A morning of unforeseen joy was put to a momentary halt as the day reached noon. The halt was caused by the grumbling of two identical teen boys' stomachs. Since their romantic moment, the Evans had spent the rest of the dawn lazying around and playing with each other on their sacred spot.
The way back down the creek caused echoing of overlapping dorky laughter as the two Evans conversed over their newfound happiness. From finally being able to gossip about annoying classmates to obsessing over their favorite hobbies, the boys' connection grew even stronger.
"How about that guy Jared Kleinman? Always pretending to be our friend just so he gets his mom to pay for car insurance!" one Evan exclaimed. "Yeah!" the other continued. "You know... I always thought that we had some sort of secret friendship going on... but now that I have you..." He quieted and moved closer to his counterpart. Softly grabbing his duplicate's hands, he finished "I know what true friendship is like." The two Evans shared a warm kiss before continuing, holding hands as the walked.
Finally arriving home around 12:30, the two Evans entered the kitchen immediately, playfully shoving each other as they entered the house and removed their shoes. Evan unfortunately lived in a low income household, and he himself barely ate due to his depression. Due to this, the kitchen was not fully stocked. However, starving for the first time in ages, the Evans scavenged the refrigerator and cabinets for any semblance of a proper lunch. In addition, wanting to eat the exact same thing so neither Evan felt sorry for the other, they needed to find something they had a lot of, and getting a pizza was definitely out of the question for the two awkward boys.
Eventually, they settled on the only thing they could find: ramen sitting in the back of their cupboards for who knows how long. While the water boiled, the Evans went and put on something more comfortable. They changed out of their partly wet jeans and put on some comfy thigh-length black shorts. Looking at each other, they both had a similar thought. "Woah..." their mind fluttered. "I've... never noticed... or thought to notice... or wanted to notice... hm... how... nice... my legs are." They chuckled this strange thought before heading back to fetch their noodles.
Plopping on the couch with bowls in their hands, the Evans started flipping through television channels. The two boys sat as close to each other as possible, the hairs of their legs rubbing against one another. As they channel surfed, one conversation among the chatter stood out to both of them.
"So... how do we hide... us... to mom? She returns in three days, and once spring break ends at least one of us has to go back to school... as much as we don't want to." "Yeah... and what about after high school? If we go through with our leap year plan it should be easier... but even then... after that how will we deal with college?" So many bridges neither boy wanted to cross. "Are we gonna have to be like a cartoon and have one of us hide at all times? For the rest of our life?"
They started slowly moving farther apart from each other.
One Evan whimpered. "Just when something good finally happens in in my life, another wall is built to block my happiness..." "The world just can't handle two of us I guess... no offense" "Well... the world sucks then." The Evans locked their hands together. "Life just loves taking... doesn't it... right when I find someone who I appreciate... some who appreciates me... someone I lov..." He cut himself off. The Evans, almost on the verge of tears once again, were jolted by this half-spoken word, and quickly looked at each other, full of both surprise and relief.
"I... I... what I meant... was..." "No... no... it's fine... if... if what I think what you were gonna say... which I know it is... then..." A pause. "I love you too" he nervously and quietly concluded. With a quick movement, they began to passionately embrace. Kissing each other on the neck, the Evans finally realized their true feelings. "I... I don't care how hard is in the future... I found love... a warm love like I've never felt before. I love love and I won't give it up no matter the trials we may face." The other smiled and said "I couldn't have said it better myself..." Another pause. "Wait..." This caused both boys to erupt in intense laughter. Another plight attacking their psyche was overcome, building an even stronger connection between them.
"We need to stop questioning the wishmaker haha... Both times we were unsure of these... happenings... something good came close after." With bright grins on both of their faces, the Evans began to cuddle, completely forgetting about their soups now sitting on the coffee table. At the moment, they were romantically oblivious to all their surroundings.
Eventually, the Evans resumed their television watching. A channel they eventually landed on was some party news channel showing footage of a concert of people at a spring break party on some sunny beach. "Man am I glad I'm not there" one Evan commented, still comfortably hugging the other Evan. "Imagining being around all those psychos... drinking... throwing away their life just to party... how embarrassing" he snorted. "Ha yeah."
Both of them were lying to themselves, and both of them knew it. The Evans wanted nothing more than to be able to be like other people. They wanted to have enough willpower to party with strangers and break the rules once in a while. No words were spoken about this torment to each other, as both knew talking about it would only bring out something ugly, and with the way the day was going, they wanted to keep some semblance of beauty.
The boys managed to cuddle for hours. Watching television or using the laptop for hours was not an uncommon thing for a loner like Evan to do. However, doing it with someone else, to them, made the experience twice as enjoyable.
At around 8 pm, the boys decided to give their eyes a rest and take a shower. Like last night, they were planning on taking separate showers. That was until they got another glimpse of their respective's legs. Not wanting to be separated for even ten minutes, one Evan stuttered. "Do you want to... uh... take a shower together?" Of course, being the same person and all, the answer was a definite "sure."
After stripping nude, the two Evans consecutively and awkwardly stepped into the steamy shower. They looked dead ahead towards each other, and cautioned their mind to not look down. Even being the same person, the Evans were nervous about looking at each other's "private area," as they called them in their mind . They have never seen another man's junk before in real life, so this was a fresh experience for both of them.
Post nervously twitching for a few seconds, the Evan closer to the faucet spoke. "Umm... so that we can both be in the water, I'll turn around... and you can... uh... hold on to me..." "OK" the other Evan confirmed, both hesitantly and eagerly. As one Evan spun around, the other one grabbed onto his hips, slowly moving them up his soaked body til he reached his abdomen. Although the hold was a hover at first, he eventually pressed his entire body on his double, head on the shoulder, and private regions comfortably pressed against the buttocks. However, unlike the start of the shower, neither Evan cared. It felt good. They were now fine with their body, and their other's body. Both Evans erased the term "private parts" from their mind and inserted the proper word. No longer were they ashamed of themselves for thinking this way, and this caused them to silently smile.
At this exact moment, the Evans realized that the rest of their night would be even more special than the rest of the day. While their relationship grew fast, their love for each other would grow even faster.