First dateebfhabsjkfbskjd (i did not mean for this chapter to be so long but, whatever)

Evan and Jared walked Connor home. They were both holding the taller boy's hand on the way there.

All three of their faces were hot as hell. They didn't make any conversation, since there was a comfortable silence that had fallen over them. And none of them dare break it.

They eventually made it to Connor's house. Connor let go of the other boy's hands as he began to walk up his long gaping driveway. Leaving them behind.

"Wait-" Evan began, grabbing onto Connors arm before he could get far, "let us come with you."

Connor turned around, looking at Evan then looking at Jared, as if to see if the shorter boy was fine with that.

Jared noticed the stare, "what he said."

Connor grinned, "Alright," he paused, "no holding hands though."

Evan and Jared nodded, and soon they all began making their way up the driveway. Connor reached the door and was about to knock, but he hesitated. He looked around at Evan and Jared, who were looking at him with encouragement. With newfound confidence, Connor sucked in a breath and knocked on the door.

Barely a second passed before Cynthia answered the door.

"Who could be visiting at this hour of the nigh-" Cynthia cut herself off as she noticed her sons face, "Oh Connor-" tears welled up in her eyes, she sucked in those tears and put a more stern face on, "what- do you think you were doing out, so late at night?" there was a strong edge on her voice

"I uhh," Connor stuttered, thinking of an excuse, "I was taking a walk at the park...?"

"A walk at the park?! Connor that is hardly a reason to leave the house without out permissio-" Cynthia cut herself off as she suddenly noticed two boys who she had never seen before.

She cleared her throat, "I apologize, who are you two?" She asked said boys.

"Jared Kleinman," Jared did finger guns.

"I'm umm, I'm Evan, Evan Hansen." Evan managed to get out. Talking to adults was scary

"Well, it's delightful to meet you, Jared, and Evan. and um, how do you know Connor?"

"Oh, well um-" Evan began, trying to think of a lie on the spot, which he'd never been good at.

Jared saved Evan. "Were his friends, and we ran into him at the park. Thought we should walk him home."

Cynthia seemed taken aback, surprised that Connor actually had the ability to communicate with people without scaring them away.

"O-oh- well, that's quite nice of you..." Cynthia said softly.

"Yep!" Jared added, "and, we were wondering if Connor could hang out with us tomorrow?"

Jared said that like it was nothing, meanwhile Connor was shaking (in his boots).

"Well, yea sure, I don't see why not." Cynthia replied.

Connor couldn't stop the smile that made its way onto his face. Same with jared and Evan.

"Alright, coolio." Jared said, "welp, Ev and I should probably get going. See ya later Mrs.Murphy, and Connor!" Jared said before grabbing Evan's hand and dragging him down the drive way.

"Later," Connor replied softly, giving a small wave goodbye.

Connor was about to go inside when his mom stopped him. 'Shit, parental communication.' he thought to himself.

"You never told me you had friends." Cynthia said, loosening her grip on Connor.

Connor shrugged, "It never came up."

Cynthia scoffed, "yea right, like I haven't been asking you how your day was, or if you'd made any friends, and everytime you responded with, 'fine, and no'" she had folded her arms.

Connor felt uncomfortable, why were parents so scary? He had tensed up and was trying his best not to make eye contact with his mom.

Cynthia sighed, "I am happy you're making friends though." she smiled, and she swore she saw Connor's expression brighten, "and I'm sure your father would too."

Connor tensed again. His mom didn't know what she was saying, Larry didnt give 2 shits about Connor. Still, he didn't feel like arguing with his mom right now so he just nodded and said,

"Yea,"

With that, Connor headed inside the house. This time, his mom followed and locked the door behind her. As soon as he got inside he raced up the stairs to his room before anyone in the house caught him smiling like an idiot.

He closed the door to his room and jumped onto his bed. Still smiling. He had a hard time believing everything had just happened. It seemed way to good to be true. Suddenly, doubt filled his brain. He sat up straight (ew gross), a perplexed look on his face. Jared and Evan pulling a prank on him seemed unlikely, but not impossible.

[bzzt bzzt]

His phone went off. He reached into his pocket and pulled it out. Checking the notification.

10:15 pm

Kleinman added you to 'stinky toes'

"Wtf- stinky toes? What kind of group chat name is that-" Connor thought to himself.

10:16 pm

Unknown number: JAREFDSILcnk

Unknown number: I TOLD YOU NOT TO ADD CONNOR TILL WE THOUGHT OF AN ACTUAL GROUP CHAT NAMEAJDLKSA

10:17 pm

Kleinman: excuse me

Kleinman: stinky toes is an amazing group chat name

10:18 pm

Unknown Number: No it's not!

10:18 pm

Unknown number changed the group chat name to 'Sincerely Three'

10:19 pm

Unknown number: There.

10:19 pm

Kleinman: that cant compare to stinky toes

Kleinman: stinky toes is best group chat name

10:20 pm

Unknown number: No.

Unknown number: Connor what do you think?

Connor smiled at his soulmate's silly antics. Said antics erasing any doubt Connor had. He then realised that he had to respond. Shit.

10:21 pm

Con Con: Well, as much as i loVe stinky toes

Con Con: Sincerely three is better

10:21 pm

Kleinman: traitor

Kleinman: im going full on olivia rodrigo rn

Kleinman: how could u betray me connor

Kleinman: /j

10:22 pm

Con Con: Im sorry almighty Jared

Con Con: But your group chat naming skills suck

10:22 pm

Kleinman: how rude

10:23 pm

Unknown number: I don't know Jared, I kind of agree with Connor on that one.

10:23 pm

Kleinman: y r yall ganging up on me ;-;

10:24 pm

Unknown number: Sorry, hehe.

Unknown number: Anyways, Connor, what time do you want to meet up tomorrow?

10:25 pm

Con Con: UhhHhhhh

Con Con: 3pm?

10:25 pm

Unknown number: Ok, that should work.

Unknown number: Your thoughts Jared?

10:26 pm

Kleinman: sounds gud to me

10:26 pm

Unknown number: :D

10:26 pm

Kleinman: yea so, connor

Kleinman: ev & i will come pick u up at 3 to do,

Kleinman: whatever it is were gonna do lol

10:27 pm

Con Con: Ok cool

Con Con: lolol

Connor smiled, and quickly put in Evans contact. He made Evans contact picture a random photo saved on his phone, because thats what he always did. He continued to text the other boys until midnight.

12:02 am

Handsanitizer: HOW IS IT ALREADY MIDNIGHUHRTEiuWRhjk

Handsanitizer: Sorry guys, I should go to sleep.

Handsanitizer: If my mom get's home and finds out I'm still awake, well, I probably won't be able to hang out tomorrow ;;

12:03 am

Kleinman: big sad

12:03 am

Con Con: Aww :(

Con Con: Talk to you later I guess

12:03 am

Handsanitizer: Yea, later.

12:04 am

Kleinman: welp

Kleinman: i should probably go to sleep as well

Kleinman: night connor

12:05 am

Con Con: Night kleinman

Connor sighed sadly, and closed his messenger app. He opened up tik tok, about to scroll through for the next few hours, but decided against it. He probably needs sleep too.

He set his phone down on the bedside table, pulled up a blanket and shut his eyes. Slowly he fell into a calm and peaceful sleep.

~🌲~

The next morning, Jared woke up at 11:00 am, which is his usual time for waking up on the weekends. He sat up in his bed, looking around his room which was slightly illuminated from the sun beaming through his closed blinds.

He yawned and grabbed his phone, checking all his social media for notifications. They were empty, as per usual. Jared sighed and opened his messenger app, pulling up the group chat.

11:07 am

Jare: hey besties

11:08 am

Evan <3: Hi Jared!

11:08 am

Hot Topic <3: Sup

Jared continued to text them, adding on to the conversation they had last night. Which was about mermaid reproductive systems.

11:23 am

Hot Topic <3: NO BECAUSE HOW?!?

Hot Topic <3: HOW DOES IT WORK?!!?!

11:24 am

Evan <3: I DON'T FXXKING KNOW!!

Evan <3: ASK JARED!

11:25 am

Jare: WHY ME?!??!

11:25 am

Evan <3: BECAUSE YOU'RE THE ONE WHO BROUGHT UP ThE CONVERSATION!!

11:25 am

Jare: AND YOU THINK THAT MEANS I KNOW WHATS GOING ON?!?

11:26 am

Evan<3: YES??

Jared had to keep himself from laughing at the stupid conversation he was having with his soulmates.

Soulmates...

The word made Jared feel strange, but a good strange. He still found it hard to believe that after all these years, he'd finally found the answers to all the questions that had been burning in the back of his mind.

Still, even though he loved the fact he had discovered who his soulmates were, and he loved his soulmates. He tried not to think about it too much. Scared that it's all a dream and he could wake up at any second to a sad, lonely, miserable life. Living in a cod damn garbage can. (omg Spamton G. Spamton from Deltarune chapter 2?/j)

Jared's face felt hot. As it did anytime he thought about Connor and Evan. shit, it's hot again.

Jared went back to texting before his face died of overheating. He found that Evan and Connor had been texting just fine for the few minutes he had been away.

He felt weird. The way Connor and Evan were able to function perfectly fine without him. Did they even need Jared? Was Jared necessary to their happiness? Of course he is, he's Jared. Probably.

He continued texting the boys until 12:30, when he finally left his room and went to the kitchen to eat something. He ended up making a quesadilla, because that shit bussin.

He ate his quesadilla in silence, the only noise coming from his airpods which were blasting Candy Store. (by jojo siwa/j)

Jared finished his dish and put the plate into the dishwasher before heading back into his room.

It was around 1:30 now, So Jared chilled out for a bit, scrolling through tik tok, reading fanfiction etc.

He did that until 2:15 pm when he figured he should probably get ready for his...date tonight. The thought of it being a date made his heart go aflutter and he had to shake his head to keep himself from overheating.

He put on some actual clean clothes, not too casual, but not formal. Far from formal. He put on a white collared button up shirt, and a casual Anime T-shirt on top of that.

He then put on some jeans, made sure they were cuffed and put on mismatching socks. He pulled on some nicely colored nikes and grabbed the burgundy jacket that was hanging on his door.

He looked at himself in the mirror that was on his wall. And damn, did he look good. Ok well, Jared looked like an ugly ass rat, but the outfit looked cool.

He looked at the time, it was 2:45, he quickly texted Evan.

2:45 pm

Jared <3: hey ev

Jared <3: ima come pick u up now

2:46 pm

Acorn <3: Okie! ^^

Jared smiled and put his phone in the pocket of his jacket before heading out to his car, texting his moms real quick that hes going out. They texted him back saying shit like being safe, and coming back home before 12 am, etc.

Jared drove over to Evans house and honked the horn once he was at his driveway. Evan soon came out, and got into the passenger seat.

"Sup Ev." Jared said as Evan put on his seatbelt.

"Hey Jare." Evan replied.

Jared pulled out of Evan's driveway and began driving towards Connor's house.

"So, what do you have planned for tonight?" Evan asked.

"well, " Jared began, "I was thinking we could go rollerskating"

"Oooooooo, that sounds like fun!" Evan said.

"Alright nice." Jared finished.

A silence fell over them, and Jared's ADHD ass wouldnt allow that. At the next stoplight Jared took out his phone and quickly put on his main spotify playlist, which was just a compilation of his favorite songs.

Jared set his phone in the cupholder as 'So much better' from Legally Blonde blared through the car speakers.

Both Jared and Evan idly sang along until they reached Connor's house. In which Jared grabbed his phone and texted Connor.

3:02 pm

Kleinman <3: get in loser

Kleinman <3: were going on a date

3:03 pm

Hot Topic <3 loved "get in loser"

Jared smiled and put his phone back in the cup holder. After a few minutes, Jared saw Connor walking out the front door to his house. Jared smiled and quickly topped his music, cant let Connor know he's a fucking theatre kid.

Connor was wearing doc martens, black jeans with rips in them, a MCR T-shirt, (jared assumed) with a black jacket over it.

Jared felt his face heat up as Connor walked down the drive-way, he couldn't help it. Connor just looked so powerful and hot, well Connor always looked hot.

Connor eventually reached the car, he opened up the back door and got inside.

"Hey gay people." He said while putting on his seatbelt.

"Hii" Evan replied quietly.

"Good evening." Jared said.

"It's, it's afternoon, Jare." Evan pointed out.

Jared paused for a moment, "anyways- Connor, how are you doing on this lovely evening?"

Evan facepalmed. Connor seemed to relax, any nerves he had instantly disappearing.

"I am doing quite well, thank you for asking." Connor replied politely.

"That is good to hear, now let us be on our way." Jared responded, laughing slightly.

"Of course," Connor added, laughing as well.

Jared smiled and started up the car again, putting the closest roller skating place into google maps.

The car ride was far from silent, full of lively conversation from all three of them. Laughing at stupid jokes, finally coming to a conclusion on how mermaids reproduce, and other dumb shenanigans.

Suddenly, Connor asked a question that Jared hadn't expected.

"Ayo, could you play some music?"

Jared paused, questioning how he should respond.

"Sure." Jared grabbed his phone and reluctantly put on Drake.

"wtf-" Connor said as deez nutz began playing.

"What the hell-" Evan added.

"I dont know what kind of music you like!"

Connor laughed, "well, its definitely not this, here let me see your phone."

"Ok, Ev can you hand Connor my phone?"

"Yea, um sure." Evan said, grabbing the phone from the cupholder and handing it over to Connor.

"Cool." Connor said before opening up Jared's spotify app, putting Drake on pause. He then proceeded to put on the song he wanted.

[I've been through ten highschools, they start to get blurry]

"I don't know if you guys know this song, but it's one of my favorites."

Jared, in that moment, quite literally, a s c e n d e d. Connor liked musicals?!?! Or at least liked Freeze Your Brain?!? Jared tried to stop the blush that was creeping onto his face, could he fall any more in love with Connor?

Connor noticed Jared's silence and reluctantly said,

"Do you not like it? You can put something else on if you want i know i have shit taste in musi-"

"NO no it's fine! I like this song as well!!" Jared cut him off.

"Oh, ok cool..." Connor replied.

Evan began to laugh and decided to include himself in the conversation. He turned in his seat so he was facing Connor,

"You know Connor, Jared may not seem like it, but he's actually a huge theatre nerd."

"No fucking way- really?"

"Yea, he knows like all the lyrics to um, legally blonde, heathers, beetlejuice, Mean Girls, and a bunch of others I can't think of right now."

Connor had to stop himself from laughing, "honestly, that seems like something he would be interested in."

Connor and Evan laughed, Jared stayed silent, trying to keep his eyes on the road so that way they didn't all crash and die, because that would be bad. (foreshadOwiNg??? /j...../hj)

After a few seconds of silence, Jared started unconsciously singing along,

"But the skys gonna hurt when it falls,"

Evan joined in, "So you'd better start building some walls~"

Connor noticed what was going on and sang along with them. They were now all singing in sync,

"Freeze your brain, swim in the ice get lost in pain. Shut your eyes tight till you vanish from sight, let nothing remain~"

They all took in a breath.

"FREEZE YOUR BRAINNNN~~!! SHATTER YOUR SKULL FIGHT PAIN WITH MORE PAIN"

All of them together sang louder than the car's speakers, unable to hear Ryan McCartans beautiful voice. (sad)

Once the song ended they all laughed, and continued to chaotically sing until they reached the roller skating place. Jared parked the car and said,

"Alright gays, we're here."

"A roller skating place?" Connor asked, almost sounding a bit nervous.

"yuP- Figured it would be fun." Jared confirmed."

"Cool..." Connor said uneasily, opening the door and exiting the car. Evan followed after.

The three of them walked into the building, Jared paid for their admission and they made their way into the actual roller skating rink.

Inside the main area, outside of the rink, was a small prep/eating area. The walls were dark, and the whole area was rather dimly lit, making the small neon spotlights and disco ball lights. There were video game machines lining a wall, along with those drop down prize machines.

There was a refreshments stand with pizza, slushies, and other unhealthy snacks. And quite a few tables for people to consume said food at. Loud music blared through the speaker, mainly just old people music form the 60s-90s. A music style that Jared never really listened to, but he respected it.

Jared took a large breath, savoring the scent of pizza, dirty roller skates, and pretty much any other scent you would find here. It felt amazing, he hadn't been in here in quite a while, and the scent had a nice nostalgia to it.

"You good Kleinman?" Connor asked, slightly concerned for the smaller boy's state.

Jared shivered, "huh? Oh yeah, yeah, I'm fine." he responded.

Connor laughed, "if you say so."

Jared smiled, "Well, we should probably go rent a pair and get to skating."

Evan nodded and Connor warily did the same. Jared grinned and grabbed both boys hands, and dragging them to the place where you check out skates. The three boys told the man there their shoe sizes. After a few moments the man returned with 3 pairs of shoes, he handed it to them.

"Thanks." Jared said to the man, before grabbing his size of rollerskates off the counter, Evan and Connor doing the same.

The three of them walked around, found an empty table and decided to claim it as theirs. Jared promptly took off his shoes and put on the skates, Evan did the same. Both of them were quite speedy with it since they just had basic running shoes, but