pink hearts

CHAPTER ONE : lovers rock .

griffin sat in class quietly, chewing on his pen lid, staring at the door waiting for billy to walk in, he's always early, it's usually griffin who's late, and he was late, but billy was surprisingly later than him, he felt a tap on his shoulder, griffin spun around, it was finney.
"hey, are you alright? you seem a bit...out of it." finney smiled softly and griffin returned the smile, finney was one of griffin's very first friend, they both got picked on so they formed some sort of alliance, and now he has a small group of friends he loves with his whole heart.
"yeah, just waiting on billy. he's usually early, but it's probably nothing."
griffin replied, finney nodded and turned back to robin, they were holding hands under the table, griffin rolled his eyes and faced back to the door, then the door creaked open slowly.
"mister showalter! can you explain where you've been the whole day? this is last period, and you've only got.." miss Davis looked down at her watch, then back up at billy, "25 minutes left!" she looked angry, billy knew he was in trouble.
"our alarm didn't go off, sorry, miss." billy bit his lip, he had skipped the whole day on purpose, until he decided to go see griffin, he had missed his boyfriend.
miss Davis sighed, "fine, just go take your seat, don't let it happen again."
billy nodded and walked over to griffin, he placed his bag down and sat next to the smaller boy.
"there you are! i've been waiting ages for you."
griffin said playfully, pulling his markers out of his bag.
"it's not my fault necessarily, i couldn't be assed with school today, you know? since you kept me up all night."
billy leaned his arms on the desk, then he rested his face on his arms, he was extremely tired, he hadn't got sleep that night because griffin and him were on call all night, griffin, however, looked cheery and energetic as always.
griffin giggled, which was music to billy's ears.
"what's the real reason you were off, huh? because i know you don't use an alarm clock."
griffins hand brushed against billy's and that little movement made both of them flush.
billy faced his head towards griffin, "i was skipping, behind the school, but Carson caught me, told me he wouldn't snitch if i gave him free newspapers for a week, so i now have to give him free newspapers."
griffin ruffled the other boys hair, patting him gently on the head after.
"i'm sure you'll be fine, it's only a week."
griffin told him, smiling softly at billy, he felt like someone was staring at him, he was right, he turned around and to no surprise it was finney, he gave him a look, a look that said "stop being gay before i throw up." griffin stuck his tongue out and faced back to billy.
"yeah, i guess so." billy replied, tiredly, his eyes kept fluttering open and shut, he felt like he was about to fall asleep until griffin pushed his head gently.
"oi, move your head, it's in the way." griffin whined, holding his marker like he was about to start drawing, billy did as he said and moved his head off his arms, griffin took billy's hand and started doodling on it, billy was blushing a lot at the touch, but he tried to stay calm.
"so...my mom said you can have a sleepover tonight, if you want that is."
griffin said, eyes still glued to billy's hand.
billy shrugged, "that's perfect, actually, my moms going into work all night and she said i had to stay at someone's house tonight, I'll use your phone to tell her when we get to your house."
griffin nodded, not looking up, he was biting his lip, he was laser focused.
"what are you even drawing?"
billy asked curiously, he moved closer to the other boy, trying to see what he was writing, griffin had drawn a pink heart and wrote "b + g" inside it, it made billy blush, he looked up at griffin who was already looking at him with a smile.
"b plus g...billy and griffin, i assume?" billy asked, griffin nodded vigorously which made billy smile even wider, the bell rung and the two boys quickly got their stuff, they ran outside and down the hill, griffin lived quite close to the school, so it wasn't a hassle getting to his house.

when the boys got in the house, Vance was sat on the couch, eating chips, their mom was in the kitchen, making dinner, Vance usually got home faster than griffin because he runs faster and walks home alone, Vance saw griffin with billy and smiled, the boys walked into the living room.
"oh, hey Showalter, back again i see."
Vance teased, billy smiled, he liked how Vance talked to him, he didn't treat him any different than he treated griffin, they joke around a lot.
"you know it." billy walked next to griffin and griffin hit Vance with his bag gently,
"oh shut up, v. he's not here everyday, he wasn't here on Wednesday or Thursday." griffin sat down next to his brother, he rummaged in his bag.
"that's because you were at his house."
Vance threw a chip in his mouth and griffin took out a drawing he made, he handed it to the older boy.
"what's this?" Vance asked, trying to straighten the crumpled up piece of paper, it revealed a drawing of griffin and Vance on planet Jupiter, which was Vance's favourite planet, Vance smiled, he ruffled griffins hair.
"this is so sweet of you, thanks, g, I'll hang this up, now go hang out with your boyfriend." Vance smiled as he saw griffin go red, griffin grabbed his back and got up off the cough.
"he's not my boyfriend! why don't you hang out with your boyfriend?"
griffin grabbed billy's hand and stormed off and upstairs, it took Vance a bit to understand what 'boyfriend' griffin was talking about but then it hit him, Bruce, Vance immediately stuffed his face with chips and tried to get the redness off his face.

griffin threw his bag on the floor and flopped on his bed, billy entered his room shortly after, closing griffins bedroom door behind him, billy laid on the bed next to griffin, putting his arm around him, griffin yawned and rested his head on billy's chest, his arm draped over his boyfriend's waist.
"are you tired?" billy asked, griffin looked up, billy placed his spare hand on griffin's face, cupping his cheek, griffin nodded, his eyes fluttering from open and closed.
"uh huh, and who's fault is that?" griffin rolled his eyes and pulled billy closer, billy laughed at griffins reaction, soon enough griffin fell asleep, and so did billy.