Me and Sothe were together for most of the war. I convinced him to be my friend, he was in denial for most of our friendship. I wanted to be his friend because, to tell the truth I thought he was gorgeous. It took a while to be his friend, later on I started sleeping in his bed with the excuse of having nightmares. Little by little I got closer, it was the day he started returning my midnight snuggles that I knew I should take things a little further.

Again it started small, sitting too close, followed by hand holding. He didn't seem to mind, he just adjusted himself and continued whatever it was he was doing. One day I just kissed him out of the blue, just a quick peck on the lips. He just looked at me and continued cleaning out his bag.

At that point I got frustrated, I pushed him down on the bed where we were sitting and kissed him senseless. This was the first kiss of my teenage life. I had no experience, I just recalled a book I borrowed from Calill, when she found out she was fuming and said it wasn't for kids. It can't really compare with us being both guys, but kissing a guy really can't be that much different from kissing a girl. I ran my hand through his hair, in the novel the guy put his tongue in the girls mouth, so I did just that. I wasn't aware that kissing could be so breath taking.

" Say something! " My face felt hot and I was out of breath at that time. I needed him to say something, if he liked it or not. I needed to know if I was corresponded or if I should try and move on. I noticed the redness on his cheeks, and the way he panted beneath me.

" What do you want me to say? "

" Something... I just want to know if you like me too. "

" Oh... I guess we can give it a go. " Again, much like anytime I tried something, it was the same expression.

" Is that a yes or a no? " I was starting to get frustrated again. What did I have to do to get a reaction.

" Yeah. " This was the first time I saw him smile like that. But I wasn't going to let him off the hook that easily.

" Then why didn't you say something earlier? "

" I never complained, so I just assumed you knew. "

" Just because you don't complain doesn't mean you like it. And you never initiated anything. "

At that point he leaned up and kissed me. Nothing like my own but soft with gentle strokes from his tongue across my lips. My whole body tingled, I could feel the blush on my face. I closed my eyes without realizing, it felt like magic coursing through my body. Even when he stopped, the sensation continued for a while after.

" There, satisfied? "

" Yes. " I was indeed very happy. I could tell he was happy as well, he still had that smile on his face.

" Tormod, I could do this all day but I need to continue cleaning my bag. And then sharpen my knives. "

" Can't that wait until later? "

" No, they need to be ready for the next battle. "

" Fine, I'm going to go practice. " I got up and left without looking back. I went to borrow some books from Calill.

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This is supposed to be past tense, I don't know if I pulled it off or not. I've wanted to make a fic to go with Friends, since that was Sothe's pov I decided to make this in Tormod's pov. Thanks for reading this fic, and the ones who read the previous.

I do not own any characters used in this story.