A new friend || Ben Drowned X Reader

A letter

"Ben, I love you too, you're my best friend—"

"You don't get it, don't you?" A lump in his throat made Ben's voice quiver. His lip trembled, and his eyes started to tear up once again. "You're not only my best friend..."
He stared deeply into your eyes.
"You're my everything."
He paused for a second and he caressed your face softly. He then got closer, then closer, and closer to your face. In a flash, his lips were on yours as he hugged you by the neck.

Oh.

Oh.

You gasped, blushing like crazy. You could feel your heart racing, it felt like it was going to scape from your chest in any second.
His touch was soft, warm, the exact opposite of what his touch felt moments before.
You closed your eyes slowly, letting yourself be carried by the kiss. You caressed his hands as he hold you.

Suddenly, Ben separated himself from you.

"I—I'm sorry, I swear I didn't mean to—it's just, you were just there—and it was so sudden and I—" His face was completely red, he covered his face, trying to hide his obvious blush. "I—I'm so sorry..."
He looked down, hiding his face with his shirt. He was shaking a lot, mumbling things to himself.

"I don't even know why I did that...!" He said, still covering his face.

"Ben—"

"I'm so sorry, I—I think I should leave—"

"Ben...."

"Gosh, I'm so stupid—"

"BEN!"

The room became full silence, and for once, Ben looked at you straight in the eyes. He was still red, but at least he was looking at you.
You grabbed him the the collar of his shirt, pulling him close.
You didn't said a word, just looked straight into his eyes to then kiss him once again.

His eyes widen, you could feel his heart rate going at a incredibly high speed. A shiver ran down his spine as he felt your touch, at this point, it wasn't anymore possible that he could get any redder. His hands were sweaty, shaking, but... Slowly... he started closing his eyes.
His hands who were shaking just moments before were hugging you tightly, you could feel how he stroked your hair softly. You pulled away for a moment, Ben had still his eyes closed and a slight blushed tone on his cheeks, still holding you tightly.
When he opened his eyes, he saw you looking at him, smiling warmly as he hugged you.

"I...Uh..." Ben mumbled with a hoarse voice.

"I love you too, idiot." You whispered as you softly touched his face.

"You... Do?" Ben's eyes light up as he listened to your words, a single bloody tear fell down his face as he smiled and chuckled. "I'm pathetic..."

"No one's ever cared about me like this."

You wiped off his tear as he kept smiling. "Well, I do care about you... You make my days happier, without you... What would I do? You are and always be special to me, after all... You're my best friend." You whispered as you giggled.

He smiled more, "I will always love you. My best friend... always." You could see more tears falling off his eyes.
"The world could be ending and... I still would spend every last second with you. Because that's what friends do, right?"
His smile was genuine, he seemed so happy to have met you, and so glad you found him. He seemed so happy to have a someone.

He stroked your hair as he stared deeply into your eyes, in his eyes, pure love was reflected on them. "You're my best friend too. You're the person who changed my life." As he said this, he tilded his head, staring at your lips. Without knowing it, you were kissing him once again, a sweet, gentle kiss. You hugged him tightly as you stroked his hair, you could feel how Ben smiled behind the kiss.
He grabbed you by the waist, pulling you even closer, hugging and embracing you.
Ben separated himself for a second, you touched gently his cheek as he stroked your hand.