𝐒𝐇𝐘 | 𝖠𝖼𝗍𝗎𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝖲𝗍𝖾𝗉𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝖷 𝖱𝖾𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗋

nine

𝘆/𝗻'𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘃.
stephen's house warms my skin as we step inside. I slide my jacket off and he takes it out of my hand, placing it neatly on a coat rack. intrigued I look around the hall and at some of the pictures on the walls, it may seem nosy but I couldn't help but smile at some of the images of him, dan, hosuh and jay. "that's when we all went to disneyland" he tells me whilst pointing towards one picture. my eyes light up but then glance at the floor as I sigh "aw man I could've been in this picture if I didn't get sick" I mumble to hear stephen chuckle "so you're the person that jay and hosuh said couldn't make it huh? they wouldn't tell me who it was because it was supposed to be some big surprise". "at least hosuh brought me back a pluto hat" I smiled at the thought.  "I've got to admit that I'm more of a goofy fan myself" he declares "you are a goofy guy though" I snicker "hey what's that supposed to mean?" "nothing don't worry about it" I reply through the giggling.

suddenly I'm spun around so my back is now firmly pressed against the wall "tell me" his voice is now a lot more husky, sending shivers down my spine. I gulp before I speak again "you're just silly and laid back ya know?" he raises an eyebrow "that all?". "you're never too serious either, which is nice" I add "oh I can be serious" he moves one hand so it is now placed on the wall next to my head and leans in "believe me when I tell you I can be serious" and with that last sentence being whispered he plants his lips onto mine unexpectedly. I thought he was just teasing me again but I was wrong, so so wrong.

my body freezes, not knowing how to respond, I'm too shocked to do anything. he notices this and immediately pulls away and embraces me into a hug. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry I shouldn't have done that without asking if you were okay with it" I swiftly bury my head into his chest out of embarrassed, whilst remaining quiet. thoughts flood my mind as I contemplate what to do next.

his grip begins to loosen on me but I tighten my arms around his waist, I don't want to let go just yet. "y/n look at me for a second" I shake my head no, he can't see how flustered he made me from something so simple. his hand steadily moves up and down my my back in a soothing and caring manner, making butterflies flutter around in my stomach and my head become clouded with more thoughts until I decide on my next move.

removing my face from his torso I stare up at him "y/n I'm sorr-" this time it's my turn to shut him up, instead of him interrupting me. cautiously I step on my tiptoes and grab the collar of his shirt pulling his head down to meet me halfway. our lips meet and move together in sync. this feels different but I like it. his hand meets my waist whilst I position mine behind his head. this is probably the bravest thing I've ever done in my life and it's actually working out.

pulling away from him he stands there slightly dumbfounded before smirking "so the shy mouse has some confidence huh?" he teases, grabbing my hand and tugging me to the living room. my mouth opens slightly before clamping shut again due to the lack of words that I'm struggling to say.

"can we keep t-that a secret for now?" I stutter as stephen gives me a sympathetic look. embarrassment, shyness, uncertainty - all of these were evident in the way I spoke and in my eyes "I don't want hosuh or jay finding out about that just yet" he nods at my request whilst delicately grabbing my hand with his and lacing our fingers together "don't worry this will remain between us".

a few minutes pass until I begin to manically laugh out of the blue without any real reason which makes stephen look at me quizzically. "I can't believe I got so worked up over a kiss" he laughs alongside me "you were cute and you surprised me with your actions because I didn't think you had the courage to do something like that". playfully I punch his arm with my free hand earning a fake whine of pain "kiss it better" he cries "in your dreams stephen".

-

before I know it it's past 10pm, which makes me panic - hosuh is going to kill me. I begin to collect my things before being pulled back down on the sofa by stephen "stay the night" "but hosuh said-" "it's already last 10pm so you're already in trouble, plus it's cold outside and I don't want to stay in the house alone" "you baby" "yeah yeah c'mere I want cuddles" he opens his arms and makes a grabbing gesture with his hands "definitely a baby" I groan.