After that day, John and Dave were near inseparable. They hung out almost every day and always sat together at the group therapy.
At the last group therapy before they took a month long break over the Christmas and New Year holidays, everyone was told to stand up and say one positive thing they'd gotten so far out of the sessions. When it gets around to John and Dave, Dave is first. He stands and says that he hadn't cut since the day before the first session. John stands up and says he got a new best friend.
After the session, Dave and John went to Starbucks to get hot chocolate since it was snowing and freezing outside. Once they'd gotten their drinks and sat down, Dave looked at John and told him he wanted to be more than friends and asked him to be his boyfriend. John was so excited he actually squeaked a yes and almost threw himself over the table to hug Dave. Dave smiled and hugged him back and kissed the brunette when they pulled apart. They heard someone nearby go "Awww" and pulled apart, blushing.
For Christmas, Dave and John had the early holiday dinner stuff with their families and then met up afterwards to go out to dinner together. They went to a fairly nice restaurant and laughed at each other's ugly Christmas sweaters they'd intentionally worn to sort of match because they were both dorks. As they were waiting for their food, they decided to exchange gifts. John had gotten Dave new red and black headphones and a few CDs the blond had mentioned he'd wanted. Dave had gotten John a rubber bracelet that he'd gotten specially made to say " nic cage #1 fan", a hoody with a sweet blue swirly symbol on it, and a mix CD he made of some of his sweet beats and some songs they both liked. They kissed each other over the table and looked at their gifts. John read over the list of songs that Dave and John both liked he'd put on the CD and smiled.
"Natasha Bedingfield?"
Dave smirked. "Totally man, she's great."
John laughed a little. "I love this song!"
"Me too."
"We should go to my house later and listen to this after dinner." Dave smiled and nodded in agreement.
And they did just that. They ate and shared a chocolate cake for desert and went to John's house afterwards. John showed his dad the sweater and wristband when they got to his house before leading Dave up to his room.
Dave plopped down on John's bed as the brunette put the CD in his computer and played the song.
"Oh man, I love this song so much!" he said, grinning at Dave.
Dave smiled back. So do I. It's like one of my favourite songs"
"You're such a geek," John said laughing a little. He lay on his bed next to Dave and kissed him, pulling away after a moment of kissing. Dave started singing along with the chorus and John joined him, smiling and trying not to laugh. He looked at Dave and smiled at how cute his boyfriend was, singing obviously not on key on purpose to be cute. He held Dave's hand and they smiled at each other, just happy to be with each other.
