is this love?

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i woke up to the sun shining in through the singular window across the room. matt's sleeping face was the first thing i saw when i rubbed and opened my tired eyes. i would be eternally happy if i could wake up to matt for the rest of my life. his hair was hanging over his shut eyes. i could see his dark brown eyelashes through it. his smooth ivory skin only slightly interrupted on the sides of his face by fading acne scares and the barely noticeable shaved sideburns. his lips weren't as pink as they are in the day or night when he's awake. they looked a little chapped right now, but i would kiss them anyway. but not right now, i don't want to wake him. plus chris was on the other side of him.

i wonder if matt has said anything about us to chris and nick. they told each other everything, but i don't think he's said a thing to them about us. why do i keep calling me and him us? we aren't an "us". yet. no, i can't say that. but maybe. what if..... no, i just need to shut my brain off. i was romanticizing this to more than it really is.

it was too quite, like no one was awake. it felt early. i was too lazy to check the time on my phone. it was probably somewhere between 6 and 9 am.

i fell back asleep eventually and didn't wake up until everyone was up and being loud.

i opened my eyes to see matt was gone and chris was awake on his phone with his hair all disheveled. "where's matt?" i asked him. "taking a leak." he said smiling over at me. i grinned at that.

"you stole all my matt cuddles last night." chris said jokingly.

"hey, don't get jealous. there are enough matty cuddles to go around." he just grinned at me.

"and i guess i'm just a better cuddler." i add.
"nuh uh! no way! you could never spoon him like i do."

"okay there, sweet home alabama," i laugh. i actually think it's cute how affectionate the triplets are with each other.

chris is laughing uncontrollably now too, "there is nothing incest about me cuddling with my brother. and if it's incest for brothers to cuddle than it's also not so platonic for friends to cuddle either."
i just rolled my eyes and pushed him.

that's when matt comes in looking like he just woke up. his hair was all messy and his eyes were puffy.

"are y'all getting up or what?" he asked rubbing his face.
"i'm not ready to get the day started just yet." i told him and chris nodded in a agreement.

matt just stood there looking at us expressionless.
he didn't look like he was awake and ready for the day yet either.

i reached one of my arms out for him, "come back."

he sighed and i saw him give in and he trudged back to the bed.
chris scooted over but matt crawled over him to be back in the middle.

chris tackled him in a bear hug and they starting fighting. that's when i decided to get up.

we planned on going out shopping at a nice shopping center and just ride around and find things to do. some of the others mentioned putt putt.

since it was too late for breakfast, we all went out for brunch.

i changed into my outfit and got ready in the bathroom.