Day 8 Challenge: Shopping
Title: "Pet Store"
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"Please?" Gilbert begged, attempting to pull his boyfriend through the crowd of people at the mall.
"Gilbert, really?" Matthew huffed, adjusting his skewed hat on his head. A friendly reminder that it was still a blizzard outside. The people milling around in the mall didn't care, though, intent on finding the best deal for a gift for their loved ones on this fine holiday, Christmas. He was thankful when Gilbert agreed to go shopping with him, but if he knew that he would be this distracted this soon…he wouldn't have brought him along. "I have to get gifts, we can't waste time at a pet store."
"Waste time?" Gilbert gaped at him. "How can you waste time surrounded by cute little puppies and birds and cats?"
Matthew sighed, shaking his head. Matthew had learned the hard way that Gilbert had a secret fondness for all things cute, something he demanded Matthew hide to keep up Gilbert's "tough" image. That didn't stop Gilbert from cooing over stray cats or pampering his little pet bird.
"Maybe after we're done shopping," Matthew sighed. "I should really get this done now, which is kind of why I'm here in the first place." He tried to convince him, he really did, but Gilbert wasn't about to stop pleading anytime soon.
"But if we do that, we'll be all tired and that won't be awesome because we won't want to play with the puppies," Gilbert groaned.
"Play?" Matthew deadpanned. "What's wrong with just going in there and looking?"
"I'm 18, remember, Birdie?" Gilbert smirked. Yes, Matthew remembered. He also recalled that Gilbert was the oldest one in their class due to the fact that he was held back, but he'd learned to avoid that subject. "Please? Let's just play with one little puppy?"
"So help me, Gilbert, if we spend more than 15 minutes in that store-" Matthew was cut off by the albino's cheers and was swiftly dragged into the store. Little kids fawned over the little rabbits and parents scolded kids that got too close and the store clerk looked like he had the worst job in the world, about ready to bang his head against the table.
"Let's pick one out!" Gilbert said excitedly, pulling Mathew over to the wall of small cages that the dogs were left in. Some of them were attempting to sleep through the screaming children while others chased around their little playmates. They were adorable, Matthew had to admit with a small smile, but he wouldn't give Gilbert that satisfaction this soon.
"What about this one?" Matthew asked, looking in interest at a pure white dog with fairly shaggy fur that was looking right at Matthew, something even humans seldom did, and wagging its tail excitedly. It barked happily at him and Matthew kneeled down in front of the glass to place his hand against it and the dog licked the glass to get to the hand. Matthew giggled.
"Fuck yeah," Gilbert laughed and ran off to get the clerk. In just a matter of two minutes, they were in a small pen, kneeling down while the dog excitedly ran in circles around them, barking like it was the best day of its life.
"He's so adorable," Matthew laughed while the dog managed to jump onto his lap and started licking his face. Matthew giggled, it tickled, and didn't try very hard to push the little guy away.
"And you said this would be a waste of time," Gilbert scoffed. "Bullshit, I say!"
"Don't get all high and mighty now," Matthew rolled his eyes, pushing the dog towards Gilbert. The dog stopped just a step away from the albino and tilted its head curiously before trotting around him in a circle.
"He's just admiring my awesomeness," Gilbert boasted while the dog sniffed at his arm.
"Yes, I'm sure that's it," Matthew laughed, shaking his head. The dog yelped loudly before jumping right into Gilbert's chest, making the boy fall over and hit his head slightly. "Oh, my God, are you okay?" Matthew immediately went over to look over his boyfriend, who was having a laughing fit while the dog licked at his face.
"Holy shit, this dog is awesome!" Gilbert cackled. "Stop it, that tickles!"
"I think we've found a new way of torture," Matthew giggled, pulling the dog off of him and the dog yipped happily, turning around to run playful circles around Matthew again.
"Do you know what the perfect thing to do is after getting licked all over you face by a dog?" Gilbert smirked devilishly and the dog stopped, looking at him curiously again. Before Matthew could react, Gilbert placed a swift kiss on his lips and Matthew frowned slightly when he noticed that they were a little slimy.
"I feel like I should be disgusted," Matthew muttered as Gilbert pulled away. "But you've kissed me after Gilbird, so I don't think this is much worse, really."
"That was one time!" Gilbert laughed. "You can't count me down for something as small as that!"
"You're lucky I don't make fun of you for kissing your bird," Matthew laughed, getting the dog to jump into his lap again and scratching him behind the ear to the point where the dogs hind leg started moving slightly. There was no way Matthew could hide the smile that appeared on his face.
"You look pretty good with a dog, I'm not gonna lie," Gilbert noted. "It's pretty hot."
"I know, I look sexy with animals," Matthew giggled. "I should become a model with dogs, it's my calling."
"But then you'd have other guys and girls drooling over you," Gilbert smirked. "I'm not sure if I wanna share you."
"Then we can just get a dog once we live together and you can stare at me for as long as you want," Matthew shrugged and blushed slightly after registering what he had just said. The dog happily licked at Matthew's hot face while Gilbert took his time registering it as well. "You don't really have to take what I just said seriously, it just kind of…came out."
"Nah, I wouldn't really mind," Gilbert shrugged. "I-If you wouldn't mind…really."
"I don't really know," Matthew confessed. He did truly like Gilbert, a lot. He'd admired him for a while and eventually, after a miracle that involved his cousin Francis and a lot of duct tape (don't ask) they had started going out. Gilbert was known as a bit of a player but didn't seem to mind at all going the slow pace that Matthew wanted to go. But…living together was very fast.
"We don't have to think about it now," Gilbert shrugged.
"Yeah," Matthew nodded.
"I wanna see you rock these winter exams first!" Gilbert joked and Matthew laughed slightly, the tension slowly melting away as Gilbert thought of ways to get off topic. Eventually, they had to leave the pet store, as sad as the three of them were to part ways, they had to leave the dog at the store and Matthew dragged his boyfriend all around the mall to find the perfect gifts for his family and friends and forcing Gilbert to carry all of the boxes and bags he'd managed to collect. Gilbert was stronger than him, after all.
However, on their way out of the mall, Matthew found himself hesitating as they walked past a certain store. Gilbert groaned at the pause, apparently thinking that Matthew had managed to get sidetracked again.
"Hey, Gil, let's go to the pet store."
I'm sorry these are really short right now! It's just that there's not a lot of plot to be planned! At least not with these last three. Next one hopefully has a little more and then the one after as well. And then prepare for the kigurumis, because that's gonna be awkward, since I had to actually google what those really were in order to come up with a proper way to write that one… Anyway, pet stores are fun, I have a friend who's 18 and she loves getting to play with the puppies. And I have this head cannon that Gilbert has this weakness for cute things, ergo his love of our little Mattie!
Anyway, please review!
And tune in for tomorrow's challenge, Hanging Out With Friends, titled "Freaks".
