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Chapter Three: The Plan

It had been a few days since Dave had been back into the apartment and needless to say it was a bit strange for him. He had already injured himself when trying to get into the fridge since he was attacked by a large amount of shitty swords. Needless to say he had to go get some stitches and the swords were moved else where. He had also taken up to sleeping with Bro for the time being since he was afraid that this was still a dream. Dave wakes up sometime later in the day since he ended up staying home from school that day. He slowly moves out of the others hold since they had some how ended up cuddling as some point in the night. The younger male makes his way to the bathroom slowly and closes the door. Bro lets out a groan at the heat loss and slowly wakes up. "Dave?"

"Yeah?" He calls out from the bathroom.

"You should get a shower kid."

"Was planning on it." He replied before turning on the shower. He slips out of his shirt and steps into the warm water. Bro lets out a small sigh. After ten minutes he exits the bathroom and heads to his room in order to through on a pair of sleep pants. Once he was somewhat dressed he walked back out to the living room and sits down next to bro sipping on a juice box. "Can I stay home from school tomorrow?" He asks trying to break the silence.

"Sure,"

"Awesome. Don't have any clean clothes anyways."

"Before you ask they were gonna do the wash tomorrow."

"I'll buy ya some. Just wear one of my shirts."

"Okay... Long sleeves or short sleeved?"

"Doesn't matter."

"Okay." He sets the empty juice box down and pulls his knees up to his chest. "Are you sure you are okay with me being here?" He inquires.

"Kid, you're my bro, course I do."

"Yeah, I get that I guess. Love you, Bro." He says after a moment and leans against the others side.

"Love ya too."

"Why are you always warm?"

"Texas heat."

"No I don't think that is it."

"I'm just hot." Bro stated matter of factually. He laughs softly at that comment. Bro nuzzled his head. The older male was enjoying the smell of the others shampoo and another scent that was just Dave. "Can we get more aj later?" The younger Strider asks relaxing against the other.

"Yep."

"Awesome." He says excitedly.

"Little squirt."

"What I can't help that I am short."

"Yeah, I know."

"Plus i will get taller in no time."

"Yep." Bro says as he goes quiet thinking. "We should go clothes shopping." Dave said after awhile.

"When?"

"Now?"

"Put some shoes on."

He nods and gets off the couch going to get his shoes on. Bro slipped on his boots and hat, grabbing the truck keys. Dave grabs a hoodie and slips it on before following after the other. Bro walks out of the apartment. "Certain place you wanna go?"

"Walmart is fine." Dave says. "Alright." Bro walked over to his truck and hoped in. Dave gets into the passenger side. He looks out the window as the truck starts to move. Bro drives down several roads, pulling up to WalMart. Dave gets out of the truck after it stops. He is amazed that the Walmart looked some what busy at this time. Bro gets out and walks next to him. He walks into the store and gets into a cart to claim it as theirs. Bro chuckles and pushes the cart. "What there is a lot of people and I might end up getting lost." He defended.

"True." He went to the Kids clothing section. Dave gets out of the cart and looks between the two sections. He walks over to the girls section and grabs a few Hello Kitty shirts and puts them in the cart. He ignores the few looks he gets from other kids his age before tossing in a bunch of random red shirts from the boys section. He places a few pairs of pants in while Bro grabs a few other items from both sections. Dave starts to walk away not really paying attention to what Bro was adding to the cart. The older Strider had thrown in a couple packs of boxers of some super hero and also a pack of panties wondering if he could get Dave to wear them. Bro continues to push the cart, looking around once he noticed that Dave was done. He follows after the other with his hands shoved in the hoodie pocket. He stops to look at a display for a new Pokemon game that had came out. "Do ya want it?" Bro asked catching the way that he was looking at the display.

"Huh? Nah I don't have the system to play it on. I just liked the art."

Bro smiles softly. "I can get ya a system."

"You don't have to. I mean yeah it would be cool to play the game but you don't have to get it."

"Dave, I have thousands of dollars to spend on you."

"Okay as long as it's red." He replies. Bro nods before saying, "Go get one."

He nods before heading over to a employee in order to get the guy to open the game case in order to grab a red DS. He takes the system back to Bro and grabs one of the pokemon games. "This is okay right?" He asks again. "Yep." Bro ruffles Dave's hair. "Anything else ya want?"

"Maybe some drawing things if that is okay." He replies fixing his hair. Bro nods. "Go ahead."

He nods his head before going towards the art aisle and grabbing four sketch books and some pencils. He places the items in the cart. Bro smiled slightly at him. "Anything else?"

"Aj, we need aj." He answered. Bro nods and goes down the cold produce isle. "Grab a few bottles and by a few as many as you can get."

He grabs four of the larger bottles and four things of juice boxes. "Alright kiddo, ready to check out."

Yeah I am. Unless there is something else we need because I can't think of anything else."

"Nope, I don't need anything." Bro pushes the cart to the cashier. Dave stands next to the other and just watches the other people checking out. He noticed a few people from his school standing in line with his parents and other siblings. John Egbert was one of them, standing with his father. Dave notices the other kid that he shared most of his classes with but never talked to the other since he found him a little strange. John was looking down, messing with his hands. Dave looks at the other before walking over and saying, "Yo."

John jumped slightly, looking at Dave. "...Hi."

"You' re John, right?" He asks.

"Yeah...are you Dave?"

"Yeah. One Dave Strider at your service."

"How's the foster home?"

"...I am not in a foster home anymore. I am living with my bro again."

John nods. Bro and Dadbert were talking, old friends in high school. Along with 7 other guardians. Mom, Alpha Mom, Grandpa Harley, Grandma English, Poppop, Nanna, and Alpha Bro. "But if you must know the foster home was hell on earth." Dave replied. He went quite not knowing what else to talk about. He looks down and starts playing with the bottom of his shirt nervous a bit. Dad convinces Bro to come over for dinner. John hears this and smiles. "Hey, do you like video games?"

"I guess I mean I find them interesting and I got my first system." He answers looking at John. John nods. "Since your bro is coming over for dinner, we can play my xbox."

Cool...though are you okay with letting me hang out with you?"

"Mmhmm!" John smiles wide. "Okay." He mumbles softly. Bro sighs. "C'mon Dave!"

Dave looks towards Bro before walking towards the other. John gave a small goodbye before going with his Dad. Bro paid for everything after it was rung up. Dave picks up the bags as they were loaded up. Bro grabs a few as well. He notices John finishing up and stops to say something to the other. "Hey see you later." He says to John before heading after bro. "Bye Dave!" John says back. He nods his head hearing the other and leaves the store. Dave loads up the truck before getting in. "Thank you." He says once the other was in the truck.

"Anythin' for you lil'man."

He nods his head before digging through one of the bags in order to grab some apple juice. "Still thanks."

Bro drives home. "We need to dress in somethin' nice."

"Huh why do we need to dress in something nice?" He asks.

"Going to Dadbert's for dinner."

"Oh... yeah John wants me to play xbox with him."

"Alright." Bro pulls up to their place.

"are you okay?" He asks after a moment.

"Yeah."

Dave shrugs at the response before opening the door and grabbing some bags as he got out. Bro does the same and opens the door. The older Strider wasn't actually okay but he didn't want to upset Dave. He was actually jealous that the younger male was making friends already and He didn't want to share Dave with anyone since he had just gotten said kid back. The two head upstairs to their apartment and put things away before getting ready for the dinner that they were invited to. Bro was excited because he got to pick out something for Dave to wear and the other didn't complain about it. They had left for the dinner pretty early since it was a bit of a drive to get to the Egbert home. The dinner turned out to be a bit more fun than the other thought. He had gotten along with John just fine and had even beaten the other a few times a some of the others games. Dave also found out that John was pretty cool even though he loved Nic cage movies, magic and a few other things. They had just returned to the apartment and the other was looking forward to spending sometime with Bro again.

Bro stripped his hat, boots and shirt off. He laid down on the futon. Dave bites his lower lip before walking towards his room. He figured that they could hang out tomorrow since it was a weekend and bro looked tired. "Where you goin' kid?" The older male asks looking at the younger one. He stops and looks back at the other. "My room since I don't want to bug you." He replied. Bro shrugs. "Ya aint gonna bother me."

"You sure? I mean you look pretty tired." He said even though he was making his way back to the futon.

"Just a bit tired."

Dave nods his head before laying next to the other and yawning. Bro wraps an arm around Dave. He lays there a bit before his eyes start to slip shut. Before falling fully asleep he mutters out, "night...daddy." the last part was little softer then the first part. Bro froze for a minute at that. He smiled before kissing the top of Dave's head. "Night baby boy." He says softly. With just that one comment Bro knew he was going to work on being the one person that Dave depended on always. At that thought Bro fell asleep with thoughts on how to get Dave to depend on him fully.