a sip of coffee.

"Thank you."

"For what?" He turned to him.

"Playing fairy godmother in my fairy tale story of a week."

He rolled his eyes, "You're welcome. Doesn't fairy godmother magically poof Cinderella perfect and attractive to the prince at the end permanently?"

Josh looked up, trying to remember, "I think so….I don't know. I haven't seen the movie since I was younger."

David nodded, "I get it. I was just saying, I could totally do that, you know?"

"You could?" Josh grinned, "Did you do it to yourself? Is that how you got Ian to be your boyfriend?"

He looked down, "I didn't realize you knew about that."

"Ian told Anthony, who just told me a few minutes ago." Josh shrugged, "But seriously, make me attractive for life. Anthony asked me out to dinner and I want to make sure he likes it."

"I can give you this." David shifted a little and handed Josh a thin plastic card.

"Is this the hotel key?"

He nodded, "I didn't realize you had given it back to me, so I went to get a new one, which was the one I returned. I found yours in my pocket this morning."

Josh took it, "It doesn't still work, does it?"

"Probably not. I thought of it more as a good luck charm." David shrugged, taking another long sip of coffee.

"Anything else besides a good luck charm?" Josh grinned, "No beautiful dresses?"

David stood up, "Well, I've got this." He pulled something out of his pocket, but Josh couldn't see it, "It might help, I don't know." There was definitely a joking tone in his voice.

"Well, hand it over. I'll take any help I can get."

David dropped a condom in Josh's lap, "Bippity boppity boo."