After 4 months of entering the human realm, Joseph was finally getting used to everything. He had his jobs which paid him enough money to fulfill his needs. The nightclub in which he was working was pretty decent as well.
After living with Stephan and Harper for four months, they used to feel like big brothers to Joseph. He was happy to have such decent humans as his housemates. Also, he was glad that Nathan had found good friends in the human realm.
But lately, things had gotten a little awkward around Joseph, Stephan, and Nathan. Stephan and Nathan seemed to be a little conscious whenever Joseph was around. Joseph started noticing the awkwardness. Harper, too, was getting uncomfortable with the thick air building up between them. But, whenever Joseph was with either of them, they would talk casually to him. So, Joseph thought he had just imagined the awkward tension as he did with Joshua before. So he brushed off the thought.
Joseph was having fun while doing different themed shoots for the company. He once called Harper to one of his shootings. Harper was very impressed by Joseph.
After the shooting was over, Harper went to Joseph and said, "Yo! J. What a face and talent you've got there. I'm very impressed with how perfect you are when it comes to modeling," Harper went near to Joseph's ear and whispered, "No one would actually believe that you're an angel in real with the way you look,"
"And why is that? Do I not look like an angel?" Joseph asked with a low voice.
"No, darling. You look more like a demon by your looks. But, I know how soft-hearted you actually are," Harper whispered back.
Joseph just smiled widely in response.
"So, what plan do you have today?" Harper asked.
"I don't have any plans for tonight," Joseph replied.
"Then let's go and do some shopping, eat dinner and then go home. What do you think?" Harper asked.
"Hmm. Doesn't sound like a bad idea to me. Let's do it," Joseph replied with a smile.
"Okay, let me text Stephan that we are going to eat out tonight, and we might get late as well. You go and get changed," Harper said. Joseph nodded his head and went into the dressing room to get changed.
After Joseph got changed, Harper dragged him out of the building enthusiastically. Then they went to a mall nearby to shop for some clothes and shoes for themselves. It was already 7 pm by the time they finished shopping.
"What do you want to eat today? Anything specific you have on your mind?" Harper asked Joseph.
"Anything you want to eat, Harper," Joseph replied.
"Don't say that. I know you won't say what do you want to eat unless I make you tell. So, tell me in clear words about what do you crave right now," Harper said with a stern voice.
"Okay, Harper. To be honest, I'm craving some pasta tonight. How about we have some pasta. There's a good restaurant near our place," Joseph suggested.
"Now, that seems like a bad idea to me," Harper joked.
"Stop bullying me," Joseph humphed at Harper.
After eating their dinner, they decided to walk to their apartment since it was just 10 minutes away.
"The pasta was delicious. I'm not gonna lie," Harper said.
"I never give any bad idea regarding food," Joseph smirked.
"Yes, angel guy, you're the best," Harper said sarcastically. Joseph hit Harper's shoulder playfully.
"Since you started going to the gym, your body seems even more buff," Harper complimented.
"Going to the gym is more fun than what I had expected it to be. I love exercising very much," Joseph replied.
"I think you're the only one who enjoys exercising and going to the gym," Harper thought for a while and said, "Oh, I remember. Nathan liked going to the gym as well. I guess it is some Angel's blood that you two share," Harper laughed.
"It might be. After all, we are angel brothers," Joseph grinned.
"That's a bad sense of humor you have there," Harper replied, and both of them burst out laughing.
Their way to the apartment was filled with jokes and laughter. Joseph was now able to get into the elevator. He pressed the button, and both of them got inside the elevator.
They reached their apartment in no time. Harper entered the passcode on the door, and the door opened. Both of them were tired, and their hands were full of shopping bags. They wanted to slouch down on the couch as soon as they reached home, but both of them stopped in their tracks. Joseph's eyes were wide in shock. Harper wasn't much shocked. He seemed to be enjoying what was going on in front of him.
Joseph didn't know how to react so, he looked at Haper, and Harper looked back. The two of them were in awkward silence while Stephan and Nathan were making out on the couch. It was the most awkward and embarrassing moment Joseph had ever faced. He did notice something going on between Stephan and Nathan. But he didn't expect it to be this.
Joseph was zoning out when Harper suddenly cleared out his throat. Stephan and Nathan were too much into each other so, they neither noticed Joseph nor Harper. They had their TV volume up and had thrown themself so much into each other that they couldn't even hear the door opening.
"Uh-huh, I guess we are home," Harper was surpassing his laugh.
Stephan and Nathan stopped and looked at the other two standing a little away from the couch. Their eyes were filled with embarrassment and horror. They hurriedly got off each other and straightened their clothes. Stephan's ears had turned red. He was hiding behind Nathan while Nathan was trying to utter something to fill the awkward silence.
"It seems like you both had a lot of fun while we were having dinner outside," Harper teased.
"Uh, I, um," Nathan was unable to say anything.
"Oh my god, Nathan. Stop stuttering and explain everything to your brother," Harper reminded.
"Ah, I forgot about that," Nathan scratched his head, "Uh, about that, I don't know how to explain this to you. I don't know how you see all of this, but Joseph me and Stephan are in love with each other,"
Harper cheered with a stranger noise," Yeah, Nephan. In this house, we ship Nephan."
"Stop with the teasing already, Harper," Stephan shouted in embarrassment.
Joseph suddenly burst out laughing. The other three were confused with the sudden laugh from Joseph.
After some time, Joseph calmed down and said, "You both seriously hid this from me? I mean, I did notice something fishy going on between you two, but I didn't know that you both were actually in love."
"We wanted to tell you about it, but we didn't know how you would have reacted about two boys loving each other," Stephan replied with a low voice.
"I would have reacted just fine, you know. You could have just told me. I don't mind about a guy loving another guy. Actually, I am in love with a guy too," Joseph said shyly.
All three of them were shocked to hear that Joseph was in love with someone, that too, a guy.
"Wow. Why have I not heard about this before?" Nathan asked.
"Me too. Why didn't you tell me before?" Harper asked.
"Guys, that guy and me aren't together right now. I am trying to find him. Once I find him, I will introduce you all to him. Okay?" Joseph said.
"Okay, fine. But are you not going to tell me when did you fall in love with him? Is he a human or an angel?" Stephan was curious.
"I will tell you some other time. It's a long story. And right now, it is not about me. It is about you two," Joseph pointed at Nathan and Stephan.
"Well, I guess it is," Stephan replied with a sheepish smile.
"You guys acted all different and awkward in front of me because you thought I wouldn't support gay people?" Joseph asked.
"Um, you could say that. We didn't want to disappoint you and ourselves," Stephan was ashamed.
"Now that you know about us, we are finally relieved. We don't have to worry about what you'll think about us now," Nathan said.
"You guys are so childish sometimes," Joseph laughed.
"Yes, I can totally tell how childish these two are when I saw them making out on this couch 10 minutes ago," Harper mocked Nathan and Stephan.
"Stop taunting us, Harper. One day I might kill you," Stephan was annoyed.
"Mommy, I'm so scared. Please save me from Stephan," Harper burst out laughing.
Harper's laugh was very contagious. So, all of them ended up laughing.
"I'm sorry, baby angel," Stephan said.
"I'm sorry too, Joseph," Nathan said.
"It's okay, both of you. I'm happy for you two. I hope your love blossoms beautifully," Joseph replied.