The waves were crashing softy against the shore while the moonlight shone a white strip on the black water. Quinn had his legs sprawled out in front of him so that the water touched his toes and was leaning back on his elbows as he watched the moon and stars. To the right of Quinn, Sam was sitting Indian-style with his elbows on his knees and his head in his hands. The two boys had been sitting in silence for over half an hour and were sure that their parents must be extremely worried seeming as they were almost an hour past their curfew. But Quinn didn't care, because ever since Sam had blurted out his largely concealed confession he had been trying to think of a response that didn't sound like he was a mega-douche. Why was it so hard for him to express his feelings to his best friend since the age of, like, zero? He bit his lower lip and turned to face Sam.
"Really?" was all Quinn could say.
"I wouldn't lie about something that... just something like that." Sam answered as he straightened up and turned his head to look at Quinn. When Quinn just nodded his head, Sam sighed. "I've, um, I've liked you for a long time. Since we were nine or something."
"Oh." after that there was silence for ten more minutes before Quinn smiled shyly and quietly spoke, "I actually have a big secret to tell you too."
"What?"
"Come here, it's too embarrassing to say out loud, brah."
Sam moved forward so that his ear was at Quinn's mouth and blushed when he felt Quinn's heavy breaths. He felt Quinn's left hand rest on the back of his head and guide it so that they were looking into each others' eyes. Quinn closed his eyes, tilted his head, and moved forward to press his lips against Sam's in a soft kiss. Sam stayed still for a moment, but kissed back tentatively.
"Does that mean you... like me back?" Sam asked quietly, looking at Quinn's lips.
Quinn grinned and said, "Yeah, brah."
Sam smiled back before kissing him one more time and standing up to walk back to their parents, who were going to have a fit. But even as the thought of being scolded entered his mind, he couldn't help but glow with the feeling of gaining his first kiss.