𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐲

twenty-four: Labels.

EVERYONE met up at the Château for planning how to get the gold out of the well, except when they were all together, it wasn't what Kai exactly expected. Like at all. Sarah was apparently joining them to get the gold. "No effing way!" Kie exclaims. "You brought her here? So what? She's in on this now?" She looks at John B.

John B and Satah were sitting on each end of the couch, Pope was sitting on a stool next to JJ while Kai sat on the arm rest of the couch chair JJ was sitting on. John B looked over at Pope for help who shrugs, "I dunno." He says.

"Look, all Kai and I care about is her cut comes out of your share." JJ said, pointing between him and Kai then to Sarah and John B. "You know, I don't remember taking a vote." Kie says as she looks at John B. "This is our thing. A Pogue thing." She said as she gestured around.

"I gotta say, I'm just a tad uncomfortable with all of this." Pope says and Kie looks at him. "Thank you!" She exclaims before looking at John B. "When are you not uncomfortable?" John B says as he looked at Pope. "I dunno. I rode here on the back of JJ's bike pretty comfortably." The boy said and Kai snorts. "It's true. Most relaxed I've ever seen him." JJ backed him up.

"That's cute, guys. Didn't know you turned into a throuple." John B said as he pointed between Kai, JJ and Pope. "Ew, shut up, we don't like labels." Kai said right away with a grossed out look. "You know we were all extremely comfortable until you brought her." Kie looked at Sarah.

"Stop talking about me like I'm not here!" She exclaimed. "Then leave." Kie says right away and Sarah scoffs. "I told you." She said as she looked over at John B. "Told him what exactly?" Kie said right away and Sarah looks back at her. "That you're a liar?" She asked afterwards.

"No, that you're a shit-talking bitch." Sarah says and Kai's eyes widen, glancing between the two before looking towards Pope and JJ. "Oh, shit!" Pope exclaimed in shock as JJ raised some cash. "Our money's on Kie." He tells Pope. "Everybody shut up!" John B exclaimed, stopping the betting between the three boys and the arguing between Sarah and Kie. "Kie, you are my best friend, right?" John B asked as he points at the girl.

"And Sarah, you're..." He chuckles, "you're my..." he paused, sounding unsure. "Say it." Sarah says and John B looks back at her. "You're my girlfriend." He says and Kai smiled faintly. "Oh... that's new." Pope says as he looks down.

"She's your girlfriend now?" Kie said and the couple look over at her. "What was all that talk about you were just using her for information? Get a map, cut her loose." Kie says and Kai's smile faded away as he raised an eyebrow. "You said you were using me?" Sarah says, looking at John B.

"No."

"Yeah, you did." Pope says suddenly. "Yeah, you did say that, JB." Kai agreed along with JJ. "Look, love just walked in, okay?" He says and Kai's eyes widen in surprise. Love? What the fuck? "Oh, vomit." Kie says as she looks the other way.

"I didn't expect it. It just— it kind of happened. And I'm not gonna deny it." John B says as he looks at Sarah. "Right?" He says and Sarah just stared at him, her arms crossed. "Oh. That's corny." Pope says in a whisper. He retches.

"Look, cut the bullshit, John B. If she's in, I'm out." Kie says and Kai glanced from Kie to John B. "Kie I'm not doing this," John B starts. "You are gonna decide." Kie says with a nod. "I can't!" He exclaimed to the girl. "I'm very interested, actually. Me or her?" Kie says and John B shrugs.

"Both." He says and Kai grimaced. "Ooh." Pope says, glancing between the two sides. JJ whistles, "went for the Hail Mary." He whispers. "Nooo." Pope whispered as well. Kie leaves, slamming the door as Sarah looked at John B. "It'll be cool, right?" She says before looking away.

"I'm gonna leave." She got up. "Sarah, don't." John B says. "Gonna let ya'll chat. Let me know." She says before she walks away. JJ stood up. "I'd just like to say, you handled that beautifully." He says before holding out his hand towards Kai. "What?" Kai glanced up and JJ shakes his hand so the other would just take it into his.

Kai still stared, confused. "Oh, my God, we're gonna go smoke, that's why I brought my backpack." JJ says and Kai smirks. "Okay." He said before grabbing JJ's hand in his. In one of the rooms of the Château, smoking a joint, JJ pulled Kai closer by his neck and kissing him deeply.

Kai kissed back just as passionately, his hands reaching up to either sides of JJ's neck. He pulled back suddenly, grabbing the spliff he took a long exhale from. JJ watched as the boy inhaled it and kept it in for a little while. JJ smirked slightly as he watched Kai let it out, sighing before looking over at JJ who glanced down.

"Hey, uh, did you mean what you said or was it a joke? That we don't like labels. I-I figured it was more at the comment John B made about you, me and Pope being a "throuple" but is that really how you feel?" He glanced back up and Kai furrowed his brows. "What? About me, you and Pope? You guys are my dudes, you know that..." He chuckled and JJ chuckled as well. "Yeah, yeah... but I meant about... us?" He pointed between the two of them and Kai looked away, shrugging.

"Whatever you want us to be, I guess, JJ." Kai said as he looks over at JJ. "Boyfriends." The blond said right away and Kai chuckled softly. "That was a fast response..." He pointed to the boy who shrugs, pulling him into another kiss. "Boyfriends it is..." Kai said after pulling back a bit and JJ exhales smoke in his face. "I'm gonna go grab some food. Wanna come with?" Kai asked and JJ nods right away, standing up to leave the room with him.

  

authors note aww they're boyfriends 👁_👁

the way john b said "if you ever heard me say i was using sarah, no you didn't ❤️" LMAOO