Gerard attended his classes as usual, then headed for the cafeteria.
He saw Mikey with his two friends - Brendon and Ray - and sat with them.

"Hey, you remember the two guys you told mom about yesterday?" Mikey asked. "I was wondering, who are they? I haven't seen you hang around with anyone yet."

"Uh... I don't think you know them, they rarely hang out with babies like you." Gerard teased, despite the fact that Mikey was younger than him only by a year. "It's Frank and Anthony, and we only met in class, so no way you could have seen us talk."

"Frank and Anthony as in Frank and Anthony Iero?" Ray asked, surprised and not giving Mikey the time to find a biting comeback in retort of Gerard's comment about his young age. Gerard nodded and Brendon let out an appreciative whistle.

"What?"

"The Iero twins are pretty famous around here. They're like night and day." Brendon said. "Frank is like Anthony's dark twin brother. They're like freaking Abel and Cain!"

"You're sure you're not over romanticizing it?" Mikey arched an eyebrow.

Ray sighed and turned to Gerard.
"What Brendon's trying to say is that they don't get along, at all. They're both popular and loved though, in their own way."

"Yeah, Frank is a player and a party guy. He's some kind of sex god, really. Anthony is like the hot top of the class - really successful and trustworthy from what I was told. He's very caring, almost father-like. Frank can be really loyal too though, and very charming." Brendon continued.

"To exaggerate a little, half of the people here has been fucked by Frank, the other half has a secret crush on Anthony and fantasize about him. They're both as straight as broken pencils. Frank never hooks up with chicks, he's strictly into guys. As to Anthony I've heard he's bi, but he's kinda private about his hookups - more than Frank at least." Ray added.

"I'm team Frank." Brendon raised his hand, causing his friends to frown at him.
"What? He's just so badass, and he's a really good kisser. I love it when he-"

"-Okay, stop, gross." Mikey raised his hand and stopped him before it became too graphic. "No offense Brendon but you're such a slut... I'm wondering, why aren't you hanging out with Frank and his friends?"

"Yeah, I'm wondering that too..." Brendon shrugged. "Anyway I'm sure Anthony could have sex wayyy more often."

"Yeah, he's such a sweetheart." Ray nodded.

"You're a lucky bastard Gerard." Mikey nudged his brother. "That's weird that they're both hooked on you though - not that you're not awesome or anything."

"I'm sure they're just being friendy." Gerard pouted.

"Yeah, they are friendly trying to get in your pants..." Brendon chuckled.

Gerard flushed. He hadn't seen things that way at all.

"Hey, just wondering, why did the two of you move here anyway?"

Gerard didn't reply. He didn't want to lie to his friends but he didn't want to tell the truth either.

"...Gerard had a tough breakup with a girl, he wasn't good, it was better for us to move." Mikey finally said.

Gerard sighed in relief, that was the best answer that could have been given. Mikey didn't know everything that had happened but he knew enough. Luckily, he had only told the bare minimum - which was odd from Mikey, who couldn't keep his mouth shut.

"So, you're straight?" Ray asked.

"I'm bi."

"Oh, so the twins still got a chance." Brendon beamed.

"I guess so, I'm not so interested in dating right now." Gerard shrugged.

"Well please, don't turn asexual yet." Brendon requested. "I'm kinda dying to know what will happen with the whole 'twins fighting over you' thing."

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Gerard was leaving the school with Mikey when he felt someone grab his arm. Frank.

"Hey Frank. This is Mikey, my brother I told you about."

Frank saluted Mikey and turned back to Gerard.
"What about you come at my house now that school is over for today? I can teach you how to tie your ties like we said?"

"Oooh, please do! I was the one to tie it this morning and it's so embarrassing! I don't want to do that the whole year."
Mikey pleaded, making Frank quietly laugh.

"Well, come on then." Frank simply said, and Gerard nodded. The both of them left to Frank and Anthony's house.

"Hey, I'm sorry you had detention the other day." Gerard looked down at his feet as he walked.

Frank put his hands in his pockets and shrugged. "It's okay, happens all the time. You don't have to be sorry."

"Yeah but it was unfair."

"You know what? I don't even care anymore. This teacher is unfair, he's a fucking asshole and I hope he dies slipping on a banana peal."

Gerard actually laughed at this. They soon arrived and Gerard couldn't help but to let out an appreciative whistle at the wide modern house.
"Wow, I like it here."

"Yeah, this is the kind of house where you can throw huge parties, I was planning on doing one for my birthday, it's on Halloween."

"That's cool."

Frank led Gerard upstairs to his bedroom and both of them stood in front of a huge mirror on the wall.

"Bet you spend hours looking at youself, don't you..." Gerard laughed.

"Guilty." Frank smiled. "Take your tie off, we're gonna tie it again."

Gerard did as told and Frank took his own tie off so he could show him. He placed himself next to Gerard.

"So you wrap it around your neck. The two ends should be about the same length. You put the small one on the big one, like that."

Frank slowly did just that, trying to forget all the things he could do to him with solely that tie ; and Gerard mimed him.

"Wrap the big one around the small one. Good, now take the big one in the loop. Perfect. See? This is not so complicated. Try to do it on your own now."

Frank untied Gerard's tie and went behind his back to see what he was doing from the same point of view.
Seeing that he was having trouble remembering all the steps, he wraped his arms around his neck, helping him from behind.

"... And you slide it into the loop. It's not too bad, you just need practice."

Frank put his hands on Gerard's shoulders, still behind him, while Gerard was looking at himself in the mirror.

"You look good with these, red suits you." He put his chin on Gerard's shoulder, grinning.

Gerard scoffed. "Why are you lying?..."

Frank frowned. "I'm not." He got closer to Gerard's ear. "I think you're beautiful..." he cooed, and playfully nibbled Gerard's earlobe, making the redhead freeze.

"F-Frank..." Gerard could feel Frank's hot breath on his neck and it sent shivers down his spine. Frank was now nuzzling his neck, his eyes shut.

Gerard wouldn't dare turn around so he kept looking at his reflection ramrod straight, trying to steady his breath and heartbeat, if it was even possible because oh God, Frank Iero was driving him crazy right now.

Frank wrapped an arm around the boy's waist, his other slowly reached for his tie, loosening it.

Oh God...

"There are other things you can do with a tie, you know? Hotter things... I can teach you that too if you want..." Frank said in a deep, seductive voice.

Jesus fucking Christ.
"Frank, I- I don't think that-"

"-Shhh... Don't think, baby." Frank shushed before kissing Gerard's neck.
"Just go with your heart."

Gerard eased up, and Frank took that as the green light to carry on.
"Damn, you're so pretty..." Frank said as he was spreading soft kisses on his jaw and Gerard tried not to lose his mind at this statement.

All of a sudden, Frank flipped Gerard to pin him on the closest wall, making Gerard squeak in surprise. Frank put his arms on each side of Gerard, making his retreat nearly impossible. Gerard felt crushed by Frank's build, despite the fact that Frank acually was shorter than him.

"You know what my type is?"
Gerard babbled a 'no', but the answer was obvious ; however Gerard's mind wasn't fully able to function at the moment. Gerard swore he had forgotten how to breathe.
"Pretty boys like you." Frank eyed Gerard from head to toe with a smirk like a wolf would his next meal.

Gerard couldn't respond, he was too focused on Frank's lips that were only a couple of inches from his, and his warm body pressing him against the wall.

"And I didn't lie when I said I found you pretty with this tie. And damn, there are so many things I wanna do to you with it. So many things we could do..." Frank bit his lower lips and Gerard swore the temperature had risen by more than a few degrees.

"How about we test that, hm?" Frank seductively spoke, playing with Gerard's tie. "What do you say, Gee?" Frank whispered, his lips were now almost brushing against Gerard's, but not quite touching them. "One word from you and I take you to cloud nine..." Frank whispered again. He was dying to kiss Gerard and to take him right there and then, against the wall.

"I- I..."

Suddenly, as fate had decided to spare Gerard from making this choice, someone knocked on the door. Frank hastily pulled back, interrupting their, huh, let's call it tie tying lesson. Anthony came in.

"Oh, hi Gee ! Frank, mom wants you to set the table. Sorry to bother you in the middle of your, um..."

"-Frank was showing me how to tie ties." Gerard cut before Anthony started imagining things.

"Oh really? How nice of him." Anthony glared at his brother. "Sorry I interrupted."

"It's fine, we were done, I was leaving anyway." Gerard smiled shyly.

"You can stay if you want, we don't mind."

Gerard politely declined Anthony's offer, asserting that he had homework to do. He saluted both brothers and left.

He didn't know if he was grateful to Anthony for interrupting them, or not.

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So I'm curious, team Frank or team Anthony?