The school of Smash High was quickly on its way to its 35th annual school festival. Every class in Smash High will have to come up with an idea and follow-through with that idea at the festival. Byleth's class was no different. The only difference is that they were the only ones who hadn't made a decision on what they were going to do for the festival.
Lucas was chosen to be the student rep for their class. He stood at the teacher's desk, which was at the front of the class in front of a whiteboard, and he glared at the lined up desks full of students. His class was utter chaos. For one coincidental reason or another, most of his friends were in the same class. He always thought it seemed too coincidental and thought maybe he was in a simple story written by someone who didn't want to try too hard to create other classes. Lucas slammed his fist into the desk. "COME ON GUYS! WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION!" Lucas yelled.
"LUCAS! No yelling," Byleth said from the back of the class.
"S-sorry, sir."
"But he is right. We have until tomorrow to make a decision or all of us are getting detention."
"Even you sir?" Inkling asked. Byleth nodded.
"You don't want to know what Palutena is capable of." Byleth started shuddering as he went through all the memories of Paultena "punishing" her staff in totally illegal but indefinitely pleasurable ways.
"If I may, sir?" Lucas asked.
"Oh...r-right, take over." Lucas gave a bow before turning around. He grabbed an expo marker and walked to the edge of the board and started writing down all five ideas the class came up with yesterday. He turned around as he recapped the marker.
"Alright, so as you should know we already came up with these five: A Romeo and Juliet play, creating a movie, becoming a band, a poetry competition, and a stand-up comedy booth. I checked in with Mrs. Palutena and found out that A Romeo and Juliet play, a band, and a poetry competition have all already been done by other classes. Which leaves these two," Lucas said as he circled the last two available. "Now, we can either choose one of these or if any of you have an idea please tell me now." Paula raised her hand eagerly. Lucas sighed. "We are not doing a weird ass-kissing booth." Paula groaned loudly as she put her hand back down. "Sorry for my french, sir." Byleth simply held his palm toward Lucas as a "no worries". Ness then raised his hand and Lucas pointed toward him.
"How about a maid cafe?" Ness suggested. Lucas turned around and started writing the idea down. Ninten, who sat behind Ness, leaned forward.
"You just want to see him in a maid uniform, dontcha?" Ninten asked.
"Like you're one to talk." Ninten looked at the opposite side of the class and saw Claus. Ninten sat back and crossed his arms.
"Touche." Lucas turned around and found some more hands up.
Oh Jesus, here we go again. We're 100% getting suspended.
Lucas pointed at Kumatora. "A cosplay contest?"
"Hmm," Lucas approved. He turned around and started writing it down. He turned back around after finishing and somehow found more hands up. He made eye contact with Byleth, who just grew more scared.
I really don't want to take it up the ass again.
"Uhh, if any of your ideas are remotely sexual, put your hands down." Everyone but Ana put their hands down. Lucas sighed. "Ana, if it involves Paula put your hand down." Ana shot her hand down and scoffed.
"No fair," she said. That was when the smart kid in their class, Red, raised his hand for the first time that day.
"Yes?"
"Why don't we do a cross-dressing ball?" Red asked.
"A….cross-dressing ball?" Red stood up.
"May I?" Red asked Byleth. Byleth motioned for Red to get up to the front of the class. Red walked over and grabbed the marker from Lucas's hand. "If we combine the Maid Cafe and the cosplay contest we can get the best of both worlds." Red looked at Lucas eagerly. Lucas tilted his head.
"And this ball….what does it entail?"
"The guys would wear dresses-or any other type of girl clothing-and the girls would wear tuxedos-or any other men clothing-but if they wanted to cosplay they'd have to cosplay someone of the opposite gender." Lucas grew a small smirk, which caused a unanimous gasp to come across the class. Lucas turned toward them.
"How do you guys feel about this idea?" Ness stood up and cleared his voice. He clapped his hands together, but didn't move them and just kept them touching. He looked directly at Lucas with his glimmering eyes.
"It's a glamorously beautiful idea, Luke," Ness said. Lucas blushed slightly.
"Pfft, simp," Toon Link said from next to Ness. Ness shot a glare at him and growled.
"Now, I am not very knowledgeable about balls…." Lucas started.
"Yes, you are. Ohhhh, you were talking about balls as in the parties. I thought you were talking about the, you know," Claus shot out then instantly fondled the air and waggled his tongue around, making small slapping noises as he did it. Lucas closed his mouth and stared at him with zero emotion. Claus knew this stare. The stare that destroyed worlds. The stare that would turn Medusa to stone. The stare that seemed to have already turned everyone in the room stone beside him and Claus. "I'll uh….I'll just pack my stuff and get ready for a whooping at home." Claus packed his backpack and felt Lucas's stare as he walked to the door. He opened it and turned his head.
"See you there….." Claus gulped.
"R-right." Claus then left and Lucas's stare loosened and he let out a breath.
"Welp, it seems decided then. We're doing a cross-dressing ball. But, before I was so rudely interrupted, does anyone here know about balls?" Kumatora raised her arm and Lucas just gave her a fed-up look.
"N-no, I promise this won't be dirty Lucas," Kumatora called out.
"Ugh, just….hurry it up then." Kumatora stood up.
"Being royalty," Kumatora smugly said as she enthusiastically swooped her hair back trying to look sexy, "I've been to enough balls in my day. So leave me in charge of this ball planning." Lucas crossed his arms.
"Forgive me for not fully holding my trust in you."
"What'd I ever do?"
"Last year you were in charge of organizing a school party and only made it so your 'ships could sail' as you will. And who the hell is Shoyo Hinata and Tobio Kageyama, and why the fuck did they look like they came from a totally different company?"
"The main question is, how the hell did you get them to come over?" Ninten asked. Kumatora winked before bowing her head to Lucas.
"P-please let me do this. I promise to not have a bare ass or dick pinata, no slime-filled disco balls, no gay sex plastered on the walls, and definitely no premarital hand-holding," Kumatora pleaded.
"No forcing boys to kiss boys?"
"Yes." Lucas closed his eyes.
This is a bad idea. This is a bad idea. This is a bad idea. Don't believe her for a damn minute. She's going to do something to make me regret the decision either way…...ugh, screw it.
"Fine, but I'll be making someone work with you that I trust." Lucas looked over at Red, who still stood with him behind the desk. "Red?"
"Of course, I'll keep my eye on her," Red vowed before walking back toward his desk.
"Why does everyone treat me like I'm some horny dog or whatever?" Kumatora asked as he stood up straight.
"Are you not?" Byleth asked. Kumatora sadly sighed before sitting back down.
"Good, we've finally got an idea down. I'm going over to tell Palutena what we plan, Mr. Byleth?" Lucas questioned. Byleth started walking toward his desk and nodded. Lucas left the classroom. Byleth looked over the class and gulped.
"So—" Byleth wasn't able to finish his sentence before the students instantly started acting up. Red was the only responsible one. Truth was, they were all afraid of Lucas, so as long as he wasn't in class, they would act in this way. The students would fight, yell, play games, basically have a total disregard for school in general. Byleth pouted. "Hurry Lucas, please."
It took around forty minutes for the meeting with the school board to end. Lucas got back to the door to his class and heard chaos inside. He growled to himself and busted the door down. He looked around and found that each student was in their seat, sitting upright. Some were sweaty, some hard chalk on their face, some somehow had pizza sauce on their face. Lucas soon saw Byleth standing up from the ground. Byleth gripped his head as Lucas walked over to him. "Mr. Byleth?" Byleth turned around to face Lucas. Lucas saw that Byleth had bruises on his face, sauce, and cheese scattered across his face, and even blood coming out of his nose. Lucas balled up his fists before turning to face the nervous class. "You guys did this?"
"The pizza man did it," Ana blurted out. Lucas continued looking around until he saw Ness, who's eyes were glittering. Lucas gulped as a blush grew.
Damn it, I can't show weakness. I can't tell people he's why I'll stop punishment.
"Ugh, fine, since it's the festival week, I won't get mad at you guys. Just…..just behave next time." Everyone gasped. They watched Lucas walk to his seat next to Claus's empty desk. He sighed to himself.
Why do I keep allowing him to control me like this? I'M THE BOSS….not him.
The next day the class vowed to head to Ultimall together with Byleth deciding to pay for whatever got purchased. Byleth was the first person to make it to the Ultimall. He sat on a bench that stood next to the door to the mall. He face-palmed.
I'm gonna regret this. I told them I'd buy ANYTHING that gets purchased. WHO THE HELL WOULD DO THAT BUT SOMEONE WHO'S UTTER CRAZY!
"Mr. Byleth?" Lucas asked from in front of Byleth. Byleth looked up and grinned.
"Lucas, you're first," Byleth happily said. He stood up. "Although, I shouldn't have expected otherwise." Lucas crossed his arms and tilted his head.
"You sure you want to do this? You'll probably have to spend thousands of dollars." Byleth shrugged.
"Don't worry about me." Lucas gave a sympathetic smile before sitting back down on the bench. Byleth saw a small blush growing in Lucas's cheeks. Byleth chuckled as he sat back down. "Lucas? Is there someone you want to see in a tuxedo?" Lucas shot his head toward Byleth, his face getting covered in blush instantly.
"Wh-wh-what do you m-mean?" Byleth smirked.
"You know what I said." Lucas looked ahead and lowered his eyes.
"M-maybe there is someone I wanna see in a…...dress."
"A crush…..a dress?" Lucas grunted as he shut his eyes. "Ok, you don't have to tell me who sh-he is….but describe him. Maybe I could help." Byleth put his hand on Lucas's back.
"He's an asshole."
"That doesn't filter it down." Lucas chuckled.
"It's Ness."
"What about me?" Ness asked. Lucas shot his head up and saw Ness approaching them. Lucas stood up and rubbed the back of his neck.
"W-we were talking about who'd be the most douchey at the ball."
"WHAT! Why me?" Ness pouted. Lucas crossed his arms and looked away.
"Do you even know yourself?" Ness grinned. He walked to Lucas's side and wrapped his arm around Lucas's neck. Lucas shook Ness off. "Personal space asshole." Byleth saw the blush wildly growing in Lucas's face and the desire in his eyes. Byleth stood up.
"Well, it seems the others will take a while, so why don't you go on in there and pick out your clothes?" Byleth asked as he held a large wad of cash toward Lucas. Lucas smiled toward Byleth, knowing exactly why he was doing this. Lucas took the money before looking back at Ness.
"Perk up, you've got to get the right dress to impress."
"Pfft, as if I'm trying to impress anyone," Ness smirked.
"Just get the hell in there."
"On it." Ness rushed into the mall. This allowed Lucas to smile without Ness seeing it. Byleth slammed his hand into Lucas's back.
"Go get him, tiger," Byleth grinned. Lucas nodded and stood up straight before deciding to enter the mall.
Ness and Lucas were in the store that sold the dresses and tuxedos they were in search of. They walked into the dresses sections. "So, what dress do you think would fit me?" Ness asked.
"I dunno, m-maybe a short dress?" Lucas suggested. Ness looked Lucas up and down and grinned.
"I think it suits you more than it does me." Lucas growled with a faint blush.
"Wh-what're you talking about?" Ness continued looking at the dresses hung up in plastic clear bags.
"Because you're a total bottom."
"Fuck you, I am not."
"Hmm, I doubt that. I mean, the people who act like you are people who are definitely bottoms."
"OH FUCK YOU DAMN IT!" Ness started giggling.
"Awww, you're just so cute." Lucas turned around to hide his massively blushed face. This caused him to see a dress that caught his fancy. He walked over to it and took it off the bar.
"I'm going to try this one on, you better behave yourself."
"And you better look cute in that dress….oh wait, you always look cute, so it won't matter." Lucas's heart skipped a few beats. He looked down at the dress and grinned wildly.
I hope you like this, Nessy.
Lucas left Ness. Ness sighed loudly. "Ness?" Red's voice came from Ness's right. Ness looked over at him and forced a grin.
"Oh, hey Red. I didn't know you were here."
"I was here before Mr. Byleth to keep an eye on Kumatora."
"Oh….." Ness looked around. "Where is she?" Red slumped over.
"She outran me." Ness looked back at Red with a nervous sweat.
"That can't be good."
"Right, so I just decided to buy my clothes while I'm here. Didn't expect you to go for the dress." Ness rubbed his neck.
"I kinda just wanted to see Lucas in one." Red crossed his arms.
"Did you tell him yet?" Ness's eyes lowered as he looked at the dresses. He gripped on the dresses, not caring if he'll cut a hole in the expensive dress.
"I can't…..I've wanted to but…..I can't bring myself to do it." Red tilted his head and saw some tears start to form in his eyes.
Poor guy. He told me he has a crush on Lucas and yet, I can't do anything. Well, he told me not to do anything, but I'm not just going to sit down and watch him fall apart. And I can't tell him Lucas feels the same, it wouldn't feel special, and both of them need to feel special.
Red turned away and cleared his throat. "Well, I should go find Kumatora, good luck Ness." Red started walking away.
Kumatora is smart. She'd guess by now about their crushes on each other. If I could get her to run the ball in…..yes…...perfect! God, you're so smart Red. Thank you, Red.
Ness shook his head and let go of the dress. "Sorry," Ness said to the dress. Ness spent a few minutes looking around the dresses and found one that caught his eye. He grabbed it and walked over to the dressing room. "Lukey, you done yet?"
"Sh-shut up. I-I regret this choice," Lucas yelled from inside the room.
"Aww come on, I'm sure you look cute."
"FUCK YOU!"
"Just hurry up, or you won't see me in a dress," Ness chuckled. This was when Lucas stuck his head out. There was a large blush in his cheeks. Only a little bit of the dress could be seen, it was over his shoulder, puffy, and pink.
"Th-this isn't a small dress."
"Don't use what I said earlier as an excuse. You picked it out so I'm assuming it'll look cute either way." The blush only grew.
"D-don't say shit like that." Ness smirked.
"You sure…." Ness walked forward and poked Lucas's blushed cheek. "You seem to like it."
"Sh-shut up, y-y-you…."
"Me what?" Lucas gulped.
"BACK UP SO I CAN SHOW YOU HOW I LOOK!" Ness laughed as he did what Lucas told him to do. Lucas took in a deep breath before stepping out. Ness's face grew straight and a blush exploded around his entire body. It was definitely not a short dress, with the dress going way past Lucas's knees. It was a pink one-piece dress. The collar was white along with the frills at the bottom. He had a baby blue bow a little under the base of his neck. There were also a lot of bows near the bottom of the dress that seemed to be connected by a white stream attached to the pink dress. Lucas also had dress shoes that were a slightly darker shade of blue compared to the bows. The final thing he had was baby blue and white striped legging.
"Woah….." A small streak of blood started streaming from Ness's nose.
"D-d-don't 'woah' me, h-how does it l-look?" Lucas rubbed his arm. Ness wiped the blood away and smiled.
"I've never seen you so vulnerable before."
"W-WHO SAID I'M VULNERABLE…..I sure as hell didn't."
"You look great Lucas, stop stressing," Ness said as he grabbed Lucas's arm. Lucas felt relieved and so his breathing grew calm.
"W-well, try yours on so we can hurry on out of here." Ness let go of Lucas before entering the room and shutting the door. Lucas waited a few moments in silence until he realized something. "WAIT, I'M STILL IN THE DRESS, GET OUT OF THERE NESS!" Lucas just heard Ness giggle. He was clearly having fun seeing Lucas act so much out of character. Lucas sighed before stepping aside.
Dammit, I forgot I was in this thing. Hopefully, no one comes.
"Lucas, is that you?" a familiar voice said.
Of fucking course.
Lucas looked around in a panic and soon found Claus staring at him with wide eyes.
"C-Claus, the fuck are you doing here?"
"...Byleth said he'd buy us our clothes. I was expecting you to, you know, get girl clothes and not….'I was in the village doing alright, then I became a princess overnight' type of shit."
"If you don't shut up…." Lucas said trying to intimidate Claus, "I swear to god you'll regret it."
"You know, it's way less threatening coming from some blonde with perky blue eyes and a puffy dress."
"I SAID SHUT UP!" Claus crossed his arms and smiled smugly.
"You're trying to impress your Nessy, ain't you." Lucas took a step back.
"How'd you know….I-I mean, what're you talking about."
"It's obvious. But it's fine if you're trying to do that. We all 'bout that BL life in this house." Lucas looked at the ground. "How'd he like it?"
"...He started blushing…..and bleeding."
"Come on dude, it's obvious, he likes you too." Lucas looked up at Claus with hopeful eyes.
"Y-you think so?"
"Lukey, I'm almost done!" Ness cheered out. Lucas turned toward the room with his blush coming back.
"I'll leave you two be then," Claus chuckled. He happily walked away from Lucas. Lucas turned around and nervously walked to the room.
"O-ok."
"Don't sound so nervous, Lukey, I'm the one showing you."
"Shut up!" Lucas heard Ness's giggles as he opened the door and didn't hesitate to walk out. He extended his arms to his sides and twirled around with a stupid grin on his face. The dress he wore was blue with a red strap running around-horizontally-the center of the dress, where his stomach would be. The top half had buttons while the bottom half was way less frilly. Ness's dress also had white stars all over his dress. Finally, he had some deep purple and light purple striped long socks. He didn't have any shoes on though. Ness looked down.
"Wish it came with shoes, my feet already kinda hurt." Ness still didn't hear a response from Lucas so as he lowered his arms he looked up at him. He found out why instantly. Lucas was turned around but Ness could tell how much of a blushing mess he was in.
"Argh, stop it nose," Lucas said to himself. Ness giggled as he walked to Lucas's left while putting a hand on Lucas's right shoulder.
"Come on, if you're blushing then show me."
"F-fuck off." Lucas shot his head away from Ness. Ness then grabbed Lucas's chin and forced Lucas to look at him. Ness saw just how deep a blush he was in and just how much his nose was bleeding.
"Awwww, you like it that much?" Lucas's eyes lowered.
"I-I said f-f-fuck off." Ness took his other hand and started rubbing Lucas's red cheeks and felt the warmth he had.
"It's adorable. Mr. Big And Almighty is right here, in front of me, acting like a cute little bossy bottom. What manga were you ripped from, huh?"
"Q-quiet." Lucas tried to look away, but Ness didn't allow it.
"Oh, I wonder why." Ness moved his head closer to Lucas's ear. "You afraid I'm gonna kiss you. You seem like you'd actually want a kiss." Lucas opened his mouth, but couldn't get any words out. Ness moved his head back and saw the gaze Lucas had in his eyes. Ness just chuckled as he ruffled Lucas's hair. "Well, we should change out of these so we don't ruin them." Ness ran into the room first, but Lucas didn't even realize until Ness was already close to being done. Lucas looked down at his hands and grinned stupidly.
Ness…..why do you have to make me feel like this? Why couldn't you just…...ugh, what's the point. No matter what he does to me…..I'll like it and I'll like him. Fuck you Ness, just…..fuck you.
Lucas watched as all the people dressed as the opposite gender walked into the surprisingly busy and full ball. Lucas, who was still in his regular clothes, ran over to Kumatora, who was in her pink tuxedo. "Jeez, how'd you know to get this place bought out for the night?" Kumatora chuckled happily.
"Well, I am good at planning for parties. More importantly though…." Kumatora turned toward Lucas and looked him up and down. "Mr. Class Rep, where are your clothes?" Lucas crossed his arms.
"I-I'm not gonna wear them."
"Huh, fine I guess. It just means you won't be able to dance…..and hey look, is that Ness?" Lucas turned his head and saw Ness walk out of one of the few smaller rooms along the sides of the large and main room. Ness was in his dress, looking awkwardly around. "It seems as though he's looking for someone. I wonder what girl will snatch him up….oh look, it's Paula." Lucas's eyes widened. Paula, in a light grey and black tuxedo, walked up to Ness with a giddy smile. Lucas growled to himself as he balled up his hand. He charged past Kumatora and continued toward the changing room. "Where're you going class rep?"
"Shut the fuck up."
Ness saw Paula approach him with a smile plastered on her face. Ness looked Paula up and down as she stopped right in front of him. "Huh, didn't expect grey to look good on you," Ness said in surprise.
"RIGHT!?" Paula loudly agreed. She twirled around and giggled happily. "I'm just a bad bitch, I look good in anything."
"I don't expect otherwise." Ness continued looking around the ballroom and still couldn't find Lucas.
"Looking for Lucas?" Ness shot his head back to Paula.
"N-no!"
"Uh-huh, right, so you're saying if I said, 'hey, Lucas is right there' you wouldn't look?" Ness tensed up.
"N-never."
"Oh, ok then. Well, he is there." Ness clenched up more.
"I-I'm not falling for y-your tricks."
"Believe me or don't, it doesn't matter. It just means poor little Lucas there will be sad. And you don't want our precious class rep to be sad, do you?" Paula smugly asked. Ness shakily looked back but didn't see Lucas. Paula started laughing hysterically. "Oh my god, you actually looked….I can't….I can't believe you want to see Lucas that much," she said between laughs. Ness growled before turning back to Paula.
"I-it's not what you think."
"What I think? You mean you don't want to dance with him?" Ness looked down.
"I-" Ness shook his head. "I'm hungry…." Ness walked away from Paula, leaving her in a smiling mess. She knew what she did. She looked over at Kumatora, who was nearly at the complete opposite side of here, through a strangely formed line of emptiness, and gave her a thumbs up.
Lucas exited the dressing room and sighed to himself. No one was looking at him so he took this moment to start walking toward where he saw Ness, at the food table where chocolate chip cookies were at. Before he could get too far from the dressing room, Ninten came up to him. Ninten was wearing some crop top and short shorts combination that Lucas didn't bother-or rather he decided he didn't want to scar his eyes-looking. "Lucas, wow, didn't see you as the dress type," Ninten said. Lucas crossed his arms and looked at him.
"Wh-what do you want? Here to misbehave again?"
"Nah, I'm here to try and get into Claus's pants."
"Not happening," Claus said as he walked past the two. Lucas raised an eyebrow.
The hell you come from?
"IT SO IS. WE'VE ALREADY KISSED SO WHY NOT DO THE BANG-BANG!"
"Uhh, ok then, you do that," Lucas tried to retreat toward Ness, but once more, Ninten jumped in front of him.
"Nono, we're not done here yet, Class Rep." Lucas groaned.
"What do you want? Ninten looked back at Ness. Ness was scarfing down a cookie but then dropped half of the cookie on the ground. Ness looked around before bowing down to grab it. This did allow Lucas to see what Ness was wearing under the dress, making him blush. Ninten looked back at the blushing boy and giggled. "You're going to have to ask him to dance."
"Wh-why me?"
"Oh, so you do want to dance with him?"
"WHAT! N-no, I-I….I just—"
"It's fine dude," Ninten slapped Lucas's back, "Everyone in class knows you two want to bang. Hell, Red even did something special for you and him when you two dance."
"What do you mean?"
"You'll find out when you and him dance, now go on, before he….." Ninten turned around and found Ness, once again, eating off the ground. "N-nevermind, you won't have to worry about anyone." Lucas started walking toward Ness.
Ness saw an oatmeal cookie with frosting on it and clapped to himself. "Hehe, cookies!" Ness happily said. He grabbed one of those cookies and bit into it, immediately melting. "Ahh, I love 'em."
"Ness?"
"WAHHH!" Ness turned around, flailing his hands around. This flailing accidentally made him slap Lucas across the face. Once Ness calmed down, he saw Lucas rub a red mark on his cheek. Despite the slap, Lucas wasn't mad like he'd usually be. "Lucas….sorry about that." Lucas moved his hand down and started rubbing his other hand's wrist. Ness looked Lucas up and down and chuckled as he saw he was in the dress. "You look just as cute as you did back the other day."
"...Ness…." Ness looked up and saw the seriousness in his face and eyes.
"Lucas? Is something wrong."
"I-I have something to ask." Lucas started blushing.
"If it's about that cute dragon costume, I swear I'll return it after I…..clean up my mess."
"...I don't think I want it anymore….B-but that's not what I wanted to ask." Ness tilted his head. "I…..would you….." Lucas lowered his head.
Argh, why can't I ask him? Why is this so difficult?
"Lucas? If something's wrong, you know you can tell me anything. And if it's about getting a dance from someone, again, just tell me." Lucas looked back up and saw the sincere look Ness had. Ness was usually a goofy and happy-go-lucky person. However, on rare occasions, Lucas, and only Lucas, could see a side of Ness that was a big reason as to why he fell for him. Ness would, on occasion, turn very serious. Ness would hold a look that spoke wonders, saying "No matter what happens, I'll be here," this look made Lucas happy.
"...I was w-wondering if y-you wanted to….you know...dance?" Ness's eyes widened.
"You want to dance…..with me?"
"WELL DON'T ACT SO SURPRISED FUCKER….IS IT A YES OR NO?!" Ness smirked before grabbing Lucas's hands.
"I would gladly dance with you, Lukey." Lucas shot his head away from Ness with a click of his gums.
"W-well don't act all high and m-mighty about it. I only asked you b-because there was no one else."
"Right….well, as the honorary top of this 'totally not romantic in one-bit' relationship, I'll lead you to the dance floor." Ness didn't wait for Lucas to respond before walking toward the dance floor with their hands still holding each other. They got to the circled out area where the dance floor was. Only a few couples were dancing there though. Ness didn't hesitate to enter the grounds with Lucas. Ness put a hand on Lucas's side and grinned. Lucas rolled his eyes as he put his free arm up and around Ness's shoulder.
"You're having t-too much fun with this." Ness moved his head closer to Lucas's.
"Aww, so you're not enjoying this at all?" Ness saw a small smirk start to form in Lucas's lips. Lucas opened his mouth but then….
"YO YO YO YO, WHAT IS UP SMASH HIGH, IT'S YA BOY!" Byleth's voice echoed throughout the large room. Ness and Lucas looked around and found Byleth in a DJ outfit and standing behind a DJ table. "IT'S YO BOMB ASS, COOL ASS, LIT ASS TEACHER, MR. BY—" Byleth stopped talking when Kumatora slammed something in the back of his head. Red ran up with concern in his face.
"The fuck is this?" Kumatora asked, motioning toward the unconscious Byleth.
"You told me to get a DJ," Red said.
"A DJ! Not whatever Byleth is." Red looked down and tilted his head.
"He was saying odd things."
"My God…." Kumatora said as she rubbed her eyes with her index finger and thumb. She looked out at the large crowd and grabbed the mic. "My apologies, please resume." She put the mic down and scowled toward Red. She grabbed his collar. "We're having a talk." She then started dragging Red away.
"No….no…..NO…..NOOOOOOOOO!" Red was yelling. The boys looked back at each other with a concerned look each.
"That was….something," Ness said.
"...Indeed." Ness tightened his grip on the things he grabbed and made the first move. They quickly started to slow dance. Ness saw something in Lucas's eyes.
"You need something, Lukey?"
"No….I'm just happy."
"Why? This is just a dance. You said it yourself, you couldn't find anyone else." Lucas grew a somber look before putting his head against Ness's chest, only slightly thrown off by the buttons. Either way, he loved the way Ness's heartbeat sounded. It was quick, showing his nerves, but still somehow calm.
"I lied…." Lucas removed his hand from Ness's shoulder and just allowed it to fall. Lucas grew a smile as the heartbeat sped up. "...I've always wanted to dance with you."
"R-really? So…..y-you like me?"
"Of course I do, asshole."
"Good…." Ness grabbed Lucas's chin and made him look up. Both boys held blushes as they looked at each other. "I like you too." Lucas's nervous smile grew confident.
"...C-could I kiss you."
"No." Lucas's eyes lowered but ness prevented him from looking away. Ness then collided his lips into Lucas's. Lucas was caught off guard but instantly melted into the kiss. Ness moved his head back up and smiled like a fool. "I wanted to kiss you."
"F-fuck you!"
"Fine then, I won't ever kiss you…..ever." Ness looked away playfully.
"...Sorry….Um….Ness?" Ness looked back down. "I….I love you."
"Well, you'd better get used to having me around, 'cause I love you too." Lucas finally broke away from Ness's hand and put his ear back on Ness's heart. It was much calmer than before. Lucas's eyes started closing and his smile grew wider.
"I wouldn't want to get used to anything else…..you asshole." Ness lowered his head and pressed his forehead to the top of Lucas's head.
"No wonder you like me."
"Fuck you."
"I'd rather fuck you."
"...you'd better remember that later then." Ness chuckled.
"Of course I will." Lucas couldn't help but have his smile grow somehow larger and more full of hope. "I'll fuck you so bad you won't be able to stand."
"Ok, you can shut the fuck up now."
"Ok."