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"Okay, Taurtis. Your turn. Truth, or dare." J pointed to Taurtis, who had been distracted scrolling on his phone.
"Oh! Me? Uh…" Normally he'd choose truth, it was always the safer option in these games. However, Taurtis was feeling adventurous. Maybe it was the alcohol's doing.
"Dare."
Why did J have that look on his face? Taurtis swallowed nervously.
"I dare you to kiss someone in the room."
A kiss was a classic dare, yet somehow Taurtis hadn't expected it.
Taurtis looked around at his options. Grian was a definite no, there was no way he was ever going to open that can of worms.
J would probably pay him not to choose him. Sookie was a lesbian and taken. Kissing Invader might start something akin to her previous Sam obsession, which Taurtis knew he definitely didn't want.
Dom was a no. Taurtis wasn't sure if Dom still had a crush on him after the whole "Taurissa" thing, but he wasn't going to risk putting him through another crisis. That would just be cruel.
There was always the option of Sam. Sure, it might make things awkward between the two for a bit. But hey, it's not like Taurtis hadn't thought about kissing Sam before.
Many times.
Taurtis took a deep breath, having made up his mind.
Sam seemed shocked. It was like he had blinked and suddenly Taurtis was on his hands and knees in front of him, a few inches left between their two faces.
Sam's voice was quiet, nearly a whisper. "Are you sure?"
Taurtis matched his friend's volume when he responded. "We're already best friends, it's like… the least awkward choice."
Sam was going to respond, but wasn't given the chance, interrupted by lips on his.
Oh Gord. Taurtis was kissing him. Taurtis was kissing him and he liked it. Taurtis was kissing him and he was kissing back.
"Get a room guys!" Sookie's cackling shout brought Sam out of his shock. He shot back, pushing Taurtis off of him, spilling his drink all over his shirt in the process.
Sam's face was a bright red as he hurriedly stood up, running to the bathroom, shouting back something about cleaning his shirt.
The rest of the group sits there in shock for a moment.
J and Sookie are laughing, Dom's face is red with second-hand embarrassment, Invader was pouting, and Grian was giggling at the whole situation.
Taurtis is lying on his back in shock. Sam had knocked him down in his hurry to the bathroom, but Taurtis hadn't even noticed, too caught up in the bewilderment that Sam had kissed him back.
"I… I should go see if he's okay."
"Yeah, go check on your boyfriend gayboy." Taurtis's cheeks heated up at J's comment, but he brushed it off as he ran to the bathroom.
Sam seemed genuinely upset, and Taurtis was worried he had screwed everything up between the two of them.
He knocked on the bathroom door, which resulted in the door creaking open, having not been fully shut.
"Sam…? Are you alright?" He stepped inside, met with a red faced Sam scrubbing at his shirt in front of the sink.
"Why would you do that?"
Taurtis closed the door behind him, walking up to Sam. "I was dared to."
"You kissed me in front of everyone!"
"Would you rather I kiss Sookie?"
Sam paused his scrubbing, turning to Taurtis. His face was red, but Taurtis couldn't tell if it was due to anger or embarrassment. "You kissed me!" He pointed at Taurtis accusingly.
"You kissed back!" At Taurtis's words Sam let out a huff, turning back towards the sink.
Taurtis sighed, moving closer to Sam. "It's mixed with fruit punch, the stain isn't going to come out."
Sam groaned. "I don't have many shirts, Taurtis."
"Maybe Grian will let you borrow his sweater for the rest of the night? He wears a button-up underneath."
"Fine." Sam pulled his shirt off with no hesitation, leaving Taurtis staring red faced.
Taurtis quickly averted his eyes. He was not doing very well at beating the crush-on-Sam allegations tonight.
"You're really gay, you know that?"
Taurtis looked back, eyes wide. "Me!?"
"You literally kissed me for truth or dare while there were two girls in the room."
"I don't think anyone would have been happy if I kissed Sookie or Invader." Taurtis's face was red as he tried to defend himself. "Anyways, you kissed me back!"
"I was surprised! I just… responded instinctively." Sam was staring at the floor, his cheeks dusted pink.
Taurtis was filled with a sense of confidence as he stepped closer, leaving barely any space between the two of them.
If he were any closer he would probably feel Sam's body heat radiating off his chest.
"So, you're saying if I kissed you again right now, you wouldn't kiss back this time?" Taurtis cocked his head, looking up at his friend.
"I… I didn't say that…"
Taurtis didn't get a chance to see what would happen, as the bathroom door slammed open.
J and Grian were standing in the doorway.
"No sex allowed in my bathroom!" J ran in, shoving the two apart.
"We weren't having sex!!" Taurtis tried to defend himself, but his shouts were drowned out by the cackling laughter coming from Grian in the doorway.
The four of them left the bathroom, Sam following behind J, who said he'd give him a shirt to borrow.
"You're never living this down, man." Grian grinned at Taurtis as the two of them sat back down in the circle.
"Why not?"
"I'm not going to let you!"