Summary: With school finally over for the day, Dash is happy to get back to their apartment.
Characters: Dash x Danny x Kwan

Afterward 07

Dash sighed tiredly as he followed Kwan and Danny into their apartment. "I didn't realize school could feel so long. How are our students so interested in our love lives?"

Danny shrugged. "I guess one student could have joked about it at some point. About you and Kwan, since they apparently were already assuming you two were a thing. And then things just kind of went from there." He tugged off his coat then hung it up in the closet. "I mean, there were always rumors about people dating flying around when we were students. We just never really thought about our teachers that way."

"Well, this isn't exactly how I would have liked it to come up, but I am kind of glad it gave me the chance to discuss some stuff not approved in the school's health curriculum. Three people being in love with each other, how scandalous!" He mocked gasped and pretended to look horrified by the concept. So he didn't really know anything about polyamorous relationships until just after Christmas, but he thought that just proved the point that they should be teaching more than just heterosexual sex ed, which was already fairly limited in what the school board said he could teach.

"At least it had some relevance to your class." Kwan frowned as he headed for the kitchen. "I can't even pretend talking about our relationship in class had anything to do with computer science. Not that I had any serious lesson planned for today anyway." He pulled out a pan and set it on the stove.

"It makes me glad we decided not to do some big thing for Valentine's though," Danny said, opening the refrigerator to get out some of the ingredients they needed for their dinner. "After all those questions, I'm too exhausted to think about being overly romantic."

"You are not alone," Kwan said as they started working on dinner.

Dash felt a little heat under the collar. It wasn't anything "overly romantic," but now he was feeling a little embarrassed. "One sec." He disappeared into his room and got the two boxes wrapped in white that he hid in his desk drawer over the weekend.

He took a deep breath as he stood before his door. Why was he so nervous all of a sudden? He celebrated Valentine's day before. With women, his brain reminded him. That seemed like a silly excuse. His experience so far, beyond having two boyfriends instead of one, didn't feel that much different. They went on dates. They had deep conversations as well as silly conversations. They had moments when they just sat quietly enjoying each other company. They shared a bed. They kissed and more. Things were, obviously, a bit different in the bedroom than what he was used to, but he was gradually growing more comfortable with it. That was probably an over simplification of the matter, but sometimes, it was just easier to think in simple terms. After steeling himself, he left his room and headed back over to the kitchen where Kwan and Danny were still prepping for dinner.

"It's not much, but," Dash ducked his head, his cheeks reddening, "happy Valentine's day." He held out the white boxes to both of them.

"Always the romantic," Kwan said, his voice light and teasing as he took the box.

"How did you even find chocolate shaped like snowflakes?" Danny asked after opening his box and pulling out one of the chocolates.

"Well," Dash rubbed awkwardly at the back of his neck, "it was kind of Izzy's suggestion. I called her while I was trying to pick something out over the weekend, and she told me I could just make some chocolate in whatever shape I wanted."

Danny's eyes widened as he held the chocolate between his lips. "You made them?"

"When did you even have time?" Kwan stared at his box of chocolates with a new light of awe in his eyes.

"It wasn't that hard after Izzy sent me some stuff she found about how to do it. You two went on that run Sunday, so while you were out, I worked on them." Dash couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed by their reactions. "I'd be lying if I said I didn't think about the whole leaving them as gifts for you during the day, but I knew that would just have to be a little daydream of mine."

"We appreciate the thought." Kwan pulled Dash a step closer so he could kiss his boyfriend on the cheek.

"Maybe after dinner we can show you our appreciation," Danny suggested with a wry smirk that made heat rise to Dash's cheeks.

"Ugh, if you're going to get mushy, I'm out of here."

Dash jumped at the voice. Kwan jerked back a step. Danny shot an annoyed glance off to the side.

"I told you to come after we finished making dinner," Danny said, almost sighing.

"I got bored." Next to Danny, the outline of a woman's figure appeared, slowly growing more defined. "Hi," the ghost greeted, leaning an arm on Danny's shoulder as she waved with her other hand.

"Ember!" Kwan gasped.

"I always like meeting fans." Ember grinned at Danny, who looked like he was resisting a groan or a smack to his forehead.

"It was supposed to be a surprise," Danny explained. "I knew you both liked her in high school." He glanced sideways at Ember. "So I thought it would be nice to have her show up and sing a little while we enjoyed dinner." His cheeks were growing slightly pink. "Though now it sounds a little silly out loud."

"Such a little romantic!" Ember pinched Danny's cheek.

"I can't believe Ember is standing in my kitchen right now," Dash whispered, and his eyes must have been the size of saucers. At least, that was how they felt to him.

"My brain might have short circuited," Kwan mumbled.

"This is why you were supposed to wait." Danny elbowed Ember in the side.

"You didn't say they were such big fans." Ember shrugged.

"Okay, okay!" Danny waved his hands. "Let's get dinner cooked first. Then you two can geek out about Ember." He glanced back to the singer. "You aren't missing out on anything yourself by being here, are you?"

Ember snorted. "You really think Skulker is the type to be romantic? Besides, he's still angry I spooked you on Halloween and he failed." She grinned smugly.

"You were here on Halloween?" Dash's brow creased as they got back to preparing dinner.

"Who's Skulker?" Kwan questioned, lighting one of the stove's burners.

"Yes," Ember answered, leaning on the counter while she watched them, "for a brief moment early in the morning. Normally, we all leave Danny alone on Halloween if he's going to be around humans all day, but I knew Skulker would try anyway so I wanted to beat him to it. Skulker's my husband. Sounds strange with the way we act sometimes, but we do love each other."

"I - Wow!" Kwan shook his head. "I never even thought - Wait. Ghosts can be married?"

"Of course!" Ember huffed like the question offended her. She considered something for a minute. "I don't think any ghosts that have gotten married have ever broken up." She shrugged like that fact wasn't all that important.

Dash gave Danny a light nudge to the ribs with his elbow. "I think you're going to get a show of appreciation tonight too," he whispered, a smirk slipping onto his face as Danny bowed his head, cheeks burning red.


Kimera20: XD I guess they don't have to worry about keeping things quiet now.

YumiStar: It's easy hiding their relationship when they don't know they're in one! XD

Casper97: Aw, thanks! 8D

Lexosaurus: XD These dorky boys keep being horribly cute!

AstroGravity Phan: Thanks! =D

RedHeadsRock1010: Yay! =D

xXRainbowCleoXx: Yes! 8D I definitely wanted to wrap things up there. Haha, she definitely was. ;)