little things :: zeroyalchaos au

two gays and their child

This wasn't ever Steven's intention. When he insisted Chilled take Rex out with them (the Derp Crew) to the park, he had assumed that Anthony knew how to walk a dog.

And apparently, he was very, very wrong about that.

The first red flag came when Anthony tried to put the leash on Rex. Rex had been running and barking excitedly- Anthony had made the mistake of saying the word walk in front of his puppy, despite everyone's warnings to him.

Rex, upon hearing the magic word, began to run and leap around, barking and wagging his cute little tail. It was a cute sight, yes, but very frustrating when it came to getting the leash on. In the end, Steven had to hold Rex down as Galm put the leash on, because Anthony had chickened out of it.

The second red flag was when they were actually walking. Anthony completely forgot about keeping track of his dog, which lead to little Rex running off much more than necessary. And because Anthony was the only one with any kind of physical ability (aside from Tom who refused to help), Anthony was the one stuck running after him.

When Anthony came back, he had been holding an excited puppy in his arms, a few scratches on his face. "I lost my glasses," Anthony admits. "But it's all cool, because I got Rex back."

Aphex was the one who shook his head, and took the leash from Anthony. "I'll walk him for-"

Aphex gets cut off by Rex, who begins to bark loudly at Aphex. "What- what's wrong, Rex? Is everything okay?"

Rex whines and tries to walk back over to Anthony, who coos and snatches the leash back. "See? This is why you don't take my baby from me. He's my baby, isn't that right Rexxar?"

Galm snickers. "Rexxar? Like the thing from World of Warcraft? You fucking loser, Chilled."

Anthony huffs and hugs Rex closer to him, then looks at Steven. "You'll defend me, right Ze?"

Ze just shrugs and nods. "Yeah, sure." He then turns to the rest of them and sticks his tongue out at them. "See? I'm a good friend- I defend Chilled."

There was a bit of laughter, before Aphex scoffs and shakes his head. "Of course you would defend your boyfriend, Ze! That's like you yelling at me for defending Galm."

"Wh- what? You don't defend me for shit! What the fuck do you mean 'defend me?!' That never happens!" Galm gives Aphex a stern look, but laughs anyways. "I swear, you have never defended me in the entire time I've known you."

"And here," Chilled mocks, "we see an example of what you people would consider a bad boyfriend."

They all laugh, and continue walking.

-

"And so then, I had to explain to them that it was literally called "Delicious Casserole." Like, that was the name of the recipe, isn't that a weird name?" Anthony gives a small laugh as he kicks at a rock, walking down the street with Steven and Rex.

Steven rolls his eyes, chuckling quietly. "I guess. I mean, I doubt it wasn't delicious though. Would the creator of that recipe really have lied?"

"No, no, you're right. It was good," Anthony admits. He looks over at Steven, who's rubbing his hands together for warmth. "You cold, buddy? I could always warm your hands for you, you know." He gives a wink and a grin, trying his best to be flirty.

Steven giggles in response, rubbing at his cute little red nose. "Oh, well aren't you smart, remembering your gloves. But... Yes," he admits. "It would be nice if you kept my hands warm."

Anthony smiles warmly as he takes Steven's hand into his own, squeezing it gently. "Well, unfortunately for you, I can only hold one hand. I kinda gotta hold the leash with the other."

Steven giggles. "That's reasonable. I mean, how bad of an owner would you be if you ditched your dog for your boyfriend?"

Anthony falls silent for a moment, before looking at Steven curiously. He hesitates, before raising an eyebrow and asking, "We're boyfriends? Like.. Official boyfriends?"

Steven thinks for a moment, before shrugging. "I don't know. Don't we need a first date?"

"I thought that was when we went to go get ice cream? Or maybe New Years? Would that count as a date?" Anthony is swinging their arms a bit, holding on tightly to Steven. He gives a little chuckle as Rex stops to investigate a flower, only to begin barking at it.

"Can't we just call this our first date? I mean, we're alone now, we're walking down the street at sunset, what's more romantic than that?" Steven looks up at Anthony, waiting for a response. Rex continues to bark at the flower.

Anthony thinks for a moment, before shaking his head. "Nah. I would've brought you some flowers. Or chocolates. I know how much you like chocolate."

Steven comes to a stop suddenly, grabbing Anthony's arm. When Anthony stops, giving him a confused look, Steven just smiles and yanks him in for a kiss.

"What- what was that?" Anthony pulls back with a blush on his face, though he's smiling like an idiot right now.

Steven just shrugs and giggles. "We're official boyfriends now. Now you gotta buy me and Rex a snack."

Anthony stares blankly at Steven for a moment, then down at Rex who is sitting innocently on the floor, a flower petal sticking out of his mouth. He sighs, then nods. "Of course. Anything for my two favorite people in the world. What would my boyfriend and my son like to eat?"

There was a snicker. "Son? Rex is your son now?"

Anthony gives a grin and nods. "Yup! And we'll be a happy couple with our dog son. So what did you guys wanna eat? I think the pizza place is still open, maybe we'll get lucky and get Ohm as our delivery guy."