Boots

Thirty Five

"Matt...phone..." Gilbert muttered. He had been sleeping on Matthew's shoulder for the past hour, but the vibrations coming from his pocket woke him up.
"It's probably your brother."
"Answer it."
"It's in your pocket."
"My back pocket.~"
"Gilbert..." Matthew sighed, but his face held a smile. Any excuse to touch Gilbert's butt was okay in his books.
He reached his hand out, sliding it down his boyfriend's back and onto his butt.
"Mnh." Gilbert groaned softly.
"Hmm...I can't seem to find the phone." Matthew lied, continuing to squeeze and prod at the Prussian's firm ass.
"Mattie, hurry up before it goes to voicemail."
Matthew giggled and plucked the phone out of Gil's pocket.
He looked at the number, seeing that it was Antonio.
"It's Toni."
"Answer it."
"Nah."
"Mattie..."
"Fine." Matthew hit talk and held the phone up to his ear. "Hello?"
"Where's Gil."
"He's here."
"Can you tell him the app is ready to go for this Valentine's Day? The beta testing element really well."
"Wow! I'll tell him."
"Thanks. Adios."
"Say hello to Lovi for me."
"Will do."
"Bye."
"What was that?" Gilbert asked, snaking his arms around Matthew's waist.
"Antonio said the app is going up on Valentine's Day."
"Oh?! That's great!"
"I'm so glad we're doing this."
"Me too." It had taken over one year of planning, but their app was starting to come into effect. They had settled on a typical hookup app with settings for what you wanted out of the relationship. In the beta tests they only had chat functions but the full version would have pictures and group chats and eventually profiles that users could post on. Gilbert had been hyping it up on his YouTube channel, which had been increasingly filled with videos that included Matthew, and Matthew had been hyping it up on his blog, which had gotten most of his followers from the YouTube mentions.
"Hey, Mattie...what should our next video be?"
"I dunno...we could do a makeup tutorial again."
"I still have foundation on my back from last time."
"Only because you won't let me wash it off for you."
"I'm ticklish."
"No you're not. You're shy."
"I have an idea for a video, actually..."
"Yeah?"
"We can advertise the app like the cheap sellouts we are."
"You're so creative. Your YouTube career will prosper at this rate." Matthew deadpanned.
"Don't sass me. We can make another makeup video and then mention it casually. I'm supposed to mention that beer company who sponsors us anyway."
"We really are sellouts."
"You're sponsored by that ice cream company so shut up." Gilbert sat up, kissing Matthew on the corner of his mouth.
"I'm gonna get my stuff."
"I'll be right here, babe."
It didn't take long for Gilbert to get everything out. The camera was up on its tripod and all the makeup was scattered across the coffee table.
"Hey guys! It's Gil! I've got Matthew back so we're gonna do another makeup tutorial, except he's not allowed to see what I'm doing!"
"Aw come on, Gil!" Matthew whined. He actually loved this stuff but whenever he was on camera he pretended to hate it. It had been his own idea, a way for viewers to relate to him.
"No mirrors, bitch."
"Great, now YouTube will take away seven of your videos." YouTube did that if you swear now. It's the future so that's the rule.
"We'll edit that out. Okay so...here we go." Gilbert tied the front part of Matthew's hair into a pony tail and then pinned it to the back of his hair to keep it out of his face. He put foundation on, and lipstick, and eyeshadow, but it seemed like he was in a hurry for some reason. And then he got to the eyeliner.
"What are you doing?" Matthew asked as Gilbert started putting eyeliner on his forehead.
"Babe, it's a new technique. Trust me."
"Ugh."
Gilbert finished up and then reached for the handheld mirror, holding it so Matthew still couldn't see.
"Ready?"
"Yeah."
"Okay. Here we go." Gil flipped the mirror around and Matthew squinted. He looked pretty normal up until he got to his forehead.
There were words up there, written backwards so Matthew could read it.
Marry me?
"Gil..."
"Ja? How does it look."
"Gil!" Matthew squeaked, pulling the Prussian toward him and into a hug. "It's beautiful."
"Is that a yes?"
"Yes!"
Matthew kissed Gilbert with as much force and emotion as he could muster.
Matthew had thought loosing his job at twenty five would have been his end, but things were looking up again. He knew there would be many more wonderful years to come.

Now that I'm done this, here's what we're gonna do.
I'm gonna finish the parallels but this weekend might only have one chapter because I'm gonna be busy. It'll be posted twice a week like usual.
THEN I'm going to do a yuri on ice fic. The attention it gets will help me decide if I should continue with more like it.
King on Ice will be available to readers everywhere on Christmas Day.