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Henry didn’t have a good Friday to say the least. His aunt accidentally spilled orange juice onto his white shirt, he fell on his face trying to do a push up during gym class, and he embarrassed himself during a history presentation in front of his whole class. And that wasn’t even all of it. Needless to say, today wasn’t the best.
But now, the day was soon coming to a close, and Henry couldn’t be happier. The sun was setting behind the white, fluffy clouds, and the sky was a beautiful mix of pink and orange.
The sound of Liam and Henry’s footsteps echoed through their practically empty neighborhood; everyone had either gone inside or were still out enjoying the time off that they had from school and or work.
While they walked, Henry couldn’t resist telling Liam about how shitty his day was.
”And then everyone started to laugh! And no one even thought of helping me out!” Henry said stubbornly, crossing his arms.
Liam chuckled, “Well you have to admit it was pretty funny.”
”Your hairline is funny…” Henry muttered under his breath.
“What?”
”Nothing.” Henry turned his head away with the cheekiest grin on his face.
“Well at least I have a hair line! Your hair is literally just clumps of grass mashed together!” Liam defended, crossing his arms.
Henry rolled his eyes playfully, “It’s okay bro, you don’t have to be insecure about your knock off k-pop star bangs.”
Liam gasped dramatically, “You said you liked them! How could you? I don’t think I want to help you anymore.”
”Oh no, my knight and shining armor won’t come to my rescue! What should I do?” Henry chuckled.
Liam smiled gleefully, “Hmmm… maybe I might reconsider just for my little prince.”
Henry laughed, “Little prince, man? That’s gay.”
“Well I like it. How about I call you my little prince from now on, hm? Bet you’ll love that.”
Henry swatted him away, laughing.
“To be honest, I think I should be the knight and shining armor and you should be the prince. I’d be a much better knight anyways.” Henry commented, putting his hands into the pockets of his shorts.
“Maybe. I doubt it though. I bet if you ever tried to even pick up a sword it’ll be to big for you.” Liam laughed, walking up the porch steps to his front door.
”Hey! I’m not that weak! I pick up a weight every now and then!” Henry defended, following behind him.
Liam fumbled with his keys, before finding the right one and pushing it into the door hole. “You mean once every two years?”
Liam chuckled after seeing Henry’s pissed off expression. Finally, the key clicked, and he pulled the door open.
”Plus, I wouldn’t mind being your prince.” Liam immediately froze after he said that.
“Dude…” They both said in union.
Liam turned around to face Henry, his face a bright pink.
“I mean,” Henry looked around the empty house as if someone could possibly hear him. “Maybe I can.”
Henry hesitantly took a few steps forward, his cheeks growing a light red.
“Liam?”
”I, uh…yeah?”
Henry grabbed Liam’s hands, holding them nicely in his own.
“Do you…do you like me?”
Liam waited a moment, but then nodded. “You like me too, right?”
Henry replied, “Yeah.”
They both looked into each others eyes, not even trying to hold back their huge smiles.
“I would kiss you right now but I don’t know how,” Henry laughed.
Liam snickered, “Well, I can show you.”
Henry grinned, “Definitely.”
They both stared at each other happily while making their way to Liam’s room.
Drew looked down at his phone as seen popped up below his text to Liam. He had texted Henry earlier too, and he didn’t respond either.
”What the hell are those two doing?” Drew grumbled, scrolling through his previous texts with Liam.
”Awwh… is Drewy-Bear upset?” Zoey teased, painting her nails a hot pink on the floor. Lia snickered, doing something that Drew couldn’t care less about.
”Shut up,” Drew said, crossing his arms annoyed.
Lia looked up from her phone, “What’s bothering you, anyways? Jake post a new photo of him and his freak friends?”
”No, actually, those two idiots won’t answer my texts.”
Zoey hummed, “Henry and Liam, right?”
“No Zoey, I think he’s talking about Zander and Hailey.” Lia responded playfully.
”Lia, you are so damn lucky my hands are occupied right now.”
” Whatever. Do you two know anything about this?” Drew asked, putting down his phone and crossing his arms.
”Hmph…if you want to know so badly, Henry just texted me a few minutes ago. It says, ‘O.M.G, Liam just kissed me and he’s so cute and I just want to hold him forever. He’s so shy too and I just want him so badly and I love him so much.’” Lia said nonchalantly, reading word for word the message she got.
Zoey and Drew stared blankly at Lia, until Zoey bursted out laughing.
”Are you fucking kidding me?” Drew said, trying to talk over Zoey’s loud laughing.
”Nope, here.”
Lia threw her phone over to Drew, who almost didn’t even caught it. He looked down at the phone screen, and of course, Henry fanboying over his best friend was indeed there.