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[sub]Starring [color=35996b]Archer[/color] | [color=851309]Kavan[/color] [/sub][/center]
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[color=silver][color=35996B]“Hey dude.”[/color]

At the sound of Archer's unmistakable voice, Kavan's head suddenly snapped up, his eyebrows raised in momentary surprise. At a loss for words, the young man simply nodded his head in greeting as he watched his oldest friend take the empty seat across from him. Kavan soon found his palms sweating from nervousness as the two sat in silence for a brief second; they began to sweat even more when Archer finally opened his mouth to speak. The glare from the sun now fell full on his face, which was serene, placid, his usual mask of supreme indifference; Kavan unflinchingly stared back into the boy's eyes as he spoke, desperately trying not to show just how jumbled his mind was at that very moment. It wasn't until about a minute after Archer had finished speaking that Kavan had finally collected his thoughts and began to air everything out.

[color=851309]"Archer..."[/color] Kavan began as he let out a breath he didn't even know he'd been holding, [color=851309]"Man... the feelings have always been there. [i]My feelings[/i] for you. You didn't do anything that I haven't been wanting you to do for what feels like forever."[/color] As Kavan talked, he found himself studying the other boy's facial expressions, anxious to see how he'd react. But despite the nervousness, Kavan sucked in another breath and continued on. [color=851309]"I really [i]really[/i] like you too, Archer. I have for a long time, and what happened yesterday was... amazing. Never in a million years would I wish to take any of that back. The only reason things happened the way they did was because of me being scared. Of what we've potentially ruined... and of my parents, you know? I mean, I almost lose my mind just thinking about what they'd say or [i]do[/i] if they ever found out that they have a [i]bisexual[/i] son."[/color]

Archer bit his lower lip in response to Kavan’s last comment and slowly removed his hand and let it rest together with his other hand in his lap under the table. He concentrated on Kavan’s face as he tried to steady his breath. So he was [i]scared[/i], if anyone could understand it would be Archer. Hell he spent most of his early teens being scared: of his dad, his reputation or being pushed around. 

[color=35996B]“Look… Van”[/color] he started before falling silent again. [color=35996B]“I get it… you know I- i- i- i- really do.”[/color] Archer stuttered as he took uneven breaths. He couldn't believe what was about to come out of his mouth. But he had fought too hard and too long to come out of his closet he was not up for getting into someone else’s. [color=35996B]“But…”[/color] He locked his jaw in determination. [color=35996B]“I can’t be someone’s secret…”[/color] he let out and looked up at Kavan eyes shining in desperation.

[color=851309]"But you don't have to be a secret,"[/color] Kavan said, unintentionally raising his voice. The young man took a quick, sheepish glance at the librarian, who'd shot him a look of warning, before continuing in his normal tone. [color=851309]"I mean... not to anyone else. My sister... Amoli. She already knows. She was the first one to know, actually. And it's not like I care about what anyone in this damn school thinks about me or has to say about my personal life. This could still work, Archer."[/color] 

Archer sat silent for a moment contemplating what Kavan had just said. He knotted his eyebrows together and smiled tight lipped. [color=35996B]“But…”[/color] he began before falling silent in thought again. [color=35996B]“So, we could just never be at your place? Or… Amoli would be like our look out and make a bird call as soon as your parents would get home?”[/color] 

Of course, at the thought of Amoli having to make strange noises whenever she needed to warn Kavan and Archer, the young man let out a brief chuckle and shook his head. Because he knew that, while his sister had done them a solid the day before, there was a slim chance that she would ever be willing to act as their "look-out." Hell, she'd probably try to convince Kavan to come out to his parents before she ever did anything of the sort. [color=851309]"Look, my parents already know that we've been friends for a few years,"[/color] Kavan finally said after giving it a little thought, [color=851309]"And they know that you've been to our house multiple times. They literally welcome you in with open arms. I don't see why anything has to change when you do come over, except for the fact that we'd have to be a little more... careful. You know, so Amoli wouldn't have to start practicing her bird calling skills."[/color]

A big sigh left Archer as he straightened in his seat. [color=35996B]“Look no one wants this to work more than me dude…”[/color] he looked around the near empty library. [color=35996B]“I just don’t want you to feel weird around your parents because of me.”[/color] he stood up and walked around to the same side as Kavan and sat down in the chair next to him. [color=35996B]“But if you’re sure… I want to make this work.”[/color] Archer smiled and grabbed Kavan’s hand as he leaned in and planted a small kiss on the dark boys lips.

[color=851309]"Okay, so it’s settled, then,”[/color] Kavan said with a wide grin after pulling away from Archer’s lips, [color=851309]“[i]We’re going to make this work[/i].”[/color]
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