The rest of the day pretty much involved lazing around the house, Cameron forced Damian to help his Mom clean around the house, Damian accepted after some more persuasion. Before the boy's knew it the day was nearly over.
Cameron wasn't sure what to do when they finally made their way to Damian's room to go to sleep, he looked over at his own bed then his eyes wandered over to Damian's bed briefly before flickering back to his own. Now that him and Damian were—well whatever they were Cameron wasn't sure whether he should sleep in his own bed. He felt Damian's hands gripping his shoulders.
"Why don't we just push the beds together?" Damian offered as if he had read Cameron's mind. Cameron agreed and he watched as Damian moved to the right side of his bed. Cameron smiled slightly and followed his lead by moving to the side of Damian's bed, after a nod from Damian both the boy's pushed the two beds into each other.
Once the beds were successfully turned into one Damian took Cameron's hand in his own and looked intensely at the other boy.
"Do you want to?" He trailed off as he gestured towards the bed, Cameron could feel his cheeks heating up but he nodded anyway. Damian let go of Cameron's hand and he moved to take his shirt off, Cameron stopped dead in his tracks. He forgot that they both slept in basically their underwear. He inwardly groaned to himself, he promised that he wouldn't do anything with Damian until Damian had told him he loved him. But it looked as though it was gonna be harder than he thought to do just that.
Cameron awkwardly removed his own shirt and his hands stopped just as he was about to unbutton his trousers, he bit his lip and glanced at Damian. Damian was already in the bed, just staring at Cameron with dark eyes. Cameron could feel his cheeks burn red, he let out a long sigh and quickly pulled his trousers down to reveal his boxers, he saw something flash in Damian's eyes but he couldn't put a finger on what it was.
Cameron slid into the bed to be enveloped in Damian's arms, it felt weird sleeping next to someone, he hadn't slept this close to a person for a while. Damian pulled Cameron flush against him, the brunette quickly becoming the big spoon. Cameron leant back into the inviting warmth; he smiled when he felt Damian's arms tighten round him, his hot breath on the back of his neck.
"Thank you" Damian whispered against Cameron's neck, Cameron didn't need to ask why Damian was thanking him. "I'm glad you came here with me, Cam" Damian carried on, Cameron's mind was racing, he tried to listen to what Damian was saying but the hot breath on his neck was making his mind spin. Cameron turned around to face Damian; he wanted to stop that damn breath from hitting that sensitive spot on his neck.
"Hey" Damian whispered, surprised at Cameron turning to face him. Cameron smiled dotingly at the brunette.
"Hi" He breathed in reply, before he knew it Damian's lips were on his once more, kissing him oh so tenderly, so warmly. Cameron sighed into the kiss, parting his lips ever so slightly as an invitation for Damian. Damian slipped his tongue into Cameron's mouth, inwardly sighing at the warmth. He loved how whenever he kissed Cameron he just felt ecstatic, he had spent the whole of the day kissing Cameron yet that thrilling feeling never left, it had stayed unchanged, just as strong as it was the first time they shared that drunken kiss.
Damian's hands travelled down Cameron's back, stopping just above his boxers, he felt Cameron stiffen in his arms. He pulled his lips away from Cameron's and looked at the boy intently.
"Cam, what's wrong?" Damian asked sincerely, Cameron flushed and ducked his head to avert Damian's gaze. Damian's brows furrowed yet he tightened his hold on Cameron nonetheless. "Cam, tell me" Damian whispered softly. "You can tell me anythin' you know that" Damian reassured the embarrassed boy. Cameron looked up slightly to meet Damian's eyes.
"It's just, I can't do that kind of stuff—not yet" Cameron muttered, his face completely red from the topic at hand. He felt Damian's body start to vibrate with laughter.
"Cam, I'm not gonna force you into anythin' okay?" Damian replied, chuckling at the adorably confused look on Cameron's face. "We're in this thing together, if you're not comfortable with somethin' then we can work around it you know" Damian replied, he kissed the top of Cameron's head affectionately.
Cameron nudged his head into the crook of Damian's neck and smiled into his shoulder. "I just—I want to wait until we're sure of our feelings." Cameron muttered, this time it was Cameron who felt Damian stiffen.
"Cam, you do know I'm sure of my feelings for you, this isn't jus' an experiment or somethin'…" Damian trailed off, Cameron sighed.
"I know but—you're not entirely sure that what you feel for me is love. I want to do those kind of things when we're both completely sure. Because…" Cameron pulled away from Damian so that he could lock their gazes together; Damian's eyes were dark yet highlighted with a sort of adorable cluelessness. "You can't look me in the eyes right now in all serious and tell me you're in love with me" Cameron couldn't help his voice cracking, he didn't feel like crying he honestly wasn't that upset, he had come to terms with the fact that Damian wasn't in love with him. Yet saying it aloud like this, it triggered something deep in his chest which panged against his skin, it hurt. It definitely hurt.
"Cam" Damian's voice broke; Cameron knew he shouldn't have mentioned anything. The blonde boy bit his lip to prevent a sob coming out and simply nuzzled his way back against Damian's chest.
"Don't speak anymore, can we just sleep" Cameron muttered against Damian's chest. Damian looked sadly at his friend. He wanted more than anything to just tell him he loved him, to reach that extra mile in his relationship. But what broke him, what physically hurt him was that Cameron was right. Damian didn't love Cameron. He definitely harnessed strong feelings for the boy, which were stronger than friendship. He heard Cameron's breathing slow down into a soft relaxing rhythm, Damian held Cameron tighter before closing his eyes, willing himself to fall in love quickly, both for him and Cameron.