the love triangle trope, but it's actually a triangle

couch thrate!

zubin wasn't sure if he liked knowing how they all liked each other. sitting in between rob and andrew on the couch, he was now hyper aware of everything they did that showed how they were into each other.

andrew was very close to him. much closer than rob was, who seemed like he kept trying to get farther and farther away from him. he could barely pay attention to the show itself.

rob pointed at the screen. "that's so dumb."

"i know right?" andrew responded. "none of this even makes sense."

"i told you." zubin stretched, discreetly putting his arms on the back of the couch to bring the two of them closer. he couldn't tell if they noticed, deciding to keep his eyes laser focused on the screen. "this show is dumb."

it was obvious that andrew noticed. he leaned into it, now laying his head on zubin's shoulder. "i didnt expect it to be this dumb."

if zubin was still oblivious, he would've taken this as something simple. andrew was close enough with him to lay his head on his shoulder, and that's all it was. but he was pretty sure andrew liked him, and he knew he liked andrew back. he became flustered, wondering if he should take his arms back.

rob, again, did not do anything very noticeable. but zubin was pretty sure he moved away some. maybe zubin wasnt very good at this. he's never attempted to discreetly flirt with another man. he thinks he's flirting. just very discreet...

"do you guys want some like,,," you could hear the new nervousness in rob's voice. "some popcorn? i can make some. it'd make this more bearable."

"do we have popcorn?" zubin mumbled.

"i think so..." andrew said. "let's take a mental break and get some snacks."

zubin nodded and paused the show. he stood up and stretched, the other two following suit. they all stumbled to the kitchen, looking around for the popcorn. andrew took out a drink from the fridge and looked around. "hey, where'd joe and ross go? i haven't seen them today."

zubin shrugged and rob shook his head. "joe told me they were going somewhere but i forgot where and why."

"oh cool." andrew took a sip of his drink. "we have the house to ourselves, then."

zubin nodded, thinking about that fact. he wondered if the other two found that as daunting as he did. did he really want to spend this precious alone time with them just watching a tv show none of them like?

he watched the popcorn spin in the microwave as rob and andrew talked about something. thinking about it, ross probably made joe go somewhere with him so the three could be alone. it wasn't a far fetched idea. he was sure ross would make more time for them later on, but he didn't want to squander what he had now.

his next train of out loud thought was very impulsive, coming out before he even noticed. "do you guys wanna make a pillow fort?"

rob and andrew looked over at him as the microwave beeped loudly. zubin took the bowl out as rob snickered. "is that what you were thinking about? you looked really deep in thought for a while. didn't want to scare you by saying anything to you."

"oh sorry, i wasn't,,, it just popped into my head." he threw some popcorn in his mouth. "but doesn't that sound fun?"

andrew smiled and nodded. "it does sound fun! we should do it."

"oh seriously?" rob looked between the two of them. "like,, actually?"

zubin shrugged, popping a popcorn in his mouth. "why not?"