A/N: i really don't know what to feel about this one

Genre - Romance (?) / idk man / wth

Jesse - F2nd / Middle Female / Red Jesse

In hindsight, Lukas leaving Jesse's room with his hair all messy and his clothes slightly crumpled was probably a bad idea when he knew that certain friends (the Blaze Rods) had come over. It wasn't like he and Jesse were doing anything (what could you expect from a tickle fight?)- him staying over in her room was normal for them. It was extra time to hang out with each other, which usually ended with him not even bothering to go back to his own room.

Maya was the one who saw him leave Jesse's room. Upon seeing his messy hair and crumpled clothing, plus the fact that he was walking out of Jesse's room, she.. made assumptions. Assumptions that he immediately refuted, but that only ended up adding fuel to the fire. Lukas had to make it clear that "No, we're not dating, we're not in a relationship. We are just friends!"

Which had Maya asking him why he was such a mess. He didn't really get time to answer, since she immediately said "Ooh, you've been sleeping with her, haven't you?"

He didn't ask what she meant by that- didn't want to, really, so he denied it. This naturally led to Maya giving him an 'oh really?' look, before shrugging and walking away, a smug smile on her lips. Odds are, she was off to laugh about it with Gill.

Something similar had happened the first time he spent the night in her room. But it wasn't Maya, it was Ivor.

He was going to ask Jesse if she had a spare brewing stand, so just imagine the confusion and surprise when the person who answered the door was Lukas. This had both Jesse and Lukas spending five minutes in the morning trying to explain themselves to the enchanter. And then they mentioned sleeping in the same bed, which probably only made things a tad bit worse.

In the end, Ivor just waved the conversation away and went back to asking for a spare brewing stand, although he did tell Jesse that they would talk about it later on.

Why they continued to sleep together was a question neither of them could really answer, for different reasons. Jesse had no idea why they did, but she didn't mind. She saw nothing wrong with it, and as far as she knew, Lukas was okay with it as well (heck, he's the one who keeps coming to her room in the first place). She liked hanging out with him, so there was that. She did wonder, though, why he kept leaving so early.

She asked him about that once. She said that it was like he was making it seem like him sleeping over was some sort of secret, which it didn't have to be.

He didn't really care much for having to leave so early after that. (Which led to him being found out by Maya.)

Now, unlike Jesse, Lukas knew why he kept coming back to her room. The only reason she didn't catch it was because she's not the type of person who bothers to think about things like it. She'd already told him before that if she were to have feelings for anyone, those feelings were either going to be platonic or familial. Lukas, well… he was different.

Maybe the feelings she had for him were platonic. His feelings for her were the opposite. He loved spending time with her. He loved talking to her. He loved seeing her and being with her and he just loved her.

When he started to feel like that, he didn't know. And honestly, he didn't care. All he knew was that he would take every chance possible to be with her.

It's why he kept coming back.

And maybe that's not a good thing. Maybe he shouldn't be spending his nights with her so often (and it wasn't like anyone was stopping him)- maybe they're doing everything all wrong. He didn't know.

He'll just roll with it and see where it takes them.

A/N: and this is why i don't even try with romance

please review, i'm fueled by reviews. idk why. maybe it's just because i like hearing (reading?) what people have to say

just don't be mean about it please :')