Lee's eyes bulged, and he blushed furiously. "H-How did you know I wanted to tell you something?" he stuttered.

"Will told me. He said he could 'see it in your aura'. Whatever that means. Now tell me."

Lee shook his head and smiled nervously. "Better not."

"Better."

"Better not."

"Better."

Lee sighed. His face was red, and his eyes filled with tears of embarrassment. "Nate_ I always get these random butterflies whenever I'm around you that I can't even explain. My stomach knots up whenever you smile at me, or whenever you laugh. So…I guess what I'm trying to say here is…"

"Is what? You can tell me anything, Lee."

Lee's bottom lip quivered, and he finally blurted "NATE, I LOVE YOU! OK?! I LOVE YOU! WHEN WE WERE WALKING ACROSS THAT BOARD, I WAS BLUSHING THE ENTIRE TIME! DURING DINNER, WHEN I MADE YOU LAUGH UNCONTROLLABLY, I FELT PROUDER THAN EVER! WHEN YOU WERE NEXT TO ME, ASKING IF I WAS OK, THE BUTTERFLIES WENT ON A RAMPAGE! I'M IN LOVE WITH YOUUU!" He took a deep breath. "There. I told you. Happy now?"

Nate's face went bright red. "Lee…I…"

"You hate me, I know. That's pretty self-explanatory."

"No…"

Nate ran his hand through Lee's long blonde hair. "No. I don't hate you. I don't think you're creepy. I understand."

Lee raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean you 'understand'? Understand what?"

Nate didn't answer. He just scooted extremely close to Lee, pressing his nose against Lee's. "Nate…what are you_"

"I'm doing exactly what I'm supposed to do."

Nate rolled his lips slowly onto Lee's. Lee's eyes were wide with shock, and it felt like everything around him just_ stopped. Like the universe just pulled to a halt. Lee slowly closed his eyes and kissed back.

Nate pulled away softly and looked at Lee, his eyes looking dazed. Lee just kept them closed for a moment, but opened them softly so he could see Nate.

His friend stuttered "So…are w-we a t-thing now?"

Lee laughed. "Yeah. We're a thing now. Nate and Lee just turned into Nate x Lee."

Nate laughed along with him. "Alright, we'd better go find the others."

"We're already here."

The boys turned their heads, only to find Wendy, Robbie, Stan, Soos, Dipper, and Mabel standing in the doorway. "Sorry, but we just HAD to see if Lee made his move or not." Wendy said.

"And it was actually Nate who made the move." Robbie added.

Dipper chuckled. "Mabel took about 10 pictures of you two kissing."

Mabel giggled and held her camera up. "I'm sorry, you guys are just so ADORABLE together! Plus_ I NEVER, EVER, EVER, miss a scrapbookertunity!"

Nate rolled his eyes and smiled. "You want a lock of Lee's hair to go with that?" he asked sarcastically, getting a laugh from Lee.

Wendy smiled. "So_ you guys are a thing now, huh?"

Lee gave Nate's hand a little squeeze. "Yeah. I guess we are."

Stan rolled his eyes. "Oh, good grief. Enough of the romance already, let's get going!"

Nate and Lee stood up, and the group wandered down the hall to the tall door of Room Five. Stan turned the brass doorknob, and they walked into the dark, silent room.