I would like to thank the person who goes by 'Henry,' You are awesome and your English does not suck. I felt a bit evil with the cliff hanger, so I decided to update because I been working on the story all day today (weather turned yucky and I didn't feel like doing school work).

Disclaimer: I own nothing

Warning: My sad attempt at fluff and being of a romance. un-beta-ed

Alex mind was screaming when he realized Henry was kissing him back. He found that was a good sign whiles wrapping his arms around the other. Henry's response was to put his arms around his neck.

Reluctantly they pulled away from each other. Alex placed his forehead against Henry's and whispered, "I like you."

He smiled at the other. Happy that he was able to say what he wanted, it was always much easier to say what he needed through action rather than speech.

It was what Heather said to them that struck a chord within him. It was cryptic, but the more he thought about those words the more they made sense.

It caused him to take action of his feelings rather than question them. His feelings for the man went far beyond an unknown feeling to protect him.

"I umm…don't you have a paper to finish?" Alex pouted at the reason Henry invited him to his apartment in the first place. Clearly Henry was having some trouble assessing the situation.

Sitting on the couch; Alex set his book on the coffee table. Taking up his pencil once again, he started on his conclusion. He could not find the point in the paper. The assignment was to write about a family memory and he just could not find one that was college friendly.

He settled on the birth of Josh, a memory that was fuzzy to him, but it probably was the happiest memory he had. A memory of being told that he had a new responsibility. That he had a little brother to help teach and protect.

He was almost finished with his final sentence when a mug of coffee was set in front of him. Looking up, he noticed Henry was having some sort of struggle going on within his mind.

'Shit I scared him." That was his fear. He feared that he was losing Henry because of his strong feelings for the other man. He was on the road to falling in love with the man, but that would take some time to get too.

"Alex." Sitting beside the younger, Henry was readying himself to explain something to Alex. "I-I f-feel…"

"I am sorry for kissing you like that," Alex cut him off. Not really wanting to get rejected, maybe he was wrong about his earlier assumption. He started to pack his papers and moved to stand, "I'll just go back home, I need to type the paper anyway.'

Henry grabbed Alex's arm before he passed the counter. Looking back, the younger gave the other a confused look.

"Idiot," Henry whispered before he reached up to give the other a simple kiss. Pulling away from the other, Henry pulled Alex back to the coach to sit down.

"You didn't scare me," Henry bluntly stated. The younger was not the only one who was able to sense the other's thoughts and feelings. When Henry decided to pay attention, rather than brush off his feelings, he was mostly right.

"Apparently, I've had a crush on you for a few months." Alex started to smile; he really should to thank Eileen. He had a feeling she had kept on bugging Henry about him. It was in the look she always gave him when he was around the other.

"Eileen seems to know these things," he retorted back, causing Henry to roll his eyes. "She'll have a field day when she finds out."

Sighing with the realization of the future squealing, Henry took on a far-off look.

"You okay?" Alex was not sure if he was allowed to touch Henry at the moment. He was desperately fighting the urge to put his hand behind the others neck.

Henry noticed the sudden reluctance.

"Yes, but you're not." Henry felt a speech coming on and he did not feel like talking. "If I have to be honest, I have strong feelings for you as well. I scared you when I didn't say anything?"

Alex shook his head yes. Not all that happy that he was showing some sort of insecurities about his feelings. Revealing his feeling through action was easier then explaining them through words.

"Look, I don't know how to handle situations like these. But, I know for a fact that I would not let you kiss me if I did not feel the same." Frankly, Henry never let anyone he did not trust or like to even come close to touching him. By allowing Alex to have those small touches showed how much trust Henry allowed Alex.

"I'm sorry, guess I'm not good with these situations either."

"At least tell me what is wrong before jumping to conclusions. Okay?" Henry gave the other a sideways glance.

"Okay." Getting comfortable into the corner of the couch, Alex pulled Henry into a hug. Setting his head onto the others hair sighed, "I really am an idiot, aren't I?"

Shacking his head, Henry allowed himself to breathe easy and sink into the hug. It was still awkward, but they were starting to move away from that. Granted their communication skills could use work, but that would take time.

"Does this mean I get to make you dinner one night?" It made sense to Alex that instead of taking the other out, were he would feel uncomfortable, it would be much easier to show off his cooking skills or lack thereof in a familiar place.

"I would like that." Settling back into a comfortable silence, the two started to drift off into sleep.

"Henry I still have to get up and type my paper," Alex had no intention of getting up; he was only stating a fact that he still had a paper to finish.

"Alright," Henry moved and started to help Alex gather his belongings.

"I'll see you later."

"If you have time why don't you bring your paper over and I could look it over," Henry gave a blush at the notion, "I mean, I've always been good with English."

"I would like that very much. I'll see you later then," Giving Henry a good-bye kiss, Alex headed home.

A/n I was not really sure about this chapter, but after revising it and fixing it, it grew on me. To be this chapter represents how beginning of a relationship is the hardest part of it. I have an ending in mine for this story. By the end this might hit 20 chapters. I do have a Henry/Alex one-shot story idea that I plan on working on when Mello is done. I am also thinking of a Fatal Frame story idea with Mafuyu/Kei, but that is way off. I'm have a wee bit of difficulty dealing with Elle, I'm writing her almost like her mother ie a crazy bitch, and I am not sure if this is okay. Also Eileen will make her return.