When I Looked Into Your Eyes (Jughead X Archie) (Jarchie)

The Morning

(A/N pretend that Ronnie is Jughead)

Archie and Jughead started shifting in their sleep when Archie's alarm went off.

'What the? It's a Saturday! Stupid phone' Archie thought as he reached over and turned it off, hoping that he hadn't woken up Jughead.

Jughead shifted in his sleep but didn't wake up. Archie took this as an opportunity to study Jughead's features. His face was relaxed. Almost peaceful without the smirk that Jughead usually wore and the hardness that could be seen in his eyes. He looked as though he hadn't gone through what he did, and was just your average teenager. Archie looked up at his hair, wildly messy, and cautiously put his hand on it.

'It's so soft' He thought as he ran his hand through Jughead's hair

He continued to do so until he pulled a bit too hard and Jughead moaned. His cheeks instantly heated until they looked similar to the color of his hair and he yanked his hand away from Jughead's hair. But sadly, it was too late. Jughead woke up, very confused as to why he felt a hand in his hair and why Archie was bright red.

Oh.

"Archie?" Jughead asked

"Yeah?" Archie responded

"What am I doing here, why am I in your bed, why am I not wearing my beanie, and why was your hand in my hair??" He asked, voice getting a bit louder with each question

"I had a nightmare about you dying so I got up to go find you and I found you at Pop's and saw that you had fallen asleep so I thought that I should bring you home but I didn't want to wake you up by blowing up the air mattress so I just decided to put you here but I didn't want you to be uncomfortable so I took off your jacket and beanie and then I couldn't leave so I stayed and I woke up and realized that my hand was in your hair and kind of forgot to take it out so yeah that happened," he rambled, slightly out of breath

Jughead just stared at him with an eyebrow raised while processing that information.

"Wait. You had a nightmare about me dying?" He asked

Archie blushed "Yeah. That's why I went looking for you. I just had to make sure that you were alive."

"Hey. It's fine. If that's really the reason, I'm not mad." Jughead said calmly

"Really?" Archie asked with hope

"Yeah dude. It's fine." He responded coolly

Archie smiled and turned around to grab his phone only to see that Betty and Veronica had been blowing up his phone, asking if he wanted to go to Pop's.

"Hey Jug? Want to go to Pop's? B and V are blowing up my phone asking if we can go." He asked

"Sure" Jughead replied

They headed over to Pop's and were greeted with their favorite milkshakes. They chatted for a while before the subject of their relationships came up.

"Isn't it weird?" Veronica whispered to Betty

"Isn't what weird?" Betty whispered back

"Well, you and I have kissed, you and Jug have kissed, Jug and I have kissed, you and Archie have kissed, Archie and I have kissed, but Jug and Archie haven't kissed?"

"Yeah. It's so weird how they complement each other so much and they share practically everything. They're practically dating."

Jughead and Archie were feeding each other fries to be funny, but it just looked adorable.

"Look at how cute and carefree they look! Jug is actually smiling and laughing. Not smirking and snickering."

"Hmm.... if only Archie could admit to himself that he was gay......."

"Yeah, it's really obvious. They won't date us and don't seem to be interested in anyone but themselves."

"What do we do? They have to kiss! All of us have kissed except for them and it was us kissing that lead to.... you know...."

"Yeah. I still don't know why you don't want to tell them. They'd be fine with it and you know it."

"Yeah. It just worries me."

"We shou- " Ronnie tried to whispered before being interrupted

"Hey! What are the two of you whispering about?" Jughead asked

"Oh nothing. Just about how you guys have yet to kiss." V said with a suggestive look on her face

Jughead tried to speak but only ended up sputtering something along the lines of "What?" While Archie just stared at them.

"Yeah guys. Why haven't you kissed yet?" Betty asked

Jughead sputtered out "Because we're not gay!"

Ronnie and Betty just smirked and said "Mm-hmm." "If you say so."

Archie and Jughead both turned a bright shade of red before saying that they were just friends and would never be more before changing the subject.

*Time Skip*

"It's getting kind of late you guys, I'm heading home" Betty said

"Yeah" Veronica said, "I should get going too. Bye guys!"

They waved goodbye and left.

Jughead and Archie looked at each other before blushing and looking away.

"So.... what now?" Archie asked

"I don't know. I'm probably just gonna stay here again." Jughead responded

"Jughead," Archie said, "You're staying with me."

Jughead raised an eyebrow.

"I'm serious. I don't give a crap about you 'overstaying your welcome'. You're my best friend and I'm not letting you be homeless. And don't even try telling me to ask my dad because you know that he's fine with it." Archie said with finality

"Archie....." Jughead said

"Jughead. You are my best friend. You know I would do anything for you." Archie said

Jughead didn't say anything.
Archie looked over at him to see his eyes slightly red and glassy.

"Jug...." he whispered quietly before hugging his friend. Jughead quietly cried at his friend's statement. He hadn't expected him to say all of that and it really made him feel loved.

"Thank you." Jughead whispered, his voice slightly muffled

Archie just smiled and kissed his forehead.

Wait a minute.

'HE JUST KISSED MY FOREHEAD' 'I JUST KISSED HIS FOREHEAD'

Both of them turned bright red but neither pulled away.

"Come on. Let's go home." Archie said

Jughead sniffed "Okay. Thank you again. You really don't have to, but I appreciate it."

Archie smiled at him and paid for their food. Jughead opened his mouth to protest but Archie merely raised his eyebrow. Jughead just closed his mouth and smiled

They climbed into Archie's car and drove to the Andrews residence.

Once they got home, Archie explained the situation to his dad and his dad merely smiled and gave Jughead a hug when he came in.

"Welcome home kid." He said.

"Thanks Mr. Andrews." Jughead replied

"None of this Mr. Andrews crap. Call me Fred" (May he Rest In Peace 😔)

"Okay Mr Andrews." Jughead replied.

Fred laughed, "We'll work on that."

Archie grabbed Jughead's hand and ran up to his room.

"Welcome home Jughead."