Chapter 4
Bobby wasn’t actually sure where he was going. He ended up in front of Nick’s house, and he saw Reggie’s bike out front so he knocked on the door. It was Julie that answered, and she was glaring about as hard as she could. “Is Reggie here?” She stepped aside, letting him enter. He followed her around to the door to Nick’s basement game room area, where they usually hung out when they met up there. Bobby wasn’t surprised to see Reggie cradled in Alex’s lap, they were practically the same person. Nobody else was touching him, and the only time nobody gave Reggie affection was when he had a flare. Bobby felt his heart crack a little bit. Willie and Dylan were watching Bobby like they were waiting for Reggie to give an okay for him to be there. “Reg?” Bobby called out. He didn’t look up, just buried his face into Alex’s shoulder, even as he hissed in pain at the contact. “Reggie, please. I didn’t mean to hurt you.” Nick mumbled something to Bobby like ‘I hope it works out’, before grabbing Dylan and Julie and pulling them up the stairs. Bobby figured he only left Willie because Alex was there. “Reggie, please look at me.” Bobby’s voice cracked, no matter how he tried to avoid it. He knew he was on the brink of his own tears. He never meant to hurt the black haired boy. He was trying not to hurt him by hiding that he loved him.
Reggie finally lifted his head, and his face broke Bobby’s heart more. “What?” His voice was hoarse, the kind of rough sound someone only had after crying for hours.
“I-I am so sorry that I hurt you. That’s exactly what I was trying to avoid. I would never want to hurt you, you are too kind and sweet for this world. You are the heart and happiness of our band, of our friends. I didn’t think that if I kept things the same I would still ruin everything. I thought I would ruin everything when you realized I’m in love with you.” Bobby froze, and so did the other three boys. Bobby knew he had planned to tell Reggie his feelings when he got here, but he didn’t realize it would fall off his tongue so easily. He refused to try to take it back. He sat down on the ground in front of where Alex held Reggie on the couch. “I am in love with you, Reggie. I have been for- well for over a year. And I was trying to hide it because I didn’t want you to feel like you had to feel the same way to keep the band together. I didn’t want to force you into making a decision you wouldn’t be happy with.”
Reggie blinked at him, “You’re an idiot.”
Bobby nodded, “That’s what people keep telling me.”
Reggie reached out to Bobby, delicately pulling himself down into the guitarist lap. Alex grabbed Willie’s hand, pulling him up the stairs. Just before they disappeared from sight, Willie shot Bobby a thumbs up. But Bobby was quickly distracted as Reggie placed a kiss on his cheek. “I’m in love with you, too. I thought you were straight, so I never said anything.”
“Yeah, well, you gave me a bi crisis over a year ago when you showed up to practice in your tank top.” Reggie laughed at that. Bobby cleared his throat softly, “I, uh, I actually took a page from Luke’s playbook. I wrote a song about you.”
Reggie beamed, “You did? Can I hear it?” Bobby rocked forward, pressing a quick kiss to the bassist’s lips.
“Absolutely.” Reggie settled into Bobby’s lap with a smile as the other boy started to sing.
“You look into my eyes with your blazing gaze
It could take years to snap out of my daze
It’s like I found the little guy at the end of the rainbow
But you still say you’re the lucky one though
Do you not know what you do to me
Making me fall apart at the seams
I can never keep it together when you’re around
My smile and soul to yours, I’m bound
My hand burns like a torch when it’s locked with yours
If it took every song to show you, I’d write a thousand scores
I melt under your touch but you don’t seem to notice
You’re playing through my brain like unbroken hypnosis
I don’t know if you’re oblivious
I don’t think I could be more obvious
You got me feeling like Prometheus
That smile killing me like a price to pay
Then bringing me back to die another day
You light my skin on fire with the ghost of you touch
I never thought I could, never thought I would fall this much
You bite your lip like you have a secret to keep
You don’t know what it does to me
Do you not know what you do to me
Making me fall apart at the seams
I can never keep it together when you’re around
My smile and soul to yours, I’m bound
My hand burns like a torch when it’s locked with yours
If it took every song to show you, I’d write a thousand scores
The way I feel about it all
Like I could’ve ever stopped the fall
When I hit the ground it’ll be okay
I’ll live to see you another day
I try to distract myself from thoughts of you
But it never lasts, and the thoughts always do”
When the song was over, Reggie grabbed Bobby’s hand, interlocking their fingers. They shared soft kisses until they decided to let their friends know they worked it out. Bobby was not surprised when each of them warned him not to hurt Reggie, and even less surprised when his own sister said that if he did, no one would find him when she was done with him. Reggie started staying the night with him again, the cuddling turned more romantic as they traded kisses in the dark. Bobby never hit on any of their fans again, instead he had Flynn post pictures of them cuddling or kissing to Sunset Curve’s Instagram page, where the fans started calling them Boggie. It confused Bobby, but made Reggie laugh, so he was fine with that. As long as Reggie was happy, he was happy.