Lucas

Ugh, today is the worst day in the existence of man, school is back up. I loved winter break, but man, it's too short. Welp, I guess there's no way to turn back time. As much as I'd love to act like I was sick, Claus would see through that act faster than I could finish the act. After dragging myself out of my bed I change into my normal striped shirt. I make sure my hair is as-according to Ness-Ice-creamy as it can be. I walked out of the house, with Claus, and walked to the bus stop. Claus was still very much asleep. We got to the stop sign and I saw him lean against the sign and fell asleep. I gently nudged him, but nothing. "Claus?" I ask. After hearing some small groans he forced his eyes open.

"What Lucas?" he asked.

"You seriously sleeping?"

"Yea, I had like no sleep last night." I sighed and looked away. I crossed my arms.

"It's 'cause of that damn show."

"DON'T YOU DARE SAY SUCH HORRIBLE THINGS 'BOUT SOUTH PARK!" This sudden outburst spooked me. He then crossed his arms and at this time the bus was spotted down the road. We both gave a small sigh of sadness that our breaks are over. The bus soon stopped in front of the stop sign and we hopped on. I looked around and saw Ness toward the back. I walked over and sat next to him. He didn't pay much attention to me, and to be quite frank, I think he's asleep. I sighed and felt a small vibration. I looked around and saw a light coming from Ness' pocket, his phone. I grabbed it and turned the phone on. He's foolish enough to not have a password. I went through his phone, but sadly I found nothing too fun. The notification was just from Youtube.

"Luke, the hell you doing?" Ness asked. I looked at him and smirked.

"Tried to see if you had anything that I could use as blackmail." He gave a small chuckle and snatched his phone back.

"Find anything?"

"Nah."

"Good thing you didn't look through my search history," he laughed.

"I was too scared to." We just chatted as we begrudgingly headed off to school.

We've been in school for quite a while now. Still feels like forever, but time is a bitch. We were in our second to last classes now. The loudspeaker came on, and the voice of the principal, my goddamn grandpa, Alec. I hate him, he constantly embarrasses me, I feel like he does it on purpose because of a secret I told him, or rather, he figured out. Either way, I dread hearing his voice over the intercom. "Welcome back students, we are proud that all of you are back after a wonderful break. I just wanted to say, we'll be holding a winter dance next week to celebrate coming back," his voice said. I rolled my eyes and looked away from the speaker in the corner of the room's roof.

"Like anyone is celebrating being back," I said to myself.

"And Lucas is single and ready to mingle."

"Aw goddammit," I said blushing from the sheer embarrassment. I looked around the room and saw some eyes on me, but mainly I saw Ness'. He was trying not to laugh, so I gave him the middle finger. He just winked at me. Soon enough the class ended and we entered the last one. After that class, the first day back was over. I met up with Ness and Ninten, we met just outside the entrance.

"Your grandpa is the best person ever," Ninten laughed. I looked at him with evil in my eyes. He calmly placed his hand on my shoulder. "Don't worry, you'll find someone for the dance soon." I shook his hand away and started to walk home.

"Not like I'd go anyway." Ness must've heard me because he ran up to me and held a confused look.

"You not going?" he asked.

"Nah, I have no real reason to." He nodded and turned back. I looked back and saw Ninten giving him a thumbs-up. When he noticed me he ran away. "Ninten's a weirdo."

"Well, look who's saying that." I looked at Ness and tilted his head.

"I have no idea what you mean."

"You talk to a fucking snake and wear shorts in the middle of winter."

"You do the same, you even talk to my snake."

"Oh, I'd love to talk to your snake," he winked. I rolled my eyes and pushed him.

"You dirty bastard." We walked for a little while longer before we both stopped. "Where the hell are we going?"

"I dunno, I'm just following you." We then saw a bus to our left and in the end, the window was opened. Claus and Ninten's heads were poked out of the bust and they held their tongues out. I sighed and he placed Ness patted my back. We ended up walking to Ness' house, due to it being closer to the school than mine. We entered and simply watched TV. "Luke? Can you help me with something?"

"Sure, what is it?"

"I'm going to the winter dance, and I was wondering if you could help me choose a suit." I nodded and he smirked. He stood up and ran to the wardrobe. He opened it and picked out two different suits. One was red and the other was blue. They both had that respective color, along with yellow, on a striped bowtie. Other than that bowtie, the rest of the tuxedo was a normal looking tuxedo-besides the odd color. I tilted my head and he took one and ran into the bathroom. After a while, he came out with the blue tux on. I tried to suffocate the blush that inevitably grew in my cheeks. I stood up and walked to him. I noticed that something was missing. I walked into the bathroom and saw the missing object. I picked it up and walked back to him. I gently placed the hat on, I then looked down and met him face-to-face.

"There, you look perfect."

"If I didn't know better I'd think you'd have a crush on me."

"What, n-no, I dunno what you mean." Ness turned his head to the wall and winked. I looked at the wall and felt utterly confused. "The hell?" I shook the confusion out of my head and backed up. "You should probably change out of it." He looked at me with a smile. He walked to the other suit and held it against my body.

"Try it on."

"Ness, I told you, I'm not going."

"I'm not telling you to go, I'm just saying to try it on." I took the suit and looked down at it. I looked back up.

"I hate you." He chuckled and playfully patted my cheek.

"I love ya too, pal." I walked into the bathroom and put the suit on. Once I did get them on I looked in the mirror. I'm looking damper. I walked to the door and hovered my hand over the doorknob. I hesitated, but I don't know why. I felt the heat in my cheeks build faster than a kid with legos during Christmas. I gently slapped my cheeks and gave myself a calming breath. I finally was able to open the door and walk out. Ness was watching the TV; he was watching Spongebob. I cleared my throat and he looked at me. He smirked and I could see some red in his cheeks. He stood up and walked to me. "You look very bangable….for a boy that is," he nervously let out.

"Thanks?" He chuckled nervously. We stared into each other's eyes, the silence between us being very quiet. The only noise in the world to us was the tv. The constant laughs from Spongebob and Patrick are joyful enough to fill the empty space between us. But those laughs could only hide the awkwardness for so long. I cleared my throat. "So, should I-"

"Want me to teach you how to dance?"

"Wha? Dance? Why would I need to know that?"

"For the dance, you'll need to learn how to dance, for the dance."

"Woah, Woah, Woah, hold the goddamn phone. I told you I said I wasn't going to the dance." He gave me a cute chuckle and grabbed my hand.

"Come on, at least lemme teach you to dance." I looked away, then back into his eyes. His eyes spoke of sincerity and love. I looked at our hands hugging each other. I smirked and looked back into his eyes.

"Fine." He smiled with his mouth opened and pulled me right in front of his bed. We kept our right hands into each other. He grabbed my left hand and placed it a little above his hip. He then laid his left arm over my shoulder. We started to calmly and gently rock side to side. This felt natural, felt right, it's what I want more of. We danced like this for a while, I was very much the worst. I stepped on his foot many times, but he just laughed it off. He placed his head on my chest. We stopped dancing, and our hands stopped connecting. He wrapped his arms around my body.

"Thank you for coming to the dance with me."

"You fuc-, for the last time I, I-I never, fine, you're welcome." I could feel Ness laughing. I picked his head from my chest and looked up at me.

"I've told you many times before Luke, I get what I want."

"You're a bastard." He winked at me and man, was it cute. He stood up from me and turned around.

"See that kids, when in doubt cry it out." I shook my head and sighed.

"You need mental help." He giggled. A week passed, and the dance was upon us. My dad chose to be a chaperone. Not only will my busted ass grandpa be at the dance, but my borderline mental father will be too. At least my sex-obsessed brother isn't coming. I walked to the gymnasium, where the dance was being held. It had a formal look to it, it was a Saturday so I had already had my tux on. I looked around and saw Claus at the far end of the room.

"God fuck me."

"Not sure he likes dick Luke," Ness spooked me. I jumped and looked at him. He then saw Claus for himself. "Didn't know he was gonna be here."

"Yea, I hate that he is." Near him, my dad and grandad started to walk over to me. "Oh no." Ness looked at me then at the approaching figures.

"Lucas?" my dad asked. I looked up and tilted my head.

"What is it?"

"Didn't know Ness was your boyfriend."

"Dad, just shut up." My grandfather laughed, and Ness copied. The blush in my cheeks was growing more than ever. I then felt Ness' hand on my shoulder.

"Mind if we enjoy the dance together? Alone?" he asked the grownups.

"Fine, but Lucas, look in your pocket and you'll see what you'll need," my dad winked. They walked away and I reached into my pocket. I pulled out a condom and just dropped it.

"I hate them." He gently massaged my shoulder. I looked up at him and saw his genuine smile. "Let's just go eat or something." He led me to where Claus was, which just so happened to be where the food table was. Claus walked over with Ninten following close behind him. He quietly grabbed some food for him.

"So Lucas? You got a date?" Claus asked. I was going to ask, but then Ness cramped something into my mouth.

"Yea, we just came to eat before the major crowded comes here." He removed his hand from my mouth and I started to cough.

"You asshole, I could've died."

"Yea, and I would've given you CPR so don't worry." I rubbed my neck a little. "Wait, did you swallow that whole thing?"

"Yea, other than the initial surprise, it was really easy. I'm known for my swallowing." Ness chuckled and Claus took a large sip of what seemed to be tea.

"Looks like you'll be well-trained for later," Ninten laughed. I don't know what he means, so I just shrugged and looked back at the food table. The dance continued for a while longer. More and more people came. The main dancing happened and I stayed at the side just having a casual talk with Ninten. I don't usually have time to have a genuine talk with him. Despite the fact, he's a Grade-A asshole, he has a heart. We've had various serious talks before, this is one of the larger ones.

"You do like Ness, don't you?"

"Yea, he's been making it very hard for me to keep it secret lately."

"Maybe it's 'cause he knows, you'll have to tell him eventually. What better time than now."

"But, what if-"

"Not what if, just go. There are no what-ifs in life, it's what is, and what isn't. What if, shows a lack of hope and no hope means no dream, and no dream means no purpose. And you have a purpose, and it's that you have hope." I looked away for a second thinking what he said over. Before I could come to a decision, Ness and Claus came walking our way.

"Ninten, wanna ditch this joint?" Claus asked.

"Hell ya." The two made their way toward the exit, but then Ninten winked at me. I looked at Ness, and he looked at me.

"N-Ness?"

"Yea?"

"Um, wanna test my dancing skills?" He smirked and grabbed my hand. He walked me to the dance floor and we got in the same position as we were during practice. We danced for a while, but then I placed my head on his chest. He seemed surprised but wrapped his hands on the back of my neck.

"Maybe we could use that swallowing ability of yours." Ness gently said in my ears.

"You're a dirty bastard." I heard his heartbeat and it sounds calming and relaxed. I looked up at him, my chin on his chest. He looked down at me. I smirked and reached for his red cheeks. "But you're my dirty bastard."