Brothers Best Friend (Vinnie Hacker)

Chapter 6

its been a couple hours and most of us are feeling a bit better so we decide to play uno, Vinnie and I against Chase and Jaden.

we have not talked about what happened at breakfast.

*time skip to when we have played some time*

"haha, we won again, take that Losers" Jaden says jumping around as they beat us for the second time.

"okay guys, i can't take this tension between you guys anymore, if Jaden and i win another round you, Riley, have to do 7 minutes in heaven with Jaden, so you guys can figure this out" Chases says collecting the cards

"there's nothing to figure out, I'm never talking to him again" i say, taking a sip of my cup.

"come on Riley, how old are you fr?" Jaden says, mixing the cards.

"16, actually, but fine, let's do it, but if me and Vinnie win, i won't ever have to talk to Jaden again"

"fine" jaden says shaking my hand

we lost..

"fuck!" Vinnie says as he smashes his hand down on the table.

"what are you so pressed about?" jaden asks

"haha very funny Jaden, you know what usually happens at 7 minutes in heaven, right?"

"yeah of course"

"alright, come on Jaden" i said getting up and heading towards the dark closet.

"now, can you please tell me why you got mad at me at first?" i confront

"his comment on your post about me"

"omg, come on Jaden, he did not mean it like that"

"did you see the heart Riley?"

"yes of course i did, he does that after every sentence"

"i also heard him asking you to be his girlfriend, what did you say, huh?"

"i said no, Jaden, i did not want to get into anything with him before i had cleared everything with you" i was about to cry...

"really, im so sorry Riley, i should've listened to you" he said as he broke down in my arms.

"hey Jaden, its fine, okay. we can put all of this behind us and be friends"

"friends?"

"Best friends"

"best friends?"

"besties even if that's what you want it to be"

"okay, he dried away his tears

"god i really wanna kiss you right now" i whispered turning away

"well, why dont you do it? i wont snitch"

"okay, one last kiss before all of this ends and we go to just being friends"

"Riley," he whispered, his voice soft, carrying a mixture of longing and resignation.

"Jaden," I replied, my voice mirroring his.

In that moment, time seemed to suspend, and everything around us faded into insignificance. The weight of unspoken words hung between us, a silent plea to hold onto the magic we had briefly tasted.

Leaning in, our lips met in a kiss that was both tender and passionate. It was a culmination of emotions we had danced around, a culmination of the unspoken desire that had simmered beneath the surface.

As we pulled away, our foreheads rested against each other, our breaths mingling in the night air. A shared sigh escaped, a mingling of regret and acceptance.

"We should go back, they probably forgot about the time" Jaden finally said, his voice tinged with a mix of reluctance and understanding.

"Yeah," I agreed, my heart heavy but knowing that this was the right path.

"I think I need to go home now" Chase says as we meet in the kitchen

"yeah, me too" Jaden says

"bye guys" i say as I hug them both

"we are going to the mall, anybody wanna come?" Ryland says

"sure" i say

"yeah, me too" Vinnie says

it's really fun in the mall, me and Vinnie eat ice and i buy some clothes and other stuff.

we go into some toy store and it's like everybody is 5 years old again, some of the boys run around playing light sword fight, the girls are looking at dolls, and its honestly really fun.

as we go out of the mall again Fletcher notices us.

"hi Vinnie and Riley, the fans wanna know, are you guys dating?" 

"hi Fletcher, maybe" i say as i get into the car.

"that was kinda mean" VInnie says

"why, i don't want a journalist to tell it to the whole world, i wanna do it myself when we maybe become an actual thing" i say 

"have you seen TiktokRoom?" Kio says and hands me his phone

"new couple on the way, and a picture of us eating ice" i say as i laugh

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heyyy. sry for the short chapter