Ezra chewed his bottom lip, hesitating. “Well, I guess it couldn’t hurt.” Then he set down his bookbag and went over to Jake. “Okay, what do I do?”
Truth be told, Jake wasn’t completely sure. He’d only ever slow danced with girls. He wasn’t sure if it would be different with a guy. But he was going to find out. “Well, it depends on how you want to do it.” Jake got close to Ezra, putting his hands on Ezra’s waist. “You can put your hands here. Or he can, I guess. And then the other one puts their arms around whoever’s neck.”
Ezra hesitated for a second before he slid his arms around Jake’s shoulders, a hand resting on the back of Jake’s neck, bringing him closer. “Like this?”
Ezra’s eyes were almost level with Jake’s, so Jake could look at how green they were. He could write a fucking poem about how green they were. “Yeah. Like that. And, then you, um.” Jake moved Ezra and himself to the slow beats of the song. “You kind of do this.”
Ezra smirked. “So, I was right. It is just swaying around.”
Jake smiled as they slowly turned in a circle to the music. “Yeah, I guess.” Then Jake took one of Ezra’s hands in his, and held them out to the side. He slid his other arm around Ezra’s waist. He put his hand on the small of Ezra’s back and pushed Ezra right up against him. “This is if, um, if you want to get closer.”
And they were closer. Jake was close enough to feel Ezra’s body heat and see flecks of blue in Ezra’s green eyes.
“Yeah,” Ezra said softly. “I guess it is.”
“You can put your head on his shoulder,” Jake said softly. “If you want. Or you can do this.” Jake put his cheek against Ezra’s cheek, and when he did, he felt the soft exhales from Ezra’s nose on his neck. Jake’s skin prickled, and the funny feeling he kept getting was spreading. Bubbling up to his brain and seeping into his groin. Or maybe that was just all the blood flowing to his cock. Because every nerve ending in his body was laser-focused on Ezra. His hand in Jake’s hand, the way he felt in Jake’s arms,and how Ezra was still swaying close to him even after the song ended.
Jake moved his head to look at Ezra. Ezra was looking at him.
“Jake,” Ezra said softly.
“Yeah?” Jake said softly.
“You’re standing on my foot.”
“Oh, sorry.” Jake moved his foot. “I’m sorry.”
“It’s okay.” Ezra was still in his arms, and they were still standing way too close. Then Ezra glanced down at Jake’s mouth.
Jake whispered, “You think you’ll kiss him?”
Ezra licked his bottom lip. “I don’t know. If it seems like he wants me to.”
Jake’s heart began to beat just a little bit faster. “You want to… um, practice? With me?”
Ezra blinked a few times, studying Jake’s face. “You want me to kiss you?”
“Just if you want to,” Jake added. “You don’t have to, of course. Just thought you might want to be ready for the big moment, you know?”
Ezra nodded.
“Have you kissed anybody before?”
“I had, like, sort of a boyfriend in high school. We did some stuff, but not a lot of kissing.”
Jake put a hand to Ezra’s face, his palm resting on Ezra’s cheek. “Then you should practice. With me.”
Ezra seemed to think about that for a few seconds. “Okay. What should I do?”
Jake really hadn’t thought much about his hand placement before he kissed someone. Until now, that is. And he had no idea what Sean would do before he kissed someone. Probably flap his big, fat elf ears like Dumbo or something. But Jake didn’t want to think about that curly-haired twerp right now.
“Well.” Jake still had one hand on Ezra’s face. “You could do this first before you kiss him.” He added the other hand. “Or you could do this.” He brought one hand down to Ezra’s jaw, fingers sliding around his neck, thumb brushing up against his earlobe. “Or he could, I guess. However, um. However you want to do it.”
“Like this?” Ezra then mimicked Jake’s gesture, but he added to it by brushing his thumb over Jake’s lips. Jake felt a shiver down his spine that went all the way to his dick. He’d never wanted to kiss someone so bad in his life.
Ezra looked in Jake’s eyes for a second or two, then he leaned in. Jake closed his eyes and felt the soft press of Ezra’s lips against his. Then he did it again, just not as soft. Then he tilted his head to the side and surprised Jake by kissing Jake’s top lip. Then his bottom one. Then Jake felt the tip of Ezra’s tongue graze his lips. Jake opened his mouth and Ezra’s tongue slipped inside, sliding around and exploring, and Jake let out a groan before he could stop himself.
Ezra’s arms came around him, and Jake had visions of fireworks and walks on beaches and all that crap. He’d never had a kiss like this in his life. When Ezra pulled away, Jake felt like he’d been turned right side up from being upside down.
