The visit to the college was uneventful. They checked out the campus, then the field, and the tour guide made sure to familiarize them the amenities they'd be willing to provide for Roman and his family; season tickets for the entirety of Roman's football career with their team, no big deal. Overall, the ordeal was quite boring to Roman. Nothing in the school really stood out to him, aside from the fact that it was ridiculously close to home and he'd be able to visit at any time, and he wouldn't have to worry about missing out on hanging out with Seth and Dean. Speaking of the two, Roman was wondering if they were even speaking to him. Well, Dean, at least. Things were still rocky with he and Seth.

It was one kiss. One long, warm, passionate, and mildly sloppy kiss that made Roman a little dizzy, in the very best way. Nothing major, right? Just a friendly kiss. Well, that's what he kept telling himself. Roman knew there was something else to that kiss. Something that Seth hadn't told him, or that they hadn't yet discussed. He knew that Seth was wasn't all that anal about sexuality. He was cool with it, like he was with pretty much everything else, so Roman didn't think it was too far off to assume Seth was just experimenting. The kid was a little risk-taker, and apparently kissing Roman was one of those risks he was willing to take.

But what if it was something more than that? That kiss could've meant a lot to Seth, it could've been this deep, important experience and Roman just blew him off. Seth was probably angry at him. That would suck so bad. Seth wasn't an angry person. He was loving, and sweet, and adorable, and why was Roman thinking like that? Obviously Seth was all of the previous things, but everyone thought that, right? It was pretty much natural instinct for anyone who ever met Seth. That, or Roman was really falling for his other best friend.

Roman really needed to stop over-analyzing. He was gonna kill himself with how hard he was thinking about all of this. He looked down at his phone and wasn't entirely surprised that there was no message from Dean, either. He couldn't think of anything that could've damaged what was between he and Dean, aside from that boner incident.

They had smoothed that over. They agreed that it was okay, Dean made a terrible boner joke and Roman threatened to inflict physical pain on him, business as usual. Nothing about that particular situation had Roman concerned, not like the one with Seth. The one thing that Roman just couldn't let go was the fact that Dean thought he had a nice butt. It was a small, off-handed comment, probably a joke if anything, but that meant Dean had looked at Roman's butt. It was oddly exciting for Roman, it was sort of a "the guy I am madly in love with has looked at my butt before," moment, and it rocked. He spared one last glance at his phone before looking out his car window.

"Roman, honey, are you alright?" His mother asked, reaching behind her and patting Roman's knee. "You look like you have something on your mind."

She had no idea. "Uh, yeah, I'm good. Just waiting to get home."

She nodded, but said nothing more, leaving Roman to his devices to the rest of the drive.

The drive home was about as uneventful as the visit to the campus, and Roman was overjoyed when they finally got home. He wasn't all too surprised when he heard someone knock on the door less than an hour after they got home. The knocking was followed by he front door opening and closing, then footsteps, then his door was opening, and...

"Roman!"

Seth came crashing into Roman, knocking him down on his bed. The younger teeen's arms were around Roman's neck while his legs squirmed around rather helplessly, obviously trying to wriggle them around Roman's waist. Roman sat up, much to Seth's pleasure, and his legs were around Roman in a heartbeat.

"Yeah, I missed you too, Seth," Roman stated, wrapping his arms around Seth and giving him a good squeeze. Seth didn't let go, his hold didn't even loosen, and Roman sighed. "You comfy?"

"Very," Seth mumbled, nuzzling his face in Roman's neck. "I really, really, really missed you." He retracted his face from Roman's neck and looked the older teen in the eye.

"I was barely gone for three days, Seth," Roman said, trying to pry Seth off of him, but to no avail. He was puzzled, to say the very least, by how quickly Seth's attitude towards him changed. "Dean isn't that bad, is he?"

"No, he's great, I just..." Seth shook his head and went back to nuzzling his face in Roman's neck. "I'm sorry for kissing you."

It came out in a whisper, and had Seth's lips not been so close to Roman's ear, he probably wouldn't have heard it. "What?"

"I'm sorry for kissing you," Seth stated, pulling away from Roman once more. "I know that it was probably weird, and I'm sorry if it made you uncomfortable, I just had to try it out at least once, y'know? I really, really like you, Rome, and-" Seth cut himself off, his face flushing as he realized what he said. "Oh shit, uh, forget I said that. Forget I said anything." Seth untangled himself from Roman and got up, walking to the door.

"No, no, no, Seth, you like me?" Roman asked, standing up from his bed and grabbing Seth's arm.

Seth hesitated for a few moments, but he still spoke. "Yes, Roman, I like you," Holy fucking shit. "More than I should, actually, but it doesn't matter."

Roman, using his grip on Seth's arm, pulled him back towards him and wrapped his arms around the younger teen's waist. "It does matter, because you like me," Roman said, his chest pressed against Seth's back. "Why haven'to you told me?"

"Because I didn't want to scare you off." Seth says quietly, relaxing back into Roman.

"Do I seem scared?" Roman asked, earning a shake of the head from Seth. "I can't say I feel the same way," Roman begins, feeling Seth almost deflate. "But I definitely feel something. I have no idea what it is that I'm feeling, but I do know that I'm looking at you differently because of it. You've...you've fucked with my head a little bit. I've been thinking about those lips of your for the past week and a half, Seth."

Seth turned his head and looked back at Roman, and he couldn't help but blush at the look on Roman's face. He glanced down at the bigger teen's lips before looking back into his eyes, and before he knew it, they were kissing.

Roman's lips were still ridiculously soft, and just as gentle as he kissed Seth. The younger teen turned around in Roman's arms and wrapped his own around Roman's neck once more, his legs wrapping around Roman's waist soon after. Roman's hands were under his thighs, more than likely as a means of holding him up, but when the older teen's hands slid up to cup his ass, Seth couldn't help but shiver.

"Rome..." Seth whimpered, tightening both his arms and his legs around Roman. "Not right now..."

"Okay," Roman mumbles, turning around and gently dropping Seth onto his bed.

"So...are we a thing now?"

Roman looked down at Seth, who was laying on top of him, much like he was the night before their first kiss. They had kissed and kissed and kissed for what felt like an eternity to Roman; a breathless, blissful eternity. They lost their shirts at one point, and somehow Seth managed to get Roman's shorts off, but they didn't go much further than some really heavy making out.

"I dunno...I mean, I'm alright with whatever you want," Roman says, running a hand through Seth's hair.

"We kinda just figured all this out, so I don't think we should just be boyfriends, y'know?" Seth asked, his fingers playing with the hem of Roman's boxers. "I'm alright with just being able to kiss you and take your clothes off whenever I want." Roman swatted lightly at Seth's ass, making the younger teen yelp and rub the stinging skin. "Alright, okay, a little vulgar, I apologize. But I really do mean it. I don't need a label, I just need you."

Roman smiled as he looked down at Seth, pressing a kiss to the younger's head. "I'm alright with that."

told you he'd be back, and with a bang might i add. this took such a turn as i was writing it, it's not even funny. but, it's a chapter nonetheless, right? reviews are welcome with open arms!

(on a different note: i'm making another story with song-based one-shots, so if there's a pairing and/or song that you'd like to see a one-shot for, leave a review or message me what you'd like to see!)