Peace (lennstarr)

date III

>> date <<

<> a social appointment or engagement arranged beforehand with another person, especially when a romantic relationship exists or may develop <>

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the door to his apartment closed and John left smiling like an idiot. he kept licking over his lips, tasting hints of coffee and mint that clearly didn't belong to him.

"well well," Stu laughed and eyed John contently, "what's got you so happy?"

"oh nothing," John lied. "just excited I guess."

"is Lingo in there?" Stu asked and John went red.

"it's Ringo actually and yeah, he's in there." John said and felt around in his pockets for his phone.

"hey hey, it's rude to take out your phone in the middle of a date y'know." Stu giggled and reached for John's hand.

"yeah sorry," John murmured and slipped his hand out of Stu's grasp. "where are you taking me anyways?"

"a fancy restaurant which is why I made you wear a tie. and frankly, I'm impressed you managed to put on that tie." Stu said and fixed John's crooked tie.

"actually," John was about to say it but he stopped himself. "yeah, I'm astonished with myself."

"well you should be proud," Stu says and pushes back John's hair from his eyes. "you look gorgeous."

"thanks Sta--Sutcliffe." how he managed to catch himself was a miracle. and judging from Stu's face, it didn't seem like he cared.

they had walked over to the fancy restaurant across the street from John's apartment. it was a beautiful one, the one you'd see the rich go into when they craved losing at least €500 in the first three minutes.

"no way," John gawked and playfully hit Stu's shoulder. "you're joking."

"yes way," Stu smiled and fumbled around in his pockets for a paper. it was a reservation. "you always talk about this place so we're going in."

"oh my god I hate you." John smiled and stepped into the place with glee.

the whole place was enchanting. he hated to admit it, but it looked like something straight out of a fairy tale and John wasn't sure what he'd done to deserve this. a few moments later Stu had come back, leading John over to a table by the window. they had a beautiful view of the park across abbey road.

"so beautiful," Stu laughed and flicked his fingers against John's forehead playfully. "what do you think?"

"it's," John sighed and looked around dreamily at the place. "I fucking love it."

"well well that's a start." Stu smiled and wiggles his eyebrows, similarly to the way Paul would when he saw John try to flirt with Ringo.

a waiter came over a few moments after and poured the lads some water before moving back over to the kitchen.

"yeah. I think you deserve affection points." John said and stirred his water slightly, focusing on the clinking noise the ice made with the glass cup. just as quickly as the swooning had come, it brushed over him.

"affection points eh? how many would I need until I've won your heart completely?" Stu grinned and John rolled his eyes playfully.

"about 40, you can do that can you?" John smirked when he saw Stu go pale.

"uh-yeah of course I can!" the man had hesitated at first.

"aw you're actually trying," John feigned adoration. "so sweet of you!"

"oh please lemonhead," Stu scoffed and John went red. "I'd have you wrapped around my finger in two weeks tops."

"are you sure about-" there was buzzing in John's pocket. please don't be him.

"aren't you gonna take that?" Stu smirked and John blushed.

"it'll be a while," John said and looked down at the contact ID. fuck it was him. "Paul's calling me."

"why?" Stu asked and tried to peep at the phone.

"probably about some fight he and George had. I'll be gone for a while so just get me whatever if the waiter comes back." John says and almost falls out of his seat when he tried to get up.

it wasn't Paul. it was Ringo. what the fuck did he even want?

the auburn haired man ran into the bathroom and shut himself in the stall farthest from the door. he made a mental note to kill Ringo later on and answered the phone.

"what?" John spat, word coming out a little bit too venomous.

"oh sorry, it's just that, sorry." Ringo said and John felt horrible.

"listen, Ritchie, sorry about that. what's wrong?" John answered and he heard the older man hiccup a small bit.

he only hiccuped when he cried.

"hey, you okay?" John soothed and clutched his phone tighter.

"no not really. it's just that-well, was I really supposed to kiss you like that? it didn't feel right, I mean it did, but the timing. you being with Stu and such, god I messed up." Ringo said, hiccuping every few seconds and sniffling every once in awhile.

"listen, you didn't do anything bad and I'm just doing this so Stu can shut up. we can discuss this some other time but right now I just need you to calm down. it all works out in the end." John said and heard the hiccuping start to fade away.

"I'm so so sorry." he said and coughed lightly.

"it's okay. listen I have to go, I'll see you in a bit I promise." John mumbled and hung up before he could hear anything else.

fucking hell, he'd never hear the end of it when he goes back to the table.

and as always, John was right.

"so, what'd Paul want?" Stu asked with an artificial smile.

"oh, just bitching about how his dog Martha scratched his Bowie album." John said and Stu giggled.

"well he's another story," Stu rolled his eyes and John smiled. "anyways, where were we?"

"you tell me." John grinned and reached for his glass of water.

the rest of the date had went smoothly. and John found himself more often than not smiling along at Stu's comments with genuine happiness. there was something about him, it was incredibly charming.

he bit the inside of his cheek and frowned slightly. he promised himself he wouldn't let Stu get to him. but here he was, in the restaurant of his dreams, with an equally charming man. he couldn't help it, this was pretty amazing.

(Okay wow I'm back after so long. I wasn't feeling emotionally/mentally well and I'm still not so forgive me, but I'm trying to get back into the game. How do you guys like it so far? Also Ringo is now going to be Lingo because my friend said that. Anyways enjoy!)