horace

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by different_imagines

by different_imagines

Tilly's POV:

I wake up to yelling next door, at first I am scared because I'm afraid someone is getting taken by a holowgast . then I remember Horace got night mares normally, Horace has been my best friend since we got here yes we've been here we got here at the same time he had been my friend back when we weren't in the loop and miss peregrine didn't find us, I get up and go to the door I slowly Open it and look at to see if Miss peregrines there I don't see anyone so I tiptoed to next-door and then open Horaces door and quickly get in before shutting it, I then go over to Horaces bed and I see him thrashing around and mumbling no I shake him and say "Horace! Horace! It's a nightmare wake up!" I whisper he then opens his eyes wide and sits up panting hard. "You're okay!" I whisper, rubbing his back softly, he looked over at me and blinked a couple times before slouching against his bed frame,

"Tilly." He mumbled, and I nodded

"Do you want to talk about it?" I asked him, he shook his head no,

"I can't even really remember it, there was just a lot of blood and screaming." He said, seeming to calm down,

"Are you okay now?" I ask him, touching his arm, he smiles and nods,

"Yeah," He says, I couldn't help but smile when he did, it was just so cute.

"Okay, I'm gonna go back to bed, I just wanted to check on you, obviously." I laugh lightly at myself, I turn to go, but I feel a hand on my wrist, I turn around and looked at Horace.

"Wait can you just stay?" He asked, I looked around, but nodded.

"Do you have extra sheets so I can sleep on the floor?" I asked him, he just laughed and shook his head and moved his sheets away as if he wanted me to lay next to him,

"No, I mean like stay here with me in the bed." He said, I widened my eyes, "But if you don't want to that's okay!" He said quickly, sitting up quickly, I shook my head no,

"No no! It's fine, yeah that's fine." I whisper and then sit in the bed and bring my feet up and slide in, Horace tucked the covers around me and then put his arm around me, I faced him and he faced me.

"Are you tired?" He asked me, I shook my head

"Not really, are you?" I asked him, I was feeling very awkward, I felt like I also wanted to kiss him, but I had never felt like that towards Horace, I mean sure he was my best friend, and I loved him as my best friend, but now I was feeling like I liked him as more then a best friend.

"No, not at all." He said, I we were staring into each other's eyes, and then all to quickly we started to lean in, I wanted to stop myself but I just couldn't. I didn't want to kiss him, but I did. We leaned in and I felt his lips on mine, and it was extremely nice, his lips felt warm and soft and everything I thought my first kiss would be, I just never thought it would be with Horace. We pull away, and I bite my lip, "I kind of like you, well not kind of, I do like you." He says, grabbing my hand and holding it, I thought about it for a second, and I do like Horace.

"I like you too." I say, and smile, "Does this mean what I think it means?" I ask him, he smiles,

"If it means you're my girlfriend and I'm your boyfriend then yeah." He said, nodding. I smiled, my best friend was now my boyfriend.