Each Touch

Rink

There was a brief knock on the door as records turned on the table with flips switched on a machine with flickering lights. The sounds of drums and other various instruments stopped as a door opened; footsteps commenced down the hall to open the door. A pale hand reached out to the dull gold colored doorknob.

"Who the fu-"

"Happy Birthday Dave!" exclaimed the person that stood on the other side of the once closed door.

"...Oh." trailed the albino as he stared at the other through his black shades he got five years ago...Was it five? He lost count on how long they've been friends.

"Don't tell me that you forgot your own birthday." said the other.

"I'm just surprised you remembered John."

"That'd be rude of me to not remember my best bro's birthday."

Dave smiled as he let John in the apartment, even after moving from Texas, he still lived in an apartment. It was like his habitat. John took off the winter coat he had on.

"Did you literally walk all the way over here just to tell me to have a happy birthday?" Dave asked him.

"Yeah, and I came here to take you out."

He froze in his path as he turned to look at the bespectacled teen. His heart jumped when he heard John say his recent sentence. Take him out...Like a date?? A birthday date.

"Fancy me Egbert?" he said with a small smile.

"What- no like a hang out take out dude."

Of course.

"Pulling on your strings dude, but if you were taking me out like that, that'd be ironic."

"How so?" questioned John.

"Because we're best bros dude. Best bros taking each other out on dates, pretty ironic because girls usually do that y'know."

The dark haired male blinked a few times before nodding slowly. Dave was sure lucky John was dense in the head to process what he was saying...Or implying.

"I...Guess...."

"So where you taking me?" Dave asked as he went down the hall to his room with John following.

"That, Dave, is a surprise." he grinned.

Oh that grin. He knew too well what that one was. It was one of those grins telling him that this day was going to be filled with many more savoring moments. Plus it was cute as fuck too.

Dave threw on his coat, which John helped pick out when he moved to Washington State, and walked up to John who was waiting for him in the doorway in silence. A smile adorned John's features. His light pink cheeks still colored from the cold, eyes as blue as you can imagine, skin light, but fair in color.

"Come on Dave! We got a tight schedule." peeped John as he ran back to the living room to prop his coat back on his person.

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"Now that you're full let's take it easy for awhile." smiled John as he took Dave's hand into his.

The blond didn't know what was causing his cheeks to burn red, the cold or the embarrassment mixing in with fluttery feeling in his stomach that was eating his insides out. John was way too touchy than normal, but he wasn't complaining. If only John was always like this.

"Take it easy? You're going to take this time to prank me aren't you?"

"Dave I am disappointed in the lack of trust you have in me." pouted John as he turned to look at the other.