Maybe more than friends?

Chapter 2 - he changed/the kiss

-Atlas's POV-

I woke up the next day, I didn't want to get up for school, so I just layed on my side and hugged my knees. I was about to cry again re-thinking yesterday until i heard my roommates soft calming voice say

"Hey, you awake?"
"Y-yea-" I mumbled with a slight stutter
"You doing ok?"
"I-I'm not sure-.." I said truthfully
"Is there anything I can do do help you feel better?" He asked. I stayed silent for a bit while thinking

'Why is he so nice to me..' I felt tears escape my eyes and fall down my cheeks. He soon noticed and sat next to me "hey, it's gonna be alright, im here" he said reassuringly, I sit up and hug him tightly, he returns the hug and starts running his hands through my hair. After about 5 minutes I stop crying,

"I-I'm sorry-.." I mumble quietly
"What for?"
"I-I'm being a burden- I-I don't deserve your kindness-.."
"Everyone deserves kindness, even you, especially you, your my friend and I'll do anything for you". I start to tear up again as he says it. He places his hand on my cheek and wipes a tear away,
"It's alright, don't worry"

-time skip-

I finally got out of bed just in time to get to my first class. I take a seat somewhere near the back. I lay my head on the desk hoping no one notices me. about ten minutes after class starts a group of people enter the classroom

"Your late." The teacher tells them with annoyance. I kept my head down until I heard a familiar voice
"Yea yea, we got uh- distracted" the voice said, I lift my head up to see who said it. It was Colton- 'Colton never got to class late, he was always on time, and he always told the truth, what happened to him-? It's like he's a different person-'.

They all take their seats in the corner of the classroom. I put my head back down and tried to even harder not to cry. After a half hour of class of continuously hearing his voice I couldn't take it anymore, I got up and ran out of the room with tears flooding out of my eyes
"Mr. atlas!" I heard the teacher yell as I ran through the hallways to my dorm.

Once I got to the dorm I sat in the
corner, I hugged my knees while crying. A few moments later my roommate walks into the room while talking to someone, as he saw me he stopped talking. He turned around to the other person and told them something as he closed the door. He sad down next to me,

"Hey, I'm here now, what's wrong?" He said. Just hearing his voice seemed to calm me down a bit, though my breathing was still shaky it seemed to get more steady. "H-him- he- talking-" I couldn't get the words out of my mouth, all I could get out was those three words, somehow he understood what I meant. Suddenly he hugged me, I froze for a moment then hugged him, soon after the tears stopped and I was left there just hugging him and him hugging me.

I sat there thinking 'colton never comforted me like this when I was sad, he just sat there and told me "your being a baby, there's better things to do than cry, now get up, I want to do something" it hurts to realize he only cared about himself, I'm just glad I found someone who actually cares..'

I smiled slightly and looked up at him
"T-thanks.." I said. He ruffled up my hair. "Anytime shortie" he said in response as he chucked
"I-I'm not that short!-" I exclaimed and looked away, making him laugh a little.

"Would u like me to stay longer?" He asked, I nodded my head still looking away. He gently grabbed my chin and tilted it up just enough so we were staring into each other's eyes, he looked at my lips for a second and hesitated just for a second then let go of my chin.

"Sorry" he said while rubbing the back of his neck. I didn't know what to do, he looked like he wanted to kiss me, part of me wanted for him to kiss me as well. I felt like I had to do something.
Suddenly I my body moved as if it moved on its own and I kiss his cheek. I froze for a second while I processed what happened while a light row of blush appeared across my face. He looked at me once again,
"Can I kiss you?" He asked, I nodded my head. I felt his lips press into mine, I blushed more and melted into the kiss.

(I'm just gonna leave y'all at that cuz why not, also sorry if it moved a bit fast, it felt right I guess? Idk, and don't mention the fact that they still don't know each others names -.-, they will tell each-other their names the next day hopefully lol anyway hope u enjoyed the chapter!)