GaLty||That Was When I Fell in Love

That Was When I Fell in Love

"Come on, GaLm!" Ze's cheerful voice chirped up, GaLm unable to hide the smile on his face. "Tell me about how you two finally fell in love."

"Well..." GaLm started to chuckle, both embarrassed and so full of love for the Italian beside him. "I think it was after one of the conventions...I made a reservation to eat somewhere and brought Smarty to an arcade to waste the time."

A quiet breath escaped GaLm's lips, watching as the sun slowly rose past each blind of his curtains. He stared at his phone on the bedside table and turned on his side, hesitant to reach for it.

"He was such an idiot," GaLm whispered, eyes drifting off of the bright, illuminated screen flooded with messages to the few clothes that scattered the floor, and he sighed.

"He was such an idiot," GaLm continued, chuckling and giving a light glare with his eyebrows in Smarty's direction when the Italian's elbow nudged his side, only to have thicker eyebrows counter his with similar glaring amusement.

"I mean, he was honestly rocking those arcade games, but have you ever seen him celebrate?" GaLm turned and looked at Smarty who was staring right back with the warmest brown eyes, remembering the bright smile, teeth actually full and showing, the way his jaw dropped when he cheered just as the jackpot was hit, jumping around with no hesitation, and then the way he looked at GaLm just as he was looking now, with the brightest eyes.

"And," Ze prodded, nudging GaLm on with his a light kick of his foot, "what happened next?"

"Well, then he got a teddy bear-"

"You made me get the teddy bear!" Smarty retorted, turning to GaLm as if he were accused of some horrid crime.

"Well, you wanted it in the first place! I saw you hesitate for that thing! So, yeah, I made you get it, but only because you wanted it!"

"Okay, true, but still! You put me in that situation!"

"You can't just ignore Jeffrey like that!"

"You do not bring up Jeffrey like that; leave him alone!"

Ze was laughing at the couple, checking the clock to see that pizza would arrive shortly, and prodded GaLm on again. "Alright, so you got Jeffrey. Then what?"

"Dinner," GaLm quietly groaned, shifting beneath the sheets. He remembered the pain in his stomach and covered his mouth, feeling woozy the more he thought about it. Quickly, he let himself settle back into another position, curled up and facing the other wall, the cramps starting to numb his entire body, staring at the messed up other half of the sheet he was using, and spotted a few more clothes lying around, followed by some small plushies fallen on their sides, almost mirroring him.

"Dinner," he repeated, and licked his dry lips, longing for the taste of water, but his body was too sore, too heavy to move. And he let his gaze become blank again while he returned to his memories.

"Well, we completely ignored Derp Fitness," Smarty began with a laugh, and linked his fingers with the ones hanging from his shoulder, leaning into the arm GaLm had wrapped around him.

"True," GaLm continued. "Outback was filled but I had made earlier reservations so we actually got in with some pretty good seats. It was kind of a secluded spot and I got my steak, Smarty got his, and everything was just so good.