Growing up *Trohley* (DISCONTINUED)

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The days in Japan were slipping through Andy and Joe's fingers before they could even realize that it was almost over. They had done so much and neither of them had really sat down to process it much. They went to bed late, woke up at the crack of dawn and explored. Andy ended up buying a lot of new clothes along the way, and Joe bought a lot of food.

They were peaking their last three days, so they decided to go out and eat somewhere nice, just to wind down from all of the excitement. Joe had found a little place just a few blocks from the hotel, it looked pretty fancy. But, Joe had a huge thing he wanted to ask Andy. Lately he had been really thinking about kids. He really thinks he and Andy can do it. He just doesn't want to pressure Andy or say anything too soon. He decided that it would be best to just pitch the idea to Andy.

   "You almost ready babe?" Andy called from the bathroom, straightening his bow tie.

   He wanted to at least be a bit formal for this, he packed a suit for a reason.

   "Yeah I just need to get my shoes on!"

   Joe slipped on one shoe and looked over at phone to check the time. They had made the reservation for 8pm and it was only 7:30 now. He slipped on his shoes and walked towards the bathroom to go see Andy. He walked in and gasped just a small bit.

   Andy looked fucking good.

   "Wow." Joe breathed out.

   No matter how many times Joe has seen Andy dress up nice, he still is breathless every time. Andy just looks so good Joe can't help it.

"You like?"

Joe only nodded, starstruck, and walked up behind Andy, placing his hands on his shoulders and rubbing lightly. He started placing little kisses down Andy's neck, making Andy sigh and move his head, moaning gently and the feeling of Joe's hands working out all of the tension in his muscles.

"Babe, we made reservations, we really s-should go." Andy muttered.

"Fine. We can finish this later." Joe giggled.

Joe pulled away and walked out of the bathroom, Andy following suit. They finalized their looks before traipsing down the hallway, into the elevator, then soon out on the sidewalk of the city. They had opted for walking because it was easier with city traffic, plus the restaurant wasn't very far and a walk would sounded nice to both men.

They found the restaurant after a few passing minutes of chit-chat, and were led to a table further towards the back of the restaurant. The man serving them seemed to speak English a little bit which helped Andy and Joe do that joe didn't have to translate everything for him. They ordered what they wanted and the man smiled and walked off, leaving Andy and Joe to talk amongst themselves.

   "Andy, can I ask you about something?" Oh god this was it.

   What if Andy hated him for even thinking this fast? What if he said it weirdly and Andy walked out on him right now, never to come back. He would take his things from the room, book an early flight and be out of Joe's life foreve-

"Joe? Everything okay? You look like you're going to cry." Andy consoled, reaching over and wiping away a tear from Joe's face.

   "Yeah, I just wanted to see where you stood on something."

   Andy cocked his head to the side and eyed Joe curiously, silently waiting for him to continue with his statement. Joe inhaled, but continued anyway.

   "Andy, what if we adopted a kid?" Joe spluttered, biting his lip as a nervous habit and looking up at Andy through his thick hair.

Andy only smiled and took one of Joe's hands into his own, rubbing his thumb over the skin gently. Joe felt himself relax as Andy coaxed him and laughed.