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It's 14th February, you know what that means! Valentines day. Evan dreaded of this day because if he still had his wife, he would've get a day off to celebrate it with her. Sure, they still stayed friends after the divorce but it's not the same anymore.
Evan sighed, slumped down onto his desk, groaning about how stupid valentines day is. Luckily, his best friend is there to comfort him! Even when he doesn't want to!
"Godfreg can we ban valentine's day on this island" Evan turns his head sideways to look at the man standing next to him with files in his hands. "No we can't, it'd be unreasonable" Godfreg answers.
"And it's dumb , Evan. Just because you don't have a valentines doesn't mean everyone also has to suffer like you" Godfreg continued. The man speak of the truth but it still annoyed Evan.
"It doesn't matter! How could she have a valentine right after we got a divorce but I don't!" Evan stood up and slammed the desk. "It's like the universe hates me! Everyone around me has a valentine and even my son !!" He complains.
He then sits back down, completely defeated. "Quentin has a date, Eudora has a date, Miranda has a date, Alexis has two and even fuckass bobo has one so how am I STILL here without a valentine?!".
"The universe is telling you to stop caring for love and care for your work instead, Evan." Godfreg sets down the files and crossed his arms, staring down at the depressed looking principal. "I can't care for work if I don't have a valentine" he whined.
"There's… no correlation? At all?" Godfreg frowns. "at this point I'd date anyone that confesses to me". Godfreg cocked a brow at the statement. "Maybe that's why you don't have a valentine, you're not honest with your love"
"But I can try…? I mean even if I didn't like the person from the start, I could try loving them as we grow closer and closer" Evan says, leaning back against the chair he's in. "Everyone deserves to be loved" Godfreg's eyes softened at Evan's sort of heartfelt statement.
"Then hypothetically, if I ask to be your valentine, would I be accepted" Evan's eyes widens at Godfreg's sudden confession. "What?" He asks, confused. "If I ask to be your valentine…" Godfreg placed a hand on the desk and leans in. "would you accept my confession" he says, his face inches away from Evan.
Evan's face instantly turns red. "h-hey, man! Personal space…!" He stutters, looking away to avoid eye contact. Godfreg noticed the sudden change in behavior and pulls his face away. "Well, what's your answer? Hypothetically" he asks, smirking.
Evan's lips quivers. "Well, hypothetically, I would accept it." He answers. Godfreg laughed at how nervous Evan looked. "Calm down buddy it's all hypothetical, okay? Not gonna let you play me like that"
"Play me?" Evan asks
"Don't mind if I do…?" Godfreg answered.
"Wh- no! I don't- I didn't mean it like that..!" Evan panicked. "I was- I was asking what you meant by 'play me like that' I wasn't …" Godfreg leaned back against the desk. "I know I know…" he chuckles.
"I don't want to date someone that could potentially play with my feelings. You know I only date people that I can confirm likes me back" Evan hummed, nodding in acknowledgement. "Is that why you've never dated? Nobody likes you back"
"Now when you say it like that it just makes me want to punch you" Godfreg frowns, making Evan laugh his heart out. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! But it's true!" He says between laughs. "That's not the reason. The reason is that the guy I've been in love with had a lover so I had to suppress my feelings for him and find someone that loves me back so that I could take my mind off him"
The long explanation left Evan speechless, he never expected it to be this deep. "well uh… never knew you liked guys, how did I not know" Evan coughed. "Because you were too busy with your own love life" Godfreg answered with a laugh.
"Oh come on! I would've at least… know what you prefer you know? Like what type of person was he" he asks, looking away bashfully. "Well…" Godfreg trails off
"He was bright, that's one… his smile lights up the room whenever he walks in and he's a tad bit of a troublemaker but… for every trouble he made, he cleans them up himself. He's a very cool guy" Godfreg reaches over to Evan to pat his head.
Evan froze. He was caught off guard by the sudden movement from Godfreg. He was unsure yet, he still let Godfreg give him a pat on his head.
"He's also a man child which pisses me off a lot" His hand trails down to Evan's cheeks and he squeezes them. Evan's eyes softens when he picks up what Godfreg was hinting at. "Really now…" his face reddens.
"Yeah and he's quite an asshole I don't know what I saw in him but yet I'm still attracted to him. He pulls me in like a magnet" Godfreg pulls his hand away to caress Evan's hair, brushing against Evan's ear and he did so. "Well love makes you blind…"
"D'you think I know this guy well…?" Evan looks up to Godfreg, his eyes half lidded and his blush became more visible each second. "Sure but i don't think he knows himself well either" Godfreg answers, his hand stays still as he felt Evan melt into his touch.
"Did you suddenly feel sleepy, buddy?" Godfreg's voice was lowered and his tone softened. "I don't know…" Evan answers, his eyes closed as he nuzzles into Godfreg's hand. Godfreg knows Evan probably wasn't even listening to him properly.
"Don't play with my heart Evan… I can't handle it" Godfreg slowly pulls his hands away, ignoring every protest from Evan. "I'm– I'm not playing you…" he argues, slowly getting up from his seat and approaches godfreg, his face close to the man.
"Are you sure it's not the loneliness talking?" Godfreg smiled softly.
"I'm sure." Evan inches closer.
Evan's lips hovered over Godfreg's, inches away from a kiss. "I wouldn't play you…" he continues. "Matter of fact, I'd let you play me both ways" Evan smirks. Godfreg laughed at the man's boldness and pushed himself away from the desk to get away. "You're a funny guy, Evan" but Evan won't let him.
"I'm being serious!" He whines. He then grabs Godfreg's wrist and pulls him close, pushing Godfreg onto the chair. He looks at the man seated on his chair and frowns. "You never take me seriously when I'm flirting with you… it's irritating!" Evan approached Godfreg and traps him in.
"Well it's not my fault you flirt with everybody and their mom." Godfreg sighed. "And well… sometimes you flirt 'platonically' , as you call it, and I could never tell when you're being serious." He continues, leaning back into his chair.
Evan went quiet for a bit, taking in the information and the fact that Godfreg was right about everything he said. "You right you right" Evan nods. "But right now I'm being serious! Really!" He leans in downwards, practically pushing his face into Godfreg's.
Godfreg sweats nervously. "Alright alright, let's say you are being serious…" Evan looks at him offended. "I am serious!" Godfreg sighed, his lip twitched into a smile. "Let me finish…"
"If you are serious, then I need an actual confession from you, alright?" He looks up to the fired up man before him. "Fine!" Evan moved to straddle Godfreg lap and cups his cheeks. "I know all of this started because I was whining about how I don't have a valentine but everybody around me does— BUT!" he grabs Godfreg's face and force him to look up to him.
"I'm still a tad bit confused about my feelings but whenever I see you, my heart would always skip a beat." Evan looks straight into Godfreg's eyes. "I dread every time you were way from my sight, I fear that you would leave me"
"Even though I know you wouldn't but the thought of you not beside me fears me more than death." He says, pressing their forehead against each other. "You remember the time when you swore your loyalty to me in the most platonic yet romantic way ever?"
"Ever since that day, living without you is a punishment worse than death. When i was stranded on that island, I could only think about how you were doing… every single night, I wish that those people actually made up so that I could go back to being embraced by your warmth instead of the cold wind on that island" Evan released Godfreg's face and wraps his arms around Godfreg's shoulders.
"And after me and Eudora got a divorce 5 months ago, I started noticing that my feelings for you weren't purely platonic but something more. I was in deep denial but I can't just keep those feelings repressed forever." Godfreg was stunned.
Evan is actually in love with him? They're not a joke? He's not joking? He's not playing with his feelings? Godfreg's face warms up as it reddens. He didn't know what to do, should he intervene? Should he deny this heartfelt confession? He couldn't move even if he could, right now, he could only move his head to bury it in the crook of Evan's neck.
Evan grinned at the adorable sight. "I'm in love with you, Godfreg Hamilton" Evan confessed, the tone of his voice reveals that it was sincere and he was not joking even in the slightest way. Godfreg hugged Evan's waist, hiding his face because he doesn't know how to respond to the heartfelt confession.
It felt like he's about to explode into confetti. "…Sorry" Godfreg mumbles, fearing that he would stutter and stumble over his words if he said anything more. Evan looks smug at the red-faced man hugging him tightly, he could tell Godfreg's brain is circuiting.
"Come on now, don't just let me do all the talking…" Evan says, his voice quivering. Evan softly grabs Godfreg's face and makes the man face him. "So… what do you feel about me?" He asks with a grin. Godfreg frowns, his lips quivering.
"You're annoying, selfish, stubborn a stuck up and a man child" Godfreg harshly stated, each statement jabbing Evan right in his heart. "You don't listen to people and you always find a way to self destruct" with each sentence, Evan started gaining awareness and he looks away bashfully.
"You don't know boundaries and you're such a shameless person it's bizarre" Godfreg continues. "Okay that's enou—" Godfreg places a hand on Evan's mouth "But" he stops momentarily. "You're intelligent and a good person deep down, I know it"
"And I trust you completely." Godfreg softly smiles at the man. "Sure you have your flaws but you're also someone that cares deeply for your students and will always find a way to help them secretly."
"And whenever you're accused of being a heartless and tyrannical ruler…" Godfreg pulls his hands away and places them back around Evan's waist. "You let them believe those lies because you don't wanna sound like you're trauma dumping when you're telling the truth"
"What? No way… I never… thought of it that way… you're wrong and overanalyzing me." Evan's face turns red as he faces Godfreg once again. "Am I though? Or you just don't want to admit that I'm right" now it's Godfreg's turn to look at Evan smugly.
Evan whined. "Just— give me a straightforward answer, Godfreg." Evan mutters, placing his head on Godfreg's shoulder. "I thought you already know from the hints?"Godfreg squeezes Evan tighter, pecking a kiss on his neck.
"I do…" he muttered. "I just want to hear you say it…" he continues mumbling against Godfreg's shoulder. Godfreg smiled warmly, finding Evan's antics both adorable and funny. "Grown ass man by the way?" Godfreg said skeptically.
Evan sprung up and his eyes widens. "What if somebody barges in and sees their president straddling a man? What would they think?" Evan's face warms up once again. Just now he realized that he's on Godfreg's lap and their bodies are against each other, with Evan's hands around Godfreg's shoulders while Evan has Godfreg's hands around his waist gripping tightly.
"Just— just answer my question so we could get this over with…" he pout, frowning. "What was the question again?" Godfreg smiles, acting as if he doesn't remember the question.
They both stares at each other in silence for a brief moment before Godfreg broke out in laughter. "I'm in love with you too, Evan" he leans in and pressed their foreheads together but Evan had other plans.
Before their foreheads could touch, Evan leans in and pressed their lips together. Godfreg's eyes widens, he was caught off guard. Evan tilts his head and widens his moth just a bit more. He pulls away briefly to breathe and leans in again.
"Wait— Evan…" Godfreg's brows furrowed as he mutters. The kiss felt heavenly, the feeling of Evan's warm body pressed against him made him feel heated despite the kiss being gentle and delicate.
Godfreg could feel his body relaxing as he melts into the kiss. As the kiss went on, it got eager and one of Godfreg's hand reaches over for Evan's face and he softly caresses it, Evan on the other hand felt his body warming up and something else stirred in him, his hands tangles in Godfreg's hair.
They both pulled away to breathe, looking at each other intensely as they gasp for air.
"I'm— I'm sorry I don't know what got over me…" Godfreg says, breathing shakily. "You know… we can continue it later this night…" Evan pouts and he stayed close to Godfreg, playing with the man's hair.
"You freak…" Godfreg chuckled.
"But I'm your freak" Evan grinned.