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Charlie came downstairs and smiled. Finn had made an effective job of cleaning everything in there in a short amount of time. Especially the diary.

Charlie looked around a smile on his face. "I haven't been in here since forever..."

Finn nodded awkwardly, not knowing what to say. It was his fault entirely that his friends never visited him again.

"Are you ready for me to beat you?" he asked, a smile on his face.

"Oh, don't flatter yourself, Finneas Davis. I will beat you with one hand."

"Oh, it is on."

"Oh, it is on," mimicked Charlie, then burst out laughing. "We sound like fourth graders that just discovered Fortnite and are preparing for their battle."

"I guess so. Except that Mario Party is way better than any other video game. Except for Just Dance and Animal Crossing. And Sims. Those ones can try to fight any Mario video game and it will be a tie."

"I never got your obsession with old video games, Finn. We were always playing some new game like Geometry Dash and you just stayed on the same games and never got bored of them..."

"I guess I did," said Finn, only just then realizing how true the statement really was. He never understood why better effects or graphics 'made' a game better. What was interesting was the game itself, or the storyline like in Zelda.

"I really like that about you," pointed out Charlie, and then started blushing. He was turning into a tomato extremely fast, and he didn't even realize it.

"You're blushing, you know that right?" asked Finn, breaking the little moment they had going on between each other.

"No, I'm just really hot. I'm always hot in your basement..."

"The last time you were here, we had to go upstairs because you were freezing. And even now it's not that warm as you say it is..."

"Whatever. Let's just play..."

They started playing the short version and after about half an hour they were done, Finn an absolute winner.

"Told you I'd win."

"When do you ever lose?" asked Charlie, and some part of Finn heard it as if Charlie was jealous or something. But then, as if Charlie could hear his thoughts, he cleared it up. "It's fine, Finn."

At that exact moment, they were both incredibly close to each other, but neither of them pulled away.

"Do you like me?" asked Finn, hoping that the answer would be affirmative.

"Why would you...?" started the other boy but didn't get to finish his sentence.

Finn kissed Charlie and even though the other boy was in shock, he didn't pull away. On the contrary, when Finn finally stopped for a moment, Charlie kissed him in return.

When they finally stopped after about a minute, neither of them knew what to say. They couldn't exactly call it an accident, could they? They already kissed one before and now they made out for quite a while.

"Do you... Do you regret this?" asked Finn out of the blue, a sad expression on his face.

"Not at all," answered Charlie and kissed Finn again. They already screwed up, so why stop then?

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A/N: I hope you liked this chapter. Things are finally moving now! Please give it a like and comment!