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His cheeks felt a little hot after getting in Philza’s car.
Quackity hadn’t actually expected to get a rose today, he didn’t expect the vase either.
He looks at the yellow vase in his lap that contains a pretty red rose, it didn't look fresh like the last ones but it was perfect to him.
His smile must’ve been obvious because Philza commented on it.
“Gifts from the admirer?” The older man had a happy tone in his voice.
“Yeah, I’ll give you your vase when we get to the apartment.”
Quackity wouldn’t call Luzu an admirer, it was useless to fight Philza on this though, so he didn’t correct him.
“Did you get his name this time?”
“I did! I got his number this too,” He mentally notes to asks Roier for his notes later, “He seems really nice.”
“That’s good mate, you deserve a break after what happened.”
Quackity nods slowly, he tries not to think too much of the past, everything is different so it’s useless to think about it.
It’s going to be okay.
“So what’s his name?”
“Luzu.” Philza is looking at him through his peripheral vision, like he expects Quackity to continue. “It’s a pretty name.”
“Like him?” Philza teases, he chuckles while Quackity makes a shocked choking sound.
“Well- I- I guess you could say that.” The smaller man scrambles to find an answer.
Philza laughs and parks the car, it was surprisingly empty around Quackity’s building.
“Do you want to come inside?” Quackity points towards the building. “I can make you some coffee and give you your vase while you’re there.”
“Some coffee would be great right about now mate, I’ll go with you, I need to talk to you anyway.” The older man says while getting out of the car, going around to help open Quackity’s door to help him with the yellow vase.
The younger man silently thanks him and guides him through the building, stoping once they get into his apartment.
“Sorry for the mess, I wasn’t expecting you to pick me up,” Quackity explains while moving to the small kitchen, “I know it’s pretty small compared with your place but make yourself at home.”
“Nah it’s all good mate, it’s cozy.” Philza looks around the apartment, “Where do you want this vase by the way?” he calls out to Quackity.
“Uh, just leave it on the cabinet next to you, I’ll put it in my room later.” The black haired man answered while preparing a pot of coffee.
The two men share a comfortable silence while the coffee is prepared, Philza sitting on one of the chairs at the dining room table.
The silence is broken when Quackity comes out of the kitchen with a cup of coffee in one hand while the other held a small container with what Philza assumed was sugar.
“Nothing for you?” the older man asks while Quackity sets the cup and container in front of him.
“I have some tea getting ready in the kitchen, after making so much coffee at work I start to get tired of it you know?”
“Mm, yeah I get it.” He takes the small spoon inside the container and puts a small amount on his cup. “What type are you making? My wife has a ‘small’ tea collection,” He does air quotes with one hand and mixes in the sugar with the other. “Maybe she’ll be able to recommend something.”
“Just some herbal tea right now, it helps me sleep.” Quackity movers to the kitchen again, “Did you want something else? Like some toast or …?”
“I’m good mate, go get your tea. I just have to speak with you about something and then I’ll leave.”
“Should I be worried?” Quackity jokingly says while coming back out with a cup of tea.
“Absolutely not, you’re the babysitter that’s lasted the longest against Tommy, I’m never firing you.”
Quackity chuckles.
“He’s a good kid, he’s just…”
“Extremely hyper.”
“That.” Quackity snaps his fingers towards Philza.
“Yeah I know, most babysitters leave after one time, maybe two.” He takes a sip of his cup.
The other man nods his head in understanding.
“But that’s kinda why I needed to talk to you.” Philza sighs, “Cellbit was supposed to watch him tomorrow, but he backed out at the last second. I was wondering if you could watch him.”
“Depends on the time.”
“From 1pm to 5pm? Weird time but his school is out that day for some type of small indoor flood, one of the pipes exploded from what the school told us.”
“I mean, I have work during those hours.”
“I can pay extra, you have Tommy sitting there, maybe call Tubbo, he gets calmer if Tubbo’s around.”
“I- sure?” More money is better than his normal amount of money.
“Thank you so much mate, you’re a lifesaver, I’ll drop him off at 1 and pick him, Tubbo and you up at 5 okay?”
“I can go home by myself Philza, don’t worry okay? I have to do some shopping afterwards anyway.” Quackity waves his hand dismissively.
“Are you sure? It’s no problem for me to wait in the car while you shop.”
“Really Phil, it’s fine.”
A sigh escapes Philza’s upturned lips.
“If you say so.”
The two men continued to chat until the older of the two finished his cup, Quackity hands Philza’s vase at the door while putting the previous flowers inside the new vase. Both men bid each other goodbye and parted ways until the next day.
Quackity quickly finishes his tea and picks up the new vase and brings it to his room.
He sets it down on the bedside table, where Philza’s vase previously sat.
Quackity delicately touched the rose petals, not wanting to be rough with something so soft and fragile.
His mind wanders towards the man who gave it to him.
He feels himself blush as he softly sits down on the bed, Quackity still has to text him. He needs to get Roier’s notes for Luzu.
He gets his phone and quickly messages Roier
Quackity: Roier
Roier
Roier: Quackity its like
11pm what do you want
As if you were sleeping
Maybe I was
You dont know
Quackity: Dude I just need your notes from your morning class
Roier: ???
why
Quackity: I have a friend that needs them
Roier: ???
Who do you know??
Who do you know that has that class??
Im literally your only friend
Quackity:You aren’t my only friend
I know other people
Roier: Your bosses (2), kid you babysit, his weird brother and the coworkers you barely talk to dont count
Quackity: Why are you calling Cellbit weird
He is my friend
Roier: I only talked to him once and I promise you I will not be doing that again
Quackity: Why
I don’t understand why you don’t like him
Roier: He looked almost mad when I had my arm around you
Im pretty sure he is into you
Quackity looked up from his phone when Roier said that. Cellbit acted weirdly when he brought the rose that Luzu gave to him.
He hadn’t thought much of it, he took it as Cellbit being worried for him but Philzas reaction seemed out of place if it was just worry.
He discarded the thought for now, he needs to focus on getting Luzu the notes.
When he looks back down Roier had sent him a couple more texts
Roier: Quackityyyy
Quackity
Quackityy
Quackity: IM HERE
I was doing something
Roier: Took you like 5 minutes
Quackity: Can’t live without me for five minutes ?
I knew you loved me
Roier: Anything for you bbg
But seriously who are these notes for
Quackity: I literally told you already
Roier: Saying “it’s for a friend” doesn’t actually answer my question
Who are you cheating on me with
Quackity: So dramatic
It’s for a new friend okay
Roier: That doesn’t answer anything dumbass
Quackity: Let me finish asshole
Do you remember the rose guy that I told you about this morning
Roier: Your new lover
Quackity: Shut up
We talked today and he missed his morning that class
So I told him that I would get him some notes from the class
Roier: And the class is mine?
Do I know the guy
Quackity: Maybe
Idk his name is Luzu
Roier: Quackity
That’s like the scary guy I told you about
Quackity: No way
No he isn’t
Roier: The scary guys name is Luzu
You are being courted by the scary guy
Quackity: Maybe you are just a pussy because he is not scary at all
Also don’t say I’m being “courted”
Roier: ???? You remember what I told you
Quackity: Yeah and I also remember telling you that the guy was probably just socially awkward
Roier: Whatever dude
Quackity: Can you get me the notes or not
:(
Roier: Are you going to tell him that I sent them
Quackity: If you’re going to be a pussy about it then yes
Roier: Whatever
*notes.jpg*
Quackity: Thanks
Good night try not to stay up too late
Roier: Kys
Good night
Quackity laughed at Roiers fear of Luzu. It seems ridiculous that anyone would fear him, Luzu was more awkward than scary to him.
Maybe Luzu’s sharper features made him seem scary to some people, or maybe it was because he was tall but to Quackity that just made him seem more handsome than anything.
He shakes his head as if he was shaking the thoughts out of his head and focuses back on his phone.
Quackity: Hey sorry this is Quackity
I know this is kinda late
Like really really late
But I have your notes!!!
Quackitys fingers hover over his keyboard, anxiously awaiting for Luzus response.
Luzu: Hi
Don’t worry about the time :)
I didn’t expect you to actually get the notes for me
Quackity: ?
I told you I would get it >:(
I keep my promises
Just don’t ask anyone else about that
Luzu: Pfff
Okay okay I’ll believe you :)
Quackity: Good
:)
Luzu: Where did you get the notes btw?
Quackity: From a friend ^^
Dw about it
*notes.jpg*
Luzu: These are really good
Who’s your friend?
Quackity: His name is Roier
You got lucky today :3
Usually his notes look like shit
Luzu: Does he need help organizing or something?
I can help him
Quackity: You don’t have to :p
Roier is just lazy
Luzu: If you say so
I still want to thank you in some way
Quackity: You can thank me by coming to the cafe more often ;)
Quackity threw his phone at the bed.
Maybe he shouldn’t text people this late at night. Roier would make fun of him for being so nervous when bantering, because this isn't flirting, he’s just… playfully talking to a new friend that he just so happens to be attracted to but that doesn’t matter.
Before he can spiral more he hears his phone buzzing.
He checks his phone.
Luzu: I will ;)
And that's when Quackity decides that it’s time to sleep.
He wakes up the next morning with his phone’s alarm blaring in his ears.
He went through the usual motions of his morning’s fridays after he started working at the cafe.
He got up, dressed himself, ate breakfast, brushed his teeth and got on the bus to get to the cafe in time.
Most of the first half of the day had been uneventful, customers came in, ordered their convoluted coffee order, maybe with a pastry on the side, and left.
Quackity was bored. He has yet to see Luzu and that made him slightly upset.
He wanted to talk with the taller man, he wanted to get to know him.
What’s his favorite color? What other drinks does he like besides black coffee? His favorite movie, his family, does he have siblings?
Quackity’s mind fills itself with questions he wishes he had answers to.
It didn’t stop even when he got on his lunch break and ate a sandwich from the cafe silently.
Time went a little faster after eating, the cafe started getting a little fuller, thankfully not too much thought.
Soon it was 1pm and Philza went through the door with Tommy and Tubbo behind him.
“Good morning mate.” Philza says while pulling out his wallet. “The usual, and get them,” He points to the boys behind him. “some juice and sandwiches.”
Quackity nods, the boys are talking excitedly and happily between each other. Tubbo notices Quackity first.
“Big Q! I’ve missed you!” Tubbo grabs Tommy’s arm and pulls him forward.
“Big Man!” Tommy yells while trying to free his arm from Tubbo’s grip. “Are we staying at the cafe?”
“Yep, I’m still working so I can’t really watch over you guys at your house.” He pats their heads. “Now go take a seat, Philza you want your order to go?”
Philza nods and holds his card to pay.
“I’m in a bit of a rush, I gave them a bit more cash if they want more food later.”
“I’ll get your drink out fast then, don’t worry about them. They’ll be in good hands.”
“I know.” Philza sits down with the younger boys.
Quackity lets Charlie take over the register while he makes Philza’s drink.
He puts Tubbo and Tommy’s order on a tray with Philza’s and walks over to the table where they had chosen to sit.
Quackity carefully walks over to the table and sets everything down, the children immediately digging into their food, they must've not had lunch yet. Philza takes his order and gives Quackity a side hug, he says goodbye to Tommy and Tubbo, they both answer with their mouths full, and leaves.
“So Big Q?” Tubbo speaks first after Philza leaves, food already swallowed thankfully. “Who gave you the rose that on wednesday?” Tommy almost chokes on his food.
“How… how do you know about that-”
“Dude! I told you not to talk about it!” Tommy yells over him, he is quickly shushed by the older of the three.
“But I wanna know who's trying to date Big Q! And I know you want to know too.” Tubbo points his finger accusingly at Tommy.
“Well yeah, but I was going to ease into it. You can’t just go all in immediately.” He grubbles.
“Were you going to ask me about my love life Tommy?” He asks amused.
“Well, you know, maybe, who knows really.” Tommy scrambles to find an answer.
“Tommy it’s fine if you were.” Quackity laughs. “I just didn’t expect it.”
“Sooo… Do you know who it is?” Tubbo asks.
Quackity sits down, the guys seem to have everything handled for now so he doesn’t worry about not working, he gets out his phone and sets it on the table.
“I do know who it is now. His name is Luzu.” Quackity says calmly to the boys. “He gave me one more rose yesterday.”
“Aww is he going to give you one everyday?” Tubbo asks him.
“Does he only give you roses? That seems kind of boring.” Tommy comments while chewing on his food.
“I think it’s romantic.” Tubbo stretches the last word while leaning on Tommy.
Quackity chuckles and gets up from the table when he gets called by Charlie to come back to the register.
“I’m going to come back to the register, I’ll be back here when I go on break okay? Philza told me that you guys have some cash, so if you’re hungry just call for me.”
“Yes Big Q.” Both boys say in unison before going back to eating their sandwiches.
The day goes by faster after that, Quackity can hear the boys talking idly in the background. Tommy sometimes gets a little louder which makes Quackity go to their table to tell him to talk more quietly.
At one point during the afternoon Tubbo goes up to Quackity with cash in hand and asks for some pastries and more juice. He takes the tray himself and settles with Tommy again.
Quackity hadn't seen Luzu yet though, maybe he was still in class? They didn’t really talk about their schedules. They probably should’ve.
He did notice that Tommy and Tubbo had gotten more quiet for a while now, he wasn’t particularly worried about it though, especially because of the line that was currently forming in front of Charlie's register.
Charlie yelled for help and Quackity took over the register, telling the other man to focus on preparing the drinks and food.
Tubbo sips his drink while Tommy eats and talks at the same time, they both get startled when something buzzes on their table. Quackity’s phone.
Tommy looks at Tubbo.
“Should we see?” He says with his mouth full.
“Should we? I don’t know if we can.” Tubbo says while getting the older’s phone. “And don’t talk with your mouth full.”
“What if it’s important?”
“Then we should give Big Q his phone.”
“Yeah, but what if it’s not important and we’re just bothering him while he’s working for no reason.” Tommy points to the register, where Quackity is taking multiple orders from the big lime that was forming in front of him.
“Fine but we’re not going to snoop.” Tubbo finally agreed and went to unlock Quackity’s phone. “Wait, what’s Quackity’s password?”
“I know it,” Tommy took the phone from Tubbo’s hands and unlocked it. Tubbo looked at him with a questioning look. “What? Big Q told me what it was to order food once.”
“Sure…”
“Whatever, let’s just look at the notification.”
“... Luzu?”
“The guy that Big Q is into?” Tubbo leans over Tommy’s shoulder.
“What’s he saying?” Tubbo asks.
“‘Is it okay if I go to the cafe now? If it’s too busy I can go a bit later’” Tommy responds, “Uh, is this important?”
“I don’t think so? He’s just asking if he can come to the cafe.”
“We should answer then, is the store busy right now?” They both looked around and noticed the line had calmed down a bit, it wasn’t busy but it wasn’t empty either.
“He can come in, I think.” Tubbo says.
“I’ll answer him then.”
Tubbo watched Tommy type the message, “‘It’s fine, come in sweetheart’? Tommy what the fuck are you writting.”
“I’m trying to help Q out you know, take the first steps-” Tubbo interrupts him by taking the phone out of his hand. “Hey!”
“Not letting you ruin Big Q’s love life with your god awful flirting. God, you're never getting a girlfriend.”
“Okay, now you’re just being mean.” Tommy fake pouts “What are you saying that’s so much better than my charm?”
“I’m telling him that we aren’t Q and that it’s okay to come in right now.”
“But that’s boring. Why don’t you want to help Q’s love life?” Tommy leans into Tubbo’s shoulder.
“We’re helping him, not destroying it with your shit charm.” Tubbo sends the message and sets the phone down. “Now we just wait.”
“You’re boring, man.” Tommy says before continuing his sandwich.
“Yeah yeah.” Tubbo waves his hand in a dismissive way.
Quackity had finally taken all the orders and was now walking around the cafe and delivering the orders to their tables. Stopping next to the boy’s table to check up on them.
“You guys okay? You’re staying with me for one more hour and then Philza’s picking you up.”
“We’re good! Luzu is coming here though.” Tubbo hands Quackity his phone.
“What.”
“Your boy toy Big Q. I worked my magic and now he’s coming here to propose to you-”
“He asked if it was a good time to come to the cafe and I said yes.” Tubbo elbows Tommy in the arm.
“You’re no fun.” He says while rubbing his arm.
“Did you… did you go into my phone without permission?” Quackity looks slightly mad, but more tired than anything.
“Uh, maybe?” Tubbo says nervously. “It was Tommy’s idea.”
“What- Hey! You can’t just shift the blame to me!”
“Boys.” Both the boys shut up and look at Quackity, “I’m not going to say that’s okay, because it's not, but I’m not mad, just tired. Why did you do that and what did you tell Luzu?”
“You seemed busy and we thought we could answer it for you.” Tommy says with a guilty look on his face.
“I just said that it wasn’t you who was answering and that he could come in.” Tubbo continued. “We didn’t go through any of the messages, we swear!”
“Okay, okay that’s fine, I won’t tell Philza about this, just don’t do this again okay?” Quackity looked at the boys with a serious expression.
They both nodded and finished their food as Quackity went back to the counter.
“Charlie, can you make a black coffee in 10 minutes?”
Charlie looked at Quackity from where he was standing.
“Oh, yeah sure. I thought you didn’t drink black coffee though?”
“I don’t, it’s for a customer.” Quackity clarified, hoping the other man wouldn’t ask more questions.
“No one ordered one of those right now though.” Charlie looked at him with a quizzed expression. “Who is it really for?”
“It is for a customer.” He insisted. “He just isn't here yet. I just want to have his order prepared already, you know. Also I’m taking my break when he gets here.”
Charlie looked at him suspiciously but then smiled smugly.
“Is it for the guy that was here yesterday?”
“... maybe.” Quackity looked away from Charlie and started focusing on restocking some of the pastries on the glass display.
Quackity was not sure how much had passed, maybe 10 minutes? Didn’t matter. What did matter was who came through the door next.
“Hi Luzu!” He says excitedly, not leaving his position from behind the counter, leaning over it instead.
“Good afternoon Quacks,” Luzu said warmly while walking over to the counter, he had one of his hands behind his back. “So, you babysit?”
Quackity’s eyes blinked while trying to process the question.
“Oh! Yeah, I babysit after work on mondays, wednesdays and fridays. I do it on the weekends too sometimes,” He straightens up while explaining, “Today was an exception tho, I’m babysitting the kids sitting at that table right now.” Quackity points towards Tommy and Tubbo’s table.
Both boys seemed very focused on their conversation, not looking away even when Quackity pointed at them. No shame.
Luzu laughs nonetheless.
“I usually have my last class now but my teacher broke his arm so he’s staying on bed rest right now. So I decided to drop by and give you this.” Luzu takes the hand that was behind his back and moves it to his front.
It was a rose.
Quackity smiled and took it from his hand.
“You didn’t have to,” Quackity playfully punches his arm, “Getting your usual?”
“I want to give you roses, we’re forming a tradition at this point.” Luzu smiles down at the other man. “I don’t know if I can stay unfortunately.”
“Aww are you sure? Charlie prepared you black coffee and everything.” Charlie comes from behind Quackity and hands him a coffee cup. “See? Come on stay a little, you said you were free today right?”
The taller man chuckled and decided to take the coffee from the smaller man's hands “Sure, I’ll stay for a bit.”
“Good, cuz I want to take a break right now, the drinks on the house so don’t worry about paying right now okay.” Quackity moves from behind the counter and guides Luzu to the table with Tommy and Tubbo.
Luzu pulls a chair for Quackity and sits down on the chair next to him, Quackity gives him a thankful nod.
“These are Tommy and Tubbo.” Both boys wave, Tommy looking off to the side.
“I see, so which one texted me then?” Luzu asks amused.
“I was the one that texted you!” Tubbo says joyfully. “Tommy tried but I stopped him.”
“I still think it was a pretty good text.” Tommy grumbles.
“Thank god Tubbo is here to be your impulse control.” Quackity remarks.
“Hey!”
Luzu looks at Quackity while the three devolve into bickering. Quackity hadn’t brought anything with him, not a drink or anything, Luzu moves his cup towards him.
“Do you want some? You don’t have anything to drink.”
Quackity’s cheeks appear to get a little red from the offer.
“I-”
“Big Q doesn’t drink black coffee.” Tommy says bluntly, Tubbo nods next to him.
“You don’t?” Luzu asks, trying to confirm it rather than judging.
“Not really no, but it’s fine.”
“I’ll go buy you a drink then, what do you want?”
“No, really it’s fine-”
“He likes the orange juice.” Tommy interrupted again.
“I’ll go get it then.” Luzu gets up from the table and walks to the register.
Quackity watches him leave for a second before turning to the boys.
“What was that about?”
“So that’s the guy that keeps giving you roses?” Tubbo asks while pointing to the rose in Quackity’s hand.
“I don’t like him.” Tommy says “He doesn’t know anything about you.” His complaints sound like a child trying to get upset about something that doesn’t really warrant it.
“We only started talking yesterday. Of course he doesn’t know that much about me.”
“But he knows you enough to give you flowers?”
“Tommy what’s with the sudden attitude? You were fine with him just a few minutes ago.” Quackity asks in an exasperated tone.
“He reminded me of the other guy. He didn’t know anything about you.” Tommy exclaimed in a louder tone than necessary. “What if he’s just acting nice?”
“Tommy.” Quackity takes one of Tommy’s hands and holds it tight, “We just started talking, we don’t know a lot about each other in general. Give him a chance.”
Tommy nods his head, he doesn’t seem fully convinced, but he nods his head anyways. Tubbo pats his back. Tommy looks back at him with a pout and sighs.
“I’ll give him a chance. But if he fucks with you, you tell me and I’ll tell Cellbit!” Tommy threatens while leaning back against his chair but he’s smiling, so Quackity smiles back.
“I’ll tell you, I promise.” He reaches Tommy’s head and ruffles his head, Tubbo laughs at Tommy’s irritated squeaks.
Luzu reaches the table as they had calmed down.
“Here’s your orange juice.” Luzu sets the glass in front of Quackity, who thanks him and takes a sip.
“Sooo,” Tubbo starts, the attention turns to him. “Do you only drink black coffee?”
“Sounds like it tastes bad.” Tommy intercepts with a disgusted face.
“I thought you said that you drank it?” Quackity asks, he knew Tommy didn’t drink black coffee but it was funny trying to see him come up with an excuse.
“Well- I did! But I drank so much that it got boring!” Tommy justifies himself while Tubbo nods half heartedly. They both know he’s lying but it’s fun seeing him try to explain his white lies.
They stay like that for a while, Tommy makes some passing comments about Luzu but the older man doesn’t seem to notice, which Quackity is thankful for. He slaps the boy’s arm when he does so.
Quackity does have to go to work after his break is over, he leaves the rose on their table, there isn’t much time in his shift anyway, the clock is almost hitting 5pm which means Philza must be already coming here.
He can see Tommy, Tubbo and Luzu talking, the older man seems to be conversing with the boys well. Tommy looks excited and happy as well, he’s probably explaining the plot of a game he liked.
Quackity smiles to himself, it’s better to let Tommy talk to Luzu right now, he’ll get used to him faster that way.
His thoughts are interrupted when a figure shows up in front of him.
“Hey mate, how were they?” Philza greets him.
“They were good. Thanks for bringing Tubbo, I don’t think Tommy could’ve lasted without him here.” Quackity looks at the clock and then back at Charlie. “I’m clocking out for the day, Mariana should be here soon.” Quackity walks to the table with Philza walking behind him.
Luzu’s cup was empty and the boys finished all their food. Quackity comes up behind Luzu and places his hands on the man’s chair. Luzu looks up to him.
“Tommy, your dad is here, Tubbo you’re going with Philza too right?” Tubbo nods and starts getting up, he hugs Quackity and waves at Luzu before he leaves to go stand outside the cafe.
Tommy slowly gets up and eyes Luzu.
“We aren’t done here.” In a surprisingly non threatening tone. Must have warmed up to him then, he walks outside to wait with Tubbo.
“Alright mate, thank you so much for babysitting them, the money’s in the car so come outside when you’re ready.” Philza pats his shoulder and goes outside.
Quackity turns his attention to Luzu.
“Are you staying for a little longer? My shift just ended so I’m going to leave.” Quackity talks while picking up the rose from the table.
Luzu thinks for a bit, Vegetta asked him to do something back at the house so he was going to have to leave in a bit anyway. Quackity not staying is just extra encouragement.
“I’m going to leave as well. Have to do something back at my apartment.” Luzu starts getting up, he takes the empty coffee cup with him.
“You don't have to-” Quackity tries to take the cup off of his hands but is quickly stopped by Luzu simply moving his hand higher.
“I want to, you’re off the clock, go get your money and relax at home.” Quackity grumbles something as he walks away. Luzu would be worried about making him upset if he didn’t Quackity puffing up his cheeks and blushing, cute. He blushes at his own thoughts.
He watches Quackity leave the cafe for a second before starting to walk towards the register himself. He gives his empty cup to Charlie and decides to buy something for Vegetta too, he decides on a cupcake with purple icing.
When he leaves the cafe, with the cupcake in a to-go box, he sees Quackity and the rest. He seems to be waving them goodbye, the adult and the boys already in the car and leaving in the car that he had seen yesterday.
Luzu doesn’t know if Quackity has a car but yesterday he went with, who he assumes is, Philza. Maybe he doesn’t have one? He should offer a ride, that’s the polite thing to do.
He calls out to the other man and walks up to him, Quackity looks back at him and smiles. The sun is setting behind him, the rays of sunshine surrounded his face, making him brighter than he already was.
Luzu’s face felt a little hotter than before.
“What’s up?” Quackity cocked his head to the side.
“I was wondering if you needed a ride?” Luzu nervously asks, he puts his free hand in his pocket, Quackity seems surprised by his question.
“Are you sure? Didn’t you have to do something?” Quackity gets a bit closer to Luzu, the taller man could see dark circles forming under the shorter ones eyes. “I don’t want you to be late because of me.”
“Yeah- yeah I don’t mind it’s fine don’t worry! It’s not a time-sensitive thing.” Luzu waves off Quackity’s worries quickly, it really isn’t that important. “Plus if you’re tired you can sleep in my car okay?”
Quackity thinks over the offer, he is really tired, and he doesn’t really feel like waiting for the bus. “Sure, I'd like that.” Quackity looks back up and looks Luzu in the eyes, “Thank you.”
“No problem.” Luzu looks away, his face getting redder.
Luzu walks Quackity to the car, they both get inside and Quackity gives him his address. The shorter man still has the rose in his hand.
They both talk for a bit, Quackity found that Luzu was older than him by a year, upon learning this information he immediately joked about Luzu being an old man, he laughed along. Luzu also told him that he was studying psychology and planning on becoming a therapist.
There seemed to be a deeper reason for it other than just wanting to help people but before Quackity could ask he could feel the sleep getting to him, so he just passed out. Luzu didn’t seem to notice though, he kept driving.
Quackity held the rose, through the whole car ride.