2d was laying with his head on the table, smiling dreamily and drawing hearts on the paper. He was turned towards the chair beside him.

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Russel observed as Noodle exited the room, he didn't want Murdoc to yell at her when it was all his stupid idea. She only helped.

"For crying out loud Russ!" Murdoc yelled. "Why do you keep insisting that there's something between me and 2d?!"

"Both of you keep on acting weird! And you spend too much time together!"

"Too much?! Since when is there a limit of time you can spend with a friend?"

"It's weird! You and 2d hate each other! It's not normal!"

"We don't hate each other!! I keep telling you that we're friends!"

And so they keep arguing...

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Noodle walked down the stairs and sighed, she was somehow able to get away. Murdoc was really pissed. He was now upstairs, arguing with Russel.

She walked up to the fridge to grab a drink and noticed the singer. She quickly connected the dots of him smiling while drawing hearts and sat down beside him. She smiled at him.

"So..." she nudged him. "Who's the special someone?" 2d blushed and grinned.

"Not gonna tell!" Noodle adjusted herself in her seat so that she would be more comfortable.

"What kind of person is she?" Noodle asked.

"She?" The singer was confused for a moment, but then remembered that "normal" dudes are supposed to like girls, according to societies standards. "Ah.. um..." he didn't really know what to say. Now that I think about it... I'm not exactly straight... and "coming out of the closet" is kinda a big deal... I think... maybe Noodle will be ok with it? After all she's my friend... he laughed nervously. "It's not a she..." Noodle raised an eyebrow.

"Really? You never told us that you liked dudes." She remained calm.

"I didn't really get the chance to, and I haven't thought about it much."

"Huh." Noodle seemed pretty casual with the news. "So what kind of person is he?" She asked.

"He's strong and always gets his way. He can be mean from time to time but I know that deep down he actually cares about the people around him." 2d smiled. Noodle smiled back at him, she didn't care who he liked as long as he was happy.

"Have you thought about confessing to him?" The guitarist got excited.

"I already did. We're friends with benefits." He continued drawing the hearts.

"You confessed to your friend with benefits?" She questioned.

"No, I confessed to him and then we became friends with benefits." 2d explained.

"But why?" Noodle wasn't happy with the answer. "Couldn't you two just start dating?" She questioned.

"Um, no. It's not that easy... he doesn't like me back." The singer said casually. Noodle was shocked.

"What? But then if he doesn't like you why did you became friends with benefits?" 2d shrugged.

"Pity? Maybe he was just bored."

"2d, he's using you!" Noodle was getting angry, she hated the idea of someone using 2d and then just dumping him like some kind of toy. 2d was like a brother to her and she didn't want him hurt.

"I know." The singer wasn't phased by this, his smile slowly fading. "But, I love him... I just want to be near him."

"2d, 'love' is a very strong word." Noodle stated. "Are you sure of your emotions?" The singer nodded. She sighed. "Do you think he'll ever like you back?" 2d thought for a moment.

"Well, I hope he will. But... the chances are pretty slim... sometimes I feel like he might o-or he does but... I guess..." his voice faded away and he stopped drawing the hearts.

"Then why bother?" Noodle asked the now sad singer. He was looking down at the sheet of paper, his head still on the table. "Why bother chasing after someone who will never like you back? Won't you rather have a relationship with someone who cares?"

"He does care..." 2d mumbled back, not sure if it was true anymore. Maybe all those times Murdoc showed him affection and compassion were accidental?

"About who? Does he really care about you? Or about himself?" Noodles tone got more serious. "You said it yourself, you two became friends with benefits because he was bored! He wants you to believe that he cares even though he doesn't!" She pat the singers back, noticing that by now he was drawing little cracks in the hearts. Noodle didn't want to see him heartbroken, but it was better for him to realise it now than be in even more pain later. "My advice to you would be just to give up. Find someone else." She stated.

"Noodle!" She heard Russel call her up. The house was quiet, meaning that the argument was over. She pat 2d on the shoulder one last time.

"I'm going to come back soon." As she went up to the stairs she noticed Murdoc walking down with a grumpy face expression. He noticed the depressed singer laying with his face on the table.

"What happened to him?" The bassist asked.

"Love problems." Noodle simply stated before running up the stairs. Love problems? He thought. Since when are we having problems? He sat down next to the singer and looked at him, immediately noticing the broken hearts he was doodling.

"Hey 2d, why the long face? You wanna break up with me?" He joked, smirking. But his smile quickly faded when the singer looked up at him with tears in his eyes. "...shit."

I could have written more but then there wouldn't be a cliffhanger.

I'm updating this in school coz I've got a good mood and I already finished all my work :) if all goes well part two of the conversation should be updated in a few hours!