(september 27th, 2005)

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I GOT A BOFYREIND LET'S FuCKNG GOOOOOOOOO

Wels is leaning over my shoulder as I'm writing this and he's insisting that technically, the boyfriend got me, but details wlatever

BECAUSe I GOTA BOYFRJENDDDDDDD

I'M GOING WRITE DOWN THE STORY INA CALMER TOEN NOW

...

It happened this morning. Saturday, September 27th, 2005.

It was a casual, normal weekend brunch at xB's parents' café, until Wels abruptly excused himself to the washroom, then proceeded to leave out of the front door of the café.

(ᴬ ᴺᵒᵗᵉ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ˣᴮ: ˢᵘᵇᵗˡᵉ.)

I was kind of worried, but Hypno and xB seemed to be totally chill about that, so I assumed I was just overthinking. He still gone fifteen minutes later, when xB, Hypno and I finished our food.

"Well, now that everyone's done eating," Hypno pushed themself up from the table, grinning mischievously at xB. They clasped my shoulder. "I wanna take you somewhere, Jevin."

I noticed xB drumming his fingers on the table. I noticed the slyness in Hypno's smile. They were up to something. I suddenly found myself wishing Wels was there even more. He always took my side.

I pursed my lips, "Are we not gonna wait for Wels? I dont want him to expect us to be here but not--"

xB rolled his eyes, flicking his wrist in a dismissive gesture of sorts. "It's fine, Jev. I'll stay here while you and Hypno do your thing. Go."

I narrowed my eyes, but there was a firmness in xB's tone that I didn't really wanna oppose. Reluctantly, I agreed. "Okay."

Hypno beamed, "Cool! C'mon, you smelly--"

I flicked him on the nose, shutting him up. "Just lead the way-" I glanced at xB, who was obviously finding our interactions hilarious. "-simp."

Hypno's smile dropped, "I'm not a-- oh whatever. Come on."

Hypno brought me to a park, just a few blocks from the café. Its one of my favourite places in this part of the city, the space having gorgeous trees, (Like oak, birch, poplar) well-kept paths, and a gorgeously detailed fountain that is so fun to sketch. I grinned, taking in the calming surroundings as we turned into the park.

But I didn't understand why Hypno was taking me there. At least, I didn't until we got to the fountain.

Sat on the ledge of the fountain, was Wels. He had his acoustic guitar on his lap, but he wasn't playing.. He seemed to be tapping his leg nervously, as if waiting for someone.

Hypno shoved me forward, their grin now more excited than mischievous. "This is your stop." He said softly.

...Waiting for me.

Wels glanced up and caught my eyes with shy smile. He gestured me over. I looked behind me to see if Hypno was still there, but they were walking away, a slight skip in their step.

I shuffled closer to Wels, and the silence almost became too loud.

Something was up. This was weird. Why was xB so insistant on me coming here? Why was Hypno so excited? Why was I so nervous and why was Wels looking at me so intently?

"Wels?" I muttered, just loud enough for him to hear.

"Can I play you a song, Jevin?" Wels asked, his tone gentle and warm.

I only nodded.

As Wels plucked the starting notes on his guitar he bit his lip, turning away. "It's really cheesy.. I hope you don't mind."

"I love cheese, Wels, you know this." I said, hoping to draw some laughter from my friend.

Wels let out a small chuckle. Then, he started singing.

"I don't wanna ruin what we have." He sang, throwing me a look. "But there's been some stuff that I've been holding back..."

My first thought: He doesn't trust me.

But Wels kept singing, a smile present on his lips now, "I live my life by the pen, but you're my highlighter;"

What the hell does that mean- I wondered, Highlighters, pens-- what??

"So I wrote the lyrics to this love song, and you can make them brighter."

My breath hitched, "Wait- love song-"

"I've kissed you once, and I really wanna kiss you again--" Wels sang, tapping his foot as he strummed his acoustic. He looked me in the eyes again, a blush dusting his cheeks. "But how in the world could I ask to be more than friends?"

I couldn't look away.

"I don't deserve ya, I can tell that- that much is true." Wels smile turned a bit sad. He heaved a sigh between the lyrics.. "But the songs I've been singing lately, are all about you, Baby--"

Wels cut himself off, starting up the second verse. Meanwhile, I was frozen with shock.

"I've always felt that there was something more. Something between our lyrics we hadn't noticed before.."

Wels averted his gaze for a moment, giving a pointed look to a bush just off the path, which i later learned xB and Hypno were hiding behind. "Maybe I shouldn't've stayed so blind to the clues."

He gave me another sweet-but-sad smile, melting my heart along with the wiring of my brain. "But the longer that I stayed without you, I seemed to inherit some of your 'blue'

I've kissed you once, and I'm asking you: can we kiss again..?"

"Yes." I said quietly, though I doubted Wels heard me.

"And this is the Wels Way™ of asking to be more than friends!..I don't deserve ya, but I promise I'll always stay true." I hadn't noticed I'd been inching towards Wels, until he stood up and we were face-to-face. "'Cause the songs I've been singing lately, are all about you,

Baby Blue..."

Wels set down his guitar, but the tune of the song still seemed to be playing in my head. My veins were buzzing with the melody, my heart pumping to the beat. I couldn't move. I just stood, my lips parted, staring into Wels' sharp blue eyes, frozen and completely melted at the same time.

Wels stepped forward. "Look- Jev.. I know I've been weird lately and this is probably all super overdramatic but..."

"Look- I- ..I like-" He sighed, stepped forward again so that we were nose-to-nose. "..I love you, Baby Blue."

I was vaguely aware of the faint cheering from the not-at-all-suspicious bush. I stood frozen for a moment longer, before I squeezed my eyes shut, gripped Wels' cheeks and pressed our lips together.

Wels kissed back almost immediately, his hands found their way to my shoulders. We pulled apart only to breathe.

To describe the kiss.. it was- like, wet. And nice. And edging onto perhaps more than a kiss.

(ᴬ ⁿᵒᵗᵉ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ˣᴮ: ⁱ ⁿᵉᵉᵈ ᵇˡᵉᵃᶜʰ. ᶠᵒʳ ᵐʸ ᵉʸᵉˢ.)

Wels pulled away and laughed. "I suppose that's a yes?"

I grinned, dizzyingly happy. "Too what?"

"'I've kissed you once, and I'm asking you: can we kiss again?'" Wels quoted.

"Ohh, yeah," I wrapped my arms around Wels. "Probably shouldn't in a public park though."

"Mmhm.." Wels nodded, leaning his forehead against mine. "D'you wanna come over to mine?"

"What about xB and Hypno and the café-"

Wels rolled his eyes, grabbing my hand and his guitar, pulling me toward the park gate. "Hypno and xB have seen enough. We deserve some alone time, if you know what I mean."

I knew he was joking, but that didn't stop the furious blush from rushing to my face. Then his words really hit me, and I turned back to the fountain. "Wait what d'you mean Hypno and xB have see-"

I only then noticed the two heads poking up from the bush. xB cupped his hands around his mouth and called, "Use protection!!"

I spun back around and kept walking with Wels, holding my free hand up behind me, flipping our two friends off.

Once we turned out of the park and I was sure it was just me and Wels, I squeezed his hand.

"I love you too, Prince Charming." I said softly.

He smiled.

Once we arrived at Wels' we trudged through the door and tried to make at break for Wels' room, with no luck.

"Ay!" Wels' younger brother, Hels, called when we were halfway up the stairs. "Whoozat with you?"

"My boyfriend, shuddup-!" Wels yelled back, and he seemed more surprised at his wording then I was. He flushed, and led me up the rest of the stairs and to his bedroom, where he flopped onto his bed and covered his face with his hands.

Any confidence he seemed to have before was swept away. I sat next to him, a stupid grin on my face.

"Jevin I- I'm sorry I said that, we haven't decided on a label yet, that just--" Wels groaned, "Hels has been pestering me to ask you out for months so it's- he just- ...I'm sorry."

"..No, no it's fine! Wels, chill." I laughed, tentatively cuddling up next to Wels. "..can that be our label? Boyfriends?"

Wels brought his hands down from his face, letting out a breath. He tilted his head to look at me, an anxious look in his eyes. We were both still shy. "If that's what you want, I'm happy."

I smiled, "Boyfriends."

"Boyfriends." Wels echoed, reaching up and ruffling my hair. "I like that."

--
Special thanks to:
Wels, for helping me write this and for asking me out,
And 1800-SAND-JESUS, for writing 'Baby Blue'