The pleasant yet unfamiliar scent of the bedsheets was the first thing Vinny noticed waking up, before even opening his eyes. As he moved his body to stretch, his arm made contact against another body laying next to him. Vinny cracked an eye open to see the silhouette of Ked still asleep facing away from him, reminding him of all the events that happened last night.

The room was dark due to the fact that it has no window, and in Vinny's sleepy state he couldn't tell what time it was. He reached towards the nightstand to grab his phone and check the time.

08:19am. Too early.

He swiped through the notifications on his lockscreen and saw an unread message from Jude, sent at 07:15.

Jude:
Morning sleepyhead.
Sorry I had to leave early, Alex freaked out about their parents and made me take them home, and I didn't wanna wake you and Ked. Tell him I'm sorry! 😣 and Alex wanted to thank him for the drinks.
If you need a ride home just send me a text :)

Not even having the energy to respond, he left the text on read before putting his phone back on the nightstand. His eyes felt heavy with sleepiness still.

Pulling the sheets to cover himself, Vinny closed his eyes as he tried to go back to sleep. However, the force of when he pulled the sheets had budged the sleeping boy next to him, causing him to grumble in his sleep and started to move.

The brunette cursed under his breath, hoping he hadn't disrupted Ked's sleep. He silently exhaled in relief seeing the blonde continue to breathe softly in his new position, now the two of them facing each other.

Once making sure that Ked really is still asleep, Vinny finally could close his eyes back again. He stabilises his breathing to prepare himself for sleep, however he couldn't ignore the presence of the other boy sleeping next to him.

He decided to open his eyes again and study the other's face instead. Ked's sharp, firm eyes were closed so delicately above his chiseled cheeks. His lips were slightly parted and as he breathes through them, his slightly toned chest moved up and down.

How is it even possible to look this attractive when you're asleep? Vinny only knew one person that could look like he was sculpted after a Greek god, even while asleep on his side and have his face slightly squished on the side laying onto the pillow, and that is none other than Ked himself. Lucky bastard looks so handsome without even trying. Vinny could only hope to look half as attractive when awake.

He bit his lip when he felt the now familiar tingles start to emerge from his chest. The warmth of it traveled to his cheeks and he doesn't even want to imagine how flushed he must be looking right now. He brought a hand to feel the left side of his own chest and just like what he expected, his heart was pounding like crazy that he was surprised his ribcage could withstand it.

He felt this exact way last night, watching the charming blonde drink his heart out. The way he groaned in his low-pitched voice with his eyes squinted after taking his probably thirteenth shot, then chuckling when Alex immediately filled his glass again, it was so mesmerising to watch that Vinny couldn't tell whether he was drunk off of the alcohol or off of the oh-so-captivating boy. Somehow the latter made more sense to him. During his drunken state, Ked's eyes got droopy, giving him this sultry hypnotic look that sends a blissful feeling throughout Vinny, everywhere, embarrassingly including somewhere lower on his body.

It was Ked's fault. All his fault that Vinny is now confused about everything and feeling all kinds of way. However, now feeling all nice and warm laying next to him, Vinny couldn't ask for anything better.

Lost in his thoughts, he got quite startled when a strong hand reached towards him, grabbing him by the waist to pull him closer. His face didn't even have the chance to successfully contort into a surprised expression as it swiftly made contact with Ked's chest.

"W-woah- Ked?!"

He was only answered with the thumb of the same strong hand, playfully tracing circles on the exposed skin of his waist, thanks to his white shirt slightly riding up to give access.

Holy. Fuck.

He felt his breathing shakily intensify at every trace of Ked's finger, each movement shocking Vinny's skin with electricity. The temperature of his body warms up as he couldn't figure out a way to handle Ked's body heat scorching his skin, not to mention Ked's overwhelming scent filling up Vinny's senses as he feels himself melting onto the arms of the sleeping boy.

"K-Ked? P-please-" he says as the sensations became too much, his body trying to move away not because he was uncomfortable, but the possibility of him getting too hot and bothered down there would be too much of a nuisance in this moment.

Ked's hand strongly pulled Vinny closer again the moment a bit of distance was created. Vinny almost whined in frustration feeling the firmness of Ked's chest again, also at the now tighter grip around his waist. Just how is he able to rile Vinny up so much despite still being asleep?

Vinny would never admit that he's starting to enjoy the light-headedness he's feeling right now. His body weakens, completely surrendering itself. He then felt Ked's hand move and can't help his eyes fluttering close as it landed on his hair, slowly giving him the most soft and relaxing head rubs.

At this point Vinny doesn't know whether the small and comforting hushing actually came from Ked or he was hallucinating, all he knew is he was starting to give in. His breathing stabilised, now feeling fuzzy all over. After a while sleep finally consumed him once again, completely encapsuled in the arms of a boy he now couldn't consider as just a friend anymore.

-

Whatever it is Ked was currently hugging, something about it made it hard to let go. It's figure fit so perfectly in his arms, making it absolutely difficult for him to open his eyes and wake up.

Still half asleep, he took a moment to remind himself of how he got into this lovely situation, hugging a certain something.. someone?

The memory of last night's events rushed quickly through his brain, his eyes shooting open at the realisation that he passed out in the middle of drinking. His eyes traveled down to the person he was holding in his arms, violently jolting in shock seeing the peaceful sleeping face of none other than the boy he swore to himself not to touch yet- Vinny.

The abrupt movement and the loud cuss escaping from Ked's mouth startled the poor brunette awake, him cussing as well as he rubbed his eyes and lifted his body to sit up.

"What the fuck, Ked?!"

"Shit, sorry! Hold on a sec-" Ked said as he walked away from the bed and turned on the lights, causing him and the boy on the bed to squint at the sudden brightness.

"Why'd you do that?? Shit I think I have a headache." Vinny groaned.

"Why the heck was I hugging you?!" Ked questioned, not even knowing who was supposed to answer.

"Fuck would I know dude?!" Vinny glared at Ked's stupid shocked but clueless expression, "You grabbed me first."

"Well- Why didn't you push me away?!"

"Because I didn't want to!"

The two went quiet after the last yell from Vinny. Ked stood there, pleasantly surprised at the other boy's honesty. He smirked seeing Vinny slowly realising what he just said, his pale face slowly getting red.

The blonde bursted in laughter when the brunette eventually groaned in frustration, grabbing the sheets and covering himself with it.

"Stop laughing!"

Of course, Ked's laughter only got louder.

"YOU'RE SO ANNOYING!"

He really tried to stop himself, but as his stomach started hurting from laughing he could only throw himself back onto the bed next to the curled up boy.

"You are sooo-" he grabbed the sheets, removing it from Vinny's face to expose his embarrased pout, "cute." he finished, positioning his face in close proximity to Vinny's.

Vinny grumbled. "Fuck you."

Ked suppressed another smirk as he thought of the perfect response.

"Do you want to?" Ked said, purposefully lowering his voice and shifting his face onto a serious expression for a second.

Vinny almost choked on a gasp, but couldn't remove his eyes away from staring into Ked's lighter ones. His own expression followed Ked's serious one as time freezes the moment his eyes landed on Ked's lips.

Ked's heart was in reality fighting to escape from his chest. He saw Vinny's expression going soft with eyes looking at his, full of hope and anticipation as he leaned in. Ked waited patiently for the impact.

And an impact he received, one from a pillow being smacked onto the side of his face with force large enough to cause him toppling over. He was still processing what happened as it's now Vinny's turn to fill the room with laughter. He spotted the boy crouched on the floor holding his stomach, laughing to his heart's content.

"You fucking wish!" he uttered out between laughter.

Ked had amusement in his eyes. He could only chuckle along and shook his head at the boy trying to catch his breath. Day after day, he feels the grip Vinny had around him only got tighter and tighter, and his feelings only multiplied more and more as he fell deeper for the boy.