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Joakim was currently smiling like an absolute fool,
He was proud of himself alright, as he managed to unexpectedly catch Pär off guard with a joke so bad it was so good,
Pär was currently beside him, laying down on the couch, grabbing hard onto his sides as he roared with laughter,
His cheeks flushed pink as happy tears rolled down his face,
Eventually when Pär’s laughter calmed down to giggling and him wiping away at his tears, a smile still prevalent on his lips,
“I got’cha good, didn’t I?” Joakim asked, a wide grin on his lips,
Pär nodded as he giggled, “Y-Yeah!”
Joakim happily crossed his arms, “Excellent!” he nodded, as though this was something he had been planning in advance,
Pär rolled his eyes as he grinned, “I am this close-“ he paused and Joakim looked at his hands, he found him making an ‘OK’ symbol with his fingers, the index and thumb were touching one another, “-To kissing you!” he told,
Joakim paused for a moment, he found himself blushing lightly, his grin never faltering
“A-… G-Go ahead…!” he states, “… I’ve actually never had a kiss before…”
Pär’s brain freezes, and his giggling slowly dies down until he’s staring at Joakim silently,
Almost as though the male has grown horns on his head,
“I-…what…?” he asks, disbelieving what he’s just heard, “Was that a joke?”
Joakim shakes his head, “No…”
Pär sits up from his flat position, he looks deeply into his grassy green eyes, for a hint of a lie,
To his lips, for a hint of a smile,
That this was yet another elaborate joke, as he could never imagine his friend never having been kissed,
When he finds none, he stares at him in silent shock, eyes wide,
Joakim frowns and moves back slightly, “Don’t look at me like that…”
“You’ve never been kissed?”
“Yeah…”
“…You’re lying…”
“Wh- N-No! I’m not!”
“I don’t believe what you’re telling me…”
Joakim sighs, “I-…” he pauses, avoiding his friend’s gaze, embarrassment filling him, “I-I can tell you why if you really want to know why…” he says,
Pär nods, “I do… continue? Please?”
Joakim sighs and nods, “Alright…” he breathes out another sigh through his nose and his gaze flickers from its current position to Pär’s and then down to his hands where they seem to settle,
“I’ve-… I’ve never really had a proper kiss, to be honest…” a pause” I-I mean-!” he stops to swallow hard, his cheeks flushed pink with embarrassment,
“-I-I’ve been with plenty of women before! I’ve had girlfriends! And we did kiss, but not, not properly? Like, they were very quick… ones that don’t last more than just a few seconds…” he finishes,
Pär nods, he sits there for a moment in silence,
He’s taking in everything that Joakim has just confessed to him,
“Why were the kisses short?” he asked,
Joakim shrugged, “Nerves, probably?” he spoke,
Pär gave a hum of acknowledgment as he thought, “Did you ever try and initiate one?”
Joakim’s cheeks darkened, he slightly shifted back, “O-Oh! N-N-No!” he exclaimed, “I-I’ve always been too scared to start one!”
Pär chuckled at Joakim’s reaction, he covered his face with a hand to cover his growing smile,
“Hey! Don’t laugh!”
“I’m not!”
“Yes, you are!”
Pär snorted “I’m not laughing at you dummy-” he added, “-I’m laughing at how you reacted to my question!”
Joakim groaned, “Oh my god” he pinched the bridge of his nose in annoyance, “This is what I get for confessing that I’ve never had a proper kiss?!” he incredulously asked,
Pär composed himself, “No! no! no!” he added as he waved his hands out in front of his friend,
Joakim sighed and watched as Pär regained his composure, his smile fading back into a mildly serious look,
He nodded and hummed in thought, “You know… I’ve dated plenty of men and women in my past, and I’m not too much of a stranger when it comes to kissing, I could show you how it’s done?” he asked
Joakim’s blush moved from his cheeks to his ears, turning the entire area bright pink,
Pär thought he looked absolutely adorable,
“-But-“ Pär spoke up once more, “-It’s completely up to you if you want this… because I’m not going to force you into doing anything, Joakim…”
Joakim bit his lower lip as he looked at Pär with nervous eyes, his cheeks were flushed and his eyes darted around his face,
Pär could tell that he was nervous, he cocked his head and rose an eyebrow, “So…?”
Joakim swallowed, “I-I…” he paused, his nerves were getting the best of him and making him a mess,
But deep inside, Joakim liked the proposition that Pär had put on the metaphorical table,
It would give him an insight as to how real kissing is done and how it all feels,
Perhaps he would like it…
He blushed harder at the thought, so much so that his brain felt like putty,
Joakim shook his head and sighed, he tried to gather himself and his thoughts before answering his friend,
“A-Alright…” he spoke,
“Alright, what?” Pär asked confused,
“I-I want to do it-“ Joakim paused, “I-I want to learn how to properly kiss someone…”
Pär cocked a curious eyebrow, “You sure you want to do this? Because I mean-“
Joakim cut him off, he nodded, “Y-Yes! I do! Pl-Please?” he asked, and gave his friend his best puppy-dog eyes,
Pär chuckled, “Alright…” he nodded, “We can do this…” he confirmed,
Joakim smiled and happily bounced in his spot, he could feel the quick beating wings of the anxious butterflies that lay inside his chest,
They were making his heart flutter and quicken in its pace,
“But-“ Pär started again,
“-But?”
“Not here…” Pär finished,
Joakim cocked an eyebrow, “Not here? Then where?”
“My room, we need some privacy for this…”
Joakim’s whole face flushed impossibly hard now, but he nodded as he remained silent,
Pär chuckled and as he rose from his seat, he grabbed his hand and guided him out of the room they were currently in to head upstairs, To Pär’s room,
‘…to Pär’s room…’
Oh,
The thought of that alone was able to make Joakim even more nervous than before,
But, he told himself to calm down,
Because he wanted to do this,
He wanted to know what it would be like to kiss someone properly…