Heartbreak | bxb angst

Chapter 8

The pleasant yet unfamiliar scent of the bedsheets was the first thing Vinny noticed waking up, before even opening his eyes. As he moved his body to stretch, his arm made contact against another body laying next to him. Vinny cracked an eye open to see the silhouette of Ked still asleep facing away from him, reminding him of all the events that happened last night.

The room was dark due to the fact that it has no window, and in Vinny's sleepy state he couldn't tell what time it was. He reached towards the nightstand to grab his phone and check the time.

08:19am. Too early.

He swiped through the notifications on his lockscreen and saw an unread message from Jude, sent at 07:15.

Jude:
Morning sleepyhead.
Sorry I had to leave early, Alex freaked out about their parents and made me take them home, and I didn't wanna wake you and Ked. Tell him I'm sorry! 😣 and Alex wanted to thank him for the drinks.
If you need a ride home just send me a text :)

Not even having the energy to respond, he left the text on read before putting his phone back on the nightstand. His eyes felt heavy with sleepiness still.

Pulling the sheets to cover himself, Vinny closed his eyes as he tried to go back to sleep. However, the force of when he pulled the sheets had budged the sleeping boy next to him, causing him to grumble in his sleep and started to move.

The brunette cursed under his breath, hoping he hadn't disrupted Ked's sleep. He silently exhaled in relief seeing the blonde continue to breathe softly in his new position, now the two of them facing each other.

Once making sure that Ked really is still asleep, Vinny finally could close his eyes back again. He stabilises his breathing to prepare himself for sleep, however he couldn't ignore the presence of the other boy sleeping next to him.

He decided to open his eyes again and study the other's face instead. Ked's sharp, firm eyes were closed so delicately above his chiseled cheeks. His lips were slightly parted and as he breathes through them, his slightly toned chest moved up and down.

How is it even possible to look this attractive when you're asleep? Vinny only knew one person that could look like he was sculpted after a Greek god, even while asleep on his side and have his face slightly squished on the side laying onto the pillow, and that is none other than Ked himself. Lucky bastard looks so handsome without even trying. Vinny could only hope to look half as attractive when awake.

He bit his lip when he felt the now familiar tingles start to emerge from his chest. The warmth of it traveled to his cheeks and he doesn't even want to imagine how flushed he must be looking right now. He brought a hand to feel the left side of his own chest and just like what he expected, his heart was pounding like crazy that he was surprised his ribcage could withstand it.

He felt this exact way last night, watching the charming blonde drink his heart out. The way he groaned in his low-pitched voice with his eyes squinted after taking his probably thirteenth shot, then chuckling when Alex immediately filled his glass again, it was so mesmerising to watch that Vinny couldn't tell whether he was drunk off of the alcohol or off of the oh-so-captivating boy. Somehow the latter made more sense to him. During his drunken state, Ked's eyes got droopy, giving him this sultry hypnotic look that sends a blissful feeling throughout Vinny, everywhere, embarrassingly including somewhere lower on his body.

It was Ked's fault. All his fault that Vinny is now confused about everything and feeling all kinds of way. However, now feeling all nice and warm laying next to him, Vinny couldn't ask for anything better.

Lost in his thoughts, he got quite startled when a strong hand reached towards him, grabbing him by the waist to pull him closer. His face didn't even have the chance to successfully contort into a surprised expression as it swiftly made contact with Ked's chest.