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chapter two ;

though lincoln had no emotions toward the idea of kissing, he was attracted to males.

and they both knew it. the brown-haired boy never had admitted it but anytime rhett caught him making out with a boy, he was able to put two and two together.

rhett was almost hurt that his lincoln never told him but he could not force him to say anything.

"sorry, i couldn't make it to the party last night," lincoln said when rhett woke up.

"you don't have to lie. i saw you there," rhett yawned, facing away from his roommate.

"oh."

rhett stood and walked to the bathroom. their dorm was small and quaint. it contained everything they needed with just enough space. they had a small kitchen and their seperate rooms, a bathroom and desks to study. they were happy with it.

lincoln couldn't really understand why he even tried to lie in the first place about the party. they were best friends, they are not supposed to lie.

rhett came out of the bathroom and he walked to the fridge.

"okay, then, i'm sorry for lying."

"okay."

and that's how they patched anything up. no matter how angry they could be with each other, they had this non-spoken agreement to just always stay friends. though, the smaller one felt like everything was not okay.

"you can say you forgive me," lincoln tried.

"why? it doesn't really matter."

"it matters to me. i yelled at you."

"okay, that's not what i'm mad about, though."

lincoln stared and stared. he was not very good at deciding what his friend always felt.

he tried again, "then tell me what i did wrong. i want us to be okay, again."

"we were never not okay."

"rhett!" lincoln yelled. it caught both of their attention.

and he spoke more softly, "i don't know why you always try to pretend everything is okay when it never is okay. i'm sorry i lied, i'm sorry i yelled at you yesterday and today. i'm sorry for whatever you're mad at me for."

truth be told, rhett was not mad. he just wanted his friend to be in love with him. which, in some ways, did make him go mad.

"it's fine, i forgive you," the taller mumbled. he started to look through the fridge again and wanted to eat breakfast quickly so he could leave the dorm.

"are you sure?" lincoln pursued.

"just drop it, neal." he had given up on the idea of breakfast. instead, he grabbed a jacket and made his way out of the dorm room to go and find something to do that could make him forget about the whole ordeal.

this made everything worse for lincoln. they were best friends! this is not how things were supposed to be. they should playing video games together right now, laughing at their dumb jokes, or making pointless music that did not seem so pointless at first.

so, the smaller one stood up in hopes to find his tall friend. rhett was a giant, he had to find him.

he locked up their dorm room and thought of the different places rhett could be. he had a few ideas but he was sure that rhett was smart enough to not go somewhere easy like the café or the college campus.

which is why he found rhett making his way down to the park that was a few places down from their dorm.

then, something changed in lincoln's heart. something so drastic, so painful that it made his feet stop where he was.

maybe rhett did not want to be bothered.

it hurt the dark-haired boy so much to think that rhett did not want his comfort or his presence anywhere near him.

so for a week, lincoln did exactly that. he kept his distance from his friend, keeping the talking to a minimum. and it hurt. gosh, did it hurt.

nothing could make this gosh awful feeling go away. nothing but rhett. and that was not an option. lincoln wondered if rhett felt the same thing, felt the same pain he was going through.

rhett was. but to him, it was 100x worse because his link could not understand that it did not have to be this way. they could be happy together.

but to be happy together, that meant to kiss. and that wasn't lincoln's forte. atleast, it was but not in the way rhett would want it be. and that's what fucking hurt the most.