b y y o u r s i d e

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Alex was in a pretty bad mood now, he was mad at himself for acting "weird". even though it didn't bother Simon at all. but the turtle boy couldn't tell him how bad he wanted to hug  again. he stared at the ground as Alex was packing their stuff in to leave. Simon was the first to speak again, he was kind of worried, noticing his freind's weird behavior  "Alex...are you alright..?". he didn't react. not that he was ignoring him on purpose or to get attention, he was actually way too absorbed by his thoughts to even hear what Simon had asked. "ALEX!"

eventually, he snapped out of it "huh ? what's up??". Simon was concerned, he tried to understand what was going on "are you alright??". Alex scratched the back of his neck nervously, he wasn't looking at his friend "yeah ?". the ninja turtle sighed, he had understood what Alex was so nervous about, but he didn't know what to do to show him his actual feelings towards these "weird actions", since that would make him admit his love for Alex, at least indirectly. "crap," he thought "I need to make him comfortable again..."

"we're goin' now Simon" he got a nod back as agreement and the black haired boy got closer to his friend, ready to go. he seemed excited but he was actually trying to calm the atmosphere, since it was so heavy. Alex tried not to be rude by completely ignoring Simon's actions, like his cute smile or...no actually that's all, so he smiled back. but this smile wasn't the usual warm  Alex smile, it was fake, and Simon knew.

they had been walking for about an hour now and yet still none of them has been saying a word. Simon replayed all their adventures in his head. it caused him to feel a little nostalgic, but mostly, it made him realize how deeply he loved his friend, platonically or not. that gave him the strenght to make a move. he slipped closer to Alex, even closer than he already was, and damn, that was close, close in the gay way. he then made his fingers brush against Alex his, it was already too much for the short boy, but he tried his best to act confident. he had to cheer his friend, no matter what that would make him feel.

Alex jumped a bit, the surprise made him drop his guard, and the butterflies were back, for both of the two. Alex groaned, he didn't want that. not that he didn't like the feeling, but his negative thoughts were taking over again. Simon was done, he couldn't see Alex like this. he grabbed his friend's arm and faced him, looking right into his eyes "WHAT-?? A-AM I NOT CUTE ANYMORE??". a few seconds had passed in silence, Alex was still looking at Simon, he was blushing, but he was mostly surprised. Simon took a little step back and let his friend's arm go, covering his mouth with embarrassement. "I..."

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