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Matt sighed deeply as he watched the clock on the wall. Tai had left that day after making sure, numerous times, that Matt was alright. He had insisted he was, which was true except for his new romantic interest, and Tai had finally ran off to his soccer practice. He sighed again and ran a hand through his hair. He felt so jumpy and nervous.
Takeru had returned later that night and convinced him to tell Tai of his feelings, after Tai was sleeping and snoring rather loudly. Now though, Matt was sure he had never felt so nervous in his life. He gave one last anxious sigh before walking slowly to the door. He slipped on his shoes trying to breathe deeper to calm himself.
Tai would be heading home in around twenty minutes. He still had a little preparing to do so he headed off in a rush with adrenaline pumping through his veins and butterflies twisting his stomach into knots.
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Tai high-fived a couple of his team mates and yelled goodbyes to the rest as he headed off to his home. He hummed a tune by the Beatles, that he couldn't remember the name of, under his breath as his thoughts drifted back to a certain someone. He gave a deep sigh breaking up the tune as his thoughts whirred around his head like bees.
Maybe I should stop by his house. See how he's doing? He thought. He then felt suddenly acutely aware of how sweaty he was from soccer practice. He decided to take a quick shower first and then head over.
With the decision made he ran the rest of the way home and practically jumped into the shower. Once finished he threw on some clothes and was nearly out the door when his stomach gave a roar of protest. He sighed and started fixing himself a sandwich that he would eat on the way there.
Just as he was almost finished there was a knock on the door. He thought to himself whether someone was supposed to be coming over or if one if his parental units was getting home early. (AN: Parental Units- A silly/weird name that I call my parents sometimes.) He quickly crossed out any possibilities and was suddenly quite worried about Matt. He dashed to the door and threw it open afraid it would be Matt's parents or someone to tell him something terrible had happened. Luckily his dark thoughts were cut off by Matt standing on the doorstep of his apartment looking slightly tense.
He was quick to ask if anything was wrong.
"No...no. I...I'm fine...I just.." He coughed nervously playing with his collar with his left hand, "I..erm...I...Can I come in?"
Tai stared stupidly for a moment then ushered him in with a look of embarassment at not doing that first thing.
"You sure you're okay. You look....nervous." Tai asked feeling slightly nervous himself.
"It..er...I have something kinda important to tell you." He said adjusting his collar again. I was then Tai realized that Matt was keeping something behind his back.
"What's behind your back?" Tai asked curiously.
"Uh...er...It..umm...Can I tell you something first?" He said looking even more nervous. Tai blinked looking over his friend once before taking a seat at the table and waiting anxiously to see what was making Matt so nervous.
"Ummm....look Tai...I..For the past couple weeks I've been dealing with a lot and..erm....I kinda realized something. With you staying around so much and being so...umm..erm..." He paused taking a deep breath, "Tai...I...IthinkIhavefeelingsforyou." Matt stood as still and stiff as he could a blush rising up from his neck to coat his cheeks.
Tai just blinked for a moment not sure if he were dreaming or not. He floundered for words and his thoughts flicked around like balls around a tennis balls on a busy court.
"I...Matt...I..." Tai couldn't find the words as Matt stood like a deer in the headlights waiting for his reaction. Instead Tai did what he did best......jumping into action.
He bit his inner cheek as he closed the distance between them then he leaned in and pressed his lips against Matt's. Matt was almost quicker to react as he pressed his lips firmly against Tai's in return. Hands soon were holding them together as they stumbled backwards until they fell onto the couch. And the flowers that had been hidden behind Matt's back fell to the floor unnoticed.
Matt licked his tongue along Tai's lower lip requesting entrance. Tongues were soon fighting for dominance and hands were slowly removing clothes. They were both gasping for precious air between tongue tangles. Soon shirts were discarded on the floor and both were ready to get rid of the rest but a touch of reason managed to interfere.
"Matt....mmmmm.....I....I think maybe we should go a little slower." Tai said between gasps. Matt rolled off of Tai so they were both nose to nose balanced carefully on the slender couch that could barely hold both of them stretched side by side.
"You're right. I was just so...." He paused searching for words to describe it.
"Caught up in the moment?" Tai put in.
"Yeah. I was just so shocked. I never really thought...."
"I know but at least you were brave enough to tell me..."
"Not really...It's just you've been such a great friend...I didn't want to lie to you or keep something that important from you." Matt trailed off again. He sat up feeling a little embarrassed.
Tai sat up next to him and gave a one arm squeeze and his trademark smile. Then Tai looked over towards the table where a bouquet of flowers lay on the floor and gave a small gasp of surprise, walking over and picking them up with tears welling in his eyes.
"Matt....you...." He simply stared admiringly at the flowers disbelieving that it could possibly be real.
Matt gave a weak smile in return and tried to keep back the couple of tears that clung to his eye lashes. As they slipped down his cheek Tai set the flowers on the table and brushed them away with a slightly worried look mixed in with all the other emotions he was feeling.
"I'm okay. It's....I'm so overwhelmed by everything." He said answering Tai's unvoiced question. Tai gave smile in return and then they both got up in unison walking into Tai's bedroom.
The door shut with a whisper and the lock clinked as it closed. They curled up with each other and dreamed of each other knowing they'd wake up to find him still there. They both fell to sleep smiling.
~Finished
AN: And end scene. Well that's it folks. Sorry it took me so long to finish but I got writer's block near the end of the chapter. I hope you like the ending. I was feeling really sappy when I wrote the end of this so....yeah. Please R/R. Thankies. ^_^
EAN: I'm soooo sorry for those who have read it already. If you ever read this chapter again and it's small changes I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks to all who had reviewed previously but I'm pretty sure your reviews will be gone. I hope that some people review again or for the first time. Thanks to all and sorry for the inconvenience.