Monster: Hi guys! So this is a super dumb little story. I'm gonna try to squeeze in some time to write Blue Brute a bit more but we'll see what I work on next. I've been feeling the itch to write again. Maybe some more requested fics. We'll see. Enjoy!
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Secret relationships are the dumbest thing in the world. Why would you keep it a secret that you're dating someone? Would you keep it a secret forever? You can't just keep it a secret forever. When you're in love, you want to tell people all about them. Brag about them. Show them off, sometimes. Have them come meet your friends and watch as everyone gets jealous.
Okay so maybe not all of that is true and maybe it's a little superficial to think that way but whatever. Maybe there was a reason you couldn't go public with the relationship. That's fine. Absolutely fine.
It was fine for Charlie to keep the secret from the guys. It was fine for Johnny to keep it. It wasn't that they didn't trust the guys to respect their privacy or well… not woo at them whenever they would kiss – Okay, maybe they didn't trust the guys enough to not woo at them and tease them about their relationship – but they just didn't need their relationship to be public yet. Even though they were hiding it in plain sight by admitting it out loud all the time but truth be told, it was Charlie's fault. Dude needed affection at all times and slipped up so much that they had to come up with a cover. What better cover than a joke, right?
Well Charlie hadn't agreed because Johnny's idea of joking about it, only got him a glare from the other. Guess you know who's the more dominant one in that relationship, judging that Charlie couldn't keep Johnny from putting the joke into motion.
Neither one of them was out, neither one of them thought their relationship had been going on long enough to start telling people.
For fuck's sake, it had been three fucking weeks!
Charlie found himself grinning at the thought as he sat on his bed after a good night's rest at his own house again. Sure, he'd been drunk as fuck when he started dating Johnny and Johnny was higher than a kite at the time but when there's chemistry, the lack of boundaries is only an encouragement instead of a mistake. He let himself fall back into the pillow of his bed.
Johnny appeared in the doorway of the bedroom. "Dude, get dressed."
"What? Why? I'm enjoying my goddamn morning off", Charlie pushed himself back upright. "You should enjoy it too, you know, there's pleeenty of room in this bed."
Johnny furrowed his eyebrows and ignored the comment. "Morning off? We're supposed to check out the venue to record our music video with Jacoby and Spencer."
Charlie whipped his head to Johnny. "Wait, what?"
"Yeah, you dick, our morning off is tomorrow. Do you really think I'd leave the bed if we had a morning off? For fuck's sake, we rarely have any privacy with the touring and shit", Johnny shook his head. He folded his arms and leaned against the doorpost. "Now get dressed."
"Figured it was weird you left the bed so early", Charlie shrugged. The time he got dressed in, really deserved a world record title. He grabbed his shoes, shoved his feet into them and paused. He should probably tie his shoelaces because he did not want footage of himself tripping over his feet. He bent down to tie them and looked up at Johnny. "Do you think they'll be weird about us arriving together?"
"No way, I could've picked you up, right? They know we're close", Johnny huffed. Charlie shrugged it off, stood up and looked proud of himself. "I'm ready."
"Great", Johnny pushed himself off on the doorpost and turned his back on Charlie. "We'll only be 10 minutes late now."
"Only ten?" Charlie asked. "Danny doesn't arrive until he's, like, fifteen minutes late."
He grabbed Johnny's arm to stop him before he reached the stairs. Johnny cocked his head curiously. "So?"
Charlie pulled Johnny down by his shoulder to kiss him and let go. "Good morning, asshole."
Johnny smiled at the gesture and put an arm around Charlie as they continued their way to the front door. "Good morning, Charlie."
"Finally a smile", Charlie bumped his shoulder into Johnny's ribs a little harder. "Don't be moody around the rest of them. They'll think I did something wrong."
"Well, you did. You woke up an hour later than planned", Johnny argued. Charlie peeled Johnny's arm off his shoulder and dropped it to Johnny's side. "Yeah okay, I can walk, you know?"
"That's really not a threat. I'll be driving blissfully and you'll be walking in the rain. How is that a punishment for me?"
Charlie shrugged. "Fine. Let's go."
They grabbed a jacket and left the house to drive up to the set-up for the Heart of A Champion Remix music video. As expected, everyone was there except for Danny. The entire crew was setting things up, making sure everyone was wearing the clothes that matched the Streets of The Undead game.
"Have you seen Danny?" King Don asked Charlie when he bumped into him as Charlie and Johnny walked onto the set. Charlie shook his head. "He's always late, don't worry."
"Hair and make-up is waiting for him", King Don shook his head. "This boy, I swear."
Charlie chuckled when they walked past King Don. "See? Danny's later than we are."
"Look who showed up! Man, we were considering continuing as a two-piece band", J-Dog called out when he saw the pair. "What's up with you guys being late?"
"Charlie overslept", Johnny huffed. "I had to wait for him to get dressed."
"You stayed the night?" Funny Man asked.
Johnny shook his head. "Picked him up."
"Why didn't you just… leave without him?" J-Dog offered. Johnny shrugged. "Because then we'd be waiting for Charlie, who thought we had a morning off, and Danny."
"You misunderstood our day off?" J-Dog turned to Charlie. Charlie sighed. "Yeah, I was sleeping late for once."
"Maybe that's what Danny thinks then. He's never been twenty minutes late before", J-Dog offered.
"I should get dressed", Johnny said. He looked over at Charlie. "Can you call Danny?"
Charlie nodded. "See you in a bit with news, hopefully."
"Or not hopefully because if he can't pick up the phone, he could be driving", J-Dog offered.
"Or sleeping", Funny Man grinned.
Johnny shook his head. "See you guys in a bit", he leaned in to give Charlie a kiss and walked away. Charlie froze on the spot and he could see Johnny halt halfway across the set when he realised what he just did.
J-Dog and Funny Man blinked at the exchange. "Did he just kiss you?"
Johnny considered just walking away but it really wasn't fair to leave the mess up to Charlie so he turned around and came back. "Oh yeah, that's how I greet people nowadays", he walked up to J-Dog who took a big step back and away from Johnny. "No you fucking don't, dude, there's a goddamn pandemic and you're gonna start kissing people?"
"Oh, yeah, bad timing", Johnny laughed it off and hurried to walk away. Charlie chuckled and drew their attention. He took his phone out of his pocket. "I-uh…I gotta call Danny, you know."
He quickly strode away as well. J-Dog gave Funny Man a confused look but the other only shrugged. He was just as clueless as to what the fuck just happened.
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This is really just a dumb fic. I don't know how they record these videos, organise it all but I just wanted Johnny and Charlie to mess up in a secret relationship's goodbye kiss. I had this plot in mind before finding out that this was already done in Friends by Chandler and Monica? But in the end, I decided to reference Friends a little by having Johnny play it off the same way to try and kiss the others but J-Dog was having none of it.
If you have a pairing/summary you'd like to see on here, leave a comment and I'll turn it into a story as soon as possible (kind of a long queue right now, I suck)