Anthony couldn't focus properly on the fans after that; he couldn't get Ian's words out of his mind. All he could think about now was getting out of there as soon as possible.
As the last fan left their area, he stood up and started to leave. "Hey, where are you going?" Ian asked him. "I thought you wanted to talk."
"You made your feelings pretty clear when you were talking to that girl earlier," Anthony said bitterly.
"What do you mean?" Ian asked, confused as to what Anthony was talking about.
"I'm okay with it, really I am," Anthony said.
"Anthony there's still a lot that you don't know. Why don't we go back to our room?" Ian suggested.
"I don't know," Anthony shook his head. Ian didn't like him back. There was nothing else left to say.
"Please?" Ian pleaded with him. He didn't want Anthony jumping to conclusions about how he felt.
"I guess I don't have much of a choice," Anthony sighed. Ian smiled in relief at his answer.
They carefully made their way back, making an effort not to attract anyone's attention. Things between the two of them were kind of awkward and they didn't want anyone else to pick up on it.
When they were finally back in their room, Anthony was the first one to speak. "So what exactly do you want to tell me?"
"Why don't we sit down first?" Ian gestured to the couch. Anthony just sighed in response but listened anyway.
"Now will you tell me?" Anthony asked once they were finally seated.
"About the kiss…why did you do that?" Ian finally said.
"I don't know it just kind of happened," Anthony covered his face with his hands in embarrassment. "I'm so sorry Ian."
"Don't be," Ian smiled at him.
"What?" Anthony looked at him in surprise.
"I was pretty angry at first but then I realised that…I kind of liked it," Ian confessed. He could feel his face turning red but he didn't even care.
"You did?" Anthony asked in disbelief. "You're not screwing around with me right now, are you?"
"I wouldn't do that to you," Ian assured him.
"Oh…" was all that Anthony could manage to say.
"So, do you have a crush on me or what?" Ian grinned at him.
"What?" Anthony looked startled.
"This is already awkward enough as it is," Ian chuckled at his reaction. "Just answer the question."
"I don't know," Anthony blushed.
"You don't know?" Ian smirked. "Yesterday you hugged me even though you never usually do that, you practically begged me to sleep next to you and then today, you kissed me."
"Okay, so maybe I have a small crush on you," Anthony let out a deep breath. "It doesn't matter anyway. It's not as if anything is ever gonna happen between us."
"Says who?" Ian took hold of his hands.
"I-I…" Anthony stuttered. Ian didn't wait for an answer before he leaned over and kissed him. He couldn't help smiling when he felt Anthony's mouth open in shock. Anthony eventually relaxed as he let go of his previous worries and shared their first proper kiss, one where they both meant it.
"Wow," Anthony gasped as they broke apart.
"You liked that?" Ian murmured.
"I loved it," Anthony smiled before leaning in once again.
-X-
As time progressed, they moved from the couch to the bed. It was more comfortable there after all.
"So what do we do now?" Anthony asked as they regained their breath.
"About what?" Ian asked him. Once again he was completely lost by Anthony's train of thought.
"About us," Anthony said whilst gesturing to the absence of their shirts.
"Well, if this goes any further then we are definitely using protection," Ian giggled.
"That's not what I meant," Anthony couldn't help laughing. "I mean about our girlfriends."
"Oh that," Ian stopped laughing. Truthfully he hadn't really thought about any long-term plans. He always made the mistake of acting and then thinking about it afterwards. "I won't tell if you won't."
"But I feel really bad," Anthony groaned. "They're really good to us and we've been treating them like shit. I mean, what would you do if Kalel or Melanie walked in on us right now?"
"That reminds me, does Kalel still have our room key?" Ian asked him as he remembered the first time she walked in. That had been a close one.
"No, I took it off her," Anthony answered. "But don't change the subject! What are we gonna do?"
"First of all you need to relax," Ian said. "If you really feel that way then maybe we should go out on a date."
"How is that helping anyone?!" Anthony exclaimed.
"A double date," Ian explained. "You and Kalel, and me and Melanie."
"I still don't get it," Anthony sighed.
"Think about it, we can go on our first date together and be good boyfriends at the same time," Ian explained. It seemed like a pretty good idea to him.
"Don't you think it will be kind of obvious if our girlfriends are there with us?" Anthony asked him.
"That's the beauty of the plan," Ian smiled at him. "They won't suspect a thing. We can all have a good time and they won't even know that we're together. I mean really, do you honestly believe that they will jump to the conclusion that you and I like each other?"
"Okay, that actually sounds like a pretty good idea," Anthony said reluctantly. He could see so many things going wrong but Ian made it sound really tempting. And how could he resist the look of excitement on his face? "You still haven't asked me out though."
Ian just rolled his eyes and sighed dramatically."Anthony Daniel Padilla, will you go on a date with me?"
"It would be my pleasure," Anthony replied and couldn't help smiling. He was really going on a date with his best friend.
