Denial at its Best
A/N: Hey guys. I made this story based on this AU Gifset I saw a while ago. I kind of forgot where I saw it or who made though. I deem this as a one-shot but I left it kind of hanging so if I might continue if you guys want me to. Anyway, I hope you enjoy!-Rach
"You sure you don't wanna go to the common rooms? Doctor Who is on." Hunter asked, looking up at Sebastian.
"I already told you, I have lacrosse practice. Remember?" Sebastian rolled his eyes playfully, loading his sport gears in a large duffel bag.
"Darn. Do I have to watch with Nick and Jeff again? They're new Whovians and everything still doesn't makes sense to them!"
"Nothing ever makes sense when you're watching Who." Sebastian quipped, zipping his bag.
"Yeah, but-"
"Hunter," Sebastian pressed, leaning forward, inches away from Hunter's face, "If I don't show up there Donovan will kick me off the team for sure."
"Because you're a terrible player?" Hunter retorted, trying to appear nonchalant when his heart was beating loudly in his ears.
"No, because 2 days ago I fell asleep and NO ONE had the courtesy of waking me up." Sebastian replied sarcastically, finally looking away.
"Fine! But you owe me for abandoning me!" Hunter cried after Sebastian.
"I owe you nothing!" Sebastian shouted in the hallway after he shut the door.
After he left, Hunter shot a longing look on the spot Sebastian was before. He was still composing himself from the close encounter.
"Fucking Smythe." Hunter cursed angrily, running his fingers through his hair.
Out of ALL the people he could fall in love with, it had to be Sebastian, hadn't it?
Hunter pinched the bridge of his nose exasperated. This wasn't supposed to be happening, he wasn't supposed to be gay. Maybe not gay, but maybe bi. He can't really be bothered with labels, because as far as he could tell, he's in love with his roommate and best friend.
A curious relationship they both had actually. They were in the middle of love and hate. They could just take one look at something and burst into laughter, sometimes reading each other's mind. They were both ambitious as well which means that they always pair up in group projects and were usually turn in one of the best works.
But they weren't perfect. They would sometimes bicker endlessly and tease each other mercilessly. Usually neither of them liked to confess who was at fault, and would go on days without talking when neither wanted to give in. But sooner or later they always come around, admitting they were both wrong.
Hunter actually hated that smug bastard, and hated him even more when Sebastian smiled casually at him and made him feel all warm inside. He shrugged the feeling off as just love for a friend that he didn't have a lot of since he knew he could be sort of annoying. But when he made some friends at Dalton, he only felt this way towards Sebastian. This frightened him, making him feel confused for days.
He just hoped this feeling would go away soon enough, because, to be honest, it sucked. He knew that all he could do was wait for these feelings to go away since nothing other than friendship could ever happen to them. Sebastian was clearly straight, but boy was he giving him mixed signals. He got very stressed trying to figure out what all those flirting meant.
Yeah, sure, Sebastian flirted with everyone, boy AND girl, but he couldn't help but blush. Besides, it was weirdly different with him. It seemed like Sebastian would be carefully what he said to him. Sebastian hardly had any friends because all that everyone saw was this annoyingly handsome, snarky and flirtatious guy, while that wasn't case at all. Not very many people knew the real Sebastian, the one who's a huge laugh, a great friend and believe it or not, quite selfless.
One time Hunter had wasted his money on materials for his school project and couldn't afford riding a taxi, he had contemplated to walk back to Dalton. Walking to Dalton proved to be a challenge since it could take 2 hours. Hunter had informed Sebastian that he would be coming home late due to this and Sebastian had assured him that he'll meet him there instead and take him home. Even when Hunter had assured him it would be fine, Sebastian insisted that he be safe.
* Hunter turned around to see Sebastian's head popping out of a sleek red Ferrari. "Sebastian?" Hunter frowned, confused, "I told you I'd be fine!" "Yeah, I heard you." Sebastian rolled his eyes, pulling his car up near the side walk to drive at the same pace Hunter was walking. "But it's like..." Sebastian paused to look down on his wrist watch, "...2 in the morning. Don't want anything bad to happen to you." He shrugged. "We're caring now aren't we?" Hunter teased, trying to balance his bulky plastic bags he were clutching. "I'd get in trouble if you weren't found after curfew. Wouldn't want your high privileged Military arse be injured, do we?" Sebastian snapped, then reaching his side to pop open his car, "Now get in." Hunter smirked, knowing Sebastian meant well. "Fine." Hunter shoved his plastic bags in and climbed into the porch. Once they were on their way back to Dalton, Sebastian awkwardly said, "Er, you okay before I came?" His head didn't turn to look at Hunter when he asked the question, trying to fake nonchalance. "Yeah, I'm fine." "Uh, okay. Just tell me where you're going next time. I was uh," Sebastian lifted his hand off the steering wheel to scratch his head nervously, "I was worried..." Hunter didn't reply but he had a faint smile on his face.
"Hop in!" A voice called out behind Hunter.
*
Sebastian hadn't had a girlfriend for quite a while which was weird for Sebastian since he went through them like flipping through a magazine.
Maybe Sebastian had feelings for him?
Highly unlikely though.
It was like he was fighting with himself, trying to believe only thoughts that only he wanted to think to be true.
Hunter sighed audibly as he stood up abruptly. He just needed to get over Sebastian.
"It's only a phase," He assured himself, "I'll find a nice girl and just try get over Sebastian."
Hopefully he could be put out of this misery.
"COME ON SMYTHE! BLOCK THEM! DON'T- ARGG!" Donovan screamed tiredly as he witnessed yet another practice ball shoot straight to the net.
"STOP!" He cried, blowing his whistle as he gestured Sebastian to approach him. "Everyone get a breather! We'd be resuming in 5!"
Sebastian jogged up towards Donovan, hyperventilating and cheeks reddening in embarrassment at being called out on his terrible goal keeping skills.
"Smythe, what's going on?" Donovan growled dangerously, pulling him away from the rest of the team.
"I'm trying Donovan," Sebastian panted, "I seriously have no idea what's going on."
"It's that friend of yours." Donovan hissed.
"Who?" Sebastian furrowed his eyebrows in confusion, "Do you mean Hunter?"
"Yes! That military dude! He's keeping you in!" He shook his head, "Sebastian. Having relationships are perfectly fine, but if your boyfriend keeps on disturb-"
"Woah!" Sebastian stopped him, surprise and panic clouding his features.
"Hunter's not-" Sebastian sputtered, then he whispered out the last part, looking around to see who was hearing "Hunter's not my boyfriend! I'm straight!"
"Really?" Donovan looked surprised, "But I thought... That you... And him... You're-"
"No." He replied sternly, but his eyes betrayed him.
"Alright..." Donovan squinted suspiciously, "Keep telling yourself that."
"I swear!"
"Whatever then," Donovan rolled his eyes, "Anyway, whatever he's doing, he's disturbing you! Focus next time, alright Smythe?"
Sebastian nodded slowly, still embarrassed as someone's assumption on his love life.
"Now, get back on the field. We have about 20 minutes left till we call it quits!" Donovan nodded towards Sebastian, clapping his hand on his back supportively and pushed him back out towards the sports field.
Sebastian jogged up to take his position near the goal post while thoughts swirled in his mind.
"Was it really that obvious?" Sebastian cursed to himself.
Hunter and he haven't ever dated because as far as he knew, Hunter was straight and so should he be as well. They flirted with each other occasionally but Sebastian never knew what it meant. They were, of course, one of the hugest flirts in Dalton Academy. In fact, he flirted with every girl that caught his eye and they didn't seem to mind.
"I mean, look at me," Sebastian smirked to himself, "I'm totally hot and I know it."
But he never had a deep connection with any of the girls he's ever dated. No secret pining over any of them, he was never subtle in any way. He made each encounter as obvious as possible, so why was it so hard to come right out and just flirt blatantly with Hunter? He wasn't exactly scared to ever come out since he was proud of himself and he never oppressed his desires.
"SMYTHE!" Donovan cried as Sebastian missed the goal again.
Sebastian was sweaty as hell and he was just looking forward to spend the rest of his day with his roommate, maybe even playing some chess. Boy, he hasn't played that in quite a while.
Sebastian reached into the front pocket of his back and pulled out a red Dalton key card. He casually slipped the card in the slit and when it flashed green he entered casually, throwing his bag into an open closet.
"Hunterr," He drawled, "How many times have I told you NOT to leave the closet open. I swear-"
Sebastian froze as he dropped his key card, which would've given a more dramatic shell shocked expression if it didn't float down slowly.
Hunter snapped his head up to look up into Sebastian's clear hazel eyes as he removed his lips from a pretty brunette on the bed. They were fully clothed though, thank God. Sebastian looked between them with betrayal and hurt in his eyes. Though he had no reason to get angry since he and Hunter were never more than friends, he felt rage build up in his eyes.
"You," He pointed angrily at the girl in Hunter's lap who looked frightened, "Get. Out. Of. My. Dorm." He growled between his teeth.
The girl squeaked as she jumped off Hunter.
"I-I'm sorry," she stuttered, "I thought that you. I. I didn't know you had a boyfriend!"
"We're not dating!" Hunter and Sebastian growled menacingly at the same time.
"I'm leaving!" She spoke softly, scared to anger the both of them as she grabbed her coat and fled the room.
As the door shut behind her, Hunter frowned deeply.
"Dude! What the hell though!" He cried, walking up towards Sebastian and shoved him.
"You-you didn't tell me about HER!" Sebastian spat out, his finger shakingly pointed towards the door she had just went through.
"I just met her this afternoon!"
"I thought you were watching Doctor Who with Niff!"
"Well!" Hunter blushed profoundly, still trying to keep up the angry facade. "I changed my mind!"
"How could you? You are supposed to talk to me about this kind of thing first! I can't believe you! I thought we had a thing!-" Sebastian's voice faltered toward the end as he covered his mouth.
"You thought what?" Hunter's expression turned from anger to confusion.
"Nothing!" Sebastian shook his head, and for a brief moment, panic flashed his eyes, "Nothing! I didn't mean it!"
"Seb-"
"You know what?" Sebastian muttered, "I'm-I'm just going to stay with David tonight."
"Sebastian, wait-"
But with that, Sebastian fled the room after grabbing a few of his essentials which he always kept in a travel bag.
As Sebastian slammed the door behind him Hunter groaned in frustration and flopped down helplessly on his bed.
"What the hell was that supposed to mean?" Hunter scowled.
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