Of course Eddie would miss the signs the girl was sending him. Charlie still remembered he had to point out at him that a group of girls were all staring at him while they talked because they all wanted him. And he still didn’t see it and continue talking about some comic stuff. That actually made him smile and think he was a pretty awesome guy. Charlie wasn’t used to get so much attention when there were girls around, which he guessed was normal. He was nerdy and geeky and Eddie was all cool and a Halloran, which according to rumors made you instantly a sex god or something like that. But Eddie was always with him, and he liked it. He liked it a lot.
Charlie opened his mouth to reply, but he didn’t have enough courage to get the words out. He closed his mouth and frowned, looking down again. “Because,” he began to say in a very soft tone, “I was... jealous,” that word was barely a whisper, but as soon as it was out it was like he gained one of Mario’s Super ‘Shrooms, only instead of making him bigger it just gave him more courage. “Jealous, ok? I was jealous of you and that girl,” he finally told him, out loud and looking at him. And now he felt like a complete idiot and was blushing. Great.
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Of course Charlie got the attention. Why wouldn’t he? It was true, Eddie was… notorious for not noticing advances on him. Not that he was not interested in the idea of having girlfriends or whatever. he simply did not find it to be the most important thing in his life. His friends and band were. Everything else sort of came second, no matter how disappointed that made his father in him. He was always more interested in talking about random stuff with Charlie than hearing a girl talk about herself and ramble on and on without really catching his attention. He was known for his siblings, after all, and so people knew that he came from money. And that they had a specific legacy. They all seemed to assume that he would simply follow in their footsteps. They never expected to take the back seat to his band. Charlie seemed to be the only person okay with that who was not in the band themselves. Of course, he was close to everyone else Eddie spent his time around, but he had not expected to luck out like this with a friend so supportive. Friend right?
Still, Eddie waited patiently as Charlie impersonated a fish out of water. When the words finally came out, albeit softly, he was happy to hear them. Well, sort of. He did not like the fact that it was jealousy over nothing. That was kind of silly. But if he was jealous of him and that random girl, that mean he had to have a different reason for being so bothered. That made Eddie feel a whole lot better considering. Instead of commenting, he pretended not to see his friend blushing and grabbed the glass from the counter. “Well, there was no reason to be,” he replied softly with a shrug before putting the glass in the sink for the maid to clean. “Do you have time for a movie or something?” Sure, Eddie did not want to cut the conversation short, but watching a movie always led to them cuddling. If nothing else, that could open a chance to prod whatever he was not saying. He nodded toward the hall to his room, hoping Charlie would agree.