Dinner with Ethan's parents was awkward. For multiple reasons: 1) both boys were sporting flushed faces, as though had just run a marathon; 2) Ethan had multiple bite marks on his neck that were a light pink color, just barely noticeable; 3) Neither boy could not stare at the other for long; and 4) They were both fidgeting in their seats, anxious to head back up to Ethan's room.
"Benny, have we met before?" Ethan's younger sister Jane asked, breaking the awkward silence in the room.
"Jane, that's impossible. We just moved here. Although… it does seem like we know you Benny, doesn't it dear?" said Ethan's mom, turning to his father.
"It does. I'm just glad Ethan found himself a friend."
"Same here," Mrs. Morgan said.
"Well get used to me because Ethan is my best friend and I also live next door," Benny says, smiling a huge grin at the Morgan family. "I already feel at home here."
"That's fine any friend of Ethan's is welcome here."
"Thank you." The family continued to eat in silence, except for the occasional question about Ethan and Jane's school lives. After dinner was finished Benny and Ethan excused themselves back up to Ethan's room, where Benny instantly wrapped his arms around Ethan's waist.
"So, Ethan. Are we … dating now?" Benny asked, raising his eyebrows at the shorter boy. He smiled as he saw Ethan blush at his question.
"Um … I guess."
"Good. I wouldn't give you up for anything."
"Not even for all the peanut butter cup pizza in the world?"
"How'd you know that was my favorite food?"
"I'm beginning to remember stuff about you."
"Huh. Favorite color is Green Lantern green right?"
"Yep." Both boys smiled as they realize that they were remembering facts about the other. Benny pulled Ethan closer and gave him a light kiss on the lips, before smiling at him.
"So. Now that we're together, I have a question," asks Benny, pulling Ethan towards the bed so they could sit down.
"Yes?"
"Do we tell our friends at school?" Ethan just sat there in Benny's arms, thinking about it.
"Yes. I don't see what it should matter really. I doubt they'd care."
"Agreed. Awesome. Tomorrow we'll tell our friends that we're dating." With that, both boys were locked in a heavy kiss.
…
As the boys were getting ready for bed, in their own houses, after a long night of kissing and video chatting, neither noticed how a light seemed to flash outside their windows only. Both boys fell into a dreamless sleep.
