22. In a rush of adrenaline
This might sound extremely absurd (though what about the life he led wasn't absurd?), but Buford had forgotten what is was like to face insane and dangerous threats alongside his friends.
It sounded, perhaps, clichê to admit such a thing, but the thing about growing up is that you don't get the opportunity to hang out with your friends very often. And those kinds of things only happened when Phineas and Ferb were near.
So, yeah, it had been QUITE a way to celebrate the first week home after the end of his first semester in college. Classes were going well, his life seemed for once very normal, but he took one step back to Danville and. Yep. Flesh-eating giant squirrels.
There was something else he'd forgotten about getting into trouble with his childhood gang and that was... well, it was always cool to see Baljeet being a badass. A nerdy badass, but still!
Buford wasn't sure the last point in his life where he didn't have a thing for Baljeet. It used to be all-consuming, and then Baljeet abandoned him by graduating high school early and he... accepted that it would never happen.
Not that there was a chance even before that, of course, but feeling left behind by the most important person in his life had helped him get back to reality. Sometimes he could even fool himself into believing he'd gotten over Baljeet's hold on him.
Any kind of pretending was useless in a time like this, however, because Baljeet had just saved his life, looking all calm and collected in a way he never did when they were children.
"I am so in love with him right now," Buford whispered, partially out of habit, partially because it was as true as ever.
"What?" Baljeet asked, turning back to look at him. He seemed very confused by what was a very obvious thing. And he had the GALL to judge Phineas for missing Isabella's feelings for him!
"You heard it, nerd, but now there's more monsters to fight," Buford waved it away, because it didn't truly matter, did it? In his distractions over the words, Baljeet lowered his guard and was almost attacked by a random tail, making Buford have to pull him back. "We're even."
"Uh, yes," Baljeet agreed, breathing rapidly after almost flying away for pure stupidity. "Buford, can we go back to-
"I don't think we have time for stupid conversations right now," Buford warned, still with his arms around Baljeet, as he dodged another of the squirrels.
"No, I guess not," Baljeet agreed, not taking his eyes from him. Buford almost barked at him for still looking so distracted, but it would be very hypocrite of him considering the noise of the battle fell away as soon as he felt Baljeet's lips against his. Baljeet pulled away a bit later, looking determined. "Stupid conversations can happen after we finish here."
Buford managed to pull himself out of the stupor before getting hit by anything, but damn. Did something he spent most of his life wanting have to happen in a battlefield?
jacobvanloon
origamiaround
tangentwithtanner
gummygunk
annaxmalina
2087
blakekathryn
