"Fine, but only for a little while." said Rod in defeat. The two girls cheered, running around to get everything ready.
Nicky patted Rod on the shoulder reassuringly "Come on Rod, going to the carnival will be fun." assured Nicky. Rod smiled slightly at his kindness before frowning again.
"It's going to be dirty and loud with lots of people and ridiculous shows. That's not what I call fun." complained rod.
Nicky kissed him on the cheek lovingly.
"You'll have fun, I'll make it worth it." offered Nicky. Eli and Kat giggled at them, their affections were so sweet. Rod
blushed, glaring at Eli.
"If you're not in the car in thirty seconds, we're not going." threatened Rod. The girls raced off to the car while Nicky
laughed. He held hands with Rod and kissed him one more before they made their way to the car. The carnival was being held
at the fringes of the city. It was an old fashioned carnival with a big top tent, a Ferris wheel, and a freak show among
other things. Kat had never been to a carnival before so Eli was delighted to take her to the big top so they could watch
the show. Nicky stayed with Rod, holding his hand as they walked through the midway. Rod was shy and nervous, he kept
looking around to see if anyone was paying them any attention. Nicky insisted they buy a snow cone and share it. Rod
protested and blushed but in the end Nicky got his way. It was the best snow cone Rod ever had. Eli and Kat were busy
enjoying the clowns and acrobats preforming under the big top as classical carnival music blared from the speakers. "Rod do you want to check out the freak show?" asked Nicky hesitantly, he knew Rod didn't like them much. "Nicky! Why would you even want to see something like that? Those poor people are mistreated and humiliated." ranted Rod
angrily. Nicky shook his head.
"It's not like that now. Those people are paid to be in freak shows." explained Nicky. It was one of the few random
things he knew. "I don't want to see it." said Rod firmly "you can go by yourself though." Nicky pulled Rod towards the midway again "Never mind lets play some games instead." suggested Nicky. They played for a while before Eli and Kat joined them. Nicky
had great hand eye coordination, probably due to video games and managed to win Rod a stuffed animal at the ring toss. Rod
kissed him shyly as a thank you, much to the dismay of the man who was running the stand. "Get out of here you're scaring away my customers." grumbled the man crossly. Instead of protesting Nicky took Rod about a
foot away and kissed him passionately, making a show out of it. If straight people could do it, why couldn't he? Soon rod
deemed it time to go. "Before we go let's ride the Ferris wheel." suggested Nicky. Eli and Kat quickly agreed, hurrying off to the ride. Rod paid
for their tickets and took a seat with Nicky. When it started moving Eli yelped and clung onto Kat, now completely unsure
of the safety of the ride. Rod cuddled into Nicky, admiring the lights downtown against the near-night sky. Nicky traced
patterns over Rod's hand, smiling happily.
"I told you, you'd have fun." teased Nicky. Rod laughed, he really did have a good time.
"I love you Nicky." responded Rod, kissing him gently "I love you two." Nicky mumbled against Rod's lips. The Ferris wheel continued to turn, it really had been a wonderful
night.