rooftops

chapter 4 ~ knocking

"I dont think ill make any moves or say anything for a little while, I want to actually try to be friends with him" I mumble.

"Yeah, I think thats a good idea" Sapnap agrees, "Has he changed alot?" he asks me.

"Barely, he still looks about 16, and he sounds the exact same" I reply. He really hadnt changed all that much, maybe he'd gotten a little bit taller, but that was mostly it.

"Do you think youll ever tell him who you are" he asks me, dropping his voice lower.

I stay quiet for a minute, thinking about the question carefully.

"Maybe one day, and by then itll be something we can just look back and laugh about" I say to him, and I really hope those words are true.

"Yeah, me too, I really wanna talk to him again" Sapnap adds on. "Anyways, enough about that, what are you up to today?" he asks me.

"Probably not alot, im pretty tired, I didnt sleep much last night so I might just have a chill day in" I answer, and that was the truth, I planned on just sitting around all day watching Netflix, maybe I could squeeze in a nap too. "What about you?" I ask him.

"I promised my sister id drive her up to some friends house like, an hour away for a sleepover, so thats gonna be fun" he says sarcastically.

"You're like her personally uber driver or something, you're always driving her places" I say, laughing with him.

I glance up at the wall to check the time, it was nearly 2pm. I got up and wandered to my couch, chatting casually with Sapnap whilst I made food.

"I might ask Ranboo and the others if they want to do something tommorow" I tell him, I couldnt sit around for two days in a row, id get bored quickly.

"Yeah, that seems like a-" Sapnap was cut off by the sound of knocking on our front door.

"Oh, id bet thats Ranboo, he texted me earlier saying hes coming over for the night" I tell him, now feeling happier that I wasnt by myself for the night.

"Oh alright, cool, I like Ranboo, hes a nice guy" Sapnap says.

I get up and walk over to the door, and put my phone down on the table we had beside our door, which just had things like key holders and plant pots on it, stuff we never really used or acknowledged.

"Mute yourself" I say to Sapnap, and I watch as the little microphone with the x over it pops up on the screen.

I walk over and swing open the door, only it wasnt Ranboo.

Its George.

And he starts going red the second I open the door.

I look him up and down, and my attention flies to the black sweater hes holding, my sweater. I begin to laugh at just the sight of him.

"My god, you really are something else" I say to him, still laughing.

Hes smiling at me now, when he smiles you can notice the dimples he has in his cheeks. He looks nice when he smiles.

"Yeah, I realized id forgotten to give it back to you last night" he said, handing the sweater out to me.

"You can keep it if you like" I say, scratching the back of my neck.

"No, id feel bad if I kept it, and if Tommy finds out ill never hear the end of it" he says, shaking the hand he held the sweater in, signifying he wanted me to take it.

"You're sure you wont get cold again?" I say, teasing him, and taking the sweater back.

"Well, I cant be too sure about that" he laughs, a wide smile stuck on his face.

I smile back, "Do you want to come in?" I ask him.

"I would, but Tommy and Wilbur are waiting for me downstairs, we're going out for the afternoon" he explains.

"Oh, alright then" I reply, and I cant help feeling a little disappointed.

"Yeah, but im pretty sure Wilburs planning on setting up plans for the weekend, so I should see you then" he says. My disappointment mustve shown on my face, because it was obvious he was trying to cheer me up.

"Yeah, id definitely be up for that" I reply, sounding alot happier.

"Good" he responds, flashing me a grin. "Alright well, I better get going, before Wilbur sends Tommy up for me" he says, with a small grin. "Ill hopefully see you this weekend?"

"Yeah, ill see you then" I say, smiling back at him.

He starts walking down the hallway, and I shut the door, slamming my back to it. I peer down at whatever im wearing.

Ive got my oldest pair of grey sweats on, with some black t-shirt that could definitely do with being run over by an iron.

"Oh god" I whisper to myself, I couldnt of looked worse.

A voice comes from our table beside the door, and it scares the literal shit out of me.

"You gave him your sweater?" Sapnap says, erupting with laughter. "You big simp! You're alot worse than I thought you were" he says, still laughing.

I walk over and pick my phone up off the table, grinning at the camera.

"Well what was I supposed to do? Let the poor boy freeze?" I reply.

"You shouldve heard yourself" Sapnap says, starting to laugh again. "Id give it a week before you're both making out backstage at one of your concerts" he says, laughing even harder.

"Sapnap!" I respond, but I cant help myself from smiling at the thought. "He doesnt really give me off gay vibes" I add to the end.

"Then you obviously dont have ears" he says, finally starting to stop laughing.

I was about to respond, but I was cut off by the sound of a knock at my door. I froze in my steps.

"Do you think your loverboys back?" Sapnap asked me, starting to laugh like a three year old girl.

"Oh shut up" I say turning around and walk to hallway, I set my phone down and swing open the door.

It was Ranboo, I let out a sigh of relief.

"Hey, i wasnt expecting you this early" I say, walking back into our apartment as he follows behind me.

"Yeah, I decided id come keep you company, didnt want you feeling all lonely" he says, letting out a small laugh.

"Oh dont worry, hes not lonely at all" Sapnap shouts from the phone. Ranboo starts to look around, confused.

I roll my eyes and pick up the phone to show it to Ranboo.

"Oh, hey Sapnap" he says grinning.

"Hey" he says, still laughing at his joke.

"Whys he not lonely?" Ranboo asks Sapnap, taking off his coat.

Sapnap glances at me through the screen, and I shake my head subtly.

"Because he has me of course" Sapnap says, adding another laugh to the end.

I walk back to the sitting room and let myself fall onto the couch. "Smooth, Sapnap" I say, smiling and rolling my eyes.

"I know im so amazing" he says, flashing me a smirk. Suddenly I hear a girl screaming Sapnaps name from another room. "Shoot, I have to go, duty calls" he says.

"You mean your 13 year old sister scared you into driving her places again" I reply, laughing at him.

"Shut up, Ill text you later" he says, smiling at me before hanging up.

I switch on the tv, and jump up to grab myself a drink, Ranboo emerges from his room, changed from his jeans into black sweats and a hoodie.

"Whats that?" he asks, pointing to the sweater that George had given me back. I hadnt realized I was still holding it.

"Just one of my old sweaters" I mumble, standing up to throw it in my room.

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