-Bdubs' POV, 1st-

Now, when I woke up today, it wasn't like any other day. No, it was the day that me and me heart disagreed on one thing: my neighbor Doc. Sure, the guy was amusing, smart, and occasionally funny, but he was also annoying, loud, and hard to get along with. He was competitive, and everything with him was all about perfection. I like perfection too, but in small doses. My heart on the other hand, went absolutely insane whenever he was around. It started beating rapidly, and my face would heat up. It was... Weird, to say the least. But I knew why it was. I loved Doc. Not just as a friend, but I love loved him, and my heart was trying to make sure I knew it. Today, I was going to embrace those feelings, and see where they got me.

Walking over to the fence, I waved at Doc, a friendly greeting of hello from neighbor to neighbor. He waved back with a slightly raised eyebrow, before going back to working on... Whatever he was working on. I sighed in resignation, knowing this might take a while. "So, Doc... How have you, er- how have you been?" I asked, trying my hardest not to express how awkward I felt. "Good. Listen, why are you talking to me? I'm busy, and I know you don't like me, so unless you are planning to cut off the GOAT head again, I see no reason to converse with me." I gulped. I had forgotten about that, surprisingly, and the mention of it made me feel kinda bad. "Well, listen, I, uh... I'm sorry about that. It was meant to be a funny joke, I didn't want it to get that out of hand." He looked at me skeptically. "And what if you're lying?" I sighed. Of course he didn't trust me. "I'm not."

He laughed sarcastically, putting down his project, and walking over to the fence. He towered over me, making it hard to seem apologetic instead of fearful, but I still tried. A quick pick-up line I had heard flashed into my mind out of pure mental pressure, and before I could stop myself, I blurted out the first part of it: the question. "Are you the bottom of my laptop?" I asked, voice a bit squeaky. He seemed confused as he answered. "No-?" I sighed, regaining my composure. This man was now my flirt of the day, great. "Because you're hot and I'm nervous." I couldn't see his face, but I suspected he was either mad, or trying not to laugh. Had I really just said that? Had I really just-

He said nothing for a while, and I felt myself get flustered out of pure nervousness. I wanted to be confident, but when you couldn't see nor hear him, Doc was most terrifying. It was like he was some sort of lion waiting to pounce, and you were his prey, meek, small, and unsuspecting. It felt absolutely humiliating being so short in comparison to him. Finally, though, he answered. "Hmm... Question, are you wearing space pants?" I shook my head no, before remembering that neither of us could see each other, or so I thought. "Uh, I don't- think so-?" I could almost feel his grin cutting into me from wherever he was. "Because your ass is out of this world." I squeaked again, heat rising to my face, which I desperately tried to hide.

-Short POV Change-

In the bushes surrounding Doc's side of the half mansion, Grian and Iskall sat, watching this all unfold with popcorn. Grian, snarkily, said, "No, he's wearing soccer pants, because he's out of your league," To which Iskall burst out laughing, quickly concealing it as he grabbed another bite of popcorn, giggling.

-POV: Bdubs (again)-

I felt myself try to think of some other flirt, but I was all out of them. Doc, it seemed, was as well, which surprised me, though not enough to bring me out of my flirt block. I felt both tense and relaxed at the same time, and I wished I had stayed inside to save myself the utter embarrassment of which this was. Finally, I peaked through the fence, blushing, but Doc wasn't there. Confused, I turned around to find that the y'all man had somehow snuck up on me, pinning me against the fence. I felt my face get even more red, if physically possible, and bluescreened, completely and utterly flustered. He leaned in to kiss me, and I didn't object, my brain completely fizzed out of the dangerous high this man was giving me. I was hooked, and I couldn't pull away.

He pulled away from the kiss for air, a small smirk toying around on his lips, and I found myself dying inside, trying to figure out basic things, like 1 + 1 = 2, and things of the same caliber. Evidently, he could sense my flusteredness, and chuckled, kissing me on the head. I made an incomprehensible noise of "oh-my-god-did-that-just-happen", and felt ready to all of about pass out. "You know, you're cute when you're flustered, BduoubleO." Him using my full name like he sometimes did snapped me back to my senses. "Well, u-ummm... You're c-c-cuter!" I was internally dying. Did I just stutter in front of him? Oh my god I did-

"Don't make a bet you know you'll lose, that's how Ren lost his money." I wanted to both kiss him and smack him, and my brain was still deciding when I responded in a mess of barely literate words. "Youuuuuu- I- Meaniehead!" Was that the best I could come up with? Seriously? Screw the stutter, that was just plain embarrassing. His smirk grew into a half grin half pout, which he pulled off well. "Awww, having issues? I thought you were the one who started flirting with me, haha." I slowly started dying inside. I thought that too until I saw his irresistibly handsome face, and if my brain was working, I would tell him that. He simply sighed, pulling me into a hug, which caught me off-guard, though at the same time bringing g me back to my senses, mainly because he never hugged anyone, let alone me. I felt the blush calm down as I hugged him back, and I could confidently say that today was the best yet.

Slightly ruining the moment, though also making it all the more awkward and funny, Iskall and Grian emerged, grinning like dogs. "Soooo, when's the wedding?" Iskall asked, raising his eyebrows suggestively. Doc smiled. "Lug off, you. I'm shocked you haven't started dating your bush-buddy." Iskall's confident attitude was whipped away in an instant, and it was hilarious to watch. Grian's look of both mischief and embarrassment was priceless too. They both took off shortly after, blushing, and trying not to look all couple-y because they were heading in the same direction, and were very close together in air.

-Time skip: later on-

Doc hid the red blush threatening to snake out across his face as he explained to his friend, Etho, what had happened, and about the crush he never knew he had on Bdubs. Etho was silent the whole time, at the end finally speaking up with a mask hidden smirk. "Congratulations, Doc, you're officially the last to know!" Of course, Doc was throwing murderous glares at Etho after the treading comment, but begrudgingly went back to his thoughts, hissing slightly in thought. He hoped asking Bdubs out wouldn't be as painful as flirting, but he would just have to wait and see.