Before You Go (Skephalo)

Chapter 3

Bad stood there, panicking but overjoyed. He hadn't felt this much intense emotion in a long time. He procrastinated walking through that door. His heart pounding as he continued standing there.

Suddenly, he heard foot steps inside which caused him to get the confidence to walk in. He quickly put in his key card and opened the door as fast as possible.

"Bad-?"

Before Skeppy could even blink, there Bad was, hugging him, squeezing him like crazy.

"Bad!" Skeppy squealed in excitement. Skeppy squeezed back, just as hard if not harder.

Bad pulled away a bit, still holding onto him, but looking at his face. Skeppy looked back at him, both of them with the biggest smiles on their faces and tears in eyes. Skeppy had been waiting for this moment for years and here he was. They stared into each others eyes, not saying anything. They didn't need to say anything. They could just feel how happy each other was.

They stayed like that for a few minutes, just looking at each other. It felt like a dream. Suddenly, Skeppy wiped one of Bads tears off his cheek. Bad felt his face grow hot as he looked down at his best friend. Skeppy smiled wider. Bad squeezed him again and snuggled his face into his chest.

"Skeppy.." Bad spoke softly.

Skeppy was the one blushing now. The way Bad said that made him go crazy. He knew that deep down, but ignored it. Slowly, they pulled away from each other's embrace, still holding hands.

"Bad.." Skeppy finally replied back.

Bad took his hands away from Skeppys, blushing hard. Skeppy made him go crazy too. Being with him in person made that even more apparent. Bad, too, ignored this. Luckily, they were both tearing up so their red faces weren't questioned.

"Where do you wanna go first?" Bad smiled. Shifting the focus from the strong tension in the air.

"I saw a city we could walk around in, we could go to lunch then go tourist shopping." Skeppy replied.

"Sounds perfect." Bad smiled.

Together, they walked through the town and looked at the different shops. BadBoyHalo saw something that caught his eye and dragged Skeppy in with him. Bad went straight to the stuffed animals, as he saw one that looked like Rat. Skeppy giggled as he realized what Bad was after.

Skeppy looked around the shop too, and saw a little pride display. It was still June, after all. He's always been a big supporter, so he grabbed a little flag.

Skeppy and Bad continued to walk through the town. Bad, squeezing his fake Lucy, and Skeppy carrying a little baggy.

"Look! Ice cream!" Bad pointed.

"Yes!" Skeppy replied. They sped up and walked into the ice cream parlor.

Skeppy ordered vanilla and Bad ordered Chocolate. They sat down together, laughing and enjoying each other's company. At one point, Bad even caught himself staring into Skeppys eyes, admiring him.

Skeppy noticed some chocolate on Bads nose and took the opportunity to take their first selfie. Bad didn't realize and the picture was awful.

"Skeppyy!! Delete it!!" Bad reached for his phone.

Skeppy laughed as he pushed back Bad's reaching arms and posted the photo. "Too late."

"Aah! Skeppyy!"

"Thats what you get for ordering such a gross flavor, you ragamuffin."

Bad giggled, "What's with you and the old memes lately?"

"I thought It'd be fitting for our very first meetup to bring back some of the og stuff."

"Whatever.. Skebaldy.."

Skeppy laughed really hard. "Oh my God, I forgot about when you called me that."

"Me too. But look who's bald now!" Bad brushed through his long, beautiful hair with his hand.

"Whatever!" Skeppy giggled.

When they were done, they went back into the town.

As they walked, Skeppy suddenly spoke, "This is nice, It's kinda like a date." and laughed.

BadBoyHalo got flustered, "It is not!"

This made Skeppy giggle more so he decided to tease him. "You're so cute, Bad." He teased in his jokingly seductive voice.

Bad giggled, nudged skeppys arm, and pretended he wasn't a blushing mess. Luckily for Bad they were walking and not looking at each other.

After a long day, they got back to the hotel. Bad dropped all the bags and fell back onto the bed, letting out a sigh of relief. That's when he realized, there was only one bed.

"Aah! Skeppyy!"

"Whaat?" Skeppy gave a muffled reply from the bathroom, toothbrush in mouth.

"Skeppy there's only one beedd!"

Skeppy came out and looked.

"Oh. Huh." Skeppy took the toothbrush out of his mouth. "I can sleep on the floor, Bad, don't worry."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah dude. Don't even worry about it."

It was night, Bad was all cuddled up in the bed, as he looked down at Skeppy. Skeppy made a bed out of blankets on the floor, but overall looked uncomfortable. Bad smiled at how sweet he was for letting him have the bed, but..

"Get up here, Skeppy."

"Huh?"

Bad reached his arm out and signaled Skeppy to come over. "Skeppy come here."

Skeppy hesitated, until Bad signaled his arms out to him again. Skeppy smiled and climbed in. They tried their best not to touch or bother each other. But, deep down they both wished they were cuddling. Neither of them fully realized the way they were feeling was not platonic.