Josh's POV
CLOSER
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Callum was trying so hard on his problems, it was hurting me.

I tutored him the best I could in this class but I was especially worried he'd crack under pressure and forget all of it.

He had 2 questions left and I was silently cheering him on in my head, he was doing really well so far.

I had already finished my quiz and turned it.

I watched as Callum finished the last question before making a face as he slugged over towards the turn in box.

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"Holy shit." Callum says, genuinely confused. "I passed?" He asked himself.

"Wow. Maybe there is something in there." I say, flicking his head.

Callum looked at me, smiling like a little kid as he showed me his paper.

"I should frame it." He says.

Right now we were walking towards his car for lunch but we stopped at our first period class to see how Callum did.

And as I suspected, he passed with an exceptional grade.

Instead of hanging out with Callum's mutuals for lunch he suggested we go out and eat somewhere to celebrate.

We never did this so I was really hoping that we'd make it back in time for class.

"Okay, I'm think... Scottie's?" Callum suggests, looking as giddy as a little boy.

I roll my eyes, "Lets go to McDonald's, we always go to Scottie's." I say.

Callum glances at me before nodding, "K." He says.

McDonalds was a bust, it was way too crowded and we didn't have time to go to Scottie's before class started to we ended up just going back to school.

"Food doesn't matter when you pass a quiz." Callum says, wiping the 'dust' off his shoulders as if he had some there.

"Wow good job." I said sarcastically rolling my eyes, "You know, nobody like a person who brags about good grades, Cal."

He flicked his head towards me, "Rot in hell Josh." He said, sending me a joking air kiss.

~~~

"See ya tomorrow." I wave as I toss myself out of his car.

"Nope. See ya tonight, be ready to go to McDonalds." Callum says, grinning at me.

"Why?" I ask warily.

"You didn't get to eat because of me, so let's go to McDonalds." He shrugs.

I bite my lips, looking around.

"Alright, fine." I say sighing, waving at Callum as he pulls out my driveway and starts towards his house.

I know we were just hanging out, just doing what we always do, go out and eat randomly. But the thought that he felt bad about me not getting lunch so he decided to take me out, put butterflies in my stomach.

I sigh as I headed inside. This was bad.

I had such a huge crush on Callum, but Callum himself was straight, and that means that no matter how affectionate towards me he was, he always had girls on his mind, not me.

The realization of that put me in a foul mood so I texted Callum.

Me- You know what, just go without me. I'll eat here.

He didn't reply, So I just assumed he was fine with that idea and would just go out himself.

I walked into the house, feeling a deep disappointment inside my stomach. Like that stirring feeling you get when you eat something you're not supposed to and it causes massive discomfort.

It wasn't Callum's fault he was attracted to girls, it was my fault for thinking that Callum actions were him being affectionate.

It was crazy how fast a crush could grow, but what was crazier was that, I was actually gay.

Weird as it sounds, I had accepted it before but now... now it felt official.

I laid on my bed, pulling my computer up to my chest, watching Netflix movies as I sat in a gloom.

I was being dramatic, yes. Even though I couldn't date Callum, I still had him as a best friend that I've had for 16 years I should be grateful for that. Plus, I was rushing into my feelings. It's been a week basically since I found out I was gay and I was already making myself heartbroken. I just needed to slow down and breathe.

~~~

I was about to change the episode when there was a knock on my window, but then again, It was a window and there was a tree outside my window, so I highly doubt it was a knock.

Well, I did. Until it started knocking and wouldn't stop.

I groan as I go over to investigate, opening the window slightly.

"Took long enough, I'm freezing my ass off out here." Callum says, pushing me out of the way.

"Hey, What are you-"

The bag of McDonalds in his hand cuts me off.

"I figured you lied just to get out of it, so I got you what you normally got and climbed over here. You're damn lucky your drink did not spill." He grumbles, tossing off his jacket and throwing it onto my bed.

"I told you to go without me, aren't you hungry?" I ask.

He rolls his eyes, "Josh, you've been my best friend for 16 years, you really thought I'd just go eat McDonalds at 6:00 PM without you?" He asks, pulling out a burger and some fries. "I even asked for the no salted fries with salt so that way you could put as much as you wanted on them." He was somewhat out of breath, "Since I know how much you bitch about they're fries.

"I don't bitch- Wait it's 6?" I ask as he nods his head, "Then why didn't you just go through the front door?" I ask, scrunching up my eyebrows.

He stops to think about before saying, "I guess I was just being dramatic." He says, handing me my drink and food. "Plus I lost my key."

"Again?"

He laughed to himself, "Yeah I left it in my backpack and now it's gone so someone might come and rob you in the middle of the night,"

He throws himself down on my bed, looking at my computer screen.

"The Thinning?" He asks, sending me a glance. "Again?"

I nod my head, "You got a problem with that?" I ask in defense.

He raises his hands over his head as a surrender, "I didn't say that." He says, I pat his calf motioning for him to move over.

He lifts himself up onto the bed as I sit down next to him.

For the next few hours we watch horror movies and talk shows bring celebrities into the stage before Callum says.

"I wish I was lucky enough to go in that show." He says, talking about the current YouTube we were watching who had created his own talk show.

Callus placed a wet, cold fry into his mouth. Callums a fast eater when he wants to be and a slow eater when he's just relaxing, that's annoying because it's hard to judge when and where he's going to eat like a pig and when and where he's going to eat like a sloth.

I found that you can always tell by his posture, weird I know, but 16 years will do that to you.

I shrug, "You gotta be famous or go viral." I say.

Callum sends me a glance, "Wow thanks for that captain obvious." He says, reaching his arm out to press play. "I think I could be famous, I'm pretty hot, all I need is a maid dress and-"

"Shut up."

The video starts out with the guy in his chair, grinning at the audience and camera.

His voice echoes from the computer, but I was too caught up Into the guy sitting next to me.

He actually brought me food because he was thinking about me.

For some reason, that made the little guy in my brain do a happy dance.

I lean back as he does, bringing the computer to my chest and turning it towards Callum.

My heart was racing at our proximity.

I open my mouth to say something when Callum cut me off.

"So why'd you bail on me?" Callum asks suddenly, meeting my gaze with his, his hand reaching over and turning off the computer.

"What?"

"You know, why'd you decide not to go to McDonalds?" He asks turning towards me.

I shrug, "I just didn't feel like it."

Callum rolls his eyes, "You've never canceled before, even when you absolutely didn't want to, you always came with, I know you Josh, somethings wrong and, as your best friend, I want to know what it is." He smiles at me, his dimples showing.

My cheeks heat up as I look at the paused computer monitor on my chest.

"I don't know, I just wanted to be at home." I brush off, pressing play, only for Callum to press pause.

Callum scoffs, "Yeah right. Tell me, tell me." He says shaking my arm gently.

"Okay fine, I'll tell you something if you tell me something."

Callum smiles again, "Alright, shoot." He says.

"Why'd you bring me McDonalds, I mean tomorrow is a nice day, you wouldn't have to climb trees or anything, why didn't you just wait til tomorrow?" I ask, placing the laptop off of me and turning towards him too.

"I already told you that, I figured you just lied and you actually-"

"No, that's not what I meant. I meant, why were you so persistent that I eat because you didn't let me. I mean, I have food here." I say, motioning towards the door.

Callum places his head on my pillow, his eyes still meeting mine. "Because you're my best friend, Josh. I just wanted you to know that I'm there for you, even on days that I take away your food because I passed some test. You come first, you know?" He asks. "It was just a test anyways, I felt bad since you didn't eat."

I swear it was like my eyebrows were in my hairline and I was bright pink.

"You're always the person I think about first. It's like, what's more important? A test or making sure you get the proper nutritional shit." He pinched my arm, "besides, you act as if I wouldn't just come over to hang out with you," He says almost nonchalantly before forgetting he got to ask me a question and grabbing the computer, turning it on.

I coughed, trying to calm myself down.

"I have to piss." I blurt out, hurrying towards the bathroom.

What just happened?

~~~

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