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"Tao do you have the balloons organised?!" Charlie calls from the kitchen where he is trying to fit various buffett foods in the fridge for later.
"Yeah! They're all in the spare bedroom to organise later" Tao shouts back, "Just blowing some up now!"
"Everything is going to plan, Charlie, you don't need to worry" Elle smiles softly, placing the cakebox lid back over the cake she's doing the finishing decorations for and placing it in the pantry.
"Well, it's Nick's 30th birthday and I have been planning this surpise party and keeping it from him for MONTHS, everything has to be perfect" Charlie tells her.
"Alright, that's all the booze in the garage!" Darcy announces as they walk into the kitchen with Tara.
"We have the other decorations ready to put in the livingroom too when you and Nick are out" Tara tells him.
Charlie nods, now on his phone checking off tasks on his notes app, alright they seem to have all the finishing touches organised, he just has to trust his friends to decorate well whilst he takes Nick out and about. Said man is currently at rugby practice, he's been training hard as this will be his last year as a player before he trains to become a coach so he should be gone for a while just long enough for Charlie to pick him up and take him for a birthday lunch.
Tao comes into the kitchen too, followed by some of Nick's friends from school - Otis, Chris and Sai - who are also here as a surprise, their families and Nick's fellow players will be arriving whilst the couple are out.
"Anything else needing done, Charlie?" Sai asks.
"No, I think that's everything, you guys just need to decorate and arrage who needs picked up from the stations and get yourselves ready for this evening" Charlie tells him. A message pings through on his phone and his eyes widen, "Shit."
"What?" Elle asks, peering over Charlie's shoulder.
"Nick's practice ended early, one of his teammates just messaged me, he's nearly home, he couldn't convince him to head to the pub for a couple before I picked him up. Fuck, fuck, fuck!"
"It's alright Charlie, we can hide everything that's still sitting out and head out before he gets here!" Issac says, starting to pick up bags of banners and decorations.
The other boys start to help but they freeze when they hear a car pull up into the driveway outside and then suddenly everyone is rushign around to hide everything, Charlie is starting to freak out but he ushers his friends to hide before he rushes outside and runs straight into Nick. He plays it off as intentional and throws his arms around his neck.
"Woah" Nick chuckles, "Miss me that much, Char?" He holds him tightly, burrowing his face into his neck.
"Mhh yeah, missed you" Charlie smiles, squeezing back just as tightly.
"Lets go inside and see the dogs" Nick suggests and reaches for the door handle, Charlie stops him, pressing his back against the door, grabbing Nick's face and kissing him.
Nick makes a sound of surprise but doesn't pull away, his hands moving to Charlie's hips as he kisses him back, when he pulls back he smiles softly, "Not that I want to stop snogging you but maybe we should move it inside?" He jokes.
Charlie nods and turns towards the door and as he opens it says too loudly, "Yeah, lets go inside!" Nick gives him a strange look but he pushes his way in front of him and to his relief his livingroom looks as it always does, his eyes widen as a hand reaches out to grab a lose party streamer and he turns back to Nick.
"I thought maybe we could go out, get some lunch?" Charlie suggests.
Nick grins at him, "Oooh a birthday treat?"
"Of course!" Charlie grins back, "Lets go, right now"
"Right now?"
"No time like the present!"
"I only got changed after practice, I smell a little, can I shower first?" Nick asks.
Charlie isn't sure if anyone has hidden in the bathroom, damn it why don't they have an en suite?! "I kinda like you like this" Charlie flirts.
"Oh I know you do, darling, but i'm not sure if other people would" Nick teases.
"Where are the dogs?" Nick whistles and Hendry comes rushing through from the kitchen, Nellie slower as she trots behind him but tail still waggling eagerly as they both greet Nick. "What kept you in the kitchen, huh?" He asks.
Fuck! Are their friends' hidden everywhere else in the house? Couldn't they all hide in the one place? Charlie is going to kill them and he knows Christian is still behind the couch. Shit. Shit. Shit. No Nellie don't go see who's hiding there, fuck.
As soon as Nick stands and he turns to look at what Nellie has her eye on, Charlie grabs him around to face him, carding his hand into auburn hair that yeah, admittedly is a little too muddy from rugby and pulls him down into a passionate kiss, he slowly trails his other hand up Nick's arm, squeezing at his bicep a little as their kiss deepens, he lots out soft little breathy noises that he knows drives Nick crazy and when he pulls back a little he lets out a breathy, "I've been thinking about you all day" He bites his lip, his tummy swooping pleasantly at the look in Nick's eyes.
"Fuck, i'll give you whatever you want, darling" Nick pants, he bends down to grab the back of Charlie's thighs and lifts him up, Charlie goes easily, wrapping his arms around his waist, gasping softly when Nick's mouth instantly goes towards his neck as he walks them both back against the front door. Charlie glairs as sees Christian peek over the couch at them, he looks equally horrified and amused. Charlie grips Nick's shoulder with one hand as his other one motions for Chris to 'move it', he mouths it for good measure.
Nick moves to a more sensitive spot just under his ear and he can feel his husband's enjoyment digging into his own and he can't help his eyes fluttering shut even as the embarassment of doing this whilst their friends are all in the house, when his eyes again he sees Chris's back as he retreats to the kitchen, shit he needs to get them out of the front door but currently Nick is turning him into a puddle against it.
"Nick" He says softly but it comes out as a moan and god the ice bucket of embarassment is something else when he realises every single one of their chidhood friends just heard that. He hears a scoff of laughter and that catches Nick's attention, he turns his head as he asks, "What was that?"
"Was probably just the dogs" Charlie says, he lets his legs slide to the floor, giving Nick another hopefully seductive look as he walks him back towards the couch and pushes him down onto it, "Leave them be, our furbabies don't need to see this" He giggles.
Charlie straddles Nick's hips, arms casually thrown over his shoulders as he looks down at Nick, he smiles softly as Nick looks up at him in awe, love and looking like he is ready to devour Charlie and most days he would absolutely let his husband do whatever he wants but their friends are all still here and they need to make them leave.
"Fuck. I love bossy Charlie" Nick groans, his head falling back against the sofa, Charlie can't help but chuckle at that as he leans down to kiss him again, keep kissing, don't let it go any further, but Nick's hands are doing things to him without actually touching anything intimate yet, god they've been together for so long and Charlie is still so easy for this man. He can destinctivly hear movement, Nick hears it too as he pulls away, "What was that?" He asks.
"Probably just the dogs, gorgeous. I'll put them in the kitchen and then I am going to" God their friends are never going to let him live what he is about to say down ever again, "come back in here and ride you and you are not allowed to touch, are we clear?" He asks Nick, keeping the bossy act up.
Nick's breath catches in his throat and his eyes widen but he nods eagerly, "Yeah, yeah. Fuck, Char."
"That's the idea" Charlie smirks, because he may as well dig the hole of embrassment deeper. He scrambles off of Nick's lap and gathers the dog, taking them to the kitchen and shuts the door as he turns towards who is in here currently, Christian, Darcy, Tao and Tara. He crosses his arms.
Darcy drapes themselves onto his shoulders, voice low and purring, "Oh i'm going to ride you into our sofa, my hunky rugby lad"
The others try to keep straight faces, although Tao looks more horrified than anything else, Charlie wiggles away from Darcy's hold, "You all need to get out of here!"
"You're the closest to the front door and Nick will hear us or probably see us!" Chris says.
"Did you leave anything in the bedroom?" Charlie asks.
"Tara and I were hiding in the bathroom, Tao was already here" Tara whispers.
"Shit. Who's in there?"
"Otis and Sai, they ran in with some of the bags of stuff" Darcy tells him.
"Alright, I need to get in there somehow"
"You have to be a certian level of lubricated to ride that ride, Charles" Darcy teases.
Tao groans in disgust and Tara places a hand over her wife's mouth.
"What she means is, pretend to go in to get stuff like lube and if we are all in the kitchen you can then move rooms?"
"Alright, thats the plan. Where's Elle and Issac?"
"She is in the spare room, tell the boys to put everything in there and then the four can sneak out here?" Tao suggests.
"Alright, perfect. No texting though, just incase! I'll fix this. You're not ruining the surprsie!" Charlie hisses.
Char?!" Nick calls from the livingroom.
Charlie makes a zipping motion over his mouth before heading back into the livingroom, alright, time to get to the bedroom, like hell is he telling his friends they have lube in the livingroom - don't ask.
"Hey, sorry babe, they wanted food" Charlie lies, stopping Nick's hands when he grabs for him, "Gotta get stuff from the bedroom, you stay here, hands to yourself and actually, be shirtless when I get back." Charlie may as well get some enjoyment out of this.
Nick smirks, "Yes, sir" before he melts back against the couch cushions, he looks a little confused but isn't going to argue, getting into the game they seem to be playing.
Charlie beelines for their bedroom and when he spots Otis and Sai he hisses out, "Couldn't you all hide together?!"
"Sorry, we panicked!" Otis defends, "Whats the plan?!"
"I need you to take these bags out of here, get Elle and Issac from the spare room and get to the kitchen so I can take Nick to the bedroom then you can leave" Charlie tells him.
"Your plan of distraction was seduction, huh?" Sai chuckles.
"It's the first thing I could think of, he wanted to shower and chill before we went out and I panicked! I can message everyone later when we eventually get out of here. I'm so stressed. Fucks sake"
Otis puts a hand on his shoulder, "Hey, it's fine. Even if he found out you know he would still have appreciated all of this and probably would have helped us decorate for his own birthday" He jokes.
"But I don't want that to happen hours before the party! Now, I am going to go back out there and I need you two to quietly get out of here." Charlie reaches into their drawer for the lube, kicks his shoes and socks off and shucks his jumper off before storming back out to the livingroom. At the last moment he grabs one of his headbands he uses for skincare.
"I missed you" Nick greets as Charlie comes back, only having moved to lay back against the pillows, Charlie lets himself appreciate Nick laying there for a moment before he lays over him and starts to kiss him deeply and when hands start to roam he pulls away, sitting up to straddle his waist and shows the headband, "Can I put this over your eyes, gorgeous?" He purrs, other hand roaming over Nick's abdomen.
"Y-Yeah, of course, I know our word if i'm uncomfortably but I trust you" He winks at Charlie.
Charlie leans forward to kiss him quickly before putting it over his eyes, making sure he can't see before pulling back again, Nick pouts at the loss of kisses but he circles his hips expertly, getting the desired 'o' forming on Nick's lips. He looks up as Otis and Sai creep out of their bedroom and he mouths at them to hurry up, they do and Elle and Issac put the other decorations into the spare room and slowly follow them out but they freeze as Nick maons outloud.
Elle's eyes widen as she looks up at a messy haired, flushed Charlie who she can only see the top half of but his slow little motion is obvious as to what he is doing, she covers her mouth as she giggles, Charlie tries to cover it by quickly leaning down to whisper dirty things into Nick's ear, he glances up again as their friends pass the arm of the sofa and he throws an arm up to lightly slap Issac's shaking shoulders but he misses.
They make it safely into the kitchen, almost. Otis had his eyes covered and he walks into the doorframe and Nick obviously hears that and Charlie could KILL him. He makes a soft pained noise himself, "Ouch" He pretends.
Nick reaches for the blindfold and yanks it off as Otis shuts the kitchen door behind him, "Are you okay?" Nick asks.
"Yeah, 'course I am. Just hit my foot on the coffee table... Maybe we should take this to the bedroom?" Charlie asks.
"Alright then, darling" Nick grins and moves to wrap his arms around Charlie's waist and picks him up, his knees creak as he does so and Charlie chuckles.
"Getting old there, Mr 30 year old" Charlie smirks.
"Oh, i'll show you old" Nick growls softly and Charlie lets out a delighted squeak as Nick carries him to the bedroom and he makes good of that promise. Charlie knows he will be so embrassed around their friends for a little while but it turns out to be worth it.
After making love twice they go out for a lovely lunch and they make it back to the house beautifully decorated, all their loved ones around them and Nick tearing up as he thanks Charlie and everyone else, they dance all night until four in the morning and they have the worst hangovers the next morning and Nick despite his hangover almost cries with laughter as Charlie retells the whole story to him.