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DISCLAIMER: This is mainly AePete but it is also like a cross over between AePete and TinCan. All of the things in this fanfic are made up and BIG DISCLAIMER: TinPete trigger warning ahead y'all. You may get triggered, but don't worry it won't last long.

Pete's POV

"If you want to date a guy, date me,"Tin said staring into my eyes. He was so close I could feel his breath against my cheek.

"But.. Ae is different. He won't use me for my money," I struggled to let out, leaning my head against the cold wall.

"How can you be sure about that? He might say that but at the end he'll betray you, like anybody else would."

I gazed at the ground, thinking. Doesn't that mean that Tin will betray me too then? No, he wouldn't, because, like he said he is the same as me. Our families are both wealthy.

What if he is right? He's had a lot more experience with things like these than I do.

What if all this time Ae has only been nice to me so he can take my money and leave me in the end? I mean.., yeah, it does make sense, someone like him will never love me in that way..he's too good for me. I don't deserve him.

A tear formed in my eye, falling down my cheek and ending it's journey on the floor. I was looking at the ground but it looked like I was underneath a waterfall. The waterfall kept on falling beneath my feet and it had no urge of stopping.

Tin used his free hand, the one that wasn't jailing me to the wall, to lift my chin up and look at me. He seemed anxious. Of course, he wouldn't know how to deal with a situation like this, with his emotionless face you wouldn't even know if he had ever felt this way. But I knew he had, so I had to get myself together just like he did.

I wiped my tears away and straighten myself back up,"Ok."

"What?"

"You're right, I can't know if he's like everyone else - like those who betray me so, Ok. I will date you."

He seemed surprised. Honestly I was too. Never have I thought I would be dating my friend and never have I thought that I would be this confident about admitting it. Ugh, who am I kidding, I'm never confident.

The opened mouth and wide eyes expression stayed on his face for a while, until he moved the hand that was pinning me, away from the wall and began talking again,"Well, Pete, umm, see you tomorrow I guess," and walked away.

He had to think it through. I could see on his face that he was confused and that he had hoped that I would've actually turned his proposal down. And I knew exactly why he felt unsure.

He already had someone, who he looked at in a different way than he had looked at anyone before. Someone he didn't look at as a friend, enemy or stranger - it was something more than that. And he wanted to keep this spot open for them, until he could confess his feelings and they could live happily ever after (weird fugoshi noices~). But I can go along with it for now, so Tin stops complaining and saying bad things about Ae. In Tin's heart this spot is still completely open, so don't worry Can..(and reader)

Time Skip

Can's POV

Awkwaaaaard. Very awkward. Where is P'Techno when you need him? I feel like his stupidity is the only thing that can break this tension.. What am I supposed to do now? Help!

"Can. Have lunch with me,"said Tin looking straight into my eyes.

And now you're doing this, Tin?? While you're literally holding Pete's hand - I repeat - . Why - is this happening? I am not pointing all of this out because I feel jealous or anything, nope, I'm only saying this because Pete belongs to Ae. And if Ae was here at the moment Tin's jaw would've been gone by now.

I turned to Pete, who was staring at me with his omnipresent smiling face and said,"Pete, if you'll excuse me I have something to say to Tin here."

I grabbed Tin's hand, forcing his other one out of Pete's and led him behind the school building, not far away from Pete.

"Tin, what the fuck are you playing at?!" I shouted at him,"Why are you trying to steal Ae's future boyfriend??"

"Can-,"he attempted to cut me off, with an angry expression, but I continued.

"Pete is Ae's boyfriend, not yours! And you're not Pete's boyfriend either! You're mine!"

...

...Wait, what?

What the fuck did I just say?

Tin's angry expression turned into a confused one, "Can..,"he said, "do you..

..like me?"

Shit...

..he figured it out...

"Umm, no! Of course not!"the blush creeping up my cheeks really wasn't helping in this situation,"Why would I ever like you?!"

"Can,"he took a step closer to me,"are you sure you don't like me?"

Tin had a more hurtful expression now. His eyes were full of sadness and his touch felt warm when he reached up to caress my cheek. He looked like he was about to cry.

I couldn't see Tin like that. The guy who always kept a poker face on and could burn you just with his words, showed that he was sad for the first time in front of anyone. I didn't want to look at him like that, so I did the most suitable thing. I..

..kinda kissed him. Kinda.

I pressed my lips against his, only milliseconds later for him to pull away. That's when I realised that maybe kissing him wasn't the most suitable thing after all.

My gaze turned to the ground in shame.

Why would you do that Can? Even when you know he doesn't like you like that. I could feel Tin's cold stare piercing my scalp, as signs of nervousness flowed along my vains. What is he thinking now?

Ready to run far from this miserable reality, I turned away from Tin but before I could do anything I felt something grab my hand. Or rather someone. Tin's hand spun me around, ending my body up in his embrace.

He looked below at me, as my height was overwhelmed my his, and he muttered,"Can..a kiss is not a kiss without the tongue."

What? This asshole...

I quickly blushed and looked away from him,"You were clenching your lips so much, I had no away of getting into there,"He let out a small laugh.

As much as I was mad at him for putting all that tension on me, I couldn't resist his laughter and smiled at him. Tin laughing, it sounded pleasant and it was so cute. I wish he would laugh more and I could be there to hear him. But oh right, Pete.

He probably has at least some feeling for Pete and so they started dating, that's why he was holding his hand - that's the only logical reason I can think of. Even thought Pete belongs to Ae, I can't really stop Tin from liking Pete, that's his choice to make. But then why would he say something that makes him seem like he likes me, instead of pushing me away?

"Hey Tin,"I said clenching my eyebrows,"Do you...like Pete?"

His smile fell as he asked,"Why would you think I like Pete?"

"Well because..I saw you two holding hands and I just thought that you were probably dating."

He went silent, avoiding my gaze.

"Tinnn,"I asked,"are you dating Pete?"

"I...uhhh...I-"

"TIN!"he turned to me with wide eyes,"I knew it!" I wiggled myself out of his embrace.

"Look Can, I can explain!"

"No, Tin! Even if you explain, there's no way I'm dating a two-timer! And I bet you don't even like me anyway..!"

"Can, I do like you! It's just.."he placed his arms around my waist again,"..I didn't want Pete to date Ae, so I asked him to be my boyfriend."

Ugh, you with your stupid thoughts again,"Okay fine we can date," Tin smiled again,"under one condition."

"And that is...?"

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Pete's POV

Look, I couldn't possibly just stand in the middle of the pathway on my own, just staring awkwardly at the people who passed by, so I followed them. I get I shouldn't have because it was a private conversation and I came out as nosy, but it was worth it because good news, TinCan has finally gotten together! Well, at least I think.

I walked away after they started laughing, because my phone began ringing. But at last, after some hardships and unspecified feelings the couple has finally realised that they are meant for each other!

You know I probably shouldn't be happy about this, since Tin and I are still supposedly "dating", but I never thought of Tin in that way anyway, and I knew his destiny was to end up with Can. I'm just so happy for them to even care that what Tin is doing could be considered cheating! Ha, lol!

After I left the two love birds alone, I found myself walking towards Ae's building. It really isn't a good time for us to see each other now but I couldn't help it. My legs dragged me on their own, until I reached the canteen. Ae was sitting at a table, and talking to Pond. I couldn't make out what they were saying but I could tell it was something that made Ae angry, from his wrinkly face.

...I really shouldn't be here right now.

I wanted to walk away and leave everything how it is. I should've just left but my body moved on its own and eventually I reached the table they were sitting at.

Pond continued talking to him, when suddenly Ae looked up at me in amazement. We locked eyes and Pond turned towards me, realising that I was standing there.

"Oh...uhh, hey Pete.."he said, scratching his neck. He moved his gaze between me and his friend,"Umm, this is...awkward. So, uhm, as much at I wanna be nozy.. I just remembered, that I have to go meet up with ChaAim! At-at the parking lot! So, uhh-h, I better go before she gets mad!" Pond quickly stood up taking his bag, as Ae tried to grab his hand, with a face that (metaphorically) screamed "dOn't leave mE!"

Much to Ae's request, Pond rushed to his bike and hurried off to meet ChaAim, I think. And now it was just me and Ae. I walked over to the table and sat across him, avoiding eye contact. Why am I getting only into awkward situations today.., I thought to myself when the man in front of me suddenly spoke, "So, Pete...how come you're here?" He asked.

"I was just passing by, when I saw you and Pond talking to I decided to come over," that wasn't exactly the truth but it also wasn't a lie.

"Pete," I think he can sense that I'm not telling the whole story," why are you really here?"

I can't tell him. I can't say that I missed him so much that even my own legs brought me here. It'll make matters even worse.

"Uh, so, Tin and Can, great paring aren't they? I just wish they would realise that they're meant for each other already," I knew TinCan was already a sailing ship but Ae didn't and I really needed something to change the topic.

"Did you come here to talk to me about Tin?" Ae snapped.

"N-no I didn't mean for it to come out that way, I just need some advice for Tin, so he can confess his feelings for Can.."

"You want to give him advice when you're dating him?"

Ae this really isn't the space to discuss this,"Ae, I..I-"

"Look Pete, I know that you like Tin... and that you don't like me."

No Ae , that's not true..

"I've already come to terms with it, even if it pains me."

Ae..

"So, I don't think there's a point in discussing this when you love Tin-"

"AE!!"

He stared at me in shock.

I sighed,"I'm sorry I didn't mean to shout..but..Ae..why can't you just realise that I love you, and only you. I don't love Tin. The reason I agreed to date him was so he would stop bothering you. I was, I was stupid for believing him. I thought that you were too good for me and the only reason you were being nice to me was because of my family's money," I looked down at the table ashamed,"But now, I know that's not true. I know that you truly love me and that I love you, Ae. Why can't you see-"

Unexpectedly, I felt two hands bring my face up and two warm lips press against mine. The intruder pulled back and a wide smile covered his face. Ae, oh my god, you're so handsome.. I felt my cheeks burn as I thought that.

"Aw Pete, you're blushing. If I can make you blush from just a kiss, I wonder what you'll do when I do more," he giggled.

"Aee~!"

He let out a cute laugh and patted my head. I was so happy. The old Ae was back. My one true love. My love, by chance.

"But really Pete," he stood up and put his hand out in front of me,"Would you..wanna spend the night with me?"

I looked at him in awe.

"Or maybe, I shouldn't even ask," he winked, at me.

Oh Ae, I am blushing again.

Shit.