~ Jalbert One Shots ~

~ Hot Tea ~

ooh that's toasted my dood.

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Albert's POV:

Oh..!

I stumbled backwards while tightly clutching my coffee in my hands.

Great, social interaction.

"I-I am so sorry sir, I did not-" I said before realizing I spilt their tea all over their flannel shirt.

Hot tea.

"Gah!" I quickly reached into my pockets and pulled out some spare napkins. I awkwardly reach and pat their chest.

This is so awkward.

"Agh," the man said in pain. "I-I'm sorry I d-didn't see you there.. here, do yo-you want my coffee..?" I said without thinking. I looked into his hazel eyes, which showed confusion. "Ah, no thank you..?" He said while brushing off his shirt. "Here, I have a spare towel."

"Why would you carry a spare towel with you..?"

"Hey, you never know."

"I think we should move out of the way" I say, gesturing the man out of the crowd. I cross my arms and tremble slightly, "agh, I should've brought my jacket with me.."

".. do you want mine?" The man said, slowly unzipping his blue jacket. "A-Ah, no thanks, uhh..."

"Jake. The name is Jake. What's yours?"

".. Albert."

He gestured me towards one of the shops nearby, "Cmon, I'll buy you a jacket Albert."

"Y-you don't-" I stuttered before looking at his sad face.

Which looked oddly cute.

I sighed. "Fine."

••

"What's your favorite color?" Jake asked, digging through the pile of soft and fluffy sweaters.

"Red" I whisper shyly. I look up to see him smile softly. "I love the color red. I personally think it looks amazing with blue."

"Really? Me too!"

We both chuckled quietly and scooted closer together. "Hey, is there any way I can repay you?" I ask.

"No, it's okay" he whispered, picking up a bright red sweater.

"So.. where are you heading after this?" I ask while putting on the sweater.

He smile immediately faltered. "My mum kicked me out of the house, so I'm just trying to look where to stay." I scrunched up my eyebrows and tried to come up with something.

Let him stay over, ass.

"Hey.. do you wanna stay overnight at my place?" I ask, a small smile creeping up on my face. He gave an airy chuckle, "I honestly think I have no other choice."

".. the couch is way too small." Jake whispered. "Don't you have any other rooms?"

"The other 2 bedrooms are being renovated, they smell like fresh paint and there is no air conditioning" I sighed.

"Guess I'll sleep on the floor. Got any extra blankets?"

"Yeah, they're in my closet, cmon."

"That's what you sleep in?" Jake asks, raising an eyebrow at me. "Yeah.. I can't really sleep with long sleeved shirts or pants. They're too annoying" I say while quickly going under the blankets.

I turn off the lights. "Well, Goodnight..?" I whisper before turning the opposite direction of him.

••

I wake up from my deep sleep and sigh softly. I look over to my right and look at the time.

"11:30."

I felt oddly warm and comfortable. I lowered my hands so they'd touch my waist and I felt a strong pair of hands wrapped around it.

"Wha..?" I whisper to before turning around and accidentally bumping my nose onto Jake's. "J-Jake?!" I say, surprised. He mumbled something incoherent and went back to sleep.

"J-Jake!" I say again. He opened his eyes slowly, meeting with mine. It took him a few seconds to realize what he was doing.

He scooted back, his eyes now wide as an owl's. "I-I am so sorry" he said. He covered his face with both of his hands, clearly showing that his face was red of embarrassment.

I kinda sat there, waiting for him to give me an excuse for why he was cuddling me.

He peeked our from his hand, and sighed softly from his nose. "I was cold," he whispered, "I didn't want to wake you up so I just carefully got onto the bed and slept silently on the edge. I have no clue how we ended in that position."

I silently chuckled. "To be honest, I was a bit cold too." Jake smiled softly and stepped out of the bed. I did the same.

"Hey, let me make you some tea, I owe it to you anyways.."

••

Sorry this took so long, it was kind of rushed :/

Btw TYSM FOR 14k!! It means out of this world to me <3!

When I started this book my goal was 1k, and I wanna thank you guys again for making that possible.