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Seven had finally built up just enough courage to go and apologize to Elliot. He was a little cheap and found a singular rose as a weak peace offering, which he found behind the cabin.
He walks up to Elliot when he's not being surrounded by other survivors, singing his praise. As Seven gently taps Elliot's shoulder, he turns around, smiling before he sees who it is.
"Seven. May I help-"
"No- I mean yes- I- fuck..." Seven's heart is beating in his chest, and he feels dizzy as he tries to steady his breath. He holds out the rose and stutters out an apology. "L-listen, I'm really so-orry for what I did at the pizza pla-place..."
"Why the fuck are you apologizing now?" Elliot asks, his voice cold and his posture tense.
"Because I'm willing to own up to past me's mistakes." 7n7's voice is finally steady as he looks at Elliot and tries again. "I know I fucked up, and what I did was more than unacceptable, but I'd like to at least apologize to someone I clearly hurt."
Elliot scans over 7n7 and slowly takes the rose. "Thanks for the apology... it actually means a lot..." He pauses and straightens up. "I forgive you." He said simply, before walking past him, and smiling.
Seven sighs in relief and goes to find Chance, who Elliot is already talking to, holding the rose Seven gave him close to his chest.
He'd find him after the round and talk to him then.
Seven sits in an armchair and sighs, bouncing his knee and looking a little tense. 'He's too accepting of my apology... is he planning something?' While Seven sits in a pool of his own worry, Chance and Elliot are chatting happily.
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"God, he's so sweet, I'm glad he finally apologized..." Elliot looks at Chance, who's grinning like he knows something Elliot doesn't. "Why do you look like that?"
"Because you have a crush~" He teases, nudging the flustered man.
"I do not." Elliot huffs, keeping the rose in his lap as he crosses his arms.
"C'mon, man, it's not that bad. Now you have someone to love." Chance makes over-exaggerated duck lips and leans closer. "Mwah mwah, you love himmm~"
Elliot punches him in the arm. "Shut up or I won't heal you next round."
"A small price to pay to see your pretty, freckled face turn red when I make fun of you." Chance whispers to Elliot: "Seven and Elliot, sittin' in a tree... K-I-S-"
Another punch, this time to the gut, as Elliot stands up, his face redder than tomato sauce. "I'm gonna go to my room."
Once Elliot is out of earshot, he finishes the little rhyme weakly. "S-I-N-G..."
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Dispite being on 15HP, Seven felt amazing. Elliot had been healing him all round, just like he was doing now.
"You need to be more careful, I don't have unlimited pizza, you know..."
"I will be. Thanks, Eli." As his health gets back up to a solid 20HP, watching it slowly go up, his vision gets a little better, and he sees a Mass Infection getting fired at Elliot. In a panic, he tackles Elliot to the ground, the attack missing both of them.
But now... Seven was on top of Elliot, Seven's hands on either side of Elliot's head.
"Uh..."
"OH MY GOD THEY'RE MAKING OUT!" Chance yells as he runs away from the killer, firing a shot and missing, the bullet embedding itself in a tree.
Seven pulls away so quickly, Elliot barely even registers it. Although somewhere in the back of his mind, he misses the lack of contact. Elliot violently shakes his head and looks at Seven.
"Let's get back-"
"Yeah-"
Seven helps Elliot up and pulls his hand away once he's steady, both blushing.
Chance trots over and looks at them, gasping slightly, hands on his knees. "Damn... Finally got 1x off me..." He narrows his eyes and stands up. "Did you guys actually kiss??"
"No-!"
"God no!"
Chance just smirks and looks between them. "Whatever." He flips his coin -heads- he salutes them, and wanders away.
"Fuckin' asshole..." Elliot mumbles as Seven turns to him.
"Elliot, you've got some dirt on your face, here, let me..." Seven leans in and swipes his thumb over Elliot's cheek before cupping his face. He pauses and leans just a little closer, enough to where Elliot can feel Seven's breath on his skin.
Elliot, who clearly has more balls than Seven, closes the small distance and hums.
Seven brings his other hand to Elliot's back and pulls him just a little closer, deepening the kiss.
"Sev... stop it..." Elliot breaks the kiss, looking a little shocked at himself.
"Wh- But you kissed me first-!" 7n7 looks a little shocked as well, more flustered than anything.
"Seven, I hear footsteps."
They immediately pull away from each other, just as Shedletsky turns the corner. "Elliot! There you are... Do you mind getting me some pizza?"
"Yeah, I just got off cooldown, lucky you."
"Thanks, man." Shed says as he takes the pizza and looks at them funny. "Are y'all fighting?"
Seven and Elliot look at each other before Elliot smiles sheepishly and Seven says, "Yeeeeees..." It honestly sounded more like a question, but Shedlesky couldn't tell.
"Save the fighting for outside the rounds, we gotta work together for us all to survive. Okay?"
They both nod and step away from each other.
"Does anyone know how much time we have left?"
"F0und Y0-0u~" 1x turns the corner and just as he's about to fire Mass Infaction again, the round ends and they all go back to the lobby.
"Well, there's your answer." Shed says before walking over to where everyone else is already talking.
"Sev... I'm sorry- I didn't, I just..."
"It's okay. I kind of liked it..."
"You did?"
"Hii, good job staying alive, Seven, can we talk?" Chance walks in and grabs 7n7's arm, practically dragging him away from Elliot.
"Be so fucking honest with me right now. Did y'all kiss?"
"Yes..."
Chance's usual smirk splits into a goofy grin. "Fucking finally."
"What?"
"Elliot had been yapping to me about wanting you to apologize so he wouldn't feel as guilty about liking you for ages." Chance smiles and flips his lucky coin. "And it's obvious you've liked him for a while, too. Glad you finally grew a pair."
Seven snorts and rolls his eyes before punching Chance in the shoulder. "Yeah, yeah. I'm gonna go ask him out."
"Haha, nice..." Once Seven had walked away, he grabbed his arm and let out a pained whimper. "Why am I getting punched today??"
When Seven walks back to Elliot, he sees him sitting there and mumbling to himself. "Hey..."
Elliot snaps his head up from where he was looking down at his hands. "What did Chance wanna talk to you about?"
"He was just proud of me for growing a pair. Wanna go out with me?"
"Yeah... WAIT WHAT?" Elliot stands up, looking honest-to-god confused. "Did you just... ask me out?"
"Yeah, Sorry that was weird and uncalled for, nevermind-"
He gets cut off by Elliot pressing his lips against his own. He pulls away for a moment, only to whisper: "Yeah, I'll go out with you." before he kisses Seven again, grabbing his face and smiling. He breaks the kiss again to lean back and see a red-faced and flustered 7n7.
"Ooooooooh~" Chance says playfully before sprinting up the staircase, done with getting punched.
"SHUT UP, CHANCE." They shout in unison before Seven grabs Elliot's hand and yanks him outside, past the curious eyes of the rest of the survivors, and onto the moonlit dock at the beach by the cabin.
As they sit down, Elliot takes off his socks and shoes, dipping his feet into the water. "This is nice..."
"I'm glad you like it." Seven says softly, loving the way the moonlight shines off Elliot's pale skin. "C'mere..." He starts peppering kisses all over Elliot's face.
Elliot laughs and protests before getting Seven to stop. "One sec... close your eyes."
As Seven complies, Elliot leans in, hugs him, then presses his lips against the other man's.
Suddenly, a small chorus of "OOOOOOOOOOHH~"'s erupt from behind them as they both whip around to see everyone pointing and giggling at them.
"They'll never let us live this down, huh?"
"Nope."
The end :3