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Will and James made it back to James' flat, and were now on the couch together. James was sitting down with Will's head in his lap, playing with his hair. If they're both being honest, they had completely forgotten about the events from a couple hours ago. Will's phone starts buzzing against the table, and he sits up, looking over at who it is. It's an incoming call from 'Mum'. "Give me a second lad, 'gotta answer this."
"Hello?"
"You didn't tell me you were dating James, sweetie?"
Will's eyes widen. "Oh- uhm- yeah, sorry mam... guess I forgot."
"No, don't worry Will. James is a nice boy. I kind of already knew anyway."
"Wha- What do ye mean you knew?"
"I've seen your friendship over the last 8 years, you've always been... intimate with eachother."
"...Explain?"
"I can see your Instagram Stories Will."
"Oh shit... Forgot about that..."
Will's mother laughs. "Don't worry darling, I'm proud of you. Are you with James right now?"
"Uh- yes, I am?"
"Could I speak to him for a minute?"
Will takes his phone away from his ear, putting it on speaker phone and passing it to James. "Mam wants to speak to you."
"Hello Cheryl!"
"Hello James! How are you?"
"I'm good thank you, how about you?"
"Good, just hoping you've been taking good care of Will?"
James smirks, looking over at Will. "Yeah, very good care. Your son is in good hands."
Cheryl laughs. "That's good. Anything updates on your music?"
"Uhhh yes actually! Been working my arse off on an album recently, it's definitely my favorite one I've made so far."
"That's great! Well, I'll let you two boys go, have a good night!"
"We will, you too!"
"Bye mam!"
James hangs up the call, passing the phone back to Will. "Now why would you say that?"
James smiles. "Say what?"
"Tell 'er that we're shagging why don't you??"
"Oh, Will she isn't going to care..."
Will sighs. "Should probably check Twi''er..."
"Yeah..."
James opens up Twitter on his phone, specifically on his second account.
avaawty: [clip of the whole situation] Guys quick everyone act surprised
------------ @Memeulous: Quote Tweet of @avaawty's Post Took you long enough
3.2K Likes, 890 Reposts, 139 Comments
----------------- @willne: Lad you knew the entire time we told you
---------------------- @moremarriott: oh hello boyfriend of mine😏
---------------------------- @willne: Silence from you
After a couple minutes of scrolling through Twitter, they decided to leave socials for now and go out for dinner. "What were you thinking?" James asks, scrolling through a list of 'Fancy places to take Will' he made years ago when they first started dating.
"Italian?"
James nods, pausing his scrolling on a specific resturant near the Brighton Seafront and putting his phone back in his pocket. "I know where to go. Go get changed into something nice."
Will nods, going to James' room and shutting the door behind him. He already knows he'll be wearing James' clothes, he never brings much of his own when he stays with James anyway. He ends up going with one of James' cotton button-up shirts, slightly too big for him, and a pair of James' jeans, again, slightly too big for him, but it works. He enjoys wearing James' clothes, he's even kept a couple for himself, he likes that they smell like him. When had he gotten so sappy...
He leaves the bedroom, to see James on the couch, scrolling on his phone, wearing dark blue jeans and his Doc Martens, along with a black top. James looks up from his phone and looks Will up and down, before smiling. "Ready to go?" Will nods, smiling. James gets up, guiding Will out of the door.
James pulls into the parking lot, Will following behind him as he walks into the resturant. He makes it to the counter, adjusting his shirt before speaking. "We have a reservation for James at 8pm?"
"Hmm... Oh yes, James. I'll guide you both to your table." The woman gets up from behind the counter, guiding them to a table near a large window, napkins folded nicely over a tablecloth, along with a bouquet of flowers near the window. James sits down, so does Will, and the waitress places a menu in front of both of them. The waitress leaves, and Will looks up at James, who already happened to be looking at him.
"You like wearing my clothes, don't you?"
"Don't push it."
James chuckles. "Well, they look good on you, so I don't mind."
"You say that abou' anything I wear."
"That's because everything looks good on you. Any ideas of what your going to get?"
"Hmm... some sort of pasta. You should get Tiramisu."
"You twat!" James says laughing, dragging out his last word with giggles.
Will ends up getting carbonara pasta, James ends up getting lasagna. The couple shares casual conversation over food, talking and asking questions about anything that came to mind. "You know that TikTok you posted calling me sexy a while ago?"
"Mhm?" James says, his mouth full of food as he chews, looking over at Will.
"I only jus' saw it."
James chews his food, slightly smiling. He swallows. "So all those people making edits and shit from the screenshots... you only just saw the original video?"
"Mhm. Ye never told me you posted it."
"I thought you would have seen it, my bad."
"Don't be daft, it's all good."
James nods, looking back down at his food and eating. He's always been scared of revealing too much, and that Will would get mad if he hinted at their relationship too much. James knew he wouldn't, Will loves him, he never really cared. The younger man still lived in slight fear, though.
James finishes eating, and he looks over at Will, to see him seemingly texting someone on his phone. Will looks up at James with a smile. "Ready to go?"
James nods, getting up with the older man and holding his hand as they walk to the front counter. The bill comes to a total of £50. Not too bad.
Both men were now curled up on the couch, James watching something on the television as Will sleeps on his chest. He shuts the TV off, threading his fingers through Will's hair lightly. Will, out of instinct, digs his head a bit further into the crook of James' neck.