Caleb/Tyler - Surprise

"I've got a surprise for you."

"What is it? ...and why? It's nothing special today."

"Just because... you'll have to wait to find out."

"Well, that's not fair."

A grin is all Tyler got in reply.

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After Pogue and Reid left Caleb's house that night, Tyler flopped down on the couch and watched patiently as Caleb put away his X-Box. After he put the system back in its place, Caleb grabbed the TV remote, flopped down next to Tyler, and started flipping through the channels.

Tyler's patience ran out after five minutes of watching Caleb watch TV.

"Well?" He asked and turned his body to face Caleb. "You said you had a surprise for me. What is it?"

"I'm in love with you," Caleb replied simply and only spared a quick glance at Tyler before going back to watching American Gladiator.

"Wha..?" Tyler asked, taken aback by how nonchalant Caleb was being about this.

"You aleady knew I loved you... this was the next logical step."

"Oh, uh, right."

"Yeah, so, now not only do I love you... I'm in love with you," Caleb grinned and took Tyler's hand into his own.

"Yay," Tyler murmured weakly and laced his fingers with Caleb's. They sat there like that for a bit, just watching the TV, but Tyler just couldn't accepted Caleb's apparent lack of caring for this event.

"You know... When you said 'I love you' for the first time, you bought me chocolate imported from Switzerland... and when we spent the night together the first time, I woke up to a huge breakfast... and for our one month, you gave me your favorite necklace..."

"And you always said that I shouldn't have," Caleb explained and sat up to look at Tyler, "Besides, Reid told me you wouldn't like something big anyway. Pogue agreed."

"Since when is listening to those two doofuses ever been a good idea? I like getting stuff, Caleb! And I like it even more when it comes with things like, gee, I don't know, finding out that you're not in love alone!"

"...oh," Caleb said sheepishly. He offered Tyler an embarrassed smile and placed a light kiss on Tyler's cheek. "Redo?"

Tyler sighed and gave Caleb a proper kiss on the lips. "No... but I want chocolate from Belgium this time."

"Gotcha," Caleb grinned, "So... you're in love with me, too, huh?"

"I have been for a while," Tyler admitted, "I just... didn't know if you thought it was a big deal."

"Well, it sort of is. We're almost married now."

Tyler really wanted to control his laughter, he honestly did, but he just exploded with laughter in Caleb's face and fell onto his lap.

"Well you just knocked ten karats off your ring."