Dawn breaks on the second day. Mark stirs awake and sits up groggily in his bed. He rubs his eyes and turns to his clock. It reads 8 AM. With a groan the red haired man turns and stands from his bed. In his pj's and topless he wanders from his room to the living room. He sees Sean already up at the table eating breakfast. Sean looks up at mark. He blushes slightly seeing the YouTuber shirtless.
"Dude, couldn't put a shirt on?"
"Awww what's wrong honey, a bit shy are ya?"
Mark chuckles uncomfortably trying to kill the tension with humor. But he knows that isn't going to work. Mark goes to the fridge and grabs some eggs. Sean is finished with his food by the time Mark sits to eat, but he stays seated at the table.
"So, what are the plans for today big guy?"
Mark shrugs while looking down at his plate of food.
"Dunno honestly. I know Felix is coming to town so maybe we could catch up with him."
"Yeah! That sounds awesome."
Mark just sits silent finishing his breakfast. The two talk here and there about recent events and how their channels are doing. A joke placed through out causes laughter and breaks some of the tension. But this was only temporary.
Mark messaged Felix about meeting up. The swede was all for the idea and told Mark where he was arriving. When the time came to go meet Felix Sean and Mark got around and left. The ride was mostly silent with a short conversation here and there. The pair arrived at the port Felix was to land at. When they enter they see Felix with his luggage.
"Hey Pewds!"
Sean shouts from across the room. The loud voice of the Irishman makes a few people turn and look. But Felix smiles and shouts back.
"Hey guys!"
The three friends hop into marks car and head back to his house. Felix strikes up the conversation and Mark and Sean reply. Felix hadn't noticed the tension.
Now back at the house, Felix sets his things in the living room. Sean and Mark Help their friend unpack in silence.
"Hey guys, why so quiet? Not like you guys to have so little to say."
The two look at each other then back at Felix. Mark was first to speak up.
"Yeah, is pretty odd for us. Just thinking about what we're all gonna do for fun."
Sean grins slightly glancing at Mark. Felix catches the expression.
"What have you got planned you cheeky potato?"
Sean snaps back to himself and fumble a bit when he replies.
"N-nothing really. I came to visit Mark so he's the one with all the plans."
A short silence befalls the group. Mark coughs into his fist and speaks.
"Well, I'm gonna go get dressed. pj's and a T-shirt isn't exactly a suitable get up."
Mark walks away down the hall and into his room. Sean sits himself on the couch slumped forward a bit with his hands clasped. Felix sits next to him, picking up on his mood.
"What's wrong man? You seem a bit down?"
"Huh? Oh... It's nothing."
Felix nudges Sean with his elbow lightly.
"Ah come on. You can talk to me. You see what I do in my videos. I can take anything."
"Well... Alright. But don't tell Mark we talked."
"No problem bro."
"Well, Last night, Mark told me something that I don't know how ta feel about."
"Yeah? What was it?"
"Well, he said he liked me."
"Who doesn't like the one and only Jacksepticeye?"
The Swede laughs and pats Sean's shoulder.
"Nah man, like, like likes me."
"You mean, in a butt hugging way?"
Sean shoots Felix a dirty look.
"Come on man, be serious."
"Okay, okay. Sorry. Well, how do you feel about him?"
Sean looks down at his hands. He fidgets while searching his mind for the words.
"I mean, I like him too, a lot. I've thought it too, but I just don't know how i feel about acting on it."
Felix leans back on the couch and places his hands together in thought.
"Hmmmm... Well, how will you ever know if you don't act on it?"
"Yer not weired out by any of this?"
"Bro, I've done some weird shit in my videos and I'm not exactly normal. And you guys are my friends. What kind of a friend would I be to take offense to how you two feel?"
"Thanks man, that helps a bit."
"So what are your plans?"
"I don't know. I don't know how to act."
"Well, don't act so stiff. Unless you two are into that stuff."
Felix chuckles a bit but stops when he catches another stern look from Sean.
"But seriously man, don't be so distant. Lighten up and give it a try. If it works out it works out."
"What if it doesn't?"
"Well, if it doesn't you two can go back to being just friends. I'm sure you two can bpumce back from anything."
"Yeah. Thanks man. I really appreciate this."
"Don't sweat it bro. But do you know where Mark's bathroom is? I gotta use it."
Sean points down the hall and to the left, just across from Mark's room. The Swede nods and walks off. When he reaches the doorway Mark walks out of his room. He is wearing a tight fit hooded T-shirt and joggers. Felix smiles at Mark and winks.
"Go get 'im tiger."
"Wha..?"
But before Mark could question Felix closed the bathroom door. Mark stands frozen, puzzled. But he soon regains and heads to the living room.
Sean still sat on the couch and looked up at Mark as he leaves the hall.
"Hey."
"Hey."
Mark walks over and sits at one end of the couch opposite Jack. Two coushions apart. A silence fills the room as the two avoid eye contact with each other. After a moment, Sean slides to the next coushion over. Mark turns his head sharply, surprised by his green haired friend's movement.
"Hey Mark?"
"Yeah?"
I still don't quite know what ta make of this. But I know I feel something."
Mark sat silent for brief moment.
"Yeah? I'm sorry. I know it must be a lot to process."
"It's not like I haven't thought of it before."
Mark turns his torso now facing fully toward Sean.
"Really?"
"Well yeah. I mean, the flirting that seemed meant jokingly, the self shipping. It's crossed my mind a couple o' times."
"So, what do you want to do?"
Sean slides over to the next coushion, now sitting close to Mark.
"I don't want ta just push you away. I think it's worth a try, I just don't know how ta go about it."
Sean looks up at Mark. He's one of the few people Shorter than the deep voiced Tuber. Mark inhales deeply puffing his chest and he reaches his arms around Sean and pulls him in. Sean blushes and stiffens a bit, but then he relaxes and eases his head onto Mark's shoulder. The tensity lessens and a smile forms across both of their faces. Sean chuckles a bit before speaking.
"There, that wan't so hard."
Mark laughs and rubs the Irishman's shoulder. From the hall sounds a cough. The pair jump out of embrace and turn facing Felix at the hall entrance. Both flushed red.
"Well, this has been a productive start to the afternoon."
The two, still sitting close on the couch look at each other and chuckle nervously.
"Well, now that the homo has begun, what are we gonna do?"
Mark thinks for a moment then speaks.
"How about a three way collab video?"
"I'm not really into open relationships Mark."
Mark and Felix look at Sean who is smiling somewhat sheepishly. Both burst into laughter and Sean soon follows. This seemed to be a big step in the right direction for the two YouTubers. Hopefully in the days following things will continue to improve.
