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The motorcycle hummed to a pause once Flies pulled his key out of the ignition of the motorcycle, deciding to park in Katanas driveway, He'd called Katanas letting him know he'd be coming over to his house over the phone, and Katanas welcomed him with glee to come over.. too much glee. 
Flies got off his motorcycle, humming as he stuffed the keys into his pockets once he walked up to the door, before he knocked, and JUST by the 2nd knock, before he could even finish the 3rd, Katanas FLUNG the door open, smiling at him giddy, Katanas gap tooth showed as he smiled, bearing all of his teeth to flies as he then welcomed him warmly with a hug,
"Flies! welcome!" Katanas greeted, Flies' actual name is Jack. however Katanas doesnt ever call him that, just calls him by the name he'd always known him by: Flies, "Heyy Katana...." Flies hummed, yawning, calling Katanas by his online name he always knew instead of his actual name, which is Vincent.. well kindve, he calls him nicknames on very rare occassions, Vince. sometimes its Vin, Vinny, maybe Vivi if hes a bit DRUNK. Flies always felt weirdly exhausted, probably from work or whatever,

"Come in! I just prepared some tea.. and coffee. just for you, I know you are no tea drinker", Katanas added playfully, before he walked inside, gesturing for Flies to follow him, and Flies did just that,
Flies sat down on the very comfortable couch Katanas had with a soft groan, with Katanas working some kind of.. medical job was it? Flies wasn't sure, he couldn't remember to save his life, he did know this though: it paid pretty well, Flies hands found themselves gently caressing the soft fabric he was sat on, Katanas had a very nice house, in comparison to Flies depressive dungeon of an apartment, he sunk into the couch comfortably as he let out a small but deep exhale, closing his eyes for a moment, before he opened them as it clicked to him the background noise that was playing on the tv, and when he looked he registered it as... some kind of Gundam show. he knew Katanas had a HUGE obessession with Gundams, so it didnt shock him this was on the TV.
eventually, after a minute of waiting, katanas rushed over to the couch, a tray consisting of a cup of tea, a mug of coffee, and a plate of biscuits. because why not? Flies reached his hand out for a biscuit as he grabbed the mug that was for himself, he'd become aware that katanas for some reason has a SPECIFIC mug JUST for Flies, nobody else. Flies wasnt sure WHY that was the case, but he liked the special treatment he gets from Katana. it made him feel special and loved for compared to anyone else,

"How has work been?" Katanas asked, bringing the rim of the cup to his lips as he took a sip of his earl green tea, curiously cocking an eyebrow at flies, "the most mediocre you can expect cashier jobs to be." he buzzed out in a bored tone, sipping his coffee once he swallowed the biscuit he ate while Katanas was asking him that, Katanas only gently giggled at flies' response "figured." he simply said, leaning on the arm of the couch as he turned his head to the TV. and flies did aswell, i'd like for this to be noted, as the narrator: katanas was in his gundam pajama swag. and i mean FULL swag. gundam pajama pants, a gundam graphic tee, gundam slippers he got off of etsy, and a little headband he also got custom comissioned from etsy to be gundam themed, little gundam charms littered it, it was also just to hold his blonde hair up a little and out of his face,

".. sooo.. haveee youu been needing to watch a new seri-"
"im NOT watching gundam, Kat."
flies interrupted katanas with a snappy tone as an eyebrow furrowed up in frustration, eyes closed as he sipped his coffee once more to savor the taste, katanas had a frown paint his face, IMMEDIATELY looking like a puppy that got kicked, "awhh cmonn! why not? i SWEAR you'll like it!-"
"katanas youve been BEGGING ME for a MONTH about this.."
he snapped, and katanas looked down shamefully, but then flies continued,
".. without atleast telling me what its even about"
he added, moving his mug around gently as he said it, sloshing the coffee gently around in the cup and watchi

ng it twirl around in the mug rhymatically,
".. well now youre speaking my language!" Katanas added, his mood going up into a jolly mood, putting his tea cup down as he clasped his hands together, sitting criss cross applesauce on the couch as he slipped the slippers off, putting a pillow on his lap for his arms to rest on
"what do you want me to tell you about it?"
katanas asked with a gleeful tone, almost TOO giddy about this whole thing, smiling at him with his teeth showing, Flies stared at him for a moment. just to.. etch katanas expression into his mind along with every other expression. he always found that tooth gap Katanas had.. cute? was that the word? no that made him sound GAY. Flies didnt have a thing for katanas.. he didnt (yet). but he just, looked nice with the gap tooth.. yeah thats the word for it,

flies finished his coffee, setting the mug back down on the tray as he looked at katanas with a grin, "well SOMEBODYS excited.." he hummed teasingly, Katanas brushing off the tease
"cmon! tell me where you want me to start!" Katana restated, drumming the pillow excitedly, even doing a little small shimmy with his shoulders just to persuade him furthur more
"uuhhmm.." flies hummed, then his eyes fell to the pillow, and he decided to do something that TOTALLY was something a straight heterosexual man would do with his heterosexual straight bestfriend,
he removed katanas hands off of the pillow, resting his own head on the pillow as he wrapped an arm around the pillow that was on katanas lap, laying on his side, this could help with the weird migraine he had,
"how aboutt. ffrom the beginning, if you can, Katana?"
flies suggested, his eyes glanced up at him curiously, looking at the blonde man above him, watching the other mans face glow with joy painting his expression, before he then brought his own hands together, clasping them gently
"uuhhmm. uuhhh.."

Katanas looked down at flies, rubbing his knuckles together, Katanas wasn't flustured, no he was COMPLETELY actually brushing that off, infact hes moreso trying to organize all the thoughts in his brain because the Gundam button just got pushed in his brain and now he wants to spill EVERYTHING. but first he needs to organize the chain of events in his head for a moment,
he put one hand on the hair of the darker man, letting his fingers tangle themselves gently in his short, overgrown buzz cut, they'd always done this and NEITHER of them considered if it was gay or not.
"right! so basically the whole thing kind've starts off with like-"
and then Fatanas started rambling, petting Flies as he talked, Flies WOULD focus on the talking, but at some point after about 20 minutes he felt his eyes itch with sleep and his eyelids heavy as they tugged themselves down, Katanas hand in his hair felt weirdly soothing and felt like it was making the migraine more bearable, and he wasnt sure why that was exactly the case. he hummed an occassional 'uh-huh' and 'mhm', to let katanas know he was listening, however he was faltering as he tried to fight the sleep, one of his hands had found katanas free hand, katanas was just moving that free hand around, moving flies' hand with it aswell,
"and its like SUPER cool because-"

Katanas rambled, Flies was starting to be able to only catch around 4 or so sentences, he just.. could not get himself to focus, and you know.. sleeping sounded GREAT right now.
and then, eventually, Flies dozed off, and Katanas kept talking.. For 5(Five) hours straight. that ENTIRE time katanas did NOT notice Flies had fallen asleep and just assumed he'd went silent so he could listen to him properly,
eventually, after he was done with his ramble, Katanas looked down at flies, and then noticed the other man asleep on his lap, he took a moment before his brain suddenly registered, his breath hitched as it hit him the position both of them were in. oh my god. he never thought he'd get cat-ruled, you know, like how cats would sleep on your lap and you couldnt move UNTIL the cat moved, but with FLIES of all people, Flies being the cat on his lap as he snored gently, Katanas stared at him for a longg while. eventually realizing he looked a little creepy staring, before he stared back at the TV, watching whatever gundam episode was on right now he had on his rotation playlist,

and after 10 minutes, Katanas could hear Flies groan, shifting as he yawned
"ffuck.." he murmured tiredly, laying on his back as he brought a hand to his forehead, rubbing at his temple, before he opened his eyes and just saw katanas from down, and then realized he'd fallen asleep RIGHT on the other mans lap.
"i-OH shit, katanas im sorry did i- fall asleep?"
Flies asked tiredly, rubbing his eyes as he lifted his head off of the pillow that was on katanas lap
"yes, but that was fine, i let you sleep anyway" katanas simply answered, a little too focused on the TV right now
"you know im kindve shocked you didnt wake up in the 5 hours i talked about gundams considering how lou-"
"YOU RAMBLED ABOUT GUNDAMS FOR FIVE HOURS??"
"yes??"
".. Katanas did you ever consider you MIGHT need some kind of diagnosis for something REALLY specific?"
Flies asked curiously, BAFFLED and almost IMMEDIATELY widened to wakeness once katanas said that, raising his eyebrows as he stared at him with a stunned look
".. nno. i think im perfectly normal ^_^"
he said with a joyful tune leading his voice, scratching the back of his neck as he stared at Flies obliviously
".. holy shit you MIGHT be autistic."
flies suddenly blurted, katanas getting caught offguard, stammering for a moment before he then tried to defend his case
"WH- nnno! im, im not!"
he defended,
"i just simply uh, enjoy the mech designs!"
"oh yeah so we wont mention your COLLECTION ROOM?"
Flies said, arms crossed as he raised an eyebrow at katana, shooting him a look, katanas couldnt look at Flies. not with those eyes he had. Katanas WISHED he was looking at him like that for an ENTIRELY different reason, however for now katanas could only nervously look away, smiling sheepishly
"ahh well.. immpulsive buying?"
"YOu are- oohh my god."
Flies muttered out dragged words, covering his face as he groaned, before his hands slid off his face
"you know what- whatever, you can believe youre just an impulsive buyer about a really really specific thing.."
flies murmured just to tease katanas, before he added
"and also, can i stay over at your house tonight?"
"Absolutely. my house is your house, Jack."
"Thanks, Vin."
Flies hummed, before he stretched, laying on the other side of the couch as katanas grabbed the remote to put something on more to Flies liking,
"im gonna make us lunch.. what do you want?"
"Alfredo Pasta."
"Ofcourse, comin right upp, your majesty"
he joked to flies, before he marched  over to the kitchen,
and in the meantime, Flies stared at the TV, wondering about katana and his insane gundam obessession... and perhaps considering taking katana to an autism diagnosis, just to see if what he was thinking of him was true.
".. holy fuck he might be autistic and i never noticed." Flies muttered quietly to himself in a shocked tone.

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Katanas was blissfully asleep, curled up in his blankets as he'd fallen asleep rewatching a show on his phone, when he suddenly heard his phone blare out an alarm.. no wait, he doesnt have an alarm set for saturdays.. this was his ringtone, like phone call ringtone, his eyelids fluttered open slowly as he'd gained consciousness, the ringtone blared through his dimly lit room that had the curtains closed, Katanas who was once on his back flipped himself over on his side to grab his phone, fingers lazily grasped the phone as he brought it to his face, squinting at the bright light emitting from his phone, the person calling him was Flies.. what could Flies possibly need in such an early morning that placed it self at the ripe ripe time of 8 AM?

He hummed as his finger tapped on the answer button, before he pressed the speaker button as he set the phone down on the pillow, looking at it as he spoke, "Good morning, Flies.." he murmured tiredly, Flies could hear a yawn coming from the Katanas pass through into the call, "Good morning, Katty." Flies greeted back, playfulness sprinkled into the way he spoke as he said it, letting it ring in Katana's head for a moment before Katana's spoke, "oh.. aauuhh.. what, do you want, flies?" Katanas muttered, a yawn interrupting him , rubbing the sleep out of his eyes as it itched his eyelids, furrowing an eyebrow as he did, and then Katanas suddenly heard Flies say, "Get dressed, im picking you up in an hour.", Katanas perked up and opened his eyes fully once he heard that, confused, before he spoke, a joke escaped his mouth, "Hah? what, you takin me out on a date?" Katanas joked, apperantely Flies WAS taking him out on a date, just a different kind, "No we're getting you an autism diagnosis."

Katanas went silent, his sleep-driven brain worked the cogs for a moment before it hit him WHAT Flies said, and he immediately started trying to defend himself, his words slurred as he was still tired "Flies.. man... i.. auauuh.. im.. im not auti-" "shut up and get dressed. see you in an hour, robo-boy." Flies teased, before he hung up.. so did he just decide to take Katanas to a diagnosis unannounced??, well whatever.. Katanas sighs to himself as he shuffled out of bed, stripping himself of his sleep pajamas as he then started rummaging in his wardrobe.. what looks good for an autism appointment anyway?, Katanas jolted at the sound of his ringtone blaring through the room again, sighing loudly as he crawled back to the bed and grabbed his phone, before crawling back to the array of clothes he had laid out on the ground, letting the phone rest on the ground as he turned on the speaker, on his knees trying to see what combos would work best to wear, "Figured out what youre wearin for the appointment yet?" Flies asked through the phone, his voice was that of a mock right now, and  Katanas wishes he could punch Flies right now. Physically atleast, for now he settles for punching him verbally instead, "the moment i see you i will LITERALLY pull on your septum ring." Katanas threatened considering Flies had piercings, he sounded annoyed, Katanas could however only hear Flies chuckle through the phone, and it suddenly somewhat calmed him, he felt a weird knot in his heart when he heard Flies' chuckle. he couldnt tell why. (hes gay for flies)

"Well whatever, anyway, uhmm i have this new pair of pants i havent like. worn yet, theyre kinda wide, one of those cool looking ones, i sewed some patterns onto it" he said to the Flies that was on the phone, setting a pair of pants to the side as he then started trying to decide what shirt would look best with the pants, "please dont wear that full-on gundam cosplay you wear to those conventions." Flies mumbled in a dreaded tone over the phone, Katanas giggled at the thought of showing up to an autism diagnosis in full Gundam armour.. that doesnt sound like a bad idea, "Dont give me ideas, Fly" "Oh GOD please dont" Flies begged with a playful fear in his tone, Katanas just giggled louder, and Flies was SO glad Katanas couldnt see how wide he was smiling at the way Katanas giggled. he eventually decided on a nice graphic tee, "Question.. where are you getting the money to pay for the appointment exactly?" Katanas questioned, it crossed his mind and it was a REALLY good question:were IS Flies getting the money for the appointment?, Flies only vaguely replied, "Saved up.", that was the simple answer to Katana's question, "Save the money for your self, Fly, i can pay for it if i wanted to anyway" Katanas insisted, "Oh shut upp and let me do this for you atleast" Flies fought back, a weird mutual playfulness and fondness was shared in the way they'd spoke to eachother. it was an unspoken feeling neither of them talked about. and neither of them were sure if they WANT to.

Katanas was stood infront of his mirror, putting on his pants, having to jump a little to put them on, and once he did he quite liked the pants, they looked nice! and eventually his gaze ended up falling on his shirtless torso, his eyes bore into the top surgery scars right under his pecs, he scrunched his nose as he looked at himself. he felt wrong. like his body looked wrong. he kindve wished he was naturally born male so he didnt have to look at his top surgery scars, eventually katanas sighed as he turned away from the mirror to furthur prevent himself from self-loathing, grabbing a gundam shirt and putting it on, and attatching some fun stuff to his belt like funny gundam keychains, and a necklace, yada yada, gundam SWAG basically, he eventually stared at himself furthur more.. what was he missing? he thought til the switch flipped in his head, walking over to his closet to grab his Gundam helmet.. and also his Gundam gloves. yes hes wearing the fucking gundam glove/hand armour nobodys stopping him, he put them on, before staring at himself in his full-length mirror, doing a little twirl, before he hummed with content.. this is the go-to outfit, (totally wont make your psychologist think YOURE AUTISTIC AS HELL!!!)

he then tip-toed his way down the stairs and down to the kitchen to get some food, hes assuming that Flies is on the way right now, so he made him self a quick peanut butter and jelly cuz he LOVES peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, eating it, until he felt his phone buzz in his pocket, taking his phone out and answering the phone, he heard Flies' voice cut through the silence after 5 seconds of silence, "Hey, you ready yet?"
"Sir yes sir!"
"Good, im about 5 minutes or less from your place, better put your shoes on, Gundam boy", Flies teased, Katanas only scoffed, "Yeah yeah whateverrr, see you in 5 then" he hummed, smiling, before he hung up, Katanas suddenly noticed how oddly warm his face was even though the AC was on.. perhaps he was just getting a little hot from the helmet, he knows it takes him a second to adjust to the heat the helmet can radiate,
he eventually went to his front door, grabbing his keys from the key holder as he stuffed his keys into his pockets, before he slipped on his shoes, and then RIGHT when he got up once he finished tying his shoes, his phone buzzed a text notification, looking at his phone, he saw that flies sent him something, "Im at your door rn, come out when ure ready", and Katanas IMMEDIATELY went to open the door, stuffing his phone into his pockets again and in hopes he tied his shoes right,

the sight before him was Flies in his motorcycle, wearing his motorcycle helmet, he was wearing a sleeveless, so basically a tanktop which had a halloween-esque graphic on it which he bought entirely because it was pumpkin themed and his ass loves pumpkins and halloween , however he could notice he had a light jacket worn, had some embroidery patches on it, his usual ash-gray pants and his kickass boots, and MAN did Katanas love when he dressed that way, hes glad hes wearing the gundam helmet otherwise Flies would be able to see his rosey-tinted cheeks, and as for Flies, he was leaned on his motorcycle, humming, before he turned to see katanas standing there like a DUMBASS, before Flies did a hand gesture at him, beckoning him to come over, and Katanas gladly listened, jogging over, "Hey! sorry if i like. kept you waiting" he stammered slightly, fidgeting with the knuckles of his gundam glove armor, Flies looked him up and down and GOD could flies not lie that katanas looked a little too good for Flies' own liking, thats gonna make holding himself back from saying something INSANE to Katanas more difficult then it usually is, he snorted, "well you REALLY are going to ace the evaluation." he teased, Katanas furrowed an eyebrow in frustration "oh whatever, you scHMUCK!" Katanas attempted to insult, which landed HORRIBLY, Flies only started giggling, "yeah yeah whatever now get on", and Katanas just grumbled as he sat behind Flies, before wrapping his arms around Flies' torso as he held on,

"Katanas, you're holding onto me like youre gonna die" "Oh shut up! Im holding onto you normally like how any other person would!" "People hold onto the motorcyclist by the shoulder, dummy" Flies teased, smiling under his helmet, he couldnt lie that he was REALLY liking how Katanas cradled his torso into his arms, pressing up his chest against his back and resting his head on his spine, the back of his neck specifically, and Katanas only let out an annoyed sigh "whatever, just get to driving.." he mumbled, Katanas was flustured but it was whatever, him holding Flies torso this tightly ment nothing! right?

2 Hours, Flies had been waiting outside the building for 2 hours, he'd went to get coffee aswell, he sipped it as he was sat on his motorcycle, his helmet on his lap as he sipped his Coffee.. man is coffee so good.
Flies' eyes flicked over to the familiar silhouette of the blonde man he'd known for years step outside of the building, the only visible part of his face, his eyes, looked a little stunned, holding a folder in his hand including a baggy from the in-building pharmacy, Katanas shamefully walked over to Flies as he looked down at the ground, at his own shoes, Flies only grinned widely, "So? what are the results?" "Im autistic beyond belief." Katanas simply admitted, he did NOT expect himself to land up so high on the spectrum, he suddenly then extended a band of cash over to Flies- The cash that Flies gave to Katanas to pay for the diagnosis. "Whhat is this?" "The money you gave me, I paid for the diagnosis with my own" Katanas simply shrugged, and Flies had a frustrated, Stunned but grateful look on his face, "I- well shit, what do i do with this specific amount of money then??" Flies questioned as Katanas got on the Motorcycle, Flies jolted slightly from the sudden arms that latched and wrapped themselves around Flies' torso like Vines, before Katana rested his head on Flies' shoulder, "spend it on whatever" Katanas said, and Flies thought, he could spend this on food, rent, water, food, electricity bill, food.. and then flies had an amazing thought,
".. you know what we should do to celebrate your autism diagnosis?"
"What?"
"Go to Arbys."
".. You know what, yeah sure."
Flies grinned widely as he put his motorcycle helmet back on, hands on the handbars of his motorcycle as he revved up the engine for a moment, before Flies drove off with Katanas sat behind him, holdin onto him as they did, and Katanas relished in the wind that blew past them as Flies drove his motorcycle,and the feeling of his own arms around Flies felt pleasant. he wished he'd be able to do this in other occassions aside from just whenever he'd ride on Flies' motorcycle with him, he wished he could hold Flies in his arms and look him in his pretty dark brown eyes and.. wait what the hell is Katanas thinking?? snap out of it! its weird thinking this way about your bestfriend, Flies doesnt have any feelings towards Katanas back anyway.. Right?

With Flies however, as focused as he was on the road, he couldnt help but feel his heart punch at his ribs as he felt the way Katana's hands gently grasped the fabric of his jacket as he had his arms wrapped around him, the way he could feel Katanas arm muscle flex around his torso during some turns, and the way Katanas had his head rested on Flies' shoulder, hearing his soft breathing through his helmet, seeing the blonde strands of hair that peeked out from the helmet be blown in the wind, Flies wished just the exact same that Katanas was wishing, but neither of them knew. and they'll never know. because it'll be too awkward to talk to eachother about this. it'll ruin their friendship and make things super awkward when theyre rejected anyway, so why try? was a thought that crossed both their minds.

But that doesnt matter anymore BECAUSE THEY ARRIVED AT THE ARBYS!! HUZZAH!!!, Katanas found a nice, secluded table in a corner away from everyone for him and Flies while Flies went to order for the both of them and also pick up their order, Katanas eyes were trained on Flies, watching the way he was able to just so smoothly talk to the cashier, the way he dressed, his confidence, his physique.. god everything about Flies was PERFECT to Katanas, sure, to anyone else, Flies looked like any other normal man, but what Katanas saw was the most beautiful raging tyrant he'd seen in his entire life. and he LOVED that about Flies.

Flies, after a few minutes, eventually came over to the table with a tray of 2 Bacon Burgers, Curly fries and.. a singular large pepsi, which was odd, Flies set the tray down, putting the pepsi down between the both of them.. Katanas could CLEARLY see there were 2 straws on the tray, but why 1 pepsi?
".. Did you not get another pepsi for yourself?"
Katanas asked curiously, he watched as Flies and those dark eyes of his darted over to look at the now helmetless Katana, Flies examined Katana and his facial features for a moment, etching that beautiful face of Katana's into his mind for a moment, before he blinked himself out of his staring daze, before answering,
"We're sharing the pepsi." Flies simply answered with a smirk spread across his face as he then stuck the 2 straws into the straw hole which conveniently managed to fit the straws, an eyebrow raised upwards as Katanas stared at him with a slightly shy and nervous look
"I- well, let me guess, spend less money?"
"Yes."
"Ooofffcourse." Katanas hummed playfully, before they both started eating their Bacon Burgers and their Curly Fries, and Flies started talking about work once again, Katanas paid close attention to Flies as he did,
"And its like, dude, ffuck you! you think youre ENTITLED to scream at my ass for not having whatever the fuck it is youre looking for?? if you wanna go scream at someone scream at management and stock people man, not the cashiers!", Flies scoffed, taking another bite of his burger, however truth be told Katanas was moreso studying Flies' features, the way his nose was structured, the way his lips moved as he spoke every word, the way each little piercing he'd given himself fit him so perfectly, the way his hair was swept.. god does Katanas wish he could stare at him and not feel like hes being creepy about it.
Katanas eventually went to take a sip of the soda, and so did Flies, and they both stared at eachother for a moment, before Katanas started sipping from his straw first, and so was Flies.. they'd done this before with milkshakes, but this felt a little more awkward and neither of them could tell you why, however Flies may have planned it for it to be that way.

Flies would steal glances at Katanas whenever Flies was talking, he felt himself grow hot just at the way Katanas looked at him so intently, like he was eager to hear his every word, the way those stupid hazel-brown eyes stared at him, he complimented the way the scar on Katanas cheek matched his face in his mind, and the way his blonde hair gently swept itself infront of his face, the strands in his face but not obsecuring those pretty eyes of his, he may have slightly gripped his burger a little tightly just at the way Katanas looked, Katanas looked ethereal right now and Flies wasnt sure what to do with himself about it.
Eventually, both finished their food, and Flies ended up paying for the food, Katanas tried to negotiate to ATLEAST split the bill but Flies already paid by the time Katanas came to that negotiation,
"I'll drive you home, Katanas" Flies insisted, a hand on his shoulder, ".. well, that'd. be really nice, actually" Katanas said as he adjusted his helmet (as he put it back on once he was done eating)as they walked out of the building, and as Flies got on his motorcycle, Katanas admired how even the motorcycle fit him perfectly, Flies gazed over to him, grinning under his motorcycle helmet,
"What are you standing like a SCHMUCK there for, Katana? get on!", Flies invited, and Katanas just swallowed harshly, before he got on the motorcycle, once again wrapping his arms around Flies torso, before they set off for the road,
eventually, Flies got to Katanas house, dropping him off, Katanas got off the motorcycle and stood there for a moment, he swallowed dryly and nervously for a moment, and then he muttered an offer,
"Uhm, Flies, i know you have work tomorrow considering you work sundays.."
"I do, what about it?"
"do you, wanna come over to my house, and stay a night, when you. have the time?" Katanas asked of him shyly.
".. Yeah. i'd love to, Vin."
Flies said, suddenly calling him by his ACTUAL name
".. Thanks for today, Jack." Katanas said one more time, smiling at flies as he took off his helmet so Flies could see his face and his beautiful smile,
Flies engraved the sight of how just gorgeous Katanas looked when he smiled, even with the gap tooth, he just nodded, he felt a blush creep up on his helmetted face,
"Smell you later, Katanas!"
Flies said his farewells, before the engine revved itself up, before he drove off, and Katanas watched as the man that will probably never love him back drove away, into the sunset. after giving him an autism diagnosis.

... I miss him already, Katanas thought shamefully and pathetically to himself.

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It was late in the mornings, the sun was rising, and 2 idiots were sat out on the roof of a house, Katanas house. Flies was staying a night and couldnt fall asleep however, so Katanas offered to stay up with Flies, and that was what they were doing, they were both drinking soda together, laid on the roof of Katanas house as they both stared out to the sun.. or well, mostly both of them.
Flies couldnt help but keep stealing glances at Katanas, the way the lighting fell so.. nicely on his face, the wind gently blowing at his weirdly pink-ish blonde hair(also known as just.. strawberry blonde. but i hate calling it that.), the way his eyes just stared on to the pretty sunset, the colors reflected nicely off his eyes, However Flies' little gaze parade was interrupted by his phone, taking it out as he looked at a text notification from his boss, asking him to come into work because they were short staffed.. offcourse. Flies sighed , before he looked over to Katanas more properly instead of stealing glances at him, "Katanas, i think im gonna have to go home a little early, works callin for me," Flies hummed, and Katanas looked over, he pouted slightly and it HURT Flies seeing him like that, "awh, well alright.. how about I walk you home then?" Katanas suddenly offered, Flies stared for a moment, before a smile crept up on him as he nodded, "would be a pleasure" Flies answered, and Katanas smiled to himself, "great! lets get down from here first.." Katanas chuckled, before he went back inside through his window, and so did Flies, while Katanas went to get something Flies went to the door where he had his shoes place in a shoe-rack Katanas had because Katanas has some decency, he grabbed his shoes and dropped them down to the ground, before he put them on, and once he did he started tying his shoes, 

Katanas suddenly came up behind him, which scared the ever loving SHIT out of Flies, yelping once he felt his back suddenly touch up on something, before turning around and staring at Katanas dumbfounded, ".. Jesus christ Katanas?!" "What?! I didnt mean to scare you off!" Katanas defended himself, Flies just sighed with a scoff, Katanas was always weirdly silent if anything, but Flies never minded it at all, he found that a nice part about Katanas, "Well, better get going, no?" Flies said, pulling the door knob and opening the door, "Yep! lets go!" Katanas hummed, before they both walked out and to the sidewalk they went, walking and talking as they did, an occassional yawn as NEITHER of them have slept yet, and suddenly, Flies felt a trickle of water drip down on his nose, and then another, and another, and then Flies realize it was gonna rain which was not neccessarrily good.. shit, he didnt bring an umbrella with him at all even, Flies grumbled as it started to rain harder, and suddenly, Flies saw an umbrella unfold above him. he looked over to the source and saw it was Katanas with a portable umbrella, Katanas only chuckled as he teased him, "Didnt you see the news today? Heard they said it looked like it'd rain..", and Flies only scoffed at him, "oh im SOOOO sorry WEATHERBOY, I dont look at weather forecasts often, my GREATEST apologise!~" Flies mocked, being overly dramatic, and Katanas started laughing instead of chuckling, and Flies watched every little movement he made, admiring him... surely it isnt wrong to stare at your bestfriend admirably, right?, Katanas only punched Flies' shoulder gently as they both started chuckling "ohh mannnn.. I'm gonna HATE working today" Flies muttered, Katanas only agreed with him, "on a WEEKEND of all things.. he owes you a friday off!" Katanas announced with confidence, he wholeheartedly believed that should be the case, "oh DEFINITELY.", Flies added to support Katanas, and after a bit of walking it was raining REAL hard, and Flies was snatching glances at Katanas.. he'll have to be honest to himself, Katanas would never want Flies back. i mean cmon, Flies was rude, not the best self-esteem, BARELY keeping himself together, and just a general mess, who would want anyone like Flies? let alone someone like Katanas??, However the train of self-loathing stopped itself once Katanas himself stopped moving, Halting his own movements for a moment, Flies stared at him confused, "Something going on?", and then Katanas suddenly said, "Aghh screw it!" Katanas suddenly said,

And then Flies suddenly watched as Katanas THREW the umbrella away, and then grabbed his arms, before he started twirling him around as he started giggling, it hit Flies suddenly: they were both now DANCING together in the rain, and.. Flies was actually kindve fond of that, Despite his horrible dance skills(Katanas shreds the DDR pad at the arcade better then Flies does), he felt weirdly good at it, maybe it was because Katanas was guiding his every movement, Katanas fingers tangled themselves in Flies' own, giggling and singing, and that caused Flies to also start singing with him, both sang together like drunken idiots in a rainy night on the sidewalk, and bypassers took glances at them, assuming they were nothing more then just two lovers sharing a moment of finding warmth in eachother despite the rain, However Flies knew, between you, the reader, me, the narrator, and himself: that the rain was masking the little tears he was shedding at this because he knew this wouldnt be possible, his tears staining the sidewalk with grey like as if the tears were like the raindrops, he WISHED this was a more intimate thing instead of it being a 'friends' thing that he could share with Katanas, meanwhile, Katanas was twirling Flies around, laughing, and truth be told, he wanted just the same.
and eventually they stopped, holding eachothers hands and giggling, both SOAKED beyond belief now, "Whhat was that?! im SOAKED now!" Flies asked, it was a playful scold, he was still giggling to himself at the absurdity, "A Little treat for you before you have to go to your depressing job, Served by yours truly ofcourse!" Katanas added, an egotistical amount of confidence sprinkled his tone, but Flies could tell he was just being silly about it, Flies just flicked his forehead as he grabbed the Umbrella, "Well you BETTER get me to my house before i get too sick to go to work, and you WILL owe me medication if i DO get sick," "sure i do, i'll smuggle some from the pharmacy i work at, yeah?" Katanas joked, rubbing his wet shoulder as they went back to walking like normal, and Flies was holding the umbrella now,
Eventually, they got to Flies' house, Katanas stood at his door with Flies as he unlocked his door, and Katanas stared at him, adoring every bit of him despite the fact he was SOAKING WET, Katanas sometimes wished he'd be something like.. a weathervane, in Flies' life, guiding him through his troubles if needed, but he knew Flies was the type to bottle everything up, hell, he BARELY ever asks for help, so Katanas could only pray to RAHH Jesus for this to happen.

"See you around, Fly!" Katanas said, waving farewell, before he started walking away.. and then Flies noticed he still had Katanas umbrella in hand, he called out, "KATANAS! WAIT, DUDE! I STILL HAVE YOUR UMBRELLA!", however Katanas did not respond, only gave a thumbs up before he basically started jogging away to prevent Flies from trying to run back and give it to him.. well, Flies had Katanas Umbrella now, Flies stared at it once he unfolded it, The umbrella was one of those ones that can become really small so you can like put them in your pocket or something, Flies scoffed, before putting it in his jacket pocket, it did seem like it was gonna rain again soon anyway as the rain had started to lessen up, he thought to himself about the fact he should return the umbrella to Katanas when he gets the chance.. or atleast remembers, as he stepped inside, slipping off his sopped up shoes as he thought about getting a warm shower to prevent the cold water from the rain from getting him sick.

Flies was working at his very mundane job right now, just gloomily scanning items, bagging, taking money, giving extra change, smile at the customer, try to be nice to any karen without wanting to beat the fuck out of them.. rinse. and repeat. it depressed Flies by a long shot, it was boring. Atleast his co-workers were around to keep him company for a bit, Flies suddenly jolted slightly when he felt his phone buzz in his pocket, he took his phone out and looked at his screen, the wallpaper was a photo of him and Katanas, and convientenly:it was a text from Katanas, the message exchange between the 2 read as following:
[@CHR0M1AST3R:You getting off work anytime soon? 👀"]
[@TheFliesofTheLord: yeah. few minutes, why ask]
[@CHR0M1AST3R:Hell yeah!! you wanna go to the park with me when youre outta work? I'm CRAVING to throw bread at the pond ducks again 🦆🤏😋]
[@TheFliesOfTheLord:yeah. that sounds good.]
[@CHR0M1AST3R:SWEETTT ^v^! Text me when youre ouutt!~ o3<!]
and then Flies watched as the little Online status went to Offline on Katanas profile, before he shoved his phone into his pocket, smiling. now theres something to look forward to in the next few minutes. he then went back to what he was doing, and after a few minutes he stared at his phone clock and it was officially clock-out time, "Yo, Zach, you able to take my place? im clockin out", he asked one of his co-workers who only nodded, before he slipped out of the cashier counter, and to the break room where they could change to their uniform or normal clothes, he opened his locker, grabbing his clothes, before going to the small dressing room in the breakroom, changing into proper clothes, he then felt a weird lump in his pocket, and then remembered that he kept the umbrella in his pocket, but he wasnt really looking for that, he shuffled in the pockets of his uniform, taking his phone out before folding the clothes and setting the clothes in his locker, locking it as he texted katanas
[@TheFliesOfTheLord:getting out rn. u want me 2 pick up anything like smth to eat?]
[@CHR0M1AST3R:Nah, I got us sandwiches anyway! I'm on my way to the park, meet you there Flies 💝]
Flies stared at the heart that Katanas added for a moment, he felt a blush creep up on his face, but he shook it off, blinking for a moment just so he could snap out of the trance he was probably about to get into, however his heart thumped against his chest about it.
Eventually, Flies went outside and got on his motorcycle, putting on his helmet as he did, revving up the engine.. he knows which park Katanas was talking about, it was Katanas favorite because of the duck pond there, he liked ducks, apperantely Katana even allegedly owned a pet duck as a kid. I say 'Allegedly' because these were in Katanas words. but Flies didnt think too much about it, he then drove off to the park, humming a weird song that was stuck in his head.. it didnt even have lyrics, where the hell does he remember this song?, he didnt dwell on it as after a few minutes, he'd found himself at the park, he parked his motorcycle, chained it up to a light pole because he REFUSES to believe it can just sit there perfectly fine, and then went and entered the park,
after a few minutes of walking around to a very specific area, he wasnt shocked to find Katanas at the duck pond, throwing bread crumbs at the ducks, wearing his gundam helmet like the usual,
Flies walked up to the crouched down Katanas, squatting down next to him, "Enjoyin the ducks?" Flies teased, Katanas eyes snapped over to Flies, he smiled under his helmet as he put the bread crumb bag he prepared from home SPECIFICALLY for the ducks between him and Flies, originally kept to Katanas.
"you wanna feed them with me?", Flies only nodded as he sat down fully, and so did Katanas, and they both started throwing bread crumbs at the ducks because thats what bros do.
Flies noticed that the sky had a rosy-tinted hue to it, and the wind blew gently, but it blew with knowingness of the fact that theres a lingering promise of fairer winds to something, which will never blow.
"I think it'll be sunny for the rest of today til night, its weirdly rainy this week..", Katanas hummed, and it was true; the vermilion-colored skies make the claim that sun will stay a very evident thing, but to Flies, he holds a storm that brews in his heart close, trying to not let it break out. he wonders if he was to be something like a storm, a raging tempest, all wuthering and weaving the wind of the world like it was his own weapon, if he was.. something like that, would that change the way Katanas says Flies' name? Flies wasnt sure, he decided not to dwell on it too much, because the truth is: this will be the last time he talks to Katanas. and only Flies himself knows why thats the case.
he just smiled at Katanas for a moment, before speaking, "hopefully it stays sunny for the rest of the day.", and Katanas agreed by replying with "sure hope so! it looks nice out today.", Katanas added, before he then shuffled in a bag he has, taking out a ziplock baggie with 4 grilled cheese sandwiches, 2 for each, he gave Flies a ziplock baggie with 2 sandwiches, "Bon uh.. Bon appleteet?" Katanas said, unsure of himself, "or was it Bone Appatay??" "its Bon Appetite, Katanas." he corrected, he snorted to himself about Katanas and his lack of critical thinking skills right now, Opening the ziplock bag as he then took a sandwich out, before he started eating it, man was Katanas a good cook. "this is great!" "Thank you! added ketchup to it, I know you like it with ketchup", Katanas said, smiling, his teeth being bared to Flies for him to gander at, and Flies jokingly said, "oh mann, you know me sooo much! what are you, my WIFE?" "i COULD be!" "Alright alright quit the buffoonery.." Flies giggled, shoving his hand on Katanas face as Katanas snorted, they both shared a laugh, until they went silent and stared at eachother warmly for a moment, til Flies caught himself and how unreasonably gay this was, clearing his throat, Katanas then asked, furrowing an eyebrow, "How was work?" "Same soup reheated." "Figureedddd." he hummed, before he laid on his side as he ate his sandwich, his head settled near Flies' thigh for reference, both staring at the ducks in the pond.
".. hey, Katanas?" "Yeah?" "Do you. think there'll be any answers to the whole thing with the Influence?" Flies asked, looking over to Katanas curiously
".. maybe yes, maybe no. I dont really think we'll get ALL the answers, but I think we can get enough to get closure for this." Katanas simply said, staring on at the duck pond with a look that made Flies feel like he knew that would be the case, and Flies only stayed silent, nodding in agreement, they both shared a moment of silence with eachother. a very comfortable silence, and most of the day went on as normal with the 2, talking and laughing as they ended up sharing a soda. like. a singular soda. gay as fuck but anyway,
and eventually, the night started to creep up, Katanas was stood near Flies as he was unchainning his motorcycle,
"you have a good day, Fly, text me when you need something, i'll be going now, smell you later!"
Katanas said, turning around and about to walk away until Flies suddenly grabbed him by the shoulder, dragging him back "Woah! holdon, let me drive you myself!" Flies offered, and Katanas did a dramatic gasp before he accepted, "oHH well OFCOURSE! what a gentlemen you are.." He teased, Flies only chortled at Katana, Flies got on his motorcycle, revving up its engine as Katanas sat behind, and then Flies paused for a moment,
"hey. take your helmet off"
"why?"
"just do it!"
Flies demanded, before Katanas obliged, taking off his helmet, Katanas was shocked when Flies suddenly put his own motorcycle helmet on Katanas, Katanas gasped, before he put his hands ontop of it
"oh hell yeah! always wanted to wear your helmet" Katanas said, lifting up the visor of the helmet, "yeah well youre wearin it now," he said, smiling at Katanas, before he then took off, Katanas yelped and just held onto Flies, Katanas was laughing as he started talking about something on the way to Katanas house, and Flies only smiled and nodded, occassionally humming out a response, Flies loved hearing Katanas talk. too bad he'll be missing that pretty soon,
Flies pulled up in the driveway of Katanas house, Katanas got off the motorcycle, both holding his gundam helmet and wearing Flies' helmet,
"Thanks for driving me, Flies" Katanas thanked, smiling under the helmet, and Flies only smiled back at him warmly, "Ofcourse."
".. Smell ya later?" Katanas said,
Flies only nodded a smile, "Smell you later." he hummed, and then he drove away, and in the process Katanas COMPLETELY forgot he was wearing Flies helmet,
"FLIES-WAaaaannnd hes gone." Katanas groaned, before he took the helmet off and stared at it. he then held it close to his chest for a moment. he had a part of Flies with him for now.
and then Katanas got a notification. and he looked at his phone,
a post from Flies on his private account? what'd he post?
Katanas opened the notification and read the post, and the more he read, the more HORRIFIED he was as he suddenly realized what was going on and what was gonna happen tonight.

Flies put out his cigarette on the railway bars of a bridge he was standing on, only about 6 cars have passed by, and it was around 2 AM. passerbys in their cars just assumed the man was drunk and standing out staring at the big body of water below the bridge, nothing more, nothing else. Flies stared out to the stars up above. he felt weirdly cold. but it didnt matter, it WOULDNT matter anymore even, Flies had enough of everything and about everyone. his life is shitty, his childhood was shitty, his adulthood is currently mostly shitty, most people he talks to are too busy eating their own asses to be considerate, the INFLUENCE and the whole thing with ajar, and even if he atleast had looks to save him, he didnt! Flies wasnt a good looking man to even begin with either!, so why not? why not decide to end this save file early? restart all over again? not like anyones gonna miss him, right?
Flies jumped over the railings, now standing behind the railings, his feet barely balancing on the slim edge he stood at, he looked down at the body of water before him, the more he stared, the colder he felt.
he looked up at the sky once more, staring at the stars clouding up, before he closed his eyes as he sighed, took a deep breath,
"Seems like it calls for another cloudy day.." he hummed to himself,
he let go of the bars of the bridge railing, he felt himself go limp,
his body tilted forward. this was it.
.. and then he suddenly felt it. strong arms gripped him, wrapping themselves around his waist and hips as they pulled him backwards, pressing his back to the railings, Flies YELPED at the grip and almost tried to get them off, however he IMMEDIATELY realized who's hands they were when he rested his hands on them.
he looked down. he saw familiar hands he'd always known like he knew his own hands,
he turned his head, looking over his shoulder, and then he saw it. a desperate and afraid Katanas resting his head under his armpit, DESPERATELY trying to hold Flies back from falling any furthur,
"..V-Vin i-"
"Jack." Katanas said, his voice shaken to its core as he said it, Flies could feel Katanas hands shiver, Flies gently put his hands ontop of Katanas, he felt his throat suddenly grow a lump in it.
"dont. fucking do it." Katanas whined, trying so hard to keep Flies stuck to the railings, not letting him try and flail around,
".. Let go of me, please, dont make this ha-."
"no, no the FUCK I WONT" Katanas barked back, holding him even tighter,
"Vince-"
"YOU LISTEN TO ME LOUD AND CLEAR, JACK." Katanas added, he started panting a bit because he geniuenly couldnt breathe properly with how panicked he was,
"IF.. IF YOURE GONNA.. do this. dont. youre gonna regret it REAL fuckin bad," Katanas panted out, and then he continued on,
"You'll.. you'll regret, every fuckin bit of it. especially when it fails. and when it doesnt you'll regret it anyway, because you'll. leave people behind, Jack,"
Katanas said, the tears in his eyes overwhelming him and not letting him see, he felt like he could tear his skin off right now, he NEEDED to at this point,
".. Katanas i-"
"FLIES. LISTEN TO ME WHEN I SAY THIS: WHOS GOING TO DEFEND YOUR CO-WORKERS WHEN THAT BOSS OF YOURS DECIDES TO TERRORIZE THEM?" Katanas asked, and the question rung in Flies' head for a moment, "Whos gonna help them with anything they'll need? and whos gonna be the guy that ends up coming out of nowhere, like a knight in shining armor, ready to basically SACRAFICE himself for somebody else?!" Katanas said, he went silent for a moment, swallowing the lump in his throat as his body threatened to break out into tears,
"and, fuck if its not for them, dont do it for ME, Flies." Katanas stated, and that statement cemented into Flies' head. he thought long and hard about every useful word that Katanas uttered to him,
"whos.. gonna be there with me when i wanna, like, i dont fuckin know, talk about gundams?" he scoffed at himself, he was pathetic right now. "not like anyone listens expect you." he muttered, and continued on, trying to hold in a sob, "i wont have anyone to stay up with late in the night with me, and i wont have anyone to hangout with at ALL." Katanas murmured, "you know me, im the biggest loser there is to see, not even an actual GUY to begin with," Katanas loathed himself for a moment, before he snapped it back to Flies, "and if its not for me, flies?"
"..?"
"Do it for Yourself."
Katanas simply stated, and for a moment it was silent between the both of them,
Flies suddenly started shifting, and Katanas panicked
"FUCKFUCK- what are you doing?!STOP DONT-"
Katanas thought he was gonna try to break free, but instead, Katanas was greeted by a hug coming from Flies, Flies shoved his face into the crook of Katana's neck, before he muttered between tears,
"youre just too good with words, arent you?"
Katanas IMMEDIATELY pulled Flies up and away from the railing, before they both collapsed into eachothers arms on the empty sidewalk of an empty road and to the ground, both sat down,and both crying into eachothers arms, Katanas had Flies in his arms, somewhat on his lap, as they both shared their sorrows to eachother, holding eachother tight for a moment, their cries silent but hearable for the both of them to hear like music.
eventually, Katanas got up, helping Flies get up as he did, "Lets.. go to my house," Katanas sniffled, before Flies wiped up a tear from his eye, "Yeah. lets."
And they both started walking together, both close to eachother as they walked, Katanas hands lingered near Flies', he wasnt sure if Flies wanted to be touched right now, so he just left his hand sit close to Flies' as they walked, until Katanas felt Flies take his hand in his own, squeezing it as they walked, and Katanas only smiled,
And eventually, Katanas felt a wet drop land on his nose. and then a second, and another, and another,
".. oh fuck, its raining? sshhit." he murmured, and then Katanas suddenly saw an umbrella unfold above him, he looked to where the source was,
and there it was. Flies holding Katanas Umbrella from a few hours ago.
".. Hah, didnt you see the news today? Heard they said it looked like rain."
Flies uttered out, a parallel to Katanas saying it a few hours ago in the early mornings, and Katanas only scoffed at him,
"seems like i didnt, my bad weatherboy." ,Katanas responded, mirroring Flies back,
".. say, how did- you find out i was gonna be here?"
"you may or may not have posted your suicide note to your private tumblr a little too early."
Katanas simply said, and Flies just stared like a deer in headlights for a moment, and then it hit him that he may have set the scheduled post to send earlier then he planned it to.
".. kindve glad I sent it early." Flies simply added, ".. yeah, i am too." Katanas replied back, smiling weakly at Flies,
Eventually, Katanas and Flies ended up at the doorstep of Katanas house.
".. well, i better get goi-"
"NO! Stay! please!" Katanas grabbed Flies' forearm with both hands, a plead in his eyes as he looked at Flies,
".. Katanas, ive been enough of a bother to you today, i-"
"youve NEVER been a bother, hell i LOVE talking to you actually, so much that its.. its just-"
Katanas stammered, trying to find the words,
".. Katanas, what are you-"
"Fuck, Flies is it not THAT obvious or are you dense?!"
Katanas suddenly barked, and Flies felt bad, however that feeling was quickly vanquished when Katanas suddenly held both his forearms,
"I LOVE you, Flies! for the past 15 years of our stupid friendship NOBODY expect you has made me feel the way i do right now,"
Katanas admitted, his eyes avoiding meeting Flies' own, and Flies tried to search for them, to look at him right as he was left speechless,
".. I,"
"PLEASE. Stay a night, or even two! please. i beg of you."
Katanas begged, and Flies stared at him for a long and hard moment, before suddenly, Katanas was dragged in by Flies into a quick, but passionate, kiss, it held up for about 10 seconds before they broke off, Katanas looking starstruck if anything at what just happend
".. uhm, i-yeah i'd. love to, Katanas."
Flies stuttered out after a solid 5 seconds of staring at eachother, his face painted in a rosey color,
"Good! come in then, I have some movies we could watch, if you'd like.. its horror." Katanas offered, a grin across his face as he opened the door for Flies to step in first,
"i'd LOVE that, Katanas."
"Then come in and make yourself at my home, because its also yours now."
Flies only hummed, shocked at how well everything turned in about a few minutes,
he watched as Katanas jogged to the kitchen to prepare something for the movie, and Flies only smiled as he watched, slipping off his shoes,
...
".. FUCKINGFINALLLYYY." Flies said to himself in a loud whisper, HE FINALLY GOT TO KISS KATANAS! LETS FUCKING GO!!!

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Flies settled neatly on the couch once he was inside, the house felt warm in ambiance but a stark contrast to the cold temperature, a stark contrast to his apartment, cold in ambiance and.. not warm, more like uncomfortably hot, in temperature. Flies decided to lay on the couch, letting his body slouch and flop onto his stomach once his chest hit the sea-blue couch cushions. he Recalled some nights where he would sleep on the couch despite Katanas' protests for Flies to sleep on his bed and for Katanas to take the couch instead, having to play rock-paper-scissors to see who gets the couch, and the JOY Flies gets when he wins the rock paper scissors rounds to sleep on the couch. Flies also Recalls the nights of sitting together on the couch, both drunk out of their minds on whatever expensive wine Katanas happened to conveniently have packed away in his cupboards, talking about experiences you'd have to skin both of them to get out of either of them, and kept as an unspoken secret between the both of them to one another, never daring to utter a word of an experience too close to be publicized, and he Recalled 3 nights before this night where he cried into Katanas arms about every little thing that ever dared to bother Flies, with Katanas threading his soft fingers through Flies hair as Katanas watched the gaps of his fingers get filled by Flies fairly now medium hair like uncut and untamed weeded grass, comforting the man to sooth him as he cried like a damsel in distress with nobody to save him. Flies finger pads gently caressed the fabric beneath his fingers, His palms pressing into the couch for warmth and his cheek pressed against the soft texture, He closed his eyes for a moment as silence filled his head, only filled with the sound of a fan in the background, and something in the kitchen rattling around. Flies wondered if he'd be sleeping on the couch tonight, he HOPED he would. the couch was EXTREMELY comfortable, more than his bed in his shitty old apartment that costed 2 kidneys despite its small size for a reason only inflation can perceive.

Katanas snapped Flies out of his little thinking trance by resting the back of his hand against Flies cheek, almost like hes checking for a temperature or something, Flies' eyelids fluttered open as his pupils shot up to look at Katanas. Flies flopped over onto his back as he looked up at a worried and concerned Katanas silently, Katanas hand gently trailed over from his cheek to the spot under his eye bags, a thumb caressed his eye for a moment as he dragged it up to Flies forehead. letting out a sigh, Katanas sat down next to Flies head as he maneuvered around the couch with a tray of some snacks, sandwiches and a bowl of popcorn and chips mixed together to one big bowl sat on the tray as Katanas settled it down onto the coffee table. "Youre way too warm." Katanas noted, and Flies only scoffed at him as Flies pressed his palm against the back of Katanas hand, keeping Katanas palm planted to his forehead. Flies furrowed an eyebrow as he spouted out a tease at Katanas, not really reminding himself that Katanas was a pharmacist, grinning at him as he spoke the next few words recklessly without much thought.
"And how would you know?"
"Your average body temperature is usually 99.8 degrees in Fahrenheit, which is 37.6 Celsius, technically 38 if you round it up, You're an awfully warm person,"
"w..whh-why do you-"
"Your current body temperature however is around 103 Fahrenheit. which is 39.4 Celsius. and You're only in a shirt and light pants. and my house is warm but not warm enough to make your temperature skyrocket an extra few degrees. and you're way too warm."
".. Ka-"
"You're sick, Flies. I'll prepare something for you. please stay put."
And then Katanas got up without a word to Flies about it, Flies tried to stop him but just suddenly felt.. weak. not just weak from sickness, but he felt weak from the embarrassing amount of warmth that suddenly filled him, being taken care of wasn't something Flies will ever get used to, Especially coming from his best-friend.. no, sorry, boyfriend. he had to get used to the fact hes quite LITERALLY dating Katanas now.. it still didnt explain why exactly Katanas had his average body temperature memorized like a prayer for Sunday church or something. Flies got up from the couch with a groan as he felt his bones slightly crack under his tired muscles, making his way to the kitchen assuming to find Katanas there, only to not find anyone, the kitchen left unattended as a pot full of noodles, made for a portion of 2, sat on the unignited stove, with seasoning packets originating from the noodle packs unopened given Katanas specific way of making the usually quickly-fashioned dish and converting it into a pleasant 20-minute cook, the little snack bowl he had sitting in the corner of the counter with some missing and put on a tray nearby the bowl, intended to be put in a separate tray from the popcorn and sandwiches, All sat stagnantly in the kitchen, like as if nobody ever was there. Flies walked into the kitchen and let his hand slide across the counter as he walked, suddenly noticing the gentle sound of running water in a nearby room, he decided to investigate it, and following it lead to the bathroom.

Flies creaked the bathroom door open gently, being met with the sight of a shirtless Katanas with rolled up pants to not get soaked, preparing a warm bath for some reason.. well at least to Flies its for a random reason, to Katanas however, this was for Flies. Flies was overly warm, Ye, and the warm bath doesn't sound like it'll help, but Katanas knew with how unreasonably freezing Flies was probably feeling, a warm bath would be nice. Katanas turned around when he heard the door creak gently, looking at the tired and fatigued once-best-friend and now boyfriend, Flies, looking at Katanas confused, Katanas gestured for Flies to come near. Flies crouched nearby Katanas once he walked over, he felt his feet hit the smooth bathroom floor as he did. "I told you to stay put." "Sorry, got curious." "It's okay." Katanas only hummed as he plugged the drain and went to turn off the water. perking an eyebrow at Katanas, Flies asked an uneducated and unaware question, "Whats the bath for at such a late hour?" "For you." Katanas simply replied, and Flies had a surprised look hit him, "I don't.. need a bath, Kat. I don't stink." Flies muttered, and Katanas glanced over to him with his eyes, not turning his head fully to Flies as he spoke. "You don't stink. That's not what I'm implying. but you are sick. so a warm bath is necessary."

Flies then watched his boyfriend get up, grab the shirt he was wearing and then turn around. Katanas faced the wall as he used his shirt as a blindfold. he was covering his eyes so Flies could undress comfortably and get in the bath. "Please get in the bath. I won't look." and Flies trusted that, Flies got up and started stripping himself of his clothes, throwing them into the nearby clothes hamper, before he gently dunked himself into the bath awkwardly. Flies retracted his knees to his chest as he hugged himself, hands rubbing his own shoulders as he looked over to Katanas, who was still blindfolded, and muttered out embarrassingly. "I'm in the bath. now what". Katanas turned around and removed the shirt away from his eyes as he looked at Flies awkwardly sitting in the comfortably big bathtub that Katanas had, and Katanas only hummed as he crouched down, leaning over Flies to get a shampoo bottle, conditioner, and some body wash bottles to put nearby himself for easy reach. However Katanas grabbed a specific brand and type of shampoo and conditioner, Flies immediately realizing that the shampoo and conditioner are for a hair type that Katanas doesn't even remotely have, but was the hair type that Flies had. Katanas had shampoo and conditioner bottles specifically for Flies. Flies felt his heart flutter against his ribs in an unnatural rhythm for a moment at the thought.

Flies felt as Katanas fingers were laced by his slightly tangled hair, Flies had been kind've forgetting to take care of himself so it didn't really shock him when he felt a painful sting from the knots catching up on Katanas fingers, and Katanas only hummed as he started gently untangling the knots with a hairbrush he reached for from the sink drawer, gentle and making sure he wouldn't hurt Flies too much, Flies winced slightly with every pang of pain that shot through his cranium from every hair being pulled. Katanas could hear the small groans that came out of Flies from every knot that's untangled, Katanas hummed as he rested his chin on Flies bare shoulder all of a sudden, Flies' breath halted and was paused in his lungs as he tilted his head slightly and glanced over to Katanas with a nervous look, "You're not getting hurt, are you?" Katanas looked at Flies with a soft look in his eyes, one hand landed on Flies other shoulder, and Flies only let out an exhale as he shook his head. Katanas smiled as he got back to work. This entire time Flies may have been holding in tears and just burst out crying like an idiot, It would be embarrassing. To Flies at least. To Katanas it wouldn't really be embarrassing to be crying for any reason at all. Katanas eventually turned the shower head on, it was detachable so it made it easy for Katanas to just grab it from the wall and angle it at Flies.

Flies yelped when the water suddenly sprayed at him, He wasn't expecting the water flow to be so strong. Flies quickly however recovered and stayed put as Katanas started rinsing his hair so it was wet. Katanas had been humming a specific tune for awhile, and now that Flies was focusing on it.. this was the tune that he had stuck in his head this morning while he was going to the park to see Katanas. 'That makes sense.' Flies thought to himself as he felt his shoulders finally relax for once in this entire session so far, leaning into Katanas' touch when Katanas started shampooing Flies hair once he was damp enough, massaging Flies scalp in the process. Flies closed his eyes as he just let it happen. he would protest about this, but Flies just did not have the gull to tell somebody to stop caring for him, not when somebody like Katanas of all people was so willing to literally BATHE him. Flies let out an exhale that'd been trapped in his chest, and with it it strung a few words.

"God I love you so much Katanas..", Katanas paused for a moment to process it, he was so glad Flies had his back turned to Katanas in the position hes in so he wouldnt see the stupid giddy look on his face when Flies said it, Immediately going back to shampooing his hair to not seem suspicious as he 'randomly' planted a kiss to the back of Flies neck, where the spine should meet the skull. Flies shivered at the feeling. craved the feeling, even leaned into Katanas lips a little when he did, and Katanas only giggled against his neck, before he focused back on Flies' hair. scrubbing the shampoo into the scalp to make sure every little bit was put to use. rinsing off the shampoo off of Flies hair once he deemed that Flies has had the shampoo scrubbed in well enough.

And in the meantime, Flies started talking. Started questioning. Wanting answers to every little nonsensical question that would come out of his mouth.
".. Why are you doing this for me?"
"Because I love you."
"That doesn't make sense to me, You're tiring yourself out over this, you know?"
"I'm fine with that. as long as you're okay, that's what matters to me. Because I love you."
".. This isn't even benefiting you though."
"Maybe it isn't. to me it is, because I love you."
Every time Flies tried to reason with Katanas, try and find why the actual hell was he so willing to literally even bathe Flies like some kind of puppy to be pampered, he only replied with a singular solid sentence that was always in every response;Because he loved him., and that baffled Flies. it didn't make sense- Surely there was more, Maybe a reason that Flies wouldnt have gotten, but he just couldn't rattle it out of him.

so Flies tried again. He needed to somehow get an answer out of Katanas.


"This is a waste of time for you, Kat, you've got better thi-", And then he was suddenly held into an embrace by Katanas as he pulled Flies back against the tub, Katanas arms wrapped around Flies shoulder, Flies could feel Katanas breathing on his neck. he swallowed hard, Thinking he'd finally pushed Katanas buttons, got him tired of him finally after putting up with Flies' bullshit.
but the response.. was different from what Flies was bracing for.
"Flies. in all 15 years of our friendship, and our current relationship, not once have I doubted if my time was ever being spent wrong if it meant that my time was being spent with you."
It wasn't rough, it wasn't the mean words Flies always had chucked at him by people,
"You're the one person that's willing to listen to me when I want to talk about the stuff I actually like. you're selflessly willing to defend me even if it's for silly things and you're, willing to take care of me whenever I'm not doing good. You've been there for me so much that I-.. I don't really know how to put it in proper words."
It was soft, gentle. tantalizingly delicate with every little word spoken.
"And I know this, This sounds silly but uhm, I.. I wouldn't really know where I'd- be with.. without you to.. be frank..hah."
Katanas chuckled nervously at the embarrassing confession that dripped off his tongue like honey to Flies right now.
".. I love you, Flies. I love you so much. so please."
Katanas hands went to the shoulder joints, gripping tightly as he looked at Flies with eyes that begged for affection, for closeness, for loving.
"Let me take care of you for once. Please."
Katanas had a hard time with expressing himself, Flies could hear it with how Katanas slightly stammered as he started massaging Flies shoulder, his finger pads pressing firmly into the skin to sooth whatever tension Flies was having at the current second. and Flies felt his heart swell up and tears that dared to prick at his eyes as he just stared at the bathroom wall.
Flies sighed as he let his head fall back and against Katanas shoulder as he focused on the fingers gently rubbing at his skin for a moment, a scoff escaped Flies, before he turned his head to Katanas.
"Man.. you're so stupid. You really need to shut up sometimes.."
Katanas frowned at the comment, however Flies wasn't finished with the sentence.
".. And just kiss me instead."
Katanas stared like a deer in headlights til Flies smashed his lips against Katanas for a moment, he slightly leaned out the bathtub as he held Katanas face in his slightly rough hands, his hands had old bruises from random fights he got into at his workplace. Katanas could feel Flies' thumb gently caress his cheek as he kissed him gently, moving his lips in tandem with Flies own, Sprinkled with a hint of longing and a yearning that's been boiling in the kettle for too long.


Flies broke off the kiss, leaning onto the bathtubs edge as he looked at the very giddy and beet-red Katanas that was smiling at him, Flies hummed as he suddenly shifted in place, straying away from the edge and away from Katanas, and it didn't make sense much to Katanas til Flies gestured towards him. gestured towards him to get in the bath, WITH FLIES. If Katanas wasnt the color of cherries not too long ago, he sure was now. he just looked at Flies dumbfounded, but Flies looked very sure that he was comfortable with Katanas being in the same bathtub as him. and Katanas just watched as Flies put his hands over his own eyes, giving the same amount of respect that Katanas gave to Flies while Flies undressed. Katanas nervously took off whatever clothes he was wearing from the waist below given he'd taken off his shirt originally, and Flies felt the water ripple gently as Katanas slowly dipped in. Flies opened his eyes to see Katanas sitting next to him shoulder-to-shoulder. Flies leaned over the bathtub to grab the bottles that were abandoned, putting them nearby so Katanas still had easy access, and in the meantime, to distract Katanas from the embarrassment from sharing a bathtub with his once-best-friend-now-boyfriend, Flies had started talking about something to Katanas as he leaned back onto the bathtub next to Katanas casually, trying his best to ease whatever nervousness Katanas was having, and you know what? It worked. they both started talking to eachother like normal like as if they were on the couch, both helped bathe eachother ever so casually as they talked, Flies was now rambling about another thing that happend at work once.

"That was real?!"
"Yes! I thought I told you??"
Flies looked at Katanas as he squeezed some bodywash onto the loofa that Katanas had hanging on one of the water knobs, It smelled like blueberries for a reason beyond Flies understanding. it smelled REALLL good tho, so Flies didn't really mind it to much as he damped it up so he could rub the body wash into the loofa fully. Flies started scrubbing Katanas as Katanas also started rambling about something at the pharmacy he worked at, Flies smiled at how easily comfortable Katanas immediately became once Flies started acting normal about it, He knew Katanas had a weakness when it came to people making something awkward. "Yeah. That did happen and it was weird. I think it's fine now though." Katanas hummed as he grabbed the loofa from Flies once Flies was done with Katanas, he started scrubbing Flies back, making sure he got every crevice. Katanas thought of scrubbing Flies like he was cleaning the dishes. it made it less awkward for him to do it, and honestly? Katanas was really enjoying this. he was glad Flies didn't seem to actually try and push anything on Katanas, letting Katanas take the whole situation to his pace. and it made Katanas felt a fuzziness in his chest. eventually Katanas started rinsing off both himself and Flies of the body wash, watching the foam slide off of them and down to the water of the bathtub.

".. Flies, do you uh... are you, fine if I cut your hair?"
It was a sudden sentence, the moment fell silent as they both got comfortable in the warm silence as Katanas was setting the movable shower head back in its place, Flies darted his eyes up at Katanas frame that towered Flies as Katanas adjusted the shower head, he really couldnt help but admire just how beautiful Katanas was. he felt himself get embarrassed from looking too much at Katanas bare and naked physique, looking away as he focused on the question. ".. I wouldn't mind it.", Flies said as he looked Katanas in the face once Katanas was settled back down next to Flies, Katanas only nodded as he got out the bathtub and put his shorts back on, Flies let his back lean against one of the edges of the bathtub. Flies felt the ends of his hair get bundled up in Katanas fists as Katanas examined. reaching the sink drawer for a pair of scissors. ".. How short do you want it." "Short enough to forget what happend today."
Katanas nodded, he knew what that meant, Katanas only nodded as he complied to his boyfriends request. Katanas let his fingers travel up the hair til he reaches the root of the back hairs first, letting his hand get tangled in Flies hair like slick vines. he bundled up a good portion in his fist as he used his fist as a measurement, he lined the scissors up with the hair strands, taking a deep breath. and then he started cutting. Flies can hear the sounds of the scissors slicing up the hair strands, and Katanas made sure to make the haircut not look too bad. He chopped up any excess hairs, bit by bit hair fell into the bathtub, until after around 5 minutes, Katanas put the scissors away, setting his head onto Flies shoulder.
"It's done." "Thank you, Kat." "Ofcourse." Flies suddenly pecked Katanas with a kiss on the cheek, which earned a giggle out of Katanas as Flies got out of the bathtub, putting his clothes back on while Katanas scurried off to get the snacks for the movie prepared, letting Flies peacefully put his clothes on privately.

Flies went out of the bathroom, and past the kitchen to find Katanas waiting for Flies on the couch, humming as he sat criss-cross applesauce on the couch, Katanas turned his head and smiled at Flies, and Flies noted the cute gap tooth in mind. for maybe the 300th time of his life. Flies shuffled over to the couch and sat down next to Katanas, Flies immediately wrapping his arms around Katanas torso as he suddenly tackled Katanas down, Flies had in mind he'd be a weighted blanket for tonight. Katanas only giggled as he let his fingers brush through Flies now short hair, both looked at eachother with pure adoration for one another. Flies rested his head on Katanas collarbone, his hair tickled at Katanas neck. "What movie did you have in mind for us anyway?" "I was thinking uhmm.. Pet Semetary?" "OOhhh.. good choice honestly. did I ever give you back the book for that movie?" "No, but you can keep it."

Katanas brushed a random small strand out of Flies face as Flies looked up at his beloved boyfriend, now that both of them are both joyous, loving eachother, and clean, they can actually start watching things together. Katanas connected his phone to the TV and turned on the movie from a pirated website because lets be honest, both of these 2 are NOT paying for streaming services unless its REALLY REALLY REALLY necessary, which they both doubt would actually happen. so they both opted to pirating movies because why not? Katanas found himself not even focusing on the movie half the time, just too busy looking at Flies and listening to him spew random facts he knew relating to Pet Semetary, things like behind-the-scenes for the movies, the inspiration for the book itself, all that cute and nerdy stuff that Katanas couldn't bully Flies for given how Katanas is about gundams.

Katanas eventually decided to actually focus on the movie, both fell silent except for the occasional compliment that one would throw at the other, or just asking for something like food or something, and by the end of the movie, Katanas had come to a hilarious realization: Flies had fallen asleep ontop of him. so now Katanas just had one big weighted blanket tucked away in his arms, lying ever so peacefully on his chest, Katanas looked down at the sleeping Flies as he smiled warmly and tiredly, he gave a kiss to Flies' hair, then another, and he kept kissing his hair and forehead, caressing his face and spouting little compliments that Flies wouldn't be able to fight back against because he'd be asleep.

"Pretty boy, My very pretty boy. Sleeping ontop of me like a weighted blanket.."

Katanas whispered as he scratched Flies scalp gently as to not awaken his sleeping partner. Katanas always saw Flies as.. a phoenix, in some shape or form. it was weird and embarrassing to mention but it made so much sense to Katanas in his head: Flies was like a phoenix, he'd always come back and reincarnate to someone newer, more experienced, after every hardship. he found that Flies always burned with a passion and determination that made Katanas twirl a hair strand and blush over just thinking about, and witnessing it was beyond just that. he lifted Flies sleeping face a little with the palm of his hand, etching into his mind how Flies sleeping face looked, the way his lips curled into a natural and small smile when he slept, the way his eyelids were closed, how his mouth was slightly left open, it just drove Katanas mad beyond belief, he couldnt help but plant a soft kiss to both of Flies' cheeks, and one on the tip of the nose, then below his eye bags, and on the bridge of his nose, and on his forehead, before finally planting one on his lips, making sure he didnt add too much pressure to wake up Flies, and luckily for a miracle beyond Katanas understanding, tonight Flies slept like a corpse, it seemed like he couldnt even feel what was happening. and that was good for Katanas. he wasn't willing to explain why he decided to start being corny to Flies while Flies was asleep.. or you know what, maybe the small tears that Katanas had that gently trickled down his cheek at the thought of the fact he could've lost the literal love of his life hours ago is whats making him do this, and you know he doesnt really object to a cute little sleep-kiss session, or however you call it. Katanas didn't care, he really just wanted to love Flies like no one could.

and Katanas, amidst his fanboying over his boyfriend ever so silently, slipped into a comfortable sleep, eyelids glued themselves shut as tiredness swaddled his emotion-exhausted body for the night like a blanket that protected him from the troubles of the world, and Flies in his arms, all snug with his face buried in the crook of Katanas neck given how Katanas positioned Flies head once he was done peppering him with kisses, Katanas.. was happy.

Katanas could sleep for once normally, without waking up feeling like his bed had a cold spot that was meant to be occupied by someone else.

Because now, there is someone to fill that cold spot.

and it was Flies.