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you watched out the large bay window, as the big moving truck finally pulled up to your new family home, your mom ushered everyone to the driveway to help get boxes. it was a warm summer day, and although you didn’t want to spend your free time unloading and loading up boxes and unpacking, it has been marked on your calendar for a while. you had moved due to your parents finding new jobs in the country, just surprised when it was on the other side of the country. the last time you moved was when you were a baby from the united states. when you moved from the states to perth, you grew up there, it was all you knew but now you are off to brisbane. glad it was in the same country because you didn’t really want to move back to the states. while it was sad leaving all of your friends, you couldn't help but be excited to meet new ones, and you have yet to start university, so it was the perfect opportunity.
the employees for the moving company were busy with your parents, so you started picking up boxes and moving them inside of the house. the company then unloaded everything off the truck and left. putting things away in the new kitchen, you looked out the window facing the street to see your mom talking to a random boy who was about your age, curious you stopped unpacking and went outside to go see who it was.
walking past them, you pretended to look for a box to take inside, not wanting to intrude, only because you were the most awkward person on earth. you glanced at him, now staring as his lips moved, talking to your mom about god knows what. you looked away and poked around for another box for the kitchen. picking it up and starting for the door, your mom grabbed your arm and pulled you to her side, face to face with the boy she had been talking to.
'y/n, this is jake. he lives next door' he blushed and smiled, 'he takes university classes online' before you could introduce yourself personally, she continued 'she’s also going to be taking classes soon'
jake smiled 'oh really? well, if you’d ever like to study together, you know where i’ll be!' he motioned to his house just to the right of yours. now it was your turn to blush, you haven’t even spoken a word to him and he was already inviting you over for study dates.
'i’d like that' you smiled, 'i’m y/n, but you probably already knew that' turning to your mom she smiled.
'jake offered to help us move the boxes inside, isn’t that nice' she smiled and left to go unpack, leaving just you and jake.
jake moved towards you, holding out his hands, 'allow me' you let out a little oh when you grabbed the box from your hands, surprised he was going to take it inside for you and not a different box. you waited until he got back, asking him to help take boxes to your new room, without saying a word he grabbed what was yours and followed you upstairs.
you opened the door to your room, it was barren and cold, sighing while jake put the boxes on the floor. rummaging through them you picked out things to start unpacking, placing trinkets around, while jake went and sat on the bed, watching you.
'hey, my room is right there' you look to where he is and see him pointing out the window, the curtains to the room were open. you laughed, the back of the other house wasn’t too far from yours, so you could easily look to see what was in his room.
'we’ll practically be roommates' you joked.
'right, you’ll have to come over later and meet my dog, layla' jake said enthusiastically.
you gasped, 'you have a dog!?' you put down your things and went over to him, staring down at him as he looked up at you, 'we have to go now!'
jake put his hands up like you caught him red-handed, 'okay okay, it’s not like you have things to unpack or anything' he stood up and you followed him out the door.
'i can always do them later, dogs come first' you stated firmly.
jake looked back at you down the stairs and beamed, 'i agree' the soft smile sent butterflies fluttering in your stomach, ignoring it you went outside to him and called your parents that you were going to meet his dog and you’d be back later.
he brought you to his front door, got out the keys, and unlocked it. when the door swung open a fluffy lab ran towards you both. jake dropped to the dog's height as she jumped into his arms, you stood, admiring how cute the whole scene was. jake stood up and motioned for you to come in, he led you upstairs with the dog following close behind. he opened the door to his room and you all walked in. immediately, you were hit with a strong smell of just, him, it wasn’t bad but god was it strong. you had noticed it a bit when you got close to him earlier. 'it smells like boy in here' you laughed and he turned to you and pretended to be hurt, placing his hand over his heart. 'it’s not bad!' trying to save yourself.
'i’m just messing with you!' he let out another melodic laugh. you walked around observing all of the soccer trophies and music albums that littered his shelf.
'so, you really like music and soccer?' you started, now taking your turn to sit on his bed while petting layla. he went on and on about how much he loved soccer while you listened, showing you his jersey and very first medal. even going as far as to invite you to his next match, which you gratefully accepted. his only condition is you being his personal cheerleader. you talked about perth and what it was like living there, in return he mentioned his friends here and that you have to meet them. you both had talked for hours, not realizing how late it was until you both started yawning, layla being asleep right next to you.
you stood up, 'i should go, it’s so late'
jake followed, 'i’ll walk you to your door' you beam and followed him outside to your own house.
when you got to your front door, the air turned hot and a little awkward, 'thank you' you said.
'it’s nothing' jake smiled beautifully, 'hopefully, we can finish our conversation tomorrow?' you melted inside seeing the hopeful shine in his eyes.
you smiled back at him, 'of course'
you walked inside and your mom was standing in the kitchen, 'want some leftovers before you head to bed?' after talking with jake for hours you didn’t realize how hungry you were, so you nodded, sitting down as your mom got it ready for you.
'you were at that boy's house for a while, your father and I unpacked some of the things in your room to get it ready for the night'
'thank you' you began to eat.
'i think he likes you' you almost spit out your food at your mom's suspicion.
you gulped your food down, ready to protest 'there’s no way. he's just friendly'
she smiled and teased, 'really friendly. why, do you like him?'
'no…' you trailed off, playing with the food in the container '... maybe'
'he’s a nice boy, just try to get to know him first' she kissed your head, 'good night, I’ll see you in the morning' you said goodnight and finished your food, washed up, and went upstairs to get ready for bed. you walked into your bedroom, the moon illuminated the whole space, you needed curtains. walking over to the window you noticed jake's curtains were drawn except for the message in sticky notes saying ‘GOOD NIGHT :D’, you smiled and climbed into bed. stomach doing flips as you kicked your feet around at his cute message, deciding you did, in fact, like him.
months had passed and it seemed foreign to spend time without jake, ever since moving in he had become your best friend. even though your romantic feelings for him had grown deeper you always pushed them aside, not wanting to lose him as a friend since you figured that’s only how he saw you. what you didn’t know was that he felt the same, from the first time he saw you, he liked you. he understood that you just wanted to be friends, so he never confessed. when he introduced you to his friend group, he could tell you liked jay, but never wanted to say anything serious about it out of fear of rejection. it always made him feel better though when he’d tease you about liking jay more than him and you’d say 'jake, no one could ever replace you… except for layla'
late at night you’d have a notebook and write notes to him showing him through your respective windows. your favorite was when he had started an argument through writing, he was watching a movie and you wrote in your notebook asking what he was watching, to which he wrote happily that it was his favorite and best star wars movie, return of the jedi. you laughed and wrote down that the empire strikes back was better, he did not like that response which started the argument going back and forth about which one was better and why. you recall it lasting for a good thirty minutes, you ended up leaving the room since he clearly didn’t want to listen to you. when you returned to your room his curtains were closed, and your heart jumped reading the sticky notes on his window for you that read ‘im sorry :('. you quickly made up your own words for him to find in the morning that read ‘it's okay <3’. after that, almost every night he’d leave sticky notes on his window for you to find, either saying ‘good night’ or ‘c u tomorrow’ with a happy face.
-
you’d have your morning coffee on the back porch, jake had already been up and training for soccer in his own backyard, watching him while sipping on the mug he gifted you. after soccer was done, he walked over to your small white picket fence lining up your backyard and asked a question you've heard for almost a year 'so, what is on the agenda for today?' either you’d tell him your elaborate plan or tell him 'whatever you're doing'. today was like any other, your eyes followed jake around his backyard as he kicked the soccer ball, doing drills with layla running beside him, trying to play, but he didn’t seem to mind. you noticed the sweat forming on his brow, the way his shirt clung to his body, his deep breaths as he focused on the task at hand. it was almost too much, you quickly gulped down your coffee and went inside, leaving jake. you had seen him like that plenty of times, but your feelings had started getting the best of you again. you tried to push them away as much as possible, but jake was always swirling around in your brain.
after talking with your parents for a while, you went upstairs to take a shower and get ready for the day. after your shower, you walked into your room and out of instinct looked to see if jake was in his, heart swelling at the sight of the brown-haired boy sitting at his desk scribbling down what you figured were notes for classes. after a minute, he realized you were there, you watched as he got his other notebook out, the one he used to communicate with you, and starting writing. jake flashed the message and you read ‘you left before seeing my winning goal’ he pouted and looked overly sad, theatrics to make you feel bad, but you laughed instead at his cuteness. he waited as you grabbed your notebook and wrote your response, ‘i had to go do something'. you lied, but he didn’t have to know. jake gave you a questioning look and started writing, ‘what would be more important than me?’ you jokingly deadpanned at his silliness and you wrote, ‘everything’ and showed him to which he acted as if you had physically hurt him. jake changed the subject, ‘do u want to come w me on a walk w layla?’ he asked, hoping you’d agree to come with him. you shook your head, enthusiastically writing, ‘see u outside :D’.
you closed your (new) curtains and got dressed for the hot weather, knowing jake and his athleticism, he’d have you walk around the whole city of brisbane. you skipped downstairs and told your mom where you’d be and left out the front door. jake was sitting on the stairs, back towards the door, waiting for you with layla. she noticed you first and started jumping and wagging her tail out of excitement. from the sudden commotion, he turned around and immediately stood up, smiling as big as he could, now that you were finally there. 'ready for our walk?'
'as ready as I could be' you exclaimed, following him down your driveway.
he playfully bumped your shoulder, 'i was thinking we could walk to the ice cream shop and grab a treat?' he wondered out loud, giving you a shy smile.
'ugh, that sounds perfect' you answered, bumping his shoulder in return, 'in this heat, anything will do'
the ice cream shop wasn’t too far from your house, probably a 15-minute walk there and back. even if it was an hour you wouldn’t mind since jake was here keeping you company. he would make it worth it. halfway through the walk, after talking about classes and anything on his mind, his phone rang, surprising you both. starring intently at him, he fished it out of his pocket and answered, you didn’t listen in on his conversation, he was probably going to tell you anyway. you caught on to who it was after a while, it was jay and his friend group, probably wanting to hang out and see what he was up to.
'i'm busy… i’m getting ice cream with y/n and we are walking layla' you heard him explain. 'i’m sorry i didn’t invite you! well if you guys are going to just show up i guess we can all hang out' you giggled at his statement, and he looked back at you with a smile, 'okay, guess we will see you there, bye'
he hung up the phone and put it back into his pocket, 'sorry y/n, the guys are going to show up, they insisted they come and get ice cream with us' you both started walking again.
you could tell he was somewhat disappointed, 'it’s okay, I haven’t seen them in a while so it’ll be fun catching up!'
he sighed, 'i know…' he trailed off and looked at the ground bashfully, 'I just wanted it to be us'
your heart skipped a beat at his words, while you wanted just to spend time with him too, there was no way he could say no to his friends, 'i know, we can watch a movie at my house after, just us two, and layla of course'
jake smiled, looking at you, 'that sounds perfect, and if they want to come I will say no'
you laughed, 'it's always been so hard for you to say no to people though!'
'not really! I can say no to people!' he bickered, teasingly sticking his tongue out at you.
'it’s okay, spending time with your other friends won’t kill you' you pointed out, sticking your finger up in the air.
'but I see them allll the time and they annoy me allll the time' jake said sinking down towards the ground dramatically.
'they love you!' you said, trying to defend them, 'they just want to see you' he stood up straight, you brought your hand to cover your mouth, stifling a giggle.
'ugh, I know, I just didn’t expect them to interrupt our time together,' he pouted. it was serious for him.
'we have all the time in the world jake' you smiled at him to which he reciprocated, making butterflies swirl in your stomach. he handed you layla’s leash, claiming it was your turn, his arm now tired, you stuck your tongue out at him. after more walking down the street, you entered the busier area, a lot more people around now that you were out of the suburb.
'make sure you stay near me, there are a lot more people out than usual' jake instructed like you guys haven’t walked to the same ice cream shop a thousand times, you just rolled your eyes playfully.
as you approached closer to the shop you could see jake’s friends hanging around outside, most likely waiting for the two of you. 'i’m sure she can hold her own, jake' jay said, hearing what his friend said moments before.
'i don’t know' jake started, 'if you saw her kicks in soccer you wouldn’t be saying that'
you rolled your eyes while jay laughed, 'i’ve been working on them!'
'yeah, yeah' jungwon said, opening the door for everyone.
you walked into the chilly shop with layla and jake in front of you, the others trailing in behind you. walking up to the counter and examining all the flavors, trying to pick out which one you wanted.
jake and sunghoon were talking off to the right while jay and heeseung were next to you arguing about which sorbet flavor was the best. niki was pestering the worker, asking for free samples for everything and forcing jungwon and sunoo to try it too. sunghoon and jake had already ordered and waited for everyone else, niki, sunoo, and jungwon skipped in front of you to order since you were still deciding. heeseung decided on the mango sorbet while jay picked the strawberry one. you decided to go with mint chocolate chip, a classic. you walked up to the cashier with a smile, she told you the total, you rummaged around in your small bag for your wallet. slight panic arose in your body as you couldn’t find the wallet, you looked up at the cashier and smiled, 'um…' you started but jay moved closer to your side, handing money to the cashier. you felt embarrassed but thankful that he swooped in and saved your ass. 'thank you, jay, you really didn’t have to do that. I guess I left my wallet at home by accident'
he brushed it off, 'i don’t mind, even though you have bad taste in ice cream flavors, i got you'
you smiled at him and grabbed your ice cream, jake scoffed at the whole ordeal, and you gave him a questioning look, 'i could’ve gotten it for you'
'it’s okay jake, i’m just going to pay jay back for it later' you said as you all walked outside to go sit down.
'don’t worry about it, it wasn’t that expensive anyways' jay chimed in nonchalantly.
you could tell jake was jealous, but you didn’t want to call him out since sunghoon already brought it up, 'jake stop being a jealous baby, you practically spend almost every waking hour with y/n, we never get to see her, or you!'
people passing by glanced over to sunghoon, almost yelling. you sighed, 'it’s really not a big deal, we are all here together now, aren’t we? that’s what matters' you tried to get them to calm down, but it just sparked more arguments.
'i don’t know, it seems like you guys can’t go anywhere without each other' jake was growing red, looking hot, despite eating cold ice cream. he glanced around the group, slightly panicked that they’ll spill his secret of having a crush on you.
'can we change the subject…' jake pleaded.
'i’d like to spend more time with you, y/n' jay confession, smiling at you.
'me too' you smiled back at him, you didn’t want to upset jake but jay was also your friend.
'' want to come too' sunoo pouted, crossing his arms.
'of course! any of you guys are always invited over' you said reassuringly.
jake rolled his eyes, still jealous to which you just laughed at 'stop being a sourpuss, and enjoy your time with us' sunghoon teased.
heseung thankfully changed the subject, 'so, what is everyone doing after this'
'well,' jake started and you could already see where this was going, 'y/n and i are going to watch a movie together after we walk back home with layla', who was eating a pup cup niki got her.
'okay, so a movie at y/n’s after this? we’ll be there' sunghoon laughed, patting jake on the back, making him mad on purpose.
jake sulked, 'fine fine, I guess you guys can join us. just no horror movies!'
after everyone was finished, you and jake got ready for your walk back, but the group insisted they join you, again. except for jungwon, he had to drive his car to your house saying 'there was no way i'm walking anymore only to come and get it later'. so sunoo and niki went with jungwon to ride to your house and the rest of you would meet them there. you walked alongside jake with sunghoon with jay, and heeseung following not too far behind, talking about something.
'y/n can I talk to you about something?' jay randomly called out.
curious as to what was, you stopped and he caught up with you, sunghoon left to go talk to jake, taking your place; leaving you with jay and heeseung.
'what is it?' you asked, nervously playing with your fingers, and jay was quick to shush you.
'keep your voice down, we don’t want jake to hear,' jay explained, moving his hands around enthusiastically.
'why?' you asked, heart picking up speed, heeseung and jay gave you a devious smile in return.
'we want to help you two out,' heeseung said, 'we know he likes you.'
'practically loves you,' jay added, mocking someone swooning while heeseung laughed.
you heart jumped, you really liked jake, but there was no way he liked you like that in return, you cheeks felt hot, but you had to keep your cool, you rolled your eyes, 'he does not'
jay laughed, 'y/n no offensive but like, are you stupid? it’s so obvious, he has heart eyes whenever he looks at you and you’ve never picked up on it once?' you have been given hints from jake over the years, but he is affectionate with everyone, chalking it up as to him treating you just like everyone else.
'i mean, he’s right, jay paid for your 2 dollar cone and jake almost cried a river because he wanted to pay for it? c’mon y/n use that noggin' heeseung commenting, playfully knocking your head with a soft fist.
you sighed, not wanting for them to give you false hope if jake didn't really like you like that, 'and you are telling me this because…?'
'we know you like him too,' you opened your mouth to protest, but jay went on, 'and we want to help you, plus we know he likes you for sure, he’s told us this himself'
your head was spinning and it felt like everything was hard to understand, you felt like they were pranking you. 'that’s not true, and I don’t like him like that, he’s my best friend.' deny, deny, deny flashing in big, red letters in your head.
heeseung snorted, 'okay keep telling yourself that, if you don’t want our help then okay, keep wanting him from afar because he won’t confess to you unless he really has to'
you didn’t want to risk it, what if they were joking and you lost your close friendship with jake. however, it always hurt that you liked him so much and neither of you would do anything about it, 'help in which way?' you decided to take a leap of faith, take the risk.
'well you saw how defensive jake was with you earlier, so tonight during the movie we will make him so jealous that he has to confess to you, maybe we could actually see him cry a river'
you gave them a look, 'that’s mean. you shouldn’t mess with him like that' he was a sensitive, caring boy. messing with his feelings just to get him to confess didn't sit right in your stomach.
'yeah probably, but I can’t think of a better way, he’s too scared to confess so if we don’t do it like this, posing a risk that he’ll lose you to someone else, and we think this will scare him enough to confess' heeseung explained.
while it was kind of mean to mess with jake in that way, they explained further, getting you to see where they were coming from for you to oblige. you’ve known jake for what felt like forever, so if he actually felt this way and never said anything before, he wouldn’t any time soon. 'i swear if you guys are messing with me right now'
jay sighed and stopped, grabbing you by the shoulders, 'look me in the eyes right now and tell me you do not like jake romantically, and we won’t do it'
you sighed, looking from his eyes to the ground, you knew you couldn’t do it, you were an awful liar, 'whatever'
jay let go of you, 'it’s annoying to see you guys constantly dance around the topic'
-
the walk was almost over and in the distance, you could see jungwon’s car in your driveway, and you could imagine your mom already talking their ears off. you were in jake’s jacket when you mentioned it was getting chilly and he immediately gave it to you. you walked inside as jake went to go take layla back to his house now too many people around her, leaving everyone but him. it seemed like everyone was in on the idea to make jake jealous as the boys started planning out everything in your living room as you got the popcorn ready. everyone figured jake would want to see next to you, so before he could do that you’d be sat in between jay and heeseung. they would pick a horror movie on purpose so out of instinct you’d get scared and hide behind jay and he would ‘fake’ flirt with you to make jake sad and or mad. your father had overheard ‘the plan’ and commented how stupid kids are nowadays.
jake had returned with blankets and pillows, and he helped you set up the couch and chairs for everyone. niki picked out the horror movie which jake obviously didn’t like, but the others said their decision overruled his or as the youngest boy said: 'sucks to suck loser'. you were closing the curtains, since it was still bright out you wanted to make the room darker. everyone was getting into their respective spots until sunoo sat next to Jake. sunoo smiled at his friend to which Jake lifted his eyebrow.
'this spot is for y/n' jake stated.
'their name’s not on it, plus I want to be in front of the television' Sunoo argued, making sure the plan would work.
you walked over to your spot in between jay and heeseung and sat down putting the blanket shared by both guys over your lap. 'jay trade spots with me' jake stated, no questions. your heart broke, looking away so jake wouldn't see your guilt-ridden face.
'no way, i’m not getting up' jay said, getting more comfortable.
'don’t even ask' heeseung said bluntly before jake could even say anything.
jake looked at you, giving you the most puppy-eyed pout. you almost, almost folded, heeseung shoved his elbow into your side under the blanket. jumping in surprise you remembered the plan and you just shrugged your shoulders, giving him an apologetic look. you could tell he was already getting annoyed, which was just making him look cuter and now making the situation funnier in your opinion. it was super charming to see him frustrated over the fact you weren’t sitting next to him.
niki played the movie, and everyone's side conversations fell silent as the opening credits began. as the movie went on jay tried to make subtle moves hoping jake would notice and it took everything in you to try not to laugh at jay's attempt of ‘flirting’. he would feed you popcorn and you’d basically shove some in his mouth back, laughing silently when he’d choke. you two shared a blanket, but you had told jay not to get too close and make it look actually real. the thought of cuddling with jay made you want to throw up in all honesty, but you’d never tell him that. occasionally you would glance over to jake watching if he was noticing jay making moves, but you forgot he was scared of everything and was cowering behind jungwon’s shoulder. you sighed in disappointment and focused your attention back on the television unintentionally leaning your head onto jay’s shoulder, he didn’t mind, thinking it was all a part of the plan.
'what’s all this!?' you heard someone yell and then about three shushes until you opened your eyes to the sudden lights bleeding into your vision. the curtains were open and light pouring into the room, you had slept through most of the movie, 'fuck' you whispered and lifted your head off jay’s shoulder.
'jake she was just sleeping!' jay tried to get his friend to calm down, as jungwon held him back from crashing out.
you’ve never seen your best friend this livid, 'they were basically cuddling'
jay stood up, leaving you alone on the floor, 'i can explain'
'go on, enlighten me' jake seethed, trying to get closer to jay, but now heeseung and jungwon were holding the other boy's back.
you sighed, tired of the back and forth, and stood up, moving in front of jake, whose face automatically softened from seeing you, 'jake please, let’s go upstairs and we can talk about this, just us'
you took his hand without him getting a word out, you led him upstairs to your room and you sat him on the bed, and you sat down next to him now holding both of his hands in yours. 'why were you cuddling with jay' well, guess he wanted to cut right to the chase.
'jake, i’m sorry if that was what it looked like, i just fell asleep, i didn’t even mean to fall asleep let alone on jay’s shoulder' you explained, hoping he would see past his jealousy and understand.
he let out a breath, 'you sat next to him today, you told him you wanted to hang out today, all the past times, you are closer to him than all the others… you’re my best friend y/n' he gulped and you just listened, giving him your undivided attention, he kept going, 'i want to believe you so bad, only because I’m scared… y/n i’m so scared'
you could feel your heartbeat in your ears, although the room was silent, you could hear and feel everything, your hands becoming sweaty in jake’s. 'jake…' you whispered.
he sighed and removed his hands from yours, standing up and now pacing around your room. your eyes trained on his figure moving from your desk to in front of you on the bed, he was biting his nail, thinking of something. you stood up and stopped him, jake looked at you, into your eyes and you could feel everything all over again, like a big wave. it washed over you in anxiety and love, everything in between with jake in the middle of it all, but you didn’t want to be scared anymore.
'jake' you whispered to him, 'why did you get so mad at jay? because i’m your best friend?” you said the last words almost out of disgust, you wanted to hear him confess to you, practically begging for it at this point. you needed it.
you took his hands again, forcing him closer to you, which he did without hesitation. you stood in the middle of the silence, in each other's arms, waiting for each other to say the words they both feared for so long. 'y/n…' he looked away, and you brought your hand up to his jaw, gently bringing his handsome face back to yours, 'if i tell you something you can’t hate me' he whispered and you shuttered at his voice, his eyes shone and you thought he was going to cry.
'i promise' you whispered back, 'i could never hate you' gazing in his eyes, that’s when you saw the relief fly around. you put together the stars in his eyes and made the constellation up, he was finally going to say it.
'i-i love you…' jake whispered, clutching onto you for dear life.
you took a heavy breath and without thinking you panicked, 'i know'
he broke apart from you now holding your shoulders in his hands, making you look at him, 'what? are you seriously making a star wars reference right now?' his out were wide in surprise and panic, his hair sticking up in different directions making him comically look crazy.
you let out a nervous laugh, 'i shouldn’t have said that jake,' silently pleading for him to come back to you 'i love you too. i swear'
'of course, you’d make a star wars reference' he laughed at your silly reaction to his confession, 'do you really feel the same way?' he was smiling like a little kid now, bringing you into a massive hug.
'i’ve had for a long time' you wanted to be honest, no reason in hiding, 'i was just always scared to tell you, thinking you’d reject me' you buried your head in his shoulder not wanting to face the embarrassment.
jake laughed, 'wow, we really are alike because i literally thought the same thing'
he released you from the hug, but you remained in his arms, you looked up at him smiling just like he was, it was pure bliss. 'we are idiots' you giggled.
'but now you’re my idiot' he brought his face closer to yours, and you knew what was coming, bracing for what you always wanted, what you'd dream of almost every night.
'i always was' you answered, leaning into him. the kiss felt familiar and warm, something you could get used to. it was something you wanted to get used to, you were content and happy, it was all bursting at the seams, the love flowing out the cracks. jake ended the kiss and leaned his forehead against yours, and you both stared at each other smiling like idiots. you were so happy to finally have your boy next door become even more.
'finally!' you heard someone call out behind the shut door, and you and jake burst out laughing at his friends being stupid. 'jay i'll give you five seconds to start running' he called out and let go of you and swung open the door, while all the boys ran in different directions, you ran after jake, completely forgetting about the fact you didn’t tell him about the plan. jay was certainly not going to make it out without a battle.