**JAIME’S POV**

Vic held my hand all the way to practice. It was almost unreal. Sounds dramatic, but I’ve been waiting years for something like that to happen. I didn’t even make the first move. Good thing he didn’t see my goofy smile from behind my sunglasses. Me and Vic, hand in hand. That’s the way it should be. I only wish he could see that.
My glorified thoughts were interrupted by the band manager nudging me with my black bass. I grabbed it, realizing Vic had wandered off. I wonder if Mike or Tony noticed. Probably not, considering we touch each other like the a lot. I pushed the thought aside and stepped on the tuning petal.
By the end of practice, I was exhausted. I sauntered over to Tony and threw my head on his shoulder. “I’m hungryyy,” I whined in his ear. He replied with a flick of my nose. I laughed, playfully pushing him in return.
I put away my bass and walked toward the circle the others has formed.
“Hey, where do we wanna eat?” Vic asked, tuning his guitar back to standard, with a pick in his mouth. He’s so cute.
“Dude, I’m feeling a buffet,” Mike chuckled. “They have food for Tony there. I know there’s one down the street. I saw it when we had to get gas,” Mike explained while lightly banging his drum sticks against Tony’s back while he was bent over, putting his guitar in its case. “Yay food,” Tony said with no energy, also with a pick in his mouth.
“Buffet it is!” I cheered, dancing and singing Bohemian Rhapsody all the way to the bus. Once everyone was comfortable, the bus began moving. As mike reached for the TV remote, I stopped him. “Can I play Xbox?” I begged. Everyone groaned. “Pfft, never mind,” he brushed them off. I reached in the cabinet that had our gaming accessories and grabbed my Gameboy color. I started towards the back of the bus where the beds were. When I turned to sit on my bunk, I saw Vic had followed me. I scooted back onto the bed, leaning my back against the wall, and patted it, giving enough room for him to sit too.
“What are you playing?” he asked in a low voice, peering over my shoulder.
“Pokémon,” I grinned. I couldn’t help it. Pokémon is the best thing ever. I continued on my journey. In my pocket, I currently had Bulbasaur, Starme, Ponyta, Jigglypuff, Gastly, and Oddish. Bulbasaur was my favorite, but Gastly had more powerful-
My concentration broke when I felt and hand linger up my arm and weight on my shoulder. Vic had laid his head on my shoulder. Maybe it was to see my screen better. That had to be it. But why was his hand on me? I concentrated from the game to his touch. He had been slowly stroking his hand up and down my arm, when it stopped at my wrist. He lightly held it, rubbing his thumb softly across my veins. Was he trying to hold my hand, but couldn’t because of my game? I couldn’t take the mystery any longer.
Though he was starting to doze off, I turned off my game and moved my arm down, intertwining my fingers with his. This caught his attention, and he looked up at me with drowsy eyes, our faces inches away. His face was so soft and tired. What came next was even a surprise to me.
Following our hands uniting, slowly leaned up and I felt his moist lips peck my cheek for a good few seconds. I felt myself blushing and my heart pounding. Don’t act nervous now, I warned myself.
When his lips left my cheek, I took charge. “Vic, I can’t take this. Now that I know you know how I feel towards you, I have to know how you feel back.” I tried to look at him with desperate eyes. I could see it works, as he sighed and looked down into his lap. I wasn’t going to let him avoid this. I lifted his chin and his eyes met mine. His were glassy with unshed tears. Aw, shit.
“I’m sorry, did I say something? I didn’t mean to upset you Vic… Please don’t cry, I wouldn’t forgive myself-“ My rambling was cut off when he forcefully, yet passionately crushed our lips together. I was in complete shock. I had no control over my wide eyes or the creepy expression on my face. I quickly pulled away, holding onto the collar of his shirt. I felt the need to whisper, in case this wasn’t his intention. I’m so confused.
“Vic, is this what you want? I mean, all these years we’ve been together and never any sigh of you-“
“Just kiss me, you fool.” He demanded his voice now deep and desperate. I gladly obliged, pulling him into my lap by his shirt collar. His lips were soft and delicate. Kellin was a lucky man, but now these are mine. I leaned back and wrapped my arms around his neck, pulling him on top of me. He replied with a swift movement of his lips against mine, slyly sneaking his tongue in my mouth. I pushed mine back, massaging his against mine. This was so great. My fantasies have finally come true. I’m literally kissing the man of my dreams. I felt my face radiate heat against his from my mad blushing. I tried to hide the shaking in my hand by rubbing his back while the other hand was making small designs on the back of his neck. I felt his neck get goose bumps, so I guess that’s a good sign.
He pulled away, keeping our faces close. He hesitated before talking to catch his breath. He smiled big at me reassuringly. I couldn’t help but smile back, accidently let a quiet giggle slip.
“Jaime, these past few days, I’ve been very confused.” He started. While continuing, he rolled over beside me, looking into my eyes with uncertainty. “You confessed your feelings for me over the years, and Kellin has been starting to mistreat me. I didn’t know how else to deal with him, but split up. I was feeling lonely a few nights ago. I got drunk because Kellin and I got into another argument over nothing. We acted like we were fine for you guys, not to cause suspicion,” he continued, whispering close to me to make sure the others couldn’t hear; though they were busy with their own conversation and TV.
“But that night, I knew we wouldn’t last much longer. Then when you told me how much you liked me, I couldn’t help but see you differently. You’re handsome, funny, and the way you never stop talking is cute. These past few days, I’ve grown so attracted to you so fast. But I’m also not over Kellin, and that wouldn’t be fair to you.” He lifted a hand to the back of my neck, pulling us closer. “Wait for me?” he smiled lightly.
“Of course,” I whispered back, smiling like crazy. We shared one last kiss before falling asleep in each other’s arms.