To The Movies

To The Movies

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“C’mon.”

“No.”

“Please?”

“No.”

“You promised!”

“When?”

Link scratched the back of his head as he thought. “Um, almost two weeks ago.”

Soren looked over the top of his glasses to glare at his boyfriend. “I do not recall this.”

Link chuckled. “You were studying at the time.”

The dark haired youth narrowed his eyes. “You mean the day I was studying for a test and I needed you to shut up?”

“Er… yeah?” the blonde smiled nervously. “But it will be so much fun! Please? It’ll make you happy! And all of our friends will be there! Please, Soren! I already told the guys that you were coming!”

“Fine!” Soren called, dropping his book and throwing his arms up in exasperation. “Fine! I’ll go with you to the movies…”

The blonde college student did a happy victory dance before kissing his boyfriend on the forehead. “Oh, you don’t know how happy this makes me! I’ll pick you up at six thirty tonight, because Marth wants, like, an hour to pick out where we’re going to sit. Jeeze. The movie’s at seven, okay? I’ll have you home at nine thirty… unless you want to spend the night with me?” Link asked seductively.

Soren ignored it. “Nine thirty works for me. See you at half past six,” he replied, collecting the remainder of his books before leaving for his next class.

Link pumped his fist one more time before realizing he was ten minutes late for his next class. He rushed out of the library, cursing his luck.

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Six thirty on the dot, Soren opened the door and side stepped to avoid being glomped by his lover. “Hello, Link,” he greeted cheerfully enough.

Link pulled bits of carpet out of his mouth. “Hey. I missed.”

Soren nodded. “That you did. Well, we’d better be on our way. I’m sure that Marth wanted us at the theater by six thirty, so we’re already late.”

The blonde shrugged, adjusting his forest green vest over his white long-sleeved shirt. He smoothed out his jeans before replying, “Who knows? Roy always runs us late no matter how early Marth plans for us to be there. The last time we went, we missed the first half of the movie, because of Roy! Marth told us to meet at the theater after all of our classes were over, so I was there and so was Ike, Pit, Marth but no Roy.

“We waited for ever, and then Marth started getting worried, because Roy wasn’t answering his cell, so we left the theater to go look for him. We found his sorry ass sitting at Mr. Chicky’s eating a Mr. Chicky Meal. Marth nearly blew a gasket!”

“As interesting as this story is, I think it’s in our best interest to go, so Marth doesn’t blow a gasket on us,” Soren informed, watching the clock with a nervous eye.

Link smiled, “Oh, right!” He rushed out to open his car door for Soren. The dark haired student thanked him with a half smile. It was then that the blonde noticed what his lover was wearing. “Hey, why’re you wearing black? You always wear black and white! Where’s that green t-shirt I got for you?” he asked as they drove off towards the theater.

Soren’s eyes widened behind his glasses. “That was from you?!”

“Well, yeah! Why?”

“That oversized lime-green t-shirt with a yellow smiley face on it? ‘Smiles Make The World Go Round’? The one marked ‘from your secret admirer’?”

“Yeah, that was from me… Why?”

Soren sighed. “I thought it was a gag gift from Roy so I gave it to Pit. He loved it.”

Link visibly wilted. “Oh, Babe, I just wanted you to have a little color in your wardrobe. You wear white at school and then black when you get home.”

“The only reason I happen to be wearing black tonight is because this is the only turtle-neck sweater I own, and I don’t want Roy to notice all the love-bruises you bestowed upon me during our “study session” yesterday.”

The blonde smirked. “Oh, yeah, I remember that. You make the cutest little noises when I nibble on your ear.”

Soren gave a warning growl as they pulled up at the movie theater. After parking Link’s care, the couple made their way up to the front entrance where the blonde spotted their group of friends. “Hey, guys!”

“Link’s here!” Pit called excitedly, pulling on Ike’s blue and brown windbreaker.

The older male looked up, “’Sup, guys!”

Soren nodded. “Good evening. I hope we haven’t kept you all waiting too long.”

Ike shook his head. “Nah. Pit and I just got here. Marth and Roy have been here, but Marth’s too mad at Roy right now to notice how late we are.”

Link squinted. “Why? What’re they fighting about now?”

“Go home and change, Roy!” Marth commanded, his voice sharp with anger and embarrassment.

“No, you’re a jerk! There’s nothing wrong with my outfit!” Roy yelled, gesturing to the red long-sleeved shirt he wore, and the black t-shirt that he wore over it that read ‘PARTY NAKED’ in bold, white print.

“Take it off, Roy!” Marth growled again. “You’re making a scene.”

“No, we’re going to miss the movie! It’s dark in the theater anyways so get over it!” the red-head growled before making his way over to Link. “Hey, glad you made it! What movie are we going to see?”

“How about ‘Action Movie 3’? It’s supposed to have three times as many explosions as the action movies that came before it!”

“No!” Marth interjected. “That movie is stupid and plot-less. I’m tolerating enough with Roy’s poor wardrobe decision; I won’t sit through ‘Action Movie 3’ on top of that.”

Roy waved Marth off and checked the movie list. Pit walked over with him and began dancing around holding his arms while his teeth chattered. Ike smiled, “I knew you would get cold in that,” he said, gesturing to the young boy’s loose-fitting short-sleeve shirt and dark blue shorts. Pit nodded and held his arms tighter. Ike took off his windbreaker, revealing his red undershirt and wrapped it around the cold boy’s shoulders. “Better?”

Pit hugged his partner and smiled. “Much!”

“Oh!” Roy called. “We can see ‘Birth Defect’! It’s this movie about a guy who’s got his Siamese twin growing out of his back, and they go off and kill people!”

“NO!” Ike growled, holding the tiny brunette closer. “The last scary movie you picked gave Pit nightmares for a month… He still has nightmares! No horror movies!”

Marth smiled. “Do you have a movie in mind, Ike?”

The older bluenette shrugged. “Whatever’s fine with me.”

Pit examined the movie list closer. “Can we see ‘Mooshi’?”

Link looked at the youngest member of their group. “Um, Pit, I think that movie’s for little kids… Like really little kids… Five year olds.”

The boy blinked. “But I love the purple little dragon! He’s just so cute!”

Marth sighed. “Can we just decide on something, already? It’s almost seven now, we’ll probably have to sit in the front row. I always get motion sick when we sit in the front row.”

“Whine whine whine,” Roy mumbled, continuing to search the list.

“There’s a documentary on Antarctica playing,” Soren offered.

“NO!” Roy yelled as if he had been burned. The dark haired youth scowled.

Marth snarled. “Fine, since nobody can decide, I’ll buy the tickets and you all are going to watch it and like it!”

No one argued with the younger bluenette, since he was obviously too furious to be reasoned with. He purchased the tickets and quickly distributed them.

Roy read the title of the movie. “’Evening Heat’? Marth! That’s a chick-flick!”

“Romance!” his partner snapped back.

“No, it’s a chick-flick!”

“Romance!”

“Guys!” Link called. “It’s seven!”

“Dammit!” Marth grumbled. “Late again. C’mon, Roy. We need to get our seats.”

“I’m going to hate it,” the red-head pouted as they made their way into the theater. “I want popcorn!”

“We don’t have time!”

“I don’t care! I want popcorn!”

“Roy!”

“Ike, can I have some popcorn?” Pit asked softly, as not to upset Marth.

“Sure thing, my little Angel. Do you want anything else with it?”

“Erm… a slurpie? Can we share?”

“Sure sure.”

“You want anything?” Link asked of his lover, who had been rather quiet.

Soren shook his head. “I’m not hungry.”

Link nodded. “Then I’ll just get you a small popcorn. Do you want a drink?”

“I told you that I don’t want anything!”

“You’d probably like a cherry slurpie. I’ll get you one. Looks like Ike and Pit are getting one. If you want a medium popcorn, I’ll split it with you.”

Soren didn’t say anything. He just gave a short nod, hoping that it would speed the process along. Link smiled brightly and rushed over to the concession stand.

The group rejoined outside of the theater, treats in hand. Pit and Ike had decided on popcorn and nachos, while Link and Soren shared a medium popcorn. Roy, on the other hand, had a jumbo-sized popcorn bucket that he planned on finishing by himself. It was so soaked in butter that no one else could eat it if they wanted to. He shoved his large soda into Marth’s hand to carry.

“About time,” Marth mumbled stiffly as he accepted the drink. Hey eyed the soaking mass of popcorn. “You’d better have brought napkins.”

Roy pushed him towards the theater. “C’mon! Movie’s starting!”

“Hey, guys!” Zelda called, from her seat next to Peach. “Aren’t you in the wrong theater?”

“Unless this is something other than ‘Evening Heat’,” Marth replied. Zelda laughed.

Peach giggled. “Silly boys. You do know that this is a girly movie, don’t you?”

Roy snapped his head over to his lover. “TOLD YOU!”

Marth wrinkled his nose. “Quiet, Roy. We’re in a theater.”

“This sucks! Now they’re going to laugh at us in the cafeteria tomorrow!”

“Get over it,” Marth snapped, sitting down in the last seats available, near the screen.”

Link made sure Soren got a seat in the middle of the row. “Are you having fun?”

The Soren cleaned his glasses and smiled. “Almost.”

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Link drove on the way home, his shoulders slumped, embarrassed. “Sorry we got kicked out.”

Soren sighed. “For the umpteenth time, Link: it wasn’t your fault.”

“I know, I know. But I feel bad. It was your first movie experience and it was ruined.”

The dark haired youth hated to see his lover down so he said, “It wasn’t all bad. Remember how angry Marth got when Roy made that rude noise during the kissing scene?”

Link chuckled. “Oh yeah. Ike thought it was real, and he got all made. ‘Dammit, Roy! Do you need to wipe?’”

Soren laughed too. “Yeah, but I think he caught on about the fourth or fifth time Roy did it… and by then the girls in front of us were getting sick of it.”

“Is that why he started throwing his popcorn at them? Heh, they sure did get mad.”

“Hm, I’m really glad I wasn’t sitting next to Roy. Both Ike and Marth got some soda on them when that girl dumped her drink in Roy’s lap,” Soren said, remembering how angry the two bluenettes had gotten. “Good thing Ike had already given his lucky jacket to Pit, because that shirt of his is ruined.”

“Meh, good riddance. I always hated that plaid blue vest that Marth was wearing anyways. So, I’m guessing that’s how the big fight got started?”

Soren nodded gravely. “We were asked to leave by the manager approximately five minutes later…. How did you not know? Were you actually paying attention to the movie?”

Link blushed. “Maybe.”

Soren blushed too. “Why was that?”

“Well, it kind of reminded me of us.”

“How so?”

Link parked the car in his own driveway and turned to face his lover. “Well, with the guy trying to get the girl to realize what it was like to truly be loved, and not just ignored… It’s all I’ve ever wanted for you, Soren.”

The smaller boy blushed darker. “Well… you know what I liked about the movie?”

“Hm?”

Soren hesitantly leaned over and pecked the blonde on the lips. Link pushed back and the two shared an intimate kiss.

Link was beaming. “I think that was my favorite part too… I wonder how it ends?”

Soren looked towards Link’s house. “Why don’t we go inside and make our own ending?” he asked seductively.

The blonde’s eyes shone. “Sounds good to me!”

(The End)