Klance oneshots

The bookstore (12/12)

Two days. A week. A month, and things didn't go back to normal. Keith, understandably, didn't want to get into a new relationship right after what happened with James. We had a little chat about it, and he told me that. I understood, and we agreed to keep being friends. But ever since that kiss he acted like I was a bomb about to explode. He didn't hug me, he barely touched me at all, and he acted colder around me.
My guess was that he didn't want to get my hopes up, but I told him a million times that I would respect his wishes and not make any moves.
We walked together to and from class, we had lunch together every day, but the only times I got my Keith back was when his or my family were around, because he pretended nothing happened.
Eventually I stopped trying and started to pretend as well, but when I was alone with my thoughts, I knew for sure I still liked Keith.

Another couple of weeks passed and I couldn't pretend anymore. We spent a lot of time together, I missed my best friend. One day, when we were walking down the hall, I moved my hand so it would brush against his. He mouthed 'sorry' and walked away. I didn't know how to get him back, and I hated that I kept upsetting him.

Another night, I couldn't sleep and I decided I would go see him and see if he wanted to talk to me for a little bit. To my surprise, he was at my doorstep. Rachel and Veronica were out, so I invited Keith up to my room.
"You know, I was about to go see you" I told him.
"I couldn't sleep" we spoke at the same time and then smiled.
"Listen, Keith..." I started "I hate that you have to act a certain way around me, I already told you I will respect your boundaries, but I really miss our friendship as it was before."
"I'm acting like this because of me, not because of you" he replied.
"What?" I really didn't understand.
"It's true that I didn't mean to kiss you the first time, but I did feel something."
I sat there in silence, giving him time to word his thoughts properly.
"It's true that I wasn't ready, I had moved on from James, but I was scared of getting hurt again."
"I would never hurt you, Keith. But I get it, we don't have to date or anything, but I want you to know that I have feelings for you. I've known since you kissed me that night."
"So you were jealous" he joked.
"I was!" I laughed. "I like you a lot, and there's nothing it can be done about it. I can't undo it or avoid it anymore."
A minute passed before he spoke again.
"Last time we kissed... I'm so sorry I left like that."
"What does that mean? Did you like the kiss?" I asked him.
"Yes, dummy. Didn't I kiss you back?" He smiled softly.
"You bit me, actually" I loved teasing him.
"Only because you bit me first! I got a bit carried away..."
He held my hand and I felt blessed. We stayed like that, in silence, for a while.
"I want all your kisses, Keith."

"And I want yours."

"Then come over here and kiss me already."
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Aaaaand the end.
Well. Not really, next week I'll upload an extra chapter, kind of like an epilogue. And after that, I'll try to focus on shorter one-shots, I hope you'll like those as well because I really appreciate your support.
Feel free to suggest AUs and thanks for reading!