a/n: i decided i'd write some fluff since i attacked y'all with some intense smut the other day. sorry about that, lmao. i might actually just delete that chapter. anyway, this chapter isn't really au but it takes place before the whole blackhood situation and bughead and varchie aren't together so yeaaaa. enjoy.
archie has been avoiding jughead for about a good two weeks now and it seems that everyone knows why except jughead himself. whenever jughead asked someone why archie was giving him the cold shoulder they would just say something like "sorry, i was told not to tell you." or "reasons you can't know." and jughead was getting extremely fed up.
"betty come on! we're friends, friends tell each other things." jughead said to betty as he sat next to her on her bed. "sorry jug but archie told me not to tell you and i promised i wouldn't." betty sighed
"ok, but he doesn't even have to know that it was you that told me, i can act like i just overheard it from someone else." jughead pressured, trying to get betty to crack
"a promise is a promise." betty replied
jughead just let out an agitated groan and laid back on betty's bed.
"is he mad or something?" jughead asked, staring blankly at the ceiling
"you asked me that already" betty said "and no" she answered
"i'm so confused then. if he's not mad, then why is he avoiding me?" jughead questioned
"it's complicated." betty said
"complicated how?"
betty paused as if she were contemplating on telling jughead or not.
"it's just complicated. i don't know how to explain it without telling you his secret. just talk to him." betty sighed
"his secret? what secret?" jughead sat up to look betty in the eyes.
betty mentally face palmed herself, she wasn't supposed to mention the secret.
"it's not a secret if i tell you right? just talk to him." betty said
"don't you think i've tried? on multiple occasions too. he won't talk to me." jughead huffed
"he's just scared jug, he's really really scared." betty said, her voice soft in an attempt to calm jughead
"scared of what exactly? i'm beyond confused." jughead said shaking his head
"ok look, the only way you're gonna get any answers and stop being confused is if you talk to archie, ok?"
"ok, fine." jughead sighed before hopping off of betty's bed and grabbing his jacket off of her desk.
"well i guess i'm off to go get some fucking answers." jughead said before hugging betty goodbye
•••
when jughead arrived at archie's house his heart began to race a little and he wasn't quite sure why. maybe he was nervous to find out what he had done to make his best friend avoid him for so long, even though he was sure he hadn't done anything wrong. he took a deep breath before ringing the doorbell. no one answered for a while and jughead was about to leave before the door opened revealing a tired looking archie. he had bedhead and bags under his eyes and scruff which showed that he hadn't cared to shave in a while.
"hey" he mumbled, avoiding eye contact with jughead
"we need to talk" jughead said quietly
"yea, i know. come in." archie said letting jughead in and taking him upstairs to his room.
archie sat on his bed while jughead leaned against his door. "so umm, where do we start?" archie asked still avoiding eye contact with jughead
"maybe with the reason why you've been avoiding me for two weeks?" jughead said with a little more sass in his tone than he intended
"well, uh. it's complicated." archie sighed
"so i've heard. and i've also heard that you have a secret and whatever it is, you're scared about it. can you please just tell me what it is and what it has to do with me?" jughead asked.
archie sighed and was quiet for a moment
"i don't know. i just, i just started feeling weird feelings towards you. like, i would see you talking or flirting or whatever with some random girls and feel extremely jealous. and sometimes i would just want to, i don't know. i shouldn't feel the way i feel for a boy." archie said, his voice slightly muffled by his hands which were covering his face.
jughead took a moment to process what had been said
"why not, kevin feels that way about guys and you have no problem with him. you support him right?" jughead asked
"yea, yea of course. but i'm not, i'm not like him. i like girls, i-i, i've never liked a guy, ever." archie breathed, practically hyperventilating
jughead felt sorry for him. he knew exactly how confused and upset he felt because he went through the same thing when he was figuring out his own sexuality.
"this is why you haven't been sleeping huh?" jughead asked, moving from the door to take a seat next to archie on his bed.
"you can tell?" archie questioned quietly, his eyes slightly filled with tears.
jughead nodded
"yea, you look a little rough." he said with a light chuckle
archie smiled quickly before going back to his beaten down demeanor.
"you probably think i'm crazy as hell. ignoring you for two weeks because of my dumbass feelings. i'm sorry."archie sighed, quickly wiping a tear from his eye.
"don't be sorry. i understand, sexuality is confusing as hell. but you can figure that out later. what really matters now, i guess, is your feelings. well, your feelings for me. you don't have to put a label on anything, just explain your feelings for me." jughead said looking archie dead in the eyes
archie thought for a bit, but without disconnecting the eye contact between himself and jughead.
"well, i guess i like you. like a lot. i think i, i think i love you jughead." archie said
jughead smiled
"i think i love you too archie."
archie smiled back and they kinda just sat there smiling at each other before jughead initiated a kiss. he leaned in and softly connected his lips to archie's a bit timidly considering this was his first time ever kissing someone of the same sex. archie kissed back, a bit timid as well but as the kiss progressed, they became more comfortable with each other. the kiss was cut off by them both pulling away for air.
"so uh, i guess i know you're secret now." jughead laughed softly
"and i'm guessing i know yours too." archie smiled
a/n: so that was TRASH and i'm pretty sure i've already written a oneshot with an extremely similar plot but oh well. ALSO i'm curious to know what's your sexuality and are you out to anyone yet? i'm bi and i'm out to a few of my friends but not all.
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