delicate [Jughead x Veronica]

the kiss

Jughead

"So, to clear the air amongst us... Jughead and I should kiss."

At first I thought she was kidding - even Archie looked more perplexed than usual, his eyebrows furrowing as the idea of another man kissing his girlfriend crossed his mind. Archie was so like a caveman - fuelled by testosterone and unable to bear the competition of another, especially when it came to the girl he loved. It was a different story, of course, when he was kissing the girl I loved.

"What? Veronica, are you nuts?" He questioned, and I couldn't help to laugh, meanwhile trying to gage Betty's reaction. I wasn't mad about her and Archie, after all it happened when we were all single, but I did hold a small amount of resentment. Okay, maybe more than a small amount. 

"Wait a minute, I don't know, hold on..." I smirked, standing up to face Veronica and Archie, the former sipping on her cocktail so sweetly whilst the latter frowned at me. "Veronica and I kissing may help to, uh, what's the sports term, Archie? Level the playing field?"

Honestly - kissing Veronica was definitely not the first thing I wanted to do, nor was it something that had ever crossed my mind. She was a fiery girl and I could certainly appreciate her attractiveness, but she had never been the type of girl I could see myself kissing. Plus, my hatred for her father and his actions was making this exchange less and less desirable.

"Betty, a little help here?" Archie turned to my girlfriend, who had a frown on her face now too.

On one hand, the only woman I wanted to kiss was my girlfriend. But no matter how much I denied it, I was annoyed about the whole her and Archie thing - and kissing Veronica would get back at both of them. They would know how it feels.

"You're not upset though, Jug?" Betty spoke, a sympathetic tone to her voice, and in that moment I felt a flutter of anger.

"No, no - really, I'm not upset." I'm not upset about the kiss. I'm not. Really.

"Right," she replied, almost condescendingly.

"But I'm human," I continued, knowing this would surely wind her and especially Archie up further. "What if a future me tries to use your kiss with Archie against some future you?" Neither of them were biting - I turned my attention back to Archie, a second after my eyes flitted across Veronica sipping on her cocktail seductively. "Archie, come on man, it's just a stupid kiss. Right?"

He glared back at me, his eyes full with both hatred and disbelief - my best friend, and right now my biggest rival. And I was right - this would just be a stupid kiss. We were all a bit tipsy and all of this would be forgotten in 10 minutes. I just needed to kiss Veronica right now - to prove this point. 

As if I didn't expect her to actually follow through with it, I couldn't hide my surprise when her face was right in front of me and her lips only millimetres away from mine. I was suddenly aware we were both half naked, only our swimwear covering our modesty, and a feeling of panic came over me. Maybe we shouldn't do this.

But it was too late. Her hands were either side of my face and she was on her tip toes, her lips coming closer and closer to mine. Don't overthink this, Jughead. She's your friend. Pretend that you don't hate her family and everything they stand for. Just relax.

"Jughead, don't freak out. Just trust me."

And then she kissed me. And everything changed.

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V. short chapter for the very first one just to give you all a little taster for what this story will be like! I'm obviously using this moment from the show but probably won't be following it from this point on.

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