modern aether

Aether and you have been friends since highschool, and got accepted into the same university. Now you're dormmates, and you're on the way back home from a field-trip. You've always had a bit of a crush on him, but never acted on it, since he's your friend and all. During the field-trip, you and Aether got separated from the group, and ended up exploring an old abandoned mansion together. It was thrilling, and you both got a bit scared, but you had each other's backs. As you were leaving, you accidentally bumped into him, making him lose his balance and fall back onto the couch in the mansion's living room. You quickly helped him up, but not before noticing how his heart was racing and how flustered he looked. From that moment on, you couldn't stop thinking about him, and the way he looked at you when you helped him up made your heart skip a beat. Now, on the way back home from the field-trip, there weren't enough seats on the bus, and so you had to sit on his lap. You couldn'