Batters lips felt so soft. They felt so good on his. Zacharie wished that this feeling would never end, that they could kiss forever, but in a sudden, he panicked.

Quickly he stopped and took, or more likely fell, a step back. He could feel his face flushing red so almost like a reflex he covered it up with his hands.

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry, I-", he continued to stammer all kinds of apologies. He felt so embarrassed. He could clearly hear people around them laughing so it wasn't even just the Batter he embarrassed himself to.

"I don't know why I did this, I'm so sorry!" He lied. He knew why he did it obviously. He wouldn't just go around and kiss people for no reason. Ofcourse he was confused but what was sure was that he has had a huge crush on the Batter ever since they first met, even though it seemed so absurd back then, he was sure about it now.

"I'm so sorry!", Zacharie continued to whine through his breath. He knew now that avoiding the Batter was a stupid idea but he feared that that was what the Batter now wanted to do.

He stopped whining as he could suddenly feel Batters hands on his shoulders.

"It's fine, Jesus, stop apologizing.", the Batter hissed almost sounding angry but definitely trying his best not to upset Zacharie. Zacharie could see that he felt uncomfortable and embarrassed and as Zacharie noticed how many people now were staring at them he did too.

"W-We should probably go-", before Zacharie could even finish he saw the Batter nodding, taking him by the wrist and starting to walk their mutual way home, almost pulling Zacharie with him. But he didn't really mind. He also didn't mind that their walk was quite a quiet one. In fact, if Zacharie would have tried to say anything he would have probably ended u apologizing again.

The quiet was unbothered, at least until Zacharie could hear the Batter mumbling something through his breath. He couldn't quite understand what he said but it sounded like an apology followed by the Batter letting go of Zacharies wrist. But instead of just taking his hand away he moved it to Zacharies hand, softly taking it and looked away embarrassed.

"W-Wait, does that-", Zacharie began but got stopped by the Batter.

"Let's... talk about this later. At my place."

Zacharie nodded. He had never been to Batters place before but he remembered that he lived alone and that was for Zacharie just right. He was everything but in the mood to handle parents right now, let alone Sugar, who had probably even already heard of Zacharies... incident with the Batter.

Not much later the two of them arrived at Batters place. It was a small apartment with only a few rooms but it looked nice. A bit messy maybe. Quite messy actually. But he didn't mind at all. It wasn't his own place anyways.

Batter lead the other to his living room and they both sat down on a small old couch. For a while neither of them said a word.

"So..."

"I'm sorry!", Zacharie whined through Batters words, "I shouldn't have done this. In public, just like that!" He could hear the Batter laughing faintly.

"It's fine.", he said.

Another awkward silence followed, up until the Batter spoke again.

"W-What did it mean? The kiss...?", he asked.

A bit baffled Zacharie stared at him, not sure how to answer. He could see the Batter scratching the back of his head awkwardly before he continued to talk.

"Do you... have, like, these kinds of feelings? For me?"

This time Zacharie nodded. He was quite sure of what he felt for the Batter now and ever since he had held his hand he hoped for the Batter to feel the same.

"Do you...?", Zacharie asked him back, his eyes almost sparkling in hope but also fear.

He could see the Batter gulp.

"I-I don't know...", the Batter began with a shaky voice, "This is all so strange and new to me..."

It felt like something just had crushed Zacharie. He nodded blankly, trying not to show how hurt he actually was. It wasn't the Batters fault and Zacharie didn't want to upset him.

"M-Maybe we should just forget-" - "No!", the Batter interrupted him, "No. No we shouldn't just forget it. That's not just nothing!"

"B-But you said you don't-"

The Batter let out a deep sigh.
"I said I am confused. Listen, I... never had a girlfriend. Let alone a boyfriend."
"Me neither!", Zacharie said, hope flaring up in him again, "There's a first time for everything! We could try it together! I mean- if you want ofcourse..." Every word he said sounded so strange and embarrassing suddenly. He was scared of the answer as he could see the Batter giving it a second thought. But all the fear got washed away as he watched the Batter giving him a short nod followed by a little smile.

"Fine", he said with a shaky voice, "Yea... Yea! We're gonna give it a try! We- But- I don't want everyone to know about... this... I don't want them to have that kind of victory."

For a moment Zacharies heart dropped a little. But then he nodded, smiling widely.

"So it's like our secret. A forbidden romance!" He could see the Batter growing red a little.

"Don't say it like that, that's embarrasing!", he hissed gaining a small chuckle from Zacharie.

Quickly the smaller man crawled up to the Batter on the couch and stopped, his face close to the others.

"Can I... can I kiss you then...?", Zacharie whispered a little awkwardly.

The Batters face flushed deep but he nodded.

Excitedly Zacharie smiled and pushed his lips on the Batters, his upper lip slipping between those of Batter.

"I'm happy.", Zacharie murmured throwing his arms around Batters neck, "This feels right."