They intertwined their pinkies together, smiling and nodding.
"So it's a deal." he said.
"Yup." he said.
They kept their fingers laced together for a few more seconds before pulling away quickly. John rubbed the back of his neck, face red, almost enough to cover his freckles. "W-well, we have five years until the deal is done." he said, changing the subject. "When we reach 35 years old, we get married."
Alex nodded, also blushing furiously. "I wonder what those five years will have for us," he said. "as in, "How many people will we run into" kind of thing." he said while running his hand through the sky.
John was captivated by Alex. They've been best friends since childhood. They knew each other like the back of their hands. But John always felt something more with Alex. Even after so many years. Countless people thought Alex was extremely attractive, always asking him out on dates or other things like that.
John couldn't let him go.
"John?" Alex called.
John shook his head, his curly ponytail swinging like a vine. "Hm?" he asked, after locking eye contact.
Alex seemed to hesitate. Like he wanted to say something, but brushed it off. This killed John. "It's nothing. Just, good luck." Alex said with his trademark smile.
John almost melted when he saw his smile. If they weren't sitting down, his knees would probably give out. It made him feel warm inside.
John smiled back. "Yeah... good luck." he replied with a little bittersweetness.
~Time skip to two years later~
John spun around in his swivel chair. He has work soon so that might take things off of his head. But in the back of his mind, he was always worrying that Alex would have found someone else while he was gone.
-Ding-
John glanced over to his phone- Okay, sped to his phone more like. A text from Alex!
bicycle: Hey John!
gaytor: What's up Alex?
bicycle: Someone asked me out! You remember the Schuylers, right?
John wanted to change the subject immediately. But he couldn't. He needed to know more.
gaytor: Yeah. Peggy Angelica and Eliza right?
bicycle: Right. So I was talking to Angelica and Eliza. They both had their ups and downs, but I decided to go for Eliza.
gaytor: "Go for"?
bicycle: Yeah, she asked if I wanted to go out sometime. And I decided to accept since I do like her.
gaytor: If you don't mind me asking where are you two going for the date? And time?
John just had to know.
bicycle: We're gonna go to that restaurant you work at.
John just got 20% less stressed.
bicycle: And we were gonna head there now.
John got another 20% less stressed.
gaytor: Well then I guess I'll see you there.
bicycle: What?
