• Part 12 •

                                    

                                          

{ Clay's pov } 
I got home, Karl and Nick went to the store for breakfast tomorrow. I walked upstairs when for a shower. 
I walked into the room and saw George curled up in a ball. 
"George?" I said softly. but no answer, probably he was asleep. 
I grabbed clean clothes and went to the shower. 
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when I was done with the shower I put on a jogging and a simple t-shirt. 
I was sitting in the living room on my phone, until something came to mind. 'George left earlier today didn't he, but, why?' 
i put my phone on the table and went upstairs to check on him, i walked into the room and saw George still in the same position i left him. 
I walked to George and sat next to him on the bed. "George?.. Georgie..." I said softly, no answer, I looked closely at him, I looked at every detail on his face. 
he still had his clothes on and hugged my pillow. why didn't I notice that before? 
I looked at his face again and saw a few, or actually, many dried tears.. 
'tears? did he cry? about what?..' so many thoughts went through my head at that moment. 
my thoughts were interrupted by George gripping the pillow tighter, tears streaming down his face, again. 
he sniffed. "C-Cla.. Clay.." he cried, I quickly lay down next to him. "I'm here Georgie, i'm here.." I said as I threw my arm around his waist. 
he pushed the pillow away and crawled closer, his arms pressed against his chest, I gave him a soft warm hug. 
his sniffles softened, but didn't stop. 
"It's okay Georgie.." I said to calm him down. 
after a few minutes he stopped crying and closed his eyes, i rubbed gentle circles on his back. 
a little later I heard soft snoring, I looked at George who had fallen gently asleep. I smiled and got out of bed carefully as I tried not to wake him. 
I walked back downstairs and waited for Karl and Nick to come back from the store. 
I scrolled through insta and Twitter, a little later also through tiktok, then I saw a video. 
it was a boys couple, one of them, the smaller one, was carried by the bigger one, then he put him down, but still kept his waist, they kissed for a few seconds. it looked so cute, love is so beautiful sometimes. 
I turned off my phone and turned on the TV, it wasn't that interesting but it was doable. 
then Nick and Karl came through the door, carrying a few bags of food. "where's George?" Nick asked as I help them unload the bags. 
"he's sleeping, of course." I said as I rolled my eyes playfully. 
"ah, so did you tell him?" asked Karl. "No, but it probably doesn't make sense, he will never like me the way I like him.." I said a little sadly. 
Karl and Nick looked at me with simpathy. "But it doesn't matter..." I said as I put the bag on the kitchen counter. 
"I think you should tell him." Nick said as we unload the bags and put everything in the fridge. 
"tell who what?" George said as he rubbed his eye with his fist. 
"nothing!" I said quickly, I felt my face warm up.