A/N: Here you guys go~! I can't believe that there's so many people interested in this fic. xD Thank you to all that had reviewed, favourited and followed! Anyways, I found this chapter a bit difficult to write since my mind was blank. I really hadn't thought about continuing but when I saw so many people wanting this, I forced myself to write just for you all. But this chapter was just, I don't even know. I tried erase and re-write and this was all I got. Ze tension is killing meh! Haha, I tried~ I hope you guys enjoy it!

Disclaimer: Eh, if it was mine, there would be more Max and Shred screen time and removing any irrelevant scenes that doesn't involve those two /slap So, no, this isn't mine~

Warning: This is a slash fic. Don't like, don't read.

Enjoy!

Krystal

Chapter 2

Just like Alvin had wanted, Max did leave him alone for the rest of the day. Even if the young scientist tried, he couldn't find that snowboarder anywhere. It was as if he had vanished from the face of Earth and even though that really made one of Alvin's secret fantasies come true, he doubted that he really wanted his best bro to disappear.

Apparently my boyfriend now, Alvin reminded himself in his mind. The thought itself brought some nose-scrunching business into the picture. It wasn't as if it disgusted him—okay, maybe it did, slightly—but how could he not? He never looked at Max as anyone less than a friend and occasionally a brother. So, to think that he was somehow in this type of relationship with Max Asher didn't settle well for him.

Max's reasoning of why he wanted to try dating a boy with Alvin certainly didn't make any sense what so ever to the young scientist. Alvin stared at his homework from on his bed, tapping his pencil slowly on the book as he sighed. It was almost eight and Max wasn't even around during dinnertime. Maybe he was snowboarding or something, something that people like him did. Alvin shook those thoughts from his mind as he looked back at his homework before writing down the answers.

Just then, the room door opened, walked in was Max, the person Alvin had thought of just a few minutes ago. Alvin looked at him as he noticed that Max had come into the room, covered with slight traces of snow on his snowboarding suit. Well, he went snowboarding after all, Alvin mused again as he watched Max walking to his bed and taking off his goggle and hat before zipping out from the thick jacket. He placed the snowboard next to his bed.

"Hey, Shred," he grinned as he looked at Alvin.

"Hey," he said, before he looked back at his homework. Realisation dawned him after a few seconds, this was the time to tell Max that he didn't want this! Snapping his gaze at Max, he noticed how Max was smiling as he read something over his phone. Sighing, he said, "Max?"

Max looked away from his phone, looking at Alvin with that same smile on. "Yeah, bro?"

The words were at the tip of his tongue. He could already feel it. It was just some simple words that even Max could understand. But when he looked at his best friend in the eyes, the huge grin plastered on his face, Alvin suddenly couldn't do it. He couldn't see that heavy disappointment in his friend's eyes. Maybe, maybe Max even forgot about it! "Have you had your dinner yet?"

Max chuckled before he nodded, "Yeah, just ate before coming home."

"I see," Alvin said before he sighed and looked back at his homework. There was no use in fighting this thing anymore. He knew he couldn't disappoint Max, even though he didn't like this thing between them. Maybe Max will get bored of this and just decide to forget about it. Alvin decided that it would likely be Max's move and so, went ahead and forced that thought far away from his mind.

"So, how's your day, Shred?" Max asked as Alvin looked up from his homework again, noticing that Max had sat down on his bed and looking at him, that grin was now morphed into a smile. His eyes twinkled with genuine interest, something that Alvin had learned that Max valued their friendship sincerely since the beginning of it all.

"It was fine, thank you," Alvin said. "What about yours? Had fun gliding down the snow and getting cold white stuff everywhere?"

Max chuckled, knowing full well that Alvin disliked that sport. Maybe not disliked, but more of he couldn't understand why snowboarding was a sport. It was just using those boards to glide down snow, occasionally making tricks and spins until someone broke an arm or a few bones. "It was actually fun, bro. I managed to nail a trick and it was sweet!" Max beamed up as Alvin smiled at his friend's—boyfriend's—glee.

"Ah, interesting," Alvin said, not really sounding psyched out like Max was. He finally looked back at his homework, trying to finish up the last pieces of this solution so it would be complete.

That was all said between those two as the night became staller. Alvin finally decided to head to bed, trying to just keep all those thoughts out from bugging him any longer. It was just Max. Max just wanted to try what it would be like to date a boy, he wouldn't do weird things. He said it himself, Alvin convinced himself before he placed his glasses at the table near his bed. "Night, Max," he said as Max nodded at him as he settled himself into his bed as well.

"Night, Shred."

Morning came faster than Alvin had wanted. When his alarm clock went off, Alvin was groaning to himself. So much for not letting those thoughts to bother him. He bitterly sat up and took his phone and closed the alarm. Grabbing his glasses blindly, his mind clouded with sleepiness, he finally found it and adjusted it against his face. Yawning a bit, he scratched his head and looked ahead to where Max was still sleeping, occasionally moving around and mumbling something.

Slowly he got out of his bed and walked wobbly to his closet. Rummaging through, he found his clothes and decided to walk to the bathroom. But before he did, he realised that if he didn't wake Max up now, he certainly would oversleep. Sighing, he turned around and walked to Max's bed before he touched his shoulder and shook him. "Max, wake up. Time for school."

"Just five more minutes, bro," he said before he snuggled deeper into his bed. Alvin sighed as he decided that he didn't have his oatmeal yet to deal with this. So, he walked to his AI, Mr P and sighed. Mr P immediately popped up and looked at him, wearing his pyjamas as he yawned.

"How can I help you this early in the morning, Alvin?" he asked as he yawned, even though he knew that he couldn't feel any sense of tiredness. Alvin sighed before pointing at the bed.

"Wake Max up while I get showered," he said before walking out of the room, leaving Mr P to do the work for him. Just before he closed the door to the bathroom, he heard a loud screeching bell sound and a short scream from Max before everything went quiet. Alvin just smiled before he closed the bathroom door shut. Once he had showered and cleaned himself, he exited the bathroom with Max leaning against the opposite wall, yawning a bit.

"Good morning, Shred," Max said, grinning, even though he was woken up quite abruptly. Alvin just smiled back.

"Good morning, Max," he said before he walked past Max to their room to get his bag. It took about fifteen minutes before Alvin had finished packing his bag and ready to head out when he saw Max walking back in, wearing his plain grey shirt and chequered shirt on the outside, heading to his bed to grab his bag.

Alvin didn't say anything else as he jogged downstairs, heading to the kitchen for his breakfast. He already saw his mother sitting and eating with his father, laughing about some joke he made (which wasn't all that funny at all). Abby was busy texting and eating her cereal when Alvin had took his bowl of oatmeal his mother had prepared and sat next to her.

"Good morning, Alvin," his mother, Diane, said as she smiled at him.

"Morning, mom," Alvin greeted before he took his spoon and ate his oatmeal.

"Where's Max?" Llyod, his father, asked. Alvin looked at him before he looked at the doorway. After a few seconds, he saw Max rushing down the stairs.

"He's here," Alvin said shortly before returning his gaze back at the bowl of oatmeal.

"Good morning, Mama and Papa Ackerman," Max greeted widely before he entered the kitchen. Diane smile at him before greeting back meanwhile Llyod just waved small as he was busy eating his pancakes.

"Morning, Max," Abby said as she kept her eyes glued on the phone meanwhile Max chuckled at her.

"Why are you so into your phone?" Alvin asked, after staring at Abby for approximately a few seconds. Max looked at her from behind the kitchen counter, making himself some toast as he waited for the answer. Abby slowly looked up from her phone and beamed up, a huge smile marking her face.

"Kyle's texting me," she said dreamily as Diane swallowed her food before she looked at Abby.

"Kyle? A new one?" she asked as Abby nodded, going through her phone again before she gave the phone to Diane.

"This is him," Abby said. "Isn't he cute?"

"He is, isn't he, honey?" Diane agreed as she showed the phone to their father. Alvin just rolled his eyes before going back to eating his oatmeal, not really interested in the conversation anymore. As he took a huge spoonful of his oatmeal, he felt someone sitting down next to him, placing a plate of toasts. Looking up, he saw Max already taking a bite out of his food.

"So, Alvin," Abby called out as Alvin looked at her. "What happened to that love note?"

Alvin heard, yes, he heard Max stop eating as the young scientist sighed. Oh yes, that dreaded love note. It was about three days ago when Alvin opened his locker and found a note specified for him. He didn't know who the girl was but Alvin was obviously, still happy. He didn't think any girl would ever look at him that way. But when he did find out who the girl was, well, it wasn't that he was picky but she wasn't his type.

Not that he actually had a type. Any girl who was decent and nice to him would catch his heart but this girl just wasn't it. He wasn't sure if he could return her feelings even if he did agree to go out with her. And besides, right now, he just wanted to focus on how to excel in his life and get rid of Wendy Chong once and for all. This girl that adored him, she should've had someone better.

So, Alvin, in all honesty, he told her he wasn't ready. She seemed fine about it, nodding and smiling away even if he rejected her. Alvin had found that weird before he realised that she didn't really like him. He had found out that it was just a bet, to see if he would agree to go out with her or not if she did end up liking him.

Alvin was convinced that day, that he would reject every love note he got (not that he got that many anyway). He didn't feel bad or embarrassed, in fact, he was glad he got rid of her. At least he could've saved himself from getting hurt. For that, Alvin had patted himself in the back and walked away, heading off with his life and forgot about that love note.

Hey, he had other things to worry about other than that petty bet and love note.

Like getting rid of Wendy Chong.

"You got a love note?" his father asked as Alvin sighed.

"No, well, yes, but it's all been taken care of," he said before he resumed eating his oatmeal.

"Taken care of? So, you met the girl?" Diane asked as she looked at her son, her face itching to break into a grin. Alvin just rolled his eyes before he leaned against his chair and stared at his mother.

"Yes, I met her," he said slowly as Abby squealed a bit. Abby grabbed onto his arm and looked at him, expecting him to continue. "And I rejected her."

Abby's smile faltered as she dropped her hand from her brother's arm and the whole table went silent for a while. "You rejected her? But why?" Abby asked, obviously confused that her nerd brother would let that one chance at love go. Alvin sighed before he got up, ready to just head to school.

"I just didn't like her that way," he said as Diane smile small. "I'm off to school now. See you guys later."

"W—what? Alvin!" Abby yelled after him as Alvin grabbed onto his bag and headed to the front door, wearing his thick jacket first.

"I'm going too, see you guys," Max said quickly before he shoved the last toast into his mouth and hurried to grab his bag and followed Alvin. Once he wore his thick coat, he followed Alvin out, who was waiting for Max before they both continued to walk. Silence took over as the snow covered trails left a path from their soles. "So, I didn't know you got a love letter, Shred."

Alvin glanced at Max before sighing loudly. "I did not see the importance to let you know about it. I rejected her anyway."

Max just chuckled before looking at his bro. "Man, you just like said 'No, I don't like you that way' to her?" Max asked as Alvin nodded.

"Yeah, something like that," Alvin said uninterested as Max nodded, shoving his hands into his jacket. The walk to their school was a slow one but they made it before the bell had rung. Alvin had left Max to get to his locker, finally reaching that blue coloured metal. Quickly swirling on the knob, he opened the door and looked through before grabbing onto his books.

Just then, a familiar figure walked up to him, smiling at him coyly. "Hey, Alvin," she said as Alvin turned around to look at her. His lips immediately drew out a frown as he straightened himself.

"What do you want, Chong?" he asked her as she smiled widely, her eyes glistening in madness. Something that Alvin had learned that she was up to no good. He raised an eyebrow at her before taking a step forward, wondering to what she was up to right now. "What's with that look, Wendy?"

"Oh, look? You mean this look?" she asked as she pointed to her face. "Well, this is the look I'm going to wear when I get that A plus in Biology today by demonstrating my latest project," she continued as she crossed her arms against her chest and stared at him challengingly. Alvin just scoffed at her.

"Wendy, if anyone's going to get an A plus in that assignment, it's going to be me," Alvin said as he puffed out his chest. Wendy Chong just rolled her eyes before walking past him.

"We'll see, Ackerman," she said mockingly as Alvin mouthed her.

"We'll see, Ackerman," he said as he growled out in frustration and returned back to his locker, trying to search for his missing paper. After a few seconds, Max had walked towards him, already looking ready to head for class. He noticed Alvin's frown on his face before he grabbed onto his shoulder and shook him slightly.

"What's up, bro?" Max asked as Alvin sighed and looked at him. "You have that frown on your face."

"Wendy Chong," Alvin said simply as Max nodded understandingly. "She's just so infuriating and obnoxious!"

"Well, don't worry, Shred," Max said as he grinned at him. "You always won against her, remember?" he said as he nudged him on his arm as Alvin sighed. The young scientist closed the locker door before he leaned against it and looked at Max. "I mean, you got that platinum lab coat that Wendy didn't, you got into the school's nerd quiz that Wendy didn't, and you invented more cool stuff that Wendy didn't! Shred, you're way better than Wendy Chong."

Alvin couldn't help but to smile at Max's attempt to console him. He laughed a bit before nodding, feeling his confidence burning again inside of him. "Yeah, I'm better than her," Alvin said as Max nodded.

"Yeah, bro," he said before the school bell rung out. "Oh, class time. I'll see you later, Shred." With that, Max winked at him and walked away at the halls, running to get to his class, leaving Alvin there smiling. Max always tried his best to make Alvin feel better. Somehow, since Max had come into his life, the snowboarder had tried everything in his power to make Alvin feel special. He never excluded Alvin out of anything and even when they fought, he was the first one to make things better again.

Sometimes, it was indeed Alvin's fault like that lucky snowboard he replicated. But at the end, nothing was ruined because by the end of the day, they had that annoying 'bro hug' that fixed everything. Even though the young scientist hated physical contact, somehow with Max, it gave out an exception. Shaking his head slightly to remove those thoughts from clouding his mind any longer, Alvin sighed loudly and made way to his class.

By the time recess had rolled in, Alvin was half-way done with school. He was exhausted somehow, after all with Wendy Chong in Biology, things were already hard. His hair was a mess and his glasses were slightly off from his nose. In other words, he was a complete chaos. "Woah, what happened to you?" Abby asked as she saw her little brother slamming the locker shut, sighing tiredly as he banged his head against it. Alvin looked at her and smiled.

"Biology," he said as he remembered what had gone down in that class. It turned out Wendy had created a device that could ensure life in the dead by exerting enough electric pulse in muscles. Alvin had disagreed with that invention since it didn't give life, in fact, it just gave movements to a corpse. However, Wendy didn't like to be told she was wrong and he should've known that from the beginning before the war broke out and the teacher was trying to get them away so they wouldn't scratch each other anymore.

Abby just nodded, even though she didn't get what was going on and from the looks of it, Alvin didn't want to tell her either. "So, anyway, aren't you going to get anything to eat?" she asked as Alvin shrugged.

"I'll eat with Max," he said as Abby nodded and messed up Alvin's hair, letting her fingers to go through each strand before her little brother scowled.

"That sounds nice," she said. "I'll see you at home then." With that, Alvin waved her goodbye as he walked away from his locker, trying to look for Max so they could get something to eat. It took him a few minutes before he found Max, leaning against his locker talking to someone. Alvin quickly turned around, deciding that maybe it was bad timing before their conversation struck into his mind.

"I really like you, Max," a girl said as Alvin froze in his steps. He stopped moving and he felt like he was intruding someone's private talk even though this was just Max handling another one of his fans. "Please go out with me," the girl continued, her voice sounded sincere. Alvin fixed his glasses as he tried to take another step forward.

"I'm sorry, Chanelle," he heard Max said suddenly, his voice sounding apologetic. Before Alvin could remove himself from the situation, he heard Max calling up to him. "Shred!" Max yelled for him as Alvin sighed and turned around slowly, an awkward smile on his face. The girl who was confessing to him turned to look at him and a frown made way on her face.

"Hey, Max," he said carefully. "I'll just wait for you at my locker. Go ahead and talk," Alvin assured him only to have Max chuckling at him.

"No, man," he said quickly as he smiled widely. He then looked at the girl named Chanelle and patted her shoulder slowly. "I can't, Chanelle. I'm already dating someone else." Alvin's eyes widened as a small surge panic washed through his mind. What was Max saying? The girl's eyes widened as she looked at Max carefully, just like how Alvin was looking at his best friend.

"You are?" she squeaked out as Max nodded.

"Yeah, so we're cool?" he asked as he bawled up his free hand into a fist, asking her to nudge it. The girl just looked at his face before sighing and nodding. Alvin, on the other hand, simply wanted to run away from there. Soon, the girl left them alone, even though Alvin caught the small wash of hurt on her face. He felt guilty all of a sudden. It's alright, Alvin assured himself. After this weird phase passes, Max will be free again for you, he continued to say to himself for that girl. "So, I'm hungry," Max said as he looked at Alvin and walked up to him grinning.

Alvin just stared at him for a few seconds longer before frowning at him. "Max, why did you say that?" he asked as Max raised an eyebrow at him.

"Say what?" he asked as he finally placed a hand over Alvin's shoulder and tugged him close.

"That you were dating someone else," Alvin huffed out as Max chuckled again.

"I am dating someone else," Max said easily before looking at Alvin in the eyes. "I'm dating you, aren't I?"

The world froze for Alvin as his eyes widened. His body had stopped functioning for a while as Max pulled him to start walking to the canteen, Alvin trying to ponder why his heart suddenly started to beat loudly. His shoulders tensed out as he felt this uncomfortable feeling surging through himself. "Max," Alvin said out loud before he pushed Max's arm away from his shoulder and he took a step back. "You can't simply say things like that."

Max stopped walking as he turned to look at Alvin, confusion slowly filled into his eyes. "What are you talking about, Shred?"

"You can't just say we're…," Alvin couldn't finish his sentence as he sighed and looked around, noticing how empty the hallway was. Alvin took a few steps forward before he whispered, "Dating."

"What? I can't?" he asked as there was something aching to hurt flashed onto his face as he frowned. Alvin took a few steps back as Max shoved his hands into his jacket and stared at the young scientist.

"You can't," Alvin said, matter-of-factly.

Silence filled in the void between them before realisation somehow flooded Max's face and the frown deepened. "Wait," he said suddenly, shocking Alvin at how tense his tone was. "You're embarrassed, aren't you?"

Alvin's eyes widened again at the sudden accusation. "What? Max—"

"You're embarrassed to be with Max Asher?" he asked he took a step forward, looking at Alvin with something nearing hurt again. Alvin closed his eyes shut and sighed loudly. This day was getting worse, he mentally noted before opening his eyes and looking back at Max, grabbing onto his shoulders and shook him slightly.

"Max," he said firmly, catching the snowboarder off guard. "That's not it," he said clearly. "I just…it's weird to say things like that out of the blue," Alvin corrected him gently, letting his arms fall from his shoulders as he felt his cheeks reddening. Really, why was he blushing?

Max stared at him for a while as Alvin avoided his eyes and stared on the ground, finding the shallow cracks on the ground fascinating. Silence filled in before Max sighed, catching Alvin's attention. "So, you're just shy?"

Alvin's cheeks would've turned ten shades of red as he looked at Max. He tried to say something but Max just grinned, all hurt and discomfort about this situation gone like a flash. "Max," Alvin growled out annoyed that Max seemed to somehow make sense of this situation when he couldn't. "I'm not shy."

"Sure, you are, bro," Max said before he took another step forward, almost touching Alvin's personal space. "I'll take care of you." Alvin could feel all coherent thoughts disappearing at the sudden closeness as he looked Max into his eyes. Why was he suddenly feeling this way? But after a few seconds, Max pulled away and grinned. "Let's get some food, I'm starving, man."

And with that, Max had walked forward, leaving Alvin behind in his thoughts. His cheeks were still warm and his heartbeat was accelerating. Touching his chest silently, Alvin frowned. His chest was feeling light as well, something that he wasn't used to feeling.

Was he ill?

Shaking his head, he finally sighed and looked at Max's retreating back. After a beat, he followed Max to the canteen. Something wasn't right here with himself, but for now, Alvin pushed it aside and focused on getting something to eat.

He might be just hungry.

Eh-well? Haha, anyways, see you guys soon. -Krystal