Strong Bad looked into the other's eyes and was at a loss for words. Quickly, he said to himself that he would not panic right away. Right in front of his face was the face of Homestar, who looked dead serious. He should have known this all along since Homestar followed him to the ends of the earth without getting anything in return. Love does that to people. He should have seen the signs! "Um...oh." It was all he could say before his throat tightened, feeling dry and impossible of letting words squeeze their way out.
Homestar looked into the other's eyes, desperately trying to read his thoughts, but even Strong Bad was confused about what to think. "Homestar...I..." He didn't want to say anything hurtful but he didn't know what he thought about this. "I...I don't know." He ran his hands back through his hair, tangling his fingers in the locks that had long ago been dyed blue. "I don't know."
Homestar looked at how confused the other was, seeing him upset before, sure. Angry? Definitely. Right now he just looked emotionally distraught, and it was concerning. "Strong Bad..." He spoke weakly, looking down at the couch cushion, trying not to feel bad since it really wasn't his fault. It wasn't anybody's fault.
Homestar looked back up, and leaned against Strong Bad again, who wrapped his arms around him in response. Homestar spoke reassuringly. "You don't have to know right now." He closed his eyes and smiled sweetly. "I'm patient. I'll wait. I wouldn't even care if the answer's no if you'll still treat me kindly like this. All you have to know is that if it feels good to hold me then you should hold me."
Strong Bad nodded and held him close. "It does. I just...I just don't want anybody to ever think that I'm weak. I don't want to have anything I do make people see me as someone who's soft. I want people to know that I'm powerful, and just righteous enough to not be a jerk, but not so much so that I'm some...some girl! I'm a man and nobody's allowed to forget that!" He admitted his problem, letting go of Homestar again.
Homestar nodded sympathetically. "It's alwight. You're allowed to feel whatever you feel, y'know. I should have taken that advice to heawt a long time ago. The powerful thing to do is to do things and say things even when they make you uncomfortable. It shows that you're willing to overcome the things that are the hardest." Strong Bad looked like he was inspired by that, smiling wide.
Strong Bad nodded, starting to cheer up. "You're absolutely right! If somebody doesn't like it when I break outside of what's considered to be cool, they're not worth anything!" Homestar nodded vehemently, pleased that Strong Bad was back to his usual demeanor. Strong Bad listed things off. "You care about me, you like me no matter what, you've been there for me, and you make me laugh; you're fun to be around. I was so stupid! To top it all off, I'm about to do another stupid thing right now."
Homestar opened his mouth to ask what he had in mind when the other man silenced him by pulling him forward by the shirt collar and locking lips with him. Since his mouth was open, Strong Bad took him by surprise and made it a deep kiss. Homestar's eyes widened and as what was happening truly registered, he got teary eyed and let his eyelids flutter closed. Chills ran up his spine as he kissed back, not being able to hold back a few overwhelmed moans until the other pulled back.
Strong Bad exhaled hard, excited and out of breath. "You're good." He smirked, his eyes giving Homestar a look that begged for more and he wasn't going to object. They both touched lips again, Strong Bad running a hand into the other's soft brown hair, Homestar moaning delightedly as he fought for dominance but ultimately gave in to the other man, letting him have his way.
Homestar pulled away this time and gasped for breath. "You don't back down...! Oh gosh." He could feel the heat on his cheeks. Strong Bad pecked the other's lips again. "You're not allowed to get back together with Marzipan." Homestar quickly complied. "Sir, yes sir! Sir, Marzipan's kisses are completely infewior, sir!" Strong Bad adored the dorky comment more than he'd like to admit, diving in for another taste. That was the first of several glorious times that they made out on the couch.