Could it be Love?

Chapter 8: Gay with a Side Dish of Angst

Ranboo POV:

It couldn't just be platonic attraction, could it?

It wouldn't make any sense to be platonic.

Just moments ago I was kissing him !

Friends don't just kiss !

It has to be romantic.

But what if he doesn't feel the same way?

What if he only kissed back because he felt bad?

What if he just wants to trick me? Make me think he loves me so he can break my heart for letting Tubbo find out?

Nonononono not good. I have to stop this.

I need to push these feelings down.

I don't want him to feel pressured into a relationship in case he doesn't actually love me.

I can't risk that.

I can't risk losing him.

If I do.

I don't know if I'd be able to live without-

"Boo? You there?" Tommy's voice pulled me out of my trance.

I blinked hard and shook my head bringing me back to the present.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Sorry, got lost in thought."

"Were you panicking again?" He said.

How did he know? Was it that obvious?

"Yeah, kinda. But I'm okay. Don't worry about it."

"Are you sure Boo? You looked extremely stressed." He responded.

I'm glad he was worried for me.

"Really, I'll be fine. It's fine." I responded, less than convincingly.

He eyed me suspiciously. "Alright. If you need anything, you can tell me. I promise."

"Yeah, I will, thank you Toms."

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I watched as the time progressively went past. 4pm. 4:32pm. 4:59pm. 5:24pm. 5:46pm.

Tommy walked in, and sat down next to me.

"Hey Boo! You have any plans for dinner tonight?" He asked.

"No, not really, why?" I replied absent-mindedly.

"You wanna go out for dinner?" He asked.

My focus instantly went on him.

Was he asking me out on a date?

No, just dinner with a friend. That's normal ! Friends go out for dinner all the time !

"Yeah, sure! What time?" I replied, trying to hide the panic in my voice.

"Half an hour from now sound good?" He asked.

"Yeah, that's fine." I replied.

He walked out, and I quickly got changed into something a bit nicer than sweats and an old T-Shirt.

I combed my hair, but kept it as fluffy as possible.

30 minutes passed, and I grabbed my keys, wallet, phone, and waited at the door.

Tommy came down the hall a few minutes later.

"You ready Boo?" He called, walking towards me.

I blushed just a bit from the nickname, but quickly pulled on my mask to hide it.

"Yeah, let's go." I replied.

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"Here's the place!" Tommy said happily. He grabbed my hand, and pulled me along with him.

We walked inside, and Tommy let go of my hand. We sat down at a nearby booth, on opposite sides of the table.

There was a QR code on the table with the menu. I scanned it, and scrolled through the options. Everything looked amazing !

I decided on a steak and salad, and Tommy decided on Lasagna.

We argued over who would pay -I won- and then waited on our food.

We began to make small talk, basic questions like 'How was your day' or 'Anything interesting happen?'

Eventually, our food arrived, and we ate mostly in quiet, with occasional small talk.

By the time we left, it had already gotten fairly dark. The sun would set soon.

Tommy tugged me on the arm, and pointed out an ice-cream place. Of course, we had to go and get some.

The place was mostly empty, only one person came in after us.

We grabbed our ice-creams, and headed down to the beach to watch the sun set.

We sat down as together as the sun lowered from the sky.

He placed his hand on mine, and shuffled closer.

I felt butterflies fill my stomach, and my face started to burn.

He rested his head on my shoulder, and I subconsciously wrapped my arm around him.

He sighed happily, and licked his ice-cream.

He looked up at me, a smile across his face.

"This was fun. We should do it again sometime !" He said.

The thought of a similar date- I mean, hangout happening again made me smile.

"Yeah, we should." I replied as nonchalantly as possible.

He took a deep breath, let it out and then said, "Ryleigh.. I wanted to tell you something."

I knew where this was going.

"Oh, is there something wrong?" I replied, acting dumb.

"Oh, no. Nothing wrong." He said.

"Oh, okay. What did you want to tell me?" I said back.

He took another deep breath, preparing himself I'd assume.

"Ryleigh- I've realised that I like you. More than friends. I wanted to ask..

will you be my boyfriend?"

I pulled him in closely, and kissed him.

I leaned in closer as he melted into the kiss, closing his eyes, and kissing back.

It went on for a while, to the point that Tommy's ice-cream started to drip.

He pulled away breathlessly.

"Of course love. I'd want nothing more than to be yours."

He smiled at me.

I smiled back.

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Word Count: 859

A/N: That took way longer than expected to write but THERE YOU GO !!

They are gay with a side dish of angst

We're getting close to 1000 reads, holy shit-

Thank you so much for reading !!!!

also

TOASTER WRITING CHAPTER ALONE AGAIN?!? GASP?!

how funny would it be if I ended the book right here

I won't

...maybe

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