A/N: Okay, so this one took a lot longer than I expected it to. I was planning for it to be up the day after I put up chapter 3. But it's here now and I guess that's what counts. Please don't be mad at me.

After Dave and I placed the spare mattress on the floor in front of my own bed, I quickly left to the hallway closet and returned with a fitted sheet, two quilts, and a couple pillows. As soon as Dave's bed was made, I collapsed onto the mattress and patted the spot next to me. Dave quirked his eyebrow questioningly, but plopped down next to me anyway. I bent my arm backwards to search under my bed behind me to retrieve my two Xbox controllers. I handed one to Dave and turned the counsel on with my own.

"So what game am I gonna school you in?" Dave asked as I browsed my downloaded games.

"None. But I'm gonna school you in Mortal Kombat," I hinted with a smirk.

"Oh, it's on, Egbert," Dave threatened. "This shit is about to go down and there's nothing shit can do to stop me from throwing it down like the little unbalanced bitch it is."

~About three hours of shouting and cussing later ~

As my character, Sub-Zero, performed Fatality, I felt something hit my shoulder. I looked over to find Dave asleep, leaning against me. No wonder I had actually won this round. I could feel my face heat up as I looked over at the sleeping Dave. All those weird thoughts rushed back into my head and my heart felt like it was about to bust its way out of my ribcage. I soon found myself shutting off the Xbox, putting the controllers back, and wrapping my arms around my sleeping friend.

I closed my eyes and rested my chin on the top of Dave's head, feeling drowsy myself since it was getting late. Wait, this is wrong. He's my best bro… and we're both guys even… Though I had thought it that way, it didn't matter. It still felt great being so close to him and I soon fell asleep as well.

~Later in the night~

When I woke up later, it was pitch black in my room. I noticed I was now lying down completely on the mattress, but what surprised me was the person wrapped around me. As we slept, Dave and I had ended up in a lying position, facing each other with our arms around one another. Strangely, I felt completely relaxed and secure, like nothing was wrong about this. Maybe it really isn't wrong… I looked up to see Dave's face, only to meet with a pair of curious red eyes.

"Hey…" Dave breathed after a few silent moments.

I couldn't find words to respond with. I just wanted to bury my face in his shoulder and hold him even tighter. And I was starting to figure out why I felt this way… and it was starting to worry me. I don't want to scare him off.

I just stared back into those red eyes as I searched for words.

"John…" Dave whispered, his breath hitting my face.

"Yeah, Dave?" I whispered back a bit shakily.

"I promise I won't get scared off…"

My eyes widened and my head felt like it was spinning. How could he possibly know...?

"Dave…" I could hear my own voice shake, and I couldn't tell if it sounded happy or as if I was about to break down.

As if he could read all my thoughts, he whispered, "It's okay, I know you're scared. But just know you're not going to lose me no matter what."

Even though it was a strange thing for someone such as Dave to say, it comforted me and allowed me to say the most important thing on my mind.

"Dave," I started out while bashfully looking into his eyes. "I think… I think I'm in love with you… I think I have been for a while now…"

Dave was silent for a minute before finally breathing the word "Good."

The next thing I knew, Dave's hands were cupping my face, bringing it closer to his. Soon, our lips were connected and my arms were around his neck. It wasn't a very passionate kiss, just sweet, careful, and long. Everything I had been confused about for the past few years finally became clear. I knew exactly what I wanted. And it was a miracle he was even in my arms right now, but he even wanted me as well. I smiled into the kiss at this realization and felt Dave smile –an actual fucking smile from Dave Strider, wow—into the kiss too.

Right as we were about to finally break apart, my bedroom door opened wide and light from the hallway flooded the room to reveal my dad standing in the doorway with a tray of food.

Oh god no…

A/N: So this ended up being really corny and cliché, but sometimes you need that in life.

Also, sorry this took so long. I had things to work on and it's been hard for me to focus lately.

But I'll try having the next chapter up a lot sooner this time 3