Kai sighed and shoved his things into his locker before making his way to the cafeteria. He was tired and wanted to go home with Nicolas and cuddle.
Nic had promised to hang out after school to make up for yesterday and Kai was very exited about it. As he walked closer to his usual table he noticed Rex was sitting there too and he and Nicolas were laughing loudly at something. Kai frowned and stopped in his tracks. Rex noticed him and waved him over but Kai only stayed rooted where he was standing.
When Nicolas turned to look at Kai he noticed the frown on his best friends face and got up to comfort him when Kai suddenly turned around and ran out of the cafeteria.
“Kai!” Nicolas yelled and ran after him.
Kai continued to run until he stopped at an empty hallway and closed his eyes in embarrassment.
He was so so stupid. Why did he run? What was wrong with him?
Nicolas finally caught up to him and turned Kai to face him.
“What’s wrong?” He asked softly, grabbing Kai’s arm and preventing him from running away again.
“N-nothing.” Kai whispered looking down at his shoes. Nicolas lifted Kai’s chin and looked into his black eyes with a soft look.
“I know something is wrong. Tell me.” He cooed softly rubbing Kai’s chin with his thumb.
“I don’t like it when you laugh and smile with Rex” Kai mumbled. “I want you to only smile at me.”
Kai was so embarrassed and he knew he sounded like a jealous little kid but he couldn’t help it. He thought Nicolas would be weirded out and tell Kai how stupid he was being but his best friend only grinned and pulled Kai into his chest.
“Do you know how adorable you are?” Nic asked while softly rubbing Kai’s back.
“I know it’s stupid and I don’t know why I’m feeling like this. I’m sorry.” Kai said while pulling away from the hug and looking down at his shoes.
“It’s not stupid. And I’m sorry for making you feel that way. I told you before and I’ll tell you again. You’re my best best friend and you’re the one I want to spend all my time with.” Nic whispered and lent down until their foreheads were connected.
Kai’s eyes widened and his cheek flushed. Hearing Nicolas say those words while being so close to him made Kai’s heart race.
“I….” he trailed off not knowing what to say.
Say something! His subconscious screamed at him.
Kai wanted to say something but he couldn’t open his mouth all he could do was stare at his best friends face. He had a small smile on his face and his green eyes were shining with happiness.
“Come on let’s go back and I’ll get you your food yeah?” Nic said pulling away and grabbing Kai’s hand to lead him back into the cafeteria.
“Yeah okay.” Kai whispered with blushing cheeks and a hidden smile on his face.
When they got back to their table Nicolas sat Kai down before going to get some food for him.
“I’m not gonna steal your man.”
Kai looked at Rex with wide eyes while the latter grinned and ate a strawberry.
“W-what?” Kai stuttered.
“You don’t need to worry about me stealing Nicolas. He’s all yours. He’s just my friend. I already have a best friend.” He said while putting quotations marks on the best friend.
“Why did you say best friend like that?” Kai asked as relief filled his body knowing that Rex wasn’t trying to become Nicolas’ new best friend.
“My best friend, my girlfriend back in New York.” Rex said and Kai’s eyes widened and he felt even more stupid now.
“Y-you have a girlfriend?” Kai asked, shocked.
“Yeah. Her name’s Julie and she’s a sweetheart. If only I could be with her.” He said and his facial expression completely changed.
“I’m sorry.” Kai murmured and Rex smiled again.
“It’s fine. I’m going back to New York for college after this year is done.” He said and popped another strawberry in his mouth just as Nicolas sat down next to Kai with a platter of food.
“Oh.”
Kai turned to Nicolas and whispered in his ear why he didn’t tell him about Rex having a girlfriend.
“Why does that matter?” Nic whispered back and grabbed a fry brining it to Kai’s mouth.
“B-because!” Kai said after swallowing the fry.
Because then I wouldn’t have been so jealous. Because then I’d know that he wasn’t after you. Because then I’d know that you’re mine and only mine.
Kai shook his head to get rid of his rather possessive thoughts.
“Here eat this.” He muttered and forked a piece of pasta and led it to Nicolas’ mouth.
“You look like you need some sugar.” Rex grinned and slid over his bowl of strawberries to Kai. “Want one?”
“Oh I don’t eat strawberries.” Kai said.
“You’re allergic too?” Rex asked curiously.
“No I just stopped eating them when I found out Nicolas is allergic.” Kai said and Nic smiled at the memory of when Kai first found out about his allergy. He was so adorable.
“Thats..dumb.” Rex chuckled and Kai frowned.
“Shut up.” Nic glared at Rex who shrugged with an amused smile before turning to his best friend and grabbed his hand.
“It’s not dumb.” He assured with a reassuring smile and Kai nodded with a small smile that made Nicolas internally coo at how adorable his Kai was.
“I’m going Halloween shopping Sunday wanna come with me?” Rex added with a small smile to get Nicolas less annoyed with him.
“Me and Kai are going Saturday. You should find yourself some friends Rex.” Nicolas snarked and Kai was happy that he didn’t invite Rex to their tradition.
“Whatever I’ll just Face time Julie and she’ll help me.” Rex said and kicked Nicolas under the table.
“Tell her I said hi.” Nicolas said ignoring the slight pain in his leg and Rex rolled his eyes.
“Will do.”
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It was currently Saturday and Kai was bouncing on his toes waiting for Nicolas to pick him to go shopping. He was wearing a light blue sweater that was a tad too big on him but he loved it and blue jeans. His hair was covered by a black beanie as the weather grew colder each day.
Nicholas finally pulled in the drive way and Kai ran to the passenger seat and buckled in.
“I’m so exited!” He exclaimed and Nicolas smiled at him reaching over to fix the beanie over his red ears.
“You should have waited inside its cold.” He lightly scolds but Kai was too busy rambling about the costumes they should buy.
When they arrived at the store Kai basically ran inside while Nicolas chuckled and followed behind him, yelling at him to be careful as he almost tripped on air.
Nicolas entered the store just in time to see Kai disappear in the costume aisle. He followed and his eyes widened at the revealing costumes he saw.
“Isn’t this a girls aisle?” He asked Kai while the latter also looked at the rather scandalous costumes. Nicolas was regretting coming into this specific store but Kai on the other hand was amazed.
“Can I do this?!” He yelled and showed the costume to Nicolas.
“How about..” Nicolas trailed off and looked at the row of costume before grabbing the marching part of the costume.
“You wear this one and I wear that one?” He said and Kai pouted.
“Why can’t I wear that one!” He whined and Nicolas cupped his face to bring his attention to him.
“You’ll be cold and don’t you think that one suits you more? You’ll look so adorable.” Nicolas said and rubbed his thumb against Kai’s cheek to add to the compelling effect he had on his best friend.
“Fine.” Kai whispered, his cheeks coated with a blush and he bit his lip to contain his smile at the feeling of being so close to Nic.
Why was he feeling this flustered?
He would ask himself this every time Nicolas got close to him. When had he started feeling this way? He couldn’t remember when it had started but he didn’t hate it in fact he loved those moments and he wanted to be attached to Nicolas all the time.
Staring into Nicolas’s mesmerizing green eyes he wondered if it was normal for him to feel this way. Nicolas is his best friend so it’s only natural to want to spend as much time as he can with him. He’s sure there’s a lot of other people who feel like him.
Right?
“Come on let’s go pay.” Nicolas said dropping his hands from Kai’a face and grabbing the costumes.
When they reached the counter Kai pulled out his wallet but Nicolas shot him a look which made him pout and put it back in his bag that he had slung over his shoulders.
“You pay every single year!” He complained and Nicolas ignored him and payed the lady the money before grabbing Kai’s arm and the bag and leading them out of the story.
“And I’ll continue to do so until we’re too old for Halloween.” Nic said once they started walking around and looking at the other stores.
“We’ll never be too old for Halloween.” Kai replied and Nic chuckled.
Nicolas had dropped Kai’s arm and they were now walking side by side. Kai looked at Nicolas’ hand before glancing around them to see a lot of people holding hands as they walked.
He bit his lip in thought, they don’t usually hold hands in public like this but they do it all the time otherwise. Would Nicolas mind?
But then he remembered the only reason they don’t hold hands in public is because Kai doesn’t like attention and the one time they did hold hands people would always glance at them before looking away with a noticeable frown and Kai hated it. Nicolas had noticed one day and started to only hold his hands under tables or in private.
Kai decided that today he wouldn’t care if people looked at him. Today he would hold Nicolas’s hand in public. So he did. He moved his hand and grabbed Nicolas’s free one in his own and tightly interwove them together.
Nicolas stopped in his track and looked at Kai with wide eyes before looking at their locked hands. Kai only smiled at him and continued to pull him towards stores. Nicolas looked at the back of his best friends head and his face broke into a beam as he tightened his hold on his Kai’s hand and followed behind him.
After they roamed the busy streets and bought a few clothes which was mostly Nicolas getting Kai a bunch of oversized sweaters for the fall weather and Kai pouting because Nic wouldn’t let him pay, they walked back to the car and drove towards Nicolas’s home.
When they arrived Kai started making dinner while Nicolas finished up on homework.
“Here you go.” Kai said as he set down both of the plates on the coffee table in the living room and opened the tv.
“Close your book and try it! That’s my new recipe that I wanted to show you.” He said and Nic closed his books and took a bite into it.
“It’s tastes heavenly. I’m sorry I couldn’t have tried it before.” Nic said after swallowing and Kai beamed.
“I’m glad you like it! I was scared I was going to mess it up.” He said and then dove into his own food.
The watched the action movie as they ate and when they were done Nicolas wrapped his arms around Kai’s shoulder, pulling him to his chest to cuddle him for the rest of the movie.
Hi guys! I don’t know how I feel about this chapter but oh well, hopefully it was good enough! Next chapter is going to be pretty long so fingers crossed I can complete it before next Saturday for Halloween!!
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