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VICTOR TOOK A DEEP BREATH. He steadied himself for a moment as he looked up at the house. He knew he was in the right place. He was sure of it. He had no idea what to say, but he wasn't going to back down. So, with one more deep breath in an attempt to calm his nerves enough so that he could hopefully say the right thing, he rang the doorbell.
"Hi," he said with a small smile. His smile faded the moment he realized how stupid what had just left his mouth was. The boy in front of Victor let out a sigh as he looked Victor up and down. He nodded as he looked at the ground. He bit his lip.
Victor took in Benji's appearance. He looked like he had been hit by a train. His eyes were glazed over by tears, and they were red and a little puffy. His hair was more of a jostled mess than it was after Victor was done playing with it when they would cuddle. It hurt Victor to see how much he had hurt Benji. He felt like an ass.
"Look, Vick, I don't know what you're doing here, but I don't want to see you," Benji said as he began to shut the door, but Victor stopped the door with his hand.
"Give me five minutes. Please?" Victor asked as his voice wavered a bit, "Just hear me out, please?" Victor basically pleaded. Benji's eyes met Victor's. He slowly opened his door and gestured for Victor to come inside. Victor smiled a bit as he stepped into the house. It gave him hope. Benji led them throughout the house and into his room. Victor assumed his parents were home, and he wanted some level of privacy.
"You've got like four minutes now," Benji said as he hugged himself and leaned against the wall. Victor fiddled with his hands as he looked at Benji. All he wanted to do was hug him, but he could tell that, at least for the moment, he shouldn't.
"I wasn't completely sure I was going to get this far if I'm being honest, but... Look, nothing was going on with Raheem before tonight. He was just being a good friend, or that's what I thought was happening. He kissed me after you left, and then he left. And if I'm being honest, I had to clear my head. I overthink everything. You know that... Felix and I talked. Honestly what he told me to do was cheesy as hell, but it worked," Victor trailed off as he looked up at Benji, "Benji, you're my world. I want to go to prom with you. I want to do the long-distance thing in college. I want...," Victor sucked in a breath. Tears were threatening to spill, and he didn't exactly want to cry in that particular moment, "I know we both have things we need to work on, but I want to. I want to figure this out. I'm in love with you."
Benji stared at Victor out of a mix of emotions, but it was killing Victor. He poured his heart out and it was followed by nothing but silence. It was terrifying until it wasn't. Benji took a step closer to Victor and pulled him into a tight embrace. Victor returned it as he buried his nose in Benji's shoulder. The tears he could no longer hold back flowed freely from his eyes getting Benji's nice shirt wet.
"I want this to," Benji said as he pulled back and rested his forehead against Victor's.
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VICTOR WAS NERVOUS. He and Raheem hadn't spoken since the wedding, and while he was almost sure the taller guy could get the hint, he felt like he needed to talk to him. He wanted to let him know that it wasn't Raheem's, or anyone's fault really, and he still wanted to be somewhat of a friend to Raheem. Of course, it wouldn't be easy, and it probably was going to be tense for a while, he hoped they could work through it eventually.
"Can we talk?" Victor asked as he walked up to Raheem and Pilar.
"I had to go anyway," Pilar said before walking off.
"I just wanted to let you know that Benji and I are trying to work things out. I wanted to let you know before you see us together," Victor said as he ran a hand through his hair.
"Thanks," Raheem said with a tight smile, "I'm gonna go now," He said quickly as he basically fled. Victor grimaced. He had hoped things wouldn't have been quite as awkward as they were. His frown turned into a smile as Benji walked up to him. The two joined hands as they walked through the hallways.
Victor knew it wouldn't be easy, but maybe they would be able to survive Creekwood and everything else going on in their lives.
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I wrote this to get over my season 2 finale anger. This isn't necessarily how I think it is going to go, but this is most definitely how I want it to go.
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