Chapter 9: confessions

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When paps finished his shower, he wore his towel, not even thinking that red would be up, much less downstairs. He was talking to himself and red could hear him from downstairs.

"Ugh. Why does he have to be so damned cute!? I mean, he could at least be more of a jerk! Isn't that how he's 'sposed to act!? Ugh!"

He threw his towel on the ground, unaware of reds eyes staring up at paps' wet and naked bones. He couldn't help but blush at the sight of this. He falt warm. And it wasn't unpleasant either.

"I better wake him up... He did take care of me after all..."

Red realised that he wasn't in the room and pretended to be asleep on the couch. Paps walked in his room and looked for red. He wasn't on the bed or the floor, so he might've gone downstairs... Oh no... What if red had heard him!? Or worse. SAW him... The thought made paps blush but he shook it off, got dressed and went downstairs.

Red (looked like he) was asleep on the couch.

'Thank god. If he had heard me... Oh geez...'

Paps sat next to red and said quietly, "i want to tell you something that you can't know. If you did... I'd probably regret it forever. Red... I think i'm in love with you. I'm ashamed to admit it but..." He held red's trembling hand in his as he talked. "I'm in love with you. And nobody will know." He smiled and tried to let go, but red's hand wouldn't let him. Red put his other hand on the back of paps' skull.

"I love you too. And only we'll know."

He pulled paps in to a kiss, but paps stopped him.

"Red. I can't."  He looked at the floor.

Red looked confused, hurt, and angry.

"Why the fuck not?"

"Because." He put red's hand up to his cheekbone.

"I..."
"I just... Don't think i can deal with this."

Red froze for a moment then laughed.

"Paps, you said it yourself. You love me. And i love you too."

Paps looked up at red with a sad glance.

"Look, i get it if you're pitying me but-"

He was cut off by red kissing him. And in that moment, they both realised that they wanted... No... Needed eachother.

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