Nickels pov

"The sunset is beautiful" balloon says, holding his flower bouquet in one hand and his other arm around me. We are walking back from the orchard because we still have to have dinner. 

"Yeah, it is... just like you loonie" I say, almost whispering the last part. He laughs.

"That sounds so weird coming from you, but that nickname, please keep calling me that" he says, still laughing. I stare at him, smiling and still overjoyed by the fact that we really are dating. He stops right in front of the hotel door.

"We're here already?" I ask. Time flies when you're with your favourite person. We walk inside and immediately get stares as balloon realises he still has the flower bouquet.

"Oh, I'll, uh, leave this upstairs. You stay here" he says quickly, running to the elevator. I sit down at the dining table with a few other people. He's only left me for 2 minutes and I already feel alone. So I pull out my phone, just to see about 100 messages from suitcase and baseball.

I decide to check them later, as balloon returns and almost everyone is at the table now, except for OJ and Paper, who are in the kitchen. They come out of the kitchen with some spicy looking chicken wings and rice. Looks like they wanted to do things a little different today. They lay the food out and sit down as the volume of the chatter rises at the table. Balloon and I have some conversation with each other when trophy notices us.

"Oh look, it's nickel and his little boyfriend" he says, smirking. Most of the table's attention turns to us and it quiets down.

"Trophy please, not n-" OJ starts, before I interrupt him.

"Thank you, OJ, but I'll handle this" I say. I turn to look trophy dead in the eye. He looks back confused with a now not-so confident smirk still plastering his face.

"You know what, trophy?" I say sharply. I turn and look at balloon, silently asking for permission. The look in his eyes grants it as he smiles slightly, knowing what's next.

I kiss him.

On his cheek, just below his eye.

The entire table erupts in gasps, and a few people start screaming and cheering. Paintbrush seems the most surprised, slamming their hands on the table and standing up, mouth wide open. Fan points at them, while shouting,

"SEE, I TOLD YOU THEY WERE MOST LIKELY GONNA CONFESS THIS WEEK". Balloon looks at fan confused, but still smiling. Trophy looks equally as shocked as everyone else.

"Wait, wait, nickel, who confessed first" soap says, trying to talk over the noise.

"Uhh, I did?" I say. Soap bangs the table with her first and points at microphone.

"YOU OWE ME 10 DOLLARS" She shouts, smiling. Mic rolls her eyes and passes her two fivers.

"Did you kiss?" Yang asks, snickering playfully. While I glare at him, balloon hides his face in embarrassment, answering his question.

"Oooooh~ who did it first?" test tube says.

"C'mon, it was obviously nickel, he confessed first" paintbrush says.

"Actually..." balloon says, lifting his finger. Paintbrush looks at him confused.

"YOU DID?" They say. Balloon nods, confirming the answer.

"HA! I TOLD YOU! YOU'RE OWE ME A DR.FIZZ" Test tube says happily.

"The hell... you guys BET ON THIS?" I shout surprised. Test tube, fan, paintbrush and soap all nod, while laughing.

Everyone congratulates us except for trophy, who we receive a dirty look from. The conversations move away from our confession and everyone starts talking about other drama in the hotel. Eventually, dinner finishes and balloon and I end up upstairs on my bed. I fall backwards onto my bed.

"Well, that was an interesting dinner" I say. Balloon nods in agreement, while on his phone.

"Hey, bb and suitcase want to meet us tomorrow, what time do you say?" He asks.

"Well, I know baseball is free at 3, but you'll have to ask suitsy when she can come," I reply. 

"They said 3 is fine," balloon says. He puts down the phone and stares at me, smiling. I get up from the laying down position and cross my legs, facing him.

"What" I say.

"The fact that you're short makes you so much cuter, you know that?" He says, patting my head. I blush slightly at the gesture.

"Well I guess I have to stop saying that I'm not short" I say. 

"Oh, so you admit it then?" He teases, taking his hand off of my head and tracing his finger down to my mouth slowly. I laugh nervously while he smirks at me, getting more flustered by the second.

"NO- i- I mean-yeah maybe- tch- WHAT AM I SAYING" balloon takes his hand away from my face.

"Aww, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you mad..." he says, smirking slightly. He leans in and hugs me before whispering in my ear,

"...shorty". His lips brush on my side as he pulls back

I'm a blushing mess at this point. Both of his hands are on my sides and he blushes as he smiles cutely. Something sparks in me and I look at his mouth.

I couldn't hold the urge, so I jump forward and land my lips on his. He widens his eyes taking it by surprise, but quickly starts kissing me back. I feel my heart exploding and balloon pulls me closer while his thumb rubs against my cheek and my legs tangle into his. After almost 2 whole minutes, I pull back for air. My lips are still tingling a little. Balloon brings his hand to his mouth, two of his fingers slightly touching his lower lip as he stares down in shock.

"T-that was the first time you...you..." his words fall into silence as he looks up into my eyes.

"What do you mean? We've kissed before, right?" I ask.

"Yeah, but you passed out half way through" he says, giggling at the memory. I laugh with him.

"This felt... a lot more different" he says, stopping his laughter. He lies down on my bed and I lie down next to him, pressing up against his chest.

"You're a good kisser," he says. I blush while muttering an embarrassed 'thank you' as he draws tiny circles on my cheek, hugging me close. 

"What's the point of two beds if we're gonna sleep together" he says in a low sleepy voice.

"Your bed is next to the window, so we can stargaze some night" I suggest, almost falling asleep.

"Do you want to?" He asks, now caressing my back. I cuddle into him even more, two seconds from sleep.

"Nah..." I say, feeling the world fade away.

Time skip to the next day

Balloons pov

My eyes fly open as 'Gangnam style' blasts in my ear. I sit up faster than your dad left and look to my right, finding a certain shortass sitting next to me, DYING of laughter.

"Oh c'mon! What the hell was that for!" I shout, rubbing the side of my head. He stops the music and attempts to calm down. 

Key word: attempts 

"GOOD MORNINGGG AHHAHAAAA- YOU SHOULD'VE SEEN YOUR FACE I-AHAHHAAH" He splutters out, laughing. I punch him lightly.

"Aw owww" he says, finally calming down.

"Anyway, we have five minutes till breakfast so..." he continues.

"WHAT?" I shout, rushing out of bed. He starts laughing again.

"I DIDN'T WANT TO RUIN YOUR CUTE SLEEPING FACE THOUGHHH" He says. I calm down a little.

"Ok fine, I'm not mad, but only because you're so goddamn adorable" I say, booping his nose. He blushes a little and looks away.

"O-ok, e-enough with the sappy stuff, and get ready quickly because I'm so hungry!" He says. I smirk at the clearly flustered coin.

"Hey, I know you secretly like it." I reply, washing my face. And we end up at the dining table just as fast as I woke up.

3pm eventually rolls around and we wait on baseball and suitcase. Nickel walks outside to check if they're here yet while I stay on the couch in the lobby.

Nickels pov

I walk out the hotel and look around for any sign of suits and bb. I spot suitcase coming towards the entrance but baseball isn't there. I run up to her.

"Hey suits" I greet. 

"Hey nickel" she says back.

"Baseballs going to be a bit, by the way" she continues.

"Ohh alright, wait here, I'm just going to tell balloon" I say, running back to the hotel. I quickly tell balloon and run back.

"Soo...." Suitcase starts. 

"Mhm? I ask.

"Are you and balloon... a thing yet" she asks slyly, smirking.

"Wha-i- HEY WAIT, I KNEW YOU KNEW ABOUT THE CONFESSION PLAN" I shout.

"ANSWER THE QUESTION NICKS" She shouts back. I look off to the side, blushing out of embarrassment.

"We... are"

Almost immediately she jumps up and screams, kicking her legs everywhere.

"WOOOO FINALLY OH MY GOSH, YOU GUYS CAN FINALLY STOP BEING A MESS AROUND EACH OTHER UGHH YESSSSSS"

"Woah suits calm the hell down!" I say.

"Ok sorry, sorry... SO WHO KISSED FIRST"

"O MY GOSH- suitcase, girl, CALM DOWN"

"Woah woah woah, what is going on here" baseballs voice says, as he emerges from behind suitcase.

"THEY-THEY DID IT" suitcase yells. Balloon comes from inside the hotel and we all go behind it.

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As I lean onto the brick wall standing with one leg up, everyone else sits in a circle around me.

"So, nickel, you confessed first?" Baseball says, still mega hyper from when he heard that balloon and I are dating.

"Yeah," I say

"Then that means you kissed first?" Suitcase wonders.

"Nah, nicks here was too busy panicking and spluttering that I wouldn't like him back, so I shut his delulu ahh up and kissed him first" balloon says. I glare at him, but I couldn't help smiling.

"Nickel panicking and spluttering about his love life? Never thought you would do that nickel" baseball says, smirking.

"And... he also fainted mid kiss" balloon adds.

"Balloon shut up! That's so embarrassing" I say, sliding down the wall, covering my face with my knees. Baseball and suitcase laugh at my actions while balloon giggles and comforts me.

"Damn, what next, balloon rizzed you up while calling you short?" Suitcase says. Both me and balloon stop laughing suddenly and stare at her, eyes widening. Last night...

Suitcase stops laughing and looks at our faces, before a surprised smile grows on her face.

"NO WAYY" she starts, pointing at us both. My face is probably tomato red right now. I look down out of embarrassment, while baseball realises and starts joining in with suitcase. 

"Hide me" I almost whisper, blushing hard. Balloon giggles and hugs me close, while I put my face into his side

"Ok, ok I'll stop" baseball says, slowing down his laughter. Suitcase does the same. Balloon starts explaining everything that happened at dinner yesterday, while I stare at him, deeply thinking.

I'm so lucky to be with him. And I'm so glad we gave each other another chance. Suitcase and baseball start laughing and I look over at them. The greatest friends I could ask for, and not just because of an alliance.

"You know, I'm so lucky to have you guys" I blurt out. They all look at me and smile.

"Aww we're lucky to have you too nickel!" Baseball says.

"Where did this come from?" Suitcase says. But she looks at me warmly and we share a smile. Balloon kisses me on the forehead.

"You're amazing too, nickel" he starts.

"And guys, I'm seriously so thankful for you guys too" he continues. Baseball smiles happily.

"Aw guys, stop making this so sappy" suitcase says. A small tear escapes her eye and she quickly wipes it away smiling. 

"I did not just shed a tear by the way" she continues. We all laugh together, smiling and joking in the sunshine happily. Balloons eyes glimmer in the sunlight, just like they did when I first realised I liked him. I smile brightly.

I love him. 

I love this.

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