Unexpected Attraction

#2 - "It was kinda nice"

I got up from my chair to put my paper plate in the sink when I caught a whiff of Ashley's shampoo and cologne. It was so different from his scent last night, which was sweat and whiskey.

"Hey, did you put the toaster away?" Ashley was still shirtless, but now he had on jeans, and he stood as far away from me as he could. It didn't surprise me, he was probably weird-ed out by me now.

"No, it's still out right here, do you want waffles?" I pulled the toaster out further from the wall so he could see it better.

"Uhh, yea..." Ashley walked behind me to the freezer and grabbed the waffles. He stood next to me as he put them in the toaster and waited. "Andy?...." He seemed shy, almost coy, I've never seen him like this.

I turned to face him completely, "Yea, Ash?" I couldn't help but turn my head like a confused puppy as I watched him tap his foot, obviously struggling to find his words.

"About last night, I'm really sorry about bringing those girls over, but at the end of the game......", he ran his hands through his wet hair and took a deep breath. "It was kinda nice, and it's gonna sound creepy but I thought about it a lot and I really actually liked it...."

I was speechless. I thought he was disgusted by it, he seemed to be upset about it earlier this morning. I was still silent when the toaster popped. Ashley put the waffles on his plate and ran off to his bunk without even grabbing the syrup.

How was I supposed to respond? I had really liked it too. His face had been in my mind all night and all morning. The thought of his kiss was hard to shake, the taste of him made it almost impossible for me to breath normally. It was all so strange, we're both men, we've always been with women, but being with Ash, even for that brief time, felt right.

I couldn't say anything. Juliet would never forgive me, and I wouldn't forgive myself. But I had to talk to him about what was going to happen now.

*Ashley POV*

I couldn't even eat those fucking waffles. Andy was still in his pajamas and after that shower, the sight of him like that made being around him almost unbearable. How did it ever become possible for me to want a man? It was all so foreign to me.

I laid back in my bunk and traced my "Outlaw" tattoo across my stomach and tried to think of other things. I grabbed my ipod and cranked up my Lady Gaga. Blasting Beautiful, Dirty, Rich put me in another mindset, and it managed to move the focus of my mind.

I was jamming out until the song ended. My plan of distraction was working great until our Rebel Yell cover started. Shit, my ipod was on shuffle. Andy was so sexy in this song, I never realized it until that moment. I hurried as fast as I could to skip the song before my mind refused to let him go again. The next song it shuffled to was 40 Days by blessthefall, but I was already fucked, he was back into my mind like a blazing fire.

I ripped the earbuds out of my ears and walked out of my bunk. I was going to talk to Andy about this. I couldn't be a big pussy about it anymore.

I peeked through the doorway to the living area to find Andy, still shirtless, splayed out on the couch, singing Carolyn. That song was so old, it'd been so long since I'd even heard it. He hadn't seen me yet, so he kept singing to himself. He was so.... for lack of a better word, beautiful. His face was relaxed and you could see the contentment in his face. I couldn't possibly talk to him right now.

Right.... Ashley Purdy is not a pussy. I walked out and sat on the arm of the couch facing him. His eyes were still closed, and he hadn't heard me sit next to him. I reached my hand down and tickled his foot, causing him to breath sharply and almost roll off of the couch. I couldn't help but laugh my ass off. Seeing Andy almost piss his pants in surprise was something we could never get tired of.

"Dammit, Ash!" he sat up and ran his fingers through his short, brown hair. It looked so different, not being black, but he looked more mature, he looked more like himself. "Why did you scare the shit out of me like that?" he still seemed breathless as he looked me in the eyes. God, his eyes were so blue, they almost made me forget why I had stormed out of my bunk so determined. They were like the ocean; vast, deep, and holding an untold amount of mysteries.

Snap out of it! I looked down at my hands to clear my mind. "Sorry about that," I looked back up at Andy, ready to tell him what I came to say. "Ever since that kiss, you've been on my mind like crazy. I can't even listen to music without thinking of you. I never saw you as a super attractive guy before. I mean, sure, we're all pretty good looking, but I mean, you're so..... sexy. At first I thought of a girl when we kissed, but once we got into I thought to myself, 'I am kissing Andrew Dennis Biersack, and I am, for some reason, enjoying it' and I can't stop thinking about you!"

*Andy POV*

"...and I can't stop thinking about you!" Jesus Christ, he was going on and on, I knew all of this already, I had felt all of the same things.

"...don't want things to get awkward between us...." he went on... "...nobody has to know...." and on.... "...you just won't get out of my head...." and freakin' on!

I had no clue how to get him to shut the hell up. I just sat there and listened to him ramble on, thinking about what to do. In reality, there was really only one way to get him to stop.

"Ash! would you shut the fuck up!" I shifted my weight up to my knees, put my hands into his still damp hair, and pulled him in for another perfect kiss.

A.N: Omg Andy <3 Kiss him like he's the whore you make him. Ok that's kinda wrong but...

Stay Fine Sunshine :3