I Hate Myself For Loving You

Chapter 8

"You're not going to put the bananas in the pancakes, are you?" Johnny inquisitively asked, pretending to gag.

"What do you have against bananas? They're healthy! Lemme guess you'd rather have chocolate chips in the pancakes?" He said with a scoff.

"Exactly!" Johnny said with a nod as he began rummaging in the cupboards until he found the bag of chocolate chips. "Aha, here we go." He ripped open the bag of chocolate chips and dumped almost the entire bag into the pancake mix as Daniel swatted him hard.

"You nearly dumped the whole bag of chocolate chips in! Come on, Johnny. You're going to have high cholesterol by the time you're thirty." Daniel groaned in slight annoyance.

"And what does that have to do with you, hmm?" Johnny said before returning his attention to the pancake batter, thoroughly mixing it and giving the bowl to Daniel.

Daniel took the murky mixture, sneaking a few banana slices into the goop, and began placing them on the griddle, hearing the satisfying sizzle the pancakes made as soon as they hit the grease. They began to bubble up, indicating it was time to flip them, and Daniel used the spatula and flipped them over. He soon grabbed two plates, along with maple syrup and a bowl of cherries. The pancakes were soon done and Daniel piled the steamy golden goodness onto a plate as Johnny grabbed one, burning the tips of his fingers.

"Ah, damn it!" He cried out in pain as the pancake fell on the kitchen counter.

"Johnny, I just got them off the griddle! Why can't you ever be patient?"

"I'm hungry." Johnny said with a pout as he blew on his burnt finger, sticking it out in front of Daniel while saying, "Please kiss it better."

A smile tugged at Daniel's lips as he pulled his finger up to his lips and placed a gentle kiss to it before stating, "You're too much."

They both began piling up the pancakes onto their plates and Daniel watched as Johnny plopped a piece of pancake into his mouth. The pancake practically melted in Johnny's mouth as the taste of chocolate chips and the hint of banana swirled around in his mouth.

"Did you add bananas?" Johnny said, narrowing his eyes at Daniel.

"And so what if I did? You seem to be enjoying the pancakes just fine." 

"The only reason the pancakes are enjoyable is because my chocolate chips pretty much cancel out the rancid bananas."

"You sure complain a lot," Daniel said as he began to eat his pile of pancakes, enjoying the combination of chocolate and bananas that sat on the tip of his tongue.

"We should skip class today," Johnny said nonchalantly.

Daniel nearly choked on his pancakes and widened his eyes while profusely shaking his head and said, "Absolutely not! Are you out of your rabid ass mind?"

"Don't be a drag, LaRusso. Besides, when have you ever done something badass like that, hmmm?"

"Never and I'd like to keep it that way, thank you very much," Daniel huffed out dramatically.

"Suit yourself, but I'm going to." Johnny said with a shrug as he washed his pancakes done with a glass of milk.

Daniel chewed on his lip as he contemplated his options and cleared his throat while nervously asking, "If I uh decide to skip with you, how can we guarantee we won't be caught?"

Johnny gave a chortle while exclaiming, "There's no guarantee. That's what makes it so fun."

"So, you're telling me I could potentially get caught for skipping class and deal with major consequences and that's suppose to be fun?"

"If you're going to be such a wet mop over it, then you might as well not skip, church boy."

"Don't call me church boy," Daniel said, glaring at Johnny from across the table.

"Don't call me this, don't call me that. You can be a real drag, y'know that? Just skip classes with me this one time. Give me a chance to make that date up to you."

"Why can't you take me on a date when we don't have to be in school," Daniel said with a scowl evident on his face.

"So, what do you say? Will you skip school with me or do I have to get on my knees and beg like a dog?"

"You wouldn't do that," Daniel said with a boyish giggle.

Johnny got off the chair and got on his knees and began pleading, "Oh, please, please won't you skip school with me."

Daniel's shoulders began to shake from giggling so hard as he opened his mouth to speak in between laughter, "Yes, yes I'll skip with you."

"Hell yeah! I promise I'll make it a good day." Johnny said in excitement as his blue Tenerife Sea colored eyes lit up in happiness.