Kevin, but she wasn't ready.

This is Will, but he hates you.

"How do you always beat me at this?" Will dropped his controller onto the couch after being beaten for the 4th time.

"Because you've never been much of a gamer" I picked up another piece of pizza and bit into it.

"I need to go home" He looked down at his phone before looking sideways at me, "But I don't want to go if that Kevin guy is coming over".

I rolled my eyes, he hadn't dropped it the entire afternoon "Will, please, just leave it"

"Why do you keep defending him? You don't even know him"

"I'm not arguing about this, I want to eat pizza and enjoy my new home not argue about my neighbor, who was kind enough to come and help me unpack despite his shoulder pain"

Will was quiet for a few minutes, I could almost hear him stewing in his own thoughts, he never dropped things especially when he believed he was right. If he was going to say something he didn't get to because there was a gentle knock at the door before it slowly opened and Kevin's face appeared followed by the rest of his body, he was carrying a pizza box.He paused once he'd shut the door and took a moment to look around, his eyes finally resting on me.

"Was it something I said?" He looked between us and I couldn't help but laugh.

"Come, sit down" I patted the seat next to me and scooped up the controller that Will had discarded, "Take this, Will keeps losing and I'm afraid if I beat him again he might combust"

"No judgement here, I lose to girls all the time" He took the controller from my hand, his fingers brushing mine, I ignored the contact, "I brought my own pizza because I couldn't decided if you were a pineapple on pizza person or not" His eyes slipped to Will, "He seems like a Pineapple on pizza guy"

I choked on the slice of pizza I'd been eating, "I'll eat almost any pizza, but I prefer no pineapple, Will is a definite pineapple on pizza lover" I tried to hide my smile, "He did a speech on it at School".

"A whole speech? Christ" Kevin gave Will a smile which was met with a stony look, he looked away from him and reached out trading controllers with me so he could control which game we played.

"You've been here 5 minutes and you're already taking control of my consoles"

"It's how I assert dominance" Kevin replied flicking through the games.

"Are you sure you can play these games?" When he looked at me I looked very pointedly at his shoulders and he laughed softly.

"Hey, I told you about my accident in confidence and now you use it to emasculate me at every opportunity, I'll have you know that with a good massage and some rest these babies are as strong as any other man's, stronger even" I couldn't help but laugh as he finally picked a game, "Let's see if you're really good of if Will just really sucks"

We played for an hour with Will watching over us like an overbearing parent, every now and again Kevin would look sideways at me and frown in a comical way that I knew was directed at Will and I couldn't help but smile despite myself. I had no idea why Will was being this way, I was fairly certain Kevin was just a normal person who was just as introverted as I was and really didn't mean me any harm.

"Oh feck off, how have I only won 3 times?" Kevin fell back onto the couch and looked up at me, "Is this the only thing you play?"

I laughed at him, biting into a cold piece of pizza, "No, I think you both just suck" I looked between them, a satisfied smile on my face.

"Do you always invite men over and insult them?" Kevin asked, shoving me with his arm.

"Well, we could always look up your YouTube channel and see what all the fuss is about, didn't you say it was taking off?" Kevin launched out of his seat, snatching the controller off the table before I could get it, "What, why not?" I reached out for it and he held it as far away as he could.

"Feck off, you're not watching those while I'm here" He laughed shoving my arm away, "I can embarrass myself enough in real life".

"Kevin" I laughed.

"Don't you Kevin me, feck off" He laughed shoving the controller behind his back.

"Well it's midnight, I guess it's time to go home. You must be tired, Leliana" My nose crinkled, Will never called me that.

"I'm actually feeling really awake, but I'll see you tomorrow?" He was standing now, looking very pointedly at Kevin who seemed to have found something very interesting on his slice of pizza.

"Of course, coming Kevin?" Will half answered my question, his eyes still on Kevin who now looked up at the sound of his name.

"Coming where? Home with you? I usually like to be wined and dined first" He grinned but when he didn't receive one in return he let it slip away, "Honestly, I'm good man, see you next time it was nice to meet you".

Will looked like he was biting his tongue as he gave Kevin a stiff nod and made his way to the door, he looked us over once more before shutting the door behind him.

"Oh thank fuck" Kevin sighed loudly as the door shut behind Will, "I can finally fecking breathe, is he always like that? That was almost unbearable"

"He's never been like that before" I muttered uncomfortably as I took a drink from my cup of soda.

"He definitely doesn't like me" Kevin concluded and I wanted to deny it but I couldn't because it had been so obvious, "Have you guys dated? Is there history there?" He finally asked, picking up another piece of pizza and biting into it, his full attention now on me.

I shook my head, putting my cup back down, "Never. He's dated a few girls, I've dated one guy and that's it, things have never been romantic between us"

Kevin gave me a look, like he felt sorry for me as he a ran a hand through his hair and I felt myself getting distracted just watching him, "You've only dated one guy?" The question took me off guard.

I blushed awkwardly, "Yeah, there wasn't a heap of guys where we lived and I don't think I was ever really interested, my parents divorced and my brother died when I was young, I don't think I really had the capacity to love anyone because I was so emotionally hurt" I wasn't sure why I was explaining this to him, I hadn't even explained it to Will.

"Your brother died? I'm sorry to hear that" His voice was gentle and soothing, my eyes met his and I gave him a half smile, I knew he wanted to ask how but didn't want to make the conversation painful for me.

"He crashed a car on our farm and it exploded" I gulped, "I was 8, so I remember it but sometimes it feels like a dream. Seth was kind of like Will, but funnier" I laughed a little.

"To be fair Will hasn't set the bar very high" Kevin muttered and I kicked him in the shin gently, "Sorry, sorry" He chuckled.

"Now that he's gone can we watch your videos?" I asked, my eyes hopeful.

"What do you mean now that he's gone? I don't care what he thinks about them" Kevin laughed.

"Why does what I think matter then? I'm just some random girl who lives next door. Give me the controller, Kev" I held out my hand and finally he relented, dropping it into my hands.

"If I never get invited over again I'll know why"

"That reminds me" I dropped my phone in his lap, "Your number" He immediately gave it back, "Huh, why not?"

"I'll give you my number one day" He said, smiling at me, "But for now I only live across the hall so if you need me I guess you'll have to come and talk to me in person" He winked and I looked away.

It felt like flirting, but it couldn't be, could it? No one flirted with me, ever and even though Kevin sold the idea that he was a very awkward guy, damn he was good at subtly flirting if that's what this was. Maybe he didn't do it on purpose? I waited for my cheeks to stop heating until I looked back up at the screen.

"Which one?" I asked, ignoring the last conversation.

"Any one is fine" He shrugged and so I clicked on the first one.

It felt weird to watch Kevin while I was sitting next to Kevin and if I thought that any part of his personality was acted I'd have been wrong. Was he slightly more vulnerable and serious in real life? Yes. But it was still the same Kevin on the screen in front me and I found myself laughing hysterically.

"Wait!" I announced loudly as I scrolled, "You can sing?"

"No I definitely can't so you shouldn't click that" He reached out to snatch the controller and I moved away, "Leliana please" He begged as the video began and I moved even further away from him.

"Shhhh, Kevin stop" I laughed tugged my arm out of his grip as I ran along the couch, "You can sing! You lied to me!"

"Hey I fully admitted I lied to girls" He reminded me.

He stood up and I lifted the controller above my head, he was so much taller than me that by standing on the couch we were almost face to face, he reached up and could easily reach the controller.

I peered past his head to continue watching.

"Kevin please, it's good" I insisted clinging to the controller, "I never thought your voice would be so deep" I took a moment to look at him, he was staring at me, I frowned "Although I guess your talking voice is deep too" I looked back to the TV, I found myself alternating between giggling and simply smiling. Kevin hadn't moved or said anything for a few minutes now, "How are you so talented?" I finally asked and his cheeks burned at the question, he'd finally let go of the controller and moved slightly out of the way, I still stood on the couch.

"I'm average" He said eventually.

"You're great, don't call yourself average" I slapped his shoulder gently.

"Awww come on, can we turn it off now?" He fell back down on the couch.

"I'm just going to watch it when you leave" I looked down at him.

"Guess I'm staying forever" He retorted reaching and pulling my legs out from under me so I tumbled down onto the couch and he snatched the controller out of my hands.

I laughed as I hit the couch and gave up the controller, my head hitting his leg as I laid down and laughed harder, his face was unamused but his eyes were sparkling as he looked down at me.

"Are you happy now?" He said, trying very hard not to laugh himself.

"Very much" I laughed giving him a toothy grin, "This is the most I've laughed since I left home"

"Well I'm glad to bring some sort of amusement" He sighed, flicking through YouTube.

"Kevin"

"Hmm?"

"Can you sing for me?"

"Feck off" He chuckled trying to shove me off the couch.

"Oh come on!"

"I barely know you, I'm not going to serenade you" He was still laughing in the cute way he did, "At least buy me dinner and a drink first".

I spun around into a sitting position and grabbed a slice of pizza and cup of soda.

"Sorry, love, spirits for me"

I spun to my feet and launched into the kitchen coming back a few moments later with a variety of whiskeys.

"Pick your poison"

"Did you literally fall from heaven or have I fallen asleep in your apartment and now I'm dreaming?" He looked genuinely shocked as I sat back down on the couch next to him, "Look, I'll take pity on you because you're so desperate, I'll sing you a song but you can't look at me" I laughed, and he raised his eyebrows at me, totally serious "Its the only way you'll get a song out of me"

I reached down and grabbed the comforter that was draped across the back of the couch, pulling it up to my chin, "Fine, I'll just curl up here and close my eyes, okay?"

He looked more nervous than I'd ever seen him, "Okay" He breathed and I gave him a big smile before I closed my eyes and leaned my head against the couch.

When he began to sing it was like the entire world stopped and all there was was his voice and the room we were in, I wasn't even sure what he was singing at this point I just knew that it was nice and it made me feel like I was home. Eventually the song ended, my eyes were so heavy, I felt him shift next to me.

"Leliana?" He voice was husky and close to my face, I could feel his breath against my forehead.

"Sing something else" I muttered softly.

"You're half asleep" He whispered and I could hear the laughter in his voice, I felt his finger brush some hair off my face, "One more".

*Kevin's POV*

Halfway through the second song, hardly able to believe I was singing to a random girl I'd only met this morning and she was half asleep and basically leaning on me.I wasn't really the kind of guy who did this, I didn't even understand why I was still here, why I felt so comfortable here or why she felt so comfortable around me. But watching her made me feel tired and soon I was singing with my eyes closed, I felt her head drop onto my chest and my eyes flickered open, my arm along the couch behind her, her breathing was slow and soft, she was definitely asleep.

What the feck was I supposed to do now?

Would she care? Did I even care? I let my head fall back slightly and my arm drape itself over her, she fit nicely and while I felt like I was almost taking advantage it also felt so comfortable and warm and I was tired, so I let my eyes close and then I let sleep claim me.