On the Other Side [Len x Oliver Fanfiction]

Chapter 15 - Sweet Hugs of Happiness

~Oliver's POV~

I glanced up at Rinto, who had a look like he was being forced to eat a rotten egg. Rude.

I puffed out my cheeks slightly in annoyance and embarrassment, but leaned in anyway.

Rinto clicked his tongue softly so that no one else but me could heard it. He gave me a small peck on the lips, but nothing more. Thank god.

"Alright, who's next...?" Rinto asked the question half-heartedly, looking like all the life had been drained out of him. Seriously, how rude can this one guy be?!

No one was raising their hand or volunteering, so I slowly raised my hand up instead. "I'll g-go...."

"Ugh.... Alright." Rinto gave me a small glare before crossing his arms and turning to face Len a bit more.

I sighed and reached my hand out, taking a paper from the jar. I unfolded it and froze up immediately.

"Hmm?" Meito asked, leaning a bit closer. "'Tell your darkest secret'?"

I could feel the blood drain from my face. I...I couldn't do it. It's too personal! W-why would anyone do this?! Isn't it a secret for a reason?!

"Well?" Mikuo asked, looking a bit irritated at how long I was taking to answer the dare.

"I-I...u-u-um...." I looked down, letting my bangs fall over my face so that no one would be able to see my expression clearly.

Len looked at me worriedly. "You know, why don't you switch papers...?"

I looked up at him and quickly flashed a thankful smile. "A-alright.... T-thank you...."

A few people looked a bit disappointed that they didn't get to hear whatever made me so nervous, but I just brushed it off and grabbed a different piece of paper from the jar, unfolding it.

I stayed quiet as I read the dare and my face started to heat up as a blush formed on my cheeks. Of course they would all be weird and awkward for boys like this one was, they came from a girl....

"Well, what does it say? What does it say?" Gumo bounced up and down a bit in his seat, looking excited.

"I...." I bit my lip nervously, mentally growling at what the note said. Confess your 'feelings' for a random person off the top of your head. Don't tell anyone it's fake.

"I-I...um, well.... Y-you see...." I crumpled the piece of paper up, shoving it into my pocket. "I...um...." I kept stumbling over my words, trying to think of someone to say. Suddenly, I thought of Rin. I don't know how or why, but she just came to mind. Maybe because I was always thinking about Len, now I was thinking about her too. "U-uh, I-I kinda...." I gulped, mumbling the rest out," ...have a c-crush on R-Rin...."

The room became silent, and my face flushed a dark red color.

"O-Oliver, y-you...." Len looked down, reaching his hand out and placing it on my shoulder. He inhaled slightly to seemingly calm himself before he looked up at me...with a broad, bright smile. "Good luck!" He winked at me and gave me a thumbs-up.

All of a sudden, some of the others were mumbling agreements and 'words of encouragement ' to me. Seriously?! How could they not tell that it was the dare?!

"Anyway, your dare." Gakupo nodded for me to continue the game, but I just shrugged.

"N-next...." I got a few strange looks, but I thought it would be best just to leave it be for now and explain everything later.

...Hopefully.

The game went on for quite a while later before Len yawned and said, "H-hey.... I'm tired.... Anyone else...?"

I nodded my head, struggling to keep my eyes open as I mumbled, "M-me...."

A few others agreed, shuffling into their sleeping bags. I looked around tiredly, confused.

"W-where...?" I flinched violently. I didn't have a sleeping bag! This is not good!

"L-L-Len...?" I tugged nervously on Len's sleeve, the blond boy crawling over to his bed.

"Yeah...?" He asked, looked back at me with half-closed eyes.

"I-I...um, don't...have a sleeping bag...." I looked down, blushing furiously. I could sleep on the floor, but that would hurt.... And I'm definitely not sleeping with these weirdos down here. I wonder if he has an extra....

"Oh...?" Len looked around for a moment before he lazily stood up and pulled me up with him. "Here...." He shuffled into his bed, making room for me.

...What?!

I can't share a bed with him! That way I'd definitely not get any sleep! N-not that way, perverts!

"Y-you don't have an extra sleeping bag...?" I asked cautiously, still super embarrassed with everything that was going down at the moment.

"Mmn...." Len shook his head, patting the bed beside him. "Just c'mere and sleep...."

I fidgeted nervously as I reluctantly crawled into the bed next to Len. I-it even smells like him.... Bananas.... W-w-w-what am I thinking?! G-get a hold of yourself, Oliver! You're not in that kind of relationship yet!

...Yet.

Len grumbled something incoherently, and suddenly wrapped his arms around my waist, pulling me into a side hug.

I could feel my breathing speed up, along with the beating of my heart. I could hear his slow breathing in the quiet room. It was dark enough now that I couldn't see anything, luckily for me.

"Mmn...." I mentally screamed when Len grumbled into my ear absentmindedly, as he was probably already asleep by now. My entire face heated up, and I was trembling with embarrassment. Everything about this sleepover had to be embarrassing, didn't it?!

I hardly got any sleep with Len holding onto me so tightly, along with the grumbling and feeling his breath on my ear and neck.

It really was torture! Because I couldn't do anything! Terrible, right?!

Glad to know you agree.

I woke up after less than three hours of sleep to find myself on the floor. I sat up painfully, seeing that Len had ended up kicking me off the bed during the few hours I was actually unconscious. Rude.

"This was some sleepover, huh...?" I mumbled quietly to myself, laughing softly as I shook my head.