The love who was beside him

The love who was beside him {Chapter 2}

CHAPTER: 2

Mr. Conductor & Thurston were quite surprised of how lavish the place looked, & the way they were dressed, made them look sort of out of place. They sat at their table waiting nervously given they didn't want too much attention on them, they both scanned the place to make sure they didn't see anyone familiar to them before they relaxed, they looked at each other, & burst out laughing "We probably brought attention to ourselves just by looking around!" Thurston said laughing. "Yes, i did notice that! We probably made ourselves look foolish for a bit!" Mr. Conductor laughed, completely agreeing with Thurston. The two laughed again, holding their sides from laughing too hard, Mr. Conductor wiped a tear from his eye "I'm going to the washroom to clean myself up a bit, i'll be right back!" He said, getting up & walking to the washroom. Thurston smiled & leaned on the table staring at Mr. Conductor lovingly, before he was snapped out of it by the waiter "excuse me sir, would you & your friend like something to drink?" He said. Thurston sat up "ah yes, we'll both have water please & thank you," Thurston said quickly. The waiter nodded "alright sir, it will be here in a few minutes!" He said. When Mr. Conductor came back he sat down across from Thurston & smiled brightly at him, they looked at the menus "oof! Look at those prices! What do you think Sonny? Should we just order something to share?" Thurston asked, "Thurston you took the words right out of my mouth! What do you think? A salad? Or something a little heavier?" Mr. Conductor replied. Thurston stared at the menu for a few minutes before he seemed to.find.something that may satisfy them both "How about the Carrion & Gingko salad? Never heard of it, but it does sound interesting enough," Thurston replied. Mr. Conductor smiled as he nodded "Okay, we'll have that!" He said as he closed the menu. Thurston felt warm again, & smiled as he watched Mr. Conductor, he felt as though these positive feelings have been around forever, even though he had the habit of doing things his way, & acting entitled, he really didn't want to push Mr. Conductor away, he really liked him, but he had troubles putting it into words.Mr. Conductor glanced at Thurston & smiled himself, despite having the feeling like he always wanted to fight Thurston constantly, at the same time, he could never bring himself to do it, he didn't like to see Thurston hurt. He never liked to see anyone hurt, but he liked the feelings he gets around Thurston, but he knew that Thurston sometimes has troubles expressing his feelings in a less hostile fashion, Mr. Conductor didn't blame him or anything, sometimes he's just as guilty, he sometimes comes out as trying to be flirtatious when he actually doesn't have any interest, it makes situations seem very awkward.---------.They had lunch without being interrupted, which was nice, both of them savoured every moment that they had uninterrupted, which was rare given their professions, while Mr. Conductor went to pay the tab, Thurston gave a very generous tip, the two walked out, satisfied with the service, Thurston looked at Mr. Conductor & smiled again "Say, i know how much you LOVE hiking, or forest trails, i know one that has a very lovely stream beside it, what do you say?" Thurston asked, Mr. Conductor smiled "Is it the one by the top of the waterfall? I haven't been there since i was a kid! Mother would take my siblings & i there all the time!" Mr. Conductor asked, sounding excited. Thurston chuckled "Maybe, i never went hiking with your family!" He replied. Mr. Conductor almost jumped happily like a small child "of course i'd like to go! Lead the way!" He said without hesitation. Thurston smiled as it made him feel happy to see Mr. Conductor happy, he wrapped his arm around Mr. Conductor's shoulder "Well, let's go! But i do want to do some things first! The picnic spot i want us to go is on that trail to be honest," he said. Mr. Conductor smiled "Okay, i can wait, what should we do to pass the time then?" He asked. Thurston started to think then his face lit up "how about we check out the farmer's market? I heard there's one in town today! Oh! Or maybe the fair? They're only here for a few days! Or maybe...hmm...oh dear! There's almost too much!" Thurston said. Mr. Conductor smiled & hugged Thurston "how about we do all those things? Sounds like it would be lots of fun! We can enjoy every moment of it! After all, how often do we get to have a day of nothing but fun on our days off?" Mr. Conductor said in a very optimistic manner. Thurston smiled as he blushed brightly "Okay, let's go then! To the Farmer's market!' He said, grabbing Mr. Conductor's hand & leading the way closer to the train station.Mr. Conductor's eyes lit up a bit, sure he'd seen farmer's markets before, but never had he managed to see what they're selling up close, "Wow! What should we do? Where do we go first?" He asked. Thurston chuckled at Mr. Conductor "Well, let's just browse, maybe we'll see something we like!" He said. Mr. Conductor wrapped his arm around Thurston's arm "Let's try to not get lost okay?" He whispered into Thurston's ear. Thurston made sure his tail didn't wag too hard, "If we do lose each other, let's head to the platform! We both know where it is!" He replied. Mr. Conductor smiled "Alright!" He replied, as they started to walk & look at the different booths, they both saw things they never saw before, Mr. Conductor looked at the jewellery & his eyes went wide "Thurston look!" He said, pointing at a small brooch "That looks like Mother's brooch but in green!" He said, Thurston looked at it "Wow you're right! It does! It kind of scares me!" He said laughing. Thurston pointed at a monocle "That looks like my Uncle's monocle that he lost on that one fishing trip we went to!" He said, holding back laughter, Mr. Conductor looked at it "Oh! Yes! I remember now! He was SO mad, he made us all go back to look for it! We were there for 4 hours, i remember how angry mother was when we got back half past 10! I never saw Mother get so mad before!" He said as they started to walk away. "OH! I remember that clearly! Uncle thought she was going to hurt him! I never saw him look so scared before or since!" Thurston added. "What did i tell you Tom?! Sonny's home before 6!! Looks at the time! It's 10:30! He should've been in bed an hour ago!! What was SO important that you had to keep the kids out this late ON A SCHOOL NIGHT?!" Thurston said semi loudly, trying to impersonate Mrs. Conductor, this Mr. Conductor laugh hard enough he started to tear up, they had to stop for Mr. Conductor to catch his breath, Thurston laughed aswell, it felt nice to share a laugh with a friend. They spent roughly an hour at the farmer's market before the two got bored & looked at each other "So where to next?" They asked in unison, they paused long enough to realize what they just did & laughed. Mr. Conductor stood up straight "You said there was a fair in town right? Why not check it out?" Mr. Conductor said, Thurston's eyes went wide "Oh right, i forgot about that! Let's go then! We roughly have a few hours before we go on the trail & picnic this evening!" He said. Mr. Conductor & Thurston walked arm in arm to their next destination. Thurston felt his face get warm & his heart pounding, Mr. Conductor smelled quite nice today, & it made him feel happy, Mr. Conductor noticed that Thurston leaned in closer to him & it too made his face warm & he blushed, Thurston smelled a bit musky, but it was faint enough that it didn't bother him, Mr. Conductor felt his chest warm up, as he couldn't help but smile, he felt like he didn't want the day to end.