Disclaimer: I do not own iZombie. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.
The next hour was nerve wracking as Ravi and Major arrived for the dinner that Liv promised them. Luckily it was almost ready to serve, so the amount of small talk was minimal, although even that couldn't prevent Ravi and Major noticing something was up and commenting on it multiple times, pushing for the truth increasingly frequently and insistently. Peyton was ashamed of herself for it. She was a lawyer for God sakes, she should be better at hiding her feelings than this. Although at least she did her profession proud by skilfully evading her friend's questions, constantly changing the subject in keeping Ravi and Major talking about themselves as much as possible. Of course inevitably they just had to rip the Band-Aid off.
"Seriously guys, what's going on." Major said for what felt like the millionth time.
Liv and Peyton exchanged a look, and then Liv cleared her throat, stood up, and announced, "Well... it's great to see you both. It's always great. But you're right. Something is up. There's a reason we called you here. Something we need to discuss. Something-"
"Liv." Peyton mumbled softly to try and help out her girlfriend by getting them back on track, although it probably didn't help that she took her hand and squeezed it.
"Sorry." Liv apologised, hesitating for a moment as she looked at where their hands were joined, before gathering her courage again and announcing, "We're dating."
There was a brief silence and then just in case it wasn't clear Peyton added, "Each other."
"No, we got that, thanks." Major said softly.
"What the hell dude, you totally broke the bro-code!" Ravi whined.
"I know, I'm sorry." Liv apologised.
"How long?" Major asked.
"A couple of months." Peyton admitted.
"Months!" Major exclaimed.
"We wanted to wait until..." Liv began before trailing off.
"Until we were sure there was something to tell." Peyton finished for her after seeing Liv was struggling, then when both boys gave her a look she somewhat defensively added, "What? We didn't want to upset you and then find out it's just too weird and we're better off as friends. You'd do the same if the situation was reversed."
"He should be so lucky." Ravi quipped.
Clearly in no mood for quips Major turned his attention to Liv and asked accusingly, "I thought you weren't into girls?"
"I wasn't." Liv admitted, "But then I ate the brain of a girl in love with her best friend, and one thing led to another."
"It was my fault." Peyton interrupted, before further explaining, "I used to have a crush on Liv when we first met, but I buried it because she was straight. But then I found out she was a zombie, and I thought I had lost her forever, and it just bought back all these old feelings a hundred times more powerful than before. I just kept thinking about the 1% chance that I could have told her how I felt and that she would have felt the same way. And how I should have told her anyway, just so she knew just how much I loved her. Then when I had the nerve to give her a chance, and she truly made me believe it was still her I was overwhelmed with happiness and I just, kissed her. If I hadn't done that... well..."
"No, one little kiss couldn't make me gay. No matter how hot you are." Liv pointed out with a little grumble, "And I've had urges while on brains before, and resisted. It just made me realise maybe I wasn't as straight as I thought."
Unable to resist Peyton quipped, "So the kiss didn't help at all?"
"Nope." Liv lied with the smile, before admitting, "Well, maybe a little. And your little love confession didn't hurt."
"So kiss plus confession plus pining best friend brain equals lesbianism? Interesting." Ravi said, pondering the equation.
"More like just a little bi." Liv corrected.
"Or gay enough to have a girlfriend." Major quipped with an encouraging little smile.
"Or straight with one exception." Liv offered with a little smile, and then asking, "Are you okay?"
Major sighed, then after a long pause admitted, "It's just that, you know..."
"You thought that you and Liv would get back together now that you're a zombie?" Peyton offered, and then when she got a look she mumbled in explanation, "Liv filled me in about your, situation."
There was another pause and then Major admitted, "That about covers it."
"I kind of thought we would too." Liv admitted softly, quickly adding, "I wasn't exactly expecting to suddenly fall for my best friend, but it happened. And the fact that I'm telling you should be a pretty good indication that it's not just a fling. And, I just wanted to tell you. I, I needed to tell you. I usually don't. I just hope we can still be friends."
"God, right where it hurts. I mean seriously, is there a worse sentence in the English language?" Major quipped, which was a very good sign, "I mean yeah, we'll still be friends. Partly because we're deep in this whole zombie thing, but also I love you and just want you to be happy."
Liv smiled and stood up, "I'd like to hug you now."
"I guess that would be okay." Major smiled, standing up and opening his arms.
Quickly falling into them Liv whispered, "I love you too. You know that, right?"
"Yeah." Major wrapped his arms around her, "I know."
Feeling awkward Ravi turned to Peyton and questioned jokingly, "Are you sure about this? I mean, you'll be missing out on all of this?"
Peyton chuckled as Ravi indicated to himself, and then told him, "I'm sure."
"Then I'm happy for you." Ravi smiled, hoping in time he would genuinely mean it. But he ignored his heartache for now and concentrated on Liv who had just finished her hug with Major and then told her in a clearly humorous tone, "But not you. You owe me."
There was a brief pause and then Liv offered, "How about I buy the coffee for a whole year?"
"Done." Ravi grinned.