My Not Exactly Bully Boyfriend(bxb)

54.

We literally slept for 10hours. I did. I don't know about Ben since when I woke up, he wasn't there. He came in right after I sat up. "Oh, you're awake. I told you that it was a good idea to not go to school today."

"I still don't like to absent. I'm missing a lot of work because of you." I yawned.

"Don't worry about it. Cam said he'll bring some of the notes to you later." He sat next to me.

"That's fine but I'll still be missing some work."

"It's fine. Don't worry about it. Now let's go. You haven eaten anything all day."

"Did you make something?"

"Yup." He pulled me up and put me on his shoulder again.

"Ben! Put me down. I can walk by myself!"

"I still want my thank you." He carried my downstairs.

"Let me go stupid!" I struggled on his shoulder.

"Nope." He tickled me to stay still.

"N-no Ben! S-s-stop!" I laughed out. He stopped right after getting into the dining room. He put me down. "Finally! You dum-" when I turned, Jeremy was standing at the door. Looking frustrated. "Jeremy?"

"Hi." He spat out.

"W-what are you doing here?"

"I came to check on you but it looks like I disturbed something."

"What?"

"No, Jeremy. This is not what it looks like." Ben started. "We were just messing around. Nothing more."

"If it wasn't me, I'd think you two were not just messing around."

"Seriously Jeremy, it wasn't anything."

"I think it'd better if I leave and let you continue whatever you were doing."

"No, Jeremy wait-" he left me mid-sentenced by slamming the door. He left. What just happened? I sat on the couch and stared into clear space. He came and sat next to me.

"I'm sorry. I tried to explain but he-"

"You don't have to be sorry. It's his own fault for misunderstanding."

"Um- okay. But I think we should at least explain to him that nothings going on between us."

Just shut up okay! I don't care if he misunderstands or whatever! (I thought it in my mind.) "No, just leave it."

"I really think-"

"Stop with your thinking already. If it upsets you this much for being thought of as gay then I'll talk to him! Okay?!" I stormed up to my room. I took my phone and dialled his number. It went straight to voicemail. I called him again, still voicemail. "Hey, please call me back when you get this message. You really misunderstood and I'm sorry for letting you go without going after you. I really lo-...I really love you Jeremy. Please call me back. Bye."

He's never left me on voicemail before. I could actually lose him over a misunderstanding. I went down after a couple of minutes. Ben was eating an apple again. I sat next to him. "Sorry I snapped."

"No, it's fine. I get it. I'd also get annoyed by me. I am the king on annoying people after all." He smiled like a dumb dumb. Making me smile too.

"You're so stupid." I took his apple before he could take another bit.

"Hey, my apple."

"Go make me food. Chop chop!" I pushed him off the couch and into the kitchen. I sat down while he got busy. He made eggs. Just 'em. He sat down next to me after he was done. For some reason, we ate with smiles on our faces just for staring at each other. "Okay, I can't take it anymore. Would you stop staring at me? You're making me smile nonstop." I choked out.

"Why? I just want to take in your face when eating."

"That sounds so weird."

"How weird?"

"Very very very weird. Your kind of weird."

"My kind?" He laughed.

"Yeah. You're a very large sum of weird."

"What?" We both laughed. "What does that even mean?" At moments like these I feel at ease. Like, nothing else matters when I'm with him because I'm always happy. After a while we finished eating.

"I'm done." I smiled.

"Me too." All of a sudden, the world felt silent. I couldn't hear anything else except my heartbeat pace quickening. Not after a while our lips were inches away from connecting. My phone rang. Dang it! We stopped. That was dangerous!

It was Jer. I went outside to answer it. "Hi babe." I forced the word out.

"Hi." He sounded so low. "I'm sorry I didn't pick up earlier. I was uh- occupied."

"I understand. I just wanted to clear things up."

"No need. I'm sorry I heated up over something so stupid. I know I misunderstood. It's only because I love you so much. And I know you wouldn't cheat on me."

"Thanks for understanding."

"Always. Can we still meet tomorrow?"

"Definitely."

"Okay. I'll call you later at night when Ben's not around."

"Um okay. Bye."

"Bye. Love you."

"L-love you too." I hung up. Fuck! Why did I say okay!? I shoulda just told him Ben's not leaving soon. The guy sticks onto me like I'm his mother. I don't blame him though, I'm awesome.