The next month went by in a blur. Wriothesley got to stay in school and finish his senior year. Wriothesley and Neuvillette spent nearly every night together. Clorinde really liked having both boys in the house. It livened up the place quite a bit and encouraged Navia to stay over more often. Their friendship strengthened quite a bit after all of the hard events had passed.

The couple was sitting on Neuvillette's couch finishing a movie before they went to Wriothesley's house. They were cuddled up on the couch enjoying each other's company when Wriothesley paused the movie.

"What's wrong? Do you not want to finish it?" Neuvillette asked, raising a brow.

"No, we are going to finish it. I just wanted to ask you something that's been bothering me." Wriothesley said. "Well not bothering me… more like won't leave my mind."

"What's wrong?" Neuvillette asked, concerned all of a sudden.

"No, nothing bad!" Wriothesley smiled at his partner in his lap. "Why don't we go out to dinner before we go to my house? Have a date night?"

"Do you feel up for it?" Neuvillette asked, knowing being in public was still challenging for his boyfriend after the press conference.

"Yeah.. let's just go to a hot pot place or a ramen place where we are left alone mostly. I want to treat my boyfriend to a date." Wriothesley kissed Neuvillette's cheek softly.

"Ramen sounds nice… I don't treat myself to that often." Neuvillette smiled. Wriothesley unpaused the movie so they could finish it. He couldn't wait to have a cute little date night with his handsome boyfriend.

Before long the movie ended, on a cliffhanger of all things. They would have to watch the second one tomorrow night. Neuvillette packed his overnight bag and the two headed off to the ramen restaurant. They were seated at a private table in the corner, much to Wriothesley's liking.

"Thank you for always driving… I feel bad." Wriothesley sighed. He wasn't able to get his license for another year due to a parole restriction. They put so many stupid little notes in his restrictions. He swore it was to try and get him back in jail.

"It's alright. I truly don't mind driving. I find it relaxing. When you get your license we can practice driving together." Neuvillette smiled.

"I'm going to need lots of help. I've never been behind the wheel before." Wriothesley laughed. The waitress came over with cups of water and tea. She took the boy's order and disappeared into the kitchen.

"I do have some good news." Neuvillette smiled. "I finally heard back from college."

"That's amazing! Did you get into the business college you wanted?" Wriothesley was so proud of his boyfriend.

"Better." Neuvillette's cheeks turned pink. "The law school program."

Wriothesley was taken aback. Neuvillette's plan was always business school. Why did it suddenly change? "That's absolutely incredible, Neuvi! But may I ask when you changed career goals?"

"A month ago when we began dating." Neuvillette admitted. "When you told your story to me and I heard the injustice the system served you I decided I wanted to become a judge. The first step is 5 years in law school. I want to prevent terrible situations like yours from happening to others and serving justice to the correct people."

"Neuvillette i'm speechless." Wriothesley smiled warmly at his partner across the table. "You are simply an incredible person. You will make the best judge in the entire country."

"I hope one day to be. With you along my side as the best detective in the country." Neuvillette held his partner's hand across the table. "When are you able to go into the police training academy?"

"If I stay the way I have been, next fall. My parole officer told me he would write me a recommendation. Honestly he's a great man. He's been rooting for me this whole time as well and wants me to become a detective too." Wriothesley smiled. "I'm just going to attempt to find a job after high school in the meantime."

"I think that would be a great idea." Neuvillette reassured. Their food arrived shortly after, much to the hungry Wriothesley's delight. The two ate their dinner in a content silence, just listening to the other customers and the workers.

Before long, they had finished their meals and went back to Wriothesley's house. It was beginning to get late so the two marched straight upstairs.

"I am going to change really fast.." Neuvillette pulled his pajamas out of his bag.

"Hold on." Wriothesley blushed a bit. "If you're comfortable you can change here. I'm not banishing you to change in another room if you don't want to. Also… if you'd like to start leaving some stuff here… I um… cleaned out the top two drawers in the dresser for you to use."

Neuvillette blinked before smiling. His boyfriend was still a little awkward when it came to simple things but it was so sweet of him to clean out a drawer for him, let alone two. "Is that your way of saying you like to see me in my underwear?"

"What!? I mean um… maybe? I just want you to feel comfortable here is all we basically spend every night together already. I don't have night terrors when you sleep next to me… and I'm to a point where I'm comfortable changing in front of you." Wriothesley took off his shirt. "See?"

It was Neuvillette's turn to turn pink when he realized Wriothesley's piercings had returned. He had black barbell piercings through both of his nipples and Neuvillette's brain short wired. Neuvillette's mind decided the best course of action was to remove his shirt as well.

Wriothesley raised a brow and decided to wing it. His next move was to take off his pants. Neuvillette's face turned a brighter pink at the sight of his boyfriend's dark red boxer shorts. His boyfriend was so fit from working out every day. Neuvillette thoughtlessly pulled down his shorts as well but quickly pulled his pajama pants back on.

"S-sorry i… may have blanked out a bit…" Neuvillette blushed.

"No need to say sorry." Wriothesley laughed. "I didn't take you as a boxer brief man."

"I find them comfortable." Neuvillette pulled on a shirt. "I see you put your bars back in. they suit you very well."

"Yeah i have all of them back in actually." Wriothesley stuck his tongue out to show a silver ball on his tongue. "It's just hard to notice, I suppose."

"I'm going to be right back." Neuvillette excused himself and disappeared into the bathroom. He had to get a hold of himself. He wasn't quite ready to have sex with his partner yet but soon. And the raging hard on forming from the little things like that piercing reveal was too much to bear.

He returned to the room when his member had finally settled down and smiled at his boyfriend laying in bed. Neuvillette crawled into bed next to him and kissed his cheek. Wriothesley wrapped an arm around him and pulled him close.

"You ok? Did I make you uncomfortable?" he asked worriedly.

"No you're alright." Neuvillette reassured. "I needed to…" He bit his lip. "Let my hardness settle down before bed." He mumbled quietly.

"Oh…oh!" Wriothesley grinned wolfishly. "I didn't know I had that effect on you and your friend."

"Oh you have no idea." Neuvillette chuckled, slightly embarrassed. "To be fair, you did just strip down to your boxers. Did you not feel the same for me?"

"Of course I did too! I got the whole outline after all." Wriothesley smirked. "It's impressive, I must say."

Neuvillette's brain errored again. He knew his boyfriend had a lot more experience than him but he didn't realize how smooth he was.

"So um Wriothesley…" Neuvillette started. "I'm not sure if you know but prom is in two weeks. Would you like to go together?"

"Well of course I do. What should I wear?" The other man asked.

"Whatever you'd like to wear. But…" Neuvillette sat up a bit. "Would you… that night… like to go a little further?"

"You mean sleeping together?" Wriothesley asked.

"Y-yes." Neuvillette looked away shyly. "If you are ready to."

"Baby." Wriothesley lifted Neuvillette's chin so he was looking the other in the eye. "I want YOU to be ready. If you're not that night then it's no big deal. It will not happen before you are ready and if it turns out we start and you want me to stop, then we stop. I love you wholeheartedly. I want it to be at your pace. I just like to tease you a little bit like I did. I will never act on it until you're ready."

"Wriothesley… you're truly the man of my dreams." Neuvillette smiled lovingly. "We'll see how it goes that night then shall we?"

"Sounds amazing." Wriothesley kissed his partner's forehead gently before they drifted off to sleep within each other's arms.