Date Night:

Joseph stared at his reflection in the mirror, everything looked to be in order, his hair was fine, his clothing was wrinkle free as it always was, his face was clear of blemishes. He was good to go on his Date with Sebastian. The excitement was almost overwhelming he knew Sebastian had a nice night planned for the two of them. It had been a long work week for both of them and this is exactly what the doctor recommended. Joseph stood up straight, took a few deep breathes and headed out of the bathroom.

"Joseph are you ready yet? The reservation is for 6:00pm!" Sebastian's voice carried over from the other room.

"Yeah, I'm ready, just let me get my coat!" he called back. He could hear the front door opening and knew that was his cue to be at Sebastian's heels and heading out the door. The older man did not like being late for anything.

"Ok, Ready, Do you have everything you need?" Joseph asked him. Sebastian nodded and the two of them headed out the door, Joseph walked to the car while Sebastian locked up the house.

"It's 5:38, guess we can still make it if there isn't any traffic." Sebastian mumbled to himself as he turned to see Joseph casually leaning against the black chevrolet cruze, he looked damn good. the man always did. Combed and slicked backed hair, tight slacks, and a loose fitting shirt that was always covered by that tight black vest, and he loved that red tie. To be honest he couldn't recall him ever wearing a different color..Ever. Sebastian reached into his coat pocket and pulled out his keys and hit the unlock button on the car remote.

"It's unlocked Joseph."

"Ok" he said pulling on the handle and opening the door, he slid into the passenger seat and shut the door behind him. Sebastian walked over to the driver's side and opened the door climbing into the driver's seat. He shut the door and then started to adjust his seat and rearview mirror.

"I can always tell when you were driving, it's like a midget was behind the wheel…" he joked, earning himself a punch in his shoulder and a glare from Joseph.

The car started and pulled out from the driveway, they were finally heading to their destination.

"Seb? Can I ask you something?" Joseph was staring at Sebastian out from the corner of his eye.

"Hmm? Yeah go ahead shoot." he said, making sure to keep his eyes on the road.

"Well it's been 3 years since we started dating and I was wondering, Are you happy? Do I make you happy? Because lately I just feel like you think I'm nothing but work, you always seem irritated with me, but I know you can come across as that anyways." he corrected himself since it was true, Sebastian did not seem approachable half the time anyways.

"Joseph, Of course I'm happy with you, You're a wonderful person and you really balance me out. you keep me in line and on my toes, and you've kept me sober all these years too... and to be honest I'm impressed with how you managed to put up with my shit all these years, I'm not the best and pretty much the most unromantic asshole in the world, so do I even make you happy?"

Joseph blushed at Sebastian's comment, his hand coming to rest on the older man's thigh.

"I am happy with you Sebastian, and thanks for being honest with me, it really makes me feel that you trust me enough to be true with your feelings."

Sebastian felt the blood rush through his body, feeling the touch of his partner, Sebastian wanted to look at Joseph to pull his black Chevrolet cruze over and pull that man into his arms and give him the longest, hardest, deepest kiss he could manage. But instead decided to behave himself since he respected Joseph too much to fuck up a special night like tonight.

"Oh we're here! Finally! I'm starving" exclaimed Joseph. Sebastian had pulled up to an Japanese Cuisine restaurant. It was good food, and affordable, Joseph always knew that Sebastian was a cheap date, but he always made an effort to find a good spot, that was very well known and had great reviews, plus he always chose a restaurant that served Joseph's favorite food.

Sebastian pushed his plate away signaling he was stuffed, he wiped his mouth and looked over at Joseph, he was finishing off his last bit of Sushi, something called a 'Dynamite roll' something popular in western Canada.

"Did you eat enough? Or do you want anything else?"

"Nahh I'm stuffed too, phewww." he pushed his plate away too and smiled at Sebastian. "Thanks so much for the wonderful dinner!"

Sebastian waved his hand to acknowledge Joseph but upon noticing the look of disappointment of his partners face he quickly changed to a "You're very welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!" why did he shout? Sebastian just palmed his face, however Joseph's laugh brought him outta his embarrassing moment.

"Oh Sebastian, it's fine. I think we should go home for dessert if you get me.." Joseph winked.

Sebastian quickly raised his hand to signal the waiter "CHECK PLEASE!"

Sebastian and Joseph pulled into the driveway and both headed up the walkway, Joseph was retrieving his keys from his pants pocket, when Sebastian came up behind him and held him from behind.

"Seb we aren't even inside yet…" he blushed feeling Sebastian pressing into him, causing a small moan to escape his lips.

"Well hurry up, I'd like dessert sooner rather than later..