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Despite being together, it is a revelation to Viktor to realize so late into their 10-month relationship that Jayce has never asked him out on a proper date. He is enlightened by this fact when Caitlyn inundated him with details of how well her first date with Vi went.
Viktor goes back to their lab with a small, thoughtful frown on his face. This doesn't go unnoticed by Jayce who immediately catches his partner's foul mood.
"So? How'd their date go?" Jayce asks, mirroring Viktor's worry. "Oh, god. Did it go badly?"
"Why have you never asked me out on a date?" Viktor inquires with a raised brow.
"Uh, what?" Jayce asks, surprised.
"After having spoken with Ms. Kiramman, I realized that you have never asked me out," Viktor pouts. "You've gone on proper dates before with previous lovers, yes?"
Jayce makes a face that says he's contemplating on lying. However, the thought process is short-lived because Viktor folds his arms and Jayce is forced to confess. "Yes, I have," he answers. "But, V! I thought every moment we spent together was already a date! I didn't want to ask you considering how busy we are—"
"You just assumed that," Viktor says before poking Jayce in the chest with a finger, eyes narrowed accusingly. "I would've said yes."
Jayce visibly deflates like a popped balloon. "I-I'm sorry. I should've asked you."
Viktor hums before shrugging and finding his stool to sit on. He leans his cane against the desk and pretends Jayce isn't by his side now, looking at him like a lost dog. "What did I expect from someone who I let into my body first before even kissing me?"
Jayce whimpers from his partner’s words. "Is it too late to ask you out on a date now?"
Viktor ignores him in favor of removing their couple ring on his finger and the butterfly necklace Jayce had made especially for him during their first month together. He hands them back to Jayce and Jayce stares at them with worry, his heart starting to race in anxiety.
"V, I'm getting really worried right now."
"It's what I would've worn on the night of our first date," Viktor says as he brings his attention back to the notes scattered on his desk.
"But these are just the things I gave you," Jayce notes in confusion, trying to piece together what this is supposed to mean.
Then, Viktor turns to him on his stool with a smug smirk on his lips, arms folded in triumph. "Exactly."
The realization hits Jayce so hard he falls to his knees, the pain not even registering in his head. He drags himself to lie down helplessly on Viktor's lap to look up at him with watery eyes and a big pout on his lips. "Viktor," he whines as he starts making sobbing noises while maybe actually crying a little on Viktor’s pants. Jayce’s cock twitches painfully at the vision his imagination provides him: Viktor, gorgeous and flushed with warm red under his skin, pliant below him and naked save for Jayce's golden things glinting against his pale skin.
"Please, please, please go out on a date with me," Jayce begs, an actual tear sliding down his face.
Viktor can only keep his façade for so long before he's laughing and grabbing Jayce's face with both hands, kissing the tear away from his cheek.
"Alright, but only because you look too good on your knees for me."
"Will you wear my gifts on our first date?" Jayce asks, eyes glimmering with hope as he slips the ring back on Viktor's finger. "And just my gifts?"
Viktor lets out a chuckle and answers with a benevolent smile.