It wasn't long before the two were able to meet again. They sacrificed their sleep, but it was more than worth it to be able to see each other. They first started out shooting arrows, but Barry learned how little control Oliver had. Barry was trying to nock his bow, but Oliver slide up behind him and wrapped his arms around Barry from behind. He was kissing his neck and Barry smiled and let out a small moan of approval. He let the bow down before speed pushing Oliver into a nearby wall. It wasn't gently, but it wasn't anything that would hurt Oliver. Oliver gasped in surprise at Barry's abrupt movements. Barry trailed his hand down to Oliver's pants and traced his thumb just above where his pants began.
Oliver sucked in breath between his teeth. He had his eyes close and was relaxing into Barry's touch. Barry continued to trail his thumb lightly over Oliver's hip as he kissed his neck. Oliver continued to make sounds of approval as he let Barry continue. That was when Thea and Felicity walked in. "Wha ..oh wow." Felicity said in a very surprised tone. Thea was laughing her ass off as Barry turned. His whole face was red. Oliver pulled Barry into his side and wrapped an arm around him. "Can I help you ladies?" He asks. Oliver was clearly not as embarrassed at being caught as Barry was.
Felicity was at a loss for words, so Thea stepped in "We found a … thing you might be interested in." Thea had a huge smile on her face and it was obvious she was enjoying the tension in the room. Felcity's face had grown as red as Barry's was and Oliver seemed pretty calm about the whole thing. He nodded "Okay, I'll be right behind you." Before the girls had even excited Oliver turned back to Barry and gave him a long goodbye kiss before telling him he'd call when he was done. Oliver gave Barry's hand a squeeze before he walked away following Thea. He no doubt had a lot to explain, but he sure as hell was embarrassed to be caught with Barry. He liked Barry a lot and now was as good a time as any for people to find out about them.
Barry watched Oliver walk away before leaving himself. He waited at home for a bit before he went out to get something to eat. He fell asleep around 11 and he still hadn't gotten a call from Oliver. He woke up at 2 to the sound of his phone going off. "Hello?" he said in a sleepy voice. He perked right up when he heard Oliver's voice. "Hey, I know it is late… really late, but I wanted to honor what I said about calling when I was done." Barry gave him a sleepy laugh "That's sweet." Oliver smiled even though he knew Barry couldn't see it "Well I will let you sleep.
Goodnight Barry. I… I hope you sleep well." "Goodnight Oliver. Sweet dreams." Oliver hung up the phone. He almost said he loved Barry, but he stopped himself. He liked Barry a lot and he knew he wasn't far away from falling for him, s he wanted to make sure the first time he said the words he really meant it. He also wanted to say it to his face and gage his reaction. After he had left with his sister and Felicity neither questioned him, so he chose to bring it up. Thea shrugged it off and said "As long as he is good to you, I don't care what you do in your free time." Oliver smiled at that, his sister wasn't always the most understanding, so he was glad she hadn't yelled at him for being with a guy.
Felicity on the other hand didn't say anything that included Barry. Her head was spinning because she hadn't expected such a thing. That wasn't to say she was against him being into guys, she was just against him being into anyone. She really liked Barry though and she knew he was a sweet smart guy. She couldn't find a better person for Barry than Oliver. It took her the rest of the week to actually be okay with it, but she eventually told Oliver she was happy for him. It wasn't a lie either, she was genuinely happy for the two of them.
Cisco was totally on board with the two being together. He would make awing noises whenever Oliver grabbed Barry's hand. Caitlyn claimed she totally knew and acted as though it wasn't a new occurrence. Dr. Wells didn't give a flying monkey about it, though he never really had about Barry's love life. Iris and Joe still hadn't found out about them yet, but Barry didn't think they'd mind. At least that was the hope. Barry was increasingly nervous about telling Joe. He knew Iris would accept him, but Joe was what had him worried.
Barry had ordered pizza and invited Joe over. As they sat, watched TV and ate pizza Joe knew Barry wanted to talk. "Come one Bar, out with it." Barry ran his fingers through his hair nervously "I'm into men." Joe bit into another piece of pizza and nodded "I assume you are telling me this because you have a boyfriend?" Barry nodded "Oliver Queen." Joe turned his head sharply to look at Barry. He started laughing "Good job Barry! He better be good to you though." Barry's nervousness flooded away and the rest of the night the two had fun. He hadn't expected that reaction. It was the best case scenario. Now he just had to tell Iris.