Axel’s POV
“I’m sorry, your flustered face is just so cute”
I slowly lift my head to look up at Jayden, wide eyes. Did he just call me cute?
“Um.. wh-“
“Here’s your water guys” the waiter interrupts me, as he puts our waters on the table.
I hear Jayden sigh, so I decide to just let it go. I’m sure I heard it wrong, there’s no way he would call me, a guy, cute. For some reason, I feel a bit disappointed. Do I want him to think I’m cute?
“I’d like an Alfredo pasta please” I look up as I hear Jayden talking to the waiter.
“Of course sir, and you?” he turns to me with a huge smile.
“I’ll have whatever he’s having” I say and point to Jayden. The waiter nods and writes something on his notepad. He rips it out and hands it to me.
“Your orders will be out shortly” he says and turns to leave, but not before shooting one more wink my way.
I look at the paper he handed me, seeing 10 digits.
XXX-XXX-XXXX shoot me a text, cutie 😉
I blush, and stuff the paper in my pocket. Why do guys always flirt with me? Do I give off a gay vibe?
“What does it say?” I look up to see Jayden staring at me with an unreadable expression on his face.
“He gave me his number and told me to text him..” I mumble, embarrassed.
“Oh.. well are you going to?” He asks, and I shake my head.
“No, probably not” I answer with a shrug.
I hear Jayden sigh in what sounds like relief. I think I might’ve interpreted it wrong, I’ve never been good at reading people.
Jayden’s POV
The guy hands Axel a paper and walks off. I clench and unclench my fist, confused as to why I feel frustrated. Maybe I’m curious as to what it says on the paper.
I decide to feed into my curiosity, “What does it say?”
Axel looks up at me and stares and me for a bit, before answering, “He gave me his number and told me to text him..”
I feel a pang in my heart. What’s going on with me?
“Oh.. well are you going to?”
I sigh in relief as Axel shakes his head, “No, probably not”
I smile at him, “Ok, let’s just eat and leave as quickly as possible then. I’ll bring you somewhere for ice cream after”
His eyes light up as he hears the word “ice cream” and I chuckle. He’s so damn cute,
He frowns a little, “And I was planning on asking to get a job here..”
“Don’t get one here, he’ll probably think you’re into him and got a job here so you could see him. I’ll help you look at other places for a job, okay?” I suggest. I don’t want him being around that guy.
“Okay, thanks” He says and smiles. I smile back, as the food comes.
We eat while we talk and get to know each other. I found out that he’s not a stereotypical nerd. He used to be on a varsity basketball team. He likes to go out and shoot hoops on his free time, or if he’s feeling lazy, he’d stay home to read or cook. He seems to be a huge fan of culinary, and I find it adorable how his eyes light up as he talks about all his favourite dishes and chefs.
I didn’t realize I was staring until I saw Axel’s hand waving in front of my face.
“Sorry, I zoned out. What’d you say?” I say, embarrassed he caught me staring.
“I was saying that we should head out” He says and nods his head in the direction of the guy who was flirting with Axel earlier. He looked pissed as he glared at me with his arms crossed.
I smirked, “Yeah, let’s go”
I sling an arm over Axel’s shoulders as we we walked towards the cashier. I gave the guy a look and smirked at him. I swear you could see smoke coming out of his ears.
After a lot of convincing, I paid and left the cafe with a pouty Axel in tow. I laughed at his behaviour and he sent me playful glare.
“You didn’t have to pay, you know”
“I know, I just wanted to” I say, and smile at him as I get into the driver’s seat. He gets into the passenger seat and closes the door.
“Still up for ice cream?” I ask, not wanting to leave him yet.
“I’m really full right now, but you could come over? I have ice cream in the fridge, and we could watch a movie?” I smile at his suggestion, happy that he doesn’t seem to want me to leave yet either.
“Sounds great” I say, as I drive out of the parking lot and towards his house. We made small talk as we drove, and soon I was pulling up on his driveway.
We get out and Axel goes to unlock his door. We enter his house and he immediately goes into the kitchen after taking off his shoes, with me following suit. He goes over to his freezer and opens it, motioning me over.
“Take whichever you want, I’ll go turn on the TV” he says as he walks out of the kitchen into -what I assume is- the living room.
I take the cookies and cream flavoured ice cream and close the freezer. I walk out of the kitchen and spot Axel sitting on the couch in the living room. I sit down beside him, our thighs touching. I smile to myself as I see that he doesn’t make a move to get up or seem uncomfortable, so I stay like that.
“Is there anything you want to watch?” I look down, since Axel is quite a bit smaller than me.
“I don’t know, anything you recommend?” He looks back to the screen flipping through the movies.
“How about this one?” I turn away from him to look at the screen. To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before.
“Looks good” I say and lean back, getting comfy.
He nods, selecting the movie and sits back onto the couch.
I watch the movie whilst eating the ice cream, when I felt an arm sling over my torso. I look to my right and see Axel sleeping, cuddling into me. He might as well be on top of me, with his head rested in the crook of my neck and his arm and leg over my torso. I smile, and wrap my arm around his waist and keep it there. I rest my head on Axel’s, and nuzzle my face into his fluffy hair.
I smile, I don’t mind doing this more often. In fact, I’d love to do this more often.
I think I know why I reacted that way in the restaurant when the waiter was flirting with Axel.
I didn’t like the way the guy was acting with Axel because he looked dangerous. I didn’t want Axel around someone like that. I didn’t want Axel to get hurt. I have an urge to protect him.
I guess I see him as a brother, although we’re the same age.
That’s gotta be it, right? What other reason could there be? Why else would I feel jealous when I saw the guy making Axel blush like that?
Wait, jealous? I’ve never felt jealous before. Even with my ex-girlfriend. Whenever a guy flirted with her, I was never jealous. I honestly found it kind of funny. Why would I feel jealous when a guy flirts with a boy I met recently, when I didn’t feel jealous when a guy was flirting with my girlfriend?
No, it can’t be… I turn and look down at the boy snuggled into my side. He was letting out light snores, and I cooed at the sight. I felt my heart swell and I wanted to kiss his forehead and snuggle with him all night.
Hold on… kiss?
I know I’m not gay. I know I’m attracted to girls, and I’ve never found a guy attractive, let alone cute.
I look down at Axel once again and sigh. Oh who am I kidding? When I first saw him in the halls, freshmen year, I knew.
I am, undeniably, crushing on the small brown-haired boy sleeping in my arms.
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