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As Gelatin stacks his papers up, he takes one last look at his steakhouse, which once was filled with people and warmth is now empty and cold. He puts the papers away in his backpack, sits up from the once dirty booth chair that was used by many people, and starts his way out of the diner.
He yawned as he leaves and locks the entrance to the steakhouse, gazing at his watch for the time but ended up staring at it for way too long, but was snapped out of it by Donut who was leaning by the entrance of the steakhouse, clearly waiting for him.
"You alright there? You seem tired" He asked with concern while poking Gelatin in the cheek several times.
"Yeah… Just had to work for a bit longer than expected" Gelatin answered back and yawned again as he motioned with his hand to let Donut know that he was leaving.
"Are you going to come along?" He turned to him and asked, holding his hand out in an inviting manner, in hopes that Donut would hold his hand or else it would be awkward.
Luckily, he does hold Gelatin's hand and accepts his offer of coming with him. "Mhm, I'll tag along. Let's go before you fall asleep in the middle of the road" he joked as he dragged the other on their way to Gelatin's apartment.
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The walk was slow but delightful as they mostly just them talking about anything that came into both's minds, but it was mostly Gelatin talking and questioning stupid stuff like "Is water wet", " Is cereal soup", and such. They did talk about other stuff that is much saner, like the topic that's on hands right now, which is stupid stories that happened at Gelatin's steakhouse.
Donut was in awe that someone managed to start a food fight in a restaurant. " Oh my bakery… did someone try to sue you over it..?"
“Yeah yeah, exactly that!!!” Gelatin said as he clicked his fingers together.
Donut looked at him worriedly but that was quickly erased when Gelatin looked at him with a playful smile and said "But I threaten them to make them stop the suing!!"
"That's not how it works??"
"Yeah, but I didn't get sued so that's a win for me!!"
As they continued walking and talking, they both enjoyed each other's presence enough to start getting physically close and holding hands.
Gelatin tried to stay awake when the conversation had died down. But before he knew it, he found himself liking the comfort of Donut's warmth and was gradually melting into it before getting snapped out of it by Donut, again.
"C'mon gelly you can't sleep yet," He spoke with a certain softness that Gelatin found himself like, “I won’t carry you if you fall asleep” he joked while chuckling. He had never seen this side of Donut before, and he loved it.
Would it be stupid if he said that he was smitten?
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They successfully made it to Gelatin's place without any major disturbance other than stopping Gelatin from falling asleep and him trying to chase a stray dog.
"Thanks, Donut…" He thanked while rubbing his eyes quite aggressively at the other who was standing in front of him.
Donut smiled softly and ruffled his hair a bit, he released his hand which was holding Gelatin's, then said "No problem, I'll see you tomorrow. Take care" then turned around to leave, but it looked like Gelatin had a different idea because he held Donut's hand again with a playful smile.
"If you wanted to see me tomorrow, then why not stay the night?" He walked closer towards
Donut who was quite confused.
"It's not like you have an extra bed, I've been in your apartment before..?" He scoffed to the shorter, who was still holding his hand with both of his.
Gelatin pouted as he squeezed Donut's hand and said "That's the point dummy!! Do you want to sleep in the same bed and then spend time with me in the morning??"
Donut's brain short-circuited for a moment, spending the night?? Sharing the same bed??? With Gelatin out of all people???? Sure, it first sounds like hell, but he was willing to risk his good night sleep for a night where he sleeps with Gelatin.
He averted his eyes to avoid eye contact with the other as he sighed, then replied with "Fine… Let's go before I change my mind"
Hearing that, Gelatin perked up, stopped pouting then smiled again as he dragged Donut into his apartment, then he locked the door.
"Well c'mon!! Let's go Donut!!"
"Then stop running?? You shouldn't be having this long of a hallway?!?"
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Gelatin pushed Donut onto his surprisingly large bed, then jumped onto the bed himself. He wrapped his arms around Donut, snuggled against him, then giggled. "Hehe, you're surprisingly warm!!"
Gelatin felt Donut hug him back, sighed, then said, "Yeah yeah… Goodnight Gelatin…"
He smiled to himself then replied with "Mhm… Goodnight" before succumbing to sleep.