CW: Internalized homophobia <:[
Waffle and Rice were in 10th grade Chemistry, as the last class of the day. They were giving out presentations.
As usual, Waffle's mind was wandering for most of the class, instead of paying attention.
"Rice Lee."
Waffle snapped back into attention.
Rice Lee was Waffle's best friend. He had a massive crush on Rice, which he struggled to accept for himself.
He smiled sypathetically as he watched Rice stumble over his chair as he stood up and made his way to the front of the classroom. He looked very nervous and embarassed, so as a means of support Waffle gave him two thumbs up. Rice smiled back at him, took a deep breath, and began his presentation.
Waffle's mind began to wander again, but this time thinking about Rice. He adored him, his long black hair and beautiful eyes, all the way down to his silly nervous habits, which Waffle was observing.
Waffles eyes were locked on Rice's hands, which's fingers were nervously tapping his notebook. He wondered what his hand's felt like, he imagined them to be rough yet soft. He wanted to hold them, feel them against his own hands.
What the hell are you thinking?
Waffle began to feel very distressed.
He's your best friend! Why are you thinking like this?
Waffle was unable to focus on Rice anymore, who caught eye of how his distress. Rice finished up his presentation. Class got dismissed, Rice went up to Waffle and tapped him on the shoulder.
"AAH!!! Oh, Rice, it's you..." He frowned and looked away.
"Waffs, are you alright?" Waffle was sitting at his desk with his head down as Rice was standing over him, who decided to sit on the floor and rest his head on the opposite end of the desk. He sat patiently for a minute, as the class emptied the teacher was giving them weird looks, which Rice caught onto. He was mad, but now wasnt the time.
"Waffs... C'mon, lets head outside." Waffle looked up to him, Rice smiled at him as he mumbled in agreement.
They made their way outside and sat in the grass beside the school.
"How are you feeling, Waffle?" Waffle was sitting leaning against Rice, inspecting his own hands.
"...I started thinking. Kinda being rough on myself right now, I apologize." Rice begun moving his hand up and down Waffle's back.
"It's alright, do you wanna talk?"
They begun walking home and were talking about just about anything. They decided to walk to Waffle's house, and then Rice would walk himself home.
They stopped walking, as they made it to Waffle's house.
"Hey, Rice, thank you for the help earlier it meant a lot." Rice smiled, then stepped closer and gave Waffle a hug. Waffle was very tense at first, but then melted into it. He wrapped his arms around Rice's back and they stood there in a hug for a minute. He felt that his face was very warm, he gave Rice a quick squeeze before letting go and covering his face, hiding of from Rice.
"Well I'd better get going. I'll see you Monday!" Rice said with a smile.
They said their goodbyes, and and Rice made his way home, thinking about how sweet Waffle is.
