Ross' POV:

Everything happened so fast, I don't know what to do in this moment. We're so close to each other and I could hear his breathing as clear as day. We're just staring at each other awkwardly. My heart is beating like crazy and my stomach is twisting and turning. There's so much tension right now and I don't know what to do about it. Why won't he move? He's the one hovering over me. Why can't I move? Why can't I tell him to move? Do I want him too?

"...What's happening right now?" I manage to ask.

It took a bit for him to answer. "I don't know.." he answers.

We continue staring at each other in awkwardness. One of us needs to do something. I don't care what, this is just getting too awkward.

Suddenly Robert moved one of his hands from the bed to my neck which immediately sent chills down my spine. If possible my heart started racing more and I could tell my face is pure red.

"Robert?" I ask, not knowing what he's trying or going to do.

He leans in just an inch before he frowns and gets up from the bed, leaving me there dumbfounded. Did he just try to kiss me?!

"Rob-"

"I'm sorry.." Robert says, walking off to the bathroom.

I placed my hand on my neck where he had touched it, still sat on the bed confused. There are so many thoughts going through my head right now: He did try to kiss me right? Does that mean he likes me? Was I going to let him kiss me? What do I do now? Should I confess? What if he wasn't trying to kiss me?

I managed to lay back down in my bed and cover myself with my blanket. Robert came back ten minutes later and layed on the edge of the bed, not saying a word. I really want to confirm what his intentions were but at the same time I'm scared to confirm. I could be completely wrong or I could be right. If I'm wrong then I could never live with myself for thinking my friend would do that. And if I'm right.. And if I'm right, what would happen? Would we just start dating? What would happen to the gang? Would Roy be okay with it? What if we treated him like a third wheel? Or maybe I'm thinking about this too much and I should just ask.

"Rob?" I ask.

No response.

"Rob..?" I repeat.

"..Yeah?" he finally responds.

"Why did you um- do that?"

There was no response for a while. We both just layed there in silence and awkwardness.

"I was.. There was.."

He kept thinking of something to say before he gave up and sighed.

"Don't worry about it." he says.

"But-"

"Please just forget it."

I frown but don't say anything. I'm not going to force him to say anything.

"Goodnight Ross." he says as he covers himself with his blanket.

"Goodnight Rob." I say back.

I shut my eyes and try to go back to sleep. If he doesn't want me to worry about it then I probably shouldn't.

Robert's POV:

I couldn't go back to sleep. I can't stop thinking about what I did. I'm so stupid, I got too into the moment and made myself believe he would kiss me back. How could I be so delusional? What does he think of me now?

The memory keeps rolling in my head over and over again in my head like a movie. I feel so embarrassed. I backed out so quickly I couldn't even tell what Ross could've been thinking at that moment.The room was dark but I could tell his face was red. He didn't look upset or disturbed, he just seemed flustered. But that doesn't tell me if he wanted it or not, anyone would've gotten flustered at that.

I sigh and close my eyes. It's late and I'm tired, thinking about this is just keeping me awake and embarrassed. Hopefully me and him can just forget about it.

-

!BEEP BEEP BEEP BEE-!

I woke up to the sound of Ross' alarm. He shut it off after three beeps and sat up from the bed with a groan. I also sat up and stretched my arms.

"Morning." Ross says as he gets up from the bed.

So far he seems fine. "Morning." I say back, also getting up from the bed and walking to my dresser to get my clothes.

We both grab our clothes and Ross walks to the bathroom to change and do his morning stuff. I changed in his room and went in the bathroom after he left to also fo my morning stuff and hair. After that I walked to the dining room and was greeted by Jaune. Ross was already sitting at the table eating.

"Morning Rob! How's your arm?" Jaune asks.

"Morning, my arm is fine. It only hurts when I put pressure on it" I answer, now also sitting at the dining table.

"Good good. I made grilled cheese for you guys." she says as she hands me a plate with grilled cheese.

"Thank you!" I respond.

She gives me a smile before she walks off to her room to get ready for work, leaving me and Ross alone together in awkward silenceness.

I don't want it to be like this all day so maybe I could start conversation?

"Uh, did we have homework for Math?" I ask awkwardly.

Ross took a bite of his sandwich before answering. "No." he mumbles.

This is gonna be harder than I thought.

-

"Take these with you to school," Jaune says, handing each of us a note before heading out. "Give these to your counselors. It's just to tell them you had a late night and to go easy on you today."

Me and Ross thank her then exit the house. Like usual, Roy was there waiting.

"You guys look like shit." he jokes.

"I didn't sleep good." Ross responds.

"Hm, I can see that," Roy says. "Wanna skip first period so we could chill?"

"No, I'm going to school." Ross answers.

"Really? You don't want a Doctor Pepper to wa-"

"I said no, you guys can though."

Roy looks at me, confused as to why Ross has a 'meh' attitude right now. Usually Ross would've said yes, especially if it meant getting a Doctor Pepper. I give him a shrug and he looks back at Ross.

"Well okay then. Me and Robert are gonna skip so we'll see you at school."

Ross nods and waves as he starts walking off.

Roy waits until he's far away to turn and shake me.

"What the hell was-"

I cut him off by also shaking him. "It's horrible Roy! I tried to kiss him last night! He's been acting off all morning and I feel horrible!" I ramble.

"Oh shit, you have to tell me everything." he responds.

I nod and we begin walking to the dollar store while I explain everything from last night.

-

"So it was just a heat of the moment thing?" Roy asks, picking a Sprite from the fridge in the dollar store.

"Yeah, I don't know what came over me. I'm so freaking delusional." I answer, grabbing a Nesquik chocolate milk from the fridge for me and a Doctor Pepper for Ross.

Roy sighs. "Well, do you think he was going to let you?"

"I'm not sure, he didn't move when I leaned in. His face just turned red and he looked me in the eyes. But anyone's face would've turned red at that! He's hard to read." I answer.

Roy makes a "Hm" sound and thinks while we get in line to pay for our drinks.

"Has anything happened that's made you question if he likes you back?" he asks.

I also start thinking, going back to everything that's happened since Thursday. "Well, Thursday we accidentally held hands twice, Friday I caught him staring at me and we touched hands again, in the middle of the night he thought I was asleep and played with my hair and held my hand, Saturday he asked if I thought he really looked nice without his beanie, touched hands, and he let me sleep on him. Oh and yesterday after we dropped you off we-"

"Stop." Roy suddenly says, cutting off my ramble.

"You sure? There's lots more-"

"I know you dumbass. Holy shit you both are so dumb."

"What?"

"Think about it idiot. Think about it really good."

We walk to the register and pay for our drinks before exiting the store. I was actually thinking really hard about what I told Roy. All those things were either by accident or for comfort. ...But why does his face get so red when I compliment him? Why was he staring at me that day? Why do we keep accidentally holding each other's hand? Why hasn't he confronted me about the weird tension between us? And why didn't he move or try to stop me yesterday? Oh my god, Does Roy really think-?

I look at Roy in astonishment and he smirks at me. This little gremlin might be onto something.

Ross' POV:

I know it's only for first period but without Roy and Robert school is so boring and stressful. Thankfully it's almost over and I could spend passing period with them. It's going to be really awkward with Robert though. I said I would forget about it but I just can't, anyone wouldn't be able too. I can still feel where he had placed his hand on my neck, almost as if it never left. I desperately want to know what his intentions were, romantic or not.

Finally the bell rings and I rush to the vending machine where me, Roy, and Robert always hang out. Thankfully they were there.

"Hey guys." I greet.

"Hey Ross, I got you a Doctor Pepper." Robert says, pulling a soda bottle out from his bag and handing it to me.

"Oh.. thank you." I say awkwardly.

I go to open the bottle and see a small yellow sticky note attached to it. Robert notices and looks down awkwardly. I hesitantly remove the sticky note from the bottle and realize there's words on it:

"Meet at our spot at 7"

I look up at Robert and give him a thumbs up before placing the note in my pocket. He gives a thumbs up back and the bell suddenly rings for second period. Like usual we slowly start making our way to our classes, dropping Roy off first then heading to Chemistry with Robert.

"Do you like olives?" Robert asks randomly.

He baffles me. How did all that happen last night and he's able to act so casually. Is it just me or is it just him? And why would he ask such a random question?

"No, do you?" I ask back, trying not to be awkward.

He smiles to himself. "Yeah."

For the rest of the walk to class he couldn't stop smiling.