The show that night wasn't their best. They were all thinking about Craig. Except for Max, who was thinking about his eyebrows.
When the show was over, Max and Robert left with some of the fans to get a drink as usual. Monte declined, and started packing up his guitar carefully.
A thump on the stage behind him made him drop his pick. Cursing under his breath, he located it again and turned around. Craig was sitting at Robert's drumkit, thumping the bass drum. He had a small smile on his face.
"Hey Craig," Monte grinned, making his way over. He leaned against the back of the stage. "Thinking of taking up drums?"
Craig snorted. "Yeah. Get rid of Robert and his ego."
Monte laughed. A comfortable silence followed.
Craig played softly with the drums, seeing what beats he could make up. Monte gazed at his friend's concentrating face, admiring it. The deep brown eyes, the piercing above his lip, the black hair framing his face, the pale skin. The tiny patch of hair underneath the full lips, surrounded by tiny scars from all the piercings he'd had over the years. Suddenly Craig put down Robert's drumsticks, stood up, and faced Monte.
"Uh, Bryan?" Monte tore his eyes away from Craig's mouth and nodded. "Yeah?"
"I-I don't know if Robert mentioned it or anything, but I've been thinking a lot about my…sexuality, recently."
Monte took a deep breath. "Uhm. Me too, actually."
Craig glanced quickly at him, and cleared his throat. "Specifically, my…myfeelingstowardsyou." Craig said it really fast and looked back down at the drumkit.
A rush of feelings rushed through Monte's body. Suddenly, in a very out-of-character move, he stepped forwards, grabbed the collar of Craig's leather jacket, and softly kissed him.
For a split second, Craig didn't move. Then he started slowly kissing Monte back.
Feeling Craig's lips softly moving against his, feeling his hands in his hair, was the best feeling Monte had ever felt. The kiss only lasted a few seconds, but if felt like a million years and a millisecond.
They broke apart, and stared at each other, contemplating what they'd just done.
"Our friendship will never be the same," Monte said cautiously, hopefully. Craig smiled and entwined their hands.
"It'll be worth it. Monte…I love you."
"I love you too, Craig."
"About time," Max murmured to Robert, who grinned and snapped a picture. They softly left the auditorium, happy that their two best friends had finally realised they were perfect for each other.
Yeah, I'm going to Hell. But that was fun to write, as creepy as it was xD