As Paulie raced towards the Galley-La building he couldn't help but wonder why Iceburg had decided to see him.
Did I do something wrong? Is he in need of another estimate? Was a customer not satisfied with the work?
Shrugging he decided just to see how things would play out. No point in worrying himself to death.
Upon reaching the building, Paulie greeted Kalifa and was swiftly ushered off to the bluenette's office.
'Hugh?' Paulie thought to himself, 'Kalifa doesn't know why either'
He knocked on the door…
"Umm I'm here Iceburg-san"
On the other side of the door Paulie could hear the shuffling of papers and then a dull thud.
What the hell was going on?
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Iceburg pick himself off from the floor groaning as he did so.
What was the blond doing? He hadn't called him?
Clearing his throat Iceburg called the blond in.
'What now?'
As Paulie approach his desk, Iceburg noticed how agitated the blond seemed.
"You called sir?" Paulie asked, eyes downcast.
"Hmm…What? No, Ehem… No I didn't call…" Iceburg managed to cough out.
'God it was getting harder just to be in the same room as the blond man.' Iceburg though bitterly…
"Oh really? Heh…" Paulie nervously scratched his neck. 'The fuck was Erikson thinking…'
"Sorry, guess some guys were playing a prank on me then..heh…"
'Prank?'
Iceburg managed to voice out his thoughts,
"What do you mean by prank?"
Iceburg could have sworn Paulie's face grew 12 shades darker.
"umm well you see umm heh, is it hot in here?" Paulie began to nervously tug at his shirt collar.
"Are you alright Paulie?" Iceburg was starting to get worried. It wasn't unusual for shipwrights to get sick especially during such hot summers…still…
"Hugh, no umm I'm fine-"
"But your face?"Iceburg interjected.
"My face?"
Shaking his head, Iceburg slowly approached the blond.
'His mind screamed for him to stop, but his was able to reassure himself that as the boss it was his duty to take care of his shipwrights no matter how attracted to them he was. (Though this was more of an excuse to get close to the blond).
Paulie swallowed thickly as Iceburg stood directly in front of him. There wasn't much of a difference in height between the two men, however Iceburg was still taller.
Iceburg leaned in and Paulie's breathing halted.
'WHAT THE FUCK! IS THIS HAPPENING FOR REAL?!'
Paulie tightly closed his eyes, waiting for anything when suddenly he felt the others hand on his forehead.
"Nma…" Iceburg mused, "You don't seem to be sick…"
Paulie visibly paled at the closeness of the other...
"umm n-no…" He managed to stutter.
Iceburg tried to read the blonds' face but found nothing, "Well, as long as you're fine I can rest easy…."
Paulie wasn't able to catch the rest of what the mayor said, but he nodded anyway.
"I guess I'll be going then…"
As Paulie began to make his way out of the office, Iceburg felt like screaming.
He could have told him! No matter what his answer entitled, at least Iceburg could've live on knowing his feelings didn't go unnoticed. How long must he torment himself with this one-sided love?
"ARGH!" Iceburg buried his head in a stack of documents, "I'M AN IDIOT! I SHOULD HAVE KISSED HIM WHEN I HAD THE CHANCE! THE CONDITIONS WERE PERFECT! ARGH!"
Unbeknownst to Iceburg, on the other side of the doors stood a very red faced blond, who had forgotten his jacket in a certain bluenette's office…
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'What?'
Paulie couldn't believe what he was hearing. Iceburg wanted to kiss him?
Was this a joke? Was he being punked?
He felt his heart hammering in his chest.
Would it be right to enter now… or should he just leave pretending nothing happened.
'No.' Paulie thought, if any time was right for him to confess to the mayor it was now.
Taking a deep breath, Paulie grabbed the two doors and sung them open. The sudden act startled Iceburg to the point he fell out of his chair.
"P-Paulie!" The blond could clearly see fear and shock wash over the mayor's features. "W-What?!"
Iceburg picked himself off the ground and looked at the blond dumbstruck.
Paulie couldn't help but be happy his mere presence made the other man so flustered.
'Heh, here I was freaking out…Apparently the feeling's mutual'
The thought caused Paulie to unconsciously smirk and Iceburg felt all the blood drain from his face.
"So, umm first of all," Paulie casually strolled over to his jacket without braking eye contact. "Seems I forgot this," He picked up the denim jacket and draped it over his shoulder.
"And~" Paulie began making his way towards our red face stuttering mayor.
He moved until Iceburg and he had barely any space between the two of them.
Locked in heated a gaze. Both of them felt as if time had stopped.
Gathering up his courage one final time, Paulie closed the distance between the two, trapping the blunette in a chaste kiss that quickly became more passionate as both of their lungs began to yearn for air.
"I apparently forgot this as well…"
A/N: Looky at what I found. I might finish this up (and clean it up) after Kingdom Consequences. Again sorry for the wait.