Cube Imagines

Chapter 7- Gbomb

[there's probably going to be a lot of gbomb, it's my favorite to write :)]

Zach shuffled down the school hallway holding his books against his chest. Self-conscious as he was, he had on baggy sweatpants and a black hoodie. His curly light brown hair was swept across his forehead, and his green eyes were trained downwards.

He got into his usual seat at the back of class. He was the first one there, as usual. He didn't have any friends to walk with.

Again, as usual, Liam and his friends got to class at the last second, since they were all very popular. Zach admired Liam's muscular arms, his blue eyes, and his oh-so-touchable light brown hair.

Zach was openly gay, another reason he had no friends. Liam met his eyes and winked, causing Zach to not only blush but knock his binder off his desk in his hurry to look away.

Liam found himself glancing back to Zach all throughout class. He didn't know much about Zach, only that he didn't have any friends and was gay. He noticed Zach's eyes were very green, and that his hair was in between messy and neat, so that it was very attractive. Liam was also gay, but he never admitted it to anyone, not even his family or best friends.

After class, Liam found the courage to walk up to Zach, who was still shoving papers into his backpack.

"Hey Zach." He said as boldly as he could.

Zach looked up, blushed furiously, and said quietly "Hi Liam." He then avoided his gaze as he walked away quickly.

Liam rushed after him. "Wait up! I just wanted to talk, no need to run away."

"O-oh." Zach said. "I thought you were gonna, you know, call me a faggot or something."

Liam felt like his heart could break at these words, and he took a deep breath. "Well, Zach," he began. Was he really going to do this? "I'd never call you a faggot because," He guessed he was. "I'm one too."

Zach looked up at him biting his lip, and Liam smiled softly. Zach cautiously smiled back, and they kept walking in a comfortable silence.

Part Two

Over the next few weeks Liam spent a lot of time with Zach. Every time his friends asked why he was "hanging out with the faggot" he would bite back a rude retort and say "C'mon guys, he's not that bad of a dude."

Liam and Zach were sitting at a lunch table. Zach was picking at his sandwich, but as usual wasn't eating any of it.

"Why do you never eat?" Liam asked, who himself was scarfing down his lunch.

Zach shrugged. "Oh, I'm just not that hungry I guess."

Liam set his jaw. "Hey, don't give me that bullshit. If you aren't eating because you think you're fat or whatever, you can shut up because you're not."

Zach started shaking his head, but Liam plowed on. "You know what, I'm so sick of people putting you down. Zach, you are not a faggot, you are not fat, and really, you are absolutely perfect, okay?"

Zach was silent, but Liam could see he was tearing up. "T-thanks Liam, means a lot."

Liam reached across the table and patted Zach's hand. One of Liam's friends then called over "Hey! H [bc ya know that's his nickname haha funny right]! What're you doing with him?"

Liam took a deep breath, and turned around to face the guy. "Dude, we're eating lunch, chill."

The guy snorted, and nudged the person sitting next to him, while pointing. "H!" He said laughing. "He's a gay. Why do you wanna sit with him?"

Liam stood up forcefully, and Zach said quickly "Liam! Stop!" But Liam ignored him.

"Yeah, he's gay!" Liam shouted, bringing attention to the conversation. "Who fucking cares?"

The guy gave a look to his friends, as if the answer was obvious.

Liam shouted again "Well guess what? I'm gay! Yeah, I'm a faggot! Get over it!"

He stood there breathing heavily while everyone reacted to the statement. Then he walked back to the table and sat next to Zach instead of across from him like previously.

Zach turned and looked at him. Then Zach stood up, and all eyes on him, held out his hand for Liam. Liam took it gladly and they left the cafeteria, leaving everyone in a stunned silence.

They were laughing. Liam felt a ginormous weight had been lifted from his shoulders. In his excitement, Zach pulled Liam into a hug. Liam returned it tightly, and before the moment was lost he kissed Zach.

Zach was startled at first, but returned it gladly. When they separated, Liam said cheerfully "Let's get out of here." And they left the school, still holding hands.