The faint sound of excited giggles and yelps sounded all throughout the house. Panda could hear them from his room, and he couldn't help but feel a twinge of both jealousy and guilt in his stomach.

"Ice, stop! Ahhh, quit it!" It was Grizz, who rumbled happily with his trademark laughter. Panda knew exactly what was going on- Ice had started nuzzling and kissing Grizz's neck, it was the only thing that could make him squeal like that. Panda looked down from where he sat at his desk, the glow of his laptop illuminating his face. He had been taking online quizzes and adding friends and, as usual, shutting himself off from his bros…

He hated to admit it, but he was jealous. In the back of his mind, he knew it was silly to be jealous of the relationship of two people he'd known his whole life. Not only that, but he knew they loved him, too. It was just so hard, seeing the two people he loved most interacting with such ease when he had so much trouble and anxiety with it. Ever since they had started to realize that they had… these kinds of feelings for each other, everything had become a lot more complicated. For Panda, at least.

Swallowing the knot that had formed in his throat, Panda stood from his chair and crept into the hallway, following the laughter and growing sound of breathy moans. There was a soft light flooding through the crack in Ice's door. This was their usual 'spot' as they rarely ever hung out in Grizz's room anyway. He was kind of… messy and it never really smelled the best in there. As Panda pressed his hand up to the door, he couldn't help but hear the desperate pants coming not only from Grizz, but now Ice, too. He sighed softly to himself as he tried to push the feelings of inadequacy from his mind. There was nothing to be nervous about, no threat of rejection. It wasn't as if his bros hadn't tried to reassure him…

"Panda," Grizz had said, doing his best to look serious. He managed it in the face but his voice was sort of naturally comical and sweet. "We're worried about you… You never wanna hang out with us anymore and... It sucks, dude!"

"Ice Bear agrees," Ice, who looked serious anyway, had done his best to look sincere. Panda couldn't help but smile softly. He still called himself Ice Bear. He still honest to goodness referred to himself by the nicknames they had come up with for each other as children. Maybe that was the reason they had all seemed to stick…

Panda breathed, deep and slow through his nose, and pushed open the door. Just as he suspected, Ice had Grizz pinned down on his bed, kissing and nipping at his sensitive neck, big hands snaked up Grizz's shirt and resting on his chest. Panda smiled shyly at them and moved toward the bed to sit down beside them. Grizz smiled widely, moving his shirt back down to cover his hairy tummy.

"PanPan!" He called, sitting up and grabbing at one of his hands. "I thought you'd never get off that thing and come hang with us!" He grinned and squeezed Panda's hand to let the other know for sure he was just teasing. Panda felt two strong arms wrap around his torso and a shiver ran up his spine as Ice pressed his lips to the soft flesh of his neck.

"Ice Bear is glad you came."