What if the Stars Aligned?

Just Another Day..

It was just another day in the NSB house, filming their usual silly and goofy YouTube videos. There wasn't anything out of the ordinary. Darren and Kane were fighting over some silly little thing, Regie's shirt had disappeared; Justin was jumping up and down yelling "FREE FOR ALL!!!", Sebastian tried to get everyone back to focusing on the video they were trying to film, and Oliver was notifying Ryan that it was definitely "Time for the next segment!".

When Ryan swiped everyone out, the Moy brothers, being as enthusiastic as they were, excitedly told everyone the next challenge. "We are playing Candy Kiss," Sebastian explained, followed by a kiss from Regie on his cheek. The first two paired together were Sebastian and Kane. As the candy was put into their mouths, quickly, the two continued to get closer and closer, neither wanting to lose nor get smacked in the face with a tortilla. As tension between the pair grew, Sebastian couldn't handle it anymore and pulled away, reluctantly accepting his defeat. Soon after, Oliver said, definitely without any underlying meaning, that he would "take two guys at the same time". That confidence he had didn't last long at all, seeing as the two other members he was challenged against were Darren and Regie. In about 4 seconds, Oliver had seemed to realize what a mistake he had just made and pulled away, mind filled with nerves and regret over what he had just experienced. While claiming that Darren wasn't even eating the candy and was just trying to kiss him,

I noticed from the corner of my eye that Ryan was watching me. He projected a short, cut-off laugh that almost sounded as if it were fake.? or forced? I'm not too sure, but his smile dropped right after. It wasn't entirely out of the ordinary since Ryan wasn't one to show his feelings anyway, but I still feel worried about him. I'll be paired up with him next, so maybe I can help lighten his mood!

"I'm just going to close my eyes; whatever happens, happens." Oliver said with a grin plastered on his face while staring at Ryan, looking for a reaction. Ryan simply stared at Oliver in shock and then proceeded to turn his head towards the camera, replying with a high-pitched and confused "Whaat???" before flashing his signature downwards smile and turning back to Oliver. Staring at each other intensely, they both began to move. Oliver, being Oliver, was pretty confident that he could win against Ryan, but as the realization of how fast Ryan was taking the candy into his mouth started to settle in, Oliver lost his typical calm composure and couldn't help but smile and laugh nervously. Even through all the cheering and laughter in the room, the pair could practically see the tension between them grow as they got closer without slowing down like all the other boys did when they were getting a little too close for comfort. With his hands clasped together in hopes of saving his last shred of dignity, Oliver ended up somehow maneuvering his hands in a way that had them ending up resting on Ryan's chest. Despite the clear tension and close proximity between the two, they both thought 

"I can keep going."

It was certainly strange that they felt so comfortable with being so close to one another, but neither of them thought much of it and just kept chewing. However, when it came to Ryan, Oliver could never hold his ground, feeling himself cave against Ryan's dominance that seemed to only be directed at him. Then suddenly, we get pulled closer by Darren.

Out of no where, I feel Darren start to pull Oliver towards me as if I'm not still chewing. Even though Oli and I are pretty close at the moment, I weirdly don't feel close enough to pull away, so I continue with the pace I have been going. When the candy between us had been chewed down to about 2 inches (5 cm), I felt Sebastian pulling me back away from Oliver, like he was more uncomfortable with our distance than I was. Quickly, hoping no one would notice, I whipped my head to Sebastian and gave him a side eye, as if signaling that "I could have kept going". Whipping my head back to where it was originally, not even sure if Sebastian got the signal I sent him, I see him point to Oliver and say that

"He bit it off!"

I guess I got my answer...

Seeing that Oliver had just "lost", it was his turn to be hit in the face with the tortillas. With a slight hint of annoyance brushed on his face, he accepted his fate. While Oliver was being slapped, Ryan managed to steal a couple glances at him as he nonchalantly finished the rest of the candy that was hanging from his mouth with his signature half smile. Little did he know, he wasn't the only one watching...

The annoyance that I had felt towards Sebastian surprised me because even if he hadn't pulled us away, eventually it would have happened. The feeling of Ryan's soft breaths on my face suddenly came to mind, and it felt almost comforting? Which, for whatever reason, made my annoyance spike just a little bit more. Luckily, I got to be slapped in the face! That would sure help my mood! As the members took their turn having "fun," I felt my gaze slowly drift towards Ryan. He was finishing the left-over candy from our part of the challenge, and for some reason I couldn't find the strength to pull my eyes away. Every once in a while, I saw Ryan steal glances at me before quickly averting his eyes. Simultaneously, I wondered why he kept looking at me and thought about the expression he had on his face before he looked away. He really does look like toothless, huh? It's not like he was doing anything extraordinary, so why was I so fascinated? Why was my previous annoyance just melting away? My thoughts were cut off abruptly when Sebastian speedily and forcefully took the tortilla from Darren's hand and went for my face. I dodged the first hit, nearly missed the second one, and then got slapped on my brother's third attempt. Why did his hits feel like they were so personal? It's not like I did anything to him. Maybe it's just because I'm his brother and he's using this as an opportunity to abuse me. I then snap back to what I was feeling earlier.

OH MY GOSH WAS I JUST STUCK IN A TRANCE?!