REALLY short chapter alert. By far the shortest chapter of the whole story. I cut things kind of strangely on the last chapter, and then realized afterwards and I was all "aww crap" Actually, the next chapter is going to be short too. But the one after is gonna be a fair length. I promise!

Also, someone pointed out that in the first chapter I wrote starship instead of starkid, but I meant to! Thanks for pointing it out though. =)

I've also hit a bit of a...slump in writing. I've got a few chapters left, but if you don't get a new one for a few days, please don't hate me!

They drove another few hours to the next venue. They needed to rehearse and the hotel wasn't far.

But Darren was right, he was walking funny. No one seemed to notice until they all sat down to have lunch together and Darren very noticebly winced. As soon as he got settled on the chair, he shot Chris a knowing smile and started munching.

Chris winked at him and continued picking at his salad. Neither of them noticed the rest of the gang gawking at them.

They continued with rehearsals as usual after lunch. And then Lea and Dianna cornered him at the diet coke machine while they were on break.

He jumped when he looked up to the two of them huddled around him. "You guys scared me half to death." He opened the can briskly and downed half the can.

Lea grabbed him, pulling him into a hug. "CrissColfer is so on!"

Chris hugged her. "What are you talking about?"

Dianna shot him a look. "Chris, we all saw you two at lunch. We aren't oblivious."

"The two of who?"

"You and Darren!" they practically screamed at him together.

Chris rolled his eyes. "So we can't even flirt a little without you guys jumping on me?"

Dianna smiled. "We saw him wince when he sat down. We know what happened."

Lea grinned and nodded. "So, how was it?"

Chris laughed and started walking back towards the stage. "You guys are crazy."

Before they could keep demanding answers, Cory was calling them back to the stage.

They made it back to the hotel room a few hours later, without having to endure any more questions from anyone. While Lea and Dianna had been interrogating Chris, Cory and Mark had been doing the same to Darren.

"Maybe we should just tell them..."

Chris lifted his head off the bed to look at him. "You'd be cool with that?"

Darren nodded. "Of course I would. They're our friends."

Chris smiled. "Well, we'd better shower then. Lea texted me on the way back and told me we're all going to an early dinner together before the show. We might as well tell them then."

Two hours, and one really sexy shower later, they were all sitting in some restaurant, in a room away from the public, and everyone yapping over everyone else. Chris and Darren had opted to sit on either sit on either side of Cory. Chris was willing to bet that Lea had something to do with where everyone sat. They'd arrived just before Jenna and Harry, and there were only four seats left. Two right next to each other, and one on either side of Cory. Lea had watched them choose carefully and shot a look at Dianna when they sat next to Cory.

Chris and Darren were texting each other. Darren was keeping up a conversation with Cory about hockey, and Chris was chatting away with Ashley about some meetings he had been having with producers about casting for the movie. Ashley wasn't pushing the conversation too much. She knew he was texting Darren. He'd called her when Darren was finishing up his shower and filled her in on everything.

Suddenly, without warning Chris, Darren stood up and started tapping his fork against his glass of water. Chris rolled his eyes and smiled fondly at him. Of course he was going to do this is the most nerdy way possible.

"So, you guys have clearly noticed Chris and I spending a lot of time together." he smiled. "And you've been so subtle." he winked at Lea. "But I'm not hiding it anymore. Chris and I know you're all really protective of him, but I'm going to treat him right. He's my boyfriend and while I don't want the world to know, you guys are our family, and you all deserve to know." Darren sat down, waiting for someone to say something.

Mark was the first one to pipe up, grinning at Chord. "I told you. Pay up."

Much to Darren and Chris' surprise, everyone at the table started exchanging money. Ashley spoke up. "Who had May 29th?"

Mark shot his hand in the air. "That would be me, you guys better pay up."

Cory pulled out his wallet and started shoving money in every direction. He looked at Chris and smiled like a kid that was in trouble.

Chris rolled his eyes. "Switch seats with Darren and I'll forgive you."

Cory hopped right out of his chair and Darren slid over, taking his drink with him. "That was a good deal."

Chris glanced around, making sure there were no cameras or anything on them before kissing Darren. "Thank you for telling them. I probably would have been really awkward about it."

Darren smiled. "You can make it up to me later." he winked.

Eventually everyone stopped exchanging money and they went back to conversing. Everyone noticed that Chris and Darren were holding hands, but instead of being weird about it, they all looked on fondly. As long as Chris was happy, so was everyone else.

I wasn't too sure about the reactions here, but its all I had, so hopefully you guys were okay with it!