Sonny and Will are standing still waiting for the door to open. Will has a death grip on Sonny's arm. Sonny can see the color dissipate from Will's face and can feel his fingers shaking as they dig into Sonny's skin. Sonny can hear Will's shallow and rapid breathing. He decides to grab Will by the waist and pull him into his body before he collapses to the ground. Will grabs onto Sonny's shoulder to steady himself.
"Are you okay?" Sonny whispers, concerned.
All Will can do is shake his head no, as his eyes are brimming with tears. Then Sonny hears Will whisper to himself, "Not again. This can't be happening again."
The door swings open and the man walking through has a look of surprise when he sees Will and Sonny. He then asks, "What are you doing here?"
"What am I doing here? What are you doing here?" Sonny replies, angrily.
"I thought you were at work."
"Obviously. So what are you doing here when you thought I was at work?"
"I think the better question is, what are you doing here with him?" Neil gestures towards Will, who looks down at the ground.
"Don't worry why Will is here, Neil," Sonny replies, sternly. "How about you tell me why you brought him here?"
"Brian?" Neil asks, innocently.
"Yes. Why did you bring Brian to my apartment when you thought I was at work? You do realize how this looks, right?"
"Really, Sonny?"
"Yes, Neil. Do I need to remind you how all of your relationships end? Your current boyfriend walking in on you and your next boyfriend."
"Uh, Neil. He is right about that," Brian interjects.
"Really, Brian? You're going to take Sonny's side here?"
"Weeeell," Brian begins. "Your history speaks for itself. And you know I would never side with him."
Brian looks over at Sonny and scowls.
"Can we please stop this?" Will begs quietly, still standing next to Sonny.
"Babe, I'm sorry," Brian says as he walks over to Will, glaring at Sonny.
Will shakes his head no and says, "Don't, Brian."
"What's wrong?"
"Why were you coming here with Neil. Alone." Will whispers, his voice shaking.
"Yes. I would like an answer to that. And I want the truth," Sonny adds, eyeing Neil.
"It's nothing, really," Neil says.
"Why don't you let me be the judge of that?" Sonny asks.
"There's nothing to judge. Nothing to tell," Brian claims, nonchalantly.
"How can you really say that?" Will asks, hurt. "There is clearly something going on between you two that you refuse to tell us."
"Wow. Isn't that the pot calling the kettle black!" Neil exclaims.
"And what is that supposed to mean?" Sonny asks with accusation.
"You can't be serious?" Brian asks. "Don't act like you don't have a thing for my boyfriend."
"Brian, stop," Will whispers. "Stop with your unfounded jealousy. Sonny is my boss and friend. That is all."
Neil laughs out and says, "I'm sure."
"This is getting us nowhere," Sonny yells out. "Can you please just be mature for once, Neil? Stop starting fights with people and answer the damn question. Why did you bring Brian here?"
"I told you it was nothing!" Neil exclaims, annoyed. "We came here to talk, privately."
"What could you possibly need to talk about privately?" Sonny asks.
"We were talking about you two," Neil says, pointing at Will and Sonny. "Just look at how close you two are standing right now. Can you honestly tell me there is absolutely nothing going on?"
Will and Sonny look at each other, realizing just how close they are standing. Will still has his hand on Sonny's shoulder, while Sonny has his hand on Will's back. They both clear their throats and take a step away from each other. Their hands linger on each other momentarily, neither really wanting to let the other one go. Then missing the feeling of the others hand on their bodies.
"There is absolutely nothing going on between us," Sonny says, regretfully. "I have just been helping out with his daughter at work. He is only an employee. Nothing more."
Will looks over at Sonny, with hurt clearly showing in his eyes. Will whispers, "Yeah. Nothing more."
Sonny looks over at Will and his heart drops. "Will, I didn't mean it like that."
"No. It's okay. You're right."
"Babe? Do you want to go?" Brian asks.
"Brian, just stop!" Will exclaims angrily. "Stop pretending like you care."
"But, Will…" Brian trails off.
"I need to go pick up Ari," Will says, dejectedly. "And Sonny, don't worry. I will try to not bring her around anymore. I don't want you to feel responsible for her."
"Will…" Sonny sighs, trying to swallow the lump that has formed in his throat. "That's not what I meant."
Will shakes his head and walks toward the door. "I'll see you at work tomorrow, Sonny. Bye."
Will silently closes the door behind him as his eyes well up with tears. Well, if I wasn't sure how Sonny felt about me before, I sure do now, Will thinks. Will is willingly himself to not give in to the hurt that is ripping through his body.
Sonny sits down on the edge of his bed and puts his head in his hands. "Was all of that really necessary, Neil?"
"What did I say?" Neil asks.
"Don't pull this shit, Neil. You know exactly what you did," Sonny exclaims. "Will has done absolutely nothing to you. He didn't deserve to be treated like that. Why did you do that?"
Neil smiles at Sonny and replies,"He needs to know to step away from my man."
Neil directs his attention at Brian, who is still standing there. "And maybe if someone knew how to please their boyfriend, he wouldn't be going after mine!"
Brian snaps at Neil,"Really? After everything we've been through? Why am I even friends with you?"
Brian turns around and storms out of the apartment, slamming the door behind him.
"Everything you've been through?" Sonny asks.
Neil's face turns red and he refuses to make eye contact with Sonny. "Uhhhhmm…."
"That's what I thought," Sonny whispers.
"Babe…."
"You have two choices right now. You either need to be gone when I get back or be ready to start providing answers to all my questions. Or else we are done, Neil. And I am serious this time."
"Sonny?" Neil whines.
"No. I am going to go find Will and clear the air. And I will deal with you when I get back."
"Of course. Off to rescue your boy toy. You clearly care about him more than me."
"Actually, right now, I do."
Sonny grabs his keys and his coat, then slams the door behind him. Please, Will. I need to find you.
