okay! smallish chapter! I have the story half written already, It's just editing.I'm thankful for any comments! positive or criticism. I'm currently also writing a sequel in tandem to this story, so if you guys like this one once it's done I'll put up another. enjoy!
Gil was going to tell him. As soon as he got back to the dorm. Damnit, he meant it this time! He'd just look at him and say ' Hey! I'm gay too how awesome is that?! We should go get dinner and see where this goes!'
Ugh no... Fuuuuuck! He wasn't this person! He wasn't awkward. But Matt was so cute! Gil sat and opened his phone. His background was a picture of him Matt and Francis. They had grabbed Matt in the middle and taken it suddenly, so his face was a mixture of blushing and yelling at Francis for grabbing his ass. Gilbert turned red and covered his mouth. So cute, and those lips... he imagined how they felt...Yes! He could do this! He had to today! Gil had been trying all week. But it always came off as super awkward.
He tried complimenting his uniform. "You look badass in that uniform dude!- N-not that I'm looking at your ass.. I mean.. I " a look of horror had filled his eyes and he was pretended his phone had rung and ran out the the room. Not awesome Gilbert. Matt had just stood there.. Very confused.
An hour after Matts shift went by... Where was Matt? He was always home by now.. Maybe they got swamped? He stood up and decided to walk down and see what was up. He opened his door and in fell matt... and that damned football player. "Whoa! dude! Mattie are you okay?! " The larger blonde asked getting up quickly and pulling Matt up.
Gil looked irritated 'Mattie'? Why was this douche calling Matt Mattie? Matt blushed and took the hand up "Y-yeah I'm okay. A-are you okay?"
"Mattie, I get tackled by guys all the time, I'm totally use to falling!"
Matt blushed again smiling at the larger blonde. Gil noticed his lips were swollen. Shit... "Hi Gil.. sorry about that.. I.. er... This is Albert!"
Albert smiled widely and held out a first "Hey bro! Great to meet you!"
Gil just looked at the offered fist and said "Yeah... hi. well.. I was just on my way out. I'll see you later okay Matt?" He clapped Matt on the shoulder and took off .
Shit. Where was he even going? He wound up in the bar when his phone buzzed. A text from Francis
' Hey, heads up, I let matt go early because that big football guy asked him out to dinner, Just in case you were wondering where he was!'
Gil glared at his phone , clearly unimpressed'
You couldn't have told me earlier? I opened my door and they fell in together'.
He ordered a beer and threw it back.
Al had watched the albino leave "Is he okay?"
Matt shrugged. "I don't know..." He realized they were now in the room and blushed " Uhm.. I should probably get some homework done..."
Al smiled down at him "Oh for sure! Are you working tomorrow? I'll come pick you up after and walk you home if you want?"
Matt smiled and bit his lip "Okay, I'd like that"
Al smiled brightly "Great!" He leaned down and kissed the smaller blonde. ah! His lips we so soft! He pulled away looking into Matts eyes with his big blue ones, " I'll see you tomorrow then Mattie" He left closing the door behind him.
Matts heart was beating so hard. he sat on his bed and took a deep breath. Bomber jac- Al was more then just looks. He was smart! a business major in his 3rd year,
in the top of his class. An athlete. why on earth he'd picked Matt was beyond him! Oh god... What if.. Was he just being nice by saying he'd pick him up? Had he realized Matt was nothing special?! Or worse! What if it was all some sort of joke! Make the gay nerdy kid fall for you! Matts head went to his hands. Every thing swirling in his head. His history paper left undone.
An hour later there was a knock on the dorm door. Matt was laying on his bed. He groaned but got up and opened it. "Gil?"
Gil looked down sheepishly "Making sure its safe to come back in.. I didn't want to... err.. Interrupt anything."
Matt blushed. "Oh! Uhm nope. Nothing to interrupt!"
Gil came in and sat on his bed "So, did you have a good time with.. err.. Allen?"
"Alfred" Matt corrected " Yeah, i guess it was nice... I don't think I'm really his type though..."
he blushed and continued , clearly flustered "I-I mean.. He's a football player, like 2 years older then me, a business major... He's gorgeous and I'm well.. I'm just me so.. I don't think it'll go anywhere... He's kinda out of my league " His face was burning while he frowned.
Gil looked up at the bright red blonde. Was he serious? That douche out of Matts league? Gil swallowed "I don't think he is.." Then he stood up and added loudly and with his usual confidence " You're too hard on yourself Matt. You're awesome, you're MY friend after all! He's damned lucky if anything!"
He's really lucky.. He added silently
Matt smiled "Thanks Gil".
Gil sat back down. "Hey Matt?" Matt hummed in response. Gil took a deep breath then sighed "Nothing, just, be careful okay?"
Matt nodded.
The next day Gil was at the Cafe again around end of shift. He stared irritated when Alfred came in and simply eased to minor annoyance when he chose to sit down with Gil "Hey dude! your Matties room mate right? Matt says your pretty awesome so I thought I'd come say hi while i wait for him to finish his shift. This place is pretty cool huh? I can't believe I've been passing it all these years! Have you tried the eclairs? They rock!"
Gils eyes popped open.. Did he ever stop talking? " Uhm yeah... They're good here."
This earned a smile from Al. "Hey you got Mattie the job didn't you? He said you were friends with the owners and introduce them, and since I met Mattie here i guess i should be thanking you huh dude? He's a really great guy" At the last sentence Als eyes found Matt and glazed over.
How did Matt ever manage to convey that to him? He would throw so much at you at once.. Oh god... here he came. "Hey guys, can i get you something Al? Refresh Gil? I'm done in 15 minuets"
"No thanks Matt, I'm still working on this one. Tell Francis to hurry his ass up at closing, I want to get to the bar before last call"
"Haha sure Gil, Al?"
Al jumped. He had been staring at him all puppy dog. Ugh gross. " Oh! uhm. Can i have an eclair?"
Matt smiled warmly "It'll be right up."
Gil watched matt walk off with Al longingly. He was standing outside waiting for that damn frenchie to close.
"Took you damn long enough!" He snapped when Francis was locking the door.
Francis looked at him raising his eyebrows "And who pissed in your coffee?"
Gil shot a dirty look "I don't like it."
"Well I wouldn't think anyone would like piss in their coffee..."
"That!" he pointed towards Matt and that meat head Allen.. Arnold.. Whatever the hell his name was!
"Ahhhh I do i sense a little jealousy? I'm guessing from the death glares you've been giving Alfred, no worries he to thick to notice, that it's dear sweet Matthew you had your eye on."
Gil shrugged off the wall and started walking toward the bar " So what if it is"
Francis walked with him. He put a hand on Gils shoulder. "Well mon ami... There's not much you can do about that" He jerked his thumb back in the direction Matt and Al had gone " at the moment. But i can tell you, if you care about Matthew, you need to attempt to be nice to Al,,, Or else you'll lose him all together."
Gil sighed "Why do gotta make so much fucking sense."
Francis threw his arm around Gil "come on Gilbert, lets go get drunk!"
Matt looked up at Al blushing as they walked. Al was chatting animatedly about aliens, he didn't seem to notice the strange looks they were getting. Matt looked around frowning, they all knew it didn't look right
"hey Mattie?"
Matt jumped "Yeah?"
Al smiled and grabbed Matts hand and sweeped down to kiss him. Al pulled back and smiled "We should go walk in the park don't you think? It's kinda cold... But the sky is so clear you can see all the stars"
Matt nodded, his face matching the red hoody he always wore for the walk home from work. As they walked, Alfred started talking again and Matt just looked down smiling. Holding onto Als hand as they went.
"I-i-im s-sorry" Matt muttered shivering as they got into Als dorm, it was the closest to the park and Al had noticed matt was freezing. A thin dress shirt and a worn hoody wasn't really good enough protection for a long walk in the park.. He had Als bomber Jacket draped around his shoulders. it smelled amazing. Leather and Al.
"Don't worry about it Mattie! I'm sorry I didn't notice you were cold sooner! I'm not very observant. we can stay here until your warmed up. My room mates back home for the weekend, so just us."
Matt blushed. Alone.. oh god.. "Here give me that coat and go ahead and sit on my bed, the one with the captain america blanket! You can wrap up in it and we'll just hang out for a bit"
Al smiled at Matt who nodded and handed the jacket over then hesitated sightly before walked to the bed. Taking off his shoes he crawled over to sit on the bed with his back to the wall. Al kicked off his own shoes and came over and grabbing the blanket he sat next to Matt tossing it over their legs. Matt looked at Al shyly. Al was looking back and.. He was.. No.. He was blushing! Matt turned quickly forward again and buried his face in his knees then quickly leaned against Al.
Al tensed in surprise then relaxed and mat felt his arm around matts shoulder. " You know... I uhm.. I mean... Ugh.. Dude usually I'm not this bad with words! hahaha! You make me nervous!"
Matt peaked up "Me?" his face red.
"Of course you! Your adorable Mattie... I really like you... I-"
Matt didn't know what he was doing until he was already kissing Al. At first Al gasp in shock against matts mouth, then he let out a small moan and wrapped his arms around Matt.
It was 2am when Francis finally dragged Gil back to his dorm room. Gil had consumed so much beer, Honestly Francis was just surprised he was conscious. Gil crashed through his dorm door with Francis trailing behind. he looked at Matts bed, empty... "You going to be okay mon ami?"
"Of course! Why the fuck wouldn't i be?! I'm peachy keen yes i am! Totally awesomesauce! "
Francis gave him a look that screamed suuuuure, but shrugged "Alright, goodnight then."
Francis closed the door. Gil was very drunk. he laid back on his bed. "He shouldn't be with that douche. He should be with me! I'm awesome! Way more awesome than that 'dude'!" He made a wordless sound. Just then the door opened.
"Ouch! Damnit!"
Gil sat up "Matt?"
"Oh... uhm.. Sorry did i wake you Gil? "
"No duuude I'm drunk!" He doubted matt got that "dude" was a jab. But it was funny to him so he started giggling like a maniac.
"uhm.. Gil are you okay?" Matt walked over to him,
" Course i am!" Gil stood suddenly striking an awesome pose. Then he looked at matt. Oh those eyes! He reached out and took off Matts glasses. It was met with an unimpressed look.
"You know, you're pretty cute when you're annoyed..." Then Gil leaned forward and kissed Matt right on the mouth.
Matt froze. Gil felt it. Then he felt Matt gently push him back. "Gil your drunk... " matt pushed him gently down on the bed
"Hey, you gonna join me?" He patted the bed next to him.
matt grabbed his glasses and put them back on. "Gil... god... You're straight, why are you even doing this?" Irritation and embarrassment played on Matts face.
Gil looked at him like he had three heads (he only had two right now) "Straight? whatthefuck?" He slurred. "I'm as straight as a.. a.. Something not straight.. "
Matt sighed "Okay Gil.. It's time to go to sleep."
Matt pushed him over so his head was on the pillow. Everything was swimming in front of his eyes "No...Matt.. Really i..." and it was gone. he fell asleep.
Matt had dealt with this before. Straight guys (Actually in most cases it was guys deeeep in the closest) who got drunk, came onto you and screwed around, then punched you the next day for trying to make them into "fags". Well that was so not happening here.
matt grabbed Pjs and got dressed. Climbing into bed he smiled to himself... Al... They had just kisses, laughed, played around and passed out. But it had been amazing. He had woken up not long after falling asleep snuggled up next to Al but the looked at his phone and realized how late it was. Kissing Al and gently waking him up he whispered "I gotta go back to my dorm... I can't go to class in my uniform."
Al had yawned and got up
"No it's okay, go back to sleep. I can walk home myself."
Al shot him a yeah, like that's happening look and got up. "I don't mind Mattie. Just gives me another chance to kiss you goodnight."
Matt had blushed but didn't argue. They walked back to the room, Al had kissed him goodnight and promised to call. Yes, a perfect night. Matt drifted into dreams.