A/N: I haven't given up on the other story, don't worry. I just got the idea for this one. I wanted to write something cute and fluffy about those two… Then I got some ideas… So don't worry if this seams 'cute and fluffy', the angst is to come full force in later chapters, I promise x3 It's quite different from what I've written by now and I have the feeling I'll mess up with the 'cute and fluff' thingy in the beginning /I've faced it – I can write angst better than anything else/ but I'll do my bets. Please review.
What Love Is
Jesse couldn't help but chuckle, seeing how Hassleberry and Syrus were arguing over who's Jaden's best friend again. Those two were really fun to watch I moments like this.
He leaned back in his seat around the big table in the Slifer dorm's cafeteria and proceeded to munch on the food. Sure, it wasn't the best in the world and he could get something much better back at Obelisk Blue, but eating by himself there could never be compared to eating with everyone else here.
As the argument before him became more and more out of hand, he could feel a pair of eyes staring at him.
'There he goes, again,' the bluenette smirked lightly.
Seriously, did Jaden really think he hadn't noticed it? How he would often space out with a dreamy look on his face, how he would would look at him when he thought no one was looking, how he would be just the slightest bit more anxious around him.
If that wasn't a crush, Jesse didn't know what it was.
He moved his eyes away from the fighting couple and just for a second locked gazes with the brunette. As soon as the other realized it, he looked away and a slight blush took its place over is cheeks.
His best friend had a crush on him. Who would have guessed?
'Everyone who looked into it, I guess.'
Maybe he could make something out of this. A small, harmless relationship, that would make Jaden's smile shine brighter than the sun, until he moved forward.
It was, after all, just a state he was going trough and Jesse was more than certain about it. He hadn't really confronted the Slifer about it, but he didn't have to.
He'd only have to get him somewhere alone to draw out that hidden part of him and play along with it for a little while. Simple as that.
And, actually, he knew it would be interesting, at least. He could say he liked Jaden a little, too. The boy was naive, cute and fun, so what was not to like about him?
"WILL YOU TWO IDIOTS JUST KNOCK IT OFF ALREADY!?"
Putting his thoughts aside for a little while, he outright laughed at Chazz's outburst and at the faces of said 'idiots'.
"Just because you act like you don't care about Jaden doesn't mean we have to do it, too!" Sy glared at him in a way that looked more cute than actually frighting.
"Yeah!" Hassleberry barked from next to the small boy. "We're not the idiots here!"
"Are you calling The Chazz an idiot, Dino-Brain!?"
"Hay, guys, easy there," the brunette, who seamed to have gotten out of his dreams for the moment, grinned at them.
"Yeah, you don't have to start a fight over something like this," Alexis raised an eyebrow at them.
"Whatever, I'm going to bed!" The Chazz retreated from the group, mumbling something under his breath.
"Run while you still can, soldier!" said Hassleberry and everyone was glad that the blackhead didn't hear him.
Jesse chuckled a little, but without his permission, the chuckle turned into a yawn.
"Hay, Jess, wanna sleep over at my room again?" He turned his sleepy gaze towards Jaden and grinned at the other's proposal.
"Sure thing, partner!" Besides, he didn't feel like going all the way to the Obelisk Dorms. Besides, it was Saturday tomorrow and they didn't have school. There was something that Crawler had mentioned earlier, but it wasn't before noon, so he didn't have to worry about being late.
"Well, I'll be going, then," said the only female in the group, getting up from her seat. "Atticus will worry if I were too late. Bye, guys." She waved, before leaving and received a group 'Goodnight' from the others in the room.
In just a few minutes' time, Jesse and Jaden were in the Slifer's room, too. Alone.
The bluenette could easily laugh at how soon that had come. It wasn't hard at all, getting the other away from his friends, after all.
Still, the time just didn't feel right. He knew he could start it all right then and there, but it would be too… easy. If he was going to do something about Jaden's crush, it was going to be something that would be remembered.
Besides, he wanted to have a little fun with his fiend before that. That wouldn't hurt anyone, would it? He smirked lightly while he was climbing on the upper bed and closed his eyes, feeling Jaden's gaze on top of him, again.