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Mike checks the time on the holoscreen inside of mutt..
"2:45... rave starts at 3"
He looks around nervously.. fearing the consequences of if he was caught.
He checks himself in the mirror before fetching mutts keys and heading for the garage. He wasnt dressed any diffrent from how how he usually did, just a diffrent jacket from his usual to not get recognized easily, and some light makeup.
He'd been wearing makeup for awhile, nothing too fancy- just some eyeliner.
He was supposed to be a good example for the other burners, an even better example for the people of motorcity-
And here he was, sneaking off to some dumb party.
Mike had never been to a rave before, but hes always wanted to go, atleast once.. just to see what its like.
He starts mutts engine, then looks around anxiously to see incase the loud engine roar woke anyone up.
After a few minutes of waiting in silence, he finally musters the courage to drive off.
The venue for the rave didnt look like much from the outside, but on the inside.. wow.
It was huge, an abanoned stadium, from the looks of it?
The music is loud, but thats a given- thats what raves are KNOWN for, thats the whole POINT of a rave, is it not? To dance your heart out, get drunk, maybe even hook up with a random guy or two-
Mike is pulled out of his toughts as he feels someone bump into him hard from behind, he turns around ready to punch the asshole who hit him, but then freezes.
"O-oh my gosh, im so sorry!-"
...
"Mikey?"
Mike swallows hard, he tries to turn and run away but hes frozen on the spot.
It was Chuck- sweet, anxious chuck... but in a crop top and a face full of glow in the dark face paint.
"Uh- what are you doing here?!"
"I could ask you the same damn thing, dude!"
They look at eachother in silence for abit before chuck lets out a sigh, and grabs mike by the wrist, guiding him to an area where the music wasnt so loud.
He motions for mike to sit down on the floor, and he sits down near him, placing a hand on his shoulder.
"Hey.. im not gonna tell on ya bro, just... uhh dont.. tell on me?"
Mike nods and pretends to zip his mouth shut.
"How did you even find about this place anyways?"
"Saw a flyer for it while i was out with jules, tought itd be fun-"
Chuck nods, like hes aggreing with something tho he isnt quite sure what hes agreeing with- is he drunk?
"Did you uh.. have anything to drink yet? I can uh get ya something" chuck says akwardly, guiding mike out of the isolated area towards the open crowd again.
"A drink would be nice, sure."
They werent really supposed to be drinking but fuck it- they were heroes! They atleast deserved some whiskey for saving motorcity for the like what.. 15th time now?
Chuck grabs mike by the wrist again, and guides him to the bar.
"Heya, chuck? What can i get'cha?"
"Just my usual, thanks!
"And what for your pretty friend over there?"
"Uhhh hold on a sec-"
Chuck turns to mike, whos just sitting akwardly on a bar stool.
"Hey bro, what do ya want?"
"Uhhh... not really sure- ive never really drank before-"
Chuck smiles at him and pats his shoulder
"Ill get ya something light then."
Mike nods and looks away nervously, his eyes focusing on the bright lights from the dance floor.
He cant hear too well from the music, but the bartender seems to know chuck well.. he occasionally caught snippets of their conversation over the loud music, his breath catching in his throat when he hears chuck say something about a cute guy.
Theres no way he was talking about him, right?
He blushes as chuck hands him a fancy looking drink, and giggles akwardly before taking a sip.
"Ya like it?"
"Uhhh.. yeah, what is this exactly..?"
"Caracow with pomegranate and pineapple."
Chuck replies, busy with his own drink.
Mike nods, pretending like he understood.
When they finish their drinks chuck drags him out onto the dance floor as a new track starts.
Chuck was way diffrent than he usually was the burners.. all hyper and excited, rocking his hips to the bass of the current song.
Mike couldnt look away.
Chuck almost as if on purpose, turns so his backside is facing mike, causing him to blush even harder.
....
"O-oh my god, holy fuck-"
"Huh? Ya say something, mikey? I cant hear ya over the tunes bro!"
Mike shakes his head franticlly
"Uh- n-no no! I didnt say anything!"
Chuck grins, noticing how red mikes face is... even under the bright purple and green lights in the venue, his face was beet red.
Chuck throws himself onto mike, wrapping his hands around his neck swaying his hips to the beat again.
Mike as if on instinct, grabs chucks hips and buries his face in his soft, blonde hair.
Chuck giggles as he starts swaying his hips abit more aggresivley, then pushes his long bangs back to reveal those sweet, cornflower blue eyes..
Mike wasnt used to seeing them too often, but the joy he got whenever he sw them was amazing, it was like the kind of adrenaline rush he gets whenever hes driving mutt, or fighting an army of bots.
He winks at mike, before letting go of his neck and running off into the crowd.
"Hey- WAIT- CHUCK-!"
Mike pushes thru the crowd to catch up to him, akwardly appolagizing as he keeps looking around for chuck, occsionally catching a glimpse of his shiny blonde hair amongst the dark headed people in the crowd.
"Oops!"
"Sorry!"
"Oh, so sorry!"
Mike pauses for a minute as he spots a few ravers in deluxian jumpsuits.. then he lifts his head up again in search for chuck.
Wasnt too hard since mike was a pretty tall guy, 6 feet to be exact, and the people at the rave were all pretty short.
He finally catches up to chuck, who squeals like an excited girl who just got a pony for christmas once he sees him.
Chuck grabs his hand, but this time by the palm.
He leads him outside of the venue, behind a few half ruined walls.
"Chuckles..?"
Chuck shushes him as he checks their surroundings, making sure no one was around.
Before mike can speak again, chuck pins him to wall and kisses him.
"W-wwha"
"W-huh.??!"
Chuckets out a deep sigh as he pulls back from mike, his eyes fluttering closed as he goes in for another kiss.
Mike dosent resist, and kisses chuck back passionatley, reaaching down to grab his hips again.
"Your so pretty, chuckles."
Mike says breathlessly, as he leans in to kiss him for the third time."
"Your even prettier." Chuck replies sweetly, letting out another calm sigh as his lips collide with mikes again.
"Like no joke mikey, your gorgeous."
Mike smiles at the compliment, and kisses chuck again, this time on the cheek.
They both stay like that, embracing eachother for abit... standing, holding eachother in the cold night air, before hopping into mutt and driving off to a more secluded area of town for a quick bang.
Mikes first rave wasnt what he expected, but he'd definetley be attending more if it meant he got to hook up with his computer scientist again.