The Ones For Him

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"And we are...here." I parked the car and we hopped out, Dom and Alvaro parking on either side of me.

Today we were all doing some back-to-school shopping while Alvaro, Felix, and Ollie were doing some shopping for themselves. I watched Dom, Benji, Rami, Kian, and Milo hop out of the other car, feeling an arm wrap around my shoulders.

"Are you ready to go back to school, Xavier?" I looked up at Ollie and shook my head.

"Nope."

He chuckled and rubbed my head. "At least it's your last year of school."

"True, but I hope no one will remember me. I mean, they shouldn't since I only went to that school for not even a full two months." I shrugged and looked around, seeing that everyone was ready, "Alright, let's go."

We walked to the entrance of the mall and walked in, seeing that it was unsurprisingly very busy. School started in a couple of days so I knew that there were people who were gonna do some last-minute shopping. For us, though, this was gonna be the first time we were gonna be shopping for school at all. I always did last-minute back-to-school shopping, so this wasn't new.

"Well, it's gonna suck looking for stuff when other people are looking for stuff, too. Remind me why we decided to do last-minute school shopping?" Milo asked and watched parents and their kids rush by.

"Because if we did it earlier, then it would really feel like we were going back to school. I mean, seeing those signs at stores was already doing the job, but it didn't really feel like it unless we started buying new clothes and supplies for school." Kian said, grabbing Rami's arm, "Well, we're gonna go, bye!"

"Remember that we're gonna meet up later to eat!" I yelled and received two thumbs up, watching the twins disappear into the first store.

Turning to Dom, Benji, and Milo, I pulled out three credit cards and held them up. "Not to sound mean, but since I know that you guys aren't working, you guys can use these to buy whatever you need."

They chuckled as I handed them the cards, but Milo shook his head. "You know that I have my own money, Xavier."

"Yes, but you can keep that for other stuff."

"Nope, I'm using my own money." I sighed, but nodded.

I tried giving Rami and Kian their own cards, but they had said the same thing as Milo. They still had that bank account so they told me that they were using that money.

"Thank you, Xavier." Dom and Benji kissed my cheeks which made me smile.

"You're welcome. Are you guys gonna go your own way, too?"

"Yup, bye!" Dom grabbed Benji and Milo's hands, and started walking in another direction.

I chuckled and quickly furrowed my brows, noticing that Alvaro, Felix, and Ollie were already gone. I shook my head and turned to my other lovers.

"Now, where should we go first?"

Kai grabbed my left hand, "We can just window-shop for now until we find something?"

I nodded and began walking in a random direction, making sure that Levi, Enzo, and Quincy were following. I cooed at Quincy's cute pout since Levi and Enzo were holding onto his hands like he was a little kid.

Turning back around, I led us through the crowd and scanned the front of the stores, looking for anything that caught our attention. We did end up stopping at a few stores and buying stuff, slowly adding more bags to carry.