It was supposed to be a lazy Thanksgiving break.

You got a week off from school, you were gonna chill and hang out with your friends, but he had been on your mind a strange amount recently.

Jack was your brother Kane’s best friend since about first grade. He’d seen you through every gross cringey phase you ever had and he’d probably see more as he and your brother continued being friends. And he’d gotten so good looking recently.

That curly brown hair, that tiny arch on the bridge of his nose, his slightly skinny build, and that so nerdy, annoying smile that was always on his perfect tanned face.

God, you were in for it.

Kane let him come over tonight, they were gonna have a sleep over or whatever teenage guys do late at night over school break.

Kane had come into your room when they first got home, telling Jack to say hi to you while he rambled on about some anime he was watching now like he had been bothering you about for the past three years. First it was ‘one piece,’ then it was ‘bleach’ and now ‘hunter x hunter’.

Jack just stared at you the whole time.

They went to Kane's room after about two minutes and you stayed in your room until late at night, your mom had gone to sleep, you didn’t know what the boys were up to, so you went to the kitchen.

A door shut. The fan in Kane’s room was loud so you expected one of them to be using the bathroom.

Jack came out with an empty glass. great

You smiled awkwardly and he said ‘hey’