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dylan held his phone tightly in both hands, his thumbs shaking as they hang over the phone’s keyboard.
“fuck, this is so stupid.”
he looked around the radio hut and sighed loudly.
“just text him, you idiot.” he told himself.
he put his phone down and stared at the contact name on the top of his screen.
ryan.
the photo above it was one dylan had taken himself. the full photo was actually a photo of ryan, dylan and kaitlyn, but dylan really liked how ryan looked in that photo.
he smiled softly as he exited the messages app and decided to look at the photos he had on his phone. there were many photos of all of the councellors together, a few pictures of animals and sunsets, and a lot of him and ryan.
dylan smiled even more and then slowly inhaled, opening the messages app once again.
hey ryan
no.
heyyyy ryan
nope.
hiiiii
nooo.
im in love with you please date me
dylan considered sending this one, but quickly deleted it in case he accidentally sent it.
“ugh!” dylan put his phone down on the small table in front of him. he started reading his and ryan’s old messages.
hey do u think i should blast some music for the morning announcement today
Mr H would kill you, no way
what’s ur favorite song
Dylan I’m not telling you
u seem like a country music kinda guy
WTF I don’t listen to country music
i know
only podcasts
weirdo
I like listening to podcasts
can i make a playlist for u
Sure
But you don’t even know what kind of music I like
then i’ll guess
and u can tell me if u like it or not
Okay
it was only after he was done reading that dylan noticed how much he was smiling. he picked up his phone again and scrolled back down to their most recent messages.
sooo listened to my playlist yet??
Yeah actually
I really like it
wait really
Yes
I can tell you put a lot of effort into making it
it’s actually mostly just songs that i like
Really?
yeah i wanted to see if we liked the same music
and we do
Well you have a great taste in music then
so do you
maybe we’re like
soulmates
Lol
Maybe
“maybe…” dylan repeated as he read the last message. dylan didn’t understand why this was so hard for him. he flirts with ryan all of the time, why is telling ryan his true feelings so difficult?
“talking is easier than texting…” he thought out loud. “so maybe i’ll just…invite him somewhere and tell him. yeah. that’s easy.”
hey
meet me at the fire pit?
dylan stood up and headed out of the radio hut and made his way down to the fire pit. he then felt his phone vibrate in his pocket and looked at it.
Uhh
Okay
Why?
emergency
What??
dylan smiled to himself as he put his phone back in his pocket.
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dylan bounced his leg as he anxiously waited while sat on a log, checking his phone every seconds to check the time.
he then heard footsteps and looked up, smiling as he saw ryan.
“what’s the emergency?” ryan looked worried.
“i’m lonely. that’s the emergency.” dylan smiled at ryan and patted a spot next to him on the log.
ryan sighed and looked relieved, then slightly annoyed.
“dude that’s…not an emergency.” ryan said as he sat down next to dylan.
dylan put his hand over his heart. “i’m so hurt that you would think that.”
“sorry, i- didn’t mean it like that-“
“no, no, it’s okay. i was just joking.”
dylan was screaming at himself inside his head.
“sooo…anything going on when you get back home? like school or…”
“eh…jury’s out.”
“alright…girlfriend?”
“uh…not…exactly.”
“boyfriend?”
ryan smiled. “free agent.”
“oh, cool, yeah. me too.”
dylan looked down at his shaky hands and took a deep breath.
“ryan…”
“yeah?”
“i…actually invited you here because i wanted to tell you something.”
“really? what is it?”
“ryan i-“ dylan felt his heart racing. “-wow okay, this is a lot harder than i thought it was gonna be.”
“what do you mean?”
“ryan i…i think i’m…”
ryan could see how nervous dylan was, and put his hand on dylan’s wrist. “it’s okay. take your time.”
dylan could feel his heart beating faster as ryan touched his wrist, however he felt himself calming down as he slowly turned his head to look at ryan.
“ryan, i think i’m in love with you.”
dylan felt his heart drop as he saw the expression on ryan’s face change from concern to surprise.
“what?”
“shit- sorry, i knew you weren’t-“
“no, no, no, dylan. i think i feel the same.”
“are you being serious right now?”
ryan smiled. “why would i lie about that kind of thing?”
“wait so you’re-“
“yes dylan. in…love with you too.”
dylan let out a sigh of relief and a small laugh as ryan moved his hand to hold dylan’s.
“so you’re definitely being serious right now? because if you aren’t then that’s to-“
dylan was quickly cut off as he felt ryan’s lips touch his, suddenly feeling an overwhelming feeling of joy.
ryan pulled away from dylan and smiled.
“sorry. had to shut you up.”
“it’s…okay.” dylan smiled back at ryan, gently squeezing ryan’s hand before moving closer to him, and putting his head on ryan’s shoulder.