Author's Note (Monster): Hello our lovelies! I've been asked if I'm still continuing this story. I guess I am, though the warning put me off a bit. My life's been messy if you'd like to know but I'll tell all about it on Kidnapped's notes. I'm going to post a few new HU slash stories. I've got about 5 to post but I'm writing a bit more on them before uploading. Enjoy.
Bloodspinat: I love how you didn't know me back then when you wrote the review.
Guest: This is your request. J3TxTP
LunastheEchida: Which ones didn't you like? And sure, I'll get to that pairing immediately.
Random Fangurl: If DannyxCharlie is your fav, check out Riddle Me This & The Drunk Adventures Of Hollywood Undead (coming up soon)
HU4LIFEBITCHES: Thanks! I like to re-read them too when I'm down.
NightfireRed: I adore your reviews. They make me smile and I've already told my other reviewers I don't smile often (toughened by trauma, i guess). JDxTP was requested before you but I'm still getting to it. JDxDM is one I'll start on soon. First I'm writing a Danny x Charlie drabble for "The Drunk Adventures Of Hollywood Undead" which is a drabble series that's coming up soon. Could it be I stumbled across your profile on Archive Of Our Own? I've been reading some pieces of a profile with your name.
"Johnny's in a mood again", Charlie moaned as he threw his head back. J-Dog rubbed his eyes with a deep sigh that seemed to contain a piece of my soul. He had one arm swung over the couch behind Charlie's shoulders. "He does this every single fucking time!"
Danny nervously shifted in his seat. "Why did he have to ask me that question?"
Funny Man put his arm around Danny's shoulder and slightly rubbed his arm. "It's not your fault for Johnny's mood, bae."
The lead singer turned his head a bit sideways with a disturbed look plastered on his face. "Why the fuck did you call me 'bae'?"
The Mexican grinned. "You look like a bae."
"And with that you mean…?"
"A bae is a bae, Daniel."
Danny scooted away from Funny Man. "Help."
Charlie laughed. "Funny, stop teasing the new guy."
The youngest member shrugged carelessly and moved away from their new lead singer. J-Dog bit a piece of skin out of his lip. "Johnny always gets like this when interviewers ask us about Deuce."
"Why did he even ask me? I didn't know Deuce that well", Danny pouted.
"I guess he wanted to see how you were dealing with the hate of the Deuce-fans", Da Kurlzz commented, leaning against the wall next to Charlie. For once they were allowed to go home after an interview in Los Angeles. The bandana rapper had called them all, except for Johnny, to his home to discuss the current situation. Someone had to change this horrible mood he was in because of the questions about Deuce. He was snappy, rude and a huge dick to them whenever that happened.
"Charlie, you know Johnny better than us. Tell us what to do about it", Funny Man suggested.
The older rapper hummed in response. "I don't know why he's acting like this. It's pretty strange and every time I bring it up, he cuts me off and says he doesn't want to talk about it. Whatever 'it' means for him."
"Why is he so explosive towards Deuce comments anyway? We got rid of the douche, that's all."
J-Dog bit on the inside of his cheek while deep in thoughts. "I think there's more to it but he won't tell us. He insisted Deuce would leave the band after all. Maybe Deuce did something to him?"
Danny scoffed. "Like what? Rape him?"
All eyes were pointed at the new guy and he shied away. "Sorry."
"Fucking adorable. That's exactly why you're a bae!" Funny Man commented, laughing and clapping his hands.
The singer smacked the Mexican's head. "Shut up! I'm not adorable! I'm manly!"
"Jesus, Funny, stop chasing Danny like that or you'll be the one who's raping a member!" Charlie snarled.
The baritone voiced rapper made a weird face. "Me with Danny? Heck no. I like bitches."
"Danny IS a bitch when he wakes up. Those were your words", Da Kurlzz murmured. J-Dog and Charlie laughed but the mean glare from Funny Man silenced them. Danny's face had reddened completely by now. He hid his head in his arms and tried to disappear but he couldn't. "Funny, seriously, back off. Stop trying to get with Danny", J-Dog warned.
The Mexican pouted and looked at Danny. "But he's such a bae!"
"What does that even mean?!" the four others simultaneously asked.
He shrugged in reply. "A cute motherfucker or something like that I think."
"We're forgetting the issue here. What are we gonna do about Johnny?" Charlie asked frustrated.
"Maybe we should just try to talk to him about it with the group. He can't change subject if we're all wondering", Danny suggested, feeling nervous about Funny's eyes pointed at him.
"Yeah… Good idea", J-Dog mused and they got ready to depart to Johnny's house.
Ava and Asia were out of the house for a pretty long damn time. Johnny had a lot of time to himself now that they were visiting his mother-in-law on the other side of the country. Yet he didn't seem to relax today. He tried reading a book but he couldn't quite concentrate on the words. He tried listening some Slipknot but ended up throwing his phone to the other side of the room. Stupid mind couldn't give him a break for one puny second. Instead of trying anything else he just lied down on the couch and closed his eyes for a second.
The guys were suspicious again. He knew they were talking behind his back about his moodiness today. They were probably texting each other and asking what the hell was up with him. He didn't want to tell them. They wouldn't understand. No one would understand. How could they? It was his own damn fault.
1 year ago
"I fucking love Paradise Lost", Johnny mused as he listened to their song for the fourth time in a row. Deuce rolled his eyes. "That shit is way too serious. Loosen up, Johnny."
"No way, I like something serious."
Deuce smiled. "I'm more for No Other Place."
"Everywhere I Go, bro!" Charlie shouted from the kitchen, following by the sound of something hitting something, a pained yelp and "What did you do that for?"
Funny Man walked out of the kitchen with a bowl of popcorn and a handful in his mouth. "Pwor Hyur Stufifity", he spoke, spitting popcorn all over the place.
"What?" Charlie asked, following him. He chewed the popcorn and swallowed it before repeating himself. "For your stupidity."
"That's mean", Charlie pouted and took a seat behind Johnny and Deuce in front of the computer. "And play some other song, Johnny. You can rape Paradise Lost when you're alone."
Johnny shrugged and played Black Dahlia. "Happy?"
Charlie glared at him. "Switch that. NOW!"
Johnny looked at his friend in surprise who subtly moved his head towards Funny who was staring off into space and shivering as the song played. Right, Johnny forgot he just got dumped by his girl. Hell, how could he forget about that? Funny didn't want to leave his room for almost two months. He switched the song to California. "Happy?"
Funny Man came out of his staring state and got up, waving his hands up and down. "Let's get! Get! Get! Get drunk! Let's!" He shouted along. Charlie joined him but when he jumped upright he accidentally knocked over the popcorn, sending it flying all over the four of them.
Johnny got the bowl knocked on his head and the three laughed at the upside down bowl covering his head mostly. "Fuck. You. Charlie."
"You wish you could fuck me!" Charlie mocked.
Johnny rolled his eyes, then looked at the screen again. "So much for gaming night, huh? Your fucking Playstation broke down. Should've made plans with my wife like J-Dog did with Vanessa."
Deuce grumbled. "Not my fucking fault, man."
"What should we do now?"
"I'm going home", Charlie replied. "I hope Matt hasn't gay'd up my place yet."
"Why didn't he come along anyway?"
"Cause he sucks dick", The bandana rapper said, dead serious.
Funny Man laughed and pointed at him childishly. "You fucking love Kurlzz."
"Yeah, I do. He's such a dorky loser. He needs me to make him bad ass", Charlie admitted, putting on his jacket. "Funny, you need a ride?"
"What? So I can go to my empty home?"
"No, so you can come with me and fuck with Matt while he's doing his hair with the flattening iron. That shit's gonna be hilarious."
"Awesome! Yeah, I'm in!" Funny cheered and followed Charlie outside.
Deuce looked at Johnny. "What about you?"
"I ain't going home, dude."
"Why not?"
"I fought with Asia about coming over and I won. Damn right I'm gonna stay as long as I can or she'll say I should've listened to her", Johnny told his friend.
Deuce nodded in acknowledgement. "Fine. Why didn't we ask Danny again?"
"Cause he's busy and not really a part of the band", Johnny replied with a weird face. "I thought that was obvious. Why? You like the kid?"
"He's really nice. You should talk to him sometimes."
Johnny didn't really feel like talking about Danny so he flipped the subject around. "Where's your girlfriend anyway?"
Deuce pursed his lips. "I uh, we kinda broke up this morning but I didn't want to tell you guys yet because we were only dating for a week or something. Just thought it wasn't important."
"What happened?" Johnny asked.
"Just. Nothing."
"Nothing?"
"Yeah."
"What's nothing?"
"I cheated, OK?"
The blue masked rapper widened his eyes. "You serious?"
"Dead serious."
"Why?"
"It's not like I planned to. I just met someone when I was out one night with a friend and the guy kinda ambushed me."
"The guy?!" Johnny asked baffled.
"Yeah. This dude suddenly appeared and I was drunk. He was too and I kinda let him make out with me. She was in the club too and she saw."
"Why did you make out with a dude?"
"I was drunk!"
"Yeah but still. I wouldn't make out with a dude if I was drunk", Johnny defended.
Deuce rolled his eyes. "It's not that bad, really. It's a bit more rough but it's kinda fun to feel chapped lips."
"Are you kidding me? You made out with a guy and liked it?" Johnny asked surprised.
The other nodded. "Yeah", he responded insecure, then confidently assured him. "Yeah! Got a problem with that?"
"No. No, not at all", Johnny swallowed his comments.
Now
That's when the uneasiness started, but that wasn't even the whole story of Johnny's feelings towards Deuce. He put his arm over his eyes and let a deep sigh escape his lips. Worst of all had yet to come. He was so ashamed. He still was because he knew Deuce was laughing at his discomfort. He knew it was his own damn fault. His stupid curiosity got the better of him. He hated to admit it but Deuce managed to pry open a part of him he didn't know he had.
Eight months ago
"Dude, you're so fucking wasted", Charlie said, pushing Johnny away from him. The tallest member huffed insulted. "Am not! You're just a hater!"
"You are", Danny said with a teasing smile. The blue masked rapper stuck out his tongue childishly. "Shut up, Danny!"
Deuce had been right about the new one. He was nice to talk to. He was so much fun too so now they would invite him to come along.
Deuce stood in front of Danny. "Don't pick on him cause you're miserable."
"Am not miserable!"
"Then why are you wasted?"
"Fun."
"Right."
Charlie smacked Da Kurlzz in the head, then looked away. The drummer looked at him in confusion. "Did you just smack me?"
"Nope."
Johnny wobbled away from them into the crowd when he heard his song come up. Deuce followed him, just to make sure he was OK.
"Dude, why are you so wasted?" he screamed over the music.
Johnny glared at him. "To prove I wouldn't kiss a dude!"
"That's what this is all about? You're still hung up on what I told you?"
The other refused to reply and just danced through the crowd until he was out of the sight of the guys. Deuce squeezed through and got in front of him. "Let it go, dude. It was one time."
"Things don't happen just once."
"Yeah they do", Deuce argued.
Johnny shook his head stubbornly. Deuce grabbed his head and forced him to look at him. "You think you can resist when someone sober is coming at you? Like this?"
Deuce closed in on Johnny and fully kissed him on the lips. The taller of the two was startled and tried to shove him off but he didn't budge. He pulled his head away but only managed the break the kiss when it was too late.
Deuce glared at him. "I didn't think so."
Johnny punched him in the nose with his fist. "Fuck off! At least I didn't like kissing a dude!"
Now
Johnny bit his lip when he remembered the moment. Why? Why did Deuce kiss him right then and there? Why did he have to cause a chain reaction? Johnny was drunk. He didn't know what he was talking about or doing. Did the ex-lead singer ever think about the consequences? He didn't think so.
Six Months Ago
Johnny and Deuce were on rocky mountains together. Ever since that drunk kiss they shared, Johnny refused to reason with him. The thing that hurt him the most was the fact that his friend wasn't even drunk when it had happened. It infuriated him. He hated Deuce with all his guts for it.
It wasn't until Deuce forced Johnny to talk to him that something actually happened.
The others hadn't noticed the tension between them. Usually they were just normal to each other but not really the best friends. Now they just didn't speak at all.
When everyone had gone to bed, Deuce and Johnny were left alone.
"Stop avoiding me."
"I'm not avoiding you."
"It was meaningless. Let it go."
"Fuck off, Deuce."
Deuce chuckled. "It's so easy to push your buttons. Why are you so pissed? Are you afraid to admit it was fun? Wasn't it you who got drunk and made out with Charlie?"
"That was a dare!"
"Yeah. A dare where he grabbed your head and pushed you closer when you were about to part. He was fucking with you too. We're young. Let us be wild!"
"I have a wife."
"So? What she doesn't know, won't hurt her."
"Fuck off", Johnny whispered more to himself than to the other. "I don't wanna hear it anymore."
"That's because you're afraid to admit it felt good for a change."
"Fine. It felt good. Happy now? Fuck off."
Deuce scooted closer to Johnny. "Then don't you regret pulling away?"
"No."
"Come on."
Johnny turned his head away. "Stop it. What are you even trying right now?"
Deuce grinned. "If I tell you, will you let me kiss you again?"
"No!"
"Please?"
"Fine. What are you trying?"
"To convince you it's not that bad", the lead singer laughed, then straddled the others hips quite fluently. He pushed him back by his shoulders and crashed their lips together. Johnny had time to gasp before they touched but he didn't get much further. All he could think of, was "why? Why does he want to kiss me?"
Through the slow movement of their lips he felt a tongue caress his own and that's when his breath hitched and he pulled away. "Don't."
"But you like it."
Johnny closed his eyes tightly. "No."
"Yeah, you do."
"I don't want to."
"Just give in, man, it'll be easier for both of us."
Johnny gulped, then nodded.
The lead singer closed the distance again and softly kissed his lips again.
Now
Johnny let an unsteady breath escape his lips. He was startled out of his thoughts when the bell rung. He got up and walked to the front door, revealing his five best friends in the world. He clenched his jaw and let them through. "Hey."
"What? No applause?"
Johnny shook his head. "Not in the mood."
"Are you still mad?"
"No."
"Upset?"
"A bit", Johnny admitted with a sad smile. Charlie hugged his friend. "Dude, tell us. What's up?"
He led them to the living room in order to avoid the question. "It's nothing."
"Then why are you so pissed when they ask about Deuce?" J-Dog asked.
Johnny shook his head. "I honestly don't want to talk about that."
"You have to. We're tired of you avoiding this kind of shit", Da Kurlzz said.
The blue masked rapper took a deep breath. "Now is not the time, guys."
"Then when is?" Danny asked like the other was fragile. The other just shook his head again. "Never. I can't talk about this. I don't want to."
"It can't be that bad? What did he do?" Charlie asked.
Johnny lowered his gaze. "He took advantage of me."
"Of all of us but why are you so damn hurt?"
Why am I so damn hurt?
Johnny smashed Deuce against the wall and pressed his lips against him. The singer smirked and entangled his fingers in his hair and his other hand gripping a handful of his shirt. "You're sneaky. Inviting me over when you're wife's out of town."
He shook his head to clear his mind. "I just… Stop asking, please."
The others watched him and he blinked far too many times to be normal. In fact he was trying to blink away a tear in his eye. "Are you crying?"
"No!" Johnny shouted.
"Just let us in, dude! What's up?"
The rapper took a deep breath and turned furiously to them, not knowing when he had turned away. "You wanna know what happened? Fine! I had an affair with Deuce. I cheated on Asia with him! But she got suspicious after a while and I didn't want to lose her so I broke it off with Deuce, but he was angry with me for it so he became unbearable. When you guys wanted to kick him out, I joined in to make the break up final. My problem is that I fucking miss what I had with him instead of being happy with my wife as I fucking should!"
A moment of silence passed. Funny Man was the first to speak. "You had an affair with Deuce?"
"He kinda forced himself on me but I came to like it", Johnny whispered in shame.
"Never took you for the type", J-Dog commented, earning a blow to the head of Danny. "Why would you care about that? He's hurt, can't you see?"
Johnny hid his eyes in his hands. "I'm so ashamed of it."
Charlie got up and hugged his friend tightly. "It's OK. You'll be fine."
J-Dog followed and so did Danny and Da Kurlzz. Funny Man stood there awkwardly when there was no more room for him. Danny looked up and pulled Funny Man closer so he was half hugging Johnny, half hugging Funny Man. "I like you too, Funny."
Johnny hugged all of his friends back. "You guys are awesome."
"Forget Deuce. He's a dipshit."
"Yeah. He's retarded."
Your friends are there for you when you're heartbroken. They tell you how they didn't like the guy anyway who hurt you or they tell you he wasn't worth it, but you don't want to hear that. You don't want to hear how everything's gonna be alright soon. Things aren't alright right now and that's what matters. Your life is broken into tiny pieces when the one you like the most or even love has left your life. There's not enough talking in the world that could fill that gap, but there is time. You may not want to hear that, but it's true. If you take your time to cry and do all the cliché things about break ups you said you'd never do, you'll recover.
Johnny knew that now and he'd get through with the help of his five best friends.
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