Okay, I know this took way too long to get up and I know that it's incredibly short, but I promise to update sooner this time and the next chapter will be way longer.
The only excuse I have is stress, writer's block and lack of inspiration.
Please read, review and enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own RENT.
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At exactly five o'clock there was a knock on the loft door.
"Roger, could you get that?" Mark called from the kitchen. The musician grumbled before moving from his spot on the couch to answer the door. Still grumbling he opened the door and walked away. John poked his head in and looked around.
"Um. . . hello!" He called.
"Hey, John! Come on in." Mark called. John walked in and closed the door behind him. He went straight to the kitchen, deciding that Roger still didn't want to talk to him. As he walked in he saw Mark mashing some potatoes in a bowl.
"Hey."
The filmmaker looked up at him with a smile.
"Hey. You're right on time."
John smiled back
"Of course, did you expected anything different?"
Mark laughed and put the bowl on the table.
"Nope."
A timer went off and he opened the oven, pulling out a pan with three chicken breasts. John sniffed the air and smiled.
"Smells delicious."
Mark served the chicken and called Roger to the table.
"Thanks, since you gave us those jobs, there's been a lot more money around here."
When Azure Studios opened two months ago John had given the first available jobs to Roger, Mark, and Maureen.
Roger dragged himself to the table, very unhappy to be in the other man's presence. He thanked Mark softly as he served him and John before himself. The meal was ate in silence, a very tense silence until John spoke up.
"So Mark, got a boyfriend?" He asked, Mark blushed.
"No."
"Girlfriend?"
The filmmaker shook his head, his face turning redder. Roger glared at the man who was making Mark blush, his Mark blush. He was the only one that could do that.
John continued to ask Mark questions about his life ignoring the fuming Roger. Sure, he knew the songwriter liked his friend, but he just wanted to have some fun. After all, he hadn't told Mark of his feelings even though he lives with him and is the closest person to him.
He decided to see how far he could push the older man before he exploded, he didn't have to wait long.
"So Mark, you still a virgin?"
That did it, Mark was looking very uncomfortable and embarrassed and Roger had jumped out of his seat and knocked over the chair he had been sitting in.
"You have no right to ask him that!"
John smirked.
"I think I do, after all I was his friend, not to mention, his boyfriend, long before he ever met you."
"I don't care! You have no right to make him uncomfortable!"
The filmmaker was even more uncomfortable now as he watched his friend and secret love fight. He tried to end it before it could get too far.
"Guys, stop, I'm fine, really."
They ignored him and Roger continued yelling as John smirked.
"You don't belong here, you're invading in our lives!"
"I have every right to be here, in fact I was invited here tonight, if I remember correctly."
"I don't fucking care! Get the hell out of my home!"
John rose to stand directly in front of Roger.
"No."
From a chair on the other side of the table the filmmaker they were fighting over was shaking and silent with his head bowed.
"I said get out!"
"No."
"Now, or I'm going to fucking throw you out."
"Let's see it."
John realized he had gone to far when the rocker grabbed the front of his shirt. He dragged the man across the loft, opened the door and threw him to the floor, throwing his jacket out too before slamming the door in his face.
John heard another door slam inside and he hoped he hadn't caused too many problems, he had honestly wanted to help. He though Roger would let it slip how he felt as he defended Mark, but all it had accomplished was getting his friend upset.
He slowly got off the ground and donned his jacket before walking into the cold night air.
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Once again I'm sorry it's so short, but I will update soon!
I'll update even sooner if I get a lot of reviews!
Kag-Kitsune