Alan sat on the couch quietly, a little stiff from nervousness as he waited for Daniel to return. A few weeks had passed since their first "official" date and while they had other opportunities to spend time together, it was never the same as that night in Daniel's Lexus. Until tonight, where they would actually be hanging out at his place. Alone.

Daniel returned, lightly pushing open the bedroom door with his foot as his hands were full. He was carrying a box of pizza in one hand with plates, napkins and 2 glasses balancing on top. While in the other he held a 2 liter bottle of orange Fanta, which was Alan's choice. "Sorry... took a while to gather everything."

Alan got up and walked over quickly to help, taking the bottle and glasses from Daniel, setting them down onto the coffee table. "You could've called me to come help out." Alan stated, sitting back down on the couch.

"Well, you know... one trip and all." Daniel joked, placing the pizza and such down before sitting on the couch next to him. He handed Alan a plate before opening the box, revealing a half and half pan pizza; one side supreme while the other was grilled chicken with cheese. He grabbed a slice of the supreme, placing it on a plate.

"True, but still. One false step and you would've lost everything." Alan proclaimed, taking a slice of the chicken with a gleeful expression.

"Fair point." Daniel replied, before continuing. "I'm actually surprised my parents are not here tonight... We usually do a dinner outing on Thursdays." Daniel said in passing as he bit into his piece.

"Was it something important?" Alan asked, surprised.

"Not sure. I got a text from my mom saying she transferred some extra cash into my free spending account for me to buy dinner. She let me know that her and dad would be back late." Daniel replied with a shrug.

"Did you... tell her I was here?" Alan asked, a curious look on his face as he looked at him.

"I did. She's fine with it." Daniel answered, calmly.

"Did... you tell her I... was staying the night, Daniel?" Alan questioned, his face heating up slowly.

Daniel continued to eat his slice calmly, looking over towards Alan out the corner of his eye. "I... didn't."

"Alright, I'mma head out." Alan quickly stated, shoving the rest of the pizza slice in his mouth as he stood up. He felt a hand grab onto his shirt before he could walk away.

"Calm down, Moogle." Daniel spoke with a smile.

"Calm- CALM DOWN?!" Alan spoke, his face red from shock and confusion. "Are you trying to get us killed?!"

"I sent her a message when we got here asking if you could and she hasn't responded yet. If she says you can't, I'll take you back home. I don't think it will be a problem, though." Daniel reassured him, lightly tugging at Alan's shirt to pull him back down to sit on the couch.

"How can you be so sure about that?" Alan asked, skeptical as he plopped back down.

"Let me put it this way... I don't think she has anything to worry about like she would if it was my brother or sister..." Daniel replied, that same innocent smile on his face.

Alan frowned in confusion, before it clicked in his head exactly what Daniel meant, and his face went fully red once it registered. "Doesn't mean she would be happy with it, regardless." Alan shot out quickly in response, shoveling another piece into his mouth.

"What do you mean?" Daniel asked, confused.

"I-I mean... she w-wouldn't be cool with us getting.... I mean... d-doing..." Alan couldn't even finish the sentence as he continued chewing, looking over in embarrassment to see Daniel smirk playfully. "You fucking wombat..."

Daniel laughed, before reaching over and pressing a button on the TV remote, seeing it come to life. "We certainly don't have to do anything either. We haven't really had a lot of time to just hang out with each other. I was just planning on watching a show or playing a game with you." he spoke, sincerely.

"Hang out" he says... no way in hell that's going to be the only thing that happens. Alan thought to himself, giving Daniel a look of skepticism. Granted... might be my fault if it does.

"So, anything you want to do? This is a Smart TV, so everything is already loaded onto it." Daniel stated as he motioned over towards the large screen mounted onto his wall.

"Actually, what games do you have? I'm curious about that." Alan asked, noticing several systems sitting on a console table below the TV.

"Which one? I have a PS4, XBox and Switch." Daniel replied, opening a drawer underneath the coffee table to reveal controllers.

"Of course you do..." Alan stated with a roll of his eyes, looking over to see Daniel look at him, puzzled. "You're rich, Daniel."

"If you say so, Moogle." Daniel spoke with a sigh, shaking his head as he did so.

"Let's check out the PS4. Do you have any fighting games? I feel like I could easily kick your ass in those." Alan proclaimed, a grin of confidence.

"Says who?" Daniel shot back, slightly offended as he reached down to press a button on a controller and switched the screen to the console loading page. "You think I don't know how to play fighting games?"

Alan shrugged, grabbing a controller himself. "I mean... you're talking to a gamer. This stuff is practically second nature to me."

"And you assume I don't know how to play games?" Daniel asked with a frown.

"I didn't say that. Just fighting games." Alan corrected, settling back onto the couch.

"You'd be surprised..." Daniel rebutted, a smile coming to his face.

"Ok... let's make a bet." Alan propositioned, facing Daniel fully. "I pick the game and it's best 4 out of 5." Alan offered.

"I'll do you one better." Daniel stated, that smile turning into a mischievous smirk.

FUCK... that's sexy. I've never seen him act like this before.

"With every round I win, you take off a piece of clothing. Every round you win, I remove mine." Daniel spoke.

"Are you... seriously suggesting we play a gaming version of strip poker?" Alan replied, his face red at the thought.

Daniel laughed, having watched Alan's face turn after he made the offer. "It was a joke. I just wanted to get a reaction from you." he teased.

"Oh no. It's too late, Daniel." Alan stated, grinning playfully. "I want to do it."

Daniel looked over at him, his eyes wide. Alan stared back at him, a confident smile on his face. "Unless, of course, you're too chicken shit."

At that, Daniel's competitive side slowly began to make its appearance, sticking his hand out to seal the agreement. "You want to do it, then let's do it."

Alan grabbed Daniel's hand firmly, a smirk on his face as he did so.

I'm gonna spank his ass so badly that he'll be naked within 10 minutes. Not that I haven't seen that several times now... but it will be even better after the sweet taste of victory. Alan thought to himself, as he scanned through the selected games that Daniel had purchased, before he settled on one fighting game in particular. "Soul Calibur? Is this the new one?"

"Yeah, my brother likes that game. I played it with him a few times." Daniel stated in passing.

Alan selected the game immediately. "Here are the rules, wombat." Alan stated, only to see Daniel frown at the pet name. "We're playing versus mode. We play each round. Whomever gets 2 wins gets that round. The person who loses takes off a piece of clothing. We play until a person doesn't have any clothing left. Sounds good?"

Daniel nodded in agreement. "You know... the clothing we have on is it, right? Can't put on anything else."

At that, Alan quickly analyzed the amount of clothing they each had on. He was wearing a long sleeve green crew shirt, a pair of jeans, and socks. Daniel had on a grey sweater, jeans and socks as well. "Are you wearing an undershirt?" he asked, eyeing him in a suspicious fashion.

"Yep." Daniel answered with a smile. "You?"

"No..." Alan replied, annoyed.

"Well, looks like I have an extra piece of clothing. You'll just have to win more times, if you can, I mean." Daniel taunted, seeing Alan's face shift to surprise.

"Alright, less talk, more fighting." Alan stated, choosing the mode as they were soon directed to the character screen. "Oh, to make this even more challenging, we can't use the same character more than once."

"I'm fine with that." Daniel answered, shifting through the characters and selecting one, as he watched Alan do the same. "Ready?"

"Yep, let's go."

-

After almost 2 hours of playing, they were both down to nothing but their respective underwear. They sat on the couch in silence with pensive faces, the pizza having been fully eaten and the bottle of soda completely empty. Alan sat there, holding his controller tightly as he glanced down at his briefs that were covered in green and blue gingham print, while Daniel sat in black slim fitted boxers.

How... how the FUCK did this happen? I should've had this shit. I'm a fucking PRO at this. I've played these characters for years. HOW THE FUCK IS HE THIS GOOD AT THIS GAME?!

"Well... this is... interesting." Daniel spoke softly, glancing over towards Alan, a nervous look on his face.

"Didn't realize you were... good at this game..." Alan admitted, keeping his eyes on the screen.

"You didn't ask." Daniel spoke, but there was a hint of a smirk on his face. "Ready for the final round?"

"Don't have much of a choice, do we?" Alan spoke, pressing a button to go to the character select screen. He looked over the list of characters, wondering who he hadn't played with yet. Shit... I've used all my good characters earlier. Why the hell did I do that? Everyone left is utter-

His eyes widened in surprise, before he smiled happily and selected a character.

"Taki? The character with the biggest boobs?" Daniel asked with a laugh.

"Taki is amazing. She has really great combos, even with her massive chest." Alan rebutted with confidence.

"That's true..." Daniel stated, before he selected his own character. Alan's expression began to drop at the sight.

"Siegfried? You're picking Siegfried?" Alan asked, shocked.

"What's wrong with him?" Daniel asked, confused.

NOTHING. That's the fucking problem! How did I miss that?! His fucking big ass sword gives him a really long range and his hits are powerful as fuck if used right. I'm gonna have to dodge and block like hell.

"It's cool... he's just a massive cheat of a character." Alan shot back.

"No, he isn't." Daniel replied, defensive.

"Whatever. Let's do this." Alan spoke in a cocky fashion, pressing a button to start the game.

As soon as their cut scenes were over, Alan was already planning a combo move in his head and when the round started, he immediately used it, seeing his character move across the screen with quick speed towards her opponent, only to see her get launched backwards from a quick swipe from the character's sword that Daniel was using. While Alan blocked the attack, the massive hit from that sword knocked a bit of her health down.

"Fuck..." Alan muttered to himself, as he attempted to do a counter attack. But at this point, Daniel saw a clear opening and began to execute a critical edge combo. Alan caught sight of it, dodged and began his own relentless attack, having a clear shot. He didn't stop until he got blocked, but received a kick from below, knocking his character off balance and opening her up for attack once again. He tried to dodge once more, but wasn't fast enough, the hit brutal and knocking her health down tremendously, before Daniel did one final move: He grabbed Alan's character and gave a finishing blow by launching her into the air with the sword, and sending her crashing down.

It took everything in him to not scream in frustration. I... HATE Siegfried. HATE. HIM.

"One more, Moogle..." Daniel spoke, in an ominous fashion.

Alan could feel the sweat build on his hands as he held the controller, not looking over at Daniel at all, more so to keep himself composed.

The next round started and Alan didn't even give Daniel a chance to blink before he came with combo after combo. At one point, the only thing Daniel could do to stop the onslaught of hits was block relentlessly. Alan was not going to let that slide, using a guard break to stun the other character, before hitting them with a lethal hit attack right after. He immediately made several special moves to get a "Perfect" round, not taking any damage whatsoever.

Daniel sat stunned as he stared at the screen, looking over at Alan not too long after. A very pleased smile rested on Alan's face. "Final round, wombat."

As soon as the screen of the two characters came up, they were both already preparing their moves along the buttons of the controllers and when it started, it was basically a blur. They were at odds with each other; each hit matching another in damage, constantly guard breaking and using reversal attacks on each other. It wasn't too long before they realized that the timer that had been set for the round had actually run out and the game automatically ended. Alan put his controller down after that, his right hand having cramped up as he winced in pain. He blinked, before his face shifted to utter shock.

The game had declared Daniel the winner.

He looked over at Daniel, who was just as surprised as he was.

"How THE FUCK did you win?!" Alan shouted, throwing his hands up in frustration.

"Huh... apparently I had more health than you." Daniel stated, leaning to get a closer look at the screen and it was quite visible to see that by just a small margin, Daniel did indeed have a bit more health in his character than Alan.

Alan couldn't deny that. It was right there on the screen. He stared back at it in silence, all the energy he had drained from him completely.

"You played really well, Moogle. Seriously. I don't think I've ever played a game with someone like that before. My arms hurt." Daniel said with a light laugh as he stretched, before leaning back to rest against the couch. However, that pleasant demeanor didn't stay for too long, before that mischievous look from before slowly came back to his face. "But... you know the rules... so..." he stated calmly, looking over to Alan with a pleased grin.

Alan couldn't even look Daniel in the face, continuing to sit on the couch as he stared down at his briefs. He had already been sweating from the game, but now it was like he couldn't stop it due to the anxiety and nervousness. "Can... can I get a raincheck?" he asked, a nervous laugh escaping him afterward.

There was a moment of silence, which made him even more anxious. He looked over to see Daniel staring at him with a rather blank expression, before hearing him laugh. "No, not happening." Daniel answered, catching his breath after he was done.

Alan looked at him in shock, his face turning bright red. "D-Daniel... come on... you can't be serious..."

"Oh, but I am. You set the rules, I agreed, and sadly... you lost." Daniel answered with a smile and shrug. "Well, sad for you... not for me. So, if you could, please remove the last piece of your clothing... unless you want me to do it for you."

At this point, Alan's mind was completely blank, utter embarrassment clearly on his face as he turned a few more shades darker. "W-What... have you done with Daniel?" Alan muttered out, baffled.

Daniel made a face of confusion. "What do you mean? I'm the same person."

"You're... not usually like this..." Alan stated, still shocked.

"Well... can you blame me?" Daniel stated with a smile. "You know I'm attracted to you, Alan. So you can't blame me for not wanting to pass up such an opportunity and let's be honest... you've seen me naked plenty of times at this point."

True... and I have a video of your beautiful naked ass running across school grounds that I watch on occasion... Alan thought to himself, averting his eyes elsewhere at the realization.

"Can I ask... why you don't want to do this?" Daniel asked, genuinely curious.

Alan gave a half shrug. "I mean... I'm not much to look at in comparison to you... so..."

"That's not true at all." Daniel quickly replied, firmly. "I think you're sexy."

"Don't lie to me, Daniel." Alan said with a frown.

"I'm not. I mean, come on, I said you were fucking hot in my car. I meant that. I really do think you're sexy, and the fact that I'm getting the opportunity to see all of you... well, let's just say I've been wanting that for awhile now." Daniel answered, not helping but to blush a bit himself.

Alan listened to him quietly, watching his face for confirmation. With a soft sigh, he slowly got to his feet, turning to face Daniel fully. "You better not laugh at me..."

"Why would I do that?" Daniel asked, surprised. "I don't think I'll have any reason to." he followed up, a smile on his face.

Almost wondering if he should just make a mad dash into the bathroom instead and lock himself in there, Alan hesitantly placed his hands on the waistband of his briefs, holding them there as he gave Daniel one more glance, before he closed his eyes and pushed them downwards in one smooth fashion and letting them fall to the floor. He stood there, fully exposed.

There was a brief moment of silence between them both, which just made Alan even more nervous. I knew it... he probably thinks I'm some scrawny ass dude who's not attractive in the slightest...

He opened an eye to gauge Daniel's reaction, only to be unexpectedly surprised. Daniel sat there, his posture straightened up completely, his entire face bright red as he stared back at Alan intensely. Alan opened both of his eyes fully, as his gaze couldn't help but move downward as he noticed something else was at an attentive state protruding from within Daniels' boxers as well.

HOLY FUCK...

"Wombat! We're home!"

They looked at each other in utter fear at the sound of Mrs. Lang's voice, hearing the front door close as well. Without a pause, they both reacted in a swift fashion: Daniel immediately put his jeans back on, as well as his undershirt. Alan, practically tripping over his own underwear, grabbed all of his clothing and ran into the bathroom, closing it behind him. 30 seconds later, Daniel heard a knock at his bedroom door.

"Jìnlái ba!*" (Translation: Come in!) Daniel answered, watching the door open to see his mother appear.

"Oh, you are in here." Mrs. Lang stated, seeing her son resting on the couch, a pillow in his lap as he held a game controller over it as well. "Ah, I see you guys did order food. What are you up to?"

"Nothing much, just playing some games." Daniel replied coolly, a calm expression on his face.

"I see. Where is Alan?" she asked, puzzled.

"Oh, he's in the bathroom." Daniel answered, pointing towards the closed door. "Also, did you get my text message?"

"Yes, it's fine if he stays. I'm assuming you'll be going to school together tomorrow?" she asked in passing.

"Right. Makes it easier for us both." Daniel replied with a nod.