Chapter 11
Two months had passed and Two-Bit had finally saved enough money to move out into his own apartment, with Dallas of course. The redhead personally never thought he would ever move out, he always thought he would live here because living by himself did scare him some. His mother cried when Two-Bit told her the news, Two-Bit was embarrassed because Dallas saw it all. The blond just smiled and silently wished he had a parent that would care about him. Kathy simply wished Two-Bit and Dallas luck on their lives together and hoped they would do well. Dallas hoped Two-Bit would keep on his track of not getting mad that much, he seemed to have some grip on his anger. Two-Bit got promoted at his job and was now a manager, Dallas was surprised he worked that hard at his job. He always thought Two-Bit was lazy but he knew if the redhead wanted something bad enough, he would get it. Dallas was now seven months along and he definitely was showing now, it took awhile for him to show a lot. He thought he woud hate being bigger but he noticed he didn't really care, especially since Two-Bit didn't say anything about it. The apartment the couple moved into wasn't very big but it would do, it was just two bedrooms and one bathroom. Dallas wasn't very keen with the size considering the baby would need room to roam when she got older. Two-Bit promised they would try to upgrade when Isabella got older and was in the age of exploring.
Sodapop was helping the couple move since Dallas couldn't do much lifting, all he could really carry were small boxes and just other small items. Soda and Two-Bit moved furniture and they didn't like having to work together. They had an obvious disdain for one another but Soda was the only person that could come and help Dallas and Two-Bit move. Dallas was thankful the apartment was on the ground floor so he didn't have to walk up stairs, his legs probably would give out on him. Soda helped Dallas carry things so he didn't have to do much work, this made Two-Bit quite upset. He got really jealous when Soda interacted with Dallas, he didn't like Soda being around the blond at all. Two-Bit was in the apartment situating some of the furniture and Soda and Dallas were left alone outside. Dallas didn't even look at Soda, he knew Two-Bit hated him being around Soda. The blond began walking toward the apartment but Soda grabbed his arm, Dallas looked at him.
"Soda, what are you doing?" Dallas asked, he didn't want to make Two-Bit mad.
"How are you and Keith doing?" Soda asked concerned.
"We're doing fine, Soda." Dallas stated.
Soda and Dallas were silent for a few moments,the blond tried to pull his arm away. Soda tightened his grip and stepped closer to Dallas.
"Why do you ask so much about me and Keith?" Dallas asked annoyed.
"I don't want him to hurt you." Soda stated and kept his grip as Dallas began fighting to get away.
"I'm about to hurt you if you don't let me go!" Dallas snapped.
"Damn, it's been awhile since I've seen that feisty side of you." Soda said with a smile.
Dallas scowled at Soda, "just let me go." He demanded.
"Dally, does Keith even know that your birthday is next month?" Soda asked amused.
Dallas froze, he wasn't sure if Two-Bit even knew his birthday was in November. He opened his mouth to make an excuse but he couldn't think of one.
"Do you know when Two-Bit's birthday is?" Soda asked with a smile.
"J-June Twentieth.." Dallas said softly.
"Does he even know how old you'll be turning?" Soda asked.
"I-I'm sure he knows I'm going to be twenty-one.." Dallas uttered in defense of Two-Bit.
"Do you know how old Two-Bit will be next year?" Soda questioned.
"He'll be twenty-two." Dallas stated.
"Seems you know more about Keith than Keith knows about you." Soda said and let go of Dallas's arm.
Dallas stared at Soda for a moment, he felt offended and annoyed by Soda asking so many questions about how much Two-Bit knows about him.
"Don't ask about me and Two-Bt anymore. We're perfectly fine." Dallas said and backed away from Soda.
"Dallas, I just care about you." Soda said softly.
"I don't care, Keith has been nice to me for the past few months and-"
"He should be nice to you all the time." Soda interuppted.
"...As I was saying," Dallas said angrily, "he has been nice and you don't need to worry."
"Okay, I'll stop asking about it but I won't stop worrying about you." Soda stated.
"You shouldn't worry about me." Dallas argued.
"I'm going to anyway." Soda stated and smirked at the blond.
Dallas scoffed and turned to walk into the apartment, he needed to get away from Soda. He wondered why Soda was so concerned about things that didn't even involve him, Dallas huffed and stepped into the apartment. It felt strange to him to know this apartment was his and Two-Bit's, he never thought he would have anything close to a place to live himself. He was beyond thankful Two-Bit was helping him with all these things, he didn't know where he would be if it weren't for Two-Bit. The redhead stepped into the living room and saw Dallas standing there, he smiled at him.
"Hey, Dal." Two-Bit said as he walked up to the blond.
Dallas smiled, "Hi, Keith," Dallas muttered, "this place is pretty nice."
"Yeah, it is. I'm excited about it." Two-Bit said happily.
"I am too." Dallas admitted.
Two-Bit hugged Dallas and watched out for Dallas's stomach the blond slowly hugged Two-Bit back.
"I can barely hug you anymore.." Dallas muttered when Two-Bit pulled away, he looked down at his stomach.
Two-Bit shrugged, "all well, no big deal to me."
Dallas sighed, he missed being able to have Two-Bit's body pressed against his own.
Just two more months... Dallas thought.
"How much more moving do we have?" Dallas asked.
"At least one more day hopefully, I can't deal with Soda anymore." Two-Bit said, he sounded aggravated.
"Oh.." Dallas muttered, he didn't really like when Two-Bit talked about Soda. He didn't like Soda to worry about him but it was just what Soda did for his friends.
"Whatever, we move the bed and the couch mom gave us tomorrow." Two-Bit said as he walked out.
Dallas followed Two-Bit outside into the crisp night air, it was getting pretty cold out. Dallas shivered and wrapped his arms around himself, Two-Bit looked over at Dallas.
"Cold?" Two-Bit asked.
Dallas nodded, he wished he had brung a jacket like the redhead had told him to. Two-Bit chuckled as he pulled off his jacket and wrapped it around Dallas.
"I'll be fine without it, you should probably keep Isabella warm better." Two-Bit said and pushed by Soda.
Soda glared at Two-Bit for pushing him out of the way but let it go so he didn't start a fight. He sighed heavily and looked over at Dallas, the blond had the jacket wrapped around himself as he looked into Soda's eyes. They held eye contact for what seemed like a long time, Dallas silently wondered if Two-Bit noticed. Dallas quickly broke the eye contact and stared down at the sidewalk when he heard footsteps coming back toward them. Two-Bit glared at Soda and Soda just returned the glare, the redhead scoffed and walked toward the apartment door. Two-Bit locked the apartment and walked up to Dallas and stood beside him.
"We'll finish up tomorrow. Soda, please try not to be an asshole tomorrow." Two-Bit stated coldly and walked to his black car.
Soda stared back at Two-Bit with his mouth open in shock. He closed his mouth and growled, he flipped Two-Bit off and turned to Dallas.
"I still can't believe you love him!" Soda whispered loudly and stomped off to his truck.
Dallas stood silent in surprise, he felt nervous about tomorrow and hoped they would just completely avoid each other if possible. The blond sighed and walked to Two-Bit's car and opened the passenger's seat. Two-Bit was angrily mumbling to himself and listening to some weird, rock music as Dallas sat in the seat. The blond softly closed his door and sat still, he didn't want to make Two-Bit's mood worse.
"I swear that drop-out bastard is going to be the end of me!" Two-Bit growled and started his car.
Dallas didn't respond to the insult, he knew it was futile while Two-Bit was completely pissed off. Two-Bit kept his scowl while he violently pulled out of the parking space and drove quickly to the exit. The blond felt nervous about how violent and careless Two-Bit was being as they drove, Dallas tapped the redhead on the arm.
"What?" Two-Bit asked angrily as he stopped at a redlight.
Dallas hesitated but forced himself to speak.
"Please calm down, I don't want to get into an accident and possibly hurt Isabella." Dallas said softly, hoping to convince Two-Bit.
The redhead didn't want to harm his child, even if she was unborn. He let out a long sigh, trying to calm himself down before the light changed. He felt his anger slowly fade as the light changed to green, he turned right and Dallas noticed he didn't do it quickly.
"Are you okay now?" Dallas asked cautiously.
"Yeah, Soda just gets to me so much.." Two-Bit said and sighed.
"Why? He doesn't do anything.." Dallas slowly said.
"I don't like him being around you, I know he's trying to pull something and you're mine. Not his, mine." Two-Bit said determined.
Dallas blushed to hear Two-Bit call him his own, he never thought Two-Bit would ever claim him verbally as his boyfriend. Dallas wasn't even sure if they were dating through the past few months, they just kind of lived together and they would occasionally hug and kiss. The blond felt happy that Two-Bit called him his, he felt content to know someone cared about him enough to claim him.
"I don't think Soda could ever steal someone away from someone else, it just doesn't sound like him." Dallas defended.
"I know but something about him is rubbing me the wrong way and I don't like it." Two-Bit said as he slowed to make a turn.
"Just one more day with him and you won't have to deal with him anymore." Dallas said soothingly and Two-Bit groaned as he turned right.
"I'm not looking forward to it, I have a bad feeling about tomorrow." Two-Bit muttered.
Dallas gulped, hoping everything would go smoothly tomorrow so they could just forget about Soda for the time being.
. . .
It was early in the morning when Two-Bit decided to finish the moving so he could just get done dealing with Soda. Dallas and Two-Bit were waiting for Soda to arrive at Two-Bit's mother's house so they could collect the couch and bed, Dallas stood close by Two-Bit.
"Did you forget your jacket again?" Two-Bit asked.
"Y-Yeah but all of my clothes are over at the apartment.." Dallas softly said.
Two-Bit pulled off his jacket and handed it to Dallas, the blond took it and slipped it on. He sighed from feeling warmer but then he noticed Two-Bit was shivering some.
"Are you sure you don't need your jacket?" Dallas asked.
"Yeah, you need it more than I do." Two-Bit said as he watched Soda pull into the drive-way.
Dallas stared down at the ground, not even wanting to make any sort of contact with Soda. Soda got out of his truck and approached Two-Bit, obviously not happy to be working with him.
"Ready to get this done?" Soda asked smartly.
Two-Bit growled, "sure, let's get the bed first." He said as he stepped into the house.
Dallas watched them walk into the house and sighed heavily, he didn't want them to be around each other at all.
It took Two-Bit and Soda around an hour to get the couch and bed into the bed of Soda's truck. Dallas wondered where he got it, it wasn't Darry's beat up truck, it looked brand new. Two-Bit went inside to grab a couple more things so Dallas went to ask Soda about his truck.
"Where'd you get your truck? It looks brand new.." Dallas said as he ran his finger over the red paint.
"Steve convinced me to go gambling with him one night and I won a lot of money. I wanted to get a truck so I didn't have to steal Darry's anymore." Soda explained and watched as Dallas looked over the truck in awe.
"It's pretty," Dallas complimented, "how'd Steve get you to go gambling?"
"Well, when someone is begging you right in your ear for an hour you just kind of give up resisting." Soda said and sighed.
"I wish I could afford stuff like this.." Dallas muttered as he ran his hand over the black handle.
"You can get in if you wanna." Soda said in a sly tone and Dallas blushed.
"You sure?" Dallas asked as he traced his fingers over the handle.
"Yeah, it's not like you're gonna break anything or hurt my feelings." Soda said.
Dallas slowly pulled on the handle and opened the door, he stared inside. Everything looked untouched and it still had that new smell to it, he loved it so much. He pulled himself into the truck and sat still, he didn't really want to touch anything and ruin it with his fingerprints. Soda watched as Dallas looked at everything with a child-like wonder as he ran his fingers over the leather seats.
"Was this really expensive?" Dallas asked as he moved his hands to the steering wheel and ran his hands over it.
Soda shrugged, "I guess so, I'm ain't a professional with cars and their prices."
"I would figure you would learn a thing or two hanging around Steve all the time and listening to him talk about cars all the time." Dallas said with a smile as he trailed his finger over the logo in the middle of the wheel.
"I block him out sometimes when he goes on those rants.." Soda admitted and Dallas chuckled.
"All well, this is still a nice truck." Dallas muttered.
Dallas and Soda sat in silence for a few moments, the blond wasn't even concerned about Two-Bit at the moment. He always got into a state of awe when he saw expensive things, it just got worse when he got to touch them. He ran his finger over the stereo and stared at how new it looked. The couple heard a cough and Dallas jumped when he saw it was Two-Bit. The blond quickly jumped out of the truck and stood beside the redhead, he gulped. Soda stared at Two-Bit as the redhead's stare bore holes into him.
"What's the matter, Keith?" Soda asked humorously.
Two-Bit looked like he was about to murder Soda on the spot but Dallas held onto his arm to keep him in his place.
"What were you doing with Dallas?" Two-Bit asked.
"I was just showing him my truck is all." Soda said cooly.
Two-Bit sat silent for a moment, he just stared at Soda like he was the fault of all that was wrong in the world.
"Did I hurt your little ego?" Soda asked.
"I don't want you anywhere near Dallas. He is mine, not yours." Two-Bit growled.
"Great way to treat your boyfriend like property, Two-Bit." Soda retorted.
"At least I graduated high school, dumbass." Two-Bit said with a twisted smile.
Soda's soft smile turned into a frown, he felt beyond insulted by the redhead's comment.
"I had a brother to take care of." Soda snapped.
"No one asked you to drop out for Ponyboy though." Two-Bit stated and crossed his arms over his chest.
Dallas watched Two-Bit and Soda argue back and forth and wanted them to stop. He usually enjoyed watching a fight go down but this one was just making him nervous. He pushed Soda toward his truck and gave him a desperate look.
"Soda." Dallas said softly.
"I can't believe you, Dallas! I can't believe you want this no good piece of shit!" Soda yelled and crawled into his truck.
"It's my life, Soda, now please just calm down." Dallas cooed.
Soda groaned and leaned his forehead against his steering wheel and stared at his lap. He closed his eyes and took in a deep breath, trying to calm himself.
"Just help us move and you won't have to deal with Two-Bit anymore. We can't do this without you." Dallas whispered.
Soda huffed, "fine, I'll do it just for you, Dal." Soda muttered and crawled out of his truck.
Dallas walked Two-Bit away from Soda so he could calm down.
"Keith, he's going to help us move the stuff still but can you please stop with the comments about his education? Please?" Dallas asked.
Two-Bit groaned, "alright, I'll quit. I swear if he pisses me off one more time I will not hesitate to hand his ass to him."
"I can't assure he won't but please try to keep it together, we're almost done and I won't be able to help you move the couch and bed." Dallas said softly.
"Okay, Dallas, I'll do it for you." Two-Bit said softly and pressed his lips to the blond's.
Dallas blushed and returned the kiss, he smiled at Two-Bit when he pulled away.
"Thank you, Keith." Dallas said and turned to walk back to Soda.
Soda watched the couple kiss in disgust but corrected his face when Dallas and Two-Bit walked over to him.
"Let's get this over with." Two-Bit said annoyed as he walked toward his car
Soda looked at Dallas before shut his truck door and began to back out of the drive-way. Dallas walked to the passenger's door on Two-Bit's car and opened it, he sat in the seat and closed his door. Two-Bit was buckling himself in and Dallas followed his example. The blond pulled the belt over him and he hated how it sat on him, it wrapped around his belly and made him feel uncomfortable. He sighed and buckled himself as Two-Bit pulled out of the space.
"Jesus, give me strength." Two-Bit whispered as he drove forward.
. . .
Dallas and Two-Bit pulled into the parking lot and parked. Soda was standing beside his truck, smoking a cigarette. Dallas thought it was a strange sight to see Soda smoking, he rarely smoked or at least smoked when he was stressed. Two-Bit got out of the car and slammed his door, he smirked smartly at Soda.
"I thought you didn't smoke, Soda." Two-Bit said.
"You put me under enough stress that I need to." Soda retorted.
Two-Bit's smirk fell off his face and was replaced with a frown, he mumbled to himself as he walked to the back of Soda's truck.
"You can't do that around Dallas, jackass." Two-Bit stated as he opened the tailgate.
Soda glared at the redhead as he dropped his cigarette and stomped on it to put it out. Dallas had gotten out of the car and watched Soda put his cigarette out.
"Sorry that you can't smoke around me, I don't want Isabella to be unhealthy." Dallas said.
"It's alright, it's not a big deal." Soda said with a smile as he walked to the tailgate to help Two-Bit.
Soda and Two-Bit got the couch moved into the apartment without any words being shared. They didn't even really look at each other, Dallas was happy they didn't end up dropping something on the other and claiming it was an accident. Dallas was in the apartment putting two lamps onto the nightstands, he was trying to do something. He plugged in the last lamp and smiled, he stood back up. He noticed Soda was in the doorway and he jumped.
"You scared me, Soda." Dallas said as he placed his hand onto his chest.
"Oh, I'm sorry." Soda apologized and looked around the room.
"It's okay, it didn't harm me." Dallas said as he sat on the bed.
"Red is a weird color to paint your bedroom walls.." Soda commented as he stared at the bedroom walls.
"The last tenants did it, it's not a color I would've chosen. The black doorway just makes it worse." Dallas said and motioned to the door.
Soda looked at the doorway and raised an eyebrow, he thought the last tenats must've been insane. Dallas walked out of the room and went to go outside, he didn't want to be caught in the bedroom alone with Soda. Soda followed Dallas outside and saw Dallas was standing beside Two-Bit and was talking with him. Two-Bit stopped and looked at Soda, silently wondering why he was still here.
"I don't need your help anymore." Two-Bit said coldly.
Soda shrugged, "I was just looking around, how high is your testosterone today?" Soda asked with a smirk.
"You would want to know, asshole." Two-Bit stated and Soda glared at him.
"I've just had enough of you, Keith." Soda growled.
"No one's making you stay except yourself." Two-Bit said and crossed his arms.
Soda pushed Two-Bit and the redhead stared at him in stunned silence. He growled and pushed Soda back, Dallas whimpered.
"You guys stop it." Dallas begged but Soda spit on Two-Bit.
Dallas stared at Soda with his eyes wide as Two-Bit tackled Soda to the cement, the pair rolled around on the ground. All Dallas saw was them punching, kicking and even biting each other.
"Guys, stop it! Right now!" Dallas yelled in a panicked voice.
Soda got out of Two-Bit's grip and stood up quickly, he was panting heavily and had blood dripping from his mouth.
"You're fucking insane, Keith!" Soda yelled and looked up at Dallas.
Dallas thought it was stupid that he started crying because the fighting scared him so much. Why was he so uncomfortable with fights all of a sudden? He couldn't stop the tears from rolling down his cheeks so he looked down at the cement and sobbed to himself. Soda felt horrible about being apart of why Dallas was crying, he also felt shocked to see the blond cry. He never saw tears even form in those icy eyes before but now they were just pouring out.
"Dallas.." Soda said softly and Two-Bit kicked at him from the ground.
"Get out of here you fucker!" Two-BIt growled.
Soda quickly kissed Dallas on the cheek and ran to his truck, not wanting to get hurt anymore than he already was. He fumbled with his keys as he put his key in the ignition and backed out of his space as quickly as he could. Dallas watched as Soda left and pet his cheek where he had left the kiss. He quickly put his eyes on the injured redhead and knelt beside him.
"Are you okay?" Dallas asked concerned.
Two-Bit spit out some blood, "I'll be alright. That little shit knows more about fighting than I thought he did." Two-Bit said as he stood up.
Two-Bit helped Dallas stand up and he wiped the blood that was on his jaw. Dallas frowned and softly pet Two-Bit's cheek.
"I hope you'll be okay, he really put a number on you." Dallas cooed.
"Dallas, I'll be alright. I'm tough and I'll probably just have a few bruises. This blood is from me biting my tongue too hard." Two-Bit assured and Dallas nodded.
"I hope you're right." Dallas said concerned.
"I'm going to go get this blood out of my mouth." Two-Bit said as he walked into the apartment.
Dallas stood outside for a moment, he stared at the small puddle of blood that Two-Bit had spit out. He took in a shaky breath and released it slowly, he stepped inside and closed the door. He locked it and looked around in the living room, there wasn't a lot in there. There was a small coffee table and a cheap TV, they had cable because Two-Bit couldn't handle life without TV. Dallas chuckled to himself and walked to the bathroom, he watched as Two-Bit swished water in his mouth and spit it out. The bathroom was painted green for whatever reason, the lid on the toilet was spray painted black. Dallas wondered if some psycho lived here before but brushed the thought from his mind. He watched as Two-Bit spit out water one more time before he looked over at Dallas.
"My tongue's going to be so sore tomorrow." Two-Bit murmured and sighed.
"It's better than losing teeth or breaking bones." Dallas said softly.
"I guess so, I'm lucky he didn't get many punches to my face." Two-Bit said and smiled.
"You have some blood on your front teeth still." Dallas said.
"I'm going to brush my teeth." Two-Bit said as he grabbed his toothbrush from the holder.
Dallas noticed teeth marks on his arm and some scratches, he sighed heavily and grabbed some cotton balls and a bottle of peroxide. Two-Bit looked at him like he was crazy.
"Why are you grabbin' that for?" Two-Bit asked and motioned toward the bottle.
"Two-Bit, I need to clean those cuts and that bite, you don't want them to get infected." Dallas said.
"...Will it hurt?" Two-Bit asked.
"It'll sting, that's it." Dallas said.
"Nope. I'm not doing it." Two-Bit stated stubbornly.
"Two-Bit, don't do this to me."
"No, I hate that stuff."
"I'm going to clean those cuts and that bite whether you like it or not. Now brush your teeth and come to the bedroom so I can clean them." Dallas said determined.
Two-Bit sighed and turned on the sink, Dallas walked into the bedroom to wait for Two-Bit.
The redhead finished up in the bathroom, taking up all the time he could so he didn't have to face Dallas. He sighed and slowly made his way to the bedroom, the blond was waiting for him on the bed. Two-Bit plopped down beside Dallas and pouted.
"Ready?" Dallas asked as he pulled out a cotton ball and grabbed the bottle.
"Yeah, whatever." Two-Bit said quickly.
Dallas poured some of the peroxide onto the cotton ball and pressed it against the bite on the redhead's arm. Two-Bit hissed as Dallas rubbed the cotton ball over the bite and pulled it away. The redhead sighed in annoyance.
"I wouldn't have to deal with this if Soda wasn't such an ass." Two-Bit growled and Dallas threw the used cotton ball into the trash can by the bed.
Dallas got a new cotton ball and poured more peroxide on the ball, he pressed the ball onto one of the cuts on Two-Bit's face. Two-Bit squeezed his eyes shut in pain as Dallas moved to a cut that was on his arm. The blond sighed and placed the ball on the last cut on Two-Bit's forearm and rubbed it lightly. Two-Bit winced and sighed when Dallas pulled away and threw the last cotton ball away.
"What do you want to do now?" Two-Bit asked, he looked at his phone and saw it was still early in the afternoon.
"I don't know, I didn't know we would be done with moving so early.." Dallas muttered.
"Wanna go to the park?" Two-Bit asked.
Dallas nodded excitedly, he hadn't really been anywhere in awhile. Two-Bit stood up and noticed Dallas was still wearing his jacket.
"You think I can have my jacket back now?" Two-Bit asked.
Dallas blushed and handed the redhead his jacket, Two-Bit slid it on. The blond stood and went to the closet to get his leather jacket, he slipped the jacket on and walked to Two-Bit.
"You sure you wanna go to the park after that fight?" Dallas asked.
Two-Bit rolled his eyes, "I'm fine, Dally, I promise."
"Okay, let's go." Dallas said as he followed Two-Bit out of the room and out of the apartment.
The couple arrived at the park and got out of the car, Dallas stood close by Two-Bit. Not a lot of people came to the park in the middle of October but the pair were used to the cold.
"You wanna walk around the park?" Dallas asked.
Two-Bit shrugged, "whatever you wanna do." He said.
Dallas walked to the sidewalk and Two-Bit followed, they began walking down the sidewalk beside each other. The redhead slowly grabbed Dallas's hand and intertwined his fingers with the blond's. Dallas blushed and squeezed Two-Bit's hand, feeling completely content. Dallas looked over the lake that was in the middle of the park, some ducks were swimming through the water. He silently watched the ducks as Two-Bit lead him forward and kept him on track. Two-Bit tapped Dallas on the arm when they reached a small bridge, Dallas turned to Two-Bit.
"This is our first real date with each other.." Two-Bit muttered.
Dallas thought for a moment and it was true, the one at the bar hadn't really counted to either of them but now they were at the park. Dallas smiled up at Two-Bit and softly kissed the redhead, not caring who saw them. The blond pulled away and softly kissed Two-Bit on the cheek. Two-Bit had a soft blush on his face as he softly pet Dallas's cheek, getting lost in the blond's ice blue eyes.
"I love you, Dallas, I love you so much." Two-Bit said and hugged Dallas as close as he could.
Dallas was surprised by Two-Bit's hug but returned the hug, he smiled.
"I love you, too, Keith.." Dallas said in return.
Two-Bit held Dallas for a moment before he pulled away. He grabbed the blond's hand once again and walked forward, they completed their walk hand in hand.
The couple arrived back at Two-Bit's car and stood in silence, Dallas felt his nose and noticed it was numb. He didn't think it was all that cold out but his nose always got cold easily. Two-Bit pulled out his phone to check the time, it was around two-thirty.
"We only wasted an hour and a half.." Two-Bit said in slight disappointment.
"We could walk around again.." Dallas said softly, unable to think of anything else they could do that didn't involve food.
"Are you sure? You look like you've had enough walking." Two-Bit said.
Dallas noticed he was leaning against Two-Bit a little and stood by himself, he blushed softly.
"I don't know what else we could do." Dallas muttered.
"Do you want to eat?" Two-Bit asked.
"...No.." Dallas lied.
"Dallas, we stopped to eat like ten times yesterday just because you were hungry. I know you're hungry now, what do you want?" Two-Bit asked.
"...I want apples.." Dallas admitted.
"You ate over five apples yesterday, are you sure you want more of them?" Two-Bit questioned.
Dallas nodded, "I don't even like apples, Isabella wants me to eat them." He said.
Two-Bit chuckled, "she already controls every aspect of your life. She's going to be a huge brat."
"She'll be our brat to deal with, she already has me wrapped around her finger." Dallas said and rubbed his belly.
"Alright, let's get home so you can have your apples and make Isabella happy." Two-Bit said as he unlocked his car and walked to it.
Dallas followed Two-Bit to the car and opened the passenger door, he slipped into the seat and closed his door. Two-Bit started his car and backed out of his space, he began to drive back to the apartment.
The couple soon arrived back at their apartment and Dallas was the first inside so he could feed his hunger. He's eaten a lot more recently but it was normal in the third trimester, his tiredness has made a horrible return as well. This was one of those days where he could stay awake but on others he can barely keep his eyes open. He was sitting on the couch, munching on an apple when Two-Bit plopped down next to him. Dallas yawned and took another bite from his apple.
"You've been getting tired a lot recently.." Two-Bit softly said.
"Third trimester is basically a repeat of the first one, that's what I read the other day." Dallas said with his mouth full.
"Are you sleepy?" Two-Bit asked.
Dallas shook his head, "not enough to fall asleep, wanna watch some T.V. with me?" He asked while looking over at the redhead.
Two-Bit shrugged, "sure," he said as he leaned forward to grab the remote from the coffee table.
The pair watched T.V. with each other for the rest of the day, half way through a movie Dallas fell asleep with a half eaten apple in his hand. He laid his head on Two-Bit's lap and the redhead looked down at him and smiled. He ran his fingers through Dallas's white, blond hair, noticing how soft it was while it slipped through his fingers. He wondered why Dallas wanted to stay with him even after he treated him like dirt, it confused the redhead but he was glad the blond stayed with him. Two-Bit smiled softly to himself and pet Dallas softly, he looked back to the T.V. to finish the movie they had been watching.
Two-Bit finished the movie he was watching and checked his phone, it was ten forty-seven. The redhead yawned and saw Dallas was somewhat waking up, he softly smiled.
"Wanna move to the bedroom?" Two-Bit asked and ran his fingers through the blond's hair once again.
Dallas slowly nodded as he drowsily sat up and stretched, he stood up and almost fell over. Two-Bit caught Dallas and helped the blond walk to their bedroom. Dallas slipped off his boots and noticed he was still wearing his jacket, he slipped it off and walked toward the closet. The closet was a walk-in closet, Dallas had never really seen a closet like it before. He personally thought it was pretty fancy but he didn't share that thought with anyone. He put his jacket on a hanger and stepped out, he slid the door shut behind himself. Dallas noticed the only light on in the room now was Two-Bit's lamp, he saw the redhead was waiting for him in the bed. The blond slipped his jeans off and didn't bother to look for his pajama pants, he walked to the bed and slipped beneath the blanket. Two-Bit reached over and turned off his lamp. The couple sat in silence, they didn't go to sleep, they just looked at each other.
"You know, Soda really pisses me off." Two-Bit said.
Dallas simply nodded, he knew he was about to get an ear full of Two-Bit's ranting but he didn't mind.
"That punk thinks he can just come and beat me up at my own house? I don't think so!" Two-Bit ranted and growled softly.
Dallas nodded once again and blinked slowly, sleep was calling for him but he tried to stay awake for Two-Bit.
"He thinks he's smarter than me too, at least I graduated high school...sure, I might've made all C's and D's but I still graduated!" Two-Bit said and buried his face into his pillow.
Dallas blinked slowly again and couldn't keep his eyes open anymore, he suddenly fell asleep but woke up almost instantly. Two-Bit stopped in the middle of his rant and saw Dallas was slowly falling asleep on him. He sighed heavily,
"sorry, Dally, I'm just keeping you awake." Two-Bit apologized.
Dallas yawned and rolled over onto his right side, Two-Bit pressed himself against the blond. The redhead softly kissed the blond on the cheek and sighed heavily.
"Goodnight, Dallas, I love you." Two-Bit whispered as he placed his left hand onto the blond's stomach.
"I love you, too, Keith." Dallas whispered and instantly fell asleep.
Two-Bit sat awake for a moment longer, just slowly rubbing the blond's stomach. He stopped when he felt Isabella kick his hand, he sighed lightly. He had felt Isabella kick his hand before but it never failed to make him want to cry. He couldn't believe in just two more months he would be a father, he softly sniffled. He let a couple tears slip from his grey eyes, he wiped them away and kissed Dallas on the cheek once again.
"I really love you, Dallas.." Two-Bit whispered and slowly fell asleep.
. . .
Dallas woke up in the middle of the night and looked around confused. He remembered he was in the apartment and let out a sigh of relief, he silently wondered why he woke up. He felt Isabella moving around a lot and he felt really hungry, he also really needed to pee. Isabella really liked to kick him right in his bladder and the bathroom had become his best friend, he hated it. He sighed heavily and continued to feel hungry, hungry for something specific.
"Mcdonald's..really, Isabella?" Dallas whispered and all Isabella did was twitch.
The blond groaned and turned over, he shook Two-Bit. The redhead groaned and drowsily looked over at the blond.
"What is it?" He asked.
"Umm..I'm hungry.." Dallas said softly.
"For what?" Two-Bit questioned, he sounded annoyed.
"Well...Isabella wants Mcdonalds.." Dallas explained.
Two-Bit looked at Dallas like he was insane and checked his phone, it was three in the morning.
"It's three in the morning and Mcdonald's is all the way across town, you cannot be serious right now." Two-Bit sighed as he sat up.
"I'm sorry.." Dallas apologized and stared down at the sheets.
"You are so lucky I love you, what does she want?" Two-Bit asked as he slipped on his shoes.
"She wants fries, oh, and chicken nuggets. Oh my God, I really want vanilla ice cream." Dallas said excitedly and Two-Bit stared at him with a straight face.
"That's a lot.." Two-Bit said.
"Please?" Dallas begged.
Two-Bit groaned as he grabbed his keys, "I'll be right back."
"Thank you, Keith." Dallas said with a smile.
Two-Bit left to get Dallas his Mcdonald's, he was so tired but he needed to make Dallas and Isabella happy. He wished he brought his cigarettes so he could have a smoke, he sighed and dealt with it.
Two-Bit arrived back at the apartment and stepped inside, he locked the door behind himself. He walked to the bedroom and handed Dallas the paper bag, Dallas instantly went to devour the food.
"Gee, Dallas, chill out. You'll choke if you don't slow down." Two-Bit said humorously.
Dallas blushed and slowed down on his eating, he knew he looked like a fat pig. Two-Bit sighed and sat beside Dallas, he looked really tired.
"I need a cigarette.." Two-Bit said softly.
"You can't smoke around me." Dallas reminded and Two-Bit growled lowly.
"What can I do around you?" Two-Bit snapped venomously.
Dallas shivered and shut up, he didn't want to push it any further. Two-Bit noticed Dallas completely freeze up, he stood up.
"I'm going outside to smoke, I'm sorry, I'm just tired." Two-Bit said as he grabbed his cigarettes and walked out of the room.
Dallas continued to eat on his food, he felt almost full and knew he wouldn't be able to finish. He sighed heavily and just continued to eat. Two-Bit stood outside and shivered from the cold, he put a cigarette in between his lips and lit it up. He took a deep drag from the cancer stick and breathed it out. He hadn't had a cigarette in months, he's held back because of Dallas. The blond didn't even seem to have cravings for one anymore, he used to chew on straws all the time. Two-Bit's been craving a beer as well but Dallas wouldn't let him, he couldn't do anything anymore. He sneered and finished off his cigarette. He stomped out the ashes and walked back inside, he made sure to lock the door. He walked into the bedroom and saw Dallas was laying on the bed, looking completely exhausted.
"Did you eat all of that?" Two-Bit asked in surprise.
Dallas shook his head, "no, I couldn't do it. I put the rest by the bed for me to eat later." The blond explained and yawned.
Two-Bit sat his cigarettes and lighter on his nightstand and plugged his phone in to charge for the night. He would have to get up for work in just four hours, he yawned and went to turn out the light. He flicked the switch and walked back to the bed, he kicked off his shoes and crawled under the blanket. Dallas softly kissed Two-Bit and yawned.
"Goodnight again, Keith." Dallas said with a smile and yawned.
Two-Bit softly smiled, "I love you too, Dal."
Two-Bit cuddled up behind Dallas once again and placed his hand on the blond's belly, Two-Bit fell asleep and Dallas soon followed behind.