Work Text:
Buford was on his way home from school. Unfortunately he was going to be walking home alone for a bit since Renee was on a trip to Quebec City with her family, and Jacob? Well, Jacob wasn't feeling too good. Earlier that morning, Buford had knocked on the door since Jacob was usually outside when he'd wait for Buford. The person that answered the door was Florence, Jacob's mom. The boy had asked if Jacob was avaliable, and his mom told him that Jake had a bad cold. Understandbly so, this had bummed Buford out, so to help he decided that he'd stop by at Benny's on his way home so that he could get Jacob a few things.
He got him a bag of some plain bagels and a soup. (Like those little cups that Subway have.) When he got there, he knocked on the door once again with Florence being the one at the door. "Why, hello again Buford!" She said in a sweet tone. "Hi, Jacob's mom! Is it alright if I come in?" He asked as he held up the bag he had got. He then continued, "I figured that since Jacob wasn't feeling too well, the least I could do is atleast get him some things. I'm not sure if I got the exact thing that he orders from Benny's but I think I got atleast MOST of it!", whatever that meant. Especially because since all he got were some bagels and soup. Florence then opened the door for Buford and told him to come inside. He greeted Jacob's dad who was reading the afternoon paper at the dining table, and quickly made his way to Jacob's room.
Before he even got to the room, he already heard the sound of someone blowing their nose followed up by some loud coughs. Convienetly timed as if he needed a sign as to where Jacob's room is. He knocked on his attic door and heard a weak "Come in, come in." followed up by a few more coughs. Buford then opened the door, and Jacob turned the other way immediately having a smile appear on his face from seeing his best friend. ''Buford!" "Hey, Jacob!" Buford replied. "I heard that you were sick so I decided to stop by and bring you a few things." He placed the bag of food on Jacob's bed, Jacob then opened up the bag and admittedly he was a bit surprised. "You memorised what I order at Benny's?" Buford nodded. "Well, moreso most of it. I couldn't tell if you usually order bagels plain, or bagels with cream cheese. Sometimes I get an everything bagel and THEN I have cream cheese inbetween but it's better with bacon bits-" "Buford." Jacob interuppted. "Whoops." Buford muttered, and Jacob sighed. "I appreciate you getting me all this, it was really sweet of you. Really sweet."
"No problem, Jacob!" Buford said. He then brought over a stool that was near Jacob's desk and plopped it next to his bed and sat down there. "Anything I've missed while I was gone?" Jacob said as he started drinking the soup that he'd got. "Well, Renee's on a trip."
"Yep, I think she told me about that a while back." Jacob responded. Buford tried to think of more things to update his friend on, but truthfully he might have just wanted an excuse to talk to him more. He then went on about school stuff and projects and all that, yada yada things like that which then led to Buford just kind of rambling about whatever like he usually does. As his friend kept talking, Jacob was starting to feel like he was getting somewhat better just by Buford being in his presence. If anything, he was starting to feel as if there were butterflies in his stomach but he didn't think too much of it. Could he..? Naaaaah. Nah. But maybe. Nahh. Nah.
A few hours passed, it's crazy how much time passes when you're having fun. Buford only noticed because when he glanced over at Jacob he looked like he was just barely staying awake. Buford tried rousing him awake by calling out, "Jake? ..Jake??" and even going in real close to his face to poke under his eye a bit but if there was any reaction it was completley unnoticable. Buford then paused to notice, Jacob is kind of cute when he's asleep. Before he knew it without thinking he planted a kiss on Jacob's head.
That seemed to wake him up quickly because his eyes suddenly shot up. Buford takes a while to process what he did that woke Jacob up, but when he saw Jacob's slightly flushed face he couldn't stop his own face from burning up with alot of emotions. Before Jacob can even say anything, Buford interupts hastily, "Oh gosh, Uh- Jacob! H-hi! I... I didn't-" He gulps in-between his very frantic state of speech and he just kind of freezes in place. Before Jake is even able to reassure Buford that it was okay, Buford INSTANTLY dashed out of the room, and then out the door saying "Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygoshohmygoshohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh", not even making eye contact with Jacob's parents. Meanwhile in Jacob's room, he couldn't help but feel like that he made him feel a lot more better. Even if that meant that he was still technically sick.