Stuck btween love and desire, part 3

The moment Sebastian realizes he was right in front of Brian's doorsteps, the handsome youth, in black, ripped jeans, accompanied by a simple white t-shirt and a blue Nakye baseball cap that covers his angry golden locks, gets utterly overwhelmed by a sudden feeling of unexpected nervousness.

He didn't know how, nor why, out of the blue, he was this anxious?

However, he knows he had to hid it from his pesky sister, who would no doubt bug him about it, eventually getting out of him the answer he fears most.

Understanding his predicament, Bash proceeds to try his best to hide his questionable feelings from his sister, Lexy's eyes.

The girl in question stands right to his side, wearing her flowery sundress that perfectly matches her fashionable high heels and the gentle smile on her breathtaking face. Still, ultimately, he fails to deceive the attentive beauty.

The obvious way the boy bits his lower lip.

The not-so-subtle method, he uses his index finger to scratch rapidly behind his right ear, like a little poppy with an intense body rash.

Or the annoyingly uneven breathing, followed by the loud sound of his beating heart that could no doubt be heard for miles, were dead giveaways for Lexy to notice her brother was freaking the hell out.

"What an idiot! She thought. Does he really believe he is fooling anyone?"

Lexy then shakes her head and proceeds to knock on the door.

It didn't take long for Brian to come to answer the door.

When the boy began to open it, Lexy could already see the boy's shadowy silhouette through the cracks.

The second the door opens wide, she smiles, takes a step forwards, and throws herself into his arms.

Brian gets a little bit startled by her sudden show of affection, but it also calms his wavering heart and relaxes his nerves a little.

However, this soon all changes.

When Lexy finishes the quiet sentence, she began to wispier on his left ear, the second the beauty had embraced him.

"Remember the little gift I texted you about? She playfully says. Well, he is right behind me. You're welcome, by the way.

Brian can't help but to question what did she meant by "he is right behind me."?

Was she on something?

"If you kip on hogging him like that, you'll suffocate the guy."

However, a familiar, manly voice rings out, ultimately making him move his head to the side and look behind Lexy's shoulder.

When Brian locks eyes with the beautiful man, that makes his heart swell and his knees to go weak, with only a smile.

The youth's face loses all color in it, his throat dries up into sandpaper, and his heart skips a total of three beats.

"Why was he here? That was all the teen could think.

A minute into his mind striking shock, a soft but otherwise comfortable hand on his right shoulder wakes him up.

Brian forces his eyes away from the strong pall of Sevastian's gaze and turns his head back.

The boy finds Pete standing right behind him, wearing his favorite shirt.

The man's right-hand stretches out as he grips him comfortably, while a complicated excretion that he couldn't decipher adorns his handsome face.

Lexy was the first to react to the unexpected Person behind her friend.

She steps away from Brian as her eyes go wide with shock, and the smile on her face morphs into a questioning grin.

"Pete, what the hell?

What are you doing here?

What in God's name happened yesterday? "

Her three questions make Pete's stomach turn.

Earlier, he was deciding whether to confront her or not, but the second he heard Sevastian's voice, his body moved on his own without even thinking.

Seeing as Pete had gone mute, Lexy turns her attention back to her friend and asks's him the exact same questions.

Brian looks back at Sebastian, who this whole time didn't so much as blinked, nor did his gaze faltered from the boy's back, in the least.

The man seems calm on the outside, but inwards, his heart was beating out of his chest.

Fear like he had never experienced before devours him. Had he lost him without even a fight, and to his best friend at that?

Seconds passed, and finally, Brian finds the courage to speak.

Pete and I, we..uh-we--.

"We got totally wasted last night, after you, He points at Lexy. Decided to ditch us, for God knows what?

Anyways, we ended up coming here when we couldn't drink no more.

"I slept on the couch.

Man, can this guy drink! He got us both beat Bash."

Before Brian could finish, Pete cut him right off and says the first lie that came to his mind.

Brian's heart feels complicated. On the one hand, he felt relieved when Pete lied for them, but on the other, he felt like he was hurting the guy.

Yes, it had only been one night, but the boy could sense that it was more than that for Pete and maybe for him as well.

Brian could tell the guy had only lied because he knew about his deep feeling for Bash. And Pete was too good of a guy to hold him back from his heart desires.

Brian took a deep breath. He swallows hard and masters the courage to look at this courageous man, who moments ago put Brian's happiness above his own, after only a day and a half of knowing him.

No one had ever cared for him this much.

As they lock eyes, Pete chooks his head lightly as if saying, 'Don't worry about it.

'It was just one night; you love him go for it!

Nevertheless, his hands were clenching with such rage, while he held them firmly on his back, that his fingernails pierced his palms, and tiny drops of blood were gushing out.

Even though his hands were in physical pain, Pete felt nothing, for his heart was breaking by the second.

Sebastian redirects his gaze from Brian to Pete after hearing the former's explanation.

His feelings were all over the place. He didn't know what to feel anymore.

He had a girlfriend; however, here he was dying of jealousy for a "guy he only met twice.

The youth looks at his best friend in the eyes, and this one does the same.

The two stay like that for a second, trying to figure each other out. Until Lexy's pitchy voice made them turn their attention back to her.

"I knew it! God, why did I ever leave you with this delinquent?

The girl screams while she points an accusatory finger at Pete and takes Brian by the arm.

I'm never leaving you with this troublemaker ever again, I promise."

Brian smiles and says, 'He wasn't that bad. I actually had a lot of fun with him, though I kind of did almost die for a second there.

He remembers the train and how he almost didn't make it, but Pete was there to catch him.

Lexy's face morphs once again.

What? What do you mean?

What did you do? She asks Pete with fake rage on her voice,

Brian laughs at her theatrics and responds.

Nothing, nothing, I was just kidding. He was "great.

Hearing him, she soon goes back to her cheerful self once more, But she also takes her tongue out to him.

"Meanie, don't scare me like that!

See, one night with the guy, and his crappy sense of humor is already rubbing off on you.

Pete forces a smile on his face and replies.

"I love you too, princess.

She flips him the bird and makes her way inside.

This whole time they have all been standing on Brian's front entrance.