⫷𝐴𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒⫸ (A kinitopet story)

32: 𝐼𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦.

KINITO'S POV~
I looked away as Y's friend spoke to me.

Bff: "Have you told them yet?"

I knew they would ask that.

K: "No... I... Can't."

Bff: "Well, you'll have to."

K: "It'll go away... It's just a phase. We're friends."

Bff: "You seem very uncertain. I can tell when someone just avoids confessing because they fear their relationship will shatter. Y is not the type of person to throw you out for being honest."

Kinito fidgeted and looked down. It was... True. He wanted to tell Y how much he truly felt for them. How much he wants to stay in those amazing dreams in which all of his fantasies come true. But Y always wakes him up in the mornings.

Bff: "Telling them will be better for both of you. You can practice with me. Just... Don't be embarrassed and pick your words nicely."

Kinito sighed. He didn't want to do this.

K: "I love them so much... I just want to... Maybe get a kiss from them someday."

Bff: "Fun fact, if you don't tell Santa your Christmas wish, it won't come true."

K: "I can't tell Y. They'll..."

Bff: "...Do nothing? At worst."

K: "You... Don't know that!"

Bff: "I do, actually. You did tell them in the end."

K: "I didn't tell them... And I won't..."

Bff: "Turn around!"
Y's friend shrugged with a satisfied smile. Kinito stood in place.

Y's voice was heard from a few inches behind him.

Y: "It wasn't that hard, was it?"

Kinito didn't know how to respond. He felt like his systems were crashing, but that couldn't happen because he was no longer digital. The silence deafened him.
He soon felt a tight hug from behind.

Bff: "You owe me for doing this, Y! Do you know how hard it was to get him to say it? He's so stubborn!"

Y: "Heh, thanks. I knew it was something important but i never thought it'd be... This."

Bff: "So what're you gonna do next?"

Y: "For now, he looks like he's a grandpa about to have a heart attack. I'm not sure he even hears us at this point. So i guess I'll just drag him home and talk this out."

Kinito was lost in thought. Everything around him just faded and he just blankly looked away. What... Kind of prank is this?
He felt a grasp around his hand and a faint "Let's go home.". It was definitely Y, but he continued dissociating.

Y: "Kinito, it's okay."

Kinito walked clumsily, suddenly sobering up at the sound of the house's door closing. Did he just dissociate the entire way home?
He could see more clearly now; Y's house... They just entered.
Y was holding his hand.

K: "I... What happened?"

Y: "You need some rest. To be entirely honest, I've never seen someone have such an intense reaction to finding out their crush knows about everything."

As Kinito remembered what happened again, he tried hard to process it. He laid down in the bed and tried to sleep and not think about everything too much.

CREATOR'S NOTE:
Mmmyeah all the kinito simps get to eat now (me included)