Diamonds In The Dark

Did You Mean It?

Skeppy yawned as he began to stir, golden sun beams pouring into their bedroom, giving a warm glow to the early Monday morning. He moved to sit up, but as soon as he shifted he became hyper aware of a weight on his arm. He opened his eyes, only for his face to flush immediately red with the sight before him.

The smaller Halo was curled against him, back pressed against Skeppy's chest, and was cuddling his other arm that he wasn't laying on. His tail tip twitched every now and then. He was cuddling against Halo.

He was snuggling his crush . HE WAS SNUGGLING HIS CRUSH RED ALERT

What the hell happened last night??

His head was pounding with a hangover, and regret. His memory became fuzzy once he and Sapnap had started drinking. He faintly remembered uno cards, and a Disney movie? Everything seemed a little hazy, and he was regretting drinking on a school night. He was grasping at straws of memories from last night.

Why is Bad here? Why am I in his bed?

He gingerly peeled himself away from the sleeping hybrid, his fingers were tingling slightly from being pinned beneath the other boy for so long. He was slow and careful not to wake him. He had combat training this morning and his mentor Philza might just chew him out for being late for the hundredth time. He had a habit of being tardy to most classes.

Once he successfully had gotten out of bed without waking Bad. Now came trying to piece together what happened while getting ready. He was getting dressed when he started to remember walking home with Bad. He remembered almost hitting a lamp post, perhaps more than once.

How much did I drink?

Probably too much. Had he confessed to Halo? And in turn, the little hybrid had felt so bad about turning him down, that he had decided to try and comfort him and just accidentally fell asleep? He didn't know, and he wasn't sure if he wanted to. Even if logically he should be discussing it with Bad. He had probably just thrown a massive wrench into their friendship if he had confessed. He wasn't sure. But why else would Bad try and comfort him? Why else would he have woken up holding him in his arms? Surely not because Bad actually liked him right?

He slipped on a light blue sweater, some black jeans, a beanie, and gloves. Other than the small stones on his cheek, none were visible once he was dressed. He was about to head out when a soft sleepy voice stopped him. Halo's sweet voice was deeper and slowed with him waking up.

"Skep?" Halo sat up half way in bed, rubbing his eyes with a large yawn. He could see the boy's little fangs with it, "Where ya goin'?"

He paused, even if it meant he'd be late, Bad deserved an apology right? What kind of question was that, of course he did.

"Oh… Just um, I've got combat this morning heh." He looked back at the other who was stretching, "Look Halo… about last night, I'm - I'm really sorry."

He tilted his head like a confused pup, "What? Why?"

If he didn't know better he'd almost think Bad sounded disappointed, "I … I don't really remember much, but if I said some things, and made you uncomfortable. I'm extremely sorry. I shouldn't have…I shouldn't have said anything really."

Bad gave him a soft look, padding over and hugging Skeppy, "It's ok. How about we talk after lunch okay?"

"Okay." He nodded, swallowing thickly, both grateful for the time and also hating it.

Classes seemed to pass by in a blur, between his slowly fading hangover, and anxiety over talking to Bad and confronting his feelings in the open. His mind was distracted and as he jogged into his class with his music teacher another boy spoke up.