The Pack and Sidemen Oneshots

Jayg3r+Mitch & Wooflan- Oblivious

Jay's P.O.V.

I didn't like to think of myself as oblivious, but boy did I feel that way after everything came to a head. Afterwards I mentally slapped myself for being such an idiot, how did I not notice what was going on, how did I not notice who had feelings and who didn't? I berated myself, but I couldn't complain about the way it had turned out. Not when I had him.

For as long as I could remember, I had always had a crush on Lachlan. We had moved in together along with a couple of others almost right out of high school and that was where the feelings began to flourish. He was sweet and he was always there for us when we needed it, me especially, and so I wasn't surprised when I fell head over heels for him.

The crush persisted, even after he moved out from our small apartment into another house, then a small apartment again, then into a house with his brother Mitch. I sometimes filmed for him so I got to hang out with him often, and Mitch too, but I found I often ignored the younger boy. It wasn't on purpose, I still liked him, but I just found it easier to hang out with Lachlan.

Unfortunately, no matter how much I tried to make it clear I liked him, Lachlan never seemed to notice. I knew he was gay, he had come out to me years before, but he either didn't notice my advances or he was flat out ignoring them- it could be either, he had proved himself to be pretty bad at picking up on what other people were feeling before.

I had no idea. I buried my head in my hands and sighed, because I had no idea if it was every going to go anywhere.

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I didn't mean to eavesdrop, I really didn't, it was a complete accident. I had showed up at Lachlan's place to collect a camera while he was in Canada with a few friends and he was on speakerphone with Mitch in the living room, and I stopped suddenly outside the door when Lachlan laughed.

"How's the boyfriend?" Mitch asked, clicking away on the computer in the living room.

"He's good, it's been great catching up. I have no idea how much I miss him until I see him again and then realise I've been feeling like shit." Lachlan said on the other end of the phone, laughing and sounding very relaxed. "Rob! Mitch is on the phone!"

Rob came to the phone only a moment later- and I gulped.

"Hey babe." There was the sound of a gentle kiss. "You're up early. Hey Mitch, what's up?"

"Not much, just wondering how you lot have been," he said, "it's been a while since I've seen you two together."

"Oh it's great, we've been out at the cottage almost all week with a few others, it's been great to relax."

"Sounds good-"

I didn't stick around to hear anything more, because my heart was shattered. I wasn't jealous or mad or anything, Lachlan could do whatever the fuck he wanted to do with his life, but it was such a surprise that I couldn't help the crushing disappointment and realization that he had a boyfriend.

The phone call between the boys had ended by the time I got up the stairs, found the camera and got back downstairs, and Mitch was standing in the doorway. His eyes followed me.

"Hey Jay, what's up?" I held up the camera and he nodded. There was a pause. "You heard that call, didn't you? I heard you in the hallway."

I nodded shamefully, seeing no point in trying to deny it. He knew I had been there so there was no point in lying to him, making it even worse.

"Yeah." I mumbled, stuffing my hands in my pockets.

"You're upset?" I nodded and a rush of emotions ran over his face for a moment. "You like him, don't you?" Another nod.

"Yeah, for how many years I don't know." Mitch smiled sadly but he didn't say anything more for a moment.

"I don't think there's anything more to say." He said quietly. "I just... I hope you aren't disappointed."

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I had to admit it, but for quite a while I was disappointed. I had been crushing on him for so long to suddenly have an opportunity or chance I might have had with him disappear- I could help but to feel crushed. But I was still happy for him and Rob, I probably should have known.

But, the shock to my system did make me notice something else. When I had been around at the brothers house I had been thinking of Lachlan so much that I hadn't noticed Mitch's behaviour around me- and now I saw. I came back around to drop the camera off the next day and Mitch, well he didn't behave any differently, but I certainly noticed the way he acted around me.

When I knocked on the door he barely wanted to look me in the eyes, his cheeks dusted a light shade of red and he fumbled when he took the camera from me. I gave him a curious look but for the afternoon I thought no more about it until at night when I was lying in bed... and it hit me.

I cursed myself for being so oblivious- again- and rolled over to grab my phone, my finger scrolling through my messages until I found Mitch's name.

But what would I say? I spent about 10 minutes staring at our last messages, wondering what I could possibly say so it wouldn't sound awkward, stand off-ish or plain mean. I knew he had a crush on me, I just didn't know how to communicate the same to him because lord knows he wasn't going to make the first move.

Finally I decided that in person was the best way to do it, and asked him if I could come around the next day. He replied in less than a minute, giving confirmation.

Awesome. Now I just had to steel myself up to do it.

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I didn't think I even realised that I liked him, I thought to myself as I stood at the front door to his house, waiting for him to unlock the door. I had been so focused on Lachlan that I hadn't even noticed my feelings for his brother and now the first part was out of the way, it was like a boulder had hit me. Yeah, I really liked him.

Mitch answered the door in boxers and an oversized tee, clearly having just gotten up. It was 10am but then again I hadn't expected him to be up, and he went red.

"He- hey Jay." He mumbled, stepping back to let me into the house. "Sorry, I slept in."

"It's alright, I wasn't expecting you to be awake anyway." I laughed. "Look, I just... I need to talk to you." Mitch went pale, moving so he was leaning up against the wall. "Oh it's nothing bad it's just something that I... realised."

"Okay-?" He said uncertainly, leading me into the living room. "What.. what did you want to talk about?"

"Mitch... I know you like me." He physically stuttered and then gaped, staring at me.

"How... how did you know?" He whispered.

"Because the second I knew I didn't have a chance with Lachlan I realised that you liked me... and I realised that I liked you too."

He stared at me for another moment before his eyes widened in realization about what I said.

"You like me?" He breathed, his shoulders shrinking forward as he relaxed. I nodded, stepping closer.

"I hadn't noticed before because I was so oblivious." I gently cupped his cheek with one of my hands. "And I'm sorry."

That earned a flicker of a smile and he leaned into my touch, his eyes closing.

"You don't need to be sorry." He whispered. "I'm just glad you realised."

I ran my thumb along his cheek, just smiling like an idiot. I hated myself for being so oblivious but now I didn't mind so much because everything had worked itself out.

Things had turned out great.