Tell Me Why (A Jayy Von Monroe FanFic; BoTDF)

Chapter 10; "Well, I Guess I Might As Well Come Clean."

Hunter's POV

"Oh fuck is right man, nice timing," Dahvie said.

Jayy looked horrified that I'd heard. "I can explain Hunter, I swear."

I walked over and put a hand on his shoulder. "It's fine Jayy. But..." I sighed. "No more flirting with me. I know it's just a rebound now and I want no part of it."

He nodded nervously. "Are we still cool?"

"Yeah."

"Okay, good."

I walked away, knowing that wasn't the end of the conversation. We'd acknowledged, wordlessly I might add, that this conversation would resume tonight, when we could be alone and without distractions or eavesdroppers.

And so it did.

After we were all safely off the high of the show and everyone was talking and getting drunk, Jayy excused us both. The whole bus knew what had happened.

They knew what was going to happen as well; at least a talk, probably a seating rearrangement, and, as they saw it, possibly a fight that would end in the loss of one of the people on the bus.

And, if that happened, it wasn't going to be Jayy.

Jayy and I got on opposite sides of his bunk, leaning into the walls behind us.

"Alright..." He sighed. "Well, I guess I might as well come clean. I like you Hunter. I swear, it was just jokes before. But... when I found out how willing you were to do anything for me. When you 'attacked' him simply because he'd hurt me and then apologized to me because you thought I was mad that you hurt him... It seemed like an immediate rebound to me so I tried to ignore it. And that wasn't too hard what with the pain because... Well you know why. But I was amazed that I was actually feeling better after you convinced me to come out of my bunk. And, even when I was in the bunk, you held me and did everything you could for me. Hell, you even saw through a facade that no one else did. And better yet, you called me on it and told me that it wouldn't help at all to do that. You told me you wanted to see me happy."

"I 'do' want to see you happy Jayy. That hasn't changed," I interrupted.

"Exactly. And, with all this, I don't think this is some rebound anymore. And, when I decided it wasn't, I started flirting with you. And you were reacting well. Whether you saw it as a joke or serious, you seemed okay with it so I kept going. I'm sorry I called you a rebound, it was just a stupid joke because he was teasing me for getting a boner from you."

I sighed. "Jayy... I still think you're rebounding. And, if I'm wrong, you'll still like me a little while from now, once we can be sure it's not a rebound."

"I 'am' sure."

"Okay, when 'I' can be sure it's not."

He sighed and nodded, head down and refusing to meet my eyes. "Okay, if that's what you need me to do. So... how long?"

"Start with a month, okay?" He nodded. "If we both start crushing too hard to handle the month before then, I'll think about just going for it. But I just need to be sure."

"I understand. I may not be acting like it and I'm 'sure' I don't 'look' like it, but I really do."

I hugged him. "I'm sorry. I just need to be sure so neither of us end up hurt. I want us to stay friends, no matter what else we are, if anything, and I need to be sure that nothing is going to hurt that."

He nodded and hugged back. "So... you want to find a new bunk to sleep in or...?"

"Do you want me to?" My voice wavered. I couldn't say I hadn't thought about it before, but I thought we were okay now.

"No, but I understand if you do."

I shook my head. "I really don't..."

His grip tightened. "Then we don't have to." He sighed softly. "Wanna report back?"

"They can wait 'till tomorrow. It's technically none of their business, but I understand why you want them to know. But not right now. Right now I need Jayy-bears's cuddles," I said, making the s in cuddles a z.

He smiled. "Alright honey." I gave him a look. "Sorry." His smile became a smirk. "I meant Hunter."

"Sure you did," I said sarcastically, rolling my eyes.

We cuddled and forgot everything else for the moment and went to sleep.

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