That Night... (Jonuardo)

Actually Trying?

Jon woke up with the morning sunlight shinging through his blinds. He sat up and stretched, pausing the second he heard a small groan. The woken man looks to his side and sees a darker man, sleepily rubbing his head and staying in his position. Jon felt his face heat up a tad but he shook it off, tossing his legs over the edge of the bed smoothly. The smaller man opens his nightstand's drawer. From the drawer he pulled out a small bottle of asprin. The slightly younger looks over and flinched a bit, surprised at the slightly older, now sitting up and rubbing his head. Jon clears his throat, catching Eduardo's attention. "Would you like some aspri-" "AH WHAT THE FUCK?!" Jon jumps at the sudden loud interuption. "WHAT ARE YOU DOIN' IN MY BED?!" Eduardo yelled, not caring for a single thing. "W-what?" Jon tilted his head a bit. "YOU HEARD ME!" Eduardo spat at the smaller man. "B-but Eduardo this is m-my bedroom.." Jon looks down at the asprin in his hands. "Wait what?." Eduardo comes to his senses and sighs. "Whatever.." Jon put his hand out to show Eduardo the pills. The taller looks over and snags them fast causing the smaller to jolt. "Would you want some water?" "Sure.. Whatever.." Jon stands up and walks to the door, thinking to himself about random little things as he leaves Eduardo alone. "Why the fuck would I be in his room.." Eduardo thinks and starts to remember small things. His words of the previous night start to loop in his head as he remembers. "I apologized?.. Shit. He must think I'm weak now, that little bastard's gonna use it against me to." Eduardo stares at the pills in his hand. "God fuckin'.. Why does he care so much anyway. He thinks I'm gonna change or somethin'. He's been actin' weird.. Why do I even care?" Suddenly a small flash comes to his mind, it was a kiss. Eduardo paused, his whole world just stopped. Who did he kiss? Who was that other person? The hungover man tried harder to remember but was quickly distracted by a younger man walking in. "Here's your water Eduardo" Jon calmly handed Eduardo the glass. Eduardo took it and placed the two tablets in his mouth, using the water to wash it all down. "Yeah yeah whatever." The taller man stands and walks past Jon, not shoving him but rather slightly nudging him to the side. Jon closes the door once Eduardo exits. He smiles and changes into a dark gray shirt and a pair of jeans, throwing on his blue overcoat and leaving his room. He walks down to the kitchen and finds Mark reading the news paper. He looked around a couple times and walks in fully. "Where's Eduardo?" Jon aims his attention to Mark who sets the morning papers down. "I'm not sure, he just kind of.. Left." Mark looked both curious and not caring. "Oh.. He didn't say anything?" "Mmm no, why do you care so much?" Mark's expression chose a side and that side was curious. "O-oh uh.. I don't..?" Jon hesitantly answered. "He's probably gone to get some coffee somewhere since we ran out." Jon nodded at Mark's response and decided he wasn't hungry. The smaller man decides to go to the living room and watch some T.V. He sits on the couch and grabs the remote control, turning on the TV and scrolling through the channels. He stops on a cooking show, grabbing Mark's attention clearly as he runs out form the kitchen and sits in his chair. "I love cooking with Gabby! She has the best recipes and-" Mark starts rambling like a little kid talking about Spongebob, Jon chuckles and listens to the blonde. After about two hours, Jon gets a bit worried about Eduardo. The man has yet to return. "Hey Mark, I'm gonna go uh.. Shopping, ok?" "Sure sure have fun Jon" Mark was sucked in to the cooking network. Jon stands up and walks over to the door, buttoning up his blue overcoat. He grabs his key and leaves, locking the front door behind him and heading off. He started to walk down the sidewalk but suddenly got stopped by a hand on his shoulder, the small man spins around expecting some stranger but instead getting his neighbor. "Hey Jon!" "O-oh hi Edd! You scared me" Jon chuckled softly. "Oh sorry, well uh, I just wanted to check on you, it sounds like Eduardo didn't take it to well.." Edd was clearly worried but Jon didn't wanna waste time. "I'm ok Edd, thank you, I must be on my way though, I'm going uhm.. Oh yeah shopping!" Jon gives Edd a smile, Edd returns the smile and Jon continues on his search. He walked for a good five minutes before finally thinking of possible places Eduardo could be. He started walking a certain way till eventually after 23 minutes, he reaches a bar. The small man looked at the bar, he'd never been in one before, a nervous feeling starts crawling into his chest but he ignores it the best he can. Taking a breath, the carmel brown haired man walks into the building. once he closes the door he notices a hall, a rather clean hall. He walks down until he finds two separate halls. From the left there's a pink glow, from the right it's a normal glow. Jon decides to go right, he walks till he reaches a nice bar. Inside it has booths, a pool table, a punching bag machine, and of course, the bar. The small man walks in a little farther and scans around the huge room. WIth no luck of spotting Eduardo he decides to try the left room. Jon makes his way over and walks in, freezing in place. There was women everywhere, dressed in erotic outfits. Jon felt his face burning up as he spots the pole dancers. He runs out fast after the moment of being stunned, not even bothering to scan for Eduardo. Jon stands in the main hall, trying to calm himself down. After a couple minutes of deep breaths, the flustered man makes his way out of the building. "Well that was..Something.." Jon shakes it off and starts walking again, thinking of Eduardo's favorite spots. After about an hour, Jon was ready to give up. He'd searched every place he knew Eduardo had normally gone. "It's not like he'd just skip town! Tch.." Jon sighs, sitting on a bench and watching the world pass by slowly. He spotted a sign as he watched. The small man got up and looked left and right before darting across the street. He saw that the sign was for an underground coffee shop. "I could use an energy boost, atleast till I can figure something out" Jon smiles and walks down the stairs, walking in the shop. It was calm and peaceful, smooth blues were being played by a band on a small stage. The store has a dark blue color for a lighting. The carmel haired male walked over to the redgister where a young woman stood. "How can I help you today sir?" Her voice was sweet and smooth. "Just a venti vanilla latte please and thank you!" "That'll be £4.55" Jon nods and starts fidgeting through his pockets. "Oh dear, I forgot my wallet.." Jon sighs and at the woman. "I forgot my wallet, I'm sorry for wasting your time ma'am, have a good day" Jon turns and heads to the door, leaving the small shop and right away bumping into someone. "Ay watch it!" The voice was familiar to Jon as he scrambled to back up. "Oh sor- Eduardo!" Jon looks up at the taller man who backs up. "Jeez what are you doing around here." Eduardo said in annoyance. "I was look-.." Jon paused and pondered for a moment, wondering if Eduardo would be mad. Only one way to find out. "I was looking for you" Eduardo's eyes lightly widened at the reply. "You were looking for me? Wait why??" "Well you left and didn't tell anyone where you were going. You've been gone for hours!" Eduardo backs up, feeling slightly awkward way. "Oh uh.. Right." Jon huffs. "I went in a strip club for you." Eduardo looks at him, slightly smiling before snickering. "What? What's so funny?" "T-the way you s-" Eduardo suddenly bursts out in laughter, Jon smiles uncontrollably. "The way I what?" Jon can't help but giggle. 'What's going on, why am I so happy? Eduardo's laugh.. It's nice to hear him laugh..' Jon thinks to himself. After a minute or two, Eduardo finally catches his breath. "Ah.. God I haven't laughed like that in.." Jon stops giggling. "In?" "Nevermind.. But god the way you said that was just.." Eduardo smiles, not in a cocky way, not in a sassy way, but a genuinely happy way. Jon felt his face heat up again for a third time, this time it felt nice. "Well it's true!" Eduardo chuckles and wipes a tear from his eye. Jon gets brave suddenly. "Hey do you wanna get a coffee?" "Uh you just came out of the shop, didn't you get one?" "No, I forgot my wallet at home.." "Oh so yer makin' me pay?" Eduardo's manner and tone seemed playful, that was new to Jon. "I.. Uh-" "I'm kiddin' dumbass, I'm in a good enough mood so.. Sure, why not" Eduardo's smile didn't fade but is shifted from being big to small. The males entered the small café and sat at a booth instead. Jon looked around, getting a better look at the surroundings. Jon's eyes landed on a waiter walks over to them. "Are you gentlemen ready to order?" Eduardo looks at Jon, insisting he orders first. "I'll have a venti vanilla latte please" The waiter nods and writes it down, looking over at Eduardo next. "I'll just take a short black coffee thanks" "Those'll be out for you two shortly." The waiter walks away, leaving the two men. Jon looks over at Eduardo, who's returning the look. They look into each other's eyes before looking away in different directions. 'Should I bring it up..? No no I don't wanna ruin the moment..' Jon thinks to himself quietly, zoning out till he hears a voice. "About last night.. Uhm.." The smaller man's attention aims at a fidgety taller man. "What about it?" "Uh.. Can you like.. Forget about it?" "What do you mean..?" 'of course he didn't mean it, why would he apolog-' Jon's thoughts were stopped by the response. "I meant it but just forget it happened. I'm not weak or anything. I just.. Uh.. No that isn't a good reason is it.." Eduardo was speaking before thinking and yet Jon knew what he meant. "I won't bring it up at all to anyone, if that's what you mean" Eduardo nods and looks down. a silence kicks up between the two males, an awkward silence. After a couple minutes of waiting, their coffee arrived. "That'll be £9.23 at the register." The waiter walked away. "God that's a lot.. Why is coffee so expensive." Eduardo scoffs. Jon looks around at the floor, catching Eduardo's attention. "What're you doin'??" "Looking for lost money" "Uh why? Are you that poor?" Eduardo chuckles at his joke. "No but I wanna try and help you pay a bit" "Nah I got a tenner in my pocket, don't make yourself look stupid" Jon sits up and smiles softly at Eduardo, making the dark brown haired man blush softly and look away. After about four minutes of silence, the males finished and enjoyed their coffee. Eduardo and Jon stood up, the smaller of the two walking to the door while the taller one paid. After they leave, the men make their way home together, about half way through, Jon's courage needed to escape. "Eduardo may I ask you about something?" Eduardo's attention moves to the smaller boy. "Sure" "D-do you remember our.. Uhm.." Jon lets out an uneasy sigh. "O-our kiss from that night..?"

(2023 WORDS NOT INCLUDING THIS HOLY FUCK WOOHOO! I'M TREATING Y'ALL TO A FEAST! Even though it has a cliff hanger lmao, sorryyyy-)