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He's pretty, like really pretty, it's kind of unsettling. The way the light always seem to hit him just right, like an angel being followed by the divine. That's kinda corny he thinks, face scrunching up but eyes never leaving Egg.
He moves flawlessly through the crowd, getting food at the canteen, he'll probably get the usual stuff, it is the only thing their university can get right he says. Wemmbus mouth curves up thinking of all the jokingly arguments they've had about it. He really only keeps them going to hear Eggs voice more.
Egg's walking towards them, tray in hands. His hair covering his eyes like normal, he still wonders how he sees probably like that. And it is a shame really, his eyes are such a beautiful bright blue, he really wishes he could see them twenty four hours a day.
But there is something special about being the only one who really gets to see them, the only one who's been allowed to stare into the endless sea that's his eyes. it does make him feel even more special than he already is to Egg.
Wemmbu has his head rested on his hand, elbow on the table. Mindlessly staring at Egg when he very rudely get startled out of his daydreaming.
"Dude. You actually can't be serious" Mane deadpans, looking at him like a disappointed father.
"What! I didn't even do anything" He tries to defend but his eyes move back to Egg, He moves his backpack away from the seat he saved him, right next to himself. He really doesn't need to do it anymore, everyone and their mothers knows that Egg sits next to Wemmbu, everywhere they go.
"That, that's the issue" Mane gestures at him.
"Bro, you just gestured to all of me" He frowns at him, can you believe this guy.
Egg sits down with a confused look on his face, humming a cute questing sounds, looking at Wemmbu for answers. He just throws his arm over Egg shoulder, who relaxes into the embrace.
"The usual I see" Wemmbu teases lightly squeezing his shoulder, Flame very obviously rolls his eyes, already know whats about to happen.
"Bro. Its the only one thing they make right here, I've told you this". Egg bickers mouth full of food already, but Wemmbu doesn't care, just smiles and continues the argument. Everyone around them already having tuned them out, but they don't care caught up in their own little bubble, like always.
Being friends since like, forever. They've fallen into this sort of "bromance" thing. Or at least that's what Wemmbu started telling people so they'd get of his back about being so in love with Egg. He really doesn't need people to look closer at how he acts around him.
But somehow their entire friend group has clocked that Wemmbu has, on some level deeper feelings for Egg, or at least they find it weird that they're that close. He really doesn't know the difference, and he doesn't want to try to act all subtle and ask about it. He really can't afford to out himself anymore that he might already have.
Loppezz had once asked him why he doesn't just ask him out, that they'd live "happily ever after" if they did. But she doesn't understand that they already do. This is perfect to Wemmbu, what they have right now is perfect. So what if he daydreams of holding his hands and longingly looking into his eyes late at night. He already kinda gets to do that.
So whats the point of changing anything now?
And its not like Egg has other friends than him and his friend group, so they get to hang out every second of the day with no issue. Life really is perfect.
Well that's until Egg made an actual friend. Fuck.
He introduced him at the lunch table, still sitting down in his saved seat right next to Wemmbu, but some random chungus following right behind him. Wemmbu couldn't keep the glare out of his eyes when he sat down on the other side of his Egg.
Their friends exchanging weird looks when Egg intruded Jaden from his philosophy class. Said they'd gotten pared for a group project and hit it off, and so now he's here, at their table.
That's fine, Egg still talked to him mostly, went over what he learnt with minimal interruption from Jaden. Probably because he could feel the look he was giving him, good.
Egg did give him a weird side eye when he tightened the grip he had around his shoulder, quietly asking if he's alright, his answer wasn't very convincing but Egg didn't bring it up again. Knowing Wemmbu will come to him of he wants to talk about it.
When they left for the second class of the day, Loppezz pulled him aside.
"Dude, you gotta control yourself" She said, like he knew what she was talking about, or like he wasn't trying to very actively push down the thing she was bringing up.
"What do you mean bro" looking away from her, he really doesn't want to actually face this.
"Egg was going to make a friend outside of us at some point, you can't just act like a jealous boyfriend when he does, especially if you wanna keep. All of this, a secret" She says, gesturing to all of him, rude.
The word boyfriend makes him blush way harder than it should, she snickers at him, also rude. He was about to debunk whatever she's yapping about but the look she gives him shuts him up.
They stand there for a second, he doesn't know what to say. Opening and closing his mouth, he lands on doubling down.
"I'm not- I'm not acting like, like anything. Egg can do whatever he wants bro." She raises her eyebrow very doubtfully at him. Not even hiding that she doesn't believe a word he's spewing.
"Dude the whole table was feeling the daggers you were glaring at Jaden, if you don't want Egg to know you like him you have to calm yourself bro." He hates that she's right, he really hates it.
"I don't- I. Yea. Alright" no point in denying it now, shes been on his case about it for so long and shes not letting go. She pats him on the back, "Glad your no longer denying it, proud of you" She smiles at him, it's a little pitying.
"If you ever want to talk about it I'm here. And bro, you really should just tell him, before he gets snatched up by someone else" She says, still holding the same smile. And god, he never actually thought about that, never even thought that something like that could ever happen.
"Shit" is all he says, making her laugh. They stand there for a second, Loppezz letting him take in the information.
He just never thought that Egg, antisocial since birth, was going to actually make friends outside of him. And now that he really thinks about it that's so stupid. Obviously he's going to make friends. He's like the nicest, funniest, prettiest person ever. He's lucky it hasn't happened sooner.
There's so many things he hasn't actually thought about with Egg, he was so sure that how they were would be a constant always type of thing. He doesn't know what to do now, he really doesn't want some random loser to sweep him off his feet. But he doesn't know if it is a good idea to say something.
God why does Jaden have to exist.
A couple of days after the introduction Wemmbu feels he's gotten pretty alright at hiding his jealousy. Well, at least no one has called him out on acting weird so he's taking that as proof that hes doing amazingly great.
He's seen Jaden around here n there, but not a crazy amount like he feared. Egg still mostly eats lunch without Jaden around. But he has seen them walk from class a couple of times. Once when he was walking to eggs class so they could go to this cafe together, he saw them standing outside the building next to each other, too close to each other.
Jadens hand resting on Eggs shoulder, his Eggs shoulder. He doesn't think he's ever seen someone be that close to Egg. He starts walking faster towards them, almost going into a jog when jades hand slowly trails down to Eggs bicep.
"What'cha doing?" Wemmbu asks when he caught up to them, pushing himself between them forcing Jadens hand to leave Egg, he throws his arm over his shoulder like normal, pushing Egg closer to himself. He can't help but glare at Jaden who so annoyingly just smirks at him, taking a step back thankfully.
"Oh we were just talking about the class, right Egg?" Jaden smirks down at Egg, who just looks confusedly between the too of them.
"Yea..?" Egg slowly says, just to ask Wemmbu what the fuck is going on with his eyes.
"Well, you can talk about that later can't you. Me and Egg got somewhere to be" Wemmbu tries to pull Egg along but he stops him, making Jaden chuckle, fuck him.
"Oh wait bro, you still need the notes from last class?" He shrugs Wemmbus arm of his shoulder to open his backpack, but Wemmbu still keeps his arm close to him, resting his hand on his other shoulder.
Egg pulls out his binder and hands over some messily written stuff, not the usual neatly written notes he always has. Probably why he's giving it away. Egg steps closer to Jaden to hand it to him and Wemmbu has to really hold himself back from not pulling him right back against him. He calls it a win that he didn't.
Egg says goodbye and Wemmbus arm is right back where it belongs. They walk in silence for a while, Wemmbu trying to delete the whole interaction from his brain when Egg stops him.
"Bro. What was that?"
"What was what bro?" He's quick to deny. Egg looks at him like, can you believe this guy, mouth slightly agape, it's cute. But luckily he drops it, knowing he wont get anything out of Wemmbu right now.
Back in their dorm room Wemmbu is laying on his bed scrolling mindlessly on his phone. He knows Egg will be back from the library soon, probably having been studying with Jaden. Why didn't he just study philosophy, then Egg could study with him all the time, then they'd be pared up in group projects.
Hold up, that's fucking stupid. He pulls himself higher up in bed. He need to get a hold of himself, can't be having thoughts like that, that's actually the dumbest things ever. God he's so jealous, like he can't even deny it.
He's just never had to deal with something like this, he's ever run by, emotions.
He's startled out of his thoughts by the door opening, a very tired looking Egg walks in.
"Hey, you good?" Wemmbu asks, giving Egg a once over.
"Yea. yea bro, just y'know, philosophy." He mumbles putting his bag down and flopping right on top of Wemmbu, who laughs at the action. "That bad huh?" His heart swells with pride, that Egg is just so comfortable with physical contact with him. Take that Jaden, he'll never get to have Egg like this.
Wemmbu starts running his hands through his hair, god it never stops being the best feeling ever, his hair is always so soft. It's another one of those things that just make Egg so, perfect.
"Did you study with Jaden?" He can't help but ask, he knows he shouldn't. He should let it be and not seek out reason to be, jealous. But he really can't help it, he has to know.
All he gets is a hum from Egg, not affirming or denying. Egg starts to sit up, still staying on the bed, leaning up against the side of the wall, letting his legs dangle off the bed.
"What's up with you and Jaden? Do you not like him?" He asks completely ignoring Wemmbus question, fully catching Wemmbu off guard, eyes going wide.
"No! no- he's. He's fine" Wemmbus tries to say but even to his own ears it doesn't sound very convincing
"Bro." Egg deadpans at him, just staring at him. Wemmbus getting nervous. "If you don't like him you can tell me man, I won't hang out with people you don't like". And its so tempting, so very tempting to just say yes, to ask Egg to never hang out with that guy again. But really, Jaden hasn't actually done anything wrong and Wemmbu can't dictate who Egg hangs with. That's like, way too far, actually controlling.
"Nah bro, it's nothing like that" Egg does not believe him. "It's just, well. Y'know." He stops, mindlessly drawing patterns in his bed sheets, he doesn't have an excuse for why he's acting like this, and now's really not the time to start beating himself up over how Egg noticed his behaviour.
"You two are just- have just gotten pretty, close" He forces out not looking Egg in the eyes, hoping that this conversation is over soon.
"Dude. We barely talk, and when we do its for class, whats bro yapping about?" He chuckles, trying to lighten the mood, but he stops, looking like a light bulb just lit above his head. "Oh my god is bro jealous?" His face shocked.
"What! no no of course not, that's not- that's- bro stop laughing!" He lightly pushes Egg but his giggles are contagious, like music to his ears. "Dude you so are!" He laughs harder. Wemmbus blushing which is just embarrassing and not helping at all. He can't believe he was that obvious.
They laugh about it for a second longer, but it soon turns quiet. Wemmbu can't help but stare, its so unfair how perfect Egg is, everything about him. Just being able to sit here this close, staring at Eggs cute smile, all for him. Even in situations like these he can't help to notice.
"Bro you should know, I'm not going anywhere" Egg reassures but a part of Wemmbu just can't believe it, can't hold on to it.
He can't help but hear Loppezz words in his head, he really doesn't want to lose this. And like, they're such good friends even if Egg doesn't feel the same their friendship wouldn't be ruined. It would hurt tho, so much.
But losing him would hurt even more. They could work through his feelings and still be friends after a rejection. But if Egg got a partner then he wouldn't be able to spend every minute of the day with him, and wow, what a horrible thought that is.
He feels a deep pit in his stomach, a low sad feeling.
"What's with the face man" Eggs asks, looking at him with those wonderful eyes of his.
Wemmbus frown deepens, this would be quite the leap, impulsive, and stupid. But really, if he's being real with himself, when is he not stupid and impulsive.
"I love you" He blurts out, just looking at Egg, trying to gauge if reaction almost shocking himself with the words. But nothing happens, Egg just smiles and says "I love you too bro" Like Wemmbu didn't confess his life long debilitating secret to him, like he didn't confess something that's haunted him for almost his whole life.
"No i- bro- wha" He stops, he doesn't know what to say. The confidence leaving him, he's starting to regret saying anything. Slowly, agonizingly, Eggs face changes. First to confusion, then even more agonizingly slowly for Wemmbu, to understanding.
"Oh, ohhhh" He drags out, shocked painting his face. And even in such a horrid situation, heart on his sleeve, insane amount of stake on the line. He can't help but think Egg is cute, with his mouth slightly agape like that, wide eyes staring into his soul.
"You- you like me? Like. Like that? Like romantically?" Egg is unreadable, or maybe Wemmbu is just too nervous to read. But its making him way more anxious than he should be. He really has to lock the fuck in.
"Well, y'know- I guess- yea. But! But it's not like a big deal, or anything! I can tots just let go- stop, anytime. Really bro it, it doesn't have to be this, this big thing y'know" He rambles, trying to save himself and save Egg from maybe feeling uncomfortable with his feeling. God that would be the last thing he'd ever want.
He tries to continue his rambles, to reassure Egg that really it's not actually a big deal, even though it is. Like the biggest deal ever. But he's stopped by Egg moving, scared he's going to leave, Wemmbu sits up straighter to try and be more confident in his posture. But Egg doesn't leave.
He very awkwardly moved so his legs are over Wemmbus, one on each side of his, sitting on his legs so they can face each other better. Wemmbus face is aflame, not only from the embarrassment of a failed? Confession, but from the position, they have sat like this before together but with the context going on it feels a lot more, intimate.
Egg isn't doing much better, blush so prettily covering his face, which doesn't help Wemmbu think straight at all.
"You mean that?" He asks, a nervous tinge to his voice. Fiddling with his hands, no clue where to place them. He's trying to look Wemmbu in the eyes, but keeps looking away, which doesn't help at all.
Well, he got this far he thinks. He probably really should back out, but he'd never be okay with himself if he did that. He knows he has to stick this out and just take what comes after.
"I. Yea. yea i mean it bro" He whispers, it seems wrong to speak louder than that in the atmosphere they've created, Egg doesn't think so though.
"Dude calls me bro after confession his undying love for me" He laughs, it shocks Wemmbu right out of his self pitying state. He barks out a laugh too. One of his loud sound barrier breaking ones. Maybe they will be okay after all.
"Bro! what! i didn't- i didn't say that!" He giggles, alongside Egg who covers his mouth with his hands. "You totally did bro" He teases slightly shaking with the giggles. He suddenly stops, or tries too. Still smiling wide.
"I like you too bro, i think I've have for a while" Wemmbu pulls his arms around his tourso, pulling his in for an embrace before he can even think about it. Egg falls against his chest with and 'oof' but lays his head on his shoulder, hugging him back.
"Oh thank god, like actually thank every single god out there" Wemmbu mumbles against his hair, a happy giggle following. They enjoy each others embrace not saying anything. Wemmbus strong hold around Egg and Eggs soft breath against his neck. Life actually couldn't get any better than this. Nothing could ruin this amazing moment between them.
Well until Egg starts giggling again.
"Can't believe your jealousy for Jaden got us together" He laughs against his neck.
"Don't you dare mention that guys name right now, we were having a moment!" Pulling back so he can look at Egg again, who just laughs even harder. Egg holds onto Wemmbus shoulders leaner closer than they normally do.
"I can't believe this! You were so jealous of Jaden, Jaden of all people!" He laughs even harder.
"Don't laugh about this! He was like, all over you" He can't even keep a straight face when he says it, Eggs joy is too contagious. He places his hands around Eggs waist without even thinking.
Egg gives him such a 'are you for real' look "Bro. We barely even hang out. And when we do all I do is talk about you anyways" He says it like that didn't just make Wemmbus entire life.
"You talk about me?" He smirks which slowly turns into a proper smile, can't keep the cocky tone for long.
"Bro." He doesn't even humour Wemmbu, "You're so stupid" He giggles. Laying his head back onto his shoulder. A beat of silence falls over them again calming their breaths from all the giddiness.
"Bro everyone told me you were into me like that, didn't believe them at first" Egg mumbles into his shoulder.
"Wait wait! Who told you?" Wemmbu tries to move him so he can look at his eyes, but Egg is an unmovable force and continues to rest his full body weight against Wemmbus chest.
"Hmm, mostly Flame. Thought he was joking at first, but i kinda started noticing things, just wouldn't really let myself believe it fully". He yawns "And now that I think about it, it became so obvious when I started chilling with Jaden" He giggles tiredly
"Bro can you stop bringing up that chungus right now" Wemmbus says pulling Egg closer to him. God this is so embarrassing, even Flame noticed, enough to want to do something about it too. Wemmbu doesn't think he can live that down. But its better to give Flame the credit for bringing them together than Jaden.
"And yea, kinda just realised I didn't really mind the thought" He says, moving his arms around Wemmbus waist, fully hugging him.
"Well that I'm glad about, I don't think i could keep this in for much longer" He says while hugging Egg tighter. His heart filled with such a bright sunny emotion, he can't actually believe this is his life. He gets Egg like this, all cute and his. He'd never actually let himself think something like this could happen, he didn't want to get his hopes up.
But here he is, Egg in his arms, his Egg.
"How long have you, y'know. Felt like this?" Egg asks patiently waiting for Wemmbu to answer. Wemmbu sucks in a breath and says "Like, since the beginning?" It sounds more like a question that anything, he really doesn't want to say how many years that is.
"Dude." Is all Egg says, in his deadpan voice of his "You're hopeless"
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They're walking together to class usual position with Wemmbus arm slung over Eggs shoulder, weaving them through the crowd so Egg can keep his full attention on his phone, reading whatever it is he reads. Still listening to the rambles Wemmbu has going on at that moment.
When they make it to Eggs building they spot Jaden, apparently waiting for Egg to show up so they could go in together. An idea forms in Wemmbus head, something he's thought about doing a lot even before they got together. And here with Egg under his arm he can actually do it.
When they get closer they drop their greetings and while Wemmbu says his, his arm drops slowly from around Eggs shoulders to hold possessively around Eggs waist, keeping his eyes on Jaden, giving him his best cocky grin.
He pulls Egg closer to him, who gives him an 'are you serious' look, but quickly goes back to answering Jaden. When there's a pause in the conversation, Wemmbu pulls Egg to face him. Putting one hand on the side of his face, and pulls him in for a kiss. Egg smiles against the kiss, trying not to laugh. He pulls back quicker than Wemmbu would have liked but he just says his goodbyes to Egg only, giving him one last quick peck before leaving.
Grinning so hard his face hurts for the rest of the day. Satisfaction resting comfortably in his chest, happy he actually got to do that.
When they both are back at their dorm together Egg laughs at him for frankly way too long, for still being jealous of Jaden.