Previously on My Other Half....
"What does that have to do with--"

Barry was cut off by a pair of soft lips meeting his and he gasped in surprise against them.

Julian Albert was kissing him.

Barry Allen
Barry was so surprised by Julian's actions that he froze on the spot. Julian snaked his arm around his waist and kissed him deeply. Barry unfroze and kissed him back.

However, Julian pulled away far too soon so they could take a breather. Barry stared at him with love, passion and confusion.

"You kissed me." Barry stated.

Julian nodded. "Yes. I love you Barry And I didn't know how else to explain myself other than--"

Barry cut him off. "Kiss me? Well it worked."

Barry watched as Julian smiled and pulled him in for another kiss. Barry didn't resist and kissed back immediately. Julian slowly slid his hand up the back of Barry's shirt and he was so into the kiss he barely noticed.

"I'm sorry I wasn't there to protect you." Julian said against his lips."I wish I had so you wouldn't have gone through that."

Barry pulled away and took a step back, shaking his head. "Wasn't your fault."

"But it was! I hurt you. I hurt the man that I love." Julian said as if he were in despair but he was blaming himself for Barry almost getting raped. And Barry knew that.

"I'm okay. It wasn't your fault, understand?" Barry said. When Julian nodded Barry sighed. "Where do we go from here?"

Julian was silent for a long period of time before he responded. "We keep this to ourselves for now. And if we feel that this is what we both really want...then we tell the others."

Barry frowned when he said that last sentence. If they feel this is what they both really want? Barry knew he was only referring to him and not himself. But he didn't know why. However he decided to agree with Julian.

"Okay."

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The very next day Barry was sitting alone waiting for Julian to come back from his lunch break. While he was out eating Barry was sitting down, reading a case file on an apparent metahuman in area.

Barry's mind wasn't completely focused on the case file though. He was too busy thinking about Julian and his lips and God what a kiss it was. Barry could get used to Julian kissing him like that.

Barry sighed dreamily and spaced out. So this whole time Julian had been in love with him and because he didn't want Barry to find out and fall harder for him, he pushed Barry away with insults and anger. But that wasn't why Barry was pretty much daydreaming.

He couldn't stop thinking about him.

Barry was startled out of his thoughts when a pizza box was dropped on his desk. He looked up and immediately smiled. Julian stood at his desk, smiling down at him.

"Figured you were hungry so I grabbed you something." Julian told him.

Barry opened the box and he admitted he was a tad surprised that it was his favorite: Hawaiian. He felt his smile widen and he glanced back up at Julian.

"How'd you know?" Barry asked amazed.

Julian smirked and tapped his temple. "I've...made my observations."

Barry knew that he was being sensitive but he looked up at Julian as if he were seeing him in a different light. Barry didn't move when Julian leaned closer and pressed his lips against his. Barry closed his eyes and kissed back.

And then Julian pulled away slightly, placing his lips close to his ear. "You need to eat."

Barry giggled and watched Julian stride over to his desk and sit down. Barry picked up a slice of pizza and bit into it, savoring the taste. He loved Hawaiian pizza.

"Thank you." Barry whispered and went back to eating and looking at the case file.

Joe West
Joe walked into Julian and Barry's lab to see Barry with a box of pizza on his desk and he noticed the way Julian was looking at Barry. Almost as if he admired him. Almost as if...he was in love with him.

Joe shook his head. That was nonsense. Julian and Barry didn't like each other. At least not as friends or anything more.

"Hey Bar. How're you coming along with that case file on Joshua Masters?" Joe asked.

Barry looked up looking confused and then he glanced back at the file lying in his lap. "Oh!" Barry fumbled with the file clumsily and almost dropped it. Joe heard Julian chuckle lightly and he looked his way.

Turning back to Barry Joe said, "Well?"

"Um....I, uh...Masters is a master thief and h-he--" Barry cleared his throat, blushing and Joe saw his eyes flicker to him and something behind him. Joe glanced behind him at Julian, who was shuffling papers on his desk. Joe How had a feeling he was doing something behind his back to make Barry this flustered.

"I'm sorry Joe. Masters is known for stealing precious items from wealthy families and then beating the crap out of them before he leaves." Barry said.

"Anything else? Is he a meta?" Joe asked.

"I'm not sure. Loads of cases with eyewitnesses say that he was there one second and then gone the next..." Barry snapped his fingers. "Teleportation."

Joe smiled at Barry. "Great work kid. Looks like hell he'll be caught today."

Joe left the room unable to understand what was going on with Barry and why he had been acting so strange.

Barry Allen
Barry couldn't believe what Julian had been doing behind Joe's back. If he had gotten caught they would have had a lot of explaining to do. And not only that but the gestures Julian had been making had made Barry so flustered he lmost couldn't give a proper report on their meta Joshua Masters.

Barry wasn't angry or upset with Julian, he just couldn't believe he could be so...carefree. Julian as a person was great and Barry knew that he would be an even better boyfriend.

It was six 'o' clock and Barry had to go down to S.T.A.R Labs to suit up. Barry was going to speed around the city to do his usual watch of the city. Wally and Jesse were of course going to join him, like they always did.

Barry ran into Cisco on his way to the cortex. Cisco looked at Barry and then behind him as if he thought someone  was listening in on them.

Barry got the message and led Cisco to a room off to the side. "What is it Cisco?"

Cisco shook his head. "Barry you need to be careful tonight. This guy...he can teleport anywhere he wants. He's ruthless and he will not hesitate to kill you."

Barry frowned. "How do you know so much about Masters?" Cisco looked at Barry grimly and he put the pieces together. "You've run into him before, haven't you?"

Cisco grabbed his arm and looked him in the eyes. "It was a long time ago but Barry....promise me you'll be careful."

Barry stared at him in surprise as well as shock. Barry was no psychic empath but he didn't need to be to know that Cisco was scared. So in spite of his better judgement, he nodded. "I promise."

Barry turned and was gone in a flash.

Joshua Masters
Joshua smirked as he scanned the street for stores or people he could pickpocket. There wasn't many he wanted to hit but he needed to feel a rush so he thought about stealing from a cop.

An African American detective was walking down the street and his smirk deepened.

But before he could do anything he sensed a strong power surge six clicks west of where he was and he teleported away, leaving the detective who turned out to be Joe, alone.

A/N: hi again guys! How was this chapter?! I hope it was good cause it's only going to get better from here!

Thanks for reading😏