A/N: Hey guys. I know it's been a while since I've updated and everything and I'm really sorry about that I'd like to say I've been busy and such but honestly its summer and I've just been spending time with my girlfriend and procrastinating. This chapter is shorter than the others but it's mostly just a filler till the real action happens. Anyway enjoy.

Not an hour later Dave awoke to his phone vibrating against his thigh. Unlocking it he saw he had a text from Bro. Dinner is done whenever. Hope John doesn't mind pizza. Dave smirked at the message. Bro's experiments in cooking were so common anymore that he knew what to expect anymore. He looked over to the sleeping boy beside him. John looked so peaceful, just lying there without his dorky little glasses and his hair even more of an uncontrollable mess than before. He hated to wake his sleeping friend but at the same time he hadn't eaten that day and knew that if John found out he'd kill him for not waking him up. He decided to wake John up, shoving him hard in the opposite direction as the edge of the bed. He woke with a start, looking around for a second unsure of his surroundings.

It wasn't until he looked at Dave that he registered where he was apparently, seeing as he finally spoke. "Oh, hi Dave. Is it time for dinner already?" he said, his voice heavy with sleep. Dave smiled a bit at the boy, "Yeah. You've been asleep for about an hour or so. You get to go meet Bro now. You better feel important beyond belief. None of my friends have had the impeccable fortune to be deemed worth enough to meet him. "

With that said, Dave got up off the bed and headed over to his table, grabbing the boy's glasses and handing them back to him. John muttered a quiet thanks before he put them on. Dave waited over by his door as John got up and stretched out, trying to shake the last bits of sleep from his body.

Dave lead John downstairs when the dark haired boy finally got up. He led him into a fair sized living room where Bro had set out three separate pizza boxes on a large table. The blonde nodded a greeting to his brother. "This is John; Egbert this is my bro." Bro smiled at their guest. "Hi John, Dave's told me all about you." What did he just say? Dave couldn't believe Bro just said that to his friend's face. He'd have to have a serious talk with him later. "He told me about your dad's convention so feel free to spend as much time here as you want while you're in town." John gave him an awkward smile. "Uh…thanks."

Dave decided to get things moving by grabbing a paper towel and two slices of the pepperoni pizza Bro had gotten obviously for him. As he went to sit down he nudged his dark haired friend towards the pizza. When John finally went to go get himself some food Bro came back and sat down next to Dave, sitting down on the arm of their couch. Dave gave his brother a look as he leaned down toward him. What was he doing? Bro moved down so his mouth was inches from Dave's ear before finally whispering " He's cute. I see why you like him. I approve." Dave turned a bright shade of red that was thankfully hidden by his shades. He had nothing to say to Bro and instead swatted him away.

He looked up in time to see John returning with one of each type of pizza. He sat down and began to devour the pizza as quickly as he could. "Hungry?" the older Strider asked jokingly. John merely blushed and slowed his frantic eating. Dave made a mental note of how cute it was when John blushed and made it his new goal to make that happen as much as possible during the trip. "Sorry. We were driving for a long time and we didn't actually stop for meals. Just snacks. " He explained quietly. The blonde looked over at his friend in shock, worry taking over his expression. "That isn't right! You are supposed to eat meals at the very least two times a day! Why didn't you tell me?"

The small black haired boy smiled nervously. "This is why. I didn't want to worry you or anything and I knew you would freak out about it. There was always food in the car so it wasn't a big deal. Dad was just really eager." He tried in an attempt to soothe the angry boy. Dave just huffed and went back to his food.

The rest of dinner passed in silence. About halfway through Bro had gone up to his room to do god knows what. His words kept echoing in Dave's head. Was it really that obvious he liked his dorky little friend? Did John know? Nah, couldn't be. He's smart but he's pretty oblivious. He got up and took the paper towel from John and walked off to throw them away. When he returned he sat down with him and draped his legs over the boy, yet he still couldn't take his mind off of Bro's comment.

A quiet voice interrupted his thoughts. "Dave…" he was interrupted by a yawn that escaped his mouth, a very cute yawn at that. "I should be getting back soon. Dad might be worried." Dave nodded. "And you sound pretty tired. I'll run up and grab the keys, stay here." He jumped up and ran off to his room. When he returned, John was nearly asleep on the couch. Walking over to him, Dave set his hand gently on his shoulder. "Come on dude, time to go get some actual sleep." After realizing that John wasn't going to be able to walk well he helped him to his feet. They slowly walked out to the truck and he watched John stumble into the passenger side.

Dave was barely two blocks away from his house before he noticed that his friend had passed out. He smiled at the cute way that John's mouth formed a slight pout when he slept. After taking the long way to his hotel they finally arrived. It was already dark so Dave parked before waking up. "Come on dude. We're at your hotel." John stirred slightly but showed very few signs of not waking up. He reached over and brushed the bangs out of the sleeping boys face, admiring how sweet he looked when he slept, before he moved down to John's shoulders and shook them slightly. John whined and slapped at Dave blindly. "Please? Just get up so I can go home and work on some rhymes and shit." "That cute accent is no fair" he whined, nearly too quiet for Dave to hear. Dave's face was red in seconds.

John got up and out of the car pretty quickly, still under the impression that his friend had not heard the comment. He smiled at Dave "I'll talk to you in the morning and maybe we can do something okay?" Dave nodded and backed out of his space. "See you then Egderp. I'll be awaiting your call all night. Don't keep me waiting too long or I might just die of heartbreak." Without waiting for a response he pulled out of the parking lot and started his journey home.