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"Oh, that's no problem. I'm sorry to have kept you this long Brian." He replied, adjusting the bag on his
shoulder and looking down, embarrassed.
"Oh god no. I'm so glad I met you Chris. It's good to have a friend in the building. We'll probably be seeing a
lot of each other, seeing that we're right next to one another. Maybe we can get together sometime for
coffee or something." Brian pushed the button to signal the elevator and Chris thought he was going to just
faint at the smile the other man flashed him.
"Yeah, that sounds great Brian." He replied, genuinely excited. "Drop by anytime, I'm usually home around
this time every day. I'm not one for putting in extra hours at the office, so I'm home quite early." Chris wanted
to slap himself for sounding so stupid and desperate. 'Oh yeah Chris, real smooth. Just tell him that you're a
pathetic loser that sits around his apartment and does nothing.' His inner monologue chided him.
"Great. Well I'll see you around Chris." Brian called stepping onto the elevator letting the doors close behind
him. Once he was alone, Chris made his way down the hall and stopped at Brian's door, running his hand
along the wood finishing. He didn't suspect that Brian was gay and he felt his heart sink at that. Not that you
could always tell, but still. He remembered when he met Kevin and Josh, he knew instantly that Josh was gay
but thought that Kevin was straight. It wasn't until he walked into the elevator one day to find them wrapped in
each other's arms that he learned different about Kevin. He was surprised, hell they were mortified when they
noticed Chris watching them but once Chris assured them that he was fine with it they began to talk and
became somewhat friends.
Chris walked into his apartment and sighed at the emptiness of it. What he wouldn't give to have someone
there waiting for him. And suddenly that someone had a face, a voice and Chris felt a stirring in his boxers.
The person he'd always envisioned waiting for him to arrive home was always faceless, nameless. But now he
could picture Brian curled up comfortably on the couch watching TV. Or Brian sitting at the dining room table
sharing dinner with him and laughing at something Chris had said. Or Brian tucked firmly into his embrace
after they had just made love in their bed, their breathing in complete sync. He walked into his kitchen and
started defrosting something for dinner, realizing that he should get some work done before settling in and
getting comfortable. He had a new patient today and wanted to find out everything he could about the
disorder that the referring doctor told him that the young man had before making any judgments.
A few hours later Chris stood and stretched, needing some fresh air to clear his head. He'd been reading up
on the kid's file from his last psychologist and got engrossed in his work. He walked out onto the balcony and
took a deep breath, amazed at his night. For the first time in hours he let himself think about Brian again and
wondered what he was doing right now. Who he was with.
"Kaos, you sure that everything's okay with him? He seems ... I don't know." Chris instantly recognized the
voice as Brian's and realized that they must be on his balcony. He knew that he shouldn't listen in on the
conversation but couldn't force himself to leave, wanting to just listen to the cute accent Brian had.
"Rok, what can I tell you. He says he's fine, we have to believe it. I don't see why you care, after everything
that happened, after what he did to you. If I were you I'd say fuck him!" The other voice spoke and Chris got
jealous. Who was this guy? Why was he there with Brian? Suddenly Chris hated this person and wanted to
throw him down the 12 floors to a gruesome death.
"Damn Nick. Above everything he's my friend. I hate to see him like that." Brian's voice got soft and Chris
thought maybe he was crying. "Anyways, enough about Alex. How's Julie? Everything going well there?"
"Fuck man. She's great! I just can't believe that she puts up with all my shit sometimes. Every night I go home
just expecting her to be gone but she's always still there. I forgot her birthday last week you know." Nick
laughed and suddenly Chris didn't hate him so much.
"Yeah, I know. She called the other day just flipping out. Apparently you yelled at her that morning for
something that you did and then stormed out of the house when you realized that she was right and didn't
come back until dinner, still without a present or even a Happy Birthday." Upon hearing them discuss more
personal aspects of their lives, Chris decided to head back into his apartment, not wanting to violate their
privacy. The question of who this Alex guy was plagued Chris though. It sounded like something serious,
and Brian seemed to be upset by their discussion of this guy. Putting it out of his head, Chris figured that he
would just forget about it. He didn't want to get in too deep with his feelings for Brian, unsure of where it
would ultimately lead him.
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