Dipper cringed at the sound of thunder and violent storming. Tomorrow would be he and Mabel's birthday, and he didn't want the weather to be like this - especially not on his eighteenth birthday. Maybe he could talk Bill into making the weather nice... he was his boyfriend, after all. It could be part of a birthday present. Dipper hoped that it'd be better than his last one - a deer teeth and a heart. The teeth were because Bill is utterly obsessed with deer teeth; those were a regular gift. The heart obviously stood for the fact that Bill loved him, but still. Not good to throw up when your boyfriend gives you a heart. Then again, it was real... Bill did take offense to that, but he had to learn eventually.

Dipper still kept it in a jar on his desk to make Bill happy. Sometimes he'd catch himself staring at it, and he'd smile, knowing that Bill really did care. It made him happy, too.

Mabel insisted to throw a party tomorrow, and Dipper reluctantly agreed, as he wasn't very social, but he'd do it for his sister. Dipper would do anything for Mabel - she was his best friend and his twin, and although he was younger, he always ended up acting like the eldest of the two.

Dipper remembered Mabel saying "And maybe you could find a pretty girl to ask out - if you could even talk to someone. You know what, I'll set you up with one of my friends, you'll like her. She's geeky and nerdy, like you, Bro-Bro." Dipper hadn't liked that comment - but he couldn't risk anyone knowing about his relationship with Bill, that might be dangerous. Maybe he could stage a situation between the two, if he could get Bill not to be too obvious. That would be like ask a child not to get into the candy bowl - they're gonna do it anyway.

Dipper sighed, pushing the blankets off of him. He couldn't sleep due to the rain and his overly firm bed. Maybe he could get Bill over here... he'd happily oblige to keep him warm. Dipper grabbed his phone off the nightstand beside him, and texted said demon, who appeared in front of him about ten seconds after the message was sent.

"Hello, Pine Tree~! How's it going? I hear you can't sleep. There's better things to do than sleep, you know, like maybe-"

"Bill, no, not now. But you can cuddle with me. That's an option."

Bill sighed. "You're no fun, Pine Tree." Although he looked grumpy, he climbed into his partner's bed and pulled the blanket over himself and his significant other. "Shall we engage in this thing you call 'cuddling'?"

Dipper rolled his eyes. "Shut up, you know what it is. And yes, please. I can't sleep. It had to rain when I want to sleep the most."

Bill smiled slightly, wrapping his arms around Dipper's neck, combing his fingers through his curly hair. Dipper wrapped his arms around Bill's waist, resting his head under Bill's own. "There? Is my little Dipper happy?"

"I'm not a kid anymore, Bill. Don't call me that."

"Why shouldn't I? You'll always be littler than me."

"You... you'll still like me went I'm old, right? When I'm not so 'little' anymore? 'Cause otherwise I've been wasting my life. You'll still love me when I'm not so... attractive, won't you?"

"Pine Tree, no matter what age you are, I'll still love ya, after all, who else would deal with me? Maybe your sister, but I'm not interested in her in that kind of way... why are you worrying? You trust me, right? Most people don't, I mean, I wouldn't even trust myself!"

"I just... I'm kinda worried you'll just move on like 'that' when I'm dead and go and find a new Pine Tree. I don't want that."

"Kiddo, who said I'd let you die? You're my favorite fleshbag of them all. How could I let you die?"

Dipper sighed. "I don't know, maybe you'll get bored of me and-"

Bill shushed his partner. "Listen, okay? Know this, and know this well - I am not letting you die. You won't be replaced. I am yours and you're mine, and one day we can do the marriage thing you humans like and produce offspring and such."

Dipper closed his eyes. "Okay. I believe you. Wait a second, how would we have children?"

Bill smirked. "I have my ways. And I have magic, silly boy. I can alter your anatomy."

"You have a solution for everything."

"Just go to sleep."

"But now my mind's awake."

"Just sleep," Bill said, kissing Dipper's forehead, "just sleep."