That night Connor went home, and was happier than he had been in a while. He still wouldn't call it "happy". He felt the term was overused by too many. But he felt like he could relax a little more about things. Maybe start hanging out with Troye more. He wanted to think about maybe asking him out sometime, but he felt he really needed a good friend before anything else right now, especially a boyfriend.
He was very happy to have someone to talk to though. He felt they had a lot in common. They were both into creative arts,and not sports. They were both major tumblr addicts. And they both had a love for the best foods, like coffee or nutella. He didn't know what it was about him, but Connor felt like Troye just gave off this aura of something, something that Connor was interested in figuring out.
That night Connor fell asleep with a smile on his face.
The next day, Connor was walking to school like he usually would and saw Troye walking not far ahead of him. Should i go up there and talk to him or stay back? The answer was obvious but Connor was like always a bit nervous to initiate anything. He had never been that good at starting conversations in any way. He was usually too nervous to talk to most people. Usually getting social anxiety if he felt like he was expected to do something then and there with people waiting on him. But he didnt feel that way with Troye.
Connor soon walked up to where Troye was and nudged him in the side a bit to get his attention since he had his headphones in. Troye realized Connor was there and smiled at him as Connor smiled back at him.
"Hey Connor." Troye said excitedly as he took out his headphones."Here, listen to this. I found this artist and I really like them." Troye told Connor as he handed him the pair of headphones. Connor put one in his ear and listened for a few seconds. He smiled and facepalmed himself as he listened. It was his favorite song LiveWire by OhWonder. "Can you hear me falling down, down, deep down."
How does this boy know me so well without me saying a word? Connor thought to himself. He took the headphones out and handed them back.
"Troye? How do you know my favorite song?" Connor said to the taller boy smiling and blushing in the tiniest bit. He didn't even know he could blush.
"You know this song?"
"It's my favorite. I found it a while ago and fell in love and I basically listen to it on repeat most of the school day." Troye chuckled.
"Well I guess we figured out we have the same taste in music then.
"I guess we do." The boys kept walking together on the sidewalk as they approached school. Connor felt Troye walk into him a bit but he looked past it. It was probably just an accident.
"Well... I'll see you later in English." Connor said as he started walking towards his classroom once they were inside the building.
"Hey. Instead of going to the coffee shop, since it's Friday and there isn't any homework, would you maybe want to come over to mine tonight. My family is all out most of the night so I get bored alone. You wanna come over and hang out?" He was asking to hang out? Was he really that interested in hanging out with Connor?
"Uh... Yeah. Sure. I'll see you later." Connor started walking away and turned so Troye couldn't see his face. Why was this boy so nice! Why did he have to be so kind and sweet and perfect? And why did he choose Connor to be friends with out of everyone? Connor didn't understand what Troye saw in him. He was uninteresting and just spent most of his time on tumblr... Why was Troye so interested in him?
Connors thoughts were brought to an end as he made it to his first class and entered the classroom. He couldn't concentrate about anything his teacher was saying about the Industrial Revolution because all he could think about was the boy with the blue eyes.
Once the day made it to Connors English class he was pretty happy. He felt... Safe... In Troyes presence. And he felt insane for thinking anything of it after they had barley been talking for a day. But he felt it was true. He felt he could be himself while he was with him. He felt like he didn't have to live up to an expectation when he was with him.
He walked into the classroom and saw Troye sitting at his desk and found a new sense of confidence in the moment. He walked past Troyes right to get to his desk and flicked Troyes arm with his fingers.
"Hey! You trying to start a fight or something!" Troye tried to sound angry but he couldn't stop himself from laughing. He looked back at Connor who was now sitting in his desk smirking down at his notebook while he wrote in it.
English went by slow. Like most classes did for Connor. But soon the class had ended and even sooner the day had ended and he could finally escape school. He met up with Troye at the front of the school. They started walking to Troyes house while talking about random things. Favorite artists and movies and generic stuff like that. Soon Connor felt like he needed to get an answer to the question in his head.
"Troye? You crushin on anyone?" Connor said with a smirk.
"Hmm. Maybe. There's this one boy but I don't think he'd ever notice me. I'm gay by the way. I don't think I ever said that."
"Don't feel like you have to. I hate it when people like expect me to put my sexuality into everything. Like, yes, I'm gay. So what!?" The two boys kept walking in a comfortable silence. Until Troye then spoke up.
"What about you? Do you like anyone right now?" Troye asked Connor. Connor thought about it. He did kinda like Troye. But he wasn't going to act on it and he definitely wasn't going to tell Troye.
"Hmmm. Maybe. But I don't think I'm in the right mindset at the moment to be thinking about boys like that. I just.." He thought about talking about his feeling to Troye. How did he even know he could trust Troye? But what else did he have to lose?
"I've kinda just been feeling shitty for a while. A long while. And I just don't want to have someone having to put up with me like that. It's too much work and no one really deserves to deal with me." Connor finished and just stared at the ground about to tear up while they walked. He felt an arm stop him though. He looked up and Troye was taking him into a bear hug. He really really liked Troyes hugs.
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So..... I've written a lot of the book already and I'm so excited to publish a certain chapter. Yay! Ok.
Troye and Connor are cute. That's it. Connors in Perth and I'm not even phased by it anymore.
Okay. Hope you all enjoy! Please please vote. Thank you so much.
Ok. Bye lovelies.
Teeny out!
