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hamburger : gene help
hamburger: ,,,
hamburger: omg gENE

eugenebang: omg kEITH
eugenebang: what is it

hamburger: i just realized i don't really know shane and ryan that well

eugenebang: what do you mean? you've hung out with them at a bunch of parties before

hamburger: well yeah, but i don't know them know them
hamburger: and now i'm gonna have to sit with them at lunch

eugenebang: don't be silly you'll be fine
eugenebang: besides, they'll probably be too busy staring into each other's eyes to notice you're there
eugenebang: kidding but like,,

hamburger: okay okay
hamburger: i'm just kinda nervous

eugenebang: since when do you get nervous when getting to know people??

hamburger: i dunno,, they're just really good friends of yours and i want them to like me

eugenebang: keith you'll be fine :))

hamburger: promise?

eugenebang: promise
eugenebang: they're really nice people; you'll have fun

hamburger: thanks gene♥

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eugene thought about that tiny heart all morning. as pathetic as it was, he would sometimes unlock his phone and click on his texts with keith just to see it again. did that mean he was severely emotionally deprived? probably. did it signify how hopeless this whole situation was? undoubtedly.

but somehow, his brain wasn't giving up.

lunch came around, and eugene wasn't sure whether to feel excited or a little scared. leaning up against the wall where keith had decided to meet, he pretended to survey the emptying hallway with interest. he knew he had calmed keith's worries earlier this morning, but he had suspicions of his own about ryan and shane.

okay, who was he kidding? it was all shane.

he loved the tall guy to death, but he was fond of teasing until you could almost cry. and if one word about eugene's not-so-little crush on keith slipped out of his mouth, by god, he was going to—

"just relax, eugene," he whispered to himself. "just rel—"

"hey," came a soft voice from behind him, tearing him from his thoughts. keith was standing there, and the realization that he had just been whispering to himself like some sort of weirdo caused eugene's cheeks to heat up.

"oh, hi," he answered back, trying to play it cool. "you ready?"

keith gave a small sigh. (its cuteness may or may not have given eugene physical chest pain, but that was beside the point.)

"yeah, i guess. just kinda nervous, is all." eugene realized just how close the two were standing when the taller man's warm knuckles brushed against his own.

it was then that he did the boldest thing he had ever done in his almost-thirty years of existence. he wasn't sure if it was the fact that no one was in the hallway with them, the soft-scared look in keith's eyes as they met his own, or a descent into some kind of temporary psychosis, but he took keith's fingers in his own.

"you'll be great," he said simply, with a gentle squeeze. keith surprisingly didn't pull away. he looked down at their intertwined fingers and smiled.

"thanks."

for some reason, their hands didn't separate until they reached the huge cafeteria doors and were met with the chatter of hundreds of fellow employees. the feeling of keith's warm, slightly rough skin against his was sure to stay ingrained in eugene's mind for a long time afterward.

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soz it's a bit short this time pals

we have lunchtime with the boiz™ next time tho!! do you think shane will spill the tea?? will ryan smack him before he does?? and whEn wiLL aLL tHiS tEnSiOn gEt aDdReSsEd!?

find out next time on pandemonium¡¡

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