What came next Charlie wasn’t even sure how it happened. Well, he knew how it happened. That kiss on the cheek, which wasn’t the first one Eddie had given him but certainly felt way different than the others, had given him extra PS points and now he felt like he was one of the Mega Evolutions from the new Pokemon X and Y. When Eddie looked up at him, Charlie leaned in and pressed a peck to his lips. Yes. His actual lips. No cheeks, no corner of his mouth. Lips. Because if he didn’t try it he would never know, right? The Ken dolls made so much sense now.
As he waited for Eddie’s reaction, Charlie felt like he was a Magikarp out of the water, trying to use Splash on a Mewto. His mind and body knew it had been the right thing to do, but what if he read more into Eddie’s kiss than it really was there? It wasn’t the first one, but it had made him feel happier than others his friend gave him before. Hell, he was probably blushing after that kiss on the cheek. It all made sense to him now, he just hoped the peck made the same sense to the other boy. Because if it did, well, he could kiss the friendship goodbye.
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Eddie was always the one giving the obscure amounts of affection to Charlie. The other boy always seemed to accept it without questions. Usually for the best because Eddie rarely had good reasoning behind the things he did. But this was different. He was so sure about this up until it happened. He wanted to do that so bad. His hands in his hair was such encouragement. Not that it really mattered of course, not if Charlie did not like it. But he seemed to have liked it. Sure, Eddie had looked away and back to the movie and never got to enjoy the way Charlie had started smiling like a fool or the fact that he was blushing. That was all missed until he looked back up at his friend. What he was not expecting was to be kissed back. Charlie had never kissed him before, so he had nothing to compare it to, but he knew that he liked how it felt.
As soon as it happened, the boy’s face exploded into a broad smile. He was really excited about it. That had to mean he did not hate the kiss. He couldn’t have! He did read Charlie right, which made this whole thing make so much more sense. The reason why Cai kept hinting about them,why he did not like the idea of someone being Charlie’s, even if it was a car. How he was so upset and confused when he just left after the show and why he needed to leave that woman to find him. He liked his best friend, who felt the same. Eddie smiled up at him for a bit longer before returning with a small peck himself, only a little longer before returning head head to Charlie’s shoulder “I’ll tell the guys we have plotting to do,” Eddie comments, remarking on their prior conversation of epic coconut horse hooves. The hand on Charlie’s knee started to rub his leg softly. Eddie was quite happy.