Driving to Smosh HQ, Lasercorn focuses his eyes on the road as Sohinki scrolls through the comments on Lasercorn's channel. On occasion, Lasercorn will see Sohinki roll his eyes or hear him giggle at the comments his fans leave him out the corner of his eye. Smiling at his boyfriend's cuteness, Lasercorn slowly steps on the brake as the couple approach a four-way intersection. A frown makes its way onto Sohinki's face, worrying Lasercorn a bit.
"Something wrong?" Lasercorn asks, wondering if another fangirl has gone a bit too far with a post again.
"I'm just confused. It seems like they're desperate for you to play Misao. One fan even left you a download link." Sohinki replies, his words coming out slowly as he tries to wrap his head around the Misao situation.
"Really?" Lasercorn asks, removing his foot from the brake as the light turns green.
"Yeah. I just don't get it. Horror games aren't your thing, so why Misao?" Sohinki asks, still scrolling through Lasercorn's comment section.
"I dunno. Maybe they want to see me try out a horror game. Everyone seems to love watching random strangers freak out at stupid jumpscares." Lasercorn suggests as they finally reach the Smosh HQ parking lot.
"I guess you're right." Sohinki sighs, opening the passenger door.
"You know I'm right." Lasercorn smiles as he removes the key from the ignition before getting out of his car.
The two males then head toward the entrance. Once Sohinki is in reach, Lasercorn reaches out to firmly grasp Sohinki's hand in his own. Blushing slightly, Sohinki intertwines their fingers as a smile breaks out on his face. Entering HQ, Lasercorn and Sohinki head to their little cubicles which are, ironically, not that far away from the other's. Instead of heading to his own, however, Sohinki decides to follow Lasercorn. As Lasercorn sits down in his chair, Sohinki stands behind it and rests his arms on the chair's back. Lasercorn can't help but smirk as his boyfriend's arms are just barely touching the back of his neck.
"Want something, babe?" Lasercorn asks.
Sohinki, hearing the smirk in Lasercorn's voice, replies in a teasing voice, "What do you think?"
"Why don't you come here then?" Lasercorn challenges, his smirk widening.
Giving in to his boyfriend's demand, Sohinki removes his arms from the chair as he approaches Lasercorn. He has barely taken two steps when a hand grabs at his wrist, forcing him down onto Lasercorn's lap. Before Lasercorn can make another move, Sohinki shifts on his lap so the two are facing each other. Wrapping his legs around Lasercorn's midsection, he can't help but blush as Lasercorn smirks down at him.
"Where did that sudden confidence of yours go?" Lasercorn taunts playfully as he leans in, leaving their lips a mere inch apart.
"What can I say? It was a spur-of-the-moment kind of thing." Sohinki replies, rubbing the back of his neck while laughing awkwardly.
Smirk still in place, Lasercorn whispers low in Sohinki's ear, "Good. It's cute when you're all nervous."
Before Sohinki can retort, Lasercorn eliminates the space between them, placing a gentle yet passionate kiss on his soft lips. Sohinki responds immediately, kissing back as his arms wrap around Lasercorn's neck. Lasercorn trails a hand up Sohinki's back, smirking against the shorter man's lips as he moans into the kiss. Breaking the kiss, Sohinki stares into Lasercorn's now lust-clouded eyes. The feeling overpowers Lasercorn as he trails kisses down Sohinki's neck and jawline, occasionally nipping at the skin. Unable to hold back his moans, Sohinki finds that his hands have moved and are now gripping tightly to Lasercorn's shoulders. Never having gone this far with anyone before, Sohinki is overwhelmed as fear and pleasure battle it out inside of him.
Intoxicated by the sounds his boyfriend is making, Lasercorn slips his free hand inside Sohinki's shirt. He just barely begins exploring the newfound territory when the chair the couple occupies suddenly falls to the floor. Lasercorn groans in pain before noticing Sohinki is no longer with him. Puzzled, Lasercorn scans the room for any sign of his boyfriend's whereabouts. It doesn't take long for Lasercorn to find Sohinki curled up in a ball in the corner of the room, shaking like a leaf. A feeling of intense concern consumes Lasercorn as he rushes toward Sohinki. Sitting on his knees with Sohinki's back to him, Lasercorn places a gentle hand on his side.
"Matt, what happened? I thought you were enjoying it. Did I do something wrong?" Lasercorn asks in what he hopes is a soft tone.
Sniffling, Sohinki replies, "I was. Until your hand… Moved…"
At first, Lasercorn is confused.
"What are you-" It hits him.
Joven.
Sohinki speaks up as the realization his Lasercorn, "I-I don't want to think about that."
Lasercorn remains silent, staring down at Sohinki who still hasn't stopped trembling. He remembers walking in on Joven fiercely making out with a horrified, unwilling, defenseless Sohinki. Guilt consumes his entire being.
'How could I have been so stupid?! His best friend tried to rape him yesterday, and then I had to go and do the very thing that has him traumatized! I'm a terrible boyfriend…'
As if Lasercorn doesn't feel bad enough, he hears Sohinki sniffling in his curled up form. Desperate to fix his mistake, Lasercorn removes his hand from Sohinki's side only to replace it onto his soft hair.
"I'm so sorry, Matt. I wasn't thinking. I just got so lost in the moment, I completely forgot about… That. I should've been way more considerate."
"I-It's ok, David. I-" Sohinki is about to forgive Lasercorn when he is suddenly cut off.
"No, it's not ok. Nothing about that was ok. Doing what I did makes me no better than Joven. If you wouldn't have done something I would've kept going." Lasercorn says, getting angrier with himself as the conversation continues.
"But you even said you were lost in the moment. You didn't remem-" Once again, Sohinki is cut off.
"I should've! What kind of boyfriend forgets about something that important, and then goes and does what I did?! A bad one!" Lasercorn exclaims, the hand on Sohinki's head unconsciously tightening its grip, pulling tightly on dark brown locks.
Sohinki cries out in pain as he replies, "David, stop! That hurts!"
Immediately, Lasercorn removes his hand. Not knowing what else to do, Lasercorn hangs his head in defeat. An uncomfortable silence passes over the two, neither one sure what a good course of action is in this situation. Sohinki sighs as he rolls over to face Lasercorn, lightly bumping into his knee as he comes to a stop. Head already cast downward, Lasercorn stares as Sohinki moves to rest his head on Lasercorn's knees.
Looking up, Sohinki says, "Please don't feel too bad about this, David. The only reason you kept going was because I was enjoying it, every second of it, before… Well, you know what I'm talking about. Anyway, I don't want you to think I hate you, fear you, or anything like that. I just need some time to… Forget."
Lasercorn sighs, "I know. I just hate when I hurt you. You mean a lot to me, and I just… I just…"
Smiling, Sohinki sits up. Even as Sohinki is now at eye level with Lasercorn, he refuses to lift his head to look at his boyfriend. Slightly annoyed with this, Sohinki grabs Lasercorn's face gently in his hands and forces his head up. Trapped, Lasercorn has no choice but to stare into his boyfriend's eyes. Surprisingly, Lasercorn doesn't see a hint of malice in Sohinki's eyes; only forgiveness.
"I know you never mean to hurt me, but that will happen from time to time. As long as you apologize, and mean it, I'll always forgive you no matter what it is you did." Lasercorn stares at Sohinki, wide-eyed, as a smile forms on his face.
"Damn, you're amazing. What did I ever do to deserve you?" Lasercorn asks, breaking free of Sohinki's grasp to rest his head in the crook of his neck.
"A lot more than you know." Sohinki replies, reaching a hand up to gently pet Lasercorn's spikey orange hair.
(Zhe Time Skip)
Walking through the front doors of Smosh HQ, Joven sighs as he mentally relives the day before.
'I can't believe I actually did that to Matt. He's happy with David, I'm happy that they're happy together, so why would I let it get to me that badly? Sure, I kinda-sorta-ish like Matt, but I would never just lash out at him and do something so… Nasty.'
Returning home after Lasercorn had basically thrown him out the front door was a nightmare. Wes, being the kind-hearted soul he is, immediately noticed Joven's pain and practically demanded an explanation. As much as he hated lying to his roommate/friend, he didn't want to talk about it at the time. Joven somehow managed to convince Wes that he hit an animal on his way home and felt absolutely terrible about it. Wes did his best to comfort Joven, telling him the cliché "it's not your fault", and lucky for Joven his acting skills paid off. Joven asked Wes to be left alone for the rest of the night, and of course Wes did just that.
'What am I gonna do..?' Joven thinks to himself, running his fingers through his messy, black hair.
As his thoughts swarm around in his mind, he fails to realize that he's walked halfway down the hall until a familiar voice calls out to him from the door he had previously entered. Stopping, he turns slightly and sees Anthony rushing towards him. Smiling at his friend, he waits for him to catch up.
"Didn't expect to run into you, Joven. I don't usually see you until we're in the game room. You're either really late or I'm really early." Anthony teases, smirking playfully down at Joven.
"I'm definitely late." Joven replies, intending to sound casual but instead coming off as emotionless.
Anthony notices this, "Is everything alright?"
Joven sighs as he realizes he's been caught.
'Should I lie to him? No, that's a bad idea. He usually finds out the truth one way or another, and then gets mad at you for lying to him in the first place. I guess talking about this with someone wouldn't hurt. Plus, I trust Anthony.' After thinking it over, Joven decides to come clean.
"Yesterday, I did… Something I really regret." Joven starts, rubbing the back of his neck as he contemplates just how to phrase this.
"What did you do? Um, if you don't mind me asking." Anthony asks, wondering what on Earth Joven did that's bothering him so badly.
"You know how I have a small crush on Matt, right?" Joven asks, refusing to meet Anthony's eye.
"Yeah." Anthony shortly replies.
"Well, I went over to David's house to talk about a Gamebang idea I had. Apparently Matt had spent the night, and he answered the door instead of David. I didn't know what to do. I was about to leave when Matt started crying. He was upset that I didn't hang out with him anymore, and thought I hated him. I felt so bad. I couldn't just leave him like that. I hugged him, and told him I couldn't ever hate him. Then I, well, I…" Joven trails off, unsure whether or not he wants to finish his story.
Anthony wasn't even sure if he wanted to hear any more. Once Sohinki was brought up, all Anthony could feel was jealousy. Anthony has been crushing on Joven for a little while now, and whenever Joven mentions Sohinki his heart pangs. Joven has crushed on Sohinki for at least a year only to have Sohinki reject him for Lasercorn. In Anthony's mind Sohinki was a fool to choose Lasercorn over Joven. Lasercorn's a cool guy and all, but compared to Joven he's just another guy. Anthony wants Joven to move on to someone better, someone who would do anything and everything for him, but he knows what Joven's going through and knows it takes time to get over an unrequited love. Anthony only hopes that one day Joven will let his feelings for Sohinki go and fall for him instead.
Despite all that, Anthony's curiosity gets the better of him, "What?"
"…I threw myself at him." Joven says, eyes on the ground.
"…What?" Anthony asks when he finally recovers from shock, not believing what he's hearing.
"At first it was just a kiss; it's how I told him why I've been avoiding him. He got the message, and told me I'm just a friend and that he likes David. I got so mad, I don't know what came over me, and I tackled him to the floor. If David hadn't come in and thrown me off of him, I don't know what I would've done to him. I-I almost raped him, Anthony. I could've raped my best friend…" By the time Joven finished, he was in tears.
Anthony feels a pang in his heart, but not out of jealousy for Sohinki. He feels horrible that Sohinki had to go through that, almost being raped by someone he thought he could trust, and for the briefest moment he was mad at Joven for doing something so inhumane. That feeling quickly passes as he sees Joven sniffling out the corner of his eye. Joven feels horrible about what he did, that's obvious to anyone who actually looks at the guy, and Anthony feels that's punishment enough for anyone. The average rapist feels nothing but satisfaction after a "job well done." The fact that Joven is fighting the urge to ball his eyes out definitely tells Anthony he would never dream of doing what he did again.
Anthony wraps his arms around Joven, pulling him in close and letting him cry on his shirt. Joven's hands entwine into Anthony's shirt, gripping the material tightly. Joven cries it out for a good ten minutes, as Anthony rubs circles into his back in what he hopes to be a comforting way, before he can finally form a sentence longer than four words in length.
"What am I gonna do? I wanna apologize to Matt, but there's no way David will let me anywhere near him! I don't even know if I'd have the guts to face either one of them!" Joven freaks out, still clinging tightly to Anthony's shirt.
"What if I went with you? It might comfort David knowing someone's there to hold you back in case you snap again. Matt might even feel safer with me there. They know I don't tolerate bullshit, and wouldn't dare let you try anything like that." Anthony suggests, removing his hand from Joven's back.
"That might work, actually. Anthony, you're a genius!" Joven exclaims as he removes himself from Anthony's chest, only to wrap his arms around him a bear hug.
Blushing like mad, Anthony returns the embrace. Joven pulls away, smiling one of those smiles that make Anthony's heart melt.
"I hope they'll hear me out. Better yet, I hope they can forgive me for being so stupid." Joven says as he continues his walk to the main gaming room.
"I'm sure they will. They'll probably need some time, though." Anthony replies, following beside Joven.
As the two men are standing outside the door to their destination, Joven suddenly stops. Anthony is about to ask what's up when Joven says a thought aloud.
"If I can't have Matt as a boyfriend, I'll gladly accept being his best friend. If he still wants me, anyway."
Shocked and amazed by Joven's declaration, Anthony finds himself smiling as the duo enter the room.