Long Way Down

Digifest UK

Troye’s POV

“…ok fine, I said that if he reached half a million dollars, I would kiss him.” I stated, listening to our fans going wild as soon as I finished my sentence.

 “So, without further ado…” I said, feeling half-excited and half incredibly nervous. I knew it didn't really mean anything and it was basically an act for our fans, but I couldn't help the quick rhythm my heart was beginning to race into.

"One..." I started the countdown after arranging with Ty that we would go straight into the backstage after this, feeling butterflies in my stomach with only the thought of his lips finally locked on mine, not even bothering the thousands of people that would be watching us.

"Two...”, the shouting getting impossibly louder.

“Three!", I finally spitted out trying to sound as natural as I possibly could, failing miserably when my voice cracked slightly, my heart beating so fast it could jump out of my chest at any minute.

I turned to face Tyler instead of the crowd, finding an extremely nervous expression exposed all over his features. Before he could reach his hand up, I leaned forward, placing my hand gently on his cheek before pressing hurriedly my lips into his, not being able to wait for another second.

A wave of pleasure and joy flushed through my entire body, and suddenly the shreiks of our fans grew quiet. Everything else disappeared but his lips were a constant. I know that by 'kiss' it probably meant a quick peck on the lips, but forgetting about everything and everyone, only focusing on how amazing it felt to have our lips connected, I moved my mouth and turned my head just slightly, deepening almost unnoticeably the kiss. Realizing how carried away I had gotten; I pulled away quickly, with the brightest smile I’d worn in years planted on my face.

"Bye!" I spitted out with an notorious crack on my voice now, before leaving my microphone on the floor and getting out of the stage, feeling too overwhelmed to say anything else.

I ran backstage still listening to the crowd screaming insanely loud, immediately widening my eyes when realizing that there was a camera filming myself and Tyler entering the door. I tried desperately to hide the wide and love sickish smile that took over my face for the past seconds, trying to even out my breath and heartbeat as I got closer to the people on the room. It wasn't until turning to Tyler’s direction, when I noticed an wild blush across the entirety of his cheeks and neck, he giggling and trying to hide his face behind both his hands.

I forced myself to believe that the only reason of his red features was the fact that he had just kissed one of his friends in front of hundreds of people, but I couldn't help the silly smile that grew on my lips for somehow making him this flustered.  

In the moment we both entered the room and shut the door behind us, all the people in there, including Korey and some of our friends, started clapping and shouting, cheering for the so expected Troyler kiss. Both Tyler and I were now blushing at their excitement, laughing nervously and sitting on the empty couch next to us.

"God, if only I had this cheering whenever I kissed a guy”, Korey joked smirking at us, as everybody in the room started laughing and throwing other jokes and glances towards us.

I turned to Tyler smiling shyly feeling my cheeks heating once again, noticing a subtle blush returning to Tyler's face as he looked up at me giggling nervously at people's comments about our main stage performance. As the chat went by, I noticed something inching on my bum and shifted uncomfortably on the couch, taking my phone out of my back pocket and placing it on the arm of the couch.