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| Justin had noticed that over the past few months Joey had been spending a lot less time hanging out with the group and a lot more time on his laptop. Instead of going out clubbing after a show, he would retreat to his hotel room, most likely going on his computer. Justin knew this because he�d ask Joey to come, talking to the back of his head, and only receiving mumbles. He wasn�t even sure if Joey heard what he was saying. He�d come back to the hotel after a night of clubbing and go to Joey�s room to say goodnight, and Joey would still be on the damn laptop. Justin couldn�t figure out how a computer could be more fun than a club. When Joey was invited to hang out on one of their few days off, he was usually �busy�. He made up the lamest excuses too. And Justin could always tell when he was lying. Justin could sense a lie before Joey even spoke. It was something about the way his breathing would speed up right before he told a lie. Joey should�ve known that the rest of the guys could tell when he was lying. They were together practically 24/7 while they were on tour. They supposedly knew each other inside and out. But if they did, how come Joey never told them what was so interesting on his laptop? Why didn�t he ever come out with them anymore? Justin felt a twinge of jealousy as he thought of Joey spending so much time on the computer. He�d detached himself so much from the group. �This is fucking great,� Justin thought, �I�m jealous of a fucking computer.� He laughed bitterly at how pathetic he sounded. Joey stepped out of the shower, dried off, and slipped on some sweatpants. He walked over to the couch, planning to turn on the TV and watch some movie. But the laptop he�d set up on the coffee table in the mini living room caught his attention. He knew he�d been on way too much, but he couldn�t resist. He turned on the laptop and waited patiently for it to load. He signed on the internet when it was ready and put in his password to check his e-mail. �Damn,� he thought to himself, �no new mail.� He sighed. He�d been looking forward to reading an update. Any story would do. All of the stories on the nsyncslash mailing list were awesome. He just wanted to read some fiction. �You mean fiction involving you and the curly-haired member of the group,� he corrected himself. What was he going to do now? **** Chris had asked Justin to go out with JC, Lance, and him the next night, but Justin declined. He knew Joey would stay at the hotel, and he hoped to spend a little time with him. Justin grabbed his key and walked over to Joey�s hotel room. He knocked lightly and waited for Joey to answer. Joey opened the door a minute later and invited Justin inside. They sat down on the couch in the living room, and Justin noticed the open laptop on the coffee table. �Am I interrupting something important?� Justin asked. �Nah, I was just checking my e-mail,� Joey responded. �Get anything good?� Justin questioned. �No, I didn�t have any,� Joey answered. �Why hasn�t anyone updated yet?� he thought to himself. �Hey Joey, you in there?� Justin said, nudging Joey with his arm. �What?� Joey asked. �What is going on? You just spaced out for like five minutes,� Justin told him. �Nothing, I�m just tired,� Joey replied. �Tired of waiting to get enough courage to tell you my secret,� he thought to himself again. �There you go again. Please tell me the truth Joey. Why have you been so distant lately? What�s up with you?� Justin begged. �I, well, you see�� Joey trailed off, trying to decide whether or not he should tell Justin what was going on in his mind. He decided he should go for it when he saw the hurt look in Justin�s eyes. He knew he wouldn�t be able to keep the secret to himself much longer with Justin looking at him like that. �I�m gay,� he whispered. �You are?� Justin exclaimed, a little shocked. �Yeah,� Joey said, looking away. He could stop thinking about the dream he had. The one where he told Justin he was gay and then Justin ran away. He prayed that Justin wouldn�t leave. �I� I don�t know what you want me to say Joey� Justin sighed, �I�m ok with it I guess.� �Wait Justin. I might as well tell you the rest since you haven�t run away yet,� Joey said, his voice shaking. �There�s more?� Justin asked, worried that Joey would say he had a boyfriend. That would be really hard to deal with. �I�m. Ok, I can do this� Justin, I�minlovewithyou,� Joey whispered so low that he wasn�t even sure he�d said it. �You�re what?� Justin asked. �Damn, you finally get the courage, and he doesn�t hear you,� Joey thought to himself. �Joey? Are you sure you�re ok?� Justin asked. �Yeah. What I meant to say was that� I�m in love with you Justin,� Joey said a little more confidently. �You� you�re in love with me?� Justin asked, not sure he heard correctly. �Yeah,� Joey answered, waiting for Justin to be disgusted with him and leave. Justin couldn�t believe it. Joey was in love with him. How could this be true? �Justin?� Joey asked. �Yeah?� Justin replied. �Thank you for not running away. I�m sorry to put all this on you, but I needed to get it out. Keeping it a secret was just killing me,� Joey explained. �It�s ok, Joey,� Justin said, �Um, I can�t say I love you back, but it�s ok with me.� �Well, that�s all I can ask for I guess,� Joey responded. �Yeah,� Justin answered, suddenly shy. �I don�t want you to be uncomfortable around me now, ok Just? I don�t want this to change our friendship,� Joey told him. �I don�t either Joe,� Justin agreed. �Can I have a hug?� Joey asked shyly. �Of course,� Justin answered, jumping onto Joey and giving him a huge hug. *The Next Day* Justin woke up the next morning in a good mood, which was very rare. He decided to go over to Joey�s room and order them breakfast from room service. He might as well get up and do something because he didn�t want to waste his mood. He took a quick shower, got dressed, and went over to Joey�s room. Justin was surprised that he didn�t feel weird around Joey after he�d confessed. They�d just sat around watching movies for the rest of the day, talking about random things. It still felt the same, except that in the back of their minds was the fact that Joey loved Justin. But they didn�t act any different, which made Justin happy. He opened Joey�s door with the extra key he had and stepped inside. He checked the bed to make sure Joey was still asleep and then went over to the phone to call and order their breakfast. Then he tried to decide how to wake Joey up. He finally made up his mind to wait until the food got there, and he plopped down on the couch to watch TV. Justin felt a presence next to him a few minutes later and smiled at Joey when he sat down next to him. �I�m sorry I woke you up, Joey,� Justin apologized. �It�s all right. Wait� you�re talking to me before 8:00?� Joey joked. �Yeah, I woke up in a good mood this morning. I already ordered breakfast for us,� Justin said, smiling, �how did you sleep?� �Pretty good actually,� Joey responded, �you?� �Good,� Justin answered, looking back to the TV. He got up when there was a knock on the door and brought back their food. �I thought we could eat, then you could take a shower, and we could do something after that�� Justin suggested. �Sure,� Joey agreed, shoveling in some of the food. �What do you want to do?� Justin asked. �Um, go to the beach?� Joey proposed, his mouth full of food. �Eww, Joey, I didn�t need to see that,� Justin said, making a face, �but yeah, the beach sounds good to me.� �Cool,� Joey responded, getting up from the couch, �I�m going to take a shower, make yourself at home � oh, silly me, you already have.� �Funny, Joey, real funny,� Justin replied, �just get in the shower already.� Joey left the room and Justin turned his attention back to the TV. His eyes scanned the room and he saw Joey�s open laptop on the coffee table. He made his way over and looked at the screen curiously. �Dumbass,� Justin mumbled when he saw that Joey had left the computer online, �is he trying to loose all his money?� Justin knew he was exaggerating, but he didn�t care. He looked at the bar at the bottom of the screen to see if Joey had left anything open. There were three. Justin opened the first one. And saw Joey�s empty inbox. �Loser,� Justin thought, �no e-mail. How boring.� He minimized it. Then he opened the second one. He was now looking at some �Hot Babes� as the site said at the top. �Busted,� Justin whispered, grinning to himself, �I knew he was looking at porn. Then he opened the third. He was a little confused when he saw a picture of Joey and himself, but he scrolled down a little more. He saw disclaimer and started to read. His jaw dropped when he read �This site contains stories of male/male relationships�� �What?� he asked aloud. Joey was reading stories about male/male relationships? Justin was very confused. So he scrolled down more. Then he saw sections: Author, Fiction, Hosted, Links, etc. He clicked on Fiction and waited patiently while the page loaded. There was another picture of him and Joey at the top. �Stories with male/male relationships and pictures of me and Joey?� Justin thought, �he reads stories about us together? Does that mean he wants me?� He scrolled down a little bit and saw a big list of stories to choose from. He chose one of them and began to read. At the top it had said �WARNING - smut� but Justin had had no idea what that meant. He was a little grossed out at the beginning, but then he got caught up in the plot and the writing. �This author is good,� he thought. He continued to read and was shocked when Joey kissed Justin in the story. He didn�t know why, but he was. He continued scrolling down, reading as Joey touched Justin, the character, all over. Justin felt himself getting hard. �No way,� he thought, �I don�t want Joey.� It was too weird, he needed to stop. But he couldn�t, he was hooked. By the time he finished the story, his cock was aching with need, and he�d changed his mind. He did want Joey. Right now. He walked quickly over to the bathroom door and opened it quietly, slipping inside. He tugged all his clothes off and went to the shower. He slipped the curtain open, and stepped inside. Joey turned around quickly when he heard someone get into the shower with him. His mouth dropped in shock when he saw Justin standing so close and so� naked. �Wh-� Joey began to say, but was cut off when Justin covered his mouth in a crushing kiss. �Why didn�t you just tell me you want me. You don�t need those stories when you�ve got the real thing right here,� Justin told him. �Oh yeah,� Joey challenged, his eyes sparkling. �Prove it.� THE END |