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The taller boy stood beside the school gate, waiting for his lover to come outside. Though it was probably a bad idea and he should’ve stayed inside considering how cold it was and not to mention the rain. He definitely regretted not bringing his umbrella despite knowing that it’d rain, he simply forgot that’s all! Or maybe he purposely had forgotten it because he knew his boyfriend would bring one- and he might’ve wanted to share the umbrella like how couples do in those cliché movies. “Hey Nort! Are you waiting for Naib?”, the blond boy asked after he approached him, “Yeah! Have you seen him?”, Norton asked Mike. “I heard from Demi that he’s receiving some chocolates afterschool from a certain someone.”, Mike giggled.
“Chocolates?”, Norton raised an eyebrow. “Yeah it’s Valentines Day, did you forget?”, Mike responded. No, Norton knew it was Valentines Day; he was more concerned about the part where someone is giving Naib chocolates. To be fair, nobody knows they’re dating. “Who’s the one giving him chocolates? Is-...is it a confession?”, the boy asked, clearly concerned. “I dunno dude, and hey- you look worried, is something up?”, Mike examined Norton’s expression.
“No, it’s nothing- see you Mike!”, Norton waved before taking off into the building. Half way into his objective of finding Naib, he realized he hadn’t asked his friend where Naib was. He groaned and continued running- no, walking really fast in the halls. After what felt like 10 hours, Norton finally found him in the classroom (the room he should’ve checked first but he’s an idiot). “Naib!”, Norton greeted cheerfully, wrapping his arms around the shorter boy from behind. “Nort!”, he greeted back just as excited to see him.
The two boys exited the building and decided to walk home together as they always do. Norton was unusually quiet on the way home and Naib wasn’t having it. “You keep fidgeting with your hands, what’s the matter?”, Naib questioned. Norton tensed up, looking around seemingly trying to make up a harmless lie. “Don’t even think about lying.”, Naib stated quickly as if he knew what he was trying to do. Norton groaned, “I just- I was just wondering if you… accepted the confession you got earlier..”, Norton said, his voice getting quieter at the end. Naib blinked, “What confession?”. “Mike said you got a confession earlier and you received chocolates..”, Norton sulked. Mike in-fact, did not say he got a confession but if someone were to give you chocolates on Valentines it’d still count as a confession right?
“Norton-”, Naib wanted to reassure his boyfriend but cut off his own sentence at the sight of Norton’s eyes filling up with tears. Naib huffed, “You big cry baby. Chloe only asked me for a favor- she asked if I could give Martha her chocolates. Don’t worry, I would never leave you.”, Naib smiled, reaching up and ruffling the taller boy’s hair. Norton blinked his tears away, he felt his worries disappear but at the same time his ears were on fire. Did he just embarrass himself just now? “I wasn’t worried!”, Norton huffed and turned his face away from Naib. “What are you holding there?”, Naib asked completely ignoring Norton’s statement earlier. “I have no idea what you’re talking about!”, Norton said smiling, he was clearly hiding something behind his back and was extremely bad at lying.
“Yes you are! Let me see!”, Naib tried peeking around Norton only for him to turn his body the other direction. “Nortonnnn..”, Naib whined. After some time, Naib finally managed to grab the neatly wrapped and decorated pink box from Norton’s grasp- nearly dropping the umbrella in the struggle process. Ignoring Norton’s protests to give it back, Naib opened the box. In the pink box, he found chocolates. Eight chocolate pieces were placed neatly in the box- and it was obvious Norton had made the chocolates himself. Naib grinned, happily picking up a piece and throwing it into his mouth. The chocolate was good, he could tell he put a lot of effort into it. “Thank you Norton!”, Naib thanked happily as he wrapped his arms around the taller boy.
Naib pulled away, noticing Norton didn’t hug him back and also noticing he was refusing to look at him. A prominent red blush decorated Norton’s face, “You’re welcome..” he mumbled.
“So you can make me chocolates but you can’t look at me?”, Naib teased. “No!”, Norton huffed, his face just becoming more vibrant by the second. Naib put his hand over Norton’s cheek, “You’re not coming down with a fever are you?”, he teased again. “I can’t… look at you.”, the taller boy stated. “Hmmm.. but can you kiss me?”, Naib asked, half teasingly and half genuinely. “What?!”, Norton stepped back in surprise. “Can you?”, Naib asked again, this time a bit more serious sounding. Norton stumbled over his own words, unable to decide what to do. He wanted to kiss Naib, but he wasn’t a good kisser- in fact this would be his first kiss! His heart was pounding, he wasn’t sure if he was feeling light-headed over the excitement or because he was nervous- maybe both.
Naib stared, watching Norton’s behavior become nervous and fidgety. He was afraid he was making his boyfriend panic and not in a good way; “I’m only kidding, don’t worry so much”, Naib laughed it off. Though part of him wondered if his boyfriend really wanted to kiss him or not. Upon seeing a glint of disappointment in his boyfriend’s eyes, he rushed forward and stopped Naib from walking any further. Naib, startled, nearly dropped his umbrella a second time. “I.. want to kiss you.”, he said firmly, still avoiding eye contact. “I’m just nervous that’s all.”, he muttered; “That’s okay, to be honest this is my first kiss so I won’t be a good kisser.”, Naib said awkwardly, rubbing the side of his neck. “Me too..”, Norton agreed. It went silent for a bit.
“Can.. can you close your eyes?”, Norton asked nervously. Naib hummed in response, closing his eyes. God, Naib was so pretty. His long eyelashes complimented his pink tinted cheeks and the small droplets of rain that got on his face. Norton gulped, slowly and carefully leaning forward. Norton closed his eyes, allowing his lips to meet Naib’s. Both of them were amateurs at this, but that was okay. Honestly, Norton planned on kissing him quickly and booking it, never to be seen again- but the kiss was gentle. It was careful and soft; it was warm and when their lips parted, they felt the feeling of butterflies lingering in their stomachs. It was the kind of kiss that made Naib want to let go of everything he held, it was the kind of kiss that made Norton feel like he was being wrapped with a warm blanket.
Naib opened his eyes the same time Norton did, the both of them too flustered to say anything.
“I got carried away- you’re just really pretty Naib.”, Norton complimented. Naib broke into a small fit of laughter making Norton’s eyes quickly shift to him. It was the first time in a while he had seen Naib laugh this much;
and god, he is beautiful.