When Kyle arrives at the dorm, he finds Carson and Oliver in there too. Both of them are sitting on Oliver's bed, talking and laughing.
"Hey little man."Carson greets him happily.
"Hi guys."he greets back. "This is perfect. Okay get ready. We're going somewhere."
"Never thought you'd be the one taking us out somewhere."Oliver grins.
"Me and Leah are gonna meet up with Eddie later. And I had the bright idea of inviting you guys."he beams.
"So we can meet him?"Carson asks.
"Mhm."Kyle responds.
"Obviously, idiot."Oliver snickers, rolling his eyes.
"Okay, sure. That's not a bad idea. I'll go. You, Oliver?"he asks his best friend.
"Sure, why not?"
"Oh, that reminds me, Oliver I need to talk to you. Alone. It's about Leah."Kyle says, uneasy.
Carson grins deviously at the though of 'alone'.
'They're alone in here all the time, but this time they need to be alone
"Leah?"Oliver asks confused.
"Yeah."
"What about her?"
"I don't know if you'll be comfortable with Carson here."
"Oh no no no."Carson answers quickly. "This is relationship talk. I can't be a part of this. I'll leave you two lovebirds to talk it out."
Oliver turns to him, scowling, and Kyle blushes.
"You know what? Maybe it's best you do get out. You're embarrassing."Oliver says, throwing a pillow at him.
"Did I lie though?"he grins.
"Yes! We're not in a relationship!"
"But you like each other."
"No! We don't. Jeez."he snaps, annoyed.
"Kyle is being oddly quiet."Carson says, turning to the blushing boy standing awkwardly there.
"U-um."he stutters.
"Agh, leave him alone, Car."Oliver says, rolling his eyes.
"Aw, how cute. You're defending him."he says, starry-eyed.
"I-You-AHH! Get out!"Oliver yells at him, annoyed and blushing.
Carson laughs and walks to the door. Before getting out he says, "Have fun~"
Oliver's head snaps in his direction and glares at him.
Carson leaves before Oliver really loses it and punches him.
"Okay what did you wanna talk about?"Oliver asks as soon as the door closes behind Carson.
"Leah is...uneasy about you."Kyle says slowly.
"About me? Why? What do you mean?"Oliver asks with a puzzled expression.
"Yeah...umm.."Kyle stutters in embarrassment. 'I'm going to have to talk about how he seems to like touching me...great.'
"See, Leah promised me that she'd try to get along with you guys, so we can be friends. But she says she can't trust you..until she knows why you..umm..."
"Just say it already."he rolls his eyes.
He takes a deep breathe before blurting it out, "She needs to know why you touched me or else she can't trust you!"
She room goes absolutely silent and the mood shifts to uncomfortable.
"I..uhh.."Oliver tries to speak, but his embarrassment doesn't let him.
"Yeah..um..I don't even exactly why you did it, but I don't think you did it because you're a creep or something."
"No..I didn't."Oliver mutters, embarrassed.
"Then um...why did you?"
Oliver stays silent, ignoring eye contact.
'Because you were so beautiful I couldn't help but watch you squirm.'
Is what the truth is, but he can't say that. So....what is he supposed to say?
"I...I already told you didn't I? I don't know. I just did."Oliver says, annoyed. Kyle is making this very hard. Can't he just take the answer and there? No..he can't. And Oliver can see why. But that doesn't mean he has an answer.
"I don't think Leah will take an "I don't know"."Kyle says. "Look, when you're ready to tell me or when you've figured it out, tell me. Alright?"
Oliver nods, and sits back down in his bed. He runs his fingers through his raven black hair.
"Well...um we're meeting Eddie in a bit. Like around six p.m."Kyle says, playing with his fingers. He heads to the door. It's way too awkward in here. He can't stay. The tension is so thick, it could probably be cut with a knife.
"Okay see you then."Oliver says. Kyle nods and smiles on response and then walks out.
"Well that was awkward as hell."Oliver mutters under his breath as he collapses onto the bed.