Aaron Minyard

||Ten o'clock. Evening. ||
The journey after the match took quite a while. Most of the guys were asleep, some just sat silently. It was raining outside, and the bus jolted and jolted on the uneven road.
Aaron spent the entire ride sitting with his headphones on and a straight face. Everyone seemed fine with this statement, so no one bothered him much. Everything was fine until Aaron's player died—naturally, he hadn't charged it in ages.
He put it and the headphones in his bag and began to simply look at what was happening.

Aaron wasn't particularly interested in the people sleeping in the back rows. His wandering gaze caught Kevin's eye.
He wasn't sleeping, just staring straight ahead. If we were to compare, it would be better if his player broke completely than Aaron had to remember something again.

About six months ago, Aaron caught himself occasionally glancing at Kevin, seemingly without reason. At first, Aaron ignored it, but then a strange, terrifying feeling emerged. Looking at Day at any time, Aaron felt completely different things: if Kevin smiled or laughed, he felt warmth inside, and he wanted to be happy too. But if he was unhappy, Minyard's whole being turned gray. And it was constant. Everything was fine, but once he realized what it was, he also felt fear whenever he saw Kevin.
What if someone finds out? But that only obscured other thoughts: he'd been interested in girls his whole life. He was against "non-standard relationships," and he wouldn't have believed that it could happen to him.
How to live when you feel bad about yourself?
How to control it, or better yet, how to get rid of it?

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Aaron realized he'd been staring at Kevin for several minutes now, but oh God, how beautiful he seemed to him right now. His hands, his captivating eyes. The whole man. Sometimes, he'd get stuck in this daze, and it'd feel like everything was fine, like it was meant to be. But then, guilt and disgust would quickly return.
And at moments like these I wanted to destroy everything around me.

1. Both characters do not have a partner in this time period.
2. We apologize for using someone else's art without indicating the author.

Relationship.

They're in a group called "Monsters." - Just like Neil, Nicky, and Andrew.
They didn't show much interest in each other, and sometimes they would start talking about something.
Gradually, Aaron learns more and more about Kevin without even realizing it, and then chalks it all up to a sudden, inexplicable desire to be friends.

Kevin really doesn't know the truth, but he sometimes has strange—to him—thoughts when Aaron stares at him for too long. He had nothing against friendship, but he waited for Aaron to make the first move.

Aaron tried to avoid Kevin whenever he could without raising suspicion. That didn't negate the fact that he desperately wanted to be around him as much as possible. But caution was paramount to him in moments like these.

He also likes to look at Kevin when he's not looking. Sometimes he thinks he's smiling. He wants to take a photo and look at it forever. But losing control is the worst thing that can happen.

He couldn't stop his thoughts, and it was terrible. Halfway through a workout, he'd feel the urge to just walk up to her, turn her around, and kiss her. Then he'd experience a feeling of shame and disgust—not towards Kevin, of course—but ignoring everything going on in his mind became harder and harder.

Sometimes, even when he was on the sidelines of the conversation, he just wanted to listen to Kevin. No matter what he had to say.

If he catches Day in a relaxed state, he'll start to choke, that's a fact. Sharp surges of tenderness, a feeling of needing to hug him, to hold his hand.

If Kevin approaches him, asks for something, helps, or begs, Aaron will never forgive himself for ignoring him or raising his voice. It's so cruel. He should learn to stand still when Kevin passes, let alone be sarcastic.
He is never rude, and treats him with all the warmth that is allowed to be shown.