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Zoink ends stream an hour early today, he had planned to go for about a hour thirty minutes and then end; but today his gameplay sucked, only getting to 20% on Artemis 13 compared to his normal percentage. He groans and looks at trick who is sprawledout on the beanbag. ”I sucked today! UGHHH!!!” he yells into his old tear stained pillow.
Trick continues scrolling on his phone, not even bothering to look up at the mess. “Yeah, you sort of did, why?” Trick asks, not even expecting an answer. “Doggie…” zoink mumbles and the pillow muffles his words.
Trick looks up at zoink and sets his phone aside roughly. “Huh, Doggie?! What’d he do to you? Cuz’ if he hurt you, I will call the tcd and we will fight! AND- “
“NO. He didn’t hurt me. It’s just we were getting so… close, and then... he just ghosted me…” zoink stops and explains to trick. Trick tilts his head with his mouth open with a musing look. “Why don’t you talk to him?”
Zoink finally lifts his head of the warmth of the pillow and looks at trick who seems genuinely concerned. “You know where he is., and don’t you even have a key to his house??” Trick asks. Zoink looks at him with an annoyed expression. “It’s not that simple!!, I think he’s mad at me!”
Trick sighs, stands up, and dusts off dust from his black shorts. “I have to go now, you should talk to him though.” He says and walks out the door, leaving zoink alone in his room with his thoughts.
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The next hour zoink finds himself boarding the subway to doggies house. He has done this routine hundreds of times for tcd stuff and chilling with doggie -but this time is different, an uneasy tension lingering in the air from the unreplied messages between the two. He curls his knees to his chest and hopes this is the right choice. Finally the train comes to a stop, the screech of metal acting as a wake up call to zoinks ears.
Zoink gets off the train and pulls his hood further to cover his face from the rain as he steps into the street. He speed walks to doggies house, which is only about a block away from the subway zoink had emerged for minutes ago.
He stands on the porch; his curly hair drenched and his finger hovering over the doorbell as he thought if he should actually ring it or just go home. He thinks of what trick said and he breathes in and rings the doorbell.
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Doggie opens the door wearing sweatpants and no shirt, when he sees shivering zoink and he takes a sharp inhale and just stands there for a second before whisper-shouting nervously; "Oh, come in!" Doggie scrambles to the bathroom to get a towel as zoink stands in the foyer, his teeth chattering from the water soaking his clothes, the house suddenly feeling to big for him.
Doggie hand him the towel and leads zoink to the living room of his house. Zoink sits on the couch and doggie sits across from him on a beanbag. He looks zoink up and down with a focused cautiouness, his eyes studying the way zoink looks smaller and scared.
Zoink finally talks, his voice carrying a tremor. "What's wrong? Why did you ghost me?, you never do that." He says but his eyes never meant doggie's. Doggie freezes and suddenly the floor seems really interesting. "Um- I thought..." he stutters and trails off, going quiet and not daring to finish his sentence.
"You thought what?" Zoink says, though it has no bite to it; it sounds caring and curious: the exact thing doggie thought he lost. Doggie lifts his head a little and says him almost indiscernible voice; "i thought i went to far... with everything; the kiss, the sleeping with you, and I know you're a introvert! I shouldn't have bugged to to do stuff and-" he stops the rant and lifts his gaze enough to look at zoink in the eyes. Doggie reads zoink's, and it's not pity or anger; it a smile, like what doggie said was just a joke.
Zoink un-crosses his legs and gets up slowly, not bothering to rush. He closes the space between them and tilts doggie's chin up to look him in the eyes. "You didn't cross the line, doggie. I was the one who said yes to kiss, I was the one who gave consent to the cuddles, I love you doggie! I love you so much it hurts! I love you..."
Doggie stares up at the mess of a person while his pulse hammers against zoinks hands. Doggie leans into zoink's touch with a sigh on absolute relief. "I love you too zoinky." He says and closes his eyes. Zoink suddenly leaps forward and hugs Doggie's waist, snuggling his head in between Doggie's shoulder blades.
Doggie flinches from the cold of the rain water on zoink and then smiles and hugs him back, holding him close. Zoink pulls away by and inch to whisper a question into Doggie's ear; "can I kiss you?" Doggie grins and replies in a soft voice, almost like he thought the neighbors next door aren't already awake; "please do."
Zoink grabs both sides of doggies face and presses their lips together. Doggie leans into the kiss, pulling zoink closer and then scoping him off his feet in a bridal carry as he brings the other boy to his room. Doggie puts zoink onto the bed and watches zoink breath heavily with predatory eyes before crawling ontop of zoink and pulling his head close for another kiss. The bottom (zoinky-woinky) moans into the kiss and his glasses fall to the floor, leaving everything in a blurry haze, only doggie visible.
Zoink wiggles and realizes that he is completely pinned under the man his loves most and bedsheets that smell like him, instead of struggling or pushing doggie away; he relaxes and focuses on the heat of doggie's body. His own body reacts before his mind does and zoink arches his back towards Doggie.
Doggie pulls back to catch his breath and looks down at the shivering boy below him. "Huff- are you okay?" Doggie asks and pulls back even more to let zoink sit up. "Yeah, I'm fine, just really cold." He says.
Doggie gets up slowly and opens his closet full of one monotone colour. "Usually you give me your hoodies." Doggie jokes and throws a black shirt at zoink. Zoink catches it and runs his finger over the fabric that smells of doggie for a second. Then he pulls off his soaking wet hoodie, sweatpants, and shirt; leaving him in only his underwear as he puts on the oversized shirt.
Zoink sits on the bed as it creaks underneath him. "Sorry for coming so late, it's already 12:00." He says as doggie sits beside him and holds his hand. "Nah, it's fine. Hey are you hungry?" Doggie asks and looks at zoink who is currently curled up in his default knees to chest position. The smaller man looks over and nods. "I mean a little, I didn't eat today yet." He says and squeezes doggie's hand.
Doggie's calm expression gets washed over by a look of worry and guilt. "You didn't? Okay... how about I drive us to like McDonald's or something?" He asks. Zoink nods and smiles at doggie's kindness.
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As they sat at a half-broken table with two flat cheeseburgers. Doggie watched zoink eat for a second before talking. "So... do you want to sleep at my place tonight? It is late." He offers. Zoink shakes his head and says: "nah, I am probably going to sleep at my place tonight. I have things to do."
Doggie takes a bite of the burger and nods. "Okay then, I'll drive you home." He says and holds zoinks hand under the table. Zoink smiles and yawns before saying; "okay, sure. Gosh you're handsome." Zoink says and looks at doggie with love in his eyes.
After they finish the last of their food they hop in doggie's car and start to drive quietly though the night towards zoink's apartment. The car stops as he parks at the outside of the apartment. Zoink smiles tiredly at doggie and waves goodbye to him. "Love you" doggie says and zoink smiles and says it back before vanishing into his apartment complex.
Zoink opens his apartment door, the cold air hitting him like a physical blow. He shivers even in doggie's oversized shirt and oversized basketball shorts. He summbles over to his bedroom and flops on his soft bed. "Ughh..." he mumbles under his breath tiredly. Today was a great day for him, don't get that wrong, but he spent the whole day worrying and working so he was tired, but he knows he can't fall asleep now because he still has stuff to do. With that he gets up and powers his laptop to life and yawns and his fingers start editing as he sits in a dark room.
After he finally finishes the editing, his clock on his desk blinks the numbers 4:03am. He picks up his phone and trys to scroll TikToks but his grip loosens and like eyes keep drifting closed, his eyes sore from wearing his slightly wrong prescription glasses all day long. He places him phone on his chest, not bothering to set a alarm for the morning and lets sleep take him.
☆☆☆☆(the next day:))
Doggie does his morning routine in a trance, wondering if yesterday was just a dream; false hope created by his brain. But the kiss was too surreal, the way zoink moaned and wiggled under him; it was too real for a dream. He stands in front of his front door with his car keys in his hand, wondering if he should go to zoink's apartment. Finally he lets out a huff of air and gets in his car.
When he gets to zoink's apartment he rings his doorbell and stands there in the quiet hallway for a minute before getting worried, usually zoink opens his door in a matter on seconds, it is always what he does and he is always up 10:00. Doggie takes out his keys and looks at all of them before finding the spare key that zoink gave to him specifically. He opens the door and looks around at the turned off lights and open blinds, rays of warmed toned morning sunlight spilling into the dusty living room. He calls into the seemingly empty apartment before hearing faint snoring from the bedroom.
He tippy-toes over to the bedroom and creaks open the creaky door and his eyes widen at the scene; zoink is sleeping on the bed with himself unguarded, his facial expression as peaceful as doggie has ever seen. Doggie smiles but it quickly fades as he realizes that he has never seen zoink sleep before, he has never seen him in a state like this; calm and safe. Doggie crouches and look zoink in the eyes before calling his name quietly and watching zoink open his eyes and yawn and for a second before seeing doggie and letting off a high pitched scream. "WHY ARE YOU IN MY HOUSE!?" he asks in shock.
Doggie just smiles and continues resting his head on the edge of the bed while looking up at zoink. "I have a key to your apartment, thats why." Doggie says. Zoink sighs and rubs his sleepy eyes. "You're scary doggie... and I'm so sorry for sleeping in front of you." Zoink says and slowly gets up from his bed.
Doggie's smile dissappears and he tilts his head in confusion. "What do you mean?" He asks but then he doesn't ask further questions after seeing the look on zoinks face; a look of discomfort and almost fear, that is all doggie needed to see to understand not to question further. Zoink stands up fully and walks to the kitchen as doggie trails behind him, quiet as they walked.
☆☆☆☆ (The rest of their day consisted of them playing geometry dash and enjoying each other's company) (night btw)☆☆☆☆
Doggie decides sleep at zoink's house that night, he lays on the soft bed and zoink cuddles against his chest, listening to his steady heartbeat. Doggie closes his eyes and falls asleep at last, feeling the warm weight of the boy resting on him. Zoink lays awake, his eyes tired but his body refusing to sleep. He lays awake, just staring at the ceiling and feeling doggie breath in a steady rhythm.
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An hour later doggie wakes up, he tiredly picks up his phone and checks the time; 3:00am. He sighs and then looks down; only to realize that zoink is very much awake with red-rimed eyes. Doggie sits up and tilts his head. "Why are you up?" He asks concerned.
Zoink looks at the gray sheets and back to doggies face. "I- I can't sleep around others... like ever. I had something happen once and I just... can't anymore..." he mutters so quiet it is almost to himself. Doggie's eyes soften and he takes zoinks hand, holding it tight. "I'm sorry that anything happened to you... I love you and I want you to be happy! And... you can take as long as you want to be comfortable." He say and smiles a tired but real smile.
Zoink looks away and goes quiet. Doggie keeps taking. "I could also go on the couch if you want. Or i can go home-" he stops when he hears a sniffle from zoink. When he looks up he is crying; a ugly quiet cry.
Doggie panics and lets go of his hands. "Wait! I'm so sorry! What's wrong!" He asks frantically and looks scared of breaking zoink, as if he was made of glass. Zoink holds his hand again and shakes his head side to side. "You did nothing! I just never had anyone be so... patient before." Zoink says in tears.
Doggie pulls him into a hug, petting his hair and smiling to himself. Zoink crys into his shoulder and shakes. Soon the crying stops and they lay down once again. "I love you." "I love you too."
Fin (probably:pp)
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