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Post by Dani on Jul 9, 2010 21:59:42 GMT -6
Jared was glad that his distraction had worked. He looked back down at his arm and nodded, "I guess you're right," he stated. Then he bit on his lip ring but soon let go as he remembered how he had broken the other piercing. "I still kinda want to get more tattoos though, but I don't want to go overboard so maybe one or two more."
He gently ran his tongue over his broken tooth, he never really got over how it felt. He ran a hand through his hair which thankfully fell back into place so it didn't really mess it up. Now he didn't know what to talk about. Already he felt sick so he gently wrapped one arm around his stomach.
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Post by Myranda on Jul 10, 2010 1:02:23 GMT -6
Bragie studied the boy's body language. He reminded him of his little sister. Second-born children are always similar. But, that was a conversation for another time. What Bragie mostly noticed was that Jared felt sick to his stomach; or something of that nature. "Everything.. Alright?" He asked, double checking.
Bragie was feeling sick to his stomach, but for a different reason. He felt like he could sleep the crush off. Or, maybe of he got a girlfriend things would be better. But, who was he kidding? Bragie har never felt the need to date girls because he had never been attracted to girls. So why would that change now, especially when he had a crush specifically on a boy?
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Post by Dani on Jul 10, 2010 9:38:42 GMT -6
Jared looked down at the bed, "I just feel a bit sick to my stomach," he muttered. Besides what was a little stomach sickness? He laid back on the bed, god he just wanted this to end. Why did he always have to get a crush on straight boys. He stared up at the ceiling and then looked over at Bragie. He still didn't know what to do about this crush he could admit it to Bragie but he was scared of losing the other boy as a friend.
As he looked back up at the ceiling, he racked his brain for some kind of conversation. Then he came up with one, "So, um, what are you doing today?" he asked, it seemed general enough and he wanted a distraction from his stomach.
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Post by Myranda on Jul 10, 2010 11:50:05 GMT -6
"Nothing," Bragie lied, pulling his blanket over himself and turning to his side so he could face Jared. He didn't know why he didn't just tell the truth and say he had teacher meetings to go to; maybe because he was hoping something else would come up to keep him from going. He gnawed at his fingernail- a bad habit he had developed whenever he got anxious. He wanted to out and tell him right there, but he knew it would makethings super awkward given their current living state.
"What about you?" Bragie asked, developing another plan to get Jared to say it. "Don't you have like.. A girlfriend or someone to hang out with?" He prayed that wasn't too blunt, and that Jared wouldn't catch the hint of jealousy in his voice as he said the word 'girlfriend'. His heart pounded in his chest as he awaited a response. He had to remind himself to let his breath out, and he tried so hard not to blush.
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Post by Dani on Jul 10, 2010 12:54:48 GMT -6
Jared shook his head before he looked back over at Bragie. "I don't have anything to do today," he stated. "And I don't have a girlfriend," he added. He had started to wonder why Bragie kept asking stuff about a girlfriend, then he started to worry that maybe after yesterday the other boy had started to think Jared was gay and now worried about it. He bit his bottom lip, maybe he should try addressing that.
For a few minutes he laid there quietly, as he tried to think of something to say. He sat up and ran a hand through his hair again. "Hey, I'm sorry if I freaked you out yesterday, I'll admit it, I'm bi, and I guess I forget other people are straight, but I won't do that again."
Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit! Why the fuck did he just say that? He might have just messed something up. So, he quickly tried to think of some coverup if this all went bad, besides it wasn't like he had just said that he had a crush on Bragie, if he asked he could say he had a crush on someone else or maybe had a boyfriend back in Austin.
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Post by Myranda on Jul 10, 2010 15:27:14 GMT -6
Bragie's heart didn't just skip a beat; it straight died for about five whole seconds as he sat in silence. Eventually, he had to turn his face away from Jared to hide the protruding blush that covered his entire body. He cleared his throat, his way of breaking the awkward silence. "Oh," he said. This was not the answer he had expected.
And now he was forced to consider his response carefully. What did that mean? That he was flirting with Bragie the day before? Did he just admit to that? Or did he just admit to being bi? The questions were filling his head, and soon it had been two and a half minutes since he last cleared his throat. "Yeah." He said, trying to ease the tension. "I mean... I don't mind at all if you're bi."
His pulse still raced, wondering how Jared would react to that previous statement. Maybe Bragie was overthinking it, but he thought it could be taken a few ways. He decided to dig a little deeper; nothing ventured is nothing gained. "But, I have to ask," he said, turning back now that his raging blush had calmed. "What happened yesterday? I mean. I know whay happened with me... But what happened with you?" He made no sense... He wanted to just explode, or disintegrate or something. This. Was. Torture.
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Post by Dani on Jul 10, 2010 20:07:54 GMT -6
Jared swallowed as he listened to Bragie's response. Well. At least it seemed like he didn't take it badly. He looked around the room a bit and then looked to the other boy again. Now he felt extremely awkward. He brought a hand up and messed with his hair a bit, then brought up another hand and tried to fix it a certain way and started to get his bangs out of his eyes.
It was the last question that Bragie asked that got Jared worried. "Um," he mused not entirely sure how to answer the question. He bit his lip ring, scared to answer now. Then he looked downwards, "Um... I... I was flirting with you," he stated bluntly. He decided to just blurt it out, but now he was scared he'd get hurt or lose Bragie. Fuck.
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Post by Myranda on Jul 10, 2010 21:23:33 GMT -6
Bragie gasped unintentionally, then smiled to himself. He didn't know what to say; what could he say? His worst nightmare had just come true and he was loving every second of it. He wanted to tell Jared that he was flirting back, that that's why he freaked out. But, he had to be patient. That would come later.
He then sat up in his bed, leaning his back against the wall. The blanket still covered his legs as he bent over to reast his arms on his knees and his chin on his arm. "You were?" Was all he could manage to choke out; his throat was dry. For a split aecond he thought about his mother, and how bady she wanted him to get a girlfriend. But, that thought made him wantto throw up, so a split second later he erased it from his mind.
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Post by Dani on Jul 10, 2010 23:32:00 GMT -6
Jared just nodded at Bragie's question. "Yeah I was," he replied. He looked down at the bed and picked at the threading again as he started to chew on his lip ring once more. "I... I won't do it again, I promise," he added, still worried about the full reaction that he would get from Bragie, because out of habit he expected the other boy to try and beat him up for it. He glanced over at Bragie and then back to the bed.
For the most part, he felt relieved that he had thrown out his feelings pretty much. Yet, he also worried that he might have just fucked up this friendship, but the more he was around Bragie the harder it was to ignore those feelings. It would have been different if Jared was talking to a girl, but despite that he was bi, he still preferred guys instead of girls.
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Post by myranda on Jul 10, 2010 23:48:50 GMT -6
Ooc; lol, this thing signed me out again. xD
Bic;;
Bragie's mind was racing. He took even breatha for the most part, though he was at a loss for words. He stared at his NFL poster on the wall for a bit; he wasn't sure for how long. And for most of that time he wasn't even considering what he should say back, just enjoying this feeling. It was like he still wanted to throw up, but in a good way. If that could possibly make sense.
Finally, he began to consider. It would technically be better off for him to act all macho man and say, "Yeah, you better not!" But, he couldn't bring himself to do that. He couldn't lie any longer. So, quietly, he said, "I don't mind." And for the first time he looked Jared directly in the eye, ready for any reaction he would throw at him.
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Post by myranda on Jul 10, 2010 23:49:35 GMT -6
Ooc; lol, this thing signed me out again. xD
Bic;;
Bragie's mind was racing. He took even breatha for the most part, though he was at a loss for words. He stared at his NFL poster on the wall for a bit; he wasn't sure for how long. And for most of that time he wasn't even considering what he should say back, just enjoying this feeling. It was like he still wanted to throw up, but in a good way. If that could possibly make sense.
Finally, he began to consider. It would technically be better off for him to act all macho man and say, "Yeah, you better not!" But, he couldn't bring himself to do that. He couldn't lie any longer. So, quietly, he said, "I don't mind." And for the first time he looked Jared directly in the eye, ready for any reaction he would throw at him.
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Post by Dani on Jul 11, 2010 23:07:34 GMT -6
Jared just pretty much stared back at Bragie once he had responded. He opened his mouth once to speak, but then closed it since he had quickly forgotten what he was about to say. Once again he reached up and messed with his hair and then blushed slightly. Maybe he should just come out and say it, it seemed like Bragie didn't mind the flirting so what else did that mean? That he was gay? That would sure explain what was the whole deal with the park and when Bragie was teaching him how to throw a football.
"Um... So..." he started off, as he still considered if he should say it or not. "I kinda have a crush on you," he finally stated. With that he then looked back down to the bed, embarrassed with the fact that he had started to blush and that he had just come out and said that. Great. There was no way that this could end well at all.
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Post by Myranda on Jul 11, 2010 23:33:54 GMT -6
Bragie's stomach refused to stop squirming. This was so bad.. But so right. He couldn't help but smile. He was entirely at a loss for words, but now he was sure of two things: 1) He should not tell Jared about his own crush, and 2) He was definitely going to. But how? He had never told anybody that. And he didn't want to just say, 'Me too.' They stayed in silence for a good couple of minutes before Bragie had made a decision.
He sat up in his bed and stretched, first. Then, he dropped his arms and looked at Jared, his lips pressed together in a kind-of-smile. He got up out of bed and slowly made his way over to Jared's bed, where he sat down beside him. This was the part he hadn't yet decided on what he was going to do. He didn't want to seem weird, but that had already happened. So, he just did what he knew he wanted to; he reached for Jared's hand. "I'm knew to all of this. You'll have to help me out along the way."
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Post by Dani on Jul 11, 2010 23:47:24 GMT -6
Jared could swear his heart was up in his throat as he watched Bragie. He swallowed as the boy came over to his bed and he squirmed away slightly, afraid of being punched. Although then Bragie reached for his hand and he stopped. Out of instinct, he grabbed Bragie's hand. For a few seconds, he stared down at their hands and then looked over to the other boy. So what? He was gay?
He bit on his lip ring and watched the other boy. "Um... So, are you saying you would date me?" he asked. Shit. Maybe he shouldn't have asked that. That might have just been way too blunt for all of this. So he bit his lip ring again, worried about whatever reaction he'd receive.
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Post by Myranda on Jul 12, 2010 0:01:16 GMT -6
Bragie stayed staring down at their entertwined hands, also. He closed his eyes for a moment. "Can we keep it a secret for now?" He asked, opening his eyes slowly and looking up at Jared. "I'm not ready for everybody to know." His heart was pounding, and his breathing was uneven. Eventually he tried to calm himself by taking a deep breath, but it was so shaky it sounded like he had bren crying.
He knew he was freaking Jared out. But, if Jared didn't get it now, Bragie had no idea what else he could do. He'd never even asked a girl to a dance, let alone tell a boy he likes him. This was all new territory, and he was counting on Jared to take care of him so he eventually knew what he was doing.
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