“Aww... So!” Alfred set it aside and patted the cushion beside him. “Where's your sister?”
Ivan settled down beside his lover on the couch. “She is working.”
“Oh yeah? I don't think you ever said exactly what she does.”
“Many things.” Ivan smiled. “She is currently dabbling in politics.”
Alfred wrinkled his nose. “Well, I guess she's suited for it.”
“You haven't seen her again, have you?”
“Nope.”
“Good.” Ivan sighed deeply. “After I threatened to do to her anything she did to you, I was half afraid she would try to rape you or something.”
“The girl has issues.”
“You have no idea.”
Alfred grinned, snuggling close. “I wasn't kidding about the blowjob.”
“Not that I'm complaining, but what is it with you and blowjobs today?”
“It's what Mattie said he'd do if he ever had to apologize to Francis...”
Ivan rolled his eyes. “I may not know Francis too well, but I'm going to say that's probably how one says 'hello' and 'thank you' to him, also.”
“Probably.” Alfred giggled.
“And you...” Ivan trailed off as his brain caught up with him. “You talk about that sort of thing with your brother? Sex?”
“Eh, sure.”
“Ah...” Ivan swallowed. “Yes, I could go for one about now.”
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Ivan walked out of the bar just as Matthew was about to walk in. And he knew it was him, since Alfred was still inside. Their eyes met, and Matthew's narrowed. That didn't bode well, but Ivan could guess what he would be unhappy about.
“I suppose you want to speak with me as long as I'm here?” Ivan said.
“Please.” Matthew allowed himself to be propelled around the side of the building. “Well...”
“I seem to recall, when we first met, you threatened me with awful things if I ever hurt your brother?”
Matthew rubbed the back of his neck, expression sheepish. It was endearingly similar to Alfred's mannerisms. “Not really. I said I wouldn't do that... Why, do you want me to yell at you?”
“You looked annoyed when we just ran into each other.”
Matthew shrugged. “A little. But you were both to blame, it wasn't entirely your fault.”
“Thank you.”
“Just mostly. Don't take your bad moods out on him.”
Ivan nodded. “I will not.”
“I don't want to have to see him cry again.”
“If he ever cries again because of me, you have my permission to kick my ass.”
Matthew laughed softly. “I'll keep that in mind. Now if you'll excuse me, I brought Al some food.”
“Wait,” Ivan said as Matthew turned to leave.
“Yes?”
“We should do something.”
Matthew blinked. “You and me?”
“All of us. All four of us.”
“Four...”
Ivan nodded. “Like a... double date?”
Matthew chuckled. “What, you mean Francis? He's, uh, we're not... a couple.”
Of course not. “Then me and my boyfriend, and you and your fuck buddy.”
Matthew's face reddened, and his expression grew slightly perplexed. Ivan could imagine why the concept of all of them hanging out would seem odd. Alfred ranted about Francis often, and Francis probably wasn't Ivan's biggest fan after their first meeting. “Well... sure. Why not? Um... let's get ice cream tomorrow after I'm done with classes. Do you know where the ice cream parlor on 5th is?"
“Yes,” Ivan said. “I am dating your brother. I am familiar with ice cream parlor locations.”
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Ivan settled down beside his lover on the couch. “She is working.”
“Oh yeah? I don't think you ever said exactly what she does.”
“Many things.” Ivan smiled. “She is currently dabbling in politics.”
Alfred wrinkled his nose. “Well, I guess she's suited for it.”
“You haven't seen her again, have you?”
“Nope.”
“Good.” Ivan sighed deeply. “After I threatened to do to her anything she did to you, I was half afraid she would try to rape you or something.”
“The girl has issues.”
“You have no idea.”
Alfred grinned, snuggling close. “I wasn't kidding about the blowjob.”
“Not that I'm complaining, but what is it with you and blowjobs today?”
“It's what Mattie said he'd do if he ever had to apologize to Francis...”
Ivan rolled his eyes. “I may not know Francis too well, but I'm going to say that's probably how one says 'hello' and 'thank you' to him, also.”
“Probably.” Alfred giggled.
“And you...” Ivan trailed off as his brain caught up with him. “You talk about that sort of thing with your brother? Sex?”
“Eh, sure.”
“Ah...” Ivan swallowed. “Yes, I could go for one about now.”
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Ivan walked out of the bar just as Matthew was about to walk in. And he knew it was him, since Alfred was still inside. Their eyes met, and Matthew's narrowed. That didn't bode well, but Ivan could guess what he would be unhappy about.
“I suppose you want to speak with me as long as I'm here?” Ivan said.
“Please.” Matthew allowed himself to be propelled around the side of the building. “Well...”
“I seem to recall, when we first met, you threatened me with awful things if I ever hurt your brother?”
Matthew rubbed the back of his neck, expression sheepish. It was endearingly similar to Alfred's mannerisms. “Not really. I said I wouldn't do that... Why, do you want me to yell at you?”
“You looked annoyed when we just ran into each other.”
Matthew shrugged. “A little. But you were both to blame, it wasn't entirely your fault.”
“Thank you.”
“Just mostly. Don't take your bad moods out on him.”
Ivan nodded. “I will not.”
“I don't want to have to see him cry again.”
“If he ever cries again because of me, you have my permission to kick my ass.”
Matthew laughed softly. “I'll keep that in mind. Now if you'll excuse me, I brought Al some food.”
“Wait,” Ivan said as Matthew turned to leave.
“Yes?”
“We should do something.”
Matthew blinked. “You and me?”
“All of us. All four of us.”
“Four...”
Ivan nodded. “Like a... double date?”
Matthew chuckled. “What, you mean Francis? He's, uh, we're not... a couple.”
Of course not. “Then me and my boyfriend, and you and your fuck buddy.”
Matthew's face reddened, and his expression grew slightly perplexed. Ivan could imagine why the concept of all of them hanging out would seem odd. Alfred ranted about Francis often, and Francis probably wasn't Ivan's biggest fan after their first meeting. “Well... sure. Why not? Um... let's get ice cream tomorrow after I'm done with classes. Do you know where the ice cream parlor on 5th is?"
“Yes,” Ivan said. “I am dating your brother. I am familiar with ice cream parlor locations.”