Thanks for the Sweater

December had never seemed so lonely. Blue had no boyfriend and no girlfriend, even though he was one of the biggest Instagram stars on the internet. He felt as though his looks were going to waste. Was it even worth looking nice anymore if no one wanted to date him?

This is what he thought as he was getting ready to go on a walk with his best friend, Viper. V was also single, but he wasn't discouraged by it. The tall, jet blacked haired man was quite happy being alone, he was for most his life anyway.

It felt wrong to Blue. How could Viper of all people be alone, without a partner? It didn't click in his head. His best friend was perfect. He was dark and brooding, his eyes were almost hypnotizing, any woman would be lucky to be his partner..

'Oh well...' He thinks, wrapping his sky colored bandana around his neck and putting on earmuffs. 'At least we won't be alone when we're around each other...'

He grabs his phone and makes his way down stairs, sitting on the couch and sighing. He goes onto Instagram and scrolls on his profile for a bit.

Once in a while, a picture of him and Viper will make an appearance. His demeanor is always shy, placing a hand on his cheek and his free arm across his chest in order to cover it up from view. He shows a meek little smile, while Blue is holding the camera up and hugging him.

Blue smiles while looking at the picture, taking a screen shot and favoring it in his gallery. The picture accumulated a lot of likes over time, which makes him smile even more. He enjoys it more when him and V share the same amount of spotlight, it makes him feel less like an attention whore.

As soon as he is done with this thought, he hears two bashful knocks on the front door. He propels up, and he jogs over to the door, opening it and tilting his head up.

There he is. A halo of setting sun beaming from behind his abyss colored hair. He looks down at his slightly shorter friend and smiles faintly. "Hey Blue, ready to go yet?" He gently whispers, a breath of steam leaving his lips because of the stinging cold air.

Blue stares at his lips for a moment, biting his lower lip as a result.

"....Blue-?" He snaps out of it once the second calling of his name echos through his head. "Are you ready?"

"Huh- Um- Yeah, let's go." He wastes no time and hastily fumbles down the steps, waiting for V.

Viper daintily follows and hums, walking ahead of him. "Let's go then." His arms swing ever so slightly to the pace of his walking.

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Halfway into the walk, the wind picks up a tiny bit, and that's when Blue realizes that he had forgotten his jacket. Only a guy who forgot his jacket would be shivering the way he was, teeth chattering and all. He didn't bother to say a thing though, it'd be stupid, and it's too late to go back now. He just needs to suck it up, as he would as a kid.

Viper notices though. Out of the corner of his eye, he finds his shorter friend suffering from the cold, his cheeks a bright red from wind burn, and his arms cold to the touch.

"Blue-? Are you okay." He mumbles, looking next to him. Blue looks away, embarrassed about forgetting something so obvious to this trip. It's 40° outside for gods sake, how could he have possibly-

"Y-Yeah. Sorry, I guess I was just in a rush...um..." He can barely get his words out. 'God.' He thinks, 'Why did I have to embarrass myself today of all days?'

He rubs the back of his neck and sighs with a quiver in his breath, steam escaping his lips in little whisps.

Viper stands there and stares at him, biting his tongue. His dark blue sweater, which was a little too small for his lean, muscular body, would fit perfectly on Blue's smaller physique, maybe even a bit oversized....

"Hm..." He hums out. He's lifts his sweater up over his head to reveal a black, rolled up jacket with a beige colored turtle neck under that. He makes Blue face him and he forces the sweater onto him.

Instantly, Blue feels so much warmer. The arm sleeves of V's sweater are so long, that they go over his hands and completely cover him up.

...A new heat rises to the smaller ones cheeks, making them even pinker than they were before...it's a blush...he is blushing...

Viper smiles and holds his shoulder. "Does that feel better? A little bit warmer?"

....yeah...warmer...

Blue just nods and covers his face with the arm sleeve. Then, in the next moment, Viper had taken his hand, and he squeezed it a bit.

"Honestly.." He mumbles "The sweater looks better on you...it was a little too small on me anyway...maybe you should keep it." He keeps smiling and looks at Blue again.

"Wait really...? You think so.?" He smiles too, keeping his cheeks covered still.

"Of course." Viper squeezes his hand more, rubbing his thumb against Blues palm.

"...Thanks V..." Blue hugs his arm a bit and closes his eyes.

"Anytime dude, now cmon, I think we should start heading home. The weathers only gonna get worse." They turn around and start making their way back to Blues house.

While walking back, it starts to snow a bit. Very small flakes, but they were there...

....It was the 3rd of December on that cold and snowy day...and Viper had given Blue his sweater...

...Blue didn't know why...but he liked that, he liked that a lot...it made him feel warm and fuzzy inside...

And then it started to hit him...did he like his best friend...? Did he...?

...Did he...?

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A/N: YIPEEEEEE I DIDS IT- MA ARE YA PROUD OF ME?! Nah, not really, BUT THAT'S OKAY! Hope you enjoy the first chapter, thanks so much to my friend for making the cover to this story, I'll continue this if it gains any sort of traction! Byeeee!