Falling For My BestFriend

Chapter 07

The next morning Kevin was woken up by loud knocks on his door. He groaned and rolled over, smashing his face into his pillow and continued to snore.

"Kevin, dear. Wake up, James is downstairs." Kevin's mom's voice rang out from the other side of the door and his eyes shot wide open as he scrambled out of bed in shock.

"What is he doing here?" Kevin yelled while grabbing clothes and a towel from his wardrobe.

"He said he came to pick you up for breakfast before school." She answered before leaving to go back downstairs.

Kevin hurried to the bathroom to take a quick shower and get ready. He was done in twenty minutes and made sure his hair looked good before running down the stairs and almost tripping down in the process.

"Careful there." James said coming over to stand at the bottom of the stairs with a small nervous smile.

"Hi" Kevin mumbled, embarrassed. He was sure that when he faced James again he would give him the cold shoulder but now when he's standing right in front of him all he wanted to do was hug him.

After a couple of moments of awkward silence James had enough of it and grabbed Kevin's hand to pull him into his chest in a hug that made Kevin sigh in relief and wrap his arms around James' back.

"I'm so sorry Kevin. I swear I didn't mean to cancel on you or leave you hanging like that but my phone died before I could explain and then when I finally charged it you wouldn't answer and I'm just really sorry." He explained, his neck still buried in Kevin's neck and arms tightly holding the smaller boy to his chest.

Kevin recurrently pulled away from the hug but James made sure he was still holding his hands tightly, refusing to let go of them.

"But why did you have to cancel?" Kevin asked, still confused about the situation.

"Come on let's sit" James said and led Kevin to the couch where they sat, hands still tightly intertwined.

"I was getting ready to come pick you up when Rex called me." James started making Kevin frown in distaste.

"He told me his dad collapsed." Kevin's eyes widened in shock and his whole being became consumed with guilt.

"W-what? Is he okay?" Kevin stammered in shock.

"Yes he's better now but he was rushed to the hospital and Rex had no idea what to do since he doesn't know anyone here except me and my mom." More guilt clawed at Kevin for being so stupid and petty.

"I'm sorry" He murmured and James frowned in confusion. "Why are you sorry?"

"Because I'm stupid. I was upset for no good reason and instead of thinking rationally I ignored your texts and calls and I even agreed to that-" Kevin shut his mouth realizing he was about to tell James about the dinner with Mary.

"You agreed to what?" James asked before adding, "You're not stupid, Kevin. You had every right to be upset."

"No I didn't" Kevin muttered and ignored James's question.

"Kevin," James said.

"Yes?"

"What did you agree to?"

"Nothing" Kevin said and looked at him with big, innocent eyes.

James smirked and grabbed Kevin's chin tilting his head and bent down until there was only an inch of distance in between their faces. Kevin's breath hitched and his eyes widened as he looked into James's shimmering green eyes.

"Tell me." James whispered, bringing his other hand to softly stroke Kevin's cheek and rubbing his lower lip with the pad of his thumb.

"I...I agreed to the dinner." Kevin admitted, his heart racing in his chest and James smiled in victory, letting his hands drop from Kevin's face before frowning in confusion.

"What dinner?"

"You weren't answering my calls so I got mad and then Mary asked about dinner and I may have said yes instead of refusing." Kevin meekly said as his embarrassment of being stupid grew.

"You went on a date with her?" James asked with a clenched jaw, his eyes blazing with hidden anger at the girl who was chasing Kevin.

"Nonono! It wasn't a date!" Kevin said, frantically moving his hands to emphasize his point, making James turn to him with a tiny smile, his anger slowly disappearing because of his adorable Kevin who was staring at him with wide eyes, begging him to believe him.

"Oh yeah?" James said and looped his arm around Kevin's waist, pulling him closer to him until their legs were pressed together and Kevin's hands fell on his chest. "Then what was it?"

"I don't know. I was bored okay! And she left halfway anyway saying I wasn't paying attention to her or something." Kevin pouted while rolling his eyes.

"And why weren't you paying attention hmm?" James asked while nuzzling his face in Kevin's neck making the latter laugh a little as it tickled.

"Cause I was too upset." Kevin murmured and James pulled away from his neck with a small frown and lifted his hand to stroke Kevin's cheek in a comforting gesture.

"I thought you'd rather hang out with Rex then me." Kevin confessed and hid his face in James's shoulder.

"Kevin, you're my best friend, you know that?" James asked and Kevin hummed snuggling closer. "And you're also my favorite person in the whole entire world. No one can ever take your place."

"Really?"

"Really. I promise and you know I always keep my promises." James said and moved away so he could look Kevin in the eye.

"Come on, let's go now or we'll be late." James said looking at the time.

"I thought you told my mom you picked me up for breakfast. I'm hungry! Are you taking me to school while I'm starving!" Kevin whined and while James dragged him to the door with his hand.

"Niiiic! Answer meeee! I'm hungry!" Kevin yelled and the neighbor who was collecting her mail shot him a glare which made him turn red in embarrassment and stop talking.

"Look what you did!" He whispered to James.

"Forget the old lady and sit in the car." James said with an amused smile and opened the door for Kevin.

Kevin huffed but followed James's instructions and sat in the passenger seat while his best friend went to sit in the driver's seat.

Kevin was surprised to see a box of his favorite donuts sitting in the car along with two coffees.

"Oh..." Kevin murmured embarrassed of his earlier actions while James laughed, "Did you really think I wasn't going to feed you?"

Kevin shrugged his shoulders but smiled at James in thanks and grabbed a chocolate covered donut.

"Mhmm this is so good!" Kevin said after swallowing his bite.

"Can you feed me? I have to start driving now or else we'll be late." James asked and Kevin nodded.

"Which one do you want?" He asked as James started driving.

"The one you're eating." James said with a tiny smirk as Kevin's eyes widened.

"Oh.. okay." He said and slowly moved his half eaten donut towards James's mouth. James took a bite of it, licked his lips and nodded in satisfaction.

The rest of the ride was spent with them sharing the donuts and drinking their coffees. When they arrived at the school's parking lot they had a couple of minutes to spare so they continued to slowly eat and Kevin let James eat himself much to the latter's dismay.

"You have some chocolate near your mouth. Kevin." James chuckled and Kia stuck his tongue out to his best friend before kicking his lips to get rid of the chocolate.

"No, not there." James continued to laugh before raising his hand and softly cupping Kevin's chin. He rubbed off the chocolate with his thumb before moving it towards Kevin's mouth.

"Here." He murmured and Kevin looked at him in a daze, slowly parting his lips to wrap them around James's thumb and l*****g off the sweet chocolate.

James looked at him intensely, his eyes never leaving Kevin's flushed face and his other hand raising to cup Kevin's other cheek as well.

"Kevin..." James whispered moving closer.

Then the bell rang and James's hands dropped from Kevin's cheeks and he awkwardly cleared his throat.

"We should go or else we'll be late." He said and Kevin mutely nodded both of them getting out of the car.

Just as Kevin was about to walk away James pulled him back into his arms and tightly hugged him.

"I'll see you in math yeah?" He said and Kevin smiled at him.

"Yeah."

James grinned at him after they pulled away and they both hurriedly made their way to homeroom.

"Good morning." Noelle greeted Kevin with a bright smile as he sat down.

"Morning." Kevin mumbled his mind still distracted with James.

"Guess what, guess what?" Noelles asked, bouncing in her seat.

"What?" Kevin asked curiously.

"Leon and I went on a date! And it was amazing!" She said and Kevin smiled, happy for her even if deep down he was hoping that she and Arthur would end up together.

"That's great Noelle. I'm really happy for you." He said and she beamed at him before looking at the front where Arthur walked in late.

After getting a few words from the teacher he sat next to them and greeted them. Kevin waited for Noelle to tell him about her date but she kept quiet and instead asked him about his game which was in two weeks.

"I'm really excited. It's the first game of the season and it's going to be Halloween so then after we can go to the party." He grinned and Kevin nodded as well with an excited smile. Kevin loved Halloween and this kid in Arthur's soccer team threw the best Halloween parties at his house.

Kevin even got James to dress up with him every single time and he's been thinking about their costume for awhile now.

"Oh and apparently this year they decided to throw a huge party after the game so both teams will be present." Noelle said and Arthur frowned.

"Ugh I hate those jerks." He bitterly said and Kevin awkwardly cleared his throat because Leon was part of "those jerks" and Noelle didn't seem too happy.

"I don't understand why you hate them so much. They always played fair." She stated and Arthur scoffed.

"Your little "boyfriend" was the one who confronted me after a game and punched me with half his team backing him up so don't talk like I'm the bad guy here." Arthur growled.

"He said you were the one who went after something that was his." Noelle muttered and Arthur's eyebrows furrowed in confusion.

"I have no idea what the f**k that guy has been telling you because I didn't even know anything about him other then his name before that night." Arthur said and Kevin was left confused.

Something wasn't adding up.

He remembered the night Leon had punched Arthur, he and James had been there and prevented the fight from getting worse but he did remember Arthur's confusion as to why he was getting hit. And ever since that day the rivalry between the teams had grown to them throwing insults at each other every time they played.

And what did he mean by Arthur going after something that was his?

"I don't know. I'll ask him again." Noelle said and Arthur only grunted, turning around to grab his phone.

"Kevin." Noelle said, turning to her friend.

"Mhm?"

"Do you want to go Halloween shopping with me?" She asked with puppy eyes.

"You know I always go with James." Kevin said but he felt a little bit guilty while saying no to her.

"Awh man!" She groaned. "My sister is going with her friends and Leon already has a costume. I hate shopping alone."

"I'll go with you." Arthur grumbled from where he was sitting and Noelle beamed at him.

"Thank you Arthur!" She exclaimed before reaching across her desk to ruffle his hair.

"Whatever." He replied still ticked about before but there was a hint of a smile on his face as he looked at his gorgeous best friend.

Kevin looked at them and hoped that one day they would be able to be together. He didn't know how he didn't see Arthur's feelings before. He was always so protective of Noelle and every time a guy approached her he would scare them away. One time there was this girl who wanted to go out with Noelle on a date and when Arthur found out he scared her away as well.

Kevin thought it was because he was protecting her from getting hurt but now he knows that he just didn't want her to date someone which honestly was quite selfish of him. But he knew that even Arthur didn't realize what he was doing.

The bell rang, bringing Kevin out of his thoughts and he said goodbye to his friends and made his way to math class. When he entered both James and Rex were already there and laughing quite loudly about something.

Kevin smiled and ignored the churning feeling in his stomach. He made his way next to James but his best friend was far too busy laughing to even notice. Kevin frowned and pulled the chair rather obnoxiously which made the laughing boys turn to him because of the squeaking of the chair.

"Oh Hi Kevin." James smiled at him and Kia only huffed out a hello.

"Hey Kevin. Sorry for making James cancel your guys plans yesterday." Rex said with guilt.

"It's okay. Is your dad feeling better?" Kevin asked genuinely concerned. He was only annoyed at James for not noticing him as soon as he entered the classroom like usual.

"Yes he's feeling much better and Luciana is taking care of him today till he gets discharged." Rex answered and Kevin was surprised.

"Your mom skipped work?" He asked James.

"Yeah I know it's shocking." James nodded.

"I think they have something going on." Rex said with a smirk and both boys looked at him with wide eyes.

"You actually think they're together?" James asked and Rex chuckled.

"Did you see how worried your mom was yesterday? And dad was so embarrassed that your mom had to see him that way. And she even sent me to school when I said I'll stay with him." Rex explained.

"Now that I think about it my mom was hovering over your dad." James chuckled and then both boys divided into what happened yesterday in detail between their parents.

Kevin wanted to say something but he didn't know what since he wasn't there with them yesterday so kept quiet and worked on his math sheet while the boys continued to talk about it.

James had grabbed Kevin's hand under the table like usual but Kevin's hand remained limp. All those thoughts were rushing back to him despite James reassuring him that morning.

He just couldn't help but feel...jealous.