Hello everyone, here is chapter 4:

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Rick slowly emerges from sleep. He stretches and sits on the edge of the bed when all of a sudden he realizes he's not in his room, he's in Morty's. He turns to find the boy still asleep as he begins to recall last night.

"Ugh what's wrong with me?" He wondered, hoping that he hadn't given Morty false hope.

With Rick wrapped up in his thoughts, Morty sleepily opened his eyes stretching out in his bed yawning and curling his toes. He smiled up at Rick eager to meet the elder's eyes.

"Awe man, it really wasn't a dream, " he mumbled out loud to himself. "Hey, R-Rick, did you sleep o-okay?" He asks.

"Yeah, Morty about last night-" he began but was cut off because Morty already knew the sequence and decided to take the situation in hand. He grabbed Rick by the arm and kissed him, but this time Rick did not allow himself to reciprocate.

"N-N-No Morty, we gotta stop doing this! "

"I'm not the one w-who came to YOUR room last night and kissed YOU!" Morty defended himself accusingly.

Rick knew he was in the wrong but tried to justify himself regardless. "M-Morty I was drunk!"

"S-So what? You're drunk all the time!" Morty sighed. "Listen, R-Rick; can't we just t-try it? "

" What are you talking about Morty?"

"Well um, maybe i-it could work for both of us, and if not, w-what do we honestly have to lose?"

Rick stood up from the bed. "Forget it, Morty."

Morty's hand still clinging to the elder's sleeve. "I don't care that you're my grandfather, y-you know!"

"Morty, you're playing a dangerous game here! "

"I know."

Morty stood up on the bed attempting to match Rick's height and leaned in to try and kiss him again.

Rick was finally giving into the boy. "One day you'll regret this, Morty," Rick said in a slightly sad voice.

"I don't think so," Morty replied with a gentle smile.

They kissed again breathlessly wrapped in each other's embrace until a voice coming from the bottom of the staircase interrupted them."Dad, Morty, Summer, Breakfast!" With the kiss broken, Rick and Morty gazed into each other's eyes.

"Are we going down?" Morty Asks.

"Yeah, or she'll just come get us." They couldn't resist sneaking in an another kiss before heading downstairs a few minutes later.

"Hey dad, morning Morty." Beth chirped. They sat at the table and began to eat.

"Good Morning, mom," replied Morty.

" Hey Sweetie," replied Rick.

"Well, this looks better." Beth commented.

"Um, y-yeah mom." Replied Morty, blushing.

When the boy finished his breakfast, Rick stood up and said,"alright Morty, come on we have an important job waiting for us in the garage."

"I-I'm coming, Rick." Replied Morty, with joy.

"Have fun, boys," Beth said gladly that Morty was back in good spirits.

When they reached the garage, Morty wanted to ask a question. "R-Rick does this mean that now y-you and I-I are-" he began.

"Not now, Morty." Said Rick, cutting him off.

"But-"

"Listen Mo-EURP-rty; we have to go in the dimension C-6 B233. "

" To do what? "

"I gotta get gliz mushrooms, Morty. I need them for my experiments, they're important, so we'll talk about us later, okay?"

"O-Okay R-Rick, when are we leaving?" Replied Morty, noticing that Rick was trying to avoid the discussion.

"Right now," Rick said as he opened a portal. He passed through with Morty following.

They debouched into an unknown forest. "Follow me; I know where to go to find the mushrooms." Said Rick, looking at his holographic map.

Morty cocked a brow inquisitively, "have y-you ever been here before?"

"Yeah, two or three times."

They walked a few minutes before falling into a clearing filled with the mushrooms they had come for, and Rick began collecting them. "Alright Morty, this should be enough we can go."

Rick abruptly turned as he heard a noise in the bushes beside them. Out of it came a creature that resembled a rhinoceros.

"R-Rick! What's that?" Morty asked panicked.

"A Croktosaur of course." Replied Rick, sprinting away. Morty followed behind him as they were both pursued by the hideous creature.

"R-RICK open a portal! "

"I would Morty, but I think I lost the portal-gun."

"WHAT!?"

Rick suddenly grabbed the boy by the arm. "Come on Morty; we gotta climb to the top of that tree. We'll be safe up there." He said, pointing to a tree higher and broader than the others. They climbed on the highest branch they could reach.

"What are we gonna do now R-Rick?" Asked Morty.

"We wait till it gets tired," Rick said, taking a pull of whiskey from his flask.

"Awe jeez."

All they could do was wait. About an hour had passed as Morty was watching Rick. The elder was waiting with patience sipping on his whiskey from time to time. The boy approached him gently. Rick took notice and blushed.

"We have a nice view from here, right?" Morty began nervously to start the discussion.

"Yeah," was the only answer he received.

"S-So, the mushrooms, they only grow here or-" Morty continued.

"Morty." Rick was getting annoyed.

"I just wanted t-to talk, that's all."

"Then choose a more interesting subject." Said Rick, taking another a sip of whiskey.

Morty sighed but didn't give up, he moved closer and put his head on Rick's shoulder. The latter let him.

More hours passed until the sun began to set on this strange planet, and the Croktosaur was still there waiting.

Morty admired the view, then looked up at Rick, who was quite indifferent to the beauty of the sunset. He seemed lost in thought and tired of waiting.

Morty kissed him on the cheek, and Rick turned to him. The boy smiled, and Rick smiled back. They began kissing and didn't even realize that the Croktosaur had finally left.

As the night began to fall, they got out of the tree and went back to the mushroom clearing to find Rick's portal-gun. Once located they headed home.

Beth, Jerry, and Summer were all sitting on the living room couch watching TV together.

"Where were you two? You've been gone for hours!" Jerry exclaimed as he got up, as soon as they walked through the front door.

"Mind your own business, Jerry." Rick retorted.

"He's right Dad; you both missed dinner," Beth added.

" It doesn't matter," Rick answered as he went to the kitchen to get a snack. He then sat down on the sofa with his treat in hand.

"What is this gar-EURP-bage you guys are watching?" He asked, pointing to the TV.

"Summer chose the program. I wanted to see Titanic."Jerry said.

"You chose this shit, Summer?" Rick asked.

" Hey! This is my favorite series. It tells the story of a high school student Alex King who falls in love with the best boy in her class and after her-" Rick was quick to cut Summer off.

"Whatever, I don't care." Rick flipped the channel to play ball fondlers.

He then turned to his grandson, who was still standing. "Morty, come sit down." Morty obeyed and sat down next to Rick.

"Want some snacks?" Rick added passing the box of treats over to Morty.

"Thanks." Morty was fairly hungry; it wasn't surprising given the time they had spent waiting for the Croktosaurs to leave.

"But I want to finish my series!" Exclaimed Summer.

"And I wanted to see Titanic!" Jerry lamented.

Beth sighed annoyed. "Well, I'm going to bed." She said, heading for the stairs.

"Fine, I guess I will too," Jerry added, following his wife.

"Well I'm not moving until I finish my show, I was here before you two." Said Summer to Rick and Morty.

"We don't care. Just go, Summer, we had a rough day, and we need to relax." Rick replied without even looking at her.

"Yeah. Just go, Summer!" Morty chimed.

"UGH! Whatever, you both are going to pay for this!" The young teen said as she stormed up to her room and slammed her door.

"Yeah, whatever." Replied Rick.

Once alone, Morty snuggled up beside him.

"I like it when it's just us, don't you Morty?"

"Yeah R-Rick, just the two of us."

Then they watched the show in silence until Morty thought of something.

"H-Hey Rick, can I ask you s-something?"

"What?"

"Um, w-well... can I-I sleep with you tonight?"

Rick raised his brow and turned to Morty.

"Whoa baby, slow down. That's moving kinda fast don't you think Morty?"

" No-No that's not what I-I mean."

"Then what do you mean Morty?" Rick scoffed.

"I-I just w-want to be close to y-you, that's all. Y-You, know like last night." Morty replied, blushing.

"Okay Morty, you can sleep in my room tonight."

" Oh boy really!? Thanks, Rick!"

"Yeah Yeah, now shut up. I'm trying to watch my show."

After the show ended about an hour later, Rick switched off the TV.

"Wow, that was a great episode, huh Morty?"

"Yeah, it was incredible!"

They both headed up to Rick's room, discreetly making sure not to get caught by the rest of the family.

Once inside, Rick locked the door for more security. It would be difficult trying to explain to others why Morty had slept in his room. After they put on their pajamas, they climbed into the tiny cot that was barely big enough for the two of them.

"Good night, Rick and thanks again."

"Good night, Morty."