Two of a Kind

The right person

Derek watched with admiring eyes as Stiles threw himself onto his bed. They had just gotten back from getting coffee and fudge.

"That was seriously nice, thanks for getting me out of the room," Stiles looked over at Derek then.

"Sure," Derek's eyes dropped to his phone where he had three messages from Erica.

"Is everything okay? You rarely cancel plans?"

"I swung by to make sure you didn't blow me off for homework, no one was home."

"Derek, seriously answer me. I'm getting worried,"

Derek rolled his eyes with a smirk as he responded.

"Sorry, had my phone on silent. I was out with Stiles. He was kinda losing his mind earlier and invited me to get coffee, I took him downtown."

Derek had felt bad cancelling his plans with Erica, but he would have felt worse for saying no to Stiles.

"Oh my god, Derek Hale!!! You went on a date with Stiles?!" Erica responded quickly.

Derek chuckled before responding.

"This is why I didn't tell you what I was doing... No it was not a date, however I think I have a problem." Derek sent the text and looked back over at Stiles.

"So next time I get to pick where we go right?" Stiles asked with a frown not looking away from the ceiling.

"If you want to," Derek's heart leapt at the idea of spending time with Stiles again.

"It's only fair. You picked this time." Stiles shrugged, meeting Derek's eyes with a grin.

Derek couldn't help but smile back.

"Yep definitely have a problem," Derek typed another text.

"What is it?" Erica asked.

"I think I'm falling for Stiles." Derek answered with a slump of his shoulders. He hadn't enjoyed someone's company as much as he enjoyed Stiles'. He was fun and yet he was shy. He was observant enough to pick up on what made Derek uncomfortable and respectful enough not to push him.

Just then the door to their dorm room opened and Spencer stepped in looking annoyed.

"You are unbelievable you know that?" Spencer snapped at his brother.

"What?" Stiles sat up with a confused expression.

"I ran into Kai earlier." Spencer's arms were crossed over his chest.

Stiles nodded, "Yeah he told me. He was looking for me."

"Yeah, it's funny cause I didn't know you two were friends."

"I wouldn't call us friends, necessarily," Stiles shrugged.

"Then why did you ask him for a favor?" Spencer asked accusingly.

Stiles swallowed thickly.

"You seriously asked him to crash your date with Theo?" Spencer threw his hands up in frustration.

Stiles let out a groan as he threw himself onto his back.

Derek raised a brow at Stiles.

"I was hoping it would scare Theo off, but it backfired," Stiles huffed out.

"Backfired how?" Spencer asked sitting at the end of Stiles bed.

"It made Theo see him as competition," Stiles sat back up, "But then the date actually went really well."

"Oh, well then no harm done," Spencer smiled excitedly at his brother.

"Not exactly, Kai had asked me if we were still on for Friday. I said yes," Stiles sighed.

"His party?" Spencer asked in surprise.

"Yeah. And Theo is gonna show up," Stiles squinted at his brother, waiting for his response.

Spencer let out a laugh, "Dude you are telling me you have two hot guys fighting over you, and you think it's a problem?"

"It is a problem," Stiles groaned.

"No it's not. Just have fun," Spencer wiggled his eyebrows at his twin.

"I'm not you," Stiles rolled his eyes.

"Derek, what do you think he should do," Spencer asked looking aver at their roommate who had remained silent.

"He told me he wasn't in the market," Derek shrugged.

"So what? If you're at the store for bread and you see a cake on sale that doesn't mean you can't buy it," Spencer turned back to his brother.

Derek frowned slightly. He knew Spencer was trying to help Stiles, but Derek really hoped Stiles wouldn't date either one. He had meant it when he told Erica he was falling for Stiles.

"And if there's a guy giving out free samples you don't say no," Spencer spoke up again.

Stiles laughed, rolling his eyes again.

"You have to like one a little bit better," Spencer urged his brother to pick.

"I don't know," Stiles dropped his eyes to his hands, which were fidgeting in his lap.

"You so do, I know that look," Spencer grinned poking his brother's cheek.

"I don't really know Kai that well," Stiles shrugged. His cheeks were shaded a light pink.

"So Theo then?" Spencer nodded knowingly.

"He's just different than I thought he'd be," Stiles shrugged again, the blush not leaving his face.

"Well I think you have your answer," Spencer ruffled his brother's hair.

"I still don't know if I'm wanting to date anyone right now," Stiles frowned, biting at his bottom lip.

"Why not?" Spencer frowned. He was kicking his shoes off by the door.

"I'm not very good at relationships," Stiles shrugged still looking down.

"Hey, dude, you weren't the problem. You just haven't found the right person yet. You can't not date just because you're afraid. You'll never meet the right person if you do that." Spencer spoke sincerely.

"What if Theo's not the right person?"

"What if he is?"

"What if Kai is the right person?"

"I can't tell you who to pick, I can only encourage you to pick one of them. You don't have to choose right away," Spencer took a seat next to Stiles then.

"What if neither one is the right person?" Stiles ran a hand through his hair.

"See how Friday goes. And don't worry about if they're the right person, just enjoy the attention."

"Will you come with me?" Stiles asked looking at his brother hopefully.

"If you want me to," Spencer nodded.

"Thanks," Stiles smiled at his brother. He knew he could always count on him.

Derek's jaw was clenched. He hated having to listen to this. He so badly wanted to pipe in and suggest that maybe he was the right person, but he couldn't do that. Stiles was obviously not interested in him and he didn't want to ruin the friendship that was starting to blossom. He liked Stiles and he didn't want to push him away, so he stayed silent.

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