Two Player Game

~Chapter Twenty-Five~

"Aw, why?"

"Because you pushed me off the couch."

"Not my fault, Jared startled me."

"Uhuh." He kisses his forehead.

"Such a rude child, and all this after I told you I'd love you forever earlier."

"Well you have to."

"Not when you're rotten." he sticks his tongue out a little. Jeremy smiles and kisses him.

"You still love me."

"... Okay, you got me, I do." Jeremy pulls him closer and kisses him all over.

"Jeremyyyyyy, quit it, you're gonna get me going again." Jeremy chuckles.

"I love you too."

"You're horrible," he laughs, "And there's no way you love me more than I love you."

"Pfft. Yeah right."

"I'm serious. I've done it longer, I've accumulated more love."

"Fiiiiiiiiine"

"Nice."

"Shut up, nerd."

"That's no way to win an argument, You Homo."

"Yes it is."

"Shut up, Gay."

"You can't use my own argument against me!"

"No, see, I called you Gay, not a nerd."

"Same-difference."

"You think all Gays are nerds?? Wow, Jer." he giggles

"I mean every nerd I've met turned out to be a little gay. I mean look at Jared."

"All right, okay, fair enough." Jeremy kiss his nose. He loves him so much.

"Now go to sleep, I've got to drive your ass back up to Jersey tomorrow."

"Alright alright." Michael kisses Jeremy's forehead and snuggles into him to doze off again. Jeremy still doesn't sleep. He just... can't.

The next morning, Jeremy gets up before Michael does. Walkin' around the living room. When Michael finally wakes up, Jeremy is laying face down on the ground on the other side of the table. He sits up.

"Jer?"

"Hm?"

"How long you been over there?"

"........45 minutes?"

"Damn, dude, you should've woke me."

"Nah. You need your beauty sleep."

"What's that supposed to mean, Heere?" he snickers.

"Nothing. Nothing."

"You're so rude to me." Jeremy gets up and moves over to Michael.

"C'mon. We gotta head back to Jersey."

"Think we should leave a note? Something that says "Thanks for letting Jeremy blow me on your couch" or something? "

"Not too specific."

"Thanks for letting us do non-specific lewd activities on your couch?"

"Uhhhh that's better."

"That's what he's getting then." He gets up in search of something to write a note on. Jeremy lays a pen on the table that he found. Michael returns with a single slip of paper and scribbles down the note.

"That should do it." Jeremy yawns.

"Coolio. All right, let's bounce." Jared finds the note later and just has this look of disgust. Evan comes lumbering down stairs after him.

"What's that?"

"A note Jeremy and Michael left. Don't sit on the couch, I gotta clean it." He makes a soft, amused noise.

"Okay."

"On my couch. Couldn't even wait to go home."

"When to nods strikes..."

"Ah hush it. They could keep it in their pants. They've done it since like the 6th grade."

"All right, fair enough."

Jeremy and Michael already are awhile in. Jeremy has fallen asleep in the car. Michael's softly humming along to the radio. He's wide awake.

".... Guess I could propose when we graduate college? Is that too much? Fuck- I've past the too much line, I've already got this fool a ring, what am I talking about? How would I do it..." Jeremy mumbles in his sleep. Michael smirks.

"God, it's gonna be so good to just... Wake up next to that every day." They get to New Jersey really quick. Jeremy being woken up when they arrive.

"Huh? What."

"Welcome home, Heere, I've driven you all the way back to your own house, how's it feel to have your own personal Uber?"

"Great."

"Nice." he pauses. "So uh... Are you gonna tell your dad about..?"

"I don't know."

"Well.... you want me to be there when you do?"

".....yeah."

".....tell me when you do then." Jeremy nods and kisses him a last time before getting out and walking inside. He sees an envelop on the table.

"Dad, you've got mail!"

"That's for you."

"Huh?" He opens it up and gets the happiest look on his face. Michael is just beginning to back out of the driveway he sees Jeremy dash into his porch, waving the letter in his hand, beaming brightly. He stops and grins right back. Jeremy yells,

"I got in!!!" Michael shuts his car off, gets out and dashes up the steps to lift and spin Jeremy around by his waist.

"Yes!! Hell yes, we're going to college together!!"

"This has got to be the best day of my life."

"This is amazing!!" Jeremy kisses Michael, long and deep. He's so happy. Michael cups his cheek with a hand and smiles against his lips.

"I'm so happy I get to go to college with you."

"God, I love you so much, Jer."

"I love you so much." He steals another quick kiss. Later that night, Jeremy is skyping with Michael who adds in Jared.

"Hey, thanks for doing "non-specific lewd activities" on my couch. That was so much fun to clean."