Forever

Chapter 1: The Beginning of the End

"Do you want me to leave?"

You looked up to see Sebastian's blue eyes, glistening with tears, his voice threatening to crack if he said any more. You looked down at your hands, not knowing whether you'd regret the answer you were about to give him.

"Yes,"

You didn't dare look up before you heard a small sigh and the front door slamming shut - if you saw Seb's reaction, you wouldn't have let him leave in the first place.

- 6 months earlier –

"Are you really gonna leave without asking me the question you've been dying to ask me?"

Sebastian stared at you defiantly, not letting you lose eye contact as he reached out to pull your chin up as you looked down at your feet, again.

"C'mon (Y/N), I'm not letting you leave until you ask me."

You looked up into his eyes, remembering the first time you really stared into them and got lost. You grabbed Sebastian's wrist, pulling his hand away from your face, wishing he would stop bugging you about the subject.

"Leave it alone, Seb. It's not even that important."

"Obviously it is if you're telling me it's not; I know you, (Y/N), and I know that you're lying right now so c'mon, spit it out,"

You felt your face turning red, and decided you might as well tell him half of the truth – better than lying, right?

"Okay, fine – but you have to SWEAR you won't tell him, got it?"

Sebastian's face brightened as he smiled widely, and you laughed awkwardly as you pushed him away from you.

"Alright girl, spill, I definitely need to know now since it's about a guy!"

"Okay, so you know, we're almost done wrapping up filming, and Anthony's been asking for a while – would you stop making that face, you knew about this already!"

You punched Seb in the arm as he continued grinning, but he just couldn't help himself – two of his best friends, getting together? Best. Thing. Ever. – at least for Seb it would be.

"Alright alright, I can't help myself! I think it's funny that its taken you this long to come to me for advice about Anthony, of all people! But my answer is yes. Yes, yes, yes. Go for it, (Y/N)! Nothing can go wrong!"

Now it was your turn to laugh ridiculously, causing Sebastian to become puzzled. You could hardly breathe, so you sat down and stopped, but immediately started to giggle as soon as you noticed how confused Seb was.

"Why are you laughing? Is this not about Anthony asking you on a date?!"

You put up your hand, as you tried to control yourself and decided to tell Sebastian the truth.

"Of course not, dummy! Oh God, I would never go out with Mackie – unless he was the last man on Earth, then maybe I'd consider it! But alas, this is not the case – do you really not know about this, Seb?"

"Obviously not! Tell me, who is trying to score a date with you? Is it Tom? Oh my god, Tom is so young though – he's not even 21, right? (Y/N), you're too old for him!"

You narrowed your eyes as Seb kept contemplating the 11 year age difference between you and Tom, and decided another punch in the arm would bring him back to reality, to which he responded with a 'What'd you do that for?' face.

"Of course it's not Tom! He's only 20 and I'm not dating someone 11 years younger than me! 9 years older than me is a different thing, though..."

Seb's eyes widened as he tried to do the math before making a little O with his mouth.

"No freakin way. Chadwick? T'Challa? Cat man? How did I not see this?! I'm so disappointed with myself."

Sebastian pouted as you started laughing again, grabbing his arm so you could pull him in for a hug. You patted him on the back before pulling away with a smile, giggling as you asked,

"So is this your approval of me going out with Chad? I've technically asked everyone for their "blessing" of sorts, but I had to save the best for last, right?"

Seb laughed as he ran his fingers through his hair, before pulling you in for another hug. Seb whispered in your ear,

"Of course I approve, but now I gotta meet with the black panther himself to make sure he knows what's coming for him if he hurts you."

You couldn't help but laugh as you pulled away, smiling as you realized you had nothing to worry about when it came to Sebastian.

"Alright, that's fine, but don't go scaring him away, I actually like him!"

"I can't make any promises, (Y/N)!"