Day 5 - Attraction
A (slighty altered) suggestion from my friend. I had no idea what I was doing.
At first, he didn't even notice it.
Just a passing thought of 'His smile is cute' or 'He should wear casual clothing more often' were the only signs that he was slowly, but surely falling for his best friend.
Not that he really noticed.
The thoughts began escalating, slowly, to other things, such as 'I wonder what his hair smells like' and 'Look at those thin fingers, how well would they fit between mine?'
At this point he found himself staring at the other's mouth more often than not, rather attentively. Leonardo didn't think much of his friend's odd behaviour.
A kiss wouldn't hurt, would it?
Edward had to stop himself more often than not, wondering what he was doing. It was probably just a phase, was what he thought. On which he was horribly mistaken.
Only when he found himself becoming distracted during training against the blond did he realise something was going wrong, ever-so-slightly. But could he pinpoint the reason? Not really, no. So he pushed the thought back to figure out later, persevering with his ever-present grin.
A shy glance here, a blush there. The spontaneous times he felt his face heat up, he had no idea what was causing it. It couldn't be Leonardo, sitting next to him at dinner, right? Impossible. The blond was just smiling, nothing more.
He really should smile more often.
His lips look soft, though. About that kiss...
Edward shook his head to clear it, mentally slapping himself, then returned to his slice of bread as if nothing happened.
"Edward."
Jumping slightly, the brunet looked at Leonardo, bread half-stuffed into his mouth. "Mmph?" He replied, not being able to talk properly with his mouth full- His blond companion (and crush, but don't tell him that) rolled his eyes.
"You've been acting odd lately."
The brunet furrowed his brow and began chewing slowly, before swallowing. "You think?"
"Everybody else is finished, and you were just staring into space with a silly grin. Normally you're the first to dig in. Is there something on my face, or is there a different reason as to why you were looking at me like that?"
The myrmidon jumped. He'd been doing that? Looking around, he found Leonardo to be speaking the truth. Everybody else was either just lounging around or had already left. Micaiah was curiously watching their interaction, and Ilyana had probably just taken an entire loaf to snack on later and was off doing something else. Or just eating somewhere else.
Edward couldn't find any other response other than shrugging. "I honestly don't know."
"If you say so. I'll be in my tent." The archer stood up to leave.
His hair's gotten longer, it's kinda pretty.
Eyes widening slightly, the brunet stood up. "Hey, wait!" His friend turned around, an eyebrow raised. Yeah, pretty- He's pretty attractive, too, come to think of it.
"I've had some weird thoughts cropping up in my head lately."
Leonardo's brow furrowed in confusion. "Define weird."
"Uh- Out of nowhere? Kind of out of context and nonsensical? Heck, it could be about anything, but it's always something with you."
The only reaction he got from Leonardo was him suddenly going beet red, spluttering and running out the tent, muttering something under his breath as he did so. Something among the lines of 'idiot' and 'life'.
Edward simply tilted his head. That was kind of adorable.
Wait.
Shit.
Suddenly giving a yelp, he bolted out of his seat, leaving half of his uneaten bread behind.
Micaiah snickered.
"Lovebirds."