Robert’s POV:

Inside the box there was a pepperoni pizza, but the pepperoni was the shape of a heart. And on top of the box in Sharpie I wrote, ‘Will you go out with me?’. Once Ross opens this things will change in either a good way or bad way. Am I really ready for that, am I willing to risk our friendship? 

These are the thoughts that went through my head as Ross put his hands on the box, getting ready to open it. It feels like he’s opening it so slow, it's killing me. Once he finally opened the pizza box all the way his face immediately flushed red. He looked up at me with a flustered and shook expression. Is that a good or bad reaction? I can’t tell.

But either way, I’m going to tell him how I feel. I give him a small smile and look down before grasping both his hands with each of mine, palm to palm. I gave them a little squeeze.

“Ross, I really, really like you,” I start, my face now also burning with blush. I looked back up so I could look him in the eyes while I tell him this. “Whenever I’m around you I say the most random things and I get so awkward, you’ve probably noticed. Everything about you I love. Your calm but adventurous attitude, your unique personality, your hair even though you're so insecure about it, your mesmerizing eyes that I get lost into every now and then, your fashion sense, your out of pocket jokes and so much more. You're so caring and kind and you’ve been there for me since the very start. I couldn’t help but fall for you. But I know we have a really good friendship, and if you don’t like me back that’s okay,"

There's more I wanted to say but I didn't want to overwhelm him. I think I got my point across anyways. "So anyways, will you go out with me?”

Ross looked like he was holding in a smile. His face was crimson red and his eyes were glistening. The suspense to hear an answer from him is agonizing. I know I said I was almost completely sure about this but I still can't truly be sure. Who knows what can be going through his head right now, he's famous for overthinking. I can only be patient and wait.

Ross' POV:

 I can't believe this is actually happening right now. He has feelings for me, we like each other, this can't be real! I have to be dreaming, this feels so surreal. Words can't describe how happy I am at this moment. What should I say? Should I just say yes? Should I explain my feelings for him like he did?

The smile I was holding slowly crept onto my face. I gave his hands a gentle squeeze back and looked at him with loving eyes. 

"You have no idea how happy I am right now," I say, changing my grasp on Robert's hands to a finger lock in between us. 

He immediately smiled, now knowing my answer. He looked back at me with the same loving eyes I gave him, waiting for me to actually confirm and say my answer. 

"Yes Robert, I'll go out with you!" I finally answer, smiling wider than before.

Robert giddily laughs with a huge smile and pulls me into a tight hug while shaking me a bit. I hug him back with the same strength. 

"I love you so much Ross!" he beams out, backing away to look me in the eyes once again.

"I love you too!" I happily say back, also looking him in the eyes.

We continued to look at each other in bliss, knowing what's to come but not who would make the first move. Until finally Robert put his hand on my neck, just like he did yesterday, and asks the question I thought I'd never hear:

"Can I kiss you?" he asks with a gentle low tone, leaning in close to me and rubbing his thumb against my neck.

I didn't even answer. I wrapped my arms around his neck and leaned up into him, closing the gap between us and crashing our lips together for a whimsy first kiss. Robert smiled and quickly eased into it. It was both of our first kiss' so we're both not the best at it, but in this moment right now it's everything we could've ever wanted and needed. The warmth of his hand on my neck and lips on mine felt so nice, it almost felt surreal. The scenery of where we're doing this makes it feel even more surreal, on a hill surrounded by snow-covered grass, and under the beautiful view of the winter stars in the sky. We both kept passionately crashing our lips together and we eventually got the hang of it before finally pulling apart. 

We gave each other a smile before Robert pulled me into another hug and kissed me on the cheek, which made me laugh.

"I know I said it already but I really do love you." he says, giving me another kiss on the cheek.

I smile and rest my head on his shoulder, melting into his embrace. "I love you too dude."

We stayed like that for a while until I felt myself unexpectedly yawn. 

Robert chuckled. "Sleepy already?" he asks.

"Kinda, since Friday I've been extra sleepy. It's kinda weird since usually I'm almost never tired." I answer.

"Isn't that the first day I stayed at yours?" he asks back.

"Yeah, you think it has something to do with you?"

"Maybe, they say when you're around that special someone your body releases more serotonin and dopamine, which makes you sleepy."

"Daw, you're getting all nerdy on me?"

"It's true though!"

I chuckle. "That's really cool." I respond.

I yawn again and Robert starts rubbing my back. 

"You could go to sleep if you want. I could carry you home." he says.

"No, I wanna walk with you." I quickly respond.

He chuckles. "Alright, well I'm-" he pauses for a minute before saying, "Our journal! We gotta make our entries!"

I quietly laugh at him before he slowly breaks our hug to grab the box where the pizza was in to grab our stargazing journal. He opens it to a new page and immediately starts writing away. I smiled and rested my head on his shoulder from behind to watch as he wrote:

"Robert:

We're at the top of the hill this time and its even better than yesterday. Today is probably the best day ever, I had my first kiss with ross and it was amazing (he was kinda bad at it at first though)-"

"Hey!" I call out giving him a light punch on the shoulder.

"What? It's true! You wouldn't have figured it out if it wasn't for me leading you!" he responds with a laugh.

"You haven't kissed anyone in your life, how do you even know you were doing it right?!"

"Let's just say, I did 'respectful research' before coming here."

I tried thinking of something else to say but couldn't so I stood quiet. Robert laughed and ruffled my head before going back to writing:

"I feel so happy with him and I cant wait to be lovey with him after today. Im gonna smother him with kisses everyday and I'll laugh when his face turns red from embarrassment. Its gonna be great :) <3"

"You are such a dork, so you like embarrassing me?" I ask as I take the pencil and book from him.

"The faces you make are so funny, I can't help it. And now I have the opportunity to embarrass you more, you bet I'm gonna take advantage of it." he answers, grabbing the side of my head and kissing my cheek for the third time. "Plus, I'm not really embarrassing you. I'm just drowning you with my love-"

"Oh my god Robert, corny alert!"

We both burst out laughing before I place the journal on the ground and start writing:

"Ross:

Let me just say that robert wasnt good at first either, hes just flattering himself-"

I gave him the eye as I wrote that down, which made him laugh.

"But the kiss was nice I will admit. I also can't wait for days to come after this and since robert wants to purposely embarrass Ill do the same but better. And as he said, its just expressing love so he shouldn't get embarrassed when I come from behind and hug or kiss him. 

Today overall though went really good and I enjoyed myself a lot."

I handed Robert the journal and pencil back to put away and after he put it back in the bag he took my hand.

"Ready to go now? We could snack on the pizza at your house."

I give him a nod and he stands up, pulling me up with him. We both folded our blankets and put them in one of two bags Robert brought then put the speaker and computer in the other bag. Robert said he had to carry the projector because it wouldn't fit in a bag. He put it in a case that allowed him to wrap it around his body and carry like a purse. I grabbed the pizza and we decided we'd come back tomorrow for the screen. Me and Robert split the rest of the bags (There were three including the one I brought) and carefully made our way down the hill.

Our hands were too occupied to grasp together so we wrapped our arms together instead. We would take glances at each other every now and then which made me feel all warm inside. I love him so much.