No joke, this is my favourite series I've ever made. Comment ideas for future Sleepy Time Stories if you have any!
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Jake Dillinger loves the Jurassic Park movies. Loves them more than life. As a child he would watch one of the movies every Friday night until he knew them word for word.

He keeps his obsession close to his chest; afraid to reveal it to anyone in fear of being judged or bullied. Being ridiculed for loving those films would ruin them for him together.
But he isn't afraid of that around his friends.
In fact, he invited them all over to marathon all five Jurassic Park / World movies tonight.

Currently, it's 3am and they have Jurassic World playing in the background. They aren't paying attention to the movie however. They're instead sitting around in a circle, ready to play a game called "Never Have I Ever".

The game was Jenna and Rich's idea. They teamed up earlier that night to get two pining assholes in their group to finally get together. After three movies worth of scheming, they decided that the best way to get them to confess is a friendly game of Never Have I Ever.

The group sit on the floor on an assortment of pillows and blankets; all of them except Christine who is passed out asleep on Jake's guest room bed. Each person is decked out in a unique assortment of comfy clothes and pyjamas. Jenna and Rich sit opposite each other, exchanging knowing looks and devious smiles.

"Okay!" Rich claps his hands together. "Everyone know how to play?"

"Kind of. I know the general idea" Micheal says, propped up on three pillows with a blanket over his head.

"It's easy" Chloe explains, slipping her heart shaped sunglasses down her nose. "We take turns making statements starting with 'never have I ever' like 'never have I ever pickpocketed someone'. If you've down it, you put a finger down. Easy"

"What happens if you put all your fingers down?" Micheal asks.

Chloe blows a raspberry as she thinks for a second.
"I don't know uh- you die"

"I'll go first" Jenna tosses her hair behind her shoulders. "Hands up, everybody"

The Squip Squad hold up their hands like they've been caught robbing. Rich can't help but look over to Jeremy and Micheal. The two friends sit beside each other; Jeremy's decked in sweatpants and Micheal's oversized hoodie while his counterpart wears an anime jersey and football shorts. Both of them are completely oblivious to the fact that the other likes them. What fools.

"Let's start easy first- to get ourselves warmed up" Jenna suggests. "Never have I ever . . . gotten a tattoo"

Micheal and Jeremy lower a finger due to their Pac-Man tattoos. To everyone's surprise, Brooke also lowers a finger.
"I have a butterfly on my left hip. My sister designed it" She admits after Jake questions. She's telling the truth too. The blue and orange butterfly was drawn by her older sister. Brooke got it as a tribute to her since they're so close.

"Never have I ever . . ." Chloe goes next since she's to Jenna's left. "Had a threesome"

Micheal and Rich smirk as they lower their fingers. Jeremy's eyes go wide as he elbows his friend.

"Dude you didn't tell me that!" He whispers, half-shocked half-surprised.

"I didn't know you wanted the dirty details" Micheal whispers back, shouldering his friend playfully.

Jenna and Rich exchange yet another glance.
"My turn!" Rich says, nodding to Jenna. "Never have I ever had a crush on someone in this room"

Jeremy, Micheal, Chloe, Brooke and Jake all lower a finger. Rich gasps at Jake.
"Dude you didn't tell me that you like someone!"

"Liked someone" Jake corrects. "I dated Chloe, remember?"

"Oh yeah!" Rich turns to Chloe. "I can't believe you had a crush on Jake, you whore"

"I can't believe it either" Chloe teases, blowing Jake a kiss.

"Okay enough flirting you two" Brooke intervenes, throwing a gummy worm at Jake. "Are we gonna just ignore that both Jeremy and Micheal our down a finger? You guys have to spill who you like or I'm rioting"

"Christine! Obviously" Jeremy quickly jumps to his defence. "I don't know why that's a surprise"

"Ah but Christine isn't in the room right now" Rich clarifies, knowing he caught Jeremy in a trap. "So if you only liked Christine, you can put your finger back up. But if you liked someone else in this room, you can keep your finger down"

Jeremy's cheeks flood red as finger doesn't move. Micheal nearly loses his shit.
"Dude you have to tell me who you like later" his face can only be described as :D (a very common expression for Micheal).

"My turn to ask a question" Jenna says, only to have Brooke (once again) intervene.

"You already had a go, Jen. Micheal, you ask a question" She insists.

"Alright I got this . . . um . . ." Micheal furrows his brows in thought. "Wait I'm gonna google some"

He pulls his phone out from under a stack of pillows, scrolling through google for some juicy questions.
"Oh god these suck. Um . . . never have I ever masturbated in public"

Jenna screeches. Full scale screeches. She falls onto her back, clutching her stomach as she howls in laughter.
"What the fuck Micheal!" She pants.

The rest of the group laugh immaturely. In a moment of truth, Jeremy and Jake lower a finger. Micheal screeches, slapping Jeremy's arm hysterically.
"DUDE NO WAY!"

"Shut up alright! I'm just playing the game" Jeremy mutters, wishing the ground would swallow him up.

Meanwhile, Rich fist bumps Jake for his answer. A lightbulb goes off in the short boys head. He slaps Jake on the arm and leans over to his ear. He whispers something.
Jake, being the good friend that he is, doesn't question Rich. He tosses a pillow at Brooke to get her attention.

"Hey Brookie, come help me get more snacks" He climbs to his feet, taking a moment to stretch in his pyjamas.

"Only if we can get popcorn" Jake helps her up, only to be stopped by Chloe.

"Can you guys get me some Coke?" She asks sweetly, holding out her mug.

"Get it yourself" Brooke laughs, following Jake to the kitchen. With a groan, Chloe follows suit.

Rich, Jenna, Micheal and Jeremy are the only remaining people in the circle. They know they don't have a lot of time, so Rich jumps in to ask his question.

"Never have I ever, had a crush on my best friend!" Rich practically yells with excitement.

Both boys are struck with shock as Jenna bites back a laugh. Jeremy reacts first.
"Well i think of all of you as my best friends and I had a crush on Christine so~" he slowly lowers a finger.

While everyone is distracted by Jeremy's bullshit, Micheal discretely lowers a finger. He thinks no one noticed, but he's wrong. I noticed motherfucker. You think you're so slick, well guess that; I fucking see you.

Rich nearly screams in frustration. Jenna swoops in to save him by staring Jeremy dead in the eyes and asking, "Never have I ever had a crush on Micheal Mell"

Jeremy's trapped. If he runs, they'll know how he feels about Micheal. If he stays, they'll know how he feels about Micheal. If the others don't return in the next three seconds then he's fucked.

It's been three seconds. He reluctantly lowers a finger, having eye sex with the floor. He doesn't look up to see his friends' reactions. Luckily for us, I know exactly how they act.

Rich and Jenna discretely celebrate. Jenna claps her hands together, looking to Rich with a devious but satisfied grin. Rich covertly punches the air, trying to stop himself from yelling, "GAYYYYYYYYY!"

Micheal, on the other hand, doesn't react at all. He just stares at Jeremy's half closed hand in disbelief. He probably would've kept staring at Jeremy if Jenna didn't snap him back to reality.

"Earth to Micheal- we're doing the next question" Jenna pushes his shoulder, holding up her hands again. "Never have I ever had a crush on Jeremy Heere"

In the background, Rich lowers a finger without anyone noticing. But to quote Princess Diana's killer, we don't time to unpack all that.
Jeremy manages to lift his eye line from the floor, fixing them on Micheal's blushing face. Michael's eyes go wide. It's his turn to stare at the floor. Micheal sucks in his lips, going through the exact same thought process that Jeremy did.
He lowers a finger.

"Wait really?" Jeremy's voice cracks as he quickly speaks. 

Michael looks up. Terror and nerves mixed with general unease paint his face. He meets Jeremy's skeptical eyes. They're unable to break their frozen stare. Jenna and Rich exchange looks, unsure what to do now. They got the two boys to confess but now the room is just awkward.

Jenna smacks her lips.
"Hey Rich- why don't we go to the kitchen and see the others. Jeremy and Micheal might need a minute here"

"Good call" Rich gets to his feet, stopping before he leaves the room. "By the way, I have a six pack of condoms in my bag over there. Help yourselves"

Jenna grabs his arm and drags him to the kitchen.
That leaves the two friends staring at each other, unsure what to do now. Jeremy swallows and licks his lips, opening his mouth to speak before closing it. Micheal takes a breath and holds it. Someone has to say something. They can't just stew in this silence forever.

"Uh- should I speak first?" Micheal asks, unexplainably breathless.

"Y-yeah go for it"

"Um . . ." Michael doesn't know where to begin. He keeps getting distracted by Jeremy's face. Like seriously, how can a face be so distracting?
"Welp. There's no point beating around the bush here, right? I might as well go out and say it. I like you, Jeremy- obviously. I've liked you for a while and I never thought I'd tell you cause that shit can fuck up friendships"

"What shit fuks up friendships?" Jeremy asks.

"Feelings. Or emotions or whatever" Micheal's eyes now flicker down to Jeremy's slightly parted lips. Turns out lips are just as distracting as faces.
"Cause I have a lot of them, you know? For you specifically"
Shut up Micheal shut up Micheal shut up Micheal shut up Micheal shut up Micheal-

"Cool"

Michael can't help but chuckle. "Cool?"

"Yeah. I mean, it's pretty gay of you to like me, but I'm not complaining- or whatever" Jeremy can't help but smile a little, still nervous and panicked.

"So . . . you like me too?"

"Yeah. Yeah I really do"

Micheal laughs. Eyes scrunched closed, head tilted back laughter. It's maybe the most beautiful thing Jeremy has ever seen. He can't help but giggle along with his friend.
"I can't believe it took Jenna and Rich forcing us into a stupid sleepover game for us to confess"

"Tell me about it" Micheal adjusts his posture, subconsciously leaning forward. Jeremy notices and leans in too.

Micheal's jaw hangs open as he tries to find words.
"I want to kiss you- if that's okay"

Jeremy can only nod.
"Y-yeah. That's pretty very really okay"

Michael cautiously closes the distance between them. Their lips touch. It's not a perfect kiss- Jeremy manages to get pressed against Micheal's glasses and they're both in a panicked disbelief that this is actually happening, but this is perfect for them. Even though the chaste kiss lasts only a few seconds, it's the longest few seconds of their lives. They're kissing. Actually kissing. They pull back, unsure what to do next.

Jeremy can't help but smile as micheal's eyes sparkle behind his glasses.
"So . . ."

"We should date right?" Micheal asks hurriedly.

"I'm down if you're down"

"Totally"

Jenna and Rich high five from the other side of the living room door. It only took three years of oblivious pining and two weeks of crafty planning, but they did it.

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I'll admit, it's not my best work but I was eager to post and I like the idea behind this chapter.

My posts have been less frequent lately, but I promise I've been working on some pretty cool things so it shall be worth it.

Anyways! You are the single most beautiful person I've ever seen and you deserve nothing less than the absolute best

- Avery