Aren't you happy for me?

7) Tell him he has to treat you

Ant called Dec on his birthday. He hadn't heard from him for the rest of the week and it hurt him a bit, but it wasn't the right time to show that to Dec. It was his birthday and he deserved to be happy.

"Happy birthday, Decky" Ant shouted down the phone, his voice sounding excited and happy.

"Thank you, Ant" Dec grinned.

"So, how is it? What do you do? Is it nice where you are?" Ant asked and it made Dec giggle and he smiled at that. He loved to hear Dec laugh.

"It's so nice here, Ant" Dec smiled and Ant heard it in his voice. It was exactly what he had dreaded, Dec sounded exactly like someone who was on a honeymoon or something. That meant that Stephen and him basically spent the days in bed and Ant shut his eyes at that thought. Luckily, Dec spoke on in that very second.

"Stephen got me a ring, isn't that sweet? Well, it's a promise ring, of course" Dec giggled. "And the countryside is just so beautiful. You would love it here, there are a lot of old castles and that. Still don't know what you like about ruins, it's all broken anyways."

Ant had to laugh and tears shot to his eyes. It was so heart-warming that Dec thought about him, even when on holiday with Stephen.

"Thought you'd spend all day in bed like" Ant blurted out and laughed. Had he really said that out loud?

Dec laughed at that and warmed Ant's heart once again. He loved it when he could make his best friend laugh and his heart skipped a beat every time he heard those gorgeous chuckles.

"Don't worry, plenty of time for that in the evenings like" Dec smirked and Ant wished he hadn't asked. Sometimes he thought he deserved it though, to torture himself like that.

"Please, no details" Ant chuckled to keep up the façade. "So have a nice day, okay? Can't wait to see you on Monday."

"Aye, me too. It's a bit weird not having you here on my birthday, you know?" Dec said and sighed.

"Aw Decky" Ant said and tried to not sound too tearfully. "It's alright, I think we finally are growing up, eh? Send my love to Stephen. Tell him he has to treat you today."

"Aye, he already did" Dec smirked.

"Urgh, TMI" Ant laughed and they hung up soon after that.

Ant sank onto the floor and again a few tears fell down his cheeks. Why did it fucking hurt so much?

Dec was happy about Ant's phone call, he just loved his best friend. Ant was always so caring and had taken some of the bad conscience away from him.

It was really weird to not spend his birthday with Ant for the first time, but then again, looking over to Stephen who had just come out of the shower, he knew this was right. This was his future. And Ant was still a huge part of that and always would be, but being here now with his boyfriend was all Dec could have ever wished for.

He quickly walked over to Stephen and swung his arms around his body. He kissed him gently and grabbed the towel around his waist and let it drop to the floor.

"Cheeky" Stephen giggled and cupped Dec's face. "Never getting enough, are you?"

"It's my birthday today" Dec said with puppy eyes and giggled.

"Did your mum call?" Stephen said and rubbed their noses together. "I heard you talking like."

"No, Ant" Dec smiled. "I told him how nice it is here and that he would love it. You know he is such a geek when it comes to history and that." Dec grinned and then ran his hand down Stephen's chest. "And even he said you should treat me today" he added and smirked.

"Can you for once stop talking about him?" Stephen suddenly snapped and Dec was taken aback.

"What?" he asked confused.

"Don't you notice? All you talk about is him, even on your birthday like" Stephen said and disentangled himself from Dec.

"He is my best friend" Dec said carefully. "And we spent every birthday together up until now."

"I know" Stephen sighed and got dressed in some pants, and sat down on the bed afterwards. "I'm sorry, it's just... Sometimes I think you love him more than me."

Dec was a bit surprised. "What? You know that's not true" he said and he became a bit impatient. Why would Stephen even think that? "After all, I am here with you now."

"I know, sorry" Stephen said and patted the spot beside him and Dec sat down. "I just can't help to... I'm sorry, come here" Stephen added and cupped Dec's face before eagerly starting to kiss him again.

Dec melted into the kiss and smiled against Stephen's lips. He still thought it was odd for Stephen to suddenly snap at him because of that, after all he never had a problem with him being close to Ant before. In fact, he knew they were this close, they always had been.

But right now, Dec couldn't think about that anymore as he felt Stephen's tongue against his own and he moaned and soon felt Stephen's hand on his crotch and he forgot all about his boyfriend's odd behaviour. This was all he needed.