We haven't seen much of Gilbert in this fic, but he's been referenced. So...here are the two love panthers!
Chapter 29: Still Having One True Love
9:45 PM, Vincent's apartment
Vincent and Gilbert were sitting in their bed together as they were talking about their day and things of that nature and both of them were just laughing with each other as they're joking around and stuff like that and Gilbert explains his day at the doughnut shop being much busier and more insane than ever as he said, "...and everyone thought they were just ordering a dozen jelly-flavored donuts to a high school fundraiser, but what I found out is that they wanted 5 dozen jelly doughnuts. I was like completely dumbfounded by that."
Vincent laughs at that and said, "5 dozen?"
"Yeah! As much as I was stunned to give out the 5 dozen, I knew that whatever it took to get it done, it's for a good cause. And you know I'm a sucker for doing things for a good cause, no matter how much of a pain it'll be." Gilbert explains.
"How much were those 5 dozen?" asked Vincent.
"Like close to 5,000. But it was all on us for the school to support equality rights for the students. There's so many people that just want to slam people for being who they are because they love who they love. Honestly, if someone's that offended by it, keep it to yourself. That would be so much easier." Gilbert added.
Vincent agreed with that and said, "Unfortunately, society thrives on ignorance, fear and division because of certain things. It's the world we live in, but we have to be willing to change that for the better. If there was a law for discrimination of any kind, half of the population of Zootopia would be in jail. As much as I would love to see that happen, it's impossible to do so because for them, prejudism isn't a crime."
"Not much of an arrest record." Gilbert added.
"Nope." Vincent replied, sitting up.
Gilbert nods at this and he turned to Vincent and said, "I saw Clawhauser today at the doughnut shop. He ordered 2 boxes of doughnuts; one for himself and another from one of the rookies at ZPD."
"If by two, you mean one for himself and another for Mikey?" asked Vincent.
That strikes Gilbert's curiosity further as he couldn't believe that his boyfriend figured out who the other box is for and asked, "How'd you know that?"
"Trust me...when Clawhauser says 'one isn't for me, one is for a friend of mine', it means that the second one is for Mikey. I think Clawhauser is in love with Mikey, but neither one of them would admit it to each other. When I think of these two, I see me and you when we first started out. Like, you were the nervous wreck and I was the cool one." Vincent added.
Gilbert chuckles in disbelief and turns to the side and said, "You know, if memory serves me well...it was me that was the cool one and you were the nervous wreck when you first asked me out. Like, you were shaking your legs so hard that I thought we went through an aftershock without an earthquake."
"Are we seriously going there?" asked Vincent, a little annoyed.
Gilbert chuckles playfully and jokingly punches Vincent's arm and said, "You know you love my sense of humor, even back then when you said that everything I say was funny, even when it didn't make sense."
"You still tickled my funny bone...along with tickling my pants." Vincent added.
Both of them laughed with each other as they kept joking about their first encounters with each other until they recalled their first date where they knew that they were the ones for each other and Gilbert said, "You know, if Mikey and Clawhauser feel the same way about each other as we do, I think it's awesome. I don't see the point in trying to hide it. It's super obvious."
"I even knew the signs before they were making out with each other." Vincent added.
That raised Gilbert's eyebrow for a second and asked, "When did you see them make out?"
"I didn't. I just had a gut feeling. You don't have to see what's going on to know where their' secret relationship' will lead them to." Vincent answered.
"Ohhhh...so you knew, but didn't see them kiss. Got it." Gilbert added, nodding his head in understanding.
"Yep. In many ways...it sorta made me appreciate all the moments we've had together and still are having together. The day I revealed my true feelings for you, we were in your house and it was raining outside, I was gonna be at the Zootopia Police Academy and I wasn't sure how long would I be there, but I just needed to do this before it's too late. And the minute I told you how I felt, it was still one of the best experiences of my life." Vincent responded.
Gilbert chuckles in response as he remembers that moment well and he said, "Yeah, I was completely happy when you told me you loved me and want to spend eternity with me. It was a huge thunderstorm, lights were out and the lightning struck. All we had were candles and my mattress and we just kissed for a good 2 hours until the power was repaired."
"Oh yeah...that was amazing." Vincent said, chuckling.
"I hope Mikey and Clawhauser will feel the same way too." Gilbert added.
Vincent nodded his head at this and soon, an idea came to his head and he said, "You wanna re-create our first intimate moment?"
"I thought you'd never ask." Gilbert said, heading straight under the covers.
Vincent giggled for a second and joined in as well, then shut off the lamp as the two started making out from under the covers throughout the remainder of the evening.
We can only assume what they're doing under the covers...back to Mikey!
