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(Written back in April 2024)

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Cole's pov-

I wasn't expecting what happened last night. Keith seeing me and Peter together, saying I liked him, and cuddling with him. I felt so uncomfortable on the floor and I couldn't resist being next to Peter. I mean he was right there. So I got on the be with him, even though It's, my bed. What If...I called Peter mine? I had my bed and I- would like Peter to be mine. If that's what he wanted. Did he want that?

I sun was shining though the window, so I slowly opened my eyes. Waking up with the sun In my eyes was kinda painful, but Peter was still In my arms. He looked so comfy and peaceful. I couldn't help but smile while staring at him.

The sun hit him perfectly. His freckles stood out, his ginger hair looked golden, and he was relaxed, for once. Seeing him relaxed made me feel so good. He felt safe enough with me around him, so he could relax and sleep.

He was facing away from me, looking so cute. Looking at his hair, I just wanted to touch It. So I put my hand In his hair, rubbed his head, played with his ginger curls. He was still asleep, I didn't want to wake him up yet. But If he did wake up right now, he would probably like It.

I forgot that Keith was still here as he moved around on the make shift bed, laying on the ground. I looked to see If he was awake yet, but he was still asleep too. Which means that I could cuddle with Peter without him seeing us. So I stayed like that.

Peter mumbled and turned towards me, he was starting to wake up, but I could tell he was too sleepy and comfortable to get up yet. I moved his hair off his forehead to place my lips on him. He Is just so, adorable, ugh. Why didn't I notice that sooner?

I heard Keith yawn then he sat up, rubbing his eyes and stretching. So I leaned up to look at him as he looked around, then down to the floor where I was supposed to be sleeping. His gaze turned towards me with a smirk on his face. I was still holding Peter, but who cares. It's to early for anything to matter. I rolled my eyes at him, then laid back down next to Peter.

Keith got up to go to the kitchen. Since me and Peter we're together he probably wanted to get away for a minute. Which meant I got Peter to myself too. Yeah we were together all last night, but still...I didn't want to leave him.

He yawned and opened his eyes slowly, sleepily saying "Mm, Cole?"

I looked at him "Yeah?"

"What are you doing here?" He said and rubbed his eyes.

"I'm laying down In my bed. Which happens to have you In It. Not that I'm complaining." I said.

Peter looked around the room, noticing that Keith wasn't there. "Did you sleep next to me the whole time?"

"Yeah, I slept well. I'm guessing you did too, huh?" I said while looking at his sleepy self.

"Yeah. I slept good." He said quietly and stretching. I guess he had a morning voice, but not a really deep voice. It was softer and quieter, since he just woke up. Do you think he liked my voice? Does he think my voice Is attractive?

"Your welcome. See you slept good because of me, so I deserve a thank you." I said.

He looked at me "Be quiet. I don't wanna get up yet." He mumbled, turning on his side.

"You don't have to get up yet. I could even make you breakfast In bed If you want." I said.

"Mmm, maybe. But I'm to sleepy to eat right now." He said.

"That's fine, It can wait. You can stay as long as you want." I said and put my face Into his neck.

Eventually we both got up, Keith already helped himself to breakfast, so I made me and Peter food. We sat down and ate then got on the couch with Keith. I wanted to put my arm around Peter, but just sat next to him for now.

"Sooo, are we gonna talk about last night?" Keith asked awkwardly.

"What's there to talk about?" I said trying not to think about It to much since I knew Peter would get uncomfortable.

"Mm, nothing." He said. We all tried to ignore the awkward tension and watched tv for awhile.

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"Well, I should probably get home." Keith said and got up from the couch.

"Alright, I guess we'll talk later." I said as he walked out and went home.

"Mm, finally alone again." I said to Peter while putting my arm around him.

"I think after almost 2 years on a island, that would be enough alone time." Peter said.

"That was different... You know something?" I said.

"What?" Peter said and looked at me a little annoyed.

"Your really cute when your asleep. I mean your already cute, but at least when your asleep you can't get annoyed by me." I said.

He blushed "Stop saying that."

"Why? I think your cute." I said again.

Peter rolled his eyes "I should go home."

"Why though? We have all weekend to hangout together." I said pouting.

"I need to get home, okay? We'll be around each other again." He said and stood up.

I tried to pout and use my puppy dog eyes to make him stay. But he didn't...

"We can talk later okay?" Peter said standing at the door.

I sighed "Finneee. But one last thing."

"What's that?" He said then I pressed my lips against him.

"Just that. We'll talk later. Unless you rather do something else." I said with a smirk.

"Don't say stuff like that!" Peter said, nudging me. Then he walked out of the house.

I put my head against the closed door. I know we spent the whole night together, but I didn't want him to leave.

"So honey, did you all have a good time?" I heard my mom say from behind me.

"Oh, yeah. It was fun." I said. Should I tell her? Would she judge me?...
"Can we talk for a minute? There's something I wanna talk about." I said.

"Yeah, sure. Let's go sit on the couch." My mom said.

We sat down and I felt a sudden rush of anxiety. I felt my palms get sweaty, so I wiped them on my pants. Maybe I shouldn't say anything...

My mom put her hand on my back "What Is It honey? Why are you so nervous? It's okay, you know that we can talk about whatever you want to."

"Okay...well. I'm not sure what's going on, I'm...just worried about what It means and what you or other people will think." I said, pausing to catch my breathe before I say anything else. Should I do this?...It might be a bad idea.

"It's okay, I'm here to listen to whatever you say. I will never judge you, baby." I mom said reassuringly and grabbed my hand.

I looked at her and took one last deep breath before saying "I think I might like someone...someone that's...a guy."

She smiled "Well that nice sweetie. As long as you like them, I don't care what gender they are. I just want you to be happy and then treat you well."

"Really? Your not mad or grossed out? Not, anything?" I said.

"No. As long as your happy." She sighed "I spent so long In a bad relationship with your father, I wish I would have done things differently. So, I just want you to be In a healthy relationship, no matter who It Is." She said then hugged me.

I hugged her tight, feeling so emotional. I can't believe the things I've been saying and doing lately.

"Thank you, mom." I said to her.

"Sooo...do I get to know who It Is? Does It have to do with anything last night? With the sleep over?" She asked raising her eyebrows.

"Mom!...no...I- mm." I didn't know what to say, I got flustered.

"I'm just curious. Is your crush on one of them? Please, I wanna know?" My mom pushingly said.

I side eyed her then looked away.

"Oh, so It Is huh? It would make sense for It to be Peter, but maybe you and Keith have really gotten close." She said.

"Mom!?" I said and my jaw fell open.

"Pleassseee? I just wanna know who you like?" She begged.

"Fine...It's definitely not Keith." I said.

She smiled "Awww. You and Peter are so cute together."

"Hey, you I didn't say It was Peter. It could be someone else! You don't know." I said standing up with my arms crossed.

"But It Is him right?" She asked.

I sighed and kicking my feet together "Yeah. It's Peter."

She squealed happily then got up to hug me. "Aww, my boy has a crush! And you two will be sooo sooo cute together!"

"Well, we're not together, yet. Just..." I paused and she looked at me. "I said I liked him last night...In front of Keith...because, he walked In and saw us kissing."
Kiss? I never really thought of It before, but me and Peter have kissed, many times now. I kissed a guy and I liked It.

My mom threw her hand over her mouth "Oh my gosh! Awww. I knew there was something going on between you two! I want to know everything that happened last night!"

"Ugh, mommm." I said drawn out and annoyed. I put my hand on my forehead, shaking my head.

"I won't stop asking until you tell me. So just tell me!" My mom said excitedly.

"Fine. Last night we and Peter kissed, Keith saw, I exclaimed my love, well...not exactly love. But you get the idea. Then we all tried to ignore It and watch the rest of the movie." I explained.

She pouted "Aww, that's so cute." Then she got a smug like expression "So who slept on the bed then?"

"Mom!? Okay, you know enough." I said and tried to walk away.

"Cole Mathews, get over here and explain!" She said. I stopped and slowly turned around. "Tell me, then you can go."

I sighed again "Hm, fine...I let Peter sleep In my bed...And I might have gotten up In the middle of the night to sleep next to him."

She screamed with excitement again and jumped around.

"Alright, that's enough mom! Chill." I said. I'm glad see supported me, but jeez she was excited.

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Keith's pov-

I wanted to talk to Cole, so I stopped him outside of school. We ended up getting pizza, we including Peter. It was awkward, but I wanted to make up for everything I did to them.

Then we went to Cole's house, played games, watched some movies and shows. Then...after I used the bathroom I walked Into his room to see the two of them kissing.

Apparently they're together. Which I don't think anyone knew about, or still knows. I definitely didn't. But Cole said he liked Peter, but then Peter didn't want to stay anything. I guess It made sense, he was usually shy and still hated me, especially since I just kinda ruined their moment.

We watched the rest of the movie and went to sleep, then when I woke up and looked around. Cole wasn't on the floor sleeping. He was on his bed, with Peter. I don't know how long he was up there with him. But I have to admit that they looked comfortable.
Damn. I need someone to cuddle with...I don't want to be the third wheel.

They seemed happy together though. And they have spent a lot of time together. Wait...do you think anything happened on the island between them!? Woah. Maybe.

To be honest, I was a little envious that they had each other and were happy. I didn't have anyone. And I didn't really feel, happy. I guess It's been like that for awhile now. I just never let It show, I would get angry to hide It. No wonder Cole was like that too. I guess there's a lot of people like that In the world.

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Peter's pov-

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{Cole} Hey, can we hangout again? Please?

{Peter} Cole, we have been hanging out a lot, I think you'll survive.

{Cole} Surviving, not thriving. ☹️

{Peter} Maybe. But my parents might get upset.

{Cole} What If I go to your house?

{Peter} They would probably still be kinda mad. They still don't like you too much and wouldn't want us around each other that much.

{Cole} Well, what do you want? That's more important.

{Peter} I'm not really sure.

{Cole} Well I ended up telling my mom about us. So she was freaking out about It. But In a good way!
She's supportive and said that the two of us are cute together ❤️

{Peter} You actually told her? Wow. I'm glad she took It well. But I still don't want people to know about...whatever Is going on with us.

{Cole} Well, I think we should talk more about this In person, but how do you feel about us being a thing?

{Peter} I mean I like you too. It's just that I'm worried about people bulling us again.

{Cole} I understand that, but I want you to feel safe. I'll always try my best to protect you.

{Peter} Thanks Cole. Btw your bed Is really comfortable. I might have to steal It.

{Cole} Well you can sleep In my bed every night If you want.

{Peter} I'm going to find something to do for awhile. I just want some alone time, alright?

{Cole} That's fine. We can talk later. 😚

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I blushed as I read his texts. I'm glad his mom Is supportive, but I know most people aren't. I don't think my parents would be. So I rather hide It.

And who knows what Keith might say about us...Wait, Keith! He might say something, he might of already told someone! I need to make sure he doesn't. But how would I talk to him? I don't have his number or know where he's at. And besides I wouldn't want to talk to him face to face. What am I supposed to do? Would he say anything!?

I was worried but wanted to ignore everything for a while. So I went to find something to watch, nothing really peaked my interest until I saw a show called Heartstopper.

**not a sponsor, just a great show.**

I decided to watch It, after the first episode, I needed to watch the rest immediately. I kept watching each episode, then the first season ended. That was wayyy to short of a season! But at least there's another one. Maybe I could watch this with Cole? The whole situation with me and Cole reminded me of the show. So It might help us figure things out. I'm still really worried about bullies. But the kids at school wouldn't be as bad as my own parents. Having to live with them hating me...I couldn't live like that, I can't ever tell them.

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{Peter} Are you busy?

{Cole} Not really. Do you want to talk?

{Peter} Yeah. I wanna see you. I'll come over to your house.

{Cole} Changed your mind huh? 😉

{Peter} Yeah, yeah.

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"Hey, I'm going over to Cole's." I said to my parents as I walked down the stairs to the door. I had a backpack with some books and games.

"Wait Peter." I heard my dad say. I stopped and walked over to him.

"Yeah, dad?"

"Don't you think you hangout with him enough? Why don't you spend time with your own family. Or find so other friends to hang out with." My dad said harshly.

"I just like hanging out. He has a lot of games to play, food and what not. I just don't get along that well with other kids." I said, I really didn't want to talk to him. I just wanted to run away, Into Cole's arms.

"Well, you should spend more time doing something else." My dad said harshly again.

"It's the weekend, can't I just go? School was rough this week." I said trying to persuade him.

"Honey, why don't you just let him go? They're kids, let them have fun. They've been through a lot." My mom said.

My dad sighed "Alright, fine. You can go. But you need to spend more time with us or doing something else."

"Okay, I will. Thanks." I said and quickly headed to the door. Walking to Cole's house.

I got to the door and knocked. Cole opened It and smiled at me. Wow, his smile was nice.
He opened the door and we went to the kitchen, where him and his mom were cooking something.

His mom looked over at me with a smile "Good to see you, Peter."

"Same to you. Uh, what are y'all making?" I asked.

"We decided to make this salmon and dijon mustard sauce thingy. I don't know what to call It, but It smells good." Cole said.

"It does smell good, better than what you made on the island." I said joking.

"Yeah, true. But that was for surviving, not for fun or taste." Cole said. His eyes glance over me, a smirk on his face. I felt my face get red. Why did he keep doing that to me? It was annoying. He was to attractive.

Cole grabbed my arm and pulled me to another room.

"What are you doing?" I asked him.

"I just-" He started to say, placed his hands on my face, then kissed me. Why did his lips have to feel so nice!? Ugh. What this boy does to me. He pulled away and softly gazed at me.

"Mmm. Why do you do that to me?" I said.

"Because your too adorable to resist." He said.

"Why am I always adorable? Can't you come up with another word?" I asked.

"Okay, how about cute? Cutie? Cutie pie?" He said.

"Noo, stop that. Just don't use the same word eveytime, okay?" I said.

"Alright, baby." He smirked. I shook my head with a smile.

"Oh, the things you do to me, you idiot." I said, nudging him.

"Okay, If I have to use different nicknames, then you have to stop calling me idiot." Cole said.

"We'll see." I said and walked away.

"Wait, not yet. I need another." He said, pulling me back to me. I kissed him this time, It was just meant to be a peck, but he didn't want to let me go. I didn't try to fight It, I enjoyed It.

"Boys! Diners ready!" His mom yelled through the house.

"Well we should go get some food now." I said smiling up at him.

"Sounds good. The food probably taste really good, but you taste better." He said with a wink then walked back to the kitchen.

The food smelled so good and tasted delicious. Cole just had to sit by me, but I didn't mind to much. His mom was always friendly to me, now even more. I felt happy and safe here.

"That was delicious. Thank you." I said to Cole's mom.

"Your welcome sweetie. We did a good job on It. We'll definitely make that again." His mom said, taking to dishes to the sink.

"Do you want me to help with the dishes?" Cole asked his mom.

"No, I got It. But thank you, honey." She said.

"Alright." Cole said then we went to his room. We did spend a lot, of time together and did basically nothing. But I enjoyed It so much.

"There's a show I found and want to watch It with you." I said to Cole.

"Okay, sounds good."

"I didn't even tell you what It's about or show you yet." I said.

"As long as I get to be around you, I don't care." He said so romantically.

"Ugh, stop saying stuff like that. It's too sweet and cute." I said.

"Aww, so I'm cute and sweet?" Cole teased.

"Yes, you are. And I'm handsome." I said with my arms crossed.

"Is that what you want me to call you? I'll call you whatever you want." He said stepping closer to me.

"You can call we what you like, as long as you call me." I said, smiling at him, staring In his eyes. He has changed so much, I'm glad we ended up together.

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(Break Into song)

~~you could kiss the skin from my lips,
If It makes you feel good,
I'm not sure If you what It,
I'm not sure If you need me too
And you can taste the beer,
On every guy who talks to you,
But you can't stay awake forever,
No, you can't stay awake forever!~~

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If you haven't watched Heartstopper, I highly, highly recommend It. I finally watched It, I just wish I watched It sooner. Ahh, Its everything!!! 💙💛
Also Lovejoy music ❤️