Almost two weeks pass. Sadde still has work, even if school's out, but they and Theo hang out a bit more. No new cards appear, and Kero seems to not think that strange, so Sadde themself doesn't care. And one day Theo gets a text in the morning: Happy birthday!
"The la—oh. Oh. Well why didn't you just say so?" he asks, and his arms are around Theo's neck and oop they're kissing now.
Whoa, no, not what he meant. He starts trying to pull away for maybe half a second.
Then he realises that it's pretty much what he asked for and wants, so why the hell is he resisting.
'They're kissing now' indeed.
That's not what Kero wanted. That's not at all what Kero wanted. Kero will float off somewhere and not be around the teenagers kissing.
So Sadde may have accidentally pushed Theo onto his bed, so he stops and pulls away again, laughing. "You seriously spent a week moping because I didn't kiss you?"
Was that a noise that Theo made, when Sadde pulled away? Gosh. Isn't that interesting.
"I... It wasn't..." he tries, failing miserably, then decides to give up on any pretences. Who cares if he says what he means?
"It wasn't just because you didn't kiss me. It was because I didn't realise I liked you, you made me realise that, and then you pulled away!"
He turns over on his bed and makes another noise of frustration, though it's muffled by his pillow.
"I've been flirting with you for ages and it took that for you to notice?" he asks, kicking his shoes off to lie beside Theo and nuzzle the back of his neck.
Sadde smirks. "Pay attention when I'm talking to you," he says, and starts nibbling on Theo's earlobe.
Okay, yeah, he can totally do this. "Yesitdid," he manages to say.
His ear isn't so much of a thing, it's just that Sadde's right there, so he turns his head to continue makeouts. Mmm.
Makeouts! Those are a good thing to continue. And maybe, just because of the very convenient way the two of them are positioned, Sadde's hand might start wandering and find the underside of Theo's shirt.
They are definitely a good thing to continue!
Wandering hands are... not totally unexpected, and also definitely not a bad thing.
There are wandering lips as well, finding their way down Theo's jaw and to his neck. "Did you think I was, what, just messing with you whenever I called you cute?" he asks, before delving into neck kisses.