#Luigi seems like such a chill guy from the little I know about him

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Today's daily male is Luigi from Super Mario Bros.!

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Important Gift

MERRY XMAS!

This fic doesn't relate to the Xmas Eve fic. I actually had the idea for this one first, they just happened to end up being in the same location. So I guess you can view this happening the same night as the Xmas Eve fic if you'd like to.

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Bowser usually made a point not to leave his castle in the winter months, he’d forgotten why until now. Away from the lava flows all throughout his kingdom, it was freezing. Up high in the atmosphere aboard his airship, it was even worse. The cold felt almost like a malevolent presence sapping his strength. He was tempted to produce fire to warm himself both inside and out but he’d accidentally burned down airships in the past with only a little bit of fire; he didn’t dare risk embarrassing himself like that during his first official trip to Peach’s Castle as an ally.

Thus it was a huge relief when they finally reached the castle and descended to land in its courtyard. It was still quite cold though and the snow crunched rather horribly beneath his feet when he stepped out onto it after descending the boarding plank. The airship crew – all shy guys because piloting the airships was their forte – seemed rather fascinated by it though, waddling around in it and even bending over to touch it.

Leaving them to it, Bowser turned and started for the castle entrance, resisting the urge to pull his arms in and hug himself for warmth. At least he’d chosen to wear a suit which proved as a small barrier against the cold. Next year though he was going to host an Xmas party and then everyone could come his castle and enjoy the warmth. He’d even deck it out in pretty Xmas lights the way Peach’s Castle was.

Peach met him at the entrance, letting him in with a smile. She’d been the first person to accept and believe Luigi’s promises that he’d changed. “Merry Xmas, I’m glad you came, I wasn’t sure if you would accept my invite.”

“Merry Xmas,” he replied with a grunt, trying to hide his relief over how much warmer it was in here compared to outside. It still wasn’t nearly as warm as he’d like but given a little time for the chill to leave his bones, it’d be bearable.

“Now before you go mingle, no arguing with Mario, okay? This is supposed to be a pleasant evening for everyone.”

Now that was just unfair, it was Mario who started their arguments every time he tried to suggest that Bowser was using and lying to Luigi for some kind of nonsensical evil scheme. But… whatever. “Yeah okay, I’ll be good,” he said before splitting off towards the fireplace. He didn’t want to reveal that his weakness was being too cold but at the same time he needed its warmth to drive out the last of the cold dragging him down like a ball and chain.

As he made his way through the milling party goers made up of mostly Toads, his presence unsurprisingly caused a stir but no overt protest. The whole Mushroom Kingdom had to know about him and Luigi by now and seemingly, like Peach, it didn’t bother them as much as one would think, most of them seemed to be willing to blindly trust Luigi’s judgment that Bowser was better now. Gosh, it’d be so easy to exploit that trust for potentially massive gain but… he didn’t want to. It probably hadn’t been Luigi’s intent when he’d gone to Bowser to convince him to make peace with the Mushroom Kingdom but a lot of his kindness had rubbed off onto Bowser. He was far too cute, trusting, and kind for Bowser to ever desire to cause him any kind of harm. Though annoying at first, it actually felt quite nice now that he was used to it.

He hadn’t been standing by the fire for more than a few minutes before Luigi found him. Instead of his usual outfit, Luigi wore an endearingly ugly green Xmas sweater with a green Santa Hat to match. It was kind of tacky but in a cute way. He greeted Bowser with a warm smile as he came up to stand beside him.

“I’m surprised you came,” he said after Bowser had returned his wordless greeting.

“Why wouldn’t I have come?”

Luigi shrugged. “I don’t know just… didn’t think Xmas parties would be your thing. You look nice though.”

“Thanks.” Suits – and just clothing in general but especially nice clothing – were a bit of a pain for him to put on but the effect was almost always worth it. As far as he could tell, Luigi always seemed to like it when he dressed up too which was a large part of why he’d chosen to do so tonight. “You look good too, very cute.” Though he was always cute as far as Bowser was concerned.

Luigi blushed a little but didn’t look away. “Thanks.”

They chatted for a bit, catching up on things while full feeling finally returned to Bowser’s extremities. Mario eventually came by but thankfully he was mostly cordial, only underhandly implying he didn’t trust Bowser a few times. It was a struggle but Bowser pretended to not pick up on those implications, tonight was too important for him to have another spat with Mario.

Soon after that Bowser and Luigi ended up at the drink table. There was no hard liqueur, just mildly spiked punch but to be honest Bowser preferred sweet drinks anyway even if everyone he’d ever told was surprised by that. There was food on the other end of the table too but he was a bit to nervous to eat anything yet.

The little gift box in his pocket seemed to grow heavier with every passing hour. He needed to just take it out and give it to Luigi already. Kamek had advised him not to, saying that this was moving too fast and that doing it here when so many witnesses were around wasn’t a good idea in general. But that had only hardened Bowser’s resolve because he did what he wanted when he wanted. Besides, while Kamek’s counsel was good for a lot of things, he was single so taking his advice on romance related things would be stupid.

So, before he could chicken out…. “I got a gift for you,” Bowser said during the next opportunity. “I know we already exchanged gifts the other day,” they’d done so because due to their sort of long-distance nature of their relationship as well as needing to spend time with their separate families, they wouldn’t be spending Xmas together in person, “but this is special.” He pulled out the little box and handed it to Luigi. “I’d like it if you opened it now.”

“Uh… okay, thanks.” Luigi gave it an almost nervous look before grabbing one end of the neatly done bow and giving it a pull, allowing him to lift the lid and pull out the little ring box. He froze at the sight of it. He didn’t look scared though, just very surprised.

After some hesitation but without need of further prompting, he opened that too, letting out a small gasp at the sight of the ring inside. Finding a jeweler capable of making a ring sized to fit a human had been hard but well worth it. Bowser of course had spared no expense, ordering the fanciest everything possible, only the best would do for his hopefully soon to be fiancé.

Luigi’s eyes lifted to look back up at Bowser. “Are you uh… um…”

“Asking you to marry me?” Bowser finished for him with a grin. “Yes, I am. So, will you?”

“Well I uh… I don’t know what to say. I uh… um…”

People were taking notice of them, they’d obviously overheard. Mostly Bowser didn’t care. Asking Luigi this here and now was both supposed to be special because it was Xmas Eve but it was also a bit of a power move towards the people who disapproved of their relationship – mostly Mario but Toadsworth too and probably others as well – all of whom should be here. But if Luigi said ‘no’…

“Yes,” Luigi finally answered, nodding and blushing quite hard. “Yes, I’ll… marry you. Now uh… if you’ll excuse me…” He turned and fled.

The folks who’d gathered nearby turned and murmured something amongst themselves in excited whispers. The news of Bowser’s proposal and Luigi’s ‘yes’ to it would be known by everyone in this room in a matter of minutes, at most half an hour before everyone in the castle knew. Which was good; Luigi was officially engaged to be Bowser’s now and he wanted everyone to know it. So, letting his pride swell his chest out, Bowser went after his shy and flustered fiancé, not rushing for he wanted to give Luigi some time to collect himself but he also wanted to be with him when Mario tried to confront him about their newfound engagement.

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June 04, 2019: Friends at the lake

(previous play)

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Tuesday, 4:37 pm

Matteo: *arrives at the lake on his bike together with David* *in the basket in the back he has a blanket and two jackets, in case it gets cooler later* *hears Abdi shouting when he sees him: "Luigi, we agreed on 4 o’clock! What is wrong with you?"* *laughs slightly and shrugs as he gets off his bike* *sees that everyone is actually already here* Had things to do... *shrugs one shoulder* *sees how Abdi grins and shakes his head and hears Carlos says: "And these things don’t have a name beginning with D?"* *laughs and shakes his head vehemently as he drops his bike on the grass* Never! *Abdi points to Hanna and Jonas, who are lying one blanket away and kiss: "They got back together yesterday and were on time!"* *rolls his eyes* You know it doesn't have the slightest effect on me if you call me out for it every time, right? I'm not going to be on time. *grabs the blanket that fell out of the bike’s basket and spreads it out next to the others' blankets*

David: *comes with Matteo to the lake and it is a little bit uncomfortable that they are late again - but together with Matteo he just forgot the time and could not get up earlier either* *but then realizes that Matteo knows how to deal with the complaints of Carlos and Abdi and grins slightly* *also gets off his bike and greets everyone as he puts his bike next to Matteo's* *then hears Abdi talking to him as Matteo spreads the blanket: "Hey, David, Brudi, can't you have some good influence there?"* *shrugs and grins slightly* I can try, but I can't promise anything... maybe his influence is rubbing off on me too... *plops down on the blanket* *then sees Kiki and Sam coming towards him from the lake and hears Kiki: "Oh, look - the gentlemen Florenzi and Schreibner have finally joined us..."* *hears her getting interrupted by Sam: "Wow, guys, the water is already totally warm! We're definitely gonna have to inaugurate lake season!"* *raises his hand to greet Kiki and Sam and looks up at Matteo, who's still standing* *smiles and pats his hand on the place next to him*

Matteo: *shakes his head laughing at Abdi's words to David* I'm difficult to train... *then grins broadly at David's answer* Exactly! *shakes his head again when Kiki joins in* Maybe you can write us a plan, Mrs. Machwitz. *then plops himself next to David on the blanket and leans his head immediately against his shoulder* *shakes his head at Sam's words* I'm doing just fine right here. *sees Sam shaking his head: "Whoa, Matteo, swimming is not exhausting. The water does the work for you."*

David: *immediately puts his arm around Matteo's shoulder as he leans his head against him and smiles slightly* *nods when Matteo says he's lying here quite comfortably and mumbles* I agree... *then sees Amira planting herself on the blanket next to them and saying to Sam, "Yo, chill out - you got the whole night to go into the lake," and then looking at him and Matteo: "Hey!"* *grins and greets her* *sees her grinning as well and hears her sighing: "Guys, we've finished school! How cool is that!? I still can't really believe it!"* *laughs softly and says* I haven't really realized it yet... probably will take me a few more days to realize! No more school! *stretches out his legs and faces the sun* *sees Amira smiling: "Exactly! Now go enjoy the summer before the serious stuff starts."* *hears her laughing and joins in* *sees how the others now also sit down on the blankets and Hanna and Jonas stop making out and turn towards them* *sees Jonas grinning at Matteo and him: "Oh, you’re here, too?!"* *grins again* Yeah, for quite a while! Congratulations on the reunion, by the way.* *sees Jonas and Hanna smiling and hears Hanna murmuring a quiet "thank you"*

Matteo: *grins at Amira and nods* Yeah... thanks again... without you I would have never made it in bio! *sees how she smiles and dismisses him* *laughs and shakes his head* No, the seriousness can stay where it is. *laughs at Jonas’ greeting* *was about to say exactly the same thing as David* Yeah, congratulations, it was about time! *sees them both grinning and then looking at each other happily* *is really happy for them* *is happy that he really is only happy and no longer has this subliminal jealousy* *looks up at David and thinks that he's hit the jackpot anyway* *then sees Amira getting angsty and says "I want to move... anybody wants to play badminton?"*

David: *notices that Matteo looks up to him and gives him a quick but tender kiss on the forehead and briefly runs a hand through his hair* *then hears Amira and looks at her expectantly: "Did you bring any rackets?!"* *sees her grinning and nodding and takes his arm off Matteo's shoulder* I'd like to... *looks briefly at Matteo, because on the one hand he would also have liked to continue sitting with him, but on the other hand he really has an urge to move* *sees Amira getting up and hears her say, "Yeah, perfect, I'll get the rackets!"* *leans over to Matteo again and kisses him on the mouth* See you later. *grins and then gets up* *jogs after Amira and takes one of the rackets* *hears Carlos shouting "Hey, I wouldn't do that, Amira. If David is as good at badminton as he is at ping-pong, you don't stand a chance against him!"* *looks at Carlos, grins and shrugs* Maybe you are just that bad... have you ever played ping-pong against Amira? Maybe she'd win there too ... *hears Amira laughing: "Yeah, right! "For sure."* *also laughs softly and moves away from Amira* *waits for her serve and sees out of the corner of his eyes that some of his friends have turned to watch their game*

Matteo: *shakes his head when David asks Amira if she brought rackets* *already suspects what is about to happen, namely that he will lose his extremely comfortable pillow* *pulls a face when David looks at him* *but then gets kissed and is reconciled a little bit and lets him go* *rolls over on his stomach so he can watch them* *laughs out loud at David's answer to Carlos* That's how it is! *sees relatively quickly that David is very superior to Amira* *also sees that he makes it as easy as possible for her but also that in the beginning she still hardly gets a ball* *hears Carlos laughing and yelling, "Come on, Amira, make an effort and take him down!"* *just laughs and shakes his head* I'm sorry, Amira, but you really don't have what it takes... *sees Amira glaring at him and shrugs his shoulders laughingly* You can't be the best at everything...

David: *notices quite fast that Amira can't play very well and therefore tries to play easy balls, because he thinks it's cool that she still wants to play* *hears the remarks of the others and is a bit afraid that Amira will lose interest if they continue like this* *is then relieved when Amira while picking up the ball again just responds: "Hey, David had advanced PE. You'd probably all lose against him too!"* *smiles at her and waits for her serve* *shrugs and says* It's not always about winning or losing... *sees her nodding and then serving him a pretty bad serve* *has to struggle to get it, but is happy that Amira gets his ball as well and they actually manage to play the ball back and forth a few times*

Matteo: *applauds as they play the ball a few times back and forth* *then sees Carlos rolling up beside him, also on his stomach, and offering him a pack of cookies* *immediately takes one* Thanks! *hears him say: "You’re welcome. So tell me, how turned on are you by watching him do sports? It looks pretty hot, huh? *rolls his eyes* Dude, it's getting a little creepy how much this interests you... Do you have something to tell me? *Carlos looks at him all surprised and says, "What?"* *laughs slightly* Well, that you’re into David, for example? *hears everyone cheering and looks quickly to see that Amira has played a good ball* *applauds again*

David: *doesn't notice much of what the others are doing but concentrates on their game and is happy that Amira seems to be getting the hang of it* *then actually doesn’t get a pass from her and has to laugh when he hears all the applause* *grins to Amira* You’re getting there... *sees her tilting her head back and forth and then hears her laughing: "You know I can tell you're not trying very hard, right?"* *looks at her indignantly, but then laughs* But even if I put more effort into it I'd still have a lot of trouble getting the last ball... *looks briefly at the blankets and sees that Carlos has laid down next to Matteo* *smiles at Matteo as their eyes meet* *then bends down to pick up the ball and looks at Amira to see if she is ready before he passes the ball to her* *at some point hears Kiki, who has approached them, saying: "Don't you have two more rackets, so that we can play a double? I feel like moving a bit…”*

Matteo: *hears Carlos laughing as he asks, "So what, you got nothing to worry about, Brudi."* *nudges him lightly in the side* I know... *then looks back at David and Amira* *sees how David looks over and smiles back automatically* *hears Carlos laughing again: "Absolutely nothing to worry about. What does he see in you again?"* *this time he elbows him in the side a little harder* Shut up. *then hears Kiki's suggestion and grins at Carlos* I bet you're about to be asked to join, get ready... *sees Amira running to her bag and grabbing two more rackets, and Kiki turning towards the blanket, "Well, who else is up for it?"* *skillfully looks somewhere else*

David: *looks excitedly to the others at Kiki's question and grins slightly as Matteo looks somewhere else* *then Kiki hears again: "Oh come on guys! Carlos!"* *has to grin when he sees Carlos pulling a face and shaking his head* *then watches Jonas getting up and hears him say: "I'll join in - I don't want our Carlito here to overexert himself!"* *sees how Kiki looks at Jonas gratefully and at Carlos punishing, and he hears Carlos shouting: "Hey babe, I'll play a solo with you later! I promise!"* *slightly grins again and sees Jonas accepting the racket and asking: "Boys against girls or mixed doubles?"* *shrugs and suggests* Mixed doubles? *has no idea how good Kiki and Jonas are and how it would be the most fairly distributed* *sees Kiki joining him on his side and calling to Jonas and Amira: "We can always switch later..."* *then waits for Amira to serve*

Matteo: *observes the team distribution and is very glad that he was spared of joining* *takes another cookie and grins at Carlos* Now we can cheer for the same team! *then sees Kiki playing back Amira's serve and Jonas playing a hard ball which David catches but Jonas then can't reach* *hears Carlos yelling "Well done babe" and smiles* Yeah, doing great, babe! *sees David's horrified look and just laughs*

David: *thinks Kiki's first hit is not so bad and is happy that they switched to doubles* *then grins when Jonas can't get his ball back, and at Carlos’ yelling* *but then hears Matteo yelling as well and can't help but look at him in horror for a moment* *but then he has to laugh and exchanges a glance with Kiki, who also grins slightly* *shakes his head and says slightly embarrassed* Usually we are not the type for pet names... *Kiki hears laughing: "Yeah, no, of course!"* *then hears Jonas: "Hey, guys, stop chatting and concentrate on the game! It continues!"* *actually concentrates again and plays for quite a while* *even if Kiki and he are a little bit superior to Jonas and Amira, the game is a little more balanced in doubles than in singles* *hears Amira saying at some point: "Well... enough sports for today! I am exhausted! Does anyone else want to?!"* *stops with the racket in her hand and looks around* *hears Kiki saying: "They are all too lazy... and I think I feel more like a swim now!" and Jonas: "Cool, swimming! I'm joining! - Hey Hanna? Let’s go swimming?"* *realises that badminton is over, and gives the racket back to Amira* *goes back to the blankets and in the meantime sees that most of the friends are actually getting ready to go swimming* *drops down between Carlos and Matteo and grins slightly when he hears both of them groaning slightly* *hears Carlos: "Well, I think I won't be able to avoid swimming, since I already chickened out of badminton. What about you guys?"* *shakes his head and says* Not now. I need a break.

Matteo: *sees how the badminton group is dissolving and is already looking forward to getting David back* *hears that the next plan is swimming and immediately thinks that he and David are probably not joining* *hopes David won't mind too much* *groans as David lets himself fall between them* *also shakes his head* No, no, I'll stay here. *sees Carlos grinning and nodding: "Of course... you just want some privacy!"* *shrugs one shoulder* Maybe... *then sees everyone running towards the lake* *hears Jonas shouting at them: "You watch over our stuff, right?"* *just shows him a thumbs up and sees him joining the others* *turns on his side and looks at David* *tries to see if he's okay* *then asks quietly* All good?

David: *hears that Matteo doesn't want to go swimming either and is happy to spend some time alone with him, but doesn't want him to give up swimming because of him* *also turns to the side as everyone disappears towards the lake and is now a few centimetres away from Matteo, facing him* *smiles slightly when being asked if everything is alright and nods* All good! *then examines him and says quietly* You really don't have to give up swimming because of me... Surely you want to go in the water too...

Matteo: *shakes his head and frowns* Uh-uh! *puts his arm around David’s waist* I'm lazy... I'd rather lay here with you... *looks at him and smiles* It’s pretty relaxed, isn't it? I mean, without Carlos' stupid comments...

David: *has to smile slightly at Matteo's Uh-uh and automatically moves a little closer to him as he puts his arm around his hip* *grins at Matteo’s mention that he's lazy and nods knowingly* *then laughs softly* Yeah... pretty relaxed... *smiles and raises his hand to stroke his cheek* *just looks at him and realizes that he still has heart palpitations when they look at each other like that* *bends over a little at some point and kisses him briefly* *then mumbles* But you're not giving up swimming this whole summer because of me, are you?

Matteo: *smiles into the kiss* *wants to kiss him again immediately* *but lets it be when he hears him* *shakes its head* No, but I am really lazy... and going in the water with Abdi and Carlos is really exhausting... *grins slightly and brushes a strand of hair from his forehead* Besides, I always prefer to be where you are... *smilingly shrugs one shoulder and gives him a kiss*

David: *grins slightly when he says that it is exhausting to be in the water with Carlos and Abdi and nods with raised eyebrows* *then stops grinning and smiles as he strokes a strand of hair from his forehead and smiles even more at his next words* *mumbles another* Ditto... *before he is kissed* *kisses him a little longer this time and meanwhile wraps his arm around him and pulls him closer* *nudges his nose against Matteo's as they release the kiss and looks at him with a smile* *hears the others raving and shouting in the water and says softly to Matteo* A little bit of peace and being alone with you is actually not that bad... *then sighs briefly and shifts a little bit away from him again to be able to look at him better* *seems thoughtful for a moment as he realizes that this could actually be the first summer in years where he might miss swimming if they meet more often at the lake now* *consoles himself with the thought that his mastectomy will be done by the next summer and hopefully he will be able to go into the water without any problems or dysphoria*

Matteo: *smiles slightly at David's "Ditto"* *then enjoys the kiss and is only too happy to be drawn closer* *grumbles slightly as David releases the kiss* *but nods with a smile at his words* I think so, too... *then looks a little worried as he sighs* *tilts his head slightly when David becomes thoughtful* *waits if he says something and nudges him slightly when he doesn't* Hey... what's going on? Is it because of the swimming? *thinks for a moment how he can help him* *what he could say or suggest* We could go swimming sometime... maybe in the evening... when nobody is around anymore?

David: *is torn out of his thoughts when Matteo nudges him* *feels a little bit caught, but then smiles a bit, because Matteo knows what it is all about* *shrugs slightly at his question and considers how he can best explain to Matteo what is going on inside him* *then smiles again at his proposal and thinks about it* *sighs a second time and then says* I never really missed swimming... because the possibility did not offer itself to me... so when people I knew went to the lake, I never even went, because it wasn't so important to me... *chews briefly on his lower lip and continues* ... but now... just now for the first time since I was little I really felt like going into the water again... it was a strange feeling... *shakes his head and says* Next year it will be easier... when I have the mastectomy behind me... and until then... *is struggling with himself but then says* Yeah, maybe we can actually go sometime in the evening... *knows that this will be hard for him to overcome, but just the idea of being in the water with Matteo, touching him in the water, splashing around and swimming with him is probably worth every effort* *then looks at him again and says seriously* And I really don't want you to give anything up because of me, okay? So if you want to go swimming with your friends, then please do so! Next year I'll be joining during the daytime too...

Matteo: *listens to him very carefully* *was just about to say that they don't have to go to the lake, but lets him finish first* *nods slightly when he says that it will be easier next year* *sighs slightly and then searches for words* *looks at him lovingly and then starts talking* You know, it's no big sacrifice on my part, okay? And you don't have to feel guilty or anything... I really do what I want to do... and that's to be where you are. It's easy. *gently runs his hand, which is resting on David's back with his arm over his hip, up and down* And if you want to go swimming, we can do that... in the evening, with a t-shirt... or we can find something to bind, which you can also wear in the water.... *keeps caressing his back and looks at him lovingly* But if it's all too much or you feel uncomfortable, we'll continue with footbaths and do it all next year, ok?

David: *looks at him a bit skeptical at first when Matteo says that this is not a big sacrifice for him, but then sees his loving look and hears his words and knows in that moment that he means it exactly that way* *feels a little lump in his throat and is slightly overwhelmed at first when Matteo says that he wants to be where he is* *is quite touched and asks himself what he did to deserve Matteo* *thinks that he has never known anyone who has shown so much consideration for him without having the feeling of putting themselves behind* *swallows the lump, smiles and nods* *says quietly and with a slightly husky voice* Okay... *puts his hand back to Matteo's cheek and looks at him lovingly* Thank you... for being the way you are... *listens to him further and laughs softly when he mentions the footbaths* At 33 degrees footbaths don't really do anything... you know that... *then sighs again and decides* No, let's do that... going swimming in the evening... the two of us... alone. *grins slightly and brushes the hair out of his forehead*

Matteo: *notices that David has to swallow* *smiles slightly at his okay* *shakes his head slightly and then tilts it* I practiced for a long time... *then grins slightly* Well, they have helped a little bit.... *then nods* Okay, let's do it. *then leans slightly against his hand and bends over to give him a short kiss* *then says very quietly with a mischievous smile* You're sure going to look hot in the water....

David: *has to think about their first footbath briefly and that the 33 degrees have at least ensured that he can now show himself to Matteo on hot nights and during sex without the binder which is already a relief* *would probably wear a shirt while swimming in the lake, because you never know who is there at night* *smiles when Matteo gives him a kiss and grumbles in protest when he breaks it* *then turns a little red at his words and laughs embarrassed* Well, I don't know... *looks at him and gently strokes his hand over the shirt on his chest* *mumbles* You, on the other hand... *smiles slightly and shrugs* *says a little uncertainty* We could take a shower together... just for practice... in case we should have the flat to ourselves sometime in this life... *laughs quietly, because the probability is quite low - at least in the flatshare*

Matteo: *laughs slightly when David says that he would look rather hot* *is not very good with compliments yet and laughs it off a little* Sure, I always look hot... *then wiggles his eyebrows a little bit when David suggests showering* I'd love to... *then laughs* So never.... *bends down again to kiss him* *deepens the kiss relatively quickly and draws him closer*

David: *smiles slightly when Matteo laughs about the compliment and nods in agreement* Sure... *actually finds him hot, but mostly just beautiful* *laughs with Matto when he says that the showering will never happen and shrugs* *then wiggles his eyebrows slightly and tilts his head* Or... when Laura is at work... *grins again and is then kissed* *sighs softly into the kiss and lets himself be pulled closer* *then gently pushes Matteo on his back so that he can lie more comfortably as he deepens the kiss and bends over him* *runs his hand through his hair and continues kissing him* *enjoys the closeness and has heart palpitations at the thought of how much Matteo means to him and how lucky he is to have him at his side* *then suddenly he hears Jonas' voice: "Well - enough togetherness for you! The pack returns to the shore!"* *grumbles quietly and slowly releases the kiss* *then gets splashed with water and hears Sam laughing: "A little refreshment for you?!* *turns his head with a grin and sees that she has shaken her hair out over them* *puts his head on Matteo's shoulder and makes himself comfortable* *now also sees Kiki and hears her say: "The water is wonderful! Next time you have to come in with us!"* *only nods slightly and doesn't say anything - he doesn't have to either, because now all the others join in and talk at once* *puts his arm around Matteo - is not yet ready to really let go of him*

Matteo: *wraps one arm around David's neck and puts the other hand on his cheek after he laid down on him* *moves his hips a little, just to have a little more contact with him* *grumbles immediately when he hears a voice that does not fit into this picture* *looks accusingly at both Sam and Jonas* *wraps his arm around David when he lies on his shoulder* *just nods when Kiki says they should come next time* *wonders why neither of them is smart enough to think that this is not possible for David yet* *then sees Hanna appearing in his field of vision and how she puts her arms around Jonas' stomach from behind* *hears her whisper and sees both of them move back to their blanket* *then sees Carlos and Abdi showing up and hears Abdi say: "Hey you two slackers, we want to play Flunkyball, are you in?*

David: *looks up at Abdi and Carlos as they appear in front of them and frowns at their question* *has heard of Flunkyball before and knows that it has something to do with beer, but has never played it himself* *shrugs his shoulders slightly and looks back and forth between the two boys and Matteo* If someone explains the rules to me... I've never played this before! *hears Carlos laugh, "Dude, how have you never played this before?!"* *and Abdi: "Oh man, then it's about time! Let's go."* *grumbles slightly because he has to get away from Matteo, but straightens up while Carlos says: "I'll get beer and a ball" and Abdi explains: "It's very easy - it's almost self-explanatory!* *laughs a bit insecurely, because he still doesn't know how the game actually works and says* O-kay...

Matteo: *gets up together with David* *explains the game briefly to David and ends with* ....it is actually just drinking lots of beer very fast.... *then looks at him slightly worried* Do you really want to play? *hears Abdi laughing: "Why shouldn't he? It's about drinking beer, who doesn't like that?"* *ignores Abdi and continues to look at David* You really don't have to....

David: *nods gratefully as Matteo explains the rules to him and then takes a look at the clock to see that it is now just before seven* *then sees Matteo's worried look, smiles slightly and shrugs his shoulders* *ignores Abdi as well and gives Matteo a short kiss, because he thinks it's sweet that he is worried* *then says to Abdi and Matteo* I'll play along for a beer or two... it's still early... I don't want to be drunk at eight already... *hears Abdi laughing: "Well, you are hardly drunk from one or two beers at eight..."* *looks at Matteo again and says quieter* It's all right, don't worry! *knows his limits and does not intend to get drunk so early* *then stands up and extends his hand to Matteo to help him up* *then hears Carlos calling: "Ey, Brudis! Everything is set up! Are you coming!?"*

Matteo: *nods slowly as David says he will join in* *says softly* Okay... but if it gets too much, you'll let me know, right? *then gets up when Carlos calls and goes over there with David* *sees Carlos laughing and pointing at David: "You're on my team... no couples teams at Flunkyball!* *laughs slightly and shakes his head* *goes with Abdi to one side and grabs the ball* *sees how the rest of the group turns to watch them* Okay, here we go, ready? *sees everyone nodding and throws the ball* *hits bottles and grabs his beer at the same time as Abdi to drink while the others are setting the bottles back up* *hears Carlos shout "Done!" and puts down his only half full beer* *gets ready to run when he sees that David will throw next* *starts running just as the ball just leaves his hands* *sets up the bottles again together with Abdi as fast as they can and hears Abdi yelling "Done!”* *hears Carlos asking David as he goes back, "That's all you drank? Didn't anyone ever teach you to drink properly?"* *gets slightly angry and turns around when they get back on their side* *waits for David's answer before he decides if he's going to throw anything at Carlos' head*

David: *grins slightly when Carlos says that there are no couples teams and joins him* *then helps Carlos setting up the bottles and wonders how this can work quickly when you are drunk, but then thinks that this is probably the challenge of the game* *then throws the ball himself and hits several bottles* *grabs his beer, drinks and puts it down again when Abdi calls "Done"* *looks at his and Carlos' beer at Carlos' words to him and realizes that Carlos actually drank almost twice as much as him.* *grins slightly insecure and shrugs his shoulders* Hey... first game! I'm still practicing... *then hears Carlos again: "Hey, we have to play this more often... then the booze will run by itself at some point..."* *grins again and then watches how Abdi throws the ball* *gets immediately ready to run and sets up the bottles again with Carlos* *is a little bit faster this time setting the bottles back up and then shouts loudly: "Done!"*

Matteo: *raises his eyebrows, when David says he is still practicing* *is about to say something, when Abdi throws the ball* *curses quietly and then grabs his bottle* *the bottle is almost empty when David calls done* *burps quite loudly and hears the rest of the group applauding* *hears Jonas laugh: "Luigi is always the first to burp!"* *laughs* Because I can! *then hears Carlos: "Okay, concentration now, we have to try really hard, David, or Luigi will be done soon!"*

David: *grins, when Matteo burps so loudly and the rest of the group applauds* *then looks at Carlos at his words to him, grins slightly and says sarcastically* How nice that you don't put me under any pressure... *but gets ready to reach for the bottle when Carlos starts to throw* *but then sees that Carlos doesn't hit the bottles in the middle at all and hears him howling loudly* *has no idea what happens now and looks around questioningly* Um... and what happens now? *hears Abdi and Matteo cheering and Abdi laughing: "Now it's our turn and I guess we'll win the first round!"* *looks at Carlos and shrugs his shoulders* *is a little bit glad that he is not to fault that they will probably lose this round* *hears Carlos murmuring "Sorry, man..."

Matteo: *was about to shout "leave him alone" when Carlos already throws and misses* *laughs very loud* Oh, oh, now I am under pressure.... *runs to get the ball and runs back to Abdi* *hears Jonas cheering him on and grins* *throws the ball, hits and 5 seconds later yells at the same time as Abdi: "Done!* *hears Carlos saying: "Sorry, man... honestly... but we will get them in the second round, okay?"* *but then sees Jonas and Hanna getting up and Jonas announces: "We want to join in!"* *hears Carlos immediately shouting: "Jonas joins us!"* *sees how Hanna gives him the middle finger as she goes over to them* Ha, Carlos has obviously never seen you drink before... let's go!

David: *runs off with Carlos to put the bottles back up, but does not succeed before Abdi and Matteo call "done"* *shakes his head when Carlos apologizes and says slightly grinning* Well, let's see... and how does it work now? Do we keep our beer or does everyone get a new one? *hears Carlos explain: "Nah, we keep ours... in the end we count up who has the most empty bottles..."* *nods as a sign that he has understood and thinks that this is not so bad* *then grins to Jonas, who has joined them and brought a full bottle of beer* *takes the ball and looks questioningly at Jonas and Carlos* Ready? *sees both of them nodding and throws the ball at the bottles* *hits several again and reaches for his beer* *this time drinks already bigger sips than in the first round, while he sees out of the corner of his eye how Abdi, Hanna and Matteo put the bottles back up* *hears the three of them and Carlos shouting "Done!" at the same time and grins as Carlos triumphantly holds up his empty bottle and gets a new beer from the crate*

Matteo: *just laughs, when Carlos looks so happy* Wow, congratulations! *sees how Carlos shakes his head* *grabs the ball and hands it to Hanna* Finish them off! *sees Hanna grinning and gets ready to drink* *Hanna throws the ball and knocks over some bottles* *drinks, but this time not as long, because Jonas is there and quickly shouts "done!"* *then hears Jonas saying: "Let's bet on something... the team that wins in the end... um... " then hears Carlos finishing: "... is not allowed to talk to the other team for the rest of the day, unless they are addressed...". *Hanna, Jonas, Matteo and David all shake their heads at the same time and the rest laughs*

David: *runs, when Hanna throws the ball and helps to set up the bottles* *has to laugh quietly when he sees how routinely Jonas proceeds and tries hard not to get in his way* *hears Carlos suggestion and shakes his head immediately* *grins when he sees that Jonas, Hanna and Matteo also shake their heads* *hears Hanna's suggestion: "The team that loses, owes the other team a back massage!* *laughs and nods* I could get behind that... *then hears Abdi saying: "Dude no, I am not giving Calos a massage!"* *and Carlos: "How nice of you to assume that you will lose!"* *then hears Jonas: "I like back massages!"* *sees Jonas grabbing the ball and when everyone is ready, throwing it* *grabs his beer as the bottles fall and realizes that there is not so much left in it* *drinks in big sips and finally calls out grinning* Done! *sees Carlos grinning as well and hears him say: "Nice, Brudi!"* *returns his high five and takes a new beer out of the crate* *already feels the alcohol a little bit, but thinks that one more is still okay*

Matteo: *kicks Abdi when he says that he doesn't wants to massage Carlos* We will win! *sees how Abdi shakes his head: "I don't want Carlos giving me a massage either, Diggi!"* *shrugs his shoulders and grins slightly* Who would you prefer? *sees how Abdi grins and hears him say "David"* *knows that he only said this to annoy him and wants to reply just when Jonas is ready* *runs to the bottles, but can't finish setting them up because David is done* *grabs the ball and waits for David to get a new beer from the crate* *when he sees how slowly David walks back, he calls over* We want to continue today, Mr. Schreibner!

David: *gives Matteo the middle finger and grins as he rushes him* *goes back to his position extra slowly and sees that Abdi has the ball now* *plays a few more rounds with the five, but notices that he is already a little tipsy from the second beer* *is in the mood to get a little drunk today, but doesn't want to be really drunk at eight o'clock either, but rather wants to stretch it out a little over the evening* *now empties his second beer (has only two gulps left anyway) after Jonas has thrown the ball and calls out* Done! *grins as Carlos cheers, but then says* I'm out for now... *hears Carlos: "Hey, you can't do that now! I feel like you're just getting warmed up..."* *just shakes his head and laughs* As I said: I don't want to be drunk at eight already... I am just not used to anything! *sees how Carlos looks at him seriously: "We definitely have to change that!* *then hears Jonas shouting in the direction of the others: "Will one of you fill in for David?"*

Matteo: *sees and hears that David quits and smiles at him briefly* *is tempted to quit as well when Sam stands up: "I'm in!"* *waits until Sam has gotten herself a beer and is in position* *sees from the corner of his eye how Kiki got up to sit next to David and pities him for a moment* *but then it is his turn to throw and concentrates back on the game* *does not hear Kiki asking David: "And? Everything good? Drunk already?"*

David: *high-fives with Sam as she takes his place and sits back down on their blanket - facing the game, so he can watch* *thinks briefly whether he should take out his sketchbook and draw a little, because the others seem to be absorbed in the conversation when Kiki suddenly sits down next to him* *laughs softly at her question* A little buzzed... but yes, everything is fine! And you? *sees her waving a bottle of champagne in her hand: "Ditto buzzed, but yes, I'm fine! And what do you think about our lake spot? Or had Matteo shown it to you before?"* *shakes his head and says* No, this is my first time here. It is really nice here - not so overcrowded! *hears Kiki laughing: "Wait until summer break! You can hardly walk here anymore and in the water it is also super full! How is that actually for you? Must be really uncomfortable to go into the water, or is that no problem for you?!" *looks at Kiki slightly shocked when she gets so personal and stammers* Um... *then thankfully hears Kiki realize her mistake: "Oh, sorry, was that too personal? Must be the champagne..."* *hears her giggle and nods* *then grins slightly and says* Yep - too personal... *then wants to distract from the topic and asks* And what have you planned? After the summer? To study?

Kiki: *nods at his question* Yes, study.... preferably psychology, but I still have to compare the different universities, you know? Range of courses, quality of life, professors, stuff like that. *then looks over at him* And you? Are you staying in Berlin? *then hears rejoicing and sees how Matteo is happy because he has emptied his bottle* Or do you make that dependent on Matteo? I find it difficult, don't you? On the one hand, I want to be where Carlos is, of course, but on the other hand I don't want to be one of those people who bases their whole future on their boyfriend. What do you think about that? How do you do that? *looks at him questioningly, without the slightest sense that she might be talking too much* *takes another sip of her champagne*

David: *nods at her plan and just mumbles* Cool... *draws up his legs as he hears her next question and looks briefly over at the flunky ball players before turning to Kiki again* *just wanted to answer, when she already continues* *has to suppress a grin and waits when she is finished, to see if she is really finished or if something else is coming* *then answers hesitantly* I don't think it's a bad thing if you think about your partner to a certain extent... I mean, with psychology that's possible, isn't it? You can study it almost anywhere... *looks over to Matteo and automatically has to smile* *then turns to Kiki again and says with a shrug* Matteo doesn't know exactly what he wants to do... If I get a place to study somewhere farther away, he wants to come along... but if he finds something here that he enjoys, then I'll make sure that I accept a place to study nearby - preferably in Berlin of course...

Kiki: *looks at him and tilts her head slightly* That's cute. You guys. Together. *looks at Matteo and then back at David* You know, it's really nice to see him like this. He was always kind of grumpy, quiet, stoned before. And now, thanks to you, he's much more open and all. *doesn't even realize how insulting she actually is and just continues* I was a bit surprised when he suddenly got together with Sara. I mean, she is somehow... different. And he never seemed particularly enthusiastic either. Well... *laughs slightly* ...now we know why. I am really happy for you, that you made it and I am fully supporting you!

David: *laughs softly when Kiki calls him and Matteo cute* *has heard this several times already and feels honored that people see them that way, but in the end it's all about how Matteo and he see and feel as a couple* *also looks at Matteo, who is slightly staggering as he rushes forward to put the bottles back up and smiles slightly* *asks himself briefly what Matteo is like when he is really drunk and somehow he gets the desire for another beer* *but then listens to Kiki again and automatically nods when she says that it's nice to see him like this* *then frowns at her next words, shakes his head and looks at her again* *interrupts her* I don't think it's just because of me that he's like that. Everybody sometimes has a bad phase... maybe he wasn't well because of other things... or you just always experienced his grumpy days... *thinks that Kiki probably doesn't know Matteo too well and that it's none of her business, so he doesn't add anything to it* *then hears about the thing with Sara and that Kiki assumes that she knows why Matteo never seemed very enthusiastic and is annoyed because he has the feeling that Kiki doesn't know anything about Matteo, but thinks she knows him* *doesn't really know what to say about it, because he doesn't wants to argue with Kiki at their first real conversation and mumbles* This is nice... *when she says that she is supporting them* *the whole thing doesn’t leaves his mind and says at some point* Maybe you just don't know Matteo that well... *does not look at her, but back at Matteo*

Kiki: *frowns slightly when David says that she only noticed the grumpy days* *has seen Matteo almost every day at school* *smiles when he says it is nice and takes another sip from the bottle of champagne* *is then quite surprised when he says something afterwards and looks at him shocked* *but since he does not look at her, she has to speak up* What do you mean? Of course I know him... we have been going to the same school for 6 years. So sure, you know him differently, but sorry, not that long either, right? *raises her eyebrows slightly* *doesn't like to be told that she is sees something wrong*

David: *looks at Kiki again when she contradicts him and sighs softly because she does not understand what he means* *nods to her words* Yeah, I don't know him that long... I didn't say I knew him better than you did. Different, yes! *frowns briefly and searches for words before hesitantly saying* The only thing I wanted to say is that maybe there are reasons for everything... reasons that he was or is quiet and stoned, reasons why you felt he is not very enthusiastic about his relationship with Sara - and I don't mean the fact that he might be gay, but rather the question why he was with Sara anyway... and I probably haven’t erased these reasons or causes just with my mere existence... maybe there is more to it than you might think at first sight... or do you know the reasons for all the things you just criticized about him? *says it all quite calmly and not in an aggressive way, but very clearly*

Kiki: *looks at him quite surprised* *does not quite understand what he wants to tell her* *because no matter the reason Matteo was better since he met David* *tilts her head slightly when he asks her a question* Okay, maybe I don't know the causes. But I still don't understand why my statement was wrong because of that. Or don't you /want/ to be the reason that he is better? *frowns*

Matteo: *has emptied his fourth bottle of beer and already feels the alcohol pretty well* *uses the break and looks over to the blanket* *sees that Kiki and David are still talking* *also sees that David is talking quite determinedly* *decides to save him* Guys, I'm out! *throws the ball to Hanna and walks slowly over to the blanket* *sees that David noticed him coming and grins slightly* *then stops in front of the blanket and looks at Kiki, who is sitting very close to David* Scoot over.

David: *can almost see Kiki thinking and somehow has little hope that she can follow what he said* *shakes his head at her question* I don't want to be the reason that he gets better - if I don't know if this really eliminates the causes. I want to be the reason that he is doing well now, yes... *sees her confused look, sighs once and thinks about how he can explain it to her better* *but then sees that Matteo is coming towards them and is quite happy to see him and to be saved* *smiles at him broadly and moves a little to the side so that he has space to sit* *sees that Kiki is doing the same thing, although she was apparently still not really satisfied with his answer and would probably have asked again if Matteo hadn't shown up* *but prefers to talk to Matteo and asks with a grin* So, did you win? Or just had enough alcohol?

Matteo: *notices very well that their conversation ended abruptly when he came* *but that's what he wanted to happen* *drops on the blanket, when both of them make some space* Enough alcohol... but I think we were in the lead... *shrugs and then puts his head against David's shoulder* *then sees Kiki smiling slightly and getting up* I'm going back to Amira. *nods with a grin* Do that... *waits until she is out of earshot and then moves his head away from his shoulder to look at David* Was it very bad?

David: *grins at Matteo's statement and says* You think!? *laughs softly and immediately puts his arm around him as he leans his head against his shoulder* *briefly hides his face in Matteo's hair and enjoys having him close again* *just nods as Kiki gets up and is somehow relieved that she is gone* *doesn't really like talking about personal matters with people he hardly knows, but found her opinion too wrong for him to hold back* *grumbles a lot when Matteo pulls his head away again and looks at him angrily in a playful way* It was very bad that you removed your head! *but then grins and grabs his hand instead* *shrugs his shoulders to Kiki and says* It took me a bit of a run-up to get in, but I think I did quite well...

Matteo: *laughs slightly at his answer and reaches for his other hand too* *then nods slightly when he answers* You shouldn't take Kiki so seriously... she always takes herself too seriously. *tilts his head slightly and looks at him* You can tell her if she says something that is out of place. *grimaces and asks* Did she ask stupid questions?

David: *smiles happily as Matteo grabs his other hand as well and intertwines their fingers together and adjusts his position so that they don't have to twist as much* *shrugs his shoulders on the subject and continues to listen to him* *then nods and says* I did... well, not so directly, but I told her that she should maybe just rethink some statements. And... *ponders briefly before continuing* ... of course, when it comes to unimportant things, then it is perhaps really better not to take her too seriously, but when it comes to important things, it makes more sense to do it and perhaps to make her rethink... *laughs and shakes his head* Although I don't know if that just really helped... *slightly tilts his head and thinks about Kiki's questions* Um... no. *shakes his head and grins a little* Her statements were rather stupid!

Matteo: *listens to him* *but already notices that the alcohol makes everything a little slower for him* *laughs loudly when he says that her statements were stupid* That sounds like Kiki.... and I am very proud of you for telling her your opinion... most people don't dare to do that in the first round.... *bends over and gives him a clumsy kiss* *then it comes back to him that he said that her statements were stupid* Did she offend you? Should I go and hit her? Or would you prefer Carlos? I think I could take him. *grins slightly*

David: *grins when Matteo says he is proud of him and shrugs his shoulders* *thinks that there was simply no other way and that his opinion automatically came out of him because he didn't want her to have a stupid opinion of Matteo* *returns his kiss and tastes the beer and wants another one too* *looks for the crate when he hears Matteo's questions* *shakes his head immediately when he asks if Kiki has insulted him and laughs at his following questions* No violence, Mr. Florenzi! *then shakes his head again* No, she didn't offend /me/... everything's fine! *then releases their hands and says* I'm going to get another beer? You want one? Or do you want to take a break? *gets up*

Matteo: *only laughs when he says no violence and shrugs his shoulders* *but then slightly raises his eyebrows* Oh, yeah? So me, or what? *is now a little bit interested in what Kiki had to say* *is a bit perplexed when David suddenly gets up* Um... yeah, sure, why not? *then sees him run off to the crate, shrugs his shoulders and leans on his elbows so that he is at least halfway lying down, but can still watch*

David: *slightly shakes his head when Matteo asks* *does not really want to repeat what Kiki said and is therefore very happy that he can go to get beer now* *goes to the crate and takes out two beers* *already opens them at the crate, because there is an opener lying around and goes back to the blanket with them* *sits next to Matteo cross-legged, smiles and hands him a beer* *then looks briefly at the flunky ball people and grins slightly before asking* How long does the game actually last? Until someone falls over or until they run out of beer?

Matteo: *sits up again when David comes back* *takes the beer and clinks it against David's bottle before he takes a sip* *then laughs at his question* Both, I think.... *then looks over and sees that everyone is still able to play* I'd say they're going to do three more rounds... though Carlos might only do one more... *then looks at David and smiles* *thinks how nice it is that he is here - that he was accepted by his friends as he is, that they not only accepted David immediately and without hesitation, but also supported him* *thinks that he is quite the lucky guy* *somehow feels incredibly good and carefree, probably also thanks to the alcohol* *just leans over and gives David a gentle kiss* *whispers a quiet "thanks" before leaning back*

David: *also takes a sip after toasting with Matteo* *laughs at Matteo's prediction and sees Carlos actually tumble at that moment* *laughs again and then watches the next round of flunkyball with a grin* *drinks a sip of beer every now and then and feels quite comfortable... with the great weather, the Abi in his pocket, out in the fresh air, surrounded by Matteo's friends and of course Matteo* *is quite lost in thought when Matteo suddenly leans over to him and kisses him* *smiles slightly into the kiss and then hears his "thanks"* *looks at him in wonder, but smiles and picks a little embarrassed at the label of his beer bottle* *asks quietly* What did I do? *thinks about it, but can't really think of a reason why Matteo should thank him - except maybe for the beer, but then the thanks would come a little late*

Matteo: *just smiles and shrugs with one shoulder* Just... for being there... *is a little embarrassed and quickly takes another sip and presses his lips slightly together* For me not being alone... and for putting up with Kiki's stupid statements and for being so great that all my friends think you're absolutely awesome and that.... *grins slightly* That you're so good-looking that I can look at you all the time... *laughs slightly and looks away* Okay, maybe I drank too much beer.

David: *smiles at Matteo's words and turns slightly red* *does not find it particularly difficult to be there* *then hears that there is more to come and feels that his heart beats a little faster with all the beautiful words* *is quite touched, but also embarrassed and asks himself briefly what he has done to deserve all this, how he deserves Matteo and this feeling of happiness, which until recently he did not even know he could feel at all* *just looks at Matteo until he looks away and says that he has drunk too much beer* *grins slightly at this statement, but then quickly gets serious again* *puts his hand to Matteo's cheek and gently turns his head so that he looks at him again* *searches for words as he drowns in Matteo's eyes* *shakes his head at some point, smiling, and says quietly* You can't say all these great things and then blame it on the beer... *feels just so much love for Matteo and is looking for words that come close to his* *but still needs a bit more time*

Matteo: *relaxes immediately when he feels David's hand and looks at him* *smiles slightly* Sorry... *wraps one arm around David's neck and pulls him a little closer* *grins slightly* How was it again with making out in front of our friends, yes or no?

David: *hears Matteo's "sorry" and smiles slightly* *lets himself be pulled closer and also moves a little closer to him* *then grins at his question and tilts his head slightly* *pretends to think* Hmmm... generally rather yes... if you don't blame it on too much beer afterwards... *looks at him expectantly* *then grins slightly again and casesses Matteo a little in the neck* *says slightly provocative, but smiling* Maybe you also would have said those great things without too much beer? Can I delete the "too much beer" sentence from my mind? *leans his forehead against Matteo's and knows that he will kiss him anyway, no matter what answer he gets*

Matteo: *grins at his answer* *shakes its head immediately* I won't.... *lets out a pleased sound when David caresses his neck* *nods again* Of course... I was just... embarrassed... *smiles slightly when he feels David's forehead and closes his eyes* *speaks softly* I always have a lot of great thoughts in my head.... how well you can kiss for example... *then close the last centimeters between their lips and kisses him*

David: *nods satisfied at Matteo's answer and then smiles slightly when he says he was just embarrassed* *whispers* You don't need to... *also closes his eyes when he feels that Matteo is relaxing and slowly comes closer and closer* *rubs his nose against his when he hears his next words and mumbles shortly before their kiss* We should share our great thoughts much more often.... I also have a few... *but then feels Matteo's lips on his and sighs softly into the kiss* *caresses his neck and his hair and makes sure that Matteo can't move a centimeter back *then wraps his other arm around him and wants to pull him closer, but realizes that this is not really possible while sitting* *places his hand on Matteo's cheek instead and gently brushes over it as he deepens the kiss*

Matteo: *can mumble "do it" before he kisses him* *forgets a bit where they are and who is there* *buries his hand in David's hair as he deepens the kiss* *actually manages to make out with him for a while until he gets a package of cookies thrown at his head and Carlos yells "Get a room!"* *immediately hears Jonas saying "Let them have some fun"* *grumbles slightly and mumbles to David* We could ignore this....

David: *enjoys the proximity to Matteo and somehow perceives the others as just a background noise, which at some point he can block out completely* *then grumbles in protest, as Matteo slightly pulls away from the kiss, sees a package of cookies out of the corner of his eyes that was probably thrown at Matteo, hears Carlos and Jonas and finally Matteo and then grins slightly* *gives Matteo a short kiss on the mouth and mumbles softly* How long do you think we can keep this up? Ignoring that... *kiss him again briefly* *hears Abdi: " Yeah, great, now my cookies are lying there with them and if I want them back, I have to interrupt the kissing..."*

Matteo: *grins* Let's find out... *gives him another kiss* *hears Abdi and grins again* *whispers* Now it gets interesting.... *hears someone who he can't identify right now say: "Let them be, so newly in love"* *laughs slightly and gives David another kiss* *but then looks where the package of cookies is, takes it and throws it towards Abdi* *sees him grinning: "Thanks, Brudi!"*

David: *has to grin as well, when Matteo thinks they should find out and kisses him again* *but has to admit that the mood is somehow gone with all the murmuring around them and sighs softly as Matteo pulls away a little after the next kiss to give Abdi his cookies* *leans back a bit and looks around the group with slightly reddened cheeks * *notices that Carlos actually seems to be quite drunk and tries to discuss something with Kiki, that Abdi happily eats his cookies and tries to offer some to Sam, that Hanna is halfway in Jonas' lap and smiling at him, that Mia and Alex are talking in the distance and Amira lets her eyes wander over the group as well* *smiles briefly as their eyes meet and then looks quite happily at Matteo again* *shrugs his shoulders and says* We have at least tried... the ignoring... *grins minimally and then turns away from Matteo, only to make himself comfortable with his head on his lap immediately afterwards* *reaches for his beer and takes a rather big sip, because he is quite thirsty*

Matteo: *grabs his beer again and takes a sip* *smiles as David lies down with his head on his lap* *immediately starts to play with his hair with his free hand* *just looks calmly around the area* *then sees Hanna and Jonas get up and Hanna sitting down with Amira and Jonas coming over to them* *hears Jonas saying: "Na, sweethearts, everything good with you?"* *grins when he sits down on the blanket next to them, and nods* Yes, everything is quite good and with you?

David: *smiles when Matteo starts to play with his hair and slightly leans into his hand* *lies otherwise quite relaxed* *briefly thinks about sitting up when Jonas joins them, but then remains lying down and just moves his legs a little to the side so that Jonas can sit more comfortably* *nods approvingly at Matteo's words and takes another sip* *hears Jonas: "Flunkyball was one round too many... I'm still recovering a bit.* *grins and says* It was perhaps also still a little bit early to chug so many beers in one go... *hears Jonas laughing desperately: " And you tell me that now! Why didn't you say that at the beginning of the game!"* *grins again and shrugs his shoulders* Sorry... next time then... *takes another sip*

Matteo: *laughs during the conversation* Flunkyball is almost always deadly... Beer is not made to chug it down that quickly... you need a strong stomach... *takes another sip of beer and shrugs* But it's also fun... and you have quite the tolerance, dude... *Jonas hears laughing: "Well, that's right... and Hanna's place is not so far from here either..."* *grins then* Ah yes... right... tell me... how did you actually convince her? Because of the super planned-out date?

David: *grins when Jonas says that Hanna's place is not that far away and is glad that he is not too drunk, because they have to cycle home* *looks up at Matteo and at first can’t see anything because due to the movement, Matteo has pushed some of the hair he had been playing with over his eyes* *but realizes it quickly and tenderly brushes them off his face* *smiles when he finally sees him and doesn't think that Matteo is so drunk that he couldn't make it on his bike* *then looks back at Jonas and drinks a little more beer while he reports: "Oh, it wasn't that well planned. Hanna just made it pretty easy for me. We went for a meal and then just went for a walk... where we used to go to in the past... at some point I dared to take her hand and somehow it was clear”* *sees him shrugging his shoulders and looking over to Hanna with love and has to smile* *then says again quietly* It's nice if it was that simple... *reaches with his free hand into his hair and grabs Matteo's hand* *intertwines their fingers and places them on his chest*

Matteo: *smilingly pushes David's hair out of his face again as he suddenly moves* *then listens to Jonas* That sounds good... I'm really happy for you, man. *really hopes that the two of them will make it now* *smiles down to David as he takes his hand* *briefly misses to play with his hair but then simply paints some figures with his thumb on the back of David's hand* *sees Jonas smiling at him and nods back* *is also pleased that they are both so happy* *hears Jonas say: "Now it's really going to start, Luigi, no more school... but we'll cancel the Cuba thing, right?" *laughs slightly and nods* Yeah... we'll think of something else...

David: *closes his eyes briefly and relaxed, when the two of them remain silent for a while and has to smile, when Jonas says that it's really starting now* *this does not only refer to "no more school", but also to Matteo and himself, that now, when the biggest problems are solved, they finally have some time for themselves* *has already enjoyed the last few days and is looking forward to the rest of the summer and what lies ahead* *then hears something about Cuba and asks with closed eyes* Cuba? *hears Jonas explain: "Yes, Luigi and I actually wanted to go to Cuba after graduating..."* *hears him laughing and continuing to speak: "But on the one hand neither of us are apparently the greatest planners... and on the other hand...“* *opens his eyes as Jonas remains silent for a moment and sees that he looks over to Hanna again with love, before he continues speaking: "On the other hand, things sometimes turn out differently than you think.* *nods slowly and thinks to himself that Jonas surely doesn't want to part from Hanna again for the time being to go on vacation with Matteo and is actually quite happy that the two of them want to cancel it, because he would also think it's pretty stupid to have to part from Matteo again now - even if only for a short time.* *nevertheless asks interested* And why Cuba?

Matteo: *grins slightly when Jonas says that things sometimes turn out differently* Yep... Girls with red hair.... *hears as Jonas adds: "Boys with beanies...." *grins and nods* Exactly... *then laughs slightly at David's question* I don't know, actually... that was somehow always the plan... I think since Jonas' Che Guevara phase in the 8th grade...

David: *smiles when Jonas and Matteo mention Hanna and him and lightly squeezes Matteo's hand* *then mumbles grinning and embarrassed* Well, then Hanna and I must feel honored that you are throwing your plans overboard because of us... *hears Jonas laughing: "Exactly! And it also has nothing to do with our laziness to organize things....".* *shakes his head again with a grin* Of course not... *drinks another sip of beer and then listens to Matteo's explanation about Cuba* *laughs softly and looks at Jonas* Che Guevara? That suits you... *then looks up to Matteo, wiggles his eyebrows slightly and asks* And what phase did you have in eighth grade?

Matteo: *presses his lips together at David's question, because in the 8th grade he has just started to have a crush on Jonas* *but thinks that he also just wanted to get away* *shrugs with one shoulder* The well-known phase... just get away.... *swallows slightly and drinks another sip of beer* ... pretty much anywhere, but Cuba sounded pretty cool... *feels Jonas nudge him slightly: "We'll manage some kind of vacation this summer!”* *laughs and nods* Of course!

David: *nods when Matteo says he just wanted to get away, smiles and briefly squeezes his hand* *then turns his head away from him again to prevent a stiff neck* *laughs softly during the exchange between Jonas and Matteo* Oh yes... and who organizes it? Since you both are so good at organizing? *at that moment hears Carlos and Abdi loudly slurring something and grins* Ah yeeees... Carlos and Abdi of course... *laughs again quietly and then moves back into a sitting position so that he can keep an eye on Jonas and Matteo and not have to turn his head back and forth all the time* *pulls his legs close and wraps his arms around them and has to let go off Matteo's hand* *but nudges him slightly with his foot as compensation*

Matteo: *squeezes his hand back* *puts his beer away so that he has one hand free to play with David's hair again* *then grins at him very widely when he asks who is organizing the trip* *hears Jonas saying: "Well, Brudi number 5 of course!"* *laughs slightly* *complains with a quiet "ey" when he sits up and he can't play with his hair anymore* *slightly tilts his head when he nudges his foot and nudges back* *grabs his beer again and holds it out for a toast towards David with raised eyebrows* *then hears Jonas laughing* What? *sees Jonas shaking his head: " You guys are already really good at this.... this couple communication without talking..."*

David: *laughs and looks at Jonas with mock horror at his words* Moi?!? *shakes his head and laughs again* Nah, sorry! Not this year yet... I am too new in your Brudi group and don't know you enough. Otherwise I organize something and there are a lot of complaints and you kick me out again... *sees Jonas grinning at first, but then shaking his head a little more seriously: "You won't get rid of us so easily now!"* *looks apologetically to Matteo at his "ey", but smiles when he nudges him back with his foot* *clinks  his beer against his and sticks out his tongue with a slight grin on his face* *looks at Jonas as he laughs, hears his explanation and grins in Matteo's direction* *shrugs, smiles, stretches his legs out again and points invitingly with his head to his lap* *is a little curious if Matteo gets that he can lie down now if he wants to and if Jonas is right that they have the couple communication down after not even four weeks* *On the other hand wouldn't mind if it weren't like that, because he really enjoys that Matteo and he take so much time to talk*

Matteo: *grins when David says he will be kicked out again* *just wanted to say something against it, when Jonas already does and just nods* *also grins at Jonas comment and looks at David* *sees how he stretches his legs out and already puts his beer down before David nods his head* *lies down and puts his head on David's lap* *closes his eyes and relaxes* *then says very relaxed* You can talk... I'm out...

David: *laughs softly when Matteo reacts immediately and hears Jonas laughing too: "Dude.... you’re the worst!”* *immediately shakes his head in protest and glares at Jonas angrily* We are not! *immediately buries his hands in Matteo's hair, when he lies down and strokes it off his forehead before he begins to tenderly run his hands through it* *grins when Matteo says he is out and looks at Jonas expectantly * We can talk... let's go... *sees Jonas grinning: "Yes, well... David, tell me: What's sex like with Matteo?* *laughs softly and shakes his head* No comment! *takes another sip of beer*

Matteo: *relaxes immediately and even more when David plays with his hair* *therefore only casts a skeptical glance at Jonas' question* *hears Jonas laughing and says: "no comment is never a good sign. I am really sorry, Luigi!"* *mumbles something incomprehensible and shrugs his shoulder* You should ask yourself why you are so interested in this, my friend...

David: *shakes his head in protest at Jonas' suspicion and shrugs his shoulders with a grin.* No comment means no comment! Maybe I just don't want to make you jealous... *turns slightly red, but continues to grin and now moves his hand over the hairline behind Matteo's ear and onto his neck* *then laughs softly at Matteo's comment and says to Matteo* Maybe he needs some tips from us... *Jonas hears laughter: "Dude, that's enough! I'm leaving..."* *sees how he actually gets up and is about to say that he should stay after all, when he sees that Hanna is now back on Jonas' and her blanket and looks over at them* *grins again slightly* Oh, and of course your departure has nothing to do with the fact that your girlfriend has finished her conversation and is waiting for you?!

Matteo: *laughs slightly at David's answer and nods* That's right... *then nods very slowly and solemnly* Oh yes... of course that could be it.... *laughs louder when Jonas gets up and leaves* *makes a loud "Ha" sound when David sees through Jonas and only laughs when Jonas laughingly leaves them* *then looks up to David and grins* If Carlos and Abdi ever ask you if you are a cathetus or a hypotenuse, run

David: *looks at Jonas with a grin and then looks down at Matteo, who is also looking at him right now* *raises both eyebrows questioningly at his words* Do I want to know what this is all about or should I just take your advice and run?! *laughs softly and brushes Matteo's hair halfway behind his ears* *then sighs softly, because he realizes again what a nice evening it was/is having graduated, being with Matteo and his friends and being here at the lake - and smiles at Matteo* *has to think again about Jonas' couple communication thing and wonders if Matteo can read in his eyes how happy he is right now* *then feels a bit cheesy and turns his eyes away from Matteo and drinks another sip of beer*

Matteo: *shakes his head with a grin and then nods to the second part of his question* I could explain it to you... but believe me, running away is the better option..... *smiles back at David when he smiles* *turns his head slightly and kisses his stomach* *then has to giggle because it's kind of silly* *looks up again and sees that David is drinking* *closes his eyes again and simply enjoys*

David: *feels Matteo kissing his stomach while he is drinking and smiles into the bottleneck* *then looks at Matteo after he has finished drinking and sees that he is relaxed and lying in his lap with his eyes closed* *smiles and starts brushing through his hair again* *looks at him for quite a while and then lets his eyes wander over the others and over the lake, only to always return to Matteo again* *sees Mia and Alex standing next to them and hears Mia quietly pointing at Matteo and asking: "Is he asleep?"* *shrugs his shoulders and smiles before he answers quietly* I don't think so... *then hears Mia again: "We wanted to leave now - Alex is here with the car. Do you want a ride?"* *is about to say no, because they are here with the bikes and Matteo didn't seem so drunk that he couldn't ride his bike anymore when he hears Kiki calling from a few meters away: "Hey, Mia, can you give us a ride after all? I don't know how else to get Carlos home - he is so drunk!"* *grins slightly and looks at Mia, who is looking between them and Kiki and Carlos a bit helpless* We are here by bike anyway. You can take these two with you... *sees Mia looking at them for a moment, as if she wanted to check if Carlos or Matteo were more drunk, but finally nods and turns away with a "Drive safely!"*

Matteo: *hears Mia, but thinks that David will take care of it* *has absolutely no desire to open his eyes* *hears what it is all about and thinks that they can still ride their bikes* *decides to only say something if David sees it differently* *smiles slightly, when this is not the case* *waits until he hears Alex, Mia, Carlos and Kiki leaving* *then slowly opens his eyes and looks up to David* We'll stay a little longer, right? *smiles slightly* I am not drunk enough yet.

David: *watches the four of them leave the lake and disappear into the darkness and then looks down to Matteo again* *notices that he has opened his eyes and smiles* *nods at his question* I don't mind... *is not really tired yet* *then grins at his next statement and lightly pokes him in the cheek* Does this mean that we can only go home when we are drunk enough? *laughs softly* Then maybe I shouldn't have left the ride so carelessly to others after all...

Matteo: *grins when he is being poked* *then shakes his head* Only me... you don't have to get drunk... *laughs and shakes his head* I can ride a bike perfectly, no matter how drunk... *straightens up a bit and looks where Jonas is* *then calls* Ey Jonas, how well can I ride my bike drunk? *hears Jonas laughing and shouting: "Not worse than sober! Shall we have a drink, Luigi?"* *calls back* Or two... come over! *then sees Jonas grab a bottle and come to their blanket together with Hanna* *gets up and slides next to David to make room for the two*

David: *tilts his head slightly and looks at Matteo grinningly and slightly provocative* But maybe I want to get drunk... you only graduate once after all... *then laughs softly when Jonas confirms that Matteo can ride his bike drunk* *sighs softly as Matteo straightens up and he has to take his hand out of his hair, but also moves a little to the side to make room for Jonas and Hanna* *sees how Hanna and Jonas sit down and looks a little skeptical at the bottle in Jonas' hands* What is it? *sees Jonas grinning and holding the bottle out to him: "No cheap booze... just taste it!"* *accepts the bottle and takes a sip* *grimaces slightly because he first has to get used to drinking something other than beer again, but then he drinks another sip and finds that it doesn't taste toooo bad* *passes the bottle to Matteo and then sees Jonas' expectant look: "And?!"* *grins and shrugs his shoulders* It takes some getting used to, I'd say... *feels how he now gets very warm in his stomach and hears Jonas again: "But not bad, right?"* *laughs softly and says* Not /yet/...

Matteo: *slightly tilts his head and looks at David* Alright... I won't say anything.... *watches David taking a sip* *looks at Jonas scrutinizingly* What is it? *but only sees Jonas grinning* *then takes the bottle from David and takes a sip* Whoa, dude, did you mix that yourself? *shakes his head slightly but takes another sip before he passes the bottle on to Hanna* *sees how Hanna takes a big sip and gives the bottle back to Jonas* *Jonas drinks and then says: "And now a drinking game... everyone takes a sip for their Abi grade, for example 3 sips for 1.2, but 6 for 3.3..."* *laughs* Do you want to get me drunk? *Jonas grins: "Maybe" and hands the bottle back to David*

David: *looks at Jonas expectantly as he wants to play a drinking game* *then laughs at Matteo's comment and is given the bottle* *grins and looks questioningly into the round* So all sips at once?! *hears Jonas and Hanna laughing: "Yeah, sure - where else would the fun be?!* *laughs softly and says* And then you guess, or what? And then I'm too drunk afterwards to count and guess with you... *laughs again and lifts the bottle* Okay, well... *drinks the first two sips and finds out that it still goes quite well, the third one is a bit harder for him, because he feels exactly how the alcohol runs down his throat* *still manages all five sips, passes the bottle to Matteo and shakes himself* *notices now how the warm tingling also reaches his legs and thinks that he should probably stop now* *hears Jonas guessing, "1.4?"* *raises his eyebrows and shakes his head* You seriously think I am that good!? *realizes that he is slurring a bit*

Matteo: *watches David drink with some concern* *but promised not to say anything and therefore keeps his mouth shut* *then takes the bottle, but lets the others guess* *hears Hanna laughing: "Well, then 2.3"* *sees how David nods* *then takes two large sips and three small* *Jonas hears: " Also 5? Also 2.3?"* *shakes his head* Nah, was too lazy.... *hands the bottle to Hanna and leans his head against David's shoulder, while Hanna guesses: "Well then 3.2...". *sees how Hanna starts drinking and stops counting after 4* *says a little sluggish* Shit, I wasn't paying attention....

David: *does not count when Matteo, because he knows what he has anyway and lets the others guess* *but then tries to concentrate on Hanna and is almost thrown off when Matteo butts in between* *puts his hand on his knee and squeezes it lightly to make him shut upand finally says* Eight? *sees Hanna nodding and just starts to guess* Okay... so 1.7, 2.6 or 3.5... *Jonas hears laughing: "There speaks the advanced math..."* *ignores him and thinks* *has not the slightest idea how good Hanna is in school and therefore simply guesses* 2,6? *sees Hanna nodding and then hears that she also slurs her words when she says: "That was mean... but better than 2.8 or something...

Matteo: *looks at Hanna with admiration* You have got 2.6? That's great... congratulations.... *looks like he has to think hard to decide if congratulations were the right thing to say, but then decides that they were and nods* *then sees Jonas drinking twice and booes* No wonder you came up with this game... 2.0, really? *hears Jonas laughing: "We can play another drinking game.... one where you can get me drunk"* Yeeees... which one? *has absolutely no idea*

David: *gapes at him when Jonas drinks only twice* Wow! Congratulations! *sees Jonas bowing clumsily and laughs - doesn't know why - probably because of the alcohol* *then hears the idea of doing another drinking game and groans* *slurs slightly* Oh no, I'm taking a break... I'm really not used to anything... *closes his eyes for a moment and realizes that everything is spinning slightly* *quickly opens them again* *then hears Hanna giggling: "I'm up for “Never have I ever..." I know a few things how we can get Jonas to drink... I've never stolen a bike!"* *sees Jonas looking at Hanna with amusement and grabbing the bottle: "Ha ha ..."* *laughs again and looks at Jonas questioningly* Did you really?! "hears Jonas, who also slurs a bit: "I was drunk and lazy and it was just standing in the front yard... but I didn't keep it, I left it for the next one..."*

Matteo: *puts his arm around David when he sees that he is already feeling the booze* *grins at Hanna's suggestion* Good idea! *laughs at Jonas explanation* How generous... *sees Jonas grinning: "Careful, my friend, now it's my turn.... Never have I ever... cheated on an Abi exam"* *groans slightly and takes the bottle from Jonas and takes a sip* *sees Hanna making big eyes: " Did you really? Wow.... brave and stupid." *laughs* Yes, Spanish.... did not help much... I met him here... *pats David's cheek somewhat awkwardly* ...in the hallway and then I couldn't remember anything from the cheat sheet anyway. *hears Hanna awwing and Jonas laughing: "Good excuse... it's your turn..." I can’t think of anything... I'll give my turn to David...

David: *lets himself fall against Matteo when he puts his arm around him, but then realizes that he is actually sitting too far away for it to be comfortable, and awkwardly moves closer* *frowns as Matteo drinks at the next round, straightens up again and looks at him in horror* Fuck, did you really!? *then hears his next words and looks at him in a mock angry way with narrowed eyes* Are you trying to make me feel guilty!? *can remember that day... shortly after their almost-kiss* *then has to laugh at Hanna's "awww", sighs and leans against Matteo again* *then hears that it is his turn and thinks* *finally says* Never have I ever... *grins slightly* Never have I ever swum in this lake before...

Matteo: *grins at David somewhat mischievously* What? No, never! It's not your fault that I let myself be distracted by you.... *gives him a slightly awkward kiss on the head, because that's the easiest to get at* *shakes his head when he hears his sentence* *hear Jonas and Hanna laughing* He wants to get us all drunk.... *takes a sip and then passes the bottle on* *Jonas grins after drinking and says: "I can do that too ... I have never kissed a boy.* *shakes his head wildly and then announces indignantly* That is homophobic! *sees how Hanna laughs and shakes her head: "I have to drink too."* *then looks a little sheepish* Oh, okay... *sighs a little and reaches for the bottle*

David: *grins contentedly as everyone drinks, but then hears Jonas' words and groans.* *sees how Matteo passes the bottle to Hanna, she drinks and then passes it to him* *straightens up a little and takes a tiny sip* *then hears Hanna: "May I? I still have something ..."* *laughs and nods* *sees how Hanna is about to start talking but then hears Abdi's voice and is a bit confused before he notices that Abdi, Sam and Amira have appeared next to them: "Duuude... you're drinking here without me!"* *then hears Amira: "Which is good, because you've had enough, my friend!"* *hears Sam giggling and Abdi just makes a horrified "But..." before he is interrupted by Amira: "We're leaving now. Are you coming with or are you staying?"* *feels just too slow to answer and too slow to decide, so he leans against Matteo and wraps his arms around his stomach* *tries to close the eyes again, but opens them again immediately because everything is spinning* *hears Jonas and Hanna discussing remotely whether they will leave or not and waits for Matteo to make a decision for both of them*

Matteo: *is a bit confused and quite overwhelmed* *had just concentrated on Hanna who then, however, did not talk* *only lazily lifts his hand in goodbye as Amira, Sam and Abdi say goodbye* *looks from David to Hanna and Jonas and back again to David* *slurs slightly* Wanna hear what Hanna had.... or d’you wanna go home?

David: *hears Matteo's question and just shakes his head* *prefers not to move at all* *hears Jonas: "Okay, Hanna will do hers and then we'll go as well... we're on foot and it takes us forever to get home..."* *is about to remark that he and Matteo are by bike, but then thinks that Jonas might have meant everyone else* *Amira hears sighing: "Yes, okay, Hanna, hurry up... we really want to go..."* *hears Hanna giggling and then saying: "I've never broken a guitar before!"* *sees how Jonas rolls his eyes and grabs the bottle and drinks* *hears Hanna laughing and grinning, but doesn't ask for details* *hears Amira: "Yes, very funny! Can we go now?!"* *somehow still doesn't know if he and Matteo will go with them, but just stays in his arms and waits to see if he moves or not*

Matteo: *rolls his eyes slightly at Hanna's sentence* *mumbles* Wasn't worth it.... *then waves widely and says a little too loud* Byeeee, walk carefully! *then bumps his head against David and mumbles* I do not want to move yet.... *wraps both arms around David and moves even closer to him* Let's stay a little longer, okay?

David: *hears how Matteo says goodbye to the others and lifts his hand sluggishly to say goodbye* *smiles, when Matteo says that he does not want to move yet and nods* *then feels Matteo even closer to him and nods again at his question* *then straightens up a bit to check if the others are gone and can't see them in the dark anymore* *leans his head back against Matteo's shoulder and lets himself fall backwards into a lying position* *finds it much more comfortable than sitting* *mumbles into Matteo's shoulder* I'm drunk... *takes a deep breath and adds* ... and you smell good!

Matteo: *lets out a pleasant sigh when they lie down* *leaves one arm around David's shoulders and puts the other over his hip* *laughs softly at David's words* I'm drunk too... never seen you drunk before... are you any different? *grins a little* Ah, compliments... that's nice... you smell good too by the way... *kisses his head and buries his nose in David's hair*

David: *notes that Matteo is also drunk and thinks that he is probably too lazy to get up as well* *shakes his head slightly when he asks if he is any different when drunk and mumbles* I'm always me... and you get compliments even when I'm not drunk... *smiles when Matteo says that he smells good too and kisses his chest* *sighs quietly and thinks to himself that he can easily add a few compliments on top of it, while he is already at it* *straightens up a little and turns so that he lies half on Matteo's chest and can look at him* *brushes a strand of hair from his face, smiles and then says* I like your hair... *looks him in the eyes, feels slight palpitations of the heart and quietly adds* ... and I love your eyes! *feels somehow less drunk just now, when all other senses have disappeared, when he only focuses on Matteo*

Matteo: *smiles slightly and nods* True.... *grumbles a bit as David turns around* *but then smiles, because he can see him better now* *rolls his eyes slightly as he compliments his hair* *is then embarrassed and probably a little red at his second compliment* *mumbles quietly* Stop.... *lifts  his hand and brushes over David's cheek* ... you are making me feel embarrassed... *looks at him and once again can't believe that David is really here with him, together with him and with everything that goes with it* I, uh... *clears his throat a little* I think you're the best... the best thing that ever happened to me...

David: *grins slightly when Matteo tells him to stop and just wants to continue when he feels Matteo's hand on his cheek and is slightly distracted by it* *looks at him, then hears his words and at first just grins, but then he feels his heart beating faster during Matteo's next sentence, stops grinning and can't believe that Matteo feels this way* *has to swallow because he is quite touched and they are so damn lucky to have found each other and that they feel the same* *bends down slowly and kisses him briefly and gently* *then says quietly* /You/ are the best thing that has ever happened to /me/... *really means that and does not want to imagine how his life would look like without Matteo* *kisses him again and then mumbles* ... you have to stay with me forever... *thinks that it sounds pretty cheesy and pathetic and is sure that he would never have said it if he were sober, because he doesn't really want to seem pathetic and dependent and weak, but basically it's exactly what he wants: to have Matteo in his life forever*

Matteo: *closes his eyes briefly when he is kissed* *then looks at him and hears what he says* *can feel his heart beating and swallows slightly* *is somehow not used to feeling so loved and wanted and safe* *is kissed again and actually wants to deepen the kiss* *but then hears his murmuring and feels how everything in him becomes soft like butter* *hopes that he has no tears in his eyes* *but then it doesn't matter and he pulls back slightly to be able to look at David* *swallows slightly and then says* As long as you want me... *then kisses him again and wraps his arm tighter around him*

David: *finds it difficult to look back at Matteo after the words are out, but manages to do so and quietly breathes out the air he only now realizes he had been holding when he hears his answer* *feels relieved and loved, wanted and like he belongs* *is kissed before he can respond and presses himself closer to Matteo when he feels his arm around him* *murmurs his answer to Matteo into the kiss* I want you forever... *then closes his eyes and continues kissing him* *notices that due to the alcohol and the proximity to Matteo everything still seems to spin around, he gets a little dizzy and that closing his eyes is not really a good idea* *opens them slightly and finally interrupts the kiss* *runs his hand through Matteo's hair and finally lets his head sink back onto Matteo's chest* *mumbles a little whiningly* I'm still drunk. *hopes a little bit that he will feel a little better later when he moves on the way home*

Matteo: *hears his words and is quite happy that they keep kissing and that he can concentrate on that and not on the stupid thought that David will find something sooner or later that he doesn't like about him or that makes him difficult or too much effort* *breathes in deeply as David releases the kiss* *looks at him and smiles slightly* *runs his hand over David's back* *then laughs slightly* Me too... want to go to bed? Shall we make our way home?

David: *grins slightly when Matteo says that he is drunk too* *mumbles* Bed sounds tempting... beaming would be nice now... *sighs softly and then sits up* Yes... let’s go home... but maybe we should push our bikes for a little first? *laughs quietly and looks at Matteo, who has also sat up* *gently runs his hand over his cheek once and looks him in the eyes before he gets up* *stumbles slightly and takes a deep breath until he has the feeling that he is standing reasonably safe* *takes a deep breath and realizes that he has been wearing the binder for too long again and grimaces slightly* *then bends down to the blanket and pulls at one end* Come on! Get up! Bed!

Matteo: *nods his head slightly* *sits up with David* Pushing for a while sounds good... *smiles when D runs a hand over his cheek and was about to lean forward to kiss him again when David gets up* *grumbles slightly* *but then looks at him a little worried* All good? *then gets up as David urges* Yes yes, I'm already coming..... *sees David folding the blanket and picks up his bike so he can put it into the basket* *holds on to the handles and is quite happy that they did not come on foot* *then starts walking with David, David's bike is on his left, Matteo's bike on his right, so they can walk side by side* *then announces* I'm hungry.

David: *shrugs his shoulders when Matteo asks if everything is okay and folds the blanket before he answers* I want to get rid of the binder... *laughs softly and a little desperate* Drunk and wearing a binder is not as cool as I just realized... *puts the blanket in Matteo's basket and then takes his bike and starts walking with Matteo* *is also glad that he has the handles to hold on to, but also that they move a little, because even if he feels the binder even more, he still has the feeling that the buzz is slightly reduced by the movement* *laughs softly when Matteo says he is hungry* No! You?! You're never hungry! *looks at him lovingly from the side and says* If I could cook better, I'd cook you something later... but I can offer to make you a sandwich when we get home...

Matteo: *hears that the binder is bothering and grimaces* We can ride our bikes, then we are home faster... *then shakes his head* Nah, that's just even more exhausting... *looks around a bit* We have jackets with us, loose jackets, you can take it off and my jacket over it? *sees David only smiling and shaking his head* *takes a deep breath* *then laughs slightly and shrugs* Yeah, okay... but even more hungry than usually.... *smiles at his proposal* If I can still do it, I'll put some pasta in the water... I'm up for something hot.... but otherwise a sandwich sounds good....

David: *smiles at Matteo's suggestions and thinks it's really sweet that he thinks like that, but he would still feel uncomfortable if they were to leave the small forest area and see people on the streets of Berlin* *then laughs quietly when he says that he wants to make pasta and says* Well, throwing pasta into hot water is something I can do as well... we motivate each other and I make the pasta and you make some quick sauce? *leaves the small forest area with him and stops* *looks a little bit indecisively to the bike and then to Matteo* *grins slightly* We could try to ride our bikes... slowly... *manages, without staggering, to swing his leg over the saddle* *then looks at Matteo questioningly* Are we sleeping at your place or mine? *smiles slightly again, because for him it is somehow still something special that they don't spend the nights apart*

Matteo: *laughs and then nods* Yeah, you pasta, me sauce... sounds good. *stops when David stops* *looks at him just as indecisively* *then grins* We can try.... *is also getting ready to ride off* *then shrugs his shoulders at his question* Your place? It's a little closer, isn't it?

David: *nods when Matteo suggests that they are going to his place, gets on his bike and slowly starts pedaling* *actually staggers a lot in the beginning, but soon finds the right speed for his drunken state and realizes that the longer they ride, the better it gets* *is nevertheless glad that there is not too much traffic in the area at this time of day and looks at Matteo a few times to check if cycling works for him* *then finally stops in front of his house, gets off his bike, staggers only minimally and locks his bike at the construction-site fence* *grins to Matteo* Sooo... I'm sober again... *laughs softly and shakes his head* Well... more sober... *looks for his keys and, when he finds them, wraps an arm around Matteo's hip and pulls him towards him* *kisses him on the cheek and on the temple and on the corner of the mouth and mumbles* ... and I am in withdrawal....

Matteo: *actually has less problems than David on the bike* *observes him somewhat worried* *is therefore happy when once made it to David's apartment safely* *locks his bike next to David's* *laughs when David says he is sober and shakes his head* *grins as he is pulled closer and wraps his arm around David's shoulders* *smiles as he is kissed and even more at David's words* *wraps his second arm around him and automatically steps in front of him* *looks at him somewhat amused* Oh, yeah? Withdrawal? Contact withdrawal?

David: *smiles at first as Matteo wraps his arms around him, but then frowns when as he looks amused* *but nods seriously at his questions and confirms* Physical contact withdrawal! *then laughs softly and feels his binder constricting his airflow again while taking a breath* That was almost half an hour! *takes a step backwards towards the front door together with Matteo and tries to feel for the keyhole with the key*

Matteo: *laughs and gives him a short kiss* *laughs even more as David tries to unlock the door without looking* This is even difficult when sober.... *takes one arm off Matteo and keeps only one around his shoulders* *turns them around so that David can unlock the door easily* *kisses his cheek when he got the door open and goes up the stairs with him* *but then pulls him close again* *then hears how hard he breathes and doesn't kiss him* *smiles slightly instead and lets go of him* Hurry up and unlock the door so that you can get rid of the thing....

David: *laughs softly as Matteo turns them around so that he can get to the keyhole better and just lets everything happen to him* *somehow makes it up the stairs, but somehow finds it quite exhausting at the moment and doesn't know whether it is because of the binder or the alcohol* *is embraced by Matteo at the top of the stairs and smiles* *wants to kiss him when Matteo lets go of him* *grumbles, but then hears why Matteo has let go of him and nods* *unlocks the door and lets Matteo go in first* *closes the door behind them and points towards the kitchen and says quietly* See what you can find... *then grins slightly and adds* But shhhhh! My sister! *hears Laura's voice amusedly calling from her room: "I already heard you in the hallway - don't be quiet on my account!"* *laughs quietly again and opens the bathroom door* *presses a quick kiss on Matteo’s mouth and mumbles* I’ll be right back...

Matteo: *nods as David points to the kitchen* *then laughs at his addition* *whispers* Oh... not this sentence... suddenly I get hungry for completely different things.... *laughs when he hears Laura* *quickly kisses David back and then goes to knock on Laura's door* *speaks through the door* We're having the munchies and we're making pasta... you want some?

David: *takes off his shirt and binder in the bathroom while listening to Matteo and Laura through the closed door* *hears Laura answer: "No thanks!" and then after a short pause: "Munchies? David should not drink so much!"* *moans and shouts through the two closed doors* I didn't... *puts his shirt back on and opens the door* *adds to Laura* Besides, you only graduate once in your life... so you may drink a little something to toast and so on... *hears Laura murmuring something and then hears louder: "As long as it was just a little bit..."* *groans quietly and shouts back* That's what I said. *hears her again: "Well then go ahead and celebrate..."* *is now somehow a little annoyed and sighs before he pushes Matteo, who has heard everything, to the kitchen* *grumbles when they arrive there*

Matteo: *nods when he hears her say no* Okay.... *but then hears her addition and wants to say that he only meant himself to protect David, when David already interferes* *keeps his mouth shut and lets the siblings do their thing* *but can already see that David is quite annoyed* *lets himself be pushed into the kitchen by him* Hey.... *stands in front of him and looks at him gently* She only means well... but I also understand that it is annoying... that we are annoying....

David: *looks at Matteo when he stands in front of him and snorts softly when he says that Laura only means well* *knows this, but does not want to hear it now* *keeps listening to him and then shakes his head* *mumbles* You're not annoying... you didn't say anything today... *is really grateful to him for this* *knows himself that he should not overdo it, but at least wants to have the feeling now and *but hears Matteo's stomach growling, grins and breaks away from him*then to be completely normal and to be able to do exactly what everyone else does* *puts his hands loosely on Matteo's hips and puts his head on his shoulder* *slowly relaxes a bit and now enjoys that the constricted feeling on his upper body has disappeared* Let's cook... before you starve...

Matteo: *slightly tilts his head* But I won't be able to stop completely... *immediately wraps his arms around him when he leans against him* *whispers quietly* You can always tell us to shut up... this is /your/ life.... *hears his stomach growling and thinks that this is great timing* *then laughs slightly* Okay, let's cook.... *slowly pulls away from him him and goes to the fridge to see if there is tomato paste that he can turn into sauce*

David: *nods slightly when Matteo says that he can't stop completely* *mumbles* You don't have to... *laughs softly when he says that he can tell him to shut up* *thinks that in general it's good that Laura and Matteo worry about him and that they care, but Matteo is right when he says that it's /his/ life* *sighs* At least you could see today that there was a good reason for an exception. *goes to the kitchen cupboard when Matteo detached himself from him and takes out a pack of pasta* *sees that Matteo is standing at the fridge and asks him* Can you get out a bottle of water? I'm thirsty... you too? *then gets a pot from the shelf and fills it with hot water before he puts it on the stove and turns the stove on* *puts some salt into the water and then gets two glasses from the cupboard*

Matteo: *picks out a few things for the sauce and puts them on the counter* *takes the bottle of water from the fridge and places it on the counter* Yes, me too.... *20 minutes later they sit at the kitchen table and eat their pasta with the sauce, which has turned out really good* *looks up, when Laura comes in and gets a bottle from the fridge* *looks from her to David, who ignores her, and back again* There's some left... are you sure you don't want some?

David: *only notices while eating that he himself was quite hungry and how good it feels to eat something now* *looks up only briefly when Laura comes in, but then ignores her and continues eating* *hears her answer to Matteo's question: "Looks really good, but thanks, I had enough for dinner..."* *does not hear her leaving the kitchen and after a few seconds starts peeping in her direction* *she sees her standing at the fridge , but then taking a determined step towards him* *is hugged by her from behind and gets a kiss on the forehead* *hears her mumbling: "Sorry about earlier. I know that you can actually take care of yourself! Happy graduation!"* *feels how she is loosening the hug and now looks up and sees her ruffle Matteo's hair, smiles and says: "And congratulations to you too!"* *has to smile and mumbles now as well* Thank you! *then meets Laura's gaze and holds it for a while* *sees that everything is okay between them and smiles a bit more before he puts another bite of pasta in his mouth* *sees Laura leaning against the refrigerator and hears her ask quietly: "And you celebrated together?"* *nods and tells her* Yes - at the lake - together with Matteo's friends...

Matteo: *sees how Laura hesitates and hopes that this is a good sign* *then grins happily as she embraces David* *then laughs, when she also ruffles his hair* Thank you... *puts another fork full of pasta in his mouth and therefore cannot answer immediately* *but then swallows quickly* Together with /our/ friends.... *sees how Laura smiles and nods* *hears her saying: "That sounds good....".* *grins at her* Yes it does....

David: *grins slightly as Matteo corrects him* Okay... with /our/ friends... *thinks that it still feels a bit like they are more Matteo's friends after all, but that it's getting better with time* *is really grateful and happy that each of them has accepted him without any problems* *scrapes the last bit of sauce from his plate, when Laura finally says: "I'm going to bed now... and listen to music over the headphones, if you want to celebrate some more..."* *hears Laura laughing and turns red* *says horrified* These are things a sister should not worry about... *sees how Laura tilts her head and says mischievously: "I don't think anything... although, yes, one thing: How about I invite you for a pizza tomorrow or the day after tomorrow? To celebrate you graduating? Think it over and let me know! Good night!"* *sees her disappear, pushes the plate away and looks at Matteo* It’s a scary thought that my sister imagines what we are doing in my room... Let's go to your place!

Matteo: *laughs at Laura's statement* *has no problem with that, but she is also not his sister* *smiles at the invitation and then looks at David* *laughs louder at David's statement* Wow, that was the hottest way to ask me for sex I can imagine.... *then tilts his head slightly and grins* And if we go to my place now, she thinks we are doing this because we want to play cards? *knows that's mean, but can't resist teasing him*

David: *huffs at Matteo's first statement and laughs quietly and desperately at his next words* *raises his eyebrows and asks* Maybe!? *but then groans and gets up to clean up the plates* Okay, we'll stay here... *puts the plates in the sink and thinks that this has to be enough for today and that they can clean up the rest of the kitchen tomorrow* *leans against the sink and looks at Matteo* *grins slightly* I have a deck of cards somewhere... *wiggles his eyebrows and points with his head towards his room*

Matteo: *nods strongly when he says, they stay here* Good.... *would not have liked to have to go out again* *then watches him tidy up and empties his glass* *then looks at David who leans against the sink* *laughs slightly and tilts his head* Sexy.... *gets up and goes over to him* *grabs his hand and pulls him towards him* Well then, let's see your cards... *then pulls him with him into David's room*

(next play)

[tickletastic]

Milkshakes From Hell Challenge

Fandom: Smosh

Ship: N/A

Summary: Shayne is sick and tired of Damien always beating everyone when they play video games, so he spontaneously decides to implement a handicap to help everyone else out.

Notes: I accidentally made this kinda long? My bad bros

“Hello gamers and gentlebugs! Today we are going to be playing a personal favourite of mine, Super Smash Bros!” Damien was loud as he introduced the video, everyone around him cheering in response. “We are going to be playing four versus four, and every time someone loses they will have to drink a mystery milkshake from one of the glasses in front of us!”

Shayne had started to absentmindedly flick the shell of Damien’s ear, and was caught off-guard when Damien turned around to face him. “First up will be me, Shayne, Lasercorn, and Courtney! The first one out will be replaced by Ian or Sarah in the next round.”

The four of them equipped themselves with remotes, going through the motions to choose their characters.

Shayne looked directly into the camera to his left, putting his hand in front of his mouth as if to whisper, “Damien once told me that nobody good ever plays as Kirby, so I think I might just prove him wrong.”

Damien laughed in response, shaking his head back and forth. “No way Shayne. Don’t worry though, maybe Matt’ll bring you a tissue box so you can wipe up your loser tears.”

The comment brought about laughter from the rest of the cast, and from behind the camera Matt Raub could be heard disagreeing with Damien’s statement.

They quickly finished up with choosing their characters, Lasercorn as Bowser, Courtney as Jigglypuff, Damien as Pit, and Shayne as Kirby. They randomized the stage and ended up in Luigi’s Mansion.

As soon as the round started, Damien was at Shayne, repeatedly killing him every time he respawned, leaving no room or time for Shayne to move from the platform and try to run or fight back. Shayne started yelling at Damien, the two of them bickering back and forth about Damien’s strategy. 

“Like an old married couple,” Lasercorn mouthed to the camera. 

“Oh no! Trouble in paradise for Shaymien!” Courtney yelled in a high-pitched voice, shaking her head about so her hair tousled a little.

Shayne’s yelling got louder and louder over time as he realized that nobody else playing had been killed as many times as he had, thanks to Damien. When Damien realized the same, he backed off and started to go hard on Lasercorn. Of course, it was too late, and the round ended with Shayne as the loser, all thanks to Damien. 

“This is your fault, asshole,” Shayne grumbled while placing his controller down, looking towards the glasses on the table. He ended up picking a green milkshake, picking it up and sniffing it before moving it away from his face in disgust. “I think I already know what this is, and I don’t like it.”

“Just frickin’ drink it bro,” Damien responded in a dramatic valley girl accent.

Shayne glared at Damien, sticking up his middle-finger in the direction of his best friend. “Fuck you Dami, you’re the sole reason for my suffering. You should be drinking this shit.”

Damien laughed, and Sarah extended her hand, placing it on Shayne’s shoulder. “C’mon, just drink it you big baby.” 

Shayne skipped the straw all together, placing his lips on the rim of the milkshake glass, effectively getting whipped cream all over his face. When he had finished, he ate the cherry on top as he felt his face heat up. 

“Wait, Shayne, what is it?” Sarah inquired, making note of how red his face was going. 

Shayne started to cough, doubling over and spitting into a bucket that had been provided to him. It was exactly what he had suspected, and he attempted to explain through his coughing, “It’s wasabi.”

“Totally gross dude, that would definitely not bring any boys to your yard,” Damien laughed, once again speaking in a silly voice. The only response he received was yet another rude gesture made with Shayne’s hand.

Shayne got a glass of milk, and went back to sit on the couch, sitting behind where Damien was sitting on the other couch. Ian quickly took Shayne’s previous seat, switching the character to Charizard. 

The round quickly started up, and it had been a pretty even fight between Ian, Courtney, and Lasercorn. Damien was trying to go easy, but he still had yet to die. Right before the end of the round, Damien blasted Courtney out of the map, and she ended up losing. 

“You suck, Damien!” Courtney shouted, pretending to throw a fit in response to her loss. She picked up a glass that was reddish-pink in colour, “I really hope this is cherry.”

She gagged a little when she drank it, immediately stopping once she had the taste in her mouth. 

“The whole thing, Court! You gotta drink the whole thing. If I had to suffer through it, so do you,” Shayne yelled when she attempted to place the glass down.

“Bro, I’ll actually puke. This tastes like straight-up shit. I actually cannot drink the rest of this.” Courtney put the glass down, spitting into the bucket. 

“You gotta drink it, Courtney,” Matt said from beyond the camera. 

Courtney let out a whining sound before bringing the straw back to her mouth. She plugged her nose and finished it, immediately grabbing the bucket and spitting into it. “That was disgusting.”

“What’d you drink, Miss Courtney?” Damien asked.

“Actual shit would be my best guess.”

“Wrong! It was dog food.” Matt was laughing as he watched Courtney gag into the bucket again. 

“Gross.”

Courtney sat to Shayne’s right on the couch in the back as Sarah took her seat. Sarah chose Rosalina and Luma, even though Lasercorn advised her against it, and they started the round. Shayne felt that Damien was doing a little too well, as he had been the whole time, but he didn’t act on it. 

Lasercorn ended up losing, drinking a milkshake that ended up being surprisingly good, cereal and milk. 

“I think Damien has had way too much practice in this game, I think it would be fair if we gave him a handicap, don’t you guys agree?” Shayne asked everyone else, all of which seemed to agree.

“Sounds perfectly fair to me,” Sarah laughed, ruffling Damien’s hair.

“Nothing will deter me, I will always come out on top!” Damien announced, punching his fists into the air. 

“We’ll see about that.”

Shayne waited until the game had started, scooting forwards so he was sitting on the edge of the couch. He rested his wrists on the back of the couch above Damien’s head, knowing that Damien would be able to feel the groove in the couch, trying to add suspense. 

Damien decided that this round he would go after Ian, knocking Ian out multiple times like how he had done to Shayne.

“Damien, chill! C’mon Shayne, if you want to take Damien out then I think the time is now,” Ian begged, taking his eyes off of the screen for a second to look Shayne in his eyes.

Shayne laughed in response before he started to poke Damien, lightly at first, in his upper ribs. Without being behind Damien, you wouldn’t be able to see Shayne’s wiggling fingers, but Damien had started to squirm comedically in his seat. 

“Shanye don’t do that,” Damien teased, purposely mispronouncing his best friend’s name. 

“Uh, I’m just trying to make it fair for everyone else that’s playing. I’m doing the Lord’s work,” Shayne teased back. 

Shayne slipped his fingers under Damien’s arms, and Damien’s own mouth betrayed him. He started to giggle, trying to squirm away from his fingers while still paying attention to the game. He was still beating up Ian pretty bad in-game, but his attacks were getting weaker and weaker as time went on. At this point, everyone else had noticed Damien’s little predicament, and Sarah could feel his wiggling as she sat next to him on the couch. 

“What’s wrong Damien, a little ants in your pants?” Sarah teased him, taking advantage of Damien’s weakened state in order to help Ian beat him up. 

Courtney scooted closer to Shayne and reached out her own fingers, laughing when Damien tried to curl up on himself, bringing his knees onto the couch. 

“I alwahahays come out on top,” Damien exclaimed, trying to get back into his previous groove despite the fingers that were tickling him. Courtney wiggled the fingers of one of her hands on Damien’s neck, watching as he brought his shoulder up to meet his ear. 

The game came to an end, and Sarah ended up losing the round. Shayne started to wiggle his fingers faster over Damien’s ribs during the break in playing, and Damien was quick to curl in on himself into the couch when Sarah got up, giggling into his hands as he tried to use his elbows to block the attacking fingers.

“St-stahahap it! Dohohon’t do that, we’re nohohot even plahahaying!” Damien squealed when one of Shayne’s hands slipped under his arm again. 

Shayne stopped for a moment, Courtney following suit, “let’s save it for the next round.”

They watched as Sarah chose a purple milkshake, jumping straight in and chugging the entire thing. When she finished, there was a wide smile across her face. “It’s blueberry! This is amazing!”

Courtney started clapping, inviting Sarah to sit next to her as Shayne got up to sit on the front couch next to Damien. 

“I can go easy on you, but I’ll still win,” Damien told Ian, looking over at him. “This round, I will play as Wii Fit Trainer.”

Ian stuck out his hand to shake, “may the best gamer win.”

Shayne was immediate with Damien’s handicap when the round started, wiggling his fingers fast and rough over Damien’s tummy. Damien’s laughter was loud and bubbly as he tried to dodge Shayne’s fingers. He once again felt Courtney’s fingers join the mix, spidering up and down his ribs from behind. 

“Why are you laughing Day? Huh? What’s so funny, buddy?” Shayne teased.

Damien snorted softly, shaking his head rapidly. “Thihihis isn’t fair!”

Lasercorn laughed, looking at Damien, “you think this isn’t fair? What’s not fair was expecting us to win Smash Bros against you, someone who definitely has at least 200 hours of gameplay, without any handicap.”

“Honestly!” Courtney agreed, digging her fingers in harder. 

Damien cried out, trying to prevent his body from betraying him and forcing his head back. 

“How am I still losing?” Ian questioned angrily, simply trying to dodge Damien’s attacks instead of initiating his own at that point. 

“Maybe I can help with that,” Sarah responded giddily.

Damien started begging for Sarah not to, but he knew he was doomed when he felt her fingers under his arms, where Shayne’s had been only a round earlier. 

Damien yelled out and dropped his remote to the ground, covering his face with his hands. Even though he wasn’t even playing, Ian was still pretty behind from before, so Sarah, Shayne, and Courtney continued their torture to make sure that Damien couldn’t reach for his remote. Damien’s laughter was bubbly and high-pitched, soft snorts and hiccups laced in between. Damien couldn’t help but beg for them to stop, twitching erratically as the fingers continued to prod him. 

“Yes! Yes! Yes!” Ian exclaimed, tossing his remote onto his chair as he got up and cheered. 

Sarah removed her fingers, and Courtney did the same, ruffling Damien’s hair. Shayne kept up his fingers, knowing his best friend well enough to know what tickles would drive him crazy. 

“Shayne, buddy, I think you might kill Damien,” Courtney reasoned, putting her hand on Shayne’s shoulder. Damien’s face had become pretty red, and his laughter was becoming more hiccups than giggles. 

When Shayne stopped, Damien instantly curled into a ball, bringing his knees up onto the couch, his face still hidden behind his hands. 

“How adorable,” Sarah cooed, looking down at Damien on the couch. 

Damien’s giggling went on for a few minutes, his body shaking with every giggle, and when he finally calmed down he was holding his ribs. He sat back up on the couch, panting softly while he reached for the final milkshake. 

The milkshake was dark brown, with small specks of red in it. He definitely wasn’t excited to drink it. He looked at Ian, playfully glaring, “this drink would have been yours if everyone weren’t plotting against me.”

Damien skipped the straw, much like Shayne had, and chugged it in a few seconds. His face, which had began to lose its redness since he had calmed, started to turn red again. 

“What is it?” Ian asked excitedly. 

“Chocolate and hell,” Damien started to cough violently, searching for a drink. 

“Matt?” Sarah asked, looking over at him. 

“It is leftover ghost pepper chocolate from our Mario Party video!”

Damien rapidly consumed the milk that was brought to him, trying to fan the heat from his tongue as Ian did the video’s outro. 

“I hate you guys,” Were the final words that Damien muttered before running out into the kitchen to get more milk, and they were the final words that made it into the video.

[alanna-artroid]

Cookies I Have From Cookie Run So Far! (And My Thoughts On Them)

Alright, I’ve gotten pretty far in Cookie Run: Oven Break, and I felt the need to share my thoughts on all the adorable cookies I’ve unlocked so far. So far, I have 50/100, so I’d say I’m making good progress. On to the list!

GingerBrave: The bravest boy. If this was a show, he’d clearly be the main character. I recently got him a little suit, so now he’s a gentleman! 

GingerBright: Sweet little lady. She looks like she’d be nice to get a coffee with or help you with homework. I definitely ship her with Brave, no doubt about it.

Strawberry Cookie: Precious baby! She’s super shy and I am compelled to protect her at all costs. Her pet is also a Tamagotchi, so she must be a gamer! Sweet!

Skater Cookie: HE WAS A SK8TER BOI! SHE SAID SEE YA LATER BOI! 

Zombie Cookie: This is one of the fastest zombies I’ve ever seen. They seem like a nice guy overall though.

Princess Cookie: Heck yes, a mischievous princess! Those are the best! I love her dress and hair bows. I bet she just pretends to get kidnapped for the lols.

Pilot Cookie: Is it just me, or is this little old man smaller than most of the other cookies? Whatever, he’s got a cute mustache and he’s adorable. Go and fly!

Vampire Cookie: As a vampire nerd, I immediately adored this guy. I will gladly give him grape juice and chill with him under the light of the moon. 

Gumball Cookie: Is this was Splatoon is like? This boi has a lot of chaotic energy and I like him.

Pistachio Cookie: I love this warrior woman so dang much. Look at that minty green hair! Her power is also SUPER helpful. She a speedy knight!

Pancake Cookie: HE’S A FLYING SQUIRREL! HE’S TOO CUTE I CAN’T EVEN! LET ME HUG THIS TINY CHILD!!!

Peppermint Cookie: Sweet baby. Good baby. My mom would probably adore this baby. (She loves mint and she’s not even a big sweets person.)

Muscle Cookie: As a lesbian, I’m not into big abs and muscles, but he’d probably be a good gym partner. Don’t mess with him is all I can say.

Cherry Cookie: Little Red Riding Hood got some bombs! I hope she and Gumball can go cause chaos on the weekends.

Hero Cookie: Precious nerdy boi with science! I saw his Island of Memories intro and his bond with Jellyco Cube is just the sweetest thing! Follow your superhero dreams, my baby!

Fairy Cookie: I didn’t know Tinkerbell was in this game! Also, I got her a bee costume and that looks super cute on her. Love her hair bun.

Werewolf Cookie: ULTIMATE FLOOF! Doggo here has a lot of angst and I worry for him. Maybe Vampire Cookie can teach him to chill? That’d be nice.

Rockstar Cookie: Oh, the songs I could sing right here. High tier rocker boy. Loving that flowing white hair. Rock on, buddy!

Soda Cookie: Go-to starter for my Breakout runs. I love him very much, he’s super cute! Let me go to the beach with this righteous dude! 

Dark Enchantress Cookie: Oooooh, she is GORGEOUS!!! I love her design~! I’ll be sure to invite her to any fancy balls I might have, as to avoid any Maleficent scenarios with this savage woman.

Moon Rabbit Cookie: My spirit animal! I love how she constantly munches while she runs. This girl is such a mood for me. Cute little bunny ears~!

Space Doughnut: Awww, look at this alien dork! Their design is very cute, and I love how their expression of >:3.

Macaron Cookie: Such a sweetie pie! Why must they all be so adorable?! She’s a little drummer girl! That is too precious! Look at her dress and hat!!!

Pink Choco Cookie: She reminds me of a show I watched when I was younger. It was about a space girl, does anyone remember it? This girl will save the day, I can tell! 

Avocado Cookie: Strong girl on the loose! My pun-loving friends would adore this cookie. And she’s a blacksmith, which is always cool.

Whipped Cream Cookie: Elegant ballerino!! He’s definitely one of my favorites! Such a beautiful boi~! I love his design so much, and he’s very useful. <3 <3 <3

Blackberry Cookie: Yeeees! Gothic girl for the win! She is SO dang pretty! I am WEAK for gothic lolitas, and she even has ghost buddies! I bet she’ll love spooky games like Luigi’s Mansion and Hollow Knight.

Lemon Cookie: Edgy boi is trying way too hard to be Shadow the Hedgehog. I mean, can you SMILE for once dude? It’ll take me a while to bond with this guy.

Salt Cookie: He strikes me as a wise old man you’d find meditating at the top of a mountain, or in his case on a boat in the ocean. I bet he has lots of knowledge to share.

Squid Ink Cookie: AWWWWW, SWEET BABY SQUID!!! Guys, I think they might be my favorite! They’re so squishy and mighty, and they need all my love and huggles!!! Don’t be sad baby, I’ll be your friend! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Lime Cookie: Beach girl! She’s like Lemon Cookie, but slightly nicer! I really like her hair and beach ball. Very cool girl.

Ninja Cookie: FINALLY! SOMEONE WITH MORE THAN TWO JUMPS!!! I went kind of crazy with his jumping powers at first. He’s super cool. Not sure why his pet is a ghost though.

Pomegranate Cookie: Oooh, I love Asian fashion~! Look how fancy and elegant she is! Her story concerns me, and I’m worried about her.

Angel Cookie: Good cookie, sweet cookie. Wouldn’t hurt a fly. It looks like they trust the devil boy, which is beyond kind of them. I love it when angels get along with demons. Defy angle roles!!!

Devil Cookie: Speaking of, they’re a cute little bean too! I love the naughty demon trope, and this cutie is so mischievous! Call Angel your “rival” all you want, I’m still shipping you dorks.

Roll Cake Cookie: Imagine, if you will, the world’s biggest game of Whack-A-Mole! With that hammer, this boy would win without question.

Popcorn Cookie: I’d be happy to go with this girl to the movie theater! Also, I love how she had popcorn for hair buns. She seems like she’d be up for a fun time!

Carrot Cookie: Oh my lordy, her ponytails are carrots. The artists for this game are so clever. Strong but tiny farmer, I approve.

Ion Cookie Robot: Yes! A robot! I love robots, and this cookie is no exception! Definitely one of my favorites, up there with Whipped Cream Cookie. They’re super powerful too, and REALLY useful in Breakout and Trophy runs.

Dino-Sour Cookie: Gee Dino-Sour, how come Devsisters let you have two pets? Very cool punk boy. I can see him going to Rockstar Cookie’s concert.

Plum Cookie: Aren’t plums purple though? This boy is one tough cookie! Look at his karate moves! Honestly, I thought he was a girl at first. Why must these boys be so pretty?!

Yogurt Cream Cookie: PRINCE ALI! FABULOUS HE! ALI ABABWUA~!

Alchemist Cookie: Look, it’s Twilight Sparkle! Apparently, Vampire boy is her brother? I really like her hair braids(?), I just wish she’d loosen up a bit. She seems like a nice girl.

Roguefort Cookie: Aaaah yeah, elegant thief! This cookie is the coolest! I love this aesthetic so much~! Blue cheese has never been so fancy. Just look at this charmer, stealing hearts!

Pitaya Dragon Cookie: OOOOOhohoho! THIS is what I’m TALKING about! Look at this beast, they’re GLORIOUS! They’ve probably killed a bunch of people, but They’re crazy powerful and I adore them.

Knight Cookie: This guy is SO much fun to play as! He just won’t stop, he’s too fast!!! I couldn’t stop laughing once I found out just how fast this knight could go! Somehow he controls better than Pistachio? I don’t know, I love him!

Birthday Cake Cookie: TOO PRECIOUS FOR WORDS! SHE’S SO DANG CUTE!!! Also, her “Bonus Time” changes to “Happy B Day” and I... I just can’t! She’s the sweetest thing!!! <3 <3 <3

Cocoa Cookie: Awww, look at this sweet baby! I wanna snuggle her! Her design looks so warm and comfy. I have plenty of hot chocolate to give her. <3

Raspberry Mousse Cookie: Ah yes, the pretty boy that got me into this game in the first place. Along with Squid Ink, he’s probably my favorite. There’s a reason he has the highest affection so far with me. I just adore his design, and he’s very powerful! I will ALWAYS have him ready for Breakout and Trophy Runs. Well worth all the hype. <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Rose Cookie: Finally, we have this lovely lady. Everyone is shipping her with Raspberry, and rightfully so. She is a high-quality woman that makes gay men straight and straight girls lesbian. Look at that outfit! And those dance moves!

Aaaand that’s everybody for now! I’ll update this once I get more Cookies. So far, I like most of them a lot. Anybody got some favorites they’d like to share? I’m still new to this game, but I’m happy to hear what others have to say!

UPDATE 1: 

I went back and fixed all the gender mistakes I made. (I’m so sorry! D:) Also, I got a few more cookies! So here we go!

Walnut Cookie: Precious detective baby! The newest update is only making her cuter! Probably the shortest of the bunch, and I adore her design~! <3

Cinnamon Cookie: Super useful power so far, and they have a really cool cape! Those cards are very handy! (I promise I’ll pay attention to the genders of these cookies from now on! I don’t want to misgender anyone again!)

Sparkling Cookie: Oooh, a sparkling cider cookie! That’s honestly the only boozy thing I enjoy drinking. He is super classy and seems like the life of the party. He strikes me as a Great Gatsby kind of host.

Moonlight Cookie: OOOOOOOH~! LOOK at this GODDESS! I love the nighttime/dreamy aesthetic. This girl has Luna’s hair and a wizard’s outfit, high tier cookie!

White Choco Cookie: This game sure likes it’s knights, huh? This girl is a fine lady and apparently, she attracts all the lesbians. Can’t say I blame those girls, I do love that hairstyle. 

Spinach Cookie: Aaand the newest cookie to hit the scene, this girl! I have never met someone so dedicated to vegetables, so I have to applaud that. She’s a super sweet girl, and I hope we find who stole her precious vegetables!!!

UPDATE 2:

More Cookies! It’s been a while since I’ve updated this, so I have quite a bit to share. On to the new ones!

Mustard Cookie: Look at this punk girl! Street artist on the loose in the streets! I always admire people and characters in this style, so I’m supporting this rebel all the way!

Herb Cookie: Now THIS guy is everywhere! It seems the fandom really likes him, and I can see why. He seems like a very nice boy, with a sweet plant baby. I like the leaf hair, very cool.

Sea Fairy Cookie: I love how everything on her flows. Her hair, her dress, she’s so beautiful~! I will say though, Legendaries are SO DANG HARD to level up and get affection with! WHY?!

Cream Puff Cookie: Awwww, look at this precious baby girl~! Look at her soft hair and little dress! I almost feel bad running with the super cute ones, I don’t want them to get hurt! 

Matcha Cookie: Oooooh, all these ancient-looking cookies have the coolest designs! She’s probably insane, darkness will do that to ya, but she seems harmless so I like her!

Ice Candy Cookie: This chick could crush me like a grape and I don’t know how to feel about that. Hopefully, she’s only savage on the ice rink. I do NOT want to mess with this girl.

Cherry Blossom Cookie: Awww, look how pretty she is~! Cherry blossoms are always so lovely, and this girl embodies that. She has a PARASOL for crying out loud, I CAN’T EVEN!!

Grapefruit Cookie: This game sure likes sports, huh? She seems really cool, I love her colors! Do you think she’d play Skate 3? Hopefully, she’d get a laugh out of that game.

Pirate Cookie: This guy has been a long time coming. I’ve been curious about him since the Breakout episode. He’s pretty neat, I appreciate how he naturally comes with an extra revive.

Kumiho Cookie: Cool! A Kitsune! I love the spin on the concept of cookies. Let this marshmallow fox live out her reverse-furry dream! I’m loving her design too, look at that hair! 

Marshmallow Cookie: Oh cute! Another marching band cookie! According to her story, she and Macaron had a falling out. I hope they can reconcile and be friends again. :(

Dark Choco Cookie: WE’VE REACHED MAXIMUM EDGE! WITH OREO SHOULDER PADS!!! Interesting how he’s still trying to be a hero, which is a nice spin on the “I have evil powers so now I’m evil” trope. Here’s hoping he stays strong.

Fire Spirit Cookie: Ah yes, the classic lord of fire. A staple for any fantasy story that includes the elements. Again, it’s impossible to get the affection for these guys.

Mala Sauce Cookie: Yay! I got Pitaya’s girlfriend! I always love it when there’s a tribe/society of warriors and the WOMAN is the strongest one there. Heck yes! This warrior lady is a badass!

Firecracker Cookie: I didn’t know I was invited to a rave party! Love the neon colors on this cookie, that’s something this game really excels at.

UPDATE 3:

I’ve reached 90 cookies! I’m on the homestretch!!!

Cheesecake Cookie: OH MY LORDY LOOK HOW FANCY SHE IS! I adore her already! Fancy ladies are the best ladies!

Kiwi Cookie: This game REALLY likes sports. He looks cool, can’t complain.

Yoga Cookie: Awww, a pretzel is trying to be loose! I’ve done yoga a few times, and it is very good for your body. Nice colors, simple design, nice.

Dr. Wasabi Cookie: I’d reference some mad scientist, but I know a lot of them so we’d be here for a while. Her combi generator has been very helpful.

Tiger Lily Cookie: IT’S THE EYE OF THE TIGER IT’S THE THRILL OF THE NIGHT, RISING UP TO THE CHALLENGE OF OUR RIVALS!

Chili Pepper Cookie: Uh oh, this one’s a troublemaker! I really like her hair, it’s very bright. Secure your pockets around this chick, that’s for sure.

Millennial Tree Cookie: These cookies are too pretty, I keep thinking they’re girls! This guy is so beautiful~ truly a being of nature!

DJ Cookie: Ooooh, I love her design~. Rainbow colors will win me over every time. And look! She’s wearing a Bi Pride shirt! This girl is awesome! I like how her special power is basically tiny Guitar Hero.

Snow Sugar Cookie: Soft baby, sweet baby. Looks very cuddly. Their level was very helpful during Sandwich Cookie’s event in getting frozen jellies. Those blue bears aren’t easy to come by!

Fig Cookie: CENTAUR! I wasn’t expecting one of those here! She’s such a sweetie pie~. Since everything and anything is allowed in this game, can we get mermaids or harpies next?

Cotton Candy Cookie: PRECIOUS BABY! She’s so gosh darn cute, I can’t take it! I personally can relate to falling in love with things so easily. And there are official plushies of her now! ONE DAY I WILL BRING HER HOME!

Purple Yam Cookie: Bro needs a chill pill. Not ONCE have I seen this guy smile yet. And I thought Lemon needed to lighten up. Milk seems to care about him though, so I guess he can’t be that bad.

Milk Cookie: The softest of warriors! Look how cute he is~! I adore him! Plus he really shines in the stories. I can only assume Yam is his boyfriend or something. Am I wrong about that?

Cyborg Cookie: Hey! I saw the storybook for this one! I’m surprised I haven’t unlocked this “Aloe Cookie” yet. Are they still in this game? I can’t find them on the chart. Anyway, Cyborg is cool. Very nice design.

Mango Cookie: Newest baby! I love him, and would love to learn all about the islands from him! I’m gonna say it, I already ship him with Ananas Cookie, no questions asked.

[g0ldenboi333]

I wanted to get a little writing practice done, so why not write one of my favorite parts to one of my favorite RPGs?

Appologies that it is rather long, I just thought some of you you guys might like it

-

As the group continued forward, Luigi couldn't help but feel a chill go down his spine and it seems something was watching over them.

They approached a large and decayed tree, that somewhat resembled a jack-o-lantern, blocking their path. Before they could even think of a way around it, its 'mouth' spewed out a flock of paper bats as the tree stump faded into a dark husk.

A group of boos emerged from the husk, surrounding their king, and Luigi's worst nightmare, King Boo. The bros jumped and Luigi bolted in the opposite direction, the way they had came from, and jumped once  spikes shot from under the ground, thorn-coated roots curled around them.

Luigi fell over, clumsily tripping over his own feet to get back to Mario and his paper counterpart, but something was off. He turned back around to find both of them missing along with all the boos.

Luigi looked around for any sign of them before collapsing to the ground in tears

-

Not long after, he could hear the sound of rustling in a set of plants nearby. He stood up and began to cautiously approach the sound.

As he got closer, he saw the sound was originating from a yellow tulip emitting a glow. He inched closer to the plant as it stopped moving for a moment. Luigi, now rather curious, slowly reached his hand towards it.

Starlow, the Star Sprite, shot out from the plant, spitting out plant fragments that wound up inside her mouth. This sudden movement caused Luigi to enter a state of fear where he was frozen in place.

"Blech, I got grass clippings in my mouth!" She exclaimed to herself, spitting up the last remains. Noticing Luigi's presence, and fear, he turned to him. "Luigi! It's good to see your...safe," she hesitantly smiled to him, trying to get him to calm down.

This didn't work, as he was still frozen with shock. "Luigi!" Starlow shouted, snapping him out of his trance. "Look, I know you're scared, you're used to having two Marios around, but now you're alone, stranded in a forest full of ghosts--" she began, only to be interrupted by the sound of sniffling.

Starlows' 'pep talk' had only caused Luigi to cry, obviously not cheering him up. She rolled her eyes and sighed. "Right. I really need to work on my pep talks," she tells herself.

"Luigi, listen," she said, grabbing his attention once more. He wiped away a stream of tears and listened closely what Starlow was about to tell him.

"I know you can save both Marios" she smiled to him, "I mean, you're Luigi, man! You're tall, you've got a sweet moustache, you've had, like, a whole YEAR named after you, and well... Go Luigi!" She hesitated a bit, as she wasn't sure how to phrase that, but Luigi's smile showed that it seemed to work. "And besides, it's basically Luigi RPG right now," she added for the extra confidence.

Noticing his sudden confidence boost, Starlow let out a relieved sigh and asked, "That did it? Well... That's the spirit!"

Luigi began to walk, a confident smile on his face, but before he could take a step, another swarm of paper bats flee behind him, instilling fear back into him. Starlow would have facepalmed herself if she had arms if her own. Instead, she sighed and flew into Luigi's overhaul pocket.

-

Luigi explored the new area of forest that had been uncovered by the tree. The boos, that had seemingly populated the forest before, had seemingly disappeared. This place felt empty, but something did catch his attention.

A glimpse of red, amidst the dark green forest caught his eye. Hopeful, Luigi walked over to it. As he neared, the red began to take shape, an all too familiar shape. Was it Mario, he thought, it certainly looked that way.

Luigi cheered to himself as he thought he had found his long lost brother. 'Mario' just stood there, staring at the tree that stood in front of him. Luigi went in for a hug, but the closer he got, the more seemed off with this red-clad hero. It appeared he was a little less opaque than he remembered, like he could see straight through him.

Luigi fell to the ground, as not only could he see through his brother, he could go through him as well. Confused, he turned his head back to this transparent being, and it poofed into a boo and flew off with a laugh. Luigi jumped to his feet with a yelp. Now he was even more worried. What could these ghosts have done to, but only his brother, but his paper counterpart too.

As he continued through the forest, more and more 'Marios' seemed to appear, each one transparent, and each one doing its own thing. Standing, conversing, thinking, just... spinning in circles, it was very odd.

Luigi saw a group of 'Marios' staring up at a tree where another Mario, this one, not transparent like the others, was tied up in the tree. This one had to be Mario. The Mario.

As he approached them, their attention shifted from Mario, to Luigi. It was a rather unsettling, to say the least, about a dozen eyes, all the same recognizable hue of his brothers, were all settled on him.

Practically scared out of his mind, the first thing Luigi thought to do was to run through this group of 'Marios' to try 'scare' them away like a flock of birds. It worked, the imposters all transformed back into boos and faded away with an all too familiar laugh.

Luigi turned back to his brother, who was still tied in the tree, and jumped up to quickly untie him. He stood underneath Mario, watching him free himself.

Mario blinked, feeling the relief of the ropes that were wrapped around loosen. He used this to his advantage, freeing himself from the tree and landing onto the ground. The feeling of the ground beneath his shoes felt off, but before he could even question it, Starlow flew out from seemingly the ground beneath him.

"Mario! It's good to see you're okay!" Starlow exclaimed in relief. "It was touch and go with Luigi for a while..."

Hearing his name, Mario asked Starlow where his brother was.

"Where is Luigi, you ask?"

Starlow stopped for a second, glancing down to the floor and then back up to Mario. "Well, about that..." She spoke, "look down."

Mario looked down, noticing a familiar green-clad hero had been lying beneath his feet. He quickly stepped off, allowing them to stand.

The figure placed his hands to the ground beside him, pushing himself off the ground and onto his knees. He lightly pushed his hat away from his face to catch a glimpse of if his brother with a teary-eyed smile.

Luigi quickly stood up and embraced his brother in a hug, crying into his shoulder. Mario returned the hug with a smile, gently patting his brothers back to console him.

"Aww, you guys are so cute," Starlow commented, "Now we just need to find Paper Mario," She told them.

[norskkitten]

You’re only a fool if you give up, boy

They’ve been talking about it for weeks. Even though Matteo wasn’t so keen on doing this, it felt like world’s greatest idea to them. Carlos has been bragging about his relationship with Kiki, how great it is to have that special someone in your life. Abdi, still doing nothing about his big ass crush on Sam, also thought it would be perfect for Matteo to finally get some female attention. Don’t get it wrong, he’s had plenty of attention - he would let girls flirt with him, especially during nights out with his friends, always being careful not to flirt back, keeping his “cool guy” attitude. He would let them kiss him every once in a while (if he was drunk enough), trying not to think about how every touch made his chest clench. There was that one party, over a month ago, where he ended up shaking, struggling to breathe after a tiny brunette was forcing herself on him in the corner of someone’s living room. Hooking up at parties was how most boys lived their life, but Matteo felt humiliated. He was overwhelmed, the party was much more than he could handle and after running away, he hadn’t gone out of his room for three days.

 And Matteo loved these fools. They were getting on his nerves, always talking about girls and sex, but they were his friends. Jonas, however... He was hoping Jonas would stand up for him, understand that Matteo doesn’t need girlfriends to be a decent guy (not that he was, in any way, a decent human being) and just let him live his lonely life. So when Jonas came up to their table on Tuesday with a smirk on his face, Matteo felt his heart sink.

 “Good news! I got you a date tomorrow. Her name is Sara, she’s taking Maths with me. She’s blonde, she’s sweet and she doesn’t think you’re a loser.”

��Matteo feels betrayed. He knows the girl, he has seen here a few times in the hallway, always with another blonde by her side, constantly chatting and giggling. She seems nice and she probably is, but that’s not the problem. Matteo just doesn’t feel like dating anyone. He hadn’t had any interest in love since... well, since his crush on Jonas. He would never admit that, but his feelings for his best friend made him question his sexuality and he decided it’d be better to just back off. Better to back off than to admit he might not be what people expect him to be.

 “Luigi! Sara is hot, he got you a good one” he hears one of his friends say, but he doesn’t want to hear it. He thinks maybe if he pretended he never heard it, it wouldn’t be true.

 Much to his dismay, it is still true. Boys keep talking about how amazing this Sara girl is and Matteo can not go through all the reasons why being single is good to him again. His brain is screaming, because as pretty and friendly as she sounds, he still finds no attraction to girls recently. His mouth doesn’t say anything, because he’s a stupid bastard and he can never stand up for himself. He can’t say no.

 So that’s how it is. He’s got a date tomorrow.

 ***

The boys all crash at Matteo’s after school on Wednesday to help him get dressed and to make sure he makes it to his date in the first place. Carlos tries to talk him into wearing a shirt - something he hasn’t worn since, like, 5th grade, but he insists on staying in his way-too-big t-shirt with a pattern that looks a bit like dirty stains (and maybe there are stains too, Matteo isn’t sure). Abdi slaps his hand when he reaches for one of his oversized grandpa sweaters and Jonas finds a grey hoodie he’s only had on three times before, so he’s positive it doesn’t smell that bad. They fight a little and Abdi runs after him with a hairbrush, bu he lets it go and then they just play Zelda until it’s time to leave.

 They are supposed to meet on Alexanderplatz and when he gets there, he still has seven minutes left. He purposely missed the bus, but the boys said he has to be early to make a good impression and made him catch another one only two minutes later. Standing there, he thinks of excuses to leave.

1. His flatmate called. He was dreaming about their date so hard that he forgot to turn the water off and now there’s a big flood going on.

 2. He was so stressed about their date he got nauseous and he’s really, terribly sorry, but he feels like throwing up, so maybe they could meet some other day.

 He tries to come up with another one when Sara catches his eye. It still startles him a little. And the thing is, Sara looks like a nice girl. She is pretty and she’s playing with her hair as she’s making her way to him, sending him a nice smile. He tries his best to smile back, because she’s just a nice girl and she doesn’t know how much he doesn’t want to be there and she probably deserves someone better than him.

 “Hey.”

 Her voice is soft. She seems shy, still smiling at him.

 Matteo isn’t shy. He wants to get the fuck out of here.

 Instead, he nods a little and points to the nearest cafe.

 “Na. Would you like some coffee?”

 “I’d love that.”

  ***

 Now, the thing is, Matteo really hates coffee. He doesn’t really drink much, which probably isn’t the best, but he just finds it hard to care. Suggesting the cafe was his first reaction, because he didn’t want to sound like a dick and greet her with a “flat flood” or throwing up. He orders an espresso, the real Italian he is, thinking it’d be better to drink it rather than a regular sized coffee. Sara, on the other hand, gets an extra sweet caramel macchiato and seems content about it.

 Sara talks. A lot. She talks about school, about her best friend (Matteo learned her name is Leonie), the things they like to do, the music she listens to. Matteo tries to keep his focus and throws some “mmm” and “yeah” in, because that means he doesn’t have to speak much himself. Sara doesn’t seem to mind - she goes on about a party on Friday she would like to go to and the latest movie she would like to see.

 “Well, if you’d like, there’s a cinema around the corner. We could go there.”

 Her eyes lit up and she looks so happy Matteo has to hold his breath. He offered to see the movie with her because going to the cinema would mean they didn’t have to talk anymore. He’s sure he’s hardly said like ten sentences the whole afternoon and the idea of not having to talk, and not having to listen either, makes him feel a little better. He wishes he could just go back to his bed and lay there sleepless forever.

 They head to the cinema. Matteo doesn’t even finish his coffee, while Sara was done with hers after half an hour, and he wishes he could smoke some weed instead. It takes them five minutes to get there and now they’re both staring at a giant poster of Aladdin, Sara talking about how excited she is and how much she loves the actors. Matteo doesn’t really know any of them. He remembers watching Aladdin as a child. He’s not really in a mood for romance right now - neither on-screen nor in real life.

 They go inside and Matteo is taken aback by the amount of people inside. Yes, he knew Alexanderplatz is a popular place in the city (he had a hard time waiting for Sara, there were people everywhere and he really wished he could be home), but he still didn’t expect it to be this crowded. Sara still has a wide smile on her face and can’t stop chattering while they stand in line to the register.

 He’s tired. It’s really loud here, all these people talking and street noise coming through the door. His head starts to ache. He asks Sara how long is the film and he immediately regrets it when she says it’s over two hours. He can feel his face going numb from all the fake smiles he’s trying to put on and his heart starts to beat louder while the line is slowly moving forward.

 Sara seems a little worried about the look on his face and she asks if he’s feeling okay. He opens his mouth to say he is fine, that everything is great, when he sees it. Sees Him.

 “Matteo? Is something wrong?” she repeats the question, but Matteo is frozen.

 He can’t stop staring. The guy at the register is chatting with one of the customers and when he throws his head back, laughing at something a boy in front of him said, Matteo is blushing. He doesn’t think he’s ever seen so much happiness in his entire life.

 He’s snapped out of it by his date’s hand in front of his face.

 “Yeah, I’m good.” says Matteo. And he means it. Looking at that guy made him feel like he could move any mountain in the world. God, his smile. He could sin all his life if it meant he gets to see that smile again.

 Three boys go away from the cash register and Matteo realizes it’s their turn. Sara takes him by the hand and he follows her wide-eyed, because, to be fair, it’s not her hand he would like to hold right now. The guy offers them a wide smile, still looking happy after his previous conversation and Matteo thinks he might melt to the ground.

 “Hello. What would you like to see today?” the guy asks and Matteo swears he got chills in places he never knew he could get it. His voice is so deep, yet so soft and everything inside Matteo is screaming you because he would like to see him. He would like to see him every fucking day he lives on this earth.

 “Could we get two tickets for Aladdin, please?” Sara links their fingers and Matteo can’t help but wince. He takes a look at their hands and when his eyes go back to the boy’s face, there’s a tiny bit of worry. Matteo suddenly feels uneasy, shame taking over him as he looks to the ground, wishing he could disappear.

 “There’s one starting in 15 minutes. Is that good?” the guy asks and Matteo wants to look at him, wants so badly to look at his olive skin, his dark curly hair and the smile that made him feel like it’s going to get better. He doesn’t.

 “Yes, it’s perfect!”

 They chat for a bit and Matteo doesn’t seem to catch anything they are saying, still staring at his feet. There’s a quiet cough and he finally looks up to them. Looks up to him. His eyes are warm brown and he shoots him a reassuring smile and he keeps looking at him, asking if he wants to pay in cash or by card. And Matteo has no idea what he’s talking about, until he remembers he’s on a date. With a girl.

 As bad as it sounds (and it sounds really bad, especially because Matteo is broke and the tickets are fucking expensive, he already paid for their coffees), it’s a perfect opportunity to step back from her, because he obviously couldn’t take his wallet out of his pocket with only one free hand. He pays with his card and when the guy asks him if he needs a receipt, he says yes, because he wants him to hand him the receipt and he wants to hold his hand and- fuck.

 Matteo only thinks about it for a second before he’s being handed the receipt and their fingers brush. He wants to grab his whole hand and hold it and then grab the guy and hold the guy but he’s not a retard so he takes a step back, the document still in his hand so Sara can’t hold it. After he printed out two tickets for them, he reaches to hand them to Matteo, but Sara is the first to take them and she looks excited and happy and Matteo couldn’t care less.

 The guy guides them where to go and tells them to enjoy the movie. He sends Matteo one last smile and Matteo wants to say something, wants to tell him everything, but he’s on a date with a girl and there are people waiting in line and he has to get this shit to an end. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

SECOND PART: https://norskkitten.tumblr.com/post/185410831036/youre-only-a-fool-if-you-give-up-boy-part-ii ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Uh, I got an idea and I thought I could go with this. I haven’t written anything in, like, at least 3 years. It’s almost 3am and it’s not edited and it’s not even finished, because i’m not sure if I want it in parts or I’ll just write an ending to this and make it a shot. But I love the idea and I ship it so hard.

[nancywheelxr]

(our friends set us up on a blind date as a prank because we don’t like each other but neither of us wants to let them win so ) | Part 7:

( part 1 ) ( part 2 ) ( part 3 ) ( part 4 ) ( part 5 ) ( part 6 )

Weeks pass surprisingly uneventfully, but even amidst the dull boredom, something stays with Winn, nagging at him to pay attention. Alex hadn’t meant anything by her comment, not really, not this time, but it makes clear they have to step up their game if they want to keep this up for much longer. Soon, people will begin to wonder why they never seem to go on “dates”. And god knows the DEO loves a good gossip.

So when Kara asks if they want to go get drinks after work, Winn makes a big show out of telling her no, he can’t, actually, because you see, it’s date night.

The choice of words is important, too. He’s very proud of that. Date night, implying a routine, implying they did this before, implying they go out regularly.

And he thinks Brainy notices it, too, because he smiles from across the table, knowing and private, eyes shining under the lights, before going back to his conversation with Alex.

Kara grins, watching them. “Right, are you guys planning anything big for Valentine’s Day?”

“Sure,” he replies easily, “I’ve got reservations at that fancy french place downtown.”

She coos, shaking his shoulder excitedly, “oh my god, that’s so romantic! You’re taking him back to the place of your first date!”

“Yeah, well, not to brag, but I’m a damn good boyfriend.”

“You are constantly bragging,” Brainy comments, suddenly appearing at his side, “although you’re not incorrect. This time.”

Winn snorts, “thanks, babe.” A foot steps on his, and he has to bite back his snickers, “anyway. We were talking about how awesome I am, right? We should go back to that.”

“No, but seriously, how did you get that reservation? And at Valentine’s Day?” Kara says, gaping, “I heard there’s a month-long wait list.”

He shrugs, stuffing his hands into his pockets, “two months long. But I actually made them back in December? I mean, I was already there anyway, so I asked just to see– who knows, right? And there was a table left, so I took it. Seemed smart at the time.”

“Not at all,” Brainy frowns, apparently not grasping the logic of that, “two months are too far ahead, what if we had broken up?”

“Nah,” Winn grins, swinging an arm around his shoulder, “I thought it was worth the gamble. ‘Sides, I have faith in us, man.”

The frown clears from his face, but Brainy keeps looking at him with surprise– no, that’s not right. Something surprised and disbelieving in his eyes that Winn wishes he had more time to figure out properly–

Someone makes gagging noises nearby, drawing their attention away from each other. It’s Alex, faking a disgusted grimace, “yeah, yeah, we get it,” she rolls her eyes, waving them off, “you guys are disgustingly in love.”

If she wasn’t grinning just like her sister, Winn maybe would be inclined to believe the annoyance on her words, but as it is, Alex isn’t fooling anyone. She’s just as happy for them. And maybe if he hadn’t meant it what he had said earlier– he did have faith in them at the time. Half-drunk and excited with their new plan, he had been absolutely goddam sure they would be able to pull this off– then maybe he would feel a little bad for tricking them.

“It’s a love story for the ages,” he says. His smile slips briefly, but it goes unnoticed.

“Absolutely revolting,” she shakes her head.

Kara elbows her sister, snickering along. “Let them live, Alex,” she keeps a straight face for about a second before adding, “they have a date tonight.”

“You know, I met thirteen-years-old more mature than you two,” Winn tells them matter-of-factly, then turns to Brainy, “are you ready to go? Or do I need to entertain the peanut gallery for much longer?”

“There are no peanuts here,” Brainy gives him a perplexed look, “do you want peanuts?”

Right, he should’ve seen that coming, this one’s on him. “No, it’s just an expression, it means they’re children and their comments are stupid.”

“Oh. It’s a very misleading expression,” he shrugs, “but in that case, yes, we can go now.”

“Great,” Winn claps, whirling around, “shall we?”

“Have a good date,” Kara calls.

“And bring him back before midnight!” Alex adds.

“Will do,” he laughs.

*

“I have a very important question,” Winn says with a serious expression. He’s just finished locking the door, and Brainy is still hovering nearby. “Have you ever played Mario Kart?”

He throws his keys in the vague direction of the dish by the door, and Brainy follows him into the living room, sitting down on the couch. “I have not. The only games I know of are the ones Kara has brought at Game Nights.”

“Yeah, right, right, she told me you were there a few times,” Winn says, hooking up his game system on the TV. “She also mentioned it was a bit of a learning curve?”

“There were no explosions and no kittens,” he complains, huffing forlornly, “everything is so misleading in this century.”

“Even Scrabble? I thought you would be good at that one.”

“We haven’t had the opportunity to play it,” Brainy says diplomatically and takes the controller passed to him, turning it around curiously.

“Seriously? Kara hasn’t lifted the ban yet?” Winn scrunches up his face, “but then again, we’re still strongly against Mario Kart during Game Night, so. That’s fair, I guess?”

Only sort of, though. Adding the letter s to every completed word on the board just to see Alex slowly go through all five stages of grief does not compare to breaking one’s favorite controller during Mario Kart. The thing was crushed. To smithereens. But he supposes some games are just not meant to be played by a group of very, very competitive people.

They haven’t banned Monopoly yet, though, for some reason.

“Nevermind that,” he shakes his head, focusing on the task ahead, “so. I figured since we gotta stick together for a couple hours, we could just stay here and chill? I’ve got Mario Kart, Netflix, and the pizza place on speed dial.”

“Not Massimo’s?”

“God no, that place is stricken from the records. Giorgino’s two blocks down– and before you ask, yes, I’ve checked and they’re willing to make your weird apples and olives pizza.”

Brainy smiles. “It is the only acceptable flavor of pizza.”

“And people think pineapples were the real crime,” Winn laments.

The familiar song kicks in as the menu pops up, and Winn does his best to explain the game. It’s fairly simple, after all, and it’s not as if they were going straight for the rainbow road. Brainy picks up on it quickly, choosing Luigi as his avatar. Winn, of course, chooses Yoshi because some traditions are meant to be followed. And, weirdly enough, it’s not so bad. Throwing shells at him is very entertaining, watching his confusion as to why he’s suddenly spiraling off the road turn into suspicion turn into really? And that turns into spite pretty quickly.

Because the thing about Mario Kart is that it’s so much more fun when you’re overly competitive– and not gonna lie, both of them are guilty as charged on that one.

“Fuck off,” Winn says, too busy to physically flip him off, “that’s cheating!”

“No, I am merely using the resources available in the game,” Brainy replies calmly.

“I don’t know how yet, but I know you are and I will figure it out,” he threatens, leaning to the right as he makes a curve, “in the meantime–”

“I’ve told you I’m not– wait. What happened? Why have I shrunk?” Brainy glares at him, “and I’m the one cheating?”

Winn laughs.

He had been so prepared for tonight to suck, it’s almost upsetting how well it goes. They don’t argue properly, no more than the usual bickering, which by now it’s mostly fun. Brainy accepts the beer he tips in his direction, humming pleased and somehow not swerving on the road while holding the controller one-handed.

That’s so cheating.

“So, you want that pizza now?” Winn asks, pausing the game.

“I could eat,” Brainy decides after a moment of indecision. He might have been aiming for a nonchalant, cool reply, but his stomach betrays him, growling earnestly, and he sighs, halfway amused, “I meant, yes, I would like that pizza now.”

Hiding his snickers, Winn digs around for his phone, lost somewhere in the mess they made of the coffee table. The pizza place is on speed dial and the teenager on the other end of the line apparently isn’t paid enough to judge his weird ass order.

“Appalling,” he says later, when the two pizzas are laid side by side and the olives stare back at his soul amidst the apples. “God really has left us.”

“Try it,” Brainy tells him, eyebrows raising in clear challenge. He picks up a slice for himself and nudges the box towards Winn.

And well. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that Winslow Schott, Junior cannot back down from a dare, so he sets down his own pepperoni slice and carefully takes the olive and apples, gingerly raising it as if it were a nuclear bomb about to go off in a crowded mall. A deep breath. He takes a small bite, chewing thoughtfully. “Eh, it’s not so bad. I thought it would be worse, to be honest.”

Brainy gives him a victorious smirk, “would this be a good time to say I told you so?”

“It’s never a good time to say that,” he scowls, washing down the taste with beer, “and it’s still weird.”

“I’ll take that as a yes.” They eat in relative silence for a while, and Winn isn’t surprised to see him slowly working his way through the entire pizza. The game is soon switched for some very unrealistic action movie neither of them recognizes, but the explosions do look cool with the electronic soundtrack.

“It’s a shame there are no pizza places in the future,” Brainy comments idly.

“Oh my god, I know, right? I searched everywhere for one, it didn’t even have to be good, the bar was at existing.” Winn says, gesturing broadly with a slice, “and how come there are no bananas, either? And no one even knew what I was talking about, it was like they didn’t even exist! Like, I didn’t look it up because, you know, spoilers, but what happened? Did we all as a species develop a sudden aggressive allergy to bananas and had to destroy all records of the fruit? Is there gonna be another banana apocalypse in the next centuries– what?”

He stops, self-consciously wiping his mouth with a napkin, because Brainy is staring at him strangely. To be fair, everything about all of this is strange. But he caught him doing that before; sometimes at work, Winn will turn to say something, only to find Brainy already looking back. It’s odd and offputting, and honestly? A lot easier to just chalk it up to another one of his quirks and call it a day. That’s probably the explanation anyway. Now, though, Brainy shrugs, “nothing. Do you always feel this passionate about fruits?” A pause. “Did you say another banana apocalypse?”

“Dude,” Winn breathes, sitting up properly because it’s not every day you get to school Brainy about something. “It’s so much less exciting than it sounds, but here’s the thing– “

*

It’s a little after ten o’clock when he walks Brainy to the door, awkwardly stopping in the doorway. He scratches the back of his neck, “so. I guess it wasn’t all that bad, after all.”

“I suppose it was not unpleasant,” Brainy allows, his lips twitching, “although, I do have a request– next time, may I bring the movie?”

“Sure,” Winn says easily, then stops. He narrows his eyes, “am I going to regret agreeing to this?”

Now, Brainy grins openly, startlingly amused, “well, you’ll just have to wait and see. Good night, Winn. And thank you.”

It’s something in the way he says it that Winn wonders what exactly he’s being thanked for, too warm, too grateful to pass as simply politeness. Still, unwilling to overthink it, he shrugs awkwardly, “no problem, man. See you tomorrow.”

Brainy nods, slipping out the door.

Winn stays there, staring at the end of the hall for another long moment before going back inside.

[prompt-master]

So, Maybe I Need You

@saltyalienmilk asked: Fam, you should write a fanfiction where Michael calls Jeremy jemmy (*｀･へ･´*)

Anon asked: Boyf riends fic idea that Jeremy and Micheal are hanging out in Micheals basement, playing video games or getting high or smth, and jere playfully calls Micheal a loser, bla bla. Michael has a small panic attack bla bla jere tries to help… basically it ends in fluff. Your really good at balancing fluff and angst so I decided to ask you, ur awesome! Bye.

Remember guys if it’s not ok you can ask for a redo! I’m sorry this isn’t the best quality but I hope you like it!! Let’s get into it:

“Dude, my man, my best bro of twelve years, are you ready?”

“Michael I was born ready.”

“Ready for what? Masturbating?”

“Michael!!”

The best feeling in the world had to be when Jeremy and Michael slipped back into their normal friendship again. Both of them never thought it’d happen, especially now that they aren’t each other’s only friend anymore. Somehow though, after a few weeks of effort, they managed to bring back a routine just like the old days. And boy, were they happy to be back in the basement again, chilling on two bean bags while Michael sets up the Nintendo 64.

Honestly this night couldn’t get any better. Jeremy had passed his final exams with way higher scores than expected, he hadn’t heard from the SQUIP in a long time, and his dad hung out with him right before he left for Michael’s. Michael had gotten a free slushee, found a sweet deal on some old retro games, and was becoming less awkward with the new friend group. To top it all off they had a bowl of party mix, a bunch of candies, and two rolled up blunts for later. It was going to be the greatest night since ever.

Michael plopped down on the bean bag next to Jeremy, leaning back and craning his neck to give the taller one a giant goofy smile.

Jeremy laughed at that, “so what game are playing?”

“What do you think, Jemmy?”

“Mario kar- I’m sorry what?”

When Jeremy turned to face Michael he saw the boy sitting there with a mischievous smirk, one that pushed his cheeks up to his eyes. His eyes held a glint that said “you heard me, boy”. See Jeremy was used to random nicknames by the other, there was even a phase where Michael had called him “Jerry baby” jokingly. Michael gave him better pet names than any girlfriend he’d ever had, and he had like…two! But…

“Jemmy? That’s a new one. Sounds like jelly.”

“It’s cute! Like you-!��� The second that came out of Michael’s mouth he seemed to regret it. He instantly lost eye contact as Michael’s eyes darted around the room, his face a shade of red to rival his signature hoodie.

“Michael you think a lot of things are cute.”

“Do you not like it? I’m hurt! I give you quality names to be called by and this is how you treat me?” He held a hand to his forehead, swaying back dramatically.

Jeremy just rolled his eyes, playing around with the control as he tossed a Swedish fish into his mouth. He started to play the game, he as Luigi and Michael as Peach, then Michael picked rainbow road.

“Why do you do this to me?”

“Cause your my friend, Jemmy!”

Jeremy nearly drove right off the track, “Oh my god”

“Oh is something wrong Jemmy ? Jemmy, Jemmy, Jemmy!”

Unsurprisingly? Jeremy completely lost. There was something about that nickname and the whole way Michael said it that left his stomach with this fluttering tingle. Kinda like on those elevator drop roller coasters, you know, when they drop you. His face heated up and it was almost like…whenever Christine talked to him. Weird. Either way it was distracting and he’d lost.

Jeremy groaned as Michael swallowed up his victory and rolled in it. He took a big swig of sprite as Michael tossed his fists up and ranted about how he would always be the number one gamer.

“Ready to get your ass whooped again, nerd?” Michael smirked at him, excitement coursing through him as he happily played with the controller, ready to go.

Jeremy laughed, unable to say no to that determined face and the way Michael stuck his tongue out, “I’m the underdog now and by like, movie law, I have to win.”

“Yeah well does your movie law work with this?” Michael moved the joy key, and with a press of a button rainbow road was selected again. Dammit.

“Wha-! Dammit Michael! You’re the worst, oh my god!” Jeremy said it with a lighthearted laugh, not noticing the way Michael’s shoulders went tense. It wasn’t the first time Jeremy had said something like that of course, they tease each other like that all the time. But…now was after the SQUIP.

Jeremy prepared himself to dish out a full on beating, leaning over in his chair like a hunch back, with a way too confident smirk.

“Hey…hey Jemmy.”

“Don’t you dare start-”

“I gotta present for you, Jerm.”

“What is-”

Suddenly he was hit right off the map from a green shell, launched by no other than princess peach.

“Oh my god you’re such a nerd what the heck!” He laughed, getting right back into the swing of things once he was on track again. Michael felt his hands twitch with hesitation again, but he ignored the feeling in his gut and kept going. He had a title to uphold after all.

But then it happened again. Jeremy was behind him and Michael was too smart to just let the boy pass him, and without any tools to help him, he simply blocked Jeremy’s path.

“Cmon get out of my way loser!”

That was the last straw for the restricted beating in his heart. It broke down the bars and started rampaging like an angry gorilla in a zoo.

He felt bad, he really did. He knew he had a dependency issue and he knew that it wasn’t healthy to be so dependent on one man but…god he couldn’t help but think back to that night. Jeremy might abandon him again, leave him behind like the undeserving loser he was. No, no Jeremy didn’t mean it like that, he was being too clingy and looking to deep into it. Michael ran off the track, but when he was put back he didn’t drive. He sat there as the same music repeated itself, not realizing when it had paused. Not realizing when Jeremy had a hand on his shoulder.

“Woah, woah, Michael! …are you ok?”

Michael felt hot shame running through him. Yeah sorry man no big deal I just can’t live with the thought of you being an asshole and leaving me again. He pulled his hood up and over his head, his hands shielding his face, “yeah…yeah I’m fine. I’m sorry. I’m fine, really.”

He heard a small shuffle, and he saw the tips of Jeremy’s converse moving to face him. Jeremy must have gotten out of the bean bag and was now bent down in front of him. Jeremy wasn’t the best at comforting people, he was awkward and sweaty. But right now he’d damn well do his best for someone like Michael.

Michael felt the hand on his shoulder give a light squeeze, it was oddly grounding, “Michael…you can tell me what’s wrong, like, I’m here? I guess. Get it? Heere?”

Michael couldn’t help but chuckle, knowing Jeremy was only making those jokes to cheer him up. He took a shaky breath, focusing on the hand through the anxious fuzz in his mind. He brought a hand from his face and placed it on top of Jeremy’s.

“It’s stupid..”

“Well, not if it did this to you.”

Michael took a deep breath through his nose, the floor suddenly being the most interesting thing to look at, “I just…you know…I don’t…”

Michael’s voice wavered as little wet spots started to form on the ground, “I don’t want to lose you again.”

There was a harsh silence, one that would have convinced Michael that Jeremy had left if it wasn’t for the hand on his shoulder. He just focused on the little tear stains building up in the floor, making little splashes. He really fucked up this time. He should just keep his damn mouth shut-

A warm embrace distracted him from his thoughts, shielding him from both the world and his own thoughts. Michael quickly wrapped his own arms around Jeremy, taking in the sweet scent of blueberries, vanilla, and cigarettes from hanging out with Rich. For just a second everything felt fine.

“I’m not going anywhere, ok Michael? The SQUIP is gone…he’s gone and I- I don’t wanna lose you either”

Michael nodded, trying to stop the tears from making a wet spot on Jeremy’s shoulder with no success.

“I need you.”

“I need you too, Jemmy.”

[micaramel]

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[crossroadsdimension]

World Collision Chapter 12

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Grim Discoveries

When Flare-Up and Myra came back to the hidden base in the sewers, Myra had a hollow look in her eyes at what she had learned from Flare-Up.

Myra. A World Jumper. It was difficult to wrap her head around but there was something about it that felt so right.

But what was that going to mean for the future? What was going to happen when what the Dark Arms had done was fixed? How was it going to be fixed?

And what was going to happen to her?

Peach went straight for Seeker and hugged him tightly. “I am relieved that you are all right!”

“And the same to you!” Seeker replied. He looked over at Bowser with a more serious expression as the Koopa lumbered past him. The two of them exchanged looks before Bowser looked away with a grunt. “You two were the only ones in the castle?”

“From what I can remember,” Bowser grumbled as Peach let Seeker go. “Why?”

“Mario’s somewhere up there. Same with Yoshi and Daisy and probably Rosalina, too, if she got involved in this from her galaxy. You haven’t seen hide or hair of any of them?”

Peach shook her head. “No; Bowser had come to kidnap me again when—“ She froze, then screamed and pulled back. “She showed up!”

Myra followed Peach’s gaze and blinked in surprise when she saw Peach was pointing at Flare-Up. Flare-Up didn’t look the least bit startled by the princess’ reaction.

“What is she doing—“

“Flare-Up has got control of herself,” Seeker replied. “It’s okay. She’s helping us get everything back to the way it’s supposed to be.”

Peach looked uncertain at that as Myra blinked in confusion. “Are you certain? I have heard she has played the part of someone who was still free in order to get others under their power before. What makes you think she isn’t going to do that now?”

Myra blinked a couple times. Was Peach suggesting that Flare-Up was…?

She looked over at Flare-Up, as did the rest of the small group. Flare-Up noticed their gazes and chose to look at Captain America, then at Myra.

“What say you?” Flare-Up asked. “You were there when I was found.”

“All I remember clearly is that you used up your energy getting it off my back,” Captain America replied.

Myra started to nod in agreement, then paused. “There was—there was something on a computer about that stuff not working on you. I think it said it was…Project Reclaim? Something like that.” She paused. “Wait. Reclaim?” She stared at Flare-Up with wide eyes.

“I had to get my immunity from somewhere.” Flare-Up shrugged a little, her expression blank, but there was something in her eyes that flickered there for a moment. Myra tried to guess at what it was – anger? sadness? – but it was gone in a moment.

“But she’s on our side now,” Seeker said. “She’s got her head back on her shoulders, and she’s just as willing to take them down as the rest of us. You don’t have to worry about anything, Peach; you can trust me on that.”

Peach hesitated, then shook her head and retreated to the opposite end of the chamber. Luigi followed after her with a quick glance back at Flare-Up.

As the group drifted off, splitting up, Crystal moved closer to Flare-Up.

“Are you…gonna be okay?” Crystal asked.

Flare-Up looked over at her. “You don’t need to worry about me. There are other things to be worried about.”

Crystal hesitated, then nodded and moved away from Flare-Up.

Myra stated where she was. “Y-you…you were controlled by them? B-but you’re the World Jumper!”

“A World Jumper,” Flare-Up corrected. She looked away from Myra and towards the pipe they had come out of. “We aren’t as invincible as you seem to think we are. We never are.”

“B-but –“

“There’s no buts about it.” Flare-Up looked at Myra. “I may be powerful, but there are some things that even I am not fully prepared to stand up against. Don’t forget that.”

Myra blinked. “Th-then…what about me?”

“You’re still learning – or remembering, at least.” Flare-Up paused. “I doubt that the Dark Arms are aware of your presence as one that matches mine. They weren’t aware of my brother’s true strengths, so I doubt they will come after you unless you’ve managed to remember something. All you can do for now is watch and attempt to remember everything that you can about the world you left behind. You will recover more of yourself that way.”

“But what if the memories don’t come back?”

“They will, given time. You have to be patient and wait for them to come back on their own.” Flare-Up eyed Myra for a moment, then looked over at Seeker. “There are still others out there who need to be rescued.”

“I agree, but we can’t just rush out there when we don’t know where to find them,” Seeker replied. “You were lucky to find these two so close to us; I don’t know where we would be able to find Yoshi or Daisy, much less Mario. And trying to attract their attention might get us more problems than we’re able to handle right now.”

“I agree.” Nightwing stepped forward. “The best thing we can do right now is scout out the area and see if we can free more of the locals. Then we can spread out from there. We don’t know how large this Zone is compared to the Precursor Zone yet; we could end up being in one of the more compact areas for all we know.”

“We aren’t; the most compacted one is the Dark City Zone.” Flare-Up nodded towards one of the walls. “Since it’s multiple cities from multiple dimensions merged into one location.”

Myra stared. “H-how do you know?”

“Considering they liked me so much, they had to make sure I knew where I was going. The fact that we need that data in order to fight back against them is the only thing that’s keeping me from deleting it.” Flare-Up tapped the side of her head. “The Mushroom Zone is the most expansive; the Hyrule and Cyber Zones are second and third. Then Dungeon, Maverick, Precursor, and Dark City in that order. Dark City is more than one World Zone, no doubt because the Marvel and DC universes are so close together in concept and world build. Otherwise there are seven World Zones in total that have been merged together.”

Everyone in the temporary base started at Flare-Up with blank expressions.

Flare-Up inclined her head, taking the stares in stride. “If the Dark Arms come after me, it’s more likely it is because of the information I have concerning their initial operations than because of my power. I was attached to their database and used as a backup before I was put on ice.”

“…we’re going to need that data.” Nightwing motioned for Flare-Up to follow him to where Luthor and Brainiac were working on a computer tower, sequestered from the rest of the group.

“Whoa.” Myra stared after the Reploid as she followed Nightwing. She looked over at Seeker. “Did you…did you know she had been controlled?”

Seeker paused at the question as noise around them ceased at Myra’s voice.

“Kid, we all did.” The man wearing the red and yellow armored suit came over to the two of them. “It’s not exactly unnoticeable when someone like her is running around on a leash. It was avoiding her that was another problem.” He shot Flare-Up a look, and she glanced back at them with an expression that sent chills down Myra’s spine.

“Considering they used her to clear out the Dark City, I’m surprised you didn’t put two and two together sooner,” Seeker commented. “If you had been in the Dark City when all this started, at least.”

Myra shook her head. “I-I was in the Hyrule Zone. I don’t remember how I got there, though; I don’t know anything about that place. After that I guess I was just…really, really lucky in avoiding getting caught. I’d been in the Dark City Zone for a really long time before….” She shrugged.

“Huh.” Seeker raised an eyebrow. “That’s…definitely not what I’d expected. Although, since you don’t seem to remember what World Zone you came from, maybe the quakes that happened when the worlds merged together caused you to be thrown into another Zone and lose your memories in the process.”

“You think so?” Myra frowned. Could she have been in one of the other universes that were collided together? Could she have been doing a World Jumping thing right then, and that’s what caused her to lose everything?

“It could be; anything can happen in the Mulitverse.” Seeker clapped a hand on her shoulder. “You just have a little more bad luck than average, I guess, but enough good luck to avoid a lot of the dangers we’ve had to deal with up until now.”

“But what’s that going to mean for the future, then? If you guys have more bad luck than I do, then—“

“It’s going to balance out. But with my sister’s good luck and determination, I think we’ll be able to get through this without any problems.” Seeker grinned.

Myra frowned. “The Dark Arms are looking for her, though, right? So things could end up being even worse for us if we aren’t careful…”

Seeker’s grin dropped. “You do have a point there. But no one here’s as reckless as they used to be; they’re going to have a difficult time finding us unless we make ourselves known in some form of a large battle. For now, we’re going to have to lie low and strike when we can.”

“We’re also going to have to attract the attention of those who are MindTech’d presently, Seeker.”

Myra and Seeker looked over as Flare-Up walked towards them.

“Because of the Mushroom Zone’s size, we are going to be running around in open areas a lot more than I’d like,” Flare-Up added. “There may not be Dark Arms here yet, but there are others who have been placed under their control and are hiding in certain areas. We’re going to have to either go to them or get them to come to us. We were lucky that Bowser’s and Peach’s castles ended up merging in the Collision.”

Seeker frowned. “Right. But going out now and going after them so quickly after finding Peach and Bowser could get us more attention than we’d like.”

“I appreciate the fact that you’re thinking, Seeker, but we don’t have as much time as I think you’d like us to have.”

Myra blinked. “What are you talking about?”

Flare-Up paused to consider the question. “There are…some things, about what the Dark Arms did, that are making me uneasy. I would like to get this reversed as quickly as possible so that they don’t become permanent – or worse, the Time Barriers become even more unstable than they already are.”

“What happens then?” Seeker’s voice became hard.

There was a grim look in Flare-Up’s eyes. “This entire portion of the Multiverse collapses, and takes all of us with it.”

[starryrein143]

Sweatshirt

Sweatshirt [NaLu OneShot] By: StarryRein143

Description: Casually walking at the mall with your friends when you accidentally bumped into a guy (literally) wearing the same sweatshirt as yours isn’t a coincidence, right? NaLu One shot. Modern AU.. I don’t own Fairy Tail!

Hi! I hope you’ll like this short story! I’m apologizing in advance for the wrong spellings, grammar and etc. English isn’t my first language! I don’t own Fairy Tail! Hiro Mashima does!

Lucy’s POV

It was a rather nice day. My friends and I, consisting of Levy-chan, Erza, Mira, Lisanna, Juvia and Wendy, were at the mall, just chilling and doing some shopping. We had planned this girl’s day for a week now. Escaping from the cruel prison of school is something we had been wanting to do. Being a sophomore literature major is truly stressful and nerve wracking, my friends experiencing the same problem. Only, they have different course and majors, except Wendy who’s just a junior highschool student.

As i said, we were planning this leisure time for a week now. That includes the clothes i was wearing; skinny jeans, black converse, and a blue limited edition Fairy Tail sweatshirt thrown over my white tank top. I would have worn shorts or skirts but seeing that it's the 2nd of December, i can’t exactly do that. I would have been frozen the moment i stepped out of my house. It wasn’t snowing but the cold breeze was enough to knock someone off their feet. If you’re wondering, ‘Fairy Tail’ is part of this famous video game that my friends and I are obsessed with. The name of the game is Fiore, supposedly about a magical world where you can create avatars and choose their magic. You can join guilds and team up with other players online. We do missions or requests to earn jewels. We're members of the leading guild in Fiore, Fairy Tail. We had been playing for a year now. Call us obsessed but we actually see our guildmates as family. Not too weird since behind those avatars are real people.

“Your sweatshirt is really cute, Lu-chan! I want one too!” My petite blue haired bestfriend squealed, fangirling over my sweatshirt. It wasn’t too eye catching, unless you knew what it meant. It was fairly simple, plain blue with a small golden Fairy Tail insignia at the top right in front and a larger one in the back; with the words 'Fairy Tail’ on above the symbol. The mark was supposedly a fairy with a tail. [Cover]

“Thank you. I bought in online. Waited for a whole week for it!” Fairy Tail’s official website was only selling five of these and i was lucky enough to buy it on time. All were same designs but different colors; blue, red, black, white and grey. I was lucky enough to have the blue one since it was my favorite.

“You’re so lucky! Although, i need to warn you. Keep a good eye on that because i might steal it!” My short haired friend, Lisanna, threatened, making me laugh.

“As if! I have you know, i hide this along with my other Fairy Tail merchandise on a safe!” Of course it wasn’t true. I do know how to share..

“Enough of Lucy’s sweatshirt. Let’s go and eat! I'm starving!” Lisanna’s older sister, Mira, said.

“Mira’s right. Where do you guys like to eat?” The scarlet haired accounting major asked, earning shrugs from majority of us.

“Ummm.. There’s this italian restaurant on the second floor. They sell really good pasta.” Suggested the young dark blue haired highschool student, Wendy.

“Juvia thinks pasta is nice.” Juvia always speaks 3rd person, don’t ask why. Even we don’t know.

“Then pasta it is!” I yelled enthusiastically. It was then we passed by the department store when a guy running out bumped into me. I lost balance and fell on the floor, butt first. The same happened with the guy that collided with me. I swear, i heard my friends gasped. Great. They bothered to be shocked than help me up.

“Ouch..” i mumbled, opening my eyes which i didn’t realized i firmly closed due to the impact.

“Sh*t! That actually hurt.” I heard someone said. Looking ahead, i saw a pink haired guy—yes, pink!—, wearing a red sweatshirt and pants, standing up just a couple of feet away. I watched him dust off his clothes, not that i want to look like a stalker or anything. It's just that this stranger actually looks hot and handsome. I mean, not everyone can pull off that hair color! He’s also cute!

“Are you alright, Miss?” I snapped out of my dazed when i realized that the subject of my thoughts was standing in front of me, offering a hand.

“Uhh, s-sorry..” i mumbled, accepting his hand. He lifted me up to my feet with little effort. Now infront of him, i noticed that he was a head taller. Also, he seemed to be my age. If not, a year older.

“Sorry for bumping into you. I was running away from my friends.” He apologized, tugging his white scaly scarf upwards to hide his pinkish cheeks. Wait, is he blushing? Probably just the cold..

“No worries. I’m Lucy, by the way. The girls behind me are my friends; Erza, Levy-chan, Mira, Lisanna, Juvia and Wendy.” I gestured to who-is-who before extending a hand and smiling at him. I don’t know why my friends were quiet, though. They’re usually noisy and social. Maybe they’re hungry? Not bothering to mind their stange behavior, i watched as his expression brightened, accepting my handshake. Wow, his hand is really warm.

“I’m Natsu.” He grinned at me, showing his sharp fangs.

“So, Natsu? Why were you running away from your friends?” Trying to start a conversation, i casually asked.

“Eh? Well, i kind of broke a glass figurine inside and left them to pay..” laughing awkwardly, he scratched the back of his neck. He looks really cute when he—

“Umm, Lu-chan?” Me and Natsu both looked towards my friends, more specifically to Levy who spoke. Weird.. earlier while introducing Natsu, they were white as sheet. Now, mocking and teasing smiles were on their faces. What’s with them?

“I don’t know if you noticed but you’re wearing match-” she didn’t have time to continue since someone interrupted her.

“NATSU!” a loud shout hang through the air as a group of boys ran out of the department store. Each face held anger as they glared at the nervous looking guy beside me. There were 4 of them; one with long black hair with many piercings on his face. He honestly look like a delinquent. There’s also one half naked raven haired guy. Seriously? Was he an exhibitionist? An orange haired guy wearing blue glasses. He kinda looks like a playboy. Sorry for judging. And lastly, the only calm person in the group was a blue haired guy with a weird looking tattoo.

“Eh? Sorry about that, guys! Hehehe!” I can’t help but giggle at Natsu’s carefree attitude. Strangely, my actions earned me the attention of the 4 guys. Mirroring my friends reaction, they were shocked. Blinking, they looked at me then back to Natsu. They did that for about 3 times.

“Umm? Why are you looking at us like that?”

“Bunny-girl, are you this idiot’s girlfriend?” The intimidating long black haired guy asked, pointing his thumb at Natsu. Wait.. Bunny girl?

“Uhh? No-”

“What are you talking about, Metal Freak?! Luigi’s not my girlfriend. I just met her minutes ago.”

“IT’S LUCY, IDIOT!” Smacking him on the head, i pouted. Is my name that hard to remember?

“Then why are you wearing matching sweatshirts? Swear, you two look like a couple.” Realizing what the half naked guy said, we glanced at each other’s clothes. True to his words, we were wearing similar sweatshirts! Difference is, his is red!

“Eh? Fairy Tail? You play 'Fiore’?!” Natsu exclaimed, making me raised an eyebrow.

“Yeah. I’m guessing you do as well?” “Yup! I love that game! You’re a member of Fairy Tail?”

“Yes-”

“Ok. Before you two start flirting, i need to ask. Flame Brain, i thought that’s limited edition? How come she has one?” The raven haired one asked again. A tick mark appeared on my forehead at his words. How dare he?! I spent my monthly allowance just to buy this!

“IT IS LIMITED EDITION, YOU PERVERT!” i yelled, not expecting a duet from Natsu. Wow, did we just yelled at the same time? With the exact same words?

“Well, they have chemistry.” My cheeks reddened when Erza said that.

“S-Shut up..” it barely sounded as a whisper. They all heard it though, laughing at my blushing face.

“Hey, Luce?” A shiver came up my spine when Natsu suddenly whispered on my ear. Thankfully, our friends were talking among themselves, suddenly too busy to notice us.

“Yeah?”

“Let’s ditch them. I know a good coffee shop on the first floor.” I was surprised by his offer. Did he just..?

“Huh?” He rolled his onxy eyes at me before tugging his scarf once again, hiding his pink tainted cheeks and grin.

“I’m asking you out on a date, weirdo.” My lips twitced upwards at that.

“Alright then. Your treat?”

“Sure, let’s go?” He offered me a hand which i gladly took. Once in contact, he gripped my hand and gently tugged it before he start running. I followed him, not minding the stares we got since we were wearing similar sweatshirts. I got to say, we do look like a couple..

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[ghenegersnaps]

I’ll see you again

Sighhh. Sad how you had to leave so soon. :( I mean, yeah we only got to hang out twice, but they were honestly the best nights to me. I learned a lot about you. Just like how much you order whenever we eat in a fast food chain, how you like your pizza and burger dipped in ketchup, how you bite your nails sometimes, how much of a Mama’s boy you are (which is cute haha), how you know almost ALL of the rap songs there is and sings to them instantly, and how clingy you are too hahaha.

There wasn’t really a final place and time on where we’ll actually go last January 2. Walrus was closed, which really sucked!! So Tj had to look for another place to go. Still, no luck hahaha he just told me to be at Starbucks, Katipunan by 6 to 7 pm. I told Jet and my heart sank when he said, “Okay, I’ll try my best to be there. It’s ‘cause we’re leaving tomorrow already”. Idk, I mean usually whenever someone would say they’ll ‘try’ to come or whatever, most of the time it would already mean they won’t. So that’s why I kinda felt like not going anymore. But hey, that was just a thought lol I wasn’t ditching Tj haha.

Before I left the house, Tj kept on texting me to get my ass there already. And it was only before 6 pm!! I told him I’d be there by 6:30 so technically, I’m not late. I arrived at around 6:40.. Lol. When I got there, “holy fucking shit” Tj said. I thought maybe he got a little pissed off because I was late for 10 minutes?? Lol. I just hugged him, said sorryyy and he was good already hahaha. He introduced me to Diego. He has a beard and hair tied in a small man bun. I thought I’ve never seen him before but I didn’t know he was the DJ at Walrus last time lol. His hair was laid down that night that’s why. Turns out he was a fashion student too. Doesn’t look like it to be honest.. I thought he was some art student really haha but he complimented what I was wearing and said, “You smell good, what is that?” “Bath & Body Works, Peppermint” I replied. Mom gave it to me and it’s my favorite perfume atm hehe.

“Jet’s on his way” Tj said. I made an instant squeal and said sorry after lol. I didn’t know he actually meant what he said! Get a man who sticks to his words right?? Lol just kidding. NOW I’m more excited hahaha. I sat down and a few minutes later, Jet came. And DAAAAMN HE’S SO FINE. We hugged and sat down. We were still waiting for Gab. I met him before at Walrus too. And yes, I was one of the boys once again haha. I went to the restroom to pee and inside, I made this quick happy dance all by myself lol. Seriously. I was that happy Jet’s actually coming! And it seemed like I was in some movie huh? Haha! I went out, fixed my hair and made sure I still look fresh enough lol. “I thought you weren’t coming!” I told Jet. “I said I’ll try, remember?” he replied while looking all cute lol. I bought an espresso frap with a note: “Enjoy! Nice name :)” written on my cup from the barista just above my perfectly spelled name lol. I spelled it out to him that’s why hahaha. Gab arrived a bit longer and now that we’re complete, I asked Tj, “What time are we gonna leave?” he asked Diego and said we’ll leave by 8:30. Tj and I were shocked ‘cause it’s not even 8 pm yet. But oh well, the night was still young anyway haha. Jet took my frap and read the note, then he made this funny face which made me laugh lol. So there we are, just chilling at Starbucks and talking about random things. It always feels different being around with just guys. I got so used to hanging out with girls ever since I was in Prep. I only get to experience this whenever I’m with Tj honestly haha. I’m thankful though. I don’t get awkward or scared or whatever— which is good! It’s funny too ‘cause they always talk about dirty jokes on dicks, sex, all that shebang haha. Even Gab’s ex girlfriend who left him for a lesbian lol. By the time when we’re almost leaving, Jet randomly squeezed my left cheek and of course, I got all giddy inside haha.

We left Starbucks and went to Jollibee. We were so noisy while walking on the way there and I was laughing so much ‘cause Gab was being such a weirdo lol. He was even more noisy inside, others were already looking hahaha. While waiting in line, that’s when Jet started being touchy again. I guess you can say, he’s kinda flirting with me already. Not complaining here!!! Lol. We ate and left at around 8:30.

Ohmygod. We seriously went to sooo many places that night. I swear. 4 in all. And Diego paid for every Uber he booked for us!! It’s crazy lol. But I mean, Tj did tell me he has a lot of money on him so. Good for all of us hahaha. Inside the car, Diego would always sit in front and it would be Jet, Me, Gab, and Tj at the back. It was a bit crowded lol but I didn’t mind. We first went to a clubhouse which I forgot where exactly that is ‘cause Diego had to drop off something. After that, we went to 2020. It was a bar somewhere in Makati. The place was nice and there weren’t too many people since it was a Monday, so we decided to just start there and go to a different place afterwards.

Diego ordered drinks for us which tasted really good but it was strong! Well, at least for me hehe. I turned red instantly! They were all teasing me how drunk I am already but Tj knows I’m not lol. Gab kept on telling me I’m a tomato but would also randomly say out loud, “Ghene’s so cute” “She’s so cute” stuff like that haha. Gab was one of the 2 guys who told me I was cute before. Him and Tj’s other friend, Luigi. Jet was teasing me already too. Just like last time, he’d grab my face and tell me, “You’re so reeeed”. Sometimes I catch him just looking at me at random times too. Then he would slightly stick his tongue out and it was cute haha. There was a time wherein I saw Jet and Tj talking for quite a long time. Before I went to the restroom, I stopped by them and they looked at each other and actually stopped talking. I honestly think they were talking about me. Maybe. I didn’t bother asking Tj. He’s not gonna tell me anyway. Pfft, stupid bro code. Anyway, we had to finish all 6 huge ass mason jars and there were only 5 of us! 

Something really embarrassing happened to me again. :( UGH WHYYY. Okay so I had to go the bathroom ‘cause I needed to pee. I washed my hands after, fixed my hair a bit, and went outside the bar since that’s where they are. I sat down beside Tj and suddenly, “Ghene” Jet was calling me. “Your zipper’s open” HOOOLY FUCKING SHIT??? I wanted to get a time machine asap and go back to when I actually zip my pants up this time!!! WHY WHY WHYYYY. How could I freakin’ forget! And Jet has to be the one to see and tell me. :( It was honestly nice of him to tell me straight up though. After hearing him say those horrible words, I gasped so deep and instantly touched my zipper. Shit. It is open. I quickly stood up and said, “Ohmygod why didn’t anyone tell me!!” “I don’t wanna be the one to say it” Gab said. Okay so he saw it too. Wow Ghene. Great, just great. Tj didn’t even notice it!! I wish he was the one who saw it instead ugh. I zipped my pants up and said thank you to Jet. Man, what a freakin’ nightmare.

Anyway, let’s move on from that. It was I think around 12 am when we decided to leave 2020. I didn’t really know where Diego would take us by that time. We just all went we did. While heading out of the parking lot, Diego asked me, “Ghene, how many boyfriends did you have?” “I had one” I replied. Then suddenly, Gab was like, “You’re very beautiful, Ghene”. Uhm, what? Well that was random lol and for the fact that none of us is drunk yet. I just said thank you afterwards. “How many hearts did you break already?” Diego asked. Tj decided to butt in and said, “A lot”. Of course I said no!! It’s not many to even have to count it. Besides, what does that have to do with anything? “Seems like it” Diego replied. Tj told them, “That’s roughly around more than 10, man”. I raised my voice up and told them it wasn’t true! Tj added, “She’s such a good girl before though. Now, she just looks like a good girl but she’s a…” he was thinking of a word to describe me, then Diego continued, “BAD THANG” Tj and Gab sang along, “FINE AS HELL”. And it was pretty funny lol. Jet was a few feet away from us ‘cause he was at the atm machine. Honestly, a part of me wanted him to hear everything though. Oh well haha.

Jet came back and we all had to cross the street and wait for our Uber. It was funny ‘cause while waiting, we were all goofin’ off by the sidewalk lol. I had to admit, because I already drank quite a lot, I was getting really hyper too. Gab, Tj, and Jet posed in the middle of the street when there were no cars passing by lol. There was also a time wherein we caught Jet undoing the first 2 buttons of his top. “Ooohhh” Gab said. “It’s ‘cause it’s getting hot, man” Jet replied while finishing undoing his 2nd button. “I will“ I said. Yes, I was flirting back of course lol but I mean I was tripping too!! “OOOOHHHH” they all reacted and I honestly felt a bit shy and shocked I actually said that. I know, alcohol right? “Later, later” Jet replied teasingly and we all laughed lol. He would sometimes hold my hand and hug me while waiting too hehe.

Inside the Uber, Jet slid his right index finger behind my left armpit. Lol! I squealed and felt okay with it though. Ha! Dude I waxed my pits that afternoon and they weren’t sweaty so your girl’s good. I’ve come prepared. Lmao. He would also rub my back sometimes too. I didn’t know we were heading to BGC until I actually saw the sign. I was shocked we already reached The Fort lol. I wasn’t worried though. As long as I get home before sunrise, I’m good hehe when you’re 20 af. “Why don’t you just stay here in Manila, Jet” Diego said. “I want to man” “School’s just so expensive here” he replied. I honestly was a bit shocked when I heard the second thing he said. He comes from a pretty wealthy family though. Probably just personal reasons. We went bar hopping at BGC, looking for a good place to stay for a bit. We walked here and there which was fun! BGC’s fun to go to whenever it’s night time. There are a few people, few cars, it was cold, city lights, I just love The Fort itself haha. 

We got a few drinks at this place called Cable Car. Finally, a place where there’s actually more people and better music lol. I only drank half of my drink ‘cause I was getting dizzy already. I was fine! Just dizzy. I would sometimes close my eyes and lean on Jet’s shoulder for a few seconds and keep my head straight up again. I also laid my head on the couch and closed my eyes. I think I was ready to sleep that time lol. But Gab poked my right waist and they’re all telling me not to go to sleep. I sat back up properly and drank plenty of water. A few minutes later, Diego told us that we’ll go to his friend’s party. I know. So sponty huh? I love it lol. We went out of the bar and waited by the open parking lot for our Uber. I sat down on those cement stopper thingy for the cars when parking. I was all quiet because my tummy suddenly felt funny. “I need to take a shit” I told them. “Turn on!!” Gab said lol. I laughed while placing my hands on my tummy. I honestly needed to! And I got a bit worried where would I actually do it or if I will. Cable Car was a few feet away already. But thank God, it sorta went away for a bit. I stood up and suddenly, Diego was all like, “Okay, honesty hour. Ghene’s pretty hot” “Wow” I quickly replied. That was random and unexpected. I’ve been getting compliments tonight lol what is up. Gab and Tj nodded and agreed. “Actually, she is hot” Diego continued. “She is” Tj added. Wow really? This is coming from Tj now lol. Jet was sitting next to me and I casually glanced at him and he was just quiet. I honestly don’t know what that means haha.

Our Uber came and as we get in, they were all teasing me with these noises whenever you gotta take a shit lol. They repeated it at random times too. It was funny but it’s a good thing that feeling didn’t come back hahaha. Jet wrapped his arms around me while we were in the car. It was tight and it felt nice. He would sniff my hair a few times and give me soft kisses on the left side of my head. How cute :(

We reached Corinthian Gardens and I think Diego said it was near Robinsons Galleria. I was already feeling the need to throw up again. Ohmygod. What happened to me. I swear whenever I drink, I don’t normally throw up. Maybe it’s ‘cause I wasn’t peeing enough lol. Once we got out of the car, I told Tj, “Tj I need to throw up” I decided to tell him ‘cause I’m shy to let Jet know this time. Tj asked me again, “You need to throw up?”. I nodded while placing my hand on my chest. “You need to throw up?” Jet asked me. Well, guess he heard it too. Tj made me come with Jet and without hesitation, Jet came with me. He placed his hand on my back while we were walking to a plant area (lol). “Here” he said. As I was throwing up, he would rub and pat my back. After embarrassing myself again, “Are you okay?” “Feel better now?” he asked. I nodded and told him, “Sorryyy. It’s so embarrassing, this is the second time you’ve seen me throw up”. “It’s fiiine, that’s part of drinking” he replied. Ugh :( I sprayed my favorite peppermint perfume and fixed myself while we were walking to the house. 

“This is a house?” Gab said. The ‘house’ was HUGE. It seemed like a freakin’ clubhouse! They had over 7 cars there I think. Damn. And I don’t even know who’s house was it! I saw the owner though but she didn’t really care that there were already strangers at her party lol. I met new friends! Fran, Juicy, Donna, and Kyle. They were all so nice hehe. They drank a bottle of beer but I didn’t. I just wanted water lol. We stayed there for a bit and Fran suddenly said, “Are you guys together? You look good together” she was referring to Tj and I!! FUCK NO. I honestly think Fran thinks Jet’s cute though. She was dancing with him at the party. Meh.

We left the place and stayed by the sidewalk again while waiting for our Uber. It was almost 2 am and I sat down next to Jet. I was already getting tired to be honest. I laid my head on Jet’s left shoulder and he asked me if I was okay. I nodded and kept my head up again. I wrapped one arm around his shoulder and ran my fingers behind his lower head while he was texting his Mom. Lol how cute right? A 19 year old, 6′3″ tall guy texting his Mom at 2 am hehe. I can tell he likes what I’m doing too though haha. Tj told me, “Let’s go eat at McDonald’s, Ghene” I nodded and Jet said, “Yeah let’s eat”.

Our Uber arrived and Jet and I sat real close to each other again. Same thing haha. We were back at Katipunan and Diego and Gab had to leave already. Diego asked Tj to make sure he asks me to come with them more often haha. And I sure will! It was just the 3 of us left. Jet asked me if he could text his Mom using my phone. Of course I let him and I never really deleted his text to his Mom haha. While walking, he opened his right hand towards me and I held onto it. Then he hugged me tight again. At McDonald’s, we ordered and waited for our food by the counter. “Donna’s pretty cute” Tj said. “She’s got the Asian look” Jet replied. “How about Ghene though?” “Hot?” Jet said. I was just there, between them, being quiet lol. “Hot” Tj said then stopped, and confidently told Jet, “Dude, Ghene’s like high standards. Nobody can be compared to Ghene”. Woah there Tj lol. I mean yeah, thanks for being my wing man here but that’s so not true haha. “And a virgin” he added. I hit his right chest hard and didn’t even say anything. Fuck you, Tj lol.

While we were eating, we were talking about Tj and Clarence. He keeps comparing me to her. He keeps telling Jet how I’m just in the middle of a controlling girlfriend to an Idgaf girlfriend. Tj tells him, ‘I’m just right’. He also said how he got his long ass patience from me. I honestly didn’t know that but wow, that’s actually good to know. :) At some point, Jet said, “I fucking hate LDR” as he drinks his Coke. Right there I knew this isn’t the right time for us yet. I honestly don’t know if I can make it through another LDR too. I get why he hates it.

We were all done eating and Tj told us he’s just gonna buy ciggs outside. After a few minutes, Jet and I decided to go out and follow him. We did and he keeps leaving us! Lol. I know what he was doing haha. Tj went to 2 of his friends he randomly saw at McDonald’s. Jet and I were alone and I was stepping on those cement stopper thingy for the cars when parking again. He faced me and hugged me. It was long and tight. It’s like those ‘I’m going to miss you’ type of hugs haha. I hugged him back and told him, “I’ll miss you”. He looked at me and in my head I was like, “Omg are you gonna kiss me?” he didn’t lol. We looked for Tj again and I was still booking Jet’s Grab. We found Tj again and this time Jet told me to come with him. He leaned back to this red car and grabbed my arm, pulling me close to him. We hugged and I looked at him. Right there, he kissed me. I wrapped my right arm around his neck while we make out and smiled at each other after. I giggled a bit haha. It was better than before and it felt nice. :)

“I think there are people in this car” Jet suddenly said. I looked at the windows and there were!!! Holy shit, they didn’t even honked or said anything! Lol. What? Enjoying the show?? Hahaha. “Ohmygod let’s go” I said while grabbing his hand and heading back to Tj. Tj was still talking to his friends. We were still outside and sat down by those cement stopper thing. Still no Grab driver for him. Tj finally went outside and sat down beside me. “Did you guys kiss?” he casually asked. Jet and I were quiet and nodded. Lol. Tj made this teasing laugh and Jet told him to fuck off haha. Sadly, I finally booked him a GrabCar. Noooo :( We all stood up and not long enough the driver came. Tj and Jet hugged and it was so cute. We hugged too and Tj said, “Kiiisss”. So Jet kissed me for the last time and got in the car. He waved bye and I got sad. :(

Tj and I got into our cab and I asked him, “Does he really like me?”. “He does, Ghene” Tj replied. “He’s not gonna hit on you like that and eventually quit. That’s why I was leaving you both awhile ago” he added. I laughed and told him how I noticed it. I’m pretty sure Jet did too haha. “Why do you think I let him kiss you? He’s a good guy. I think if he finally stays here in Manila, he’d definitely go for you”. Wow. Music to my ears. 

It was around 3:30 am when we reached my house. I kissed Tj on his left cheek and thanked him again. “I told you, I got you” he said. We hugged and he kissed my forehead. I showered and finally went to bed.

I understand why Jet doesn’t wanna be in a LDR again. For the fact that he just been into one and it’ll be too soon to be in a new relationship anyway. I guess, we really are both victims by this LDR bullshit haha. With the 2 nights I’ve been with him, it may seem like we were just using each other, just having a good time. I don’t know. At least that’s one of the things that popped in my head. At some point, maybe I did and so did he. 

BLAH. Whatever. Besides, he’s not just some stranger. We already had feelings for each other before. I mean, I’m not expecting anything really. Like what Verna told me, timing really is a bitch lol. That’s why I’ll just let things happen.

I’m gonna see him again. I’m sure I will. :)