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Theo can't stop tapping his foot. It's exactly eight o'clock and Blaise isn't here yet. They set their date for eight and Blaise isn't here now. Maybe Blaise will never show up. Merlin, that would just tear Theo up inside. He's been waiting for a date with Blaise for ages. Now that he finally got the courage to actually ask him out, Blaise is going to stand him up?

Okay, maybe he's overreacting. There's a whole sixty seconds in one minute, which means it's going to be eight o'clock for a whole sixty seconds and Blaise has time to show up.

Checking the cock again, Theo can see that it's now eight-o-one. Yup, he's being stood up. Blaise probably only said yes so that he can laugh at Theo's gullibleness. Why would someone like Blaise ever like Theo?

Theo peeks out of the window, looking at the snow falling down hard. Maybe Blaise is dead. Maybe Blaise collapsed under a pile of snow and froze to death. Theo would feel really bad if that was the case.

But it's probably not, right? Right?

Eight-o-two, and still no sign of Blaise.

He's probably not dead. Blaise is smart than that. He would just die.

Nope. Blaise definitely just hates Theo and is never showing up. Theo's going to be alone forever.

Theo lays down on his couch as the clock turns to eight-o-three. He's going to become a crazy cat man and never marry because he only loves Blaise and Blaise doesn't love him.

Eight-o-four. Theo should probably just give up and go to bed, right? Blaise will never come. Still Theo peeks out the window. Maybe…

Nope. No one. He's going to die alone and Blaise hates him.

Eight-o-five.

The doorbell rings and Theo's at his feet right away, wrenching open the door. Blaise is standing there in all his glory, clutching a scarf.

"I brought you a scarf because I know you don't have one and it's freezing," Blaise says in lieu of a greeting. Theo takes it from him and smiles.

Maybe he won't die alone after all.