There was a moment that was very awkward. Oriel could feel it as well, and he looked away briefly, before his eyes darted back to Kevin, and his teeth slid over his lower lip in an unconscious gesture.
He knew there were a couple ways that this could go and one of them was that he could leave and that was that. And they could slide into the friend zone. Kevin would make a good friend, he thought. And maybe that was all Kevin wanted, Oriel couldn't be sure, although he didn't think so.
Or he could be bold. Which could end in embarrassement, but nothing ventured, right? He glanced down, and then up again, looking terribly shy. "I. I'd like to kiss you," he said, cheeks pinking at the words. "If that's alright."