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Finally Walter shook both of their hands and left. They waited until his car disappeared around the corner before letting out a joint sigh of relief.
“We did it.” Jeremy shook his head and then turned to Michael, grinning. “We actually did it!” He punched his arm.
“We did it.” Michael laughed.
The strangers were sent home with as much cake as they wanted. The squip squad helped clean up a little and then Michael waved their efforts off and told them they could go. He walked them to the door while Jeremy stacked chairs.
“See ya Michael!” Christine waved.
“Michael.” Rich clapped him on the back. “This is the gayest thing you’ve ever done. If you don’t ask him out soon, I’ll do it for you.” He threatened and then left without waiting for a reply.
Once everyone was gone Michael dragged Jeremy inside, ignoring his protests about how there was still a huge mess outside.
“We can clean later. Now let’s just sit.” He collapsed onto the couch.
Jeremy walked around the room and returned, holding something out to Michael.
“What is this?”
“It’s from Walter.” Jeremy sat beside him. “Open it.”
Michael tore open the envelope. It was certainly the fanciest card he’d ever received. Inside, in a messy scrawl he’d written:
Thank you boys for sharing the celebration of your love with me. I wish you many years of happiness and good fortune.
“Wow. That’s really nice.” Michael closed the card and passed it to Jeremy. “I kinda feel bad for scamming him.”
“I know. I feel awful.” Jeremy agreed.
“Hey.” Michael frowned. “Did you wrap that one?” He pointed to a large box that he didn’t remember seeing when they were setting up. He was sure he hadn’t wrapped it.
“No?” He stood up to retrieve the box. “Whoa it’s heavy.” He inspected the sides. “No tag.”
“Open it!”
Jeremy sat down and tore the paper off of the box. They stared at it in silence for a few seconds before Jeremy doubled over in laughter.
“This whole thing,” He dropped the box off of his lap. “All this work we did. Was for a….” He wheezed. “A blender!”
Michael couldn’t help joining in.
“It was so much work. For nothing.” Jeremy sighed as he collected himself.
“It wasn’t for nothing.” Michael said without thinking.
“No?” Jeremy turned to face him.
“I mean,” Michael tried very hard to keep his eyes on Jeremy’s. “It was fun. I had fun.”
“Me too.” Jeremy blushed slightly. “Is it weird that we had so much fun pretending to get married?”
Michael shook his head rapidly. “No. It’s not weird.”
“It’s not weird.” Jeremy repeated. And then he leaned over and pressed his lips to Michael’s. Michael wasn’t entirely convinced that he wasn’t dreaming this whole thing, but he wasn’t going to take any chances. He grabbed Jeremy’s hips and pulled him closer.
Jeremy smiled when he pulled away but his face was still red.
“I don’t really want a husband right now.” He said, smirking slightly. “But I wouldn’t be opposed to a boyfriend.”
“Well lucky you.” Michael smiled. “My tux just so happens to be made of boyfriend material.”
“Alright never mi-” Michael cut him off with another kiss and Jeremy gave up his pretend annoyance easily as he sank into the kiss and ran his hands through Michael’s hair.
“Boyfriend material.” He snorted, rolling his eyes. “You’re a loser.”
“But I’m your loser now.” Michael grinned.