On the Other Side [Len x Oliver Fanfiction]

Chapter 12 - Glinting Games of Gawkiness

~Len's POV~

I glanced over at Oliver, who was looking at Kaito. I couldn't really tell what his expression looked like due to his bangs covering his face. He wasn't talking, but I heard faint snippets of their 'conversation'.

"...don't...he's...right?" It was Kaito's voice, and I didn't understand what he meant, so I let it slide.

Oliver just stood there without moving, seeming to be emotionless now that I could see his face.

"Oliver? Are you okay?" I narrowed my eyes at him out of worry and raised a hand to call him over to me.

Oliver flinched at what I said and immediately turned his expression to one of cheerfulness and joy. "Hmm? Oh, yeah, I'm fine!" He smiled broadly at me as he sat next to me.

I didn't have a good feeling about this....

After a while of just talking, making jokes, and even singing, Luki, Meito, and Rinto arrived.

"Hey guys," I said, waving at them as they opened the door and walked over to us.

"Hey," Luki replied with a blank expression. He nodded and took a seat.

"Hi!" Meito grinned at Oliver and then glanced at me, snickering. He took a seat next to Luki and whispered something in his ear. I don't know what he was saying or thinking, but it probably wasn't anything good.

Rinto smirked and took a seat next to me, practically pushing Oliver out of the way. "Hey Lenny~" He said and chuckled softly.

I gave a small huff of irritation. Rinto was a nice guy, but I just don't see why he has to be so clingy to me. It's pretty annoying.

"Okay, so we're all here then...?" I looked around. There weren't a lot of people, but it was enough. "Good. So, what do you guys wanna do?"

Rinto practically pushed me down with his one hand that he had placed on my shoulder as he frantically waved his other hand around in the air. "Ooh, ooh! Let's make pillow forts! Those are always fun!"

I'm pretty sure everyone in the room gave him a strange look, but no one else had any other ideas so we just went with his.

"Alright...? I can go find some more pillows while you guys start by using the ones on my bed." I nodded at everyone, and most of them nodded back. A small smile crept on my face as I stood up.

I looked back down at Oliver, who looked a bit terrified of staying with them alone, which was a bit confusing honestly. They seemed to be nice to him, so why would he be scared...?

"Oliver, do you want to help me look?" I asked, holding out my hand for him just in case.

I saw his face light up the smallest bit as he took my hand. "T-thank you...." He mumbled, standing up and letting go of my hand. I just barely noticed him flinch as we headed out of the room, closing the door behind us.

"You sure you're okay?" I asked, whistling softly after I said that.

Oliver looked away, pursing his lips. "I'm fine," he said, a faint look of determination plastered on his face. I gave a small chuckle at how cute he could be.

"W-what?" He asked, looking up at me with pursed lips.

"Nothing, nothing," I replied, waving a hand at him as I smiled. He really was cute....

Wait, stop. I'm not gay. Control yourself, Len. He's only cute in a friendly sense. Yeah, that's it. Totally. Calm down. Alright, good.

I took a deep breath and calmed myself down as Oliver talked to me about something random that I can't remember. Sorry, Ollie.

"Here, you can go look in this bin while I go check the closet over there." I pointed to a closet that wasn't too far away, and Oliver nodded.

"Alright," he said quietly, taking off the  bin's lid. He began to search for pillows and I smiled at him before walking over to the closet and beginning to search for some stray pillows as well.

"Find anything?" I called over to him not too long after we started searching.

"N-not yet...!" Oliver called back, his arm rummaging through the bin all the way at the bottom. I guess he really wanted to build pillow forts...?

"Alright," I said in a half mumble and half shout. I couldn't find anything yet either.

Finally, after what felt like hours, we managed to find a few more pillows than we already had. I guess we didn't have many pillows at my house. Well, extras at least.

We walked back to my room in a sort of comfortable silence, which made me happy for some unknown reason. When we got back, I opened the door and walked in on Mikuo and Luki. And they were kissing.

My draw practically dropped to the floor. "Mikuo?! Luki?! Y-you have that kind of relationship?!"

Mikuo pulled away from Luki and looked up at me with calm eyes. "No," he said bluntly.

Luki rolled his eyes. "We were playing spin the bottle while we waited for you two to come back with the pillows."

"O-oh...." I felt a wave of relief wash over me. I'm not against gays, let me say that, but I'm definitely not gay and I wouldn't really know how to not be awkward around Mikuo and Luki if they were. Please don't get the wrong idea here.

I waved Oliver over to set the pillows on my bed and I sat down next to Gakupo. "Wanna just continue with this then?" I asked, a bit confident that I wouldn't have to kiss anyone. Where I got that confidence from? Don't know. But I was dead wrong.

"Sure," Kaito replied with a grin. Why he liked this game so much? Don't know. Seems like I'm oblivious to these things, huh?

"Alright, Len, why don't you spin the bottle?" Meito asked, pointing a finger at me.

Yup. Dead wrong.

I gulped and shrugged. "S-sure...." I could hear the dread in my voice as I shakily spun the bottle with a flick.

I looked up at the person who it had landed on.

I don't know when he sat down, but it was him that it decided to land on out of all the people here. I wouldn't have minded anyone else, but because of Luka's four hour lecture about him specifically, it couldn't have been any more awkward for me.

It just had to be Oliver, didn't it?