》Starved《Fack

Chapter 9: Overwhelming Comfort

Jack's P.O.V

"You're the only person that's ever cared about me besides my mother." I said. "W-Wait really?" Finn asked. I shook my head yes and backed up against the end of my bed so I could lean back on the wall. "Wait... what about your father?" Finn asked. "I uh... He doesn't really... Um he's to busy to be worrying about me." I lied.

"Jack, can we both just be honest with each other here?" He asked. I didn't say anything. "Jack." Finn said. "Finn, we may be friends but I still don't even know that much about you." I said and he looked at Finns hands. He reached for my hands and interlaced our fingers. I tried to tug my hand away, but Finn tightened his fingers around mine.

"What are y-you-" I blushed and he leaned in closer to me. "Jack I..." He bit his lip. "Finn?" I rose brow. "I'm not going to hurt you. Please don't pull away from me I just want to comfort you. Please." Finn said quietly. I calmed down and held Finns hand a bit looser. I wasn't so tense and this is honestly the first time this has ever happened to me.

"There you go..." Finn said. "C-Can I hug you?" Finn asks. "I've never hugged anyone." I whispered. "That can't be true..." Finn said and stood up off the bed. "It is." I said as he helped me off of the bed. "Can we hug?" He asked again. "I haven't hugged someone in a long time I might mess it up or something." I said as my face was burning up.

Finn smiled and put his arms around my waist as he pulled me close to him so our bodies were touching. I put my hands on his back awkwardly and he laughed lowly. "Jack wrap your arms around me." He said and I did. He rested his chin on top of my head and my heart melted when he did it.

I held him tighter and I felt tears forming in my eyes. I've never felt such affection... I can't believe only three weeks ago I was staring at Finn on the football field, and now I'm hugging him in my bedroom. I nuzzled my head against his chest and he made a happy noise.

"Finn." I said and he tried to pull away from the hug but I pulled him back into it. "Don't let go." I whispered. Not long ago I was telling him 'please don't touch me.'  "I won't. Not until you want me to." He said and I closed my eyes. "Finn, are you gay?" I asked without meaning to.

He didn't reply right away and I started getting nervous I said something wrong. "D-Did I say the wrong thing?" I asked and bit my bottom lip nervously. "No. I just don't know what to say. I don't know if I am or not. I know it's a stupid answer." He said and I smiled. "No it's not. I was so confused for the longest time... I just never told anyone until just now." I said.

"T-Thank you. I'm just really confused. I think I... I don't know it's stupid and complicated." He said and started swaying left to right with me in his arms. "It's okay. I mean, I always thought I kind of liked boys but I never really knew for sure until the beginning of Freshman year." I said.

"You only came out a couple of months ago Jack. Have you really know for almost two years?" He asked and I smiled again. "Yeah. I was scared of coming out because I was scared of being made fun of but it's not like that doesn't already happen so I decided to just tell the world to deal with it, and they very well did not." I said with a small sigh.

"I think you're really cute." He said at almost a whisper. "Wait really?" I asked. "Yes really." He said and his grip on me tightened but in a comforting way. Not the way my dad does at all. "I think you're really cute too." I said and I was tempted to kiss him. Would he hate me? No. I can't do it. He's confused. I don't want to confuse him anymore than he probably already is.

"Thanks for letting me hug you." He said. "Please don't let go yet..." I said. We hugged for about five minutes. "Jack. Can we go I dunno um on a date?" Finn asked. "Wait really?" I asked and he grabbed both of my hands.  "Yes. How about tomorrow? And you can spend the nig-" He was cut off by yelling.