Growing Together

ForthBeam: Sincere

Between the two, Forth was definitely the more sentimental and romantic one. Beam knew that, and he had never once tried to deny it, but there were moments that he could be romantic and cute—or so Forth said. Still, there were times that he'd overheard Forth's friends question their relationship.

'Aren't you just getting carried away on your own, Forth?'

'Beam doesn't even seem to like you. Are you sure he didn't just agree so you'd leave him alone?'

'That is probably it! I mean we haven't seen you go look for him as much as before.'

'Yeah, what kind of boyfriend doesn't want to spend time with his significant other?'

Remembering those words always hurt him a little more every time. He knew he wasn't exactly the romantic type. Sure, he had dated before but he had never really loved any of them. So, to naturally act on his feelings was different than faking them. Forth always made him feel special and teased him in a way that left him a feeling a little warm inside. He was also a little scared because even now, Forth was slowly consuming his mind when he wasn't supposed to be.

"Easy there, it's not that difficult of a worksheet," P'Oh said getting a little taken aback by Beam—who had decided to smack his cheeks would urge him to focus.

"Yeah...sorry, I was falling asleep," Beam lied as he pretended to yawn just to really sell it.

Beam and Oh had been seated at a table on the second floor of the lounge area within their department building—it had been their usual place to study and go over the materials for the next class. Becoming a doctor, always seemed like such a dream to many of the students that had come into this program, but the reality of it was that it was a lot of work. They were constantly drowning in new materials, projects, and exams. If he wasn't so determined to become a doctor, he would have given up long ago.

Every now and then he'd look towards his friend, Oh. The guy was just as focused as him, he supposed that was what had made them get along so well. They both had a goal in mind and were so unwilling to deviate from it. Beam had only lowered his eyes back to his worksheet tried his best to get back on track.

However, the small little commotion from the ground floor, had Oh's eyes deviating down only to spot what had the girls so excited. "Hey, isn't that your boyfriend?" the moment P'Oh had spoken up, that had Beam losing focus yet again, and looking in the direction P'Oh was looking. There he saw Forth getting caught up by the girls in their department, all eager to say 'Hi' to the ever so friendly and kind Engineer upperclassman.

Beam should have been used to this by now, he knew Forth had always been a people magnet. He was handsome, kind, and gentle with people, that was just who he was as a person. However, Beam had never known he could be so jealous over someone either, so it was troubling him to see the way women clung to his boyfriend or the way they smiled at him or even called his name.

However, before Beam could snap the pencil in his hand Oh had pulled his attention away. "Are you seriously dating that guy?" He asked him as he looked down at Forth trying to excuse himself once he had spotted them. "I thought you hated him?"

"I never hated him," Beam had said honestly. He may have thought him to be an overly confident guy, annoying even, but never had he hated the man. He had just thought they were too different to be considered friends. Forth had always been openly gay, while Beam had been closeted and honestly, overly focused on his career to have wanted to give dating a priority in his life.

"You both are an odd match," Oh said honestly as he watched Forth reach the top stairs and disappear behind the bookshelves trying to make his way around to them.

"I know," Beam said setting the poor pencil down to mark his place in his workbook before he was standing up from his seat when he saw Forth peak out from around the shelves. He couldn't help but let a small smile slip onto his face as he saw his boyfriend wave at him quietly and point at the bag in his hand as he mouthed 'I brought you lunch'. "But I like him," Beam said excusing himself to make his way to Forth, with a regained scowl.

"What are you doing here?" Beam had said to Forth as he crossed his arms against his chest.

"You're not going home, tonight, right? So, I brought you dinner," Forth said with a smile as he reached a hand out to caress Beam's cheek. Since the touch wasn't unwelcomed, Forth had leaned in to steal a kiss from him.

At that, Beam had reacted with a slap to his arm and a pinch to his side, "Nasty! We are in a library, learn to keep your hands to yourself." His cheeks had turned red.

Forth, had only laughed despite the light ticklish feeling left behind in his arm and the burning in his side. Instead, he had reached his hand out to hold Beam's hand and lace their fingers together as he said, "Come on, the food is getting cold."

"Fine, only for a little bit. I still have a lot to cover," Beam said letting himself be pulled along, and when Forth had turned Beam couldn't help but let a small smile slip onto his face.

P'Oh couldn't help but sign as he leaned his head into his palm as he watched the two disappear around the corner. "Everyone is so stupidly in love." He said shaking his head, though, in reality, he was happy for his friend. Forth was an idiot, but Beam always seemed happy to see that tower.