Binary Boyfriends

15 ~ Date Night

*the movie theater*

Miguel and I arrived at the movies early because we liked watching all of the previews beforehand. We bought an extra large popcorn bucket and two large cokes for the movie watching experience and we went to find our seats. We had some time to kill before even the previews started so we decided to walk around the theater to see if anything else good was playing.

"Dude they're playing Back to the Future in this one why aren't we seeing that!" I shouted, hitting Miguel's arm.

"I didn't know it was playing! We both agreed on Endgame!"

"Unbelievable, you should've done more research," I said jokingly, shaking my head.

We both sat down on a bench outside of the theater playing Back to the Future and just chilled on our phones for a couple of minutes.

"So... you ever gonna tell me what's going on with you and that Brett guy?" Miguel said turning off his phone and tapping his foot.

"There's nothing to tell," I said, trying to change the subject.

"Come on man. He WINKED at you."

"He probably just had something in his eye."

"You're an idiot, you know that."

"Whatever."

"Look dude, I'm not saying you haveee to do anything. I'm just saying it seems kind of obvious that if you didddd it would probably be reciprocated," Miguel shrugged his shoulders and leaned back against the theater wall.

"I still haven't figured out if I'm... ya know... yet. So I don't want to jump into anything without even knowing if I like... that."

Right after I finished talking Miguel whipped out his phone and opened up to a website about all the different sexualities.

"Dude..."

"What? I thought it might be helpful!"

I suddenly burst out laughing. It was a really good feeling. I hadn't laughed like this in a really long time. I was so overwhelmed by everything happening and no one had ever put that much thought and effort into me like Miguel had. It all just kinda hit me at once and came out in a laugh.

"Woah there dude, what's wrong with you?"

"I'm- I'm sorry," I said in between gasps.

"I just, I really appreciate it bro," Miguel looked at me still in shock over me completely losing myself for a second

As he was staring at me though, I felt something I hadn't ever really felt. It was scary, but it was good. I was... happy. Truly happy in this one moment in time.

I felt a small tear fall out of my eye and quickly turned wiping it away before Miguel could see. He put his hand on my back and it made me feel like crying even more. After becoming Hawk, I vowed to never let another tear leave my body, but I couldn't control it this time. Every emotion was hitting me at once and I just started crying uncontrollably. It was out of happiness, out of sadness, out of confusion, it was just everything I buried inside resurfacing at once and I tried to hold it in, but that only made it worse.

[ Miguel's POV ]

I was rubbing Hawk's back when I heard him start to cry. I didn't even know he could do that. Eli on the other hand was a different story, but Hawk... he didn't cry.

I heard his sobs start to get more intense so instinctively, I pulled him into a hug and he accepted. I wrapped my arms around him and he laid his head in the crook of my neck. I continued rubbing his back until I heard him start to calm down. He pulled away from me a little and looked directly in my eyes. I had no idea what he was feeling, but I knew whatever it was I would be there for him.

I rolled my hoodie sleeve up over my hand and dabbed his eyes a little with it. He let out a small laugh and then took a deep breath. There was no one around us so I went to the snack stand and came back with a couple of tissues for him.

After about five minutes of silence he spoke up.

"I think we're missing the previews," he said, checking the time on his phone.

"Aww man, that's the best part!" I said jokingly and smiled at him.

He laughed a little and I wanted to ask about who the mystery guy that he actually liked was, but I figured now was probably the worst possible time to do that.

We both got up and decided to head into the movie. Hawk started walking away right after grabbing his stuff and I stood there waiting for him to notice that I wasn't walking next to him.

"Hawk this is practically our first date and you don't even have the decency to carry my stuff for me?"

He turned back around without saying a word, grabbed my stuff, and then dropped it on the ground.

"Carry it yourself princess," he said and then he walked away.

I heard him laughing as he walked into the movie theater and I couldn't help, but crack up too. I knew joking around always made him feel better even if I had to humiliate myself in the process.

I picked up my coat and my wallet from the ground and followed him into the theater.

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*Three Hours Later*

(a/n: Avengers Endgame spoilers down below!! Read at your own risk!!)

[ Hawk's POV ]

The credits started rolling and I heard Miguel sniffling next to me.

"Dude you're not actually crying are you?" I asked in a judgemental tone.

"Oh please, you're one to talk, but for the matter of fact yes. Yes I am. I just had to watch Tony's life get ripped away from him when he was so close to happiness and I'm sad ok."

I laughed and patted his shoulder.

We grabbed all of our stuff and walked out of the theater. There was a short Miyagi-Fang training session from about 5:00-7:00 tonight so we immediately started driving there after we left the theater.

The ride was pretty chill and we just talked about random stuff, clearly avoiding what had gone down earlier which I was perfectly fine with.

I checked my phone right before we got to Miyagi-Do and there were just a couple texts from my mom telling me to be safe and then some stupid Instragram notifications. As I was responding to my mom I couldn't help, but glance at the last conversation I had with Dem. We still had plans to hangout later today, after the Miyagi-Fang meeting, but I was trying to think as little about that as I could to not sike myself out about it beforehand.

I was definitely nervous, a little excited, but mostly nervous. I couldn't help, but think about what Miguel said about Brett though. I mean, he was an attractive dude, I guess. He also seemed to like me, which was more than I'd get from Demetri, but I knew I couldn't focus on that. I just needed to focus on getting my best friend back. Everything else could come later.