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"i'm gonna get a breakfast sandwich with homefries."

eddie smiles at the waiter that take their order. "okay, perfect," he turns to eddie's date. "and you?"

will closes his menu. "i'm going to get the same as him, actually. instead of homefries, though, could i get hashbrowns?"

the waiter scribbles it down on his pad of paper and shoots the two boys and friendly grin. "alright, i'll go put your order in."

once he's gone, will offers the small boy across the table a smile, and he folds his hands together on the table. "why were you up so early this morning?"

eddie narrows his eyes, but he's kind of playing around. "because you texted me at seven asking me to go for breakfast."

will chuckles, sipping the lemon water he'd ordered. the restaurant is almost empty, as it's only eight thirty in the morning on a saturday. will had messaged eddie early, asking him on a breakfast 'date', and eddie and his boyfriend had decided that this whole ordeal would be a lot easier if they just went along with it compliantly, so eddie has gotten up and showered before leaving to meet him.

"don't tell me i woke you up."

"you texted me at seven! normal people don't wake up that early on weekends," eddie protests as the waiter returns with their food and slides the plates in front of them. he tells them to enjoy and then leaves, heading back to the kitchen.

"so i'm not normal?"

eddie narrows his eyes playfully. "will, i've met you. obviously you're not normal."

will laughs, plucking a homefry off of eddie's plate and popping it in his mouth. "shut up."

eddie's reaches out and smacks will's hand. "hey, hey, keep your hands to yourself!"

the waiter returns to the table a few minutes later, as the two boys banter and chew their breakfast. "how is everything?"

eddie offers a polite smile. "really good! thank you so much."

"perfect," the waiter smiles back. "and i just wanted to let you know that you two are super cute together. my boyfriend and i wish we were still in the honeymoon phase!"

the waiter is joking, and eddie chokes on his homefry, and doesn't know how to respond.

will offers a cheeky smirk. "thank you."

the waiter leaves. eddie's face blooms red and he turns to will with a glare. "what the fuck?"

"what?" will asks defensively, taking a large bite of his sandwich. he truly doesn't seem to sense anything is wrong.

"what," eddie imitates. "why the fuck would you thank him? now he thinks we're together."

"is that such a bad thing, eds?" will is joking, but the dead stare eddie gives him alleviates his humorous tone. "hey, what was i gonna say? no, you're wrong? we don't know him, it's so much easier to say thank you and move on with our day."

eddie looks pissed.

"relax, i'm not trying anything. i swear."

eddie raises his eyebrows.

"i swear."

finally, the smaller boy lets his guard down and he nods slightly.

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hello idk why i have been more active on wattpad but i am here and i kinda wanna start writing again but this is not a promise do not take my word for it i'm terrible at committing to writing anyway ily