“For the millionth time Sebastian Keates, what is wrong with you?!” “Sophia-” “Do not even try to tell me it’s nothing again,” Sophia almost yelled at Seb. “You’ve been oddly glum the whole day. You were barely yourself, you seemed lost in thoughts more than half the day and now you’re lyng.” “Actually-” “Did you have a fight with your freshman boy? Alex?” Sophia asked, Seb immediately turning to face her. “Ah, I’m guessing that’s it.” “What? No! We didn’t fight, I promise,” he quickly said. “What made you even guess this is about him?” “Cause I’m suddenly remembering how you were staring at him pretty much throughout lunch,” she replied. “Is there something you want to tell me, Sebastian? I’m your best friend, remember.” He was silent for a while then let out a deep exhale. “Yeah, you’re my best friend.” “Are you confirming that right now?” “No, I’m reminding you,” he said, Sophia rolling her eyes. “Which means you have to be on my side no matter what, right?” “Isn’t tha
“Mum said I should come check up on you. Don’t you have classes today?” Alex pulled his sheets off his head to look up to his cousin standing by his door, arms folded. “I do,” he replied, getting up. “I’ll be downstairs in a bit. Oh and tell her I won’t be having breakfast. You can all go ahead without me.” “Okay.”Watching his cousin leave his room, Alex let out a sigh. He had woken up tired hours ago and had gotten ready for school only to plop into his bed and bury himself under his sheets again as the thought of facing Seb came. He spent the rest of the previous day in his room, not stepping out for even a second. He skipped dinner and had intended on skipping breakfast alongside school for the whole day until his aunt just had to send his cousin to check up on him. She noticed his foul mood from the previous day and no matter how many times she asked, his answer was still the same- he was fine and just not hungry. That was only partly true though as though he wasn’t hungr
“Alex?” Sophia failed to hide her surprise as Alex shut the door behind him and walked towards her. Her eyebrows were knitted as immediately Alex stood in front of her, she quickly broke into a smile. “You’re here? It’s late. You’re here to see Seb, right?” “Yeah, I am,” he replied her nodding and taking deep exhales. “Is he in?” “Mhm mhm,” she resumed walking. “Locked up in his room but yeah, he’s in.” “Alright then,” he paused to turn in the direction of the stairs. “I’ll be going now.” “You should,” Sophia smiled at him. “He definitely wasn’t expecting you but I bet he’ll be really glad to see you.” Her words giving him a bit of confidence, he turned and climbed the stairs leading to his room. As he got closer to his room, he felt his heartbeat quicken, Alex taking deep breaths over and over again to calm himself down. He finally got to Seb’s room and true to Sophia’s words, it was locked. Feeling his palms dampen, he rubbed them together, pressed his lips together and pla
"Do you really have to go back home tonight?" "Yes, Sebastian," Alex replied for the hundredth time since he and Seb officially became a couple. As he had been doing everytime Alex told him he had to go, he groaned and pulled him even closer to him to hug him tighter. "I didn't tell my aunt I'll be spending the night out." "Call her and tell her now then." "No," Alex said then laughed as he broke free from Seb's grip and got off the bed. "I really should go back before it gets any later." "Alright," Seb got up and joined him on his feet. "I'll drive you home then." "You don't have to-" "Don't even try to convince me otherwise," Seb cut him off, grabbing his car keys. "I'm dropping my boyfriend off." Feeling a light blush creep towards his cheeks, Alex looked away and began walking towards the door. It had been barely an hour since they officially began dating and Seb was being the sweetest. It was like he suddenly became bolder as he didn't even think twice before allowing a
"I'm so glad this week is finally over," Tasha said with a groan, shutting her books to rest her head against the table. "God, it has to be my most exhausting week since the beginning of this semester." "Right?" Alex said with a chuckle. Truly, the classes were tiring but they were nothing compared to hoe exciting his week had been. Seb had taken it upon himself to text him in every class, having him smile during even the most boring classes. When he wasn't texting him, he was standing by a corner, sending him flirtatious glances and winks, having him smile like an idiot. "Let's go to the cafeteria," Tasha shot her head up like a zombie. "I'm starving." "Alright," he began to pack his bag, watching her do the same. The moment he was done, he rose to his feet and watched her quicken her actions then join him on his feet. "We should ask Victoria to join us," Tasha suggested, Alex nodding and looking around for her. "Oh, there she is. Vic!" She immediately paused on hearing her
Luck was truly not on Seb’s side as after they spent the whole day working and were ready to head to their hotel rooms for the night, two announcements were made. One, they were going to be sleeping in tents and not in hotel rooms. And two, their tent mates were already chosen randomly. “Sebastian?” Seb shifted his gaze from his phone to meet the dude from their last time at the volunteering walking up to him. “George?” “Yeah, it’s you,” George laughed lightly as he approached Seb. “Look at that. We’re roommates.” Seb couldn’t even bring himself to fake being enthusiastic. “You mean, tent mates.” “Yeah, it’s all the same,” George replied. “I wasn’t expecting to see you here again. How about Alex? Is he here too?” “Yeah, he is,” Seb drawled as they began walking. “I wanted us to be roommates but oh well.” “Aw, man look at this from the brighter side,” George pat him lightly. “Distance makes the heart fonder, they say. The both of you being apart this time could be for the best
The following day came and the whole volunteering was finally rounded up. After spending most of their night together before Alex and Seb returned to their tents at daybreak, they both woke up with smiles on their faces, both quickly finishing what they had to do for the final day of volunteering and then rushing to meet each other again “Hey.” “Hey.” “Did you sleep well?” Seb smirked at the question. “You bet I did. How about you?” “Well I rested my head on the most comfy shoulders the whole night,” Alex replied. “So yes, I did.” “I wonder whose shoulders were so lucky to have your head rested on it. That dude is one really lucky one I tell you.” “He definitely is.” Before Seb could utter another one in reply, his phone vibrated in his pocket, interrupting him. He took it out and read a message from Sophia. “Sophia’s here,” he called out to Alex. “You know she’ll be driving us back, right? Let’s go.” Nodding and hand in hand, they both headed to meet Sophia waiting for t
Alex left Seb’s pissed and got home even more irritated. He just couldn’t understand Seb. He had no reason to be that dramatic when he was just trying to show him he also had friends he could hang out with. He was just trying to let him know his boyfriend know he also had a social life and there he was taking things the wrong way. Grunting out, he sat on his bed and folded his arms. He took out his phone and just as expected, there were no new messages from Seb. He let out a groan then fell on his bed. Just how mad at him was? Before he could allow himself get buried by his thoughts, he his phone vibrated in his pocket. Jumping up, he took it out only to receive a new message from Victoria. Victoria: hi! He stared at the message for an unusual period of time, Seb's words resonating in his head. They were both nothing but platonic friends, right? On top of that, Tasha had a crush on her so there was no way she actually liked him, right? Hesitating, he replied. Alex: Hey S
None of them could remember the order with which they left Alex’s room but all they could recall was all getting into Carol’s car and in no time, getting to the hospital. They got to the hospital and immediately headed to Alex’s room. Sounds of gratitude escaped their lips as they stepped into his room, watching him sit up on his bed, eyes open and having less machines connected to him. “Alex,” his aunt let out, walking towards him. He looked up at her, looking way better than he did the previous night and had her heave a sigh of relief. “How are you? How do you feel?”“I’m fine, Aunt Carol,” he replied her. “What happened? How did you find me?” “I’m sure you know you obviously got into an accident,” she said to him. “Seb found you and brought you here. What happened?” “I-” “It’s fine,” she quickly cut him off, patting his hand. “We’ll talk about that later. All that matters right now is that you’re fine.” “You should have seen yourself when they rushed you here,” Lucas playful
After a couple of minutes more, they were all finally allowed to go in to see Alex. Seb walked in, Carol and Lucas taking lead as they moved towards Alex’s bed. He was changed into the typical patient’s outfit, a bandage wrapped around his head, few machines connected to him. They all stared at him, no words getting uttered. After a while, Carol heaved a sigh and walked out, Lucas doing the same to leave the room empty with just Alex and Seb in it. “Blue,” Seb moved closer towards Alex when it was just them in the room. Sighing, he took a seat next to him and placed his hand on his. “What were you thinking? I am the one who was supposed to get hurt after jumping out of the window. Why are you the one here?” Getting nothing but the beeping sounds from the machines in response, Seb ran his hands through his hair in frustration. “Seriously, why are you doing this to me? I told you were going to get through this together so why- Forget it, I’m going to get mad at you properly when
It was late already and Seb had almost given up on Alex returning his calls when he finally had his phone ring, signifying an incoming call from him. He was probably unable to sleep, still worried about everything that happened so fast and finally ready to speak to him, he thought and without hesitation, swiped to pick the call. "Hey." Much to his surprise, he didn't hear the familiar voice of his boyfriend over the phone. Instead, it was the voice of a woman, seeming grown and oddly sounding familiar. "Hello?" "Blue?" He asked in confusion. On hearing the voice for a second time he was sure it wasn't Alex who was speaking. "Is that you?" "Sebastian, is that you?" The person said in return. "It's me, Carol. Alex's aunt." He heaved a sigh of relief and almost immediately, had his heartbeat quicken again. "Carol?" "Yes, it's me," she confirmed. "Um, Alex left his phone behind so I just wanted to ask if he was at your place." "What?" Seb's heart stopped for a second. "What did y
“Alex, are you-” Alex eyes immediately flew open, glancing at Seb on top him almost naked and then his aunt by the door, eyes widened, frozen in shock and horror. “Oh my God,” Alex immediately gasped, Seb reflexly getting off him. Lowering his t-shirt to cover his upper body, he got off his bed and looked at Carol. “Aunt Carol-” She raised her hand to stop him from talking then sent her gaze to the floor. Unable to bring herself to look at them, she shook her head and immediately turned to leave the room without uttering a single word. “Shit,” Alex cursed the minute she left, realization hitting him all over again. He kept on cursing, his hands running through his hair as he did. “Shit, shit.” “Hey,” Seb quickly put on his shirt then walked towards Alex. “Hey, calm down.” “What?” Alex gave him a quick glance before shaking his head. “How am I supposed to do that? Don’t you realize what just happened? Did you see the look on her face?” “Blue-” “She looked horrified,” Alex sho
The next few weeks went by rather quickly.It was the finally the first day of a new semester and both Alex and Seb were fully prepared. Having spent the past few weeks together, they had both gotten extremely used to each other’s presence. Alex: See you at school then! Replying Seb’s last message, Alex grabbed his backpack and headed downstairs. Ever since he got back from London, his closeness with Seb had been visibly obvious to even his aunt. Though she thought they were nothing but good platonic friends, Alex had no intention of changing her mind any time soon. “Good morning, Aunt Carol,” announcing his presence with a greeting, Alex took a seat on the dining right opposite his cousin. “Morning, Alex,” she replied him with the same ever cheerful voice. “Was just about to have Lucas call you. So how’s it going? Ready for a new semester? Wow, it feels like it was just yesterday you moved here.” “Well,” he couldn’t say the same though. A lot had happened since he moved in. A
Alex woke up with a smile on his face. He turned, feeling Seb’s grip around his waist tighten and chuckled in return, memories of the previous night flooding back. The non-existent distance between them gave him the opportunity to stare at Seb to his heart’s content. He was sleeping so peacefully, with his arms wrapped around his waist. His chest and whole body was bare, Alex blushing at the sight. “How long are you going to be staring at me for?” “You,” Alex faked a scowl. “When would you stop pretending to be asleep?” “Never,” he nuzzled Alex’s hair, pulling him even closer. “I love watching you watch me.” “That makes no sense.” “Maybe,” Seb smiled. “How are you?” Blinking at Seb’s randomness, Alex thought of a reply. He was a lot of things. Happy, sore- to name a few. “I’m great. How about you?” In response, Seb had his fingers caress Alex’s face. He smiled, uttering no words as he allowed himself get lost in the moment. He liked him so much. So much he felt like his h
Immediately after breakfast, Alex and Seb stepped out of their hotel room to get into the car to head to Alex’s old home. The ride was silent and Seb could easily notice how nervous Alex was. At intervals, he pressed his lips together, rubbed his palms against each other and had sighs escape his lips an unusual amount of times. Seb on the other hand, wasn’t sure on how to feel. It was frustrating for him to watch Alex panic and eventually, ended up holding his hand throughout the ride trying to make him feel better. “You can pull over here,” Alex said, letting go of Seb’s hands. “We’re only a stroll away now.” “Okay,” Seb nodded then pulled over. He watched him unclasp his seatbelt, did the same and stepped out of the car after Alex.True to Alex’s words, they were right in front of the house after only walking past a few blocks. He stopped, took a deep exhale then walked to the main entrance. Hesitating for a while, Alex took the keys out of his pocket and shoved it into the ke
“Good morning.” “Hey,” Alex replied, slowly opening his eyes to the light as Seb opened the curtains. “Good morning.” “Did I wake you?” Seb asked, adjusting the blinds. “I mean do you want to get some more sleep?” “No, it’s fine I’m up already,” Alex replied then sat up, watching Seb give the blinds a final tug before walking to take a seat next to him. “How long have you been up?” “About thirty minutes ago?” Seb answered, stroking Alex’s dishevelled hair. “You were sleeping so peacefully so I didn’t want to wake you up.” “How about you? Were you able to sleep well?” “Mhm mhm,” Seb nodded. “Thanks to your hug I was able to sleep like a baby.” “You mean you shit your pants and cried all night?” “Hell no,” Seb laughed then got up. “You know what I mean.” “Yeah,” Alex smiled, glad Seb’s mood was better. “I should get up and get ready.” “Yeah you should do that,” Seb replied him. “I have some spare clothes you can change into.” “Alright.” He headed to the bathroom and after fe
"A quick check, we'll be going over to your dad's by 7, right?" "But before then, we've got the whole day to ourselves, baby," Seb spread his arms wide. "This is London! Let's tour this city to our hearts content!" After cuddling the whole previous night, it was only expected of Seb to wake up feeling extra giddy. The version of him reluctant to visit his dad had gone up into smoke, leaving a very ecstatic Seb behind. "I should be the one giving you a tour," Alex said as they stepped out of their room. "You're the foreigner here." "Oh, please," Seb dramatically said. "We don't know we're pretty much the same in that case. Throughout your nineteen years of living here, I'm pretty sure you visited only a handful of places here." "How dare you." "Or if you don't mind we could try counting all of them on my fingers," Seb stretched out his arm. "Oh my, I don't think I'll be needing an extra hand." "Shut up," Alex glared playfully at him. "Fine. But I better be blown away by the end o