(I wanna try something different, so if you catch what I am doing cutos! :>)

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Wiping off a glass display case, Laff sighed quietly to himself as he moved over to another glass display case that held a number of sweets and rolls, doing the same thing as he let his mind wander. It had been at least four months since he finally got employed at a good rate somewhere; a small little bakery that's not too far away from his humble little home. After bouncing back and forth between different jobs while supporting Nadwe; he had finally found a job he enjoyed doing, and one that provided a stable income.

The bakery may be tiny; but HELL it was popular.

He had finished cleaning off the display cases as he sighed quietly again, wringing the cloth tightly in his hands as his mind did wander to what Nadwe might be up to. It was his first day at school after all; was he doing well? Does everyone like him? There isn't anyone giving him a hard time, right? Has he made friends? Shit, WILL he make friends?? Does he like the lunch I prepared for him? Will Tbh remember to feed him dinner? Oh god WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WHEN NADWE GETS TO HIS AND JOOCIES PLACE??? Is Tbh gonna behave?? IS HE-

Laff jumped softly and looked down at his hands as he had quite easily tore the rag apart in his hands. He was stressing out over nothing, Tbh had been really well behaved lately and he knew Joocie wouldn't let anything happen to Nadwe; and Tbh hasn't been lying lately, either.

The door opened with a small bell ringing as Laff was moving behind the counter to toss the torn rag back into the bin he grabbed it from and to take the order of this new customer. "Hello, welcome-"

"-to the bread bank." Laff looked over at Shroobz who was grinning softly as he gestured with his hand "we sell bread, we sell loaves." He locked eyes with Laff as he had joined in with him "We got bread on deck, bread on the floor-" Shroobz cut himself off as Laff shouted "TOASTED." Laff blinked and blushed softly in embarrassment as Shroobz laughed quietly "haha I got you gasman." Laff huffed quietly and shook his head "dammit, I always fall for that." Shroobz smiled and moved closer to the countertop, taking off his fleece jacket and wrapping it around his waist. He had already had his red beanie off as Laff glanced to the corner of the room.

Sure enough, his beanie was covering the camera as Laff sighed quietly "Do you really have to keep throwing your beanie on the camera lad?"

Shroobz shrugged softly "Eh, not really, but it's giving me practice on throwing shit." He smiled, "Besides, you told me you close tonight and it's not like I'm gonna rob this place." Laff sighed quietly and nodded "I am aware mate, but I'd appreciate it if you'd quit doing that." Shroobz sighed softly and nodded "Alright, I'll stop, for you." Laff rolled his eyes and leaned on the counter top with a slight smirk "You say that every time you visit me at my job and yet you still do that Lad, why? Are you afraid that someone could be watching you?"

The taller purple man seemed to think on that for a minute before shrugging softly "Eh, I just might be camera shy." Laff chuckled quietly "What? Ashamed of how you look? You look absolutely stunning mate." Shroobz smirked softly and leaned on the countertop as well with Laff in turn quickly backing off "Oh? You like what you see?" Laff blushed deeply and cleared his throat "W-Well uhhumah-" He took in a small breath as he glanced to the side "Y-Y-You are certainly well built...and...uh, tall..." Shroobz stood up a bit more as he kept leaning on the display case, looking at Laff as he made himself look back at him "a-and you do h-have charming eyes and u-uh..."

"...You're absolutely sure you're the only one closing tonight?"

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Nadwe was sitting with Joocie at the dining table as the smaller was coloring on a few spare pieces of paper. Joocie was watching him as Nadwe would sometimes prompt him to play tic tac toe with him, in which he let Nadwe win every time. He chuckled quietly and smiled "You are really talented Nadwe. You might become an artist one day." Nadwe giggled happily and smiled "Thank you!"

Coming over to the table, Tbh was carrying a small tray of bangers and mash as he picked one of the plates and set it in the space he was gonna sit down. Joocie looked at him and smiled "Aw hon you didn't have to go through making bangers and mash for us."

Tbh smiled proudly and set a plate in front of Joocie before doing the same with Nadwe "Aw babe it is my pleasure! I know it's one of your favorites and we could always order take out another day." Nadwe set down his crayons and looked at his plate before looking very confused. Tbh and Joocie didn't notice this as Tbh kept talking "Plus, it wasn't even that hard! It's just sausage and potatoes." Joocie rolled his eyes and smiled "and vegetables; can't just eat proteins and starch-"

Nadwe had grabbed one of the papers that were under the plate and knocked it over onto the floor with a smash as the plate broke. He squeaked and tensed up, immediately looking guilty "I-I'm sorry!"

Tbh looked quite peeved as he narrowed his eyes "Nadwe! Be more careful you broke one of our-" Joocie quickly cut him off with a stern glare "HONEST." Tbh stopped and looked at him "Nadwe is five, he didn't mean it. It was just an accident, so please calm down." He sighed and rolled his eyes "You KNOW how you get when you become angry and we don't need to be scaring Nadwe." Tbh took a breath and calmed down. "You're right, I'm sorry."

Joocie smiled softly and got up from his chair "I'll cook him some mac and cheese after I clean this up, you just sit and eat." Tbh sighed quietly and sat down in his chair, Joocie moved over to Nadwe and quickly cleaned up the broken plate pieces and the food on the ground "See THIS is why we need a dog Tb." Tbh let out a small huff and rolled his eyes with a slight smile "You would just spoil it with table scraps." Joocie let out a sarcastic laugh as he threw away the broken food and soiled food, moving into the kitchen to grab one of the freezer meals.

Nadwe fidgeted in his seat as he looked down "I-I'm sorry.." Tbh sighed and waved it off "Its fine Nadwe, just don't do that again; alright? You have to be careful with glass plates."

Joocie had placed the freezer meal in the microwave and started it. He put his hand down on the counter and quickly realized the slight amount of tan powder on the countertop. He groaned quietly and swiped the powder off the counter "Tb! What is with all of this powder on the counter!?" Tbh glanced over at the kitchen as Nadwe had gone back to drawing "Oh, uh, I was making a protein shake earlier and I guess I split some!" Joocie sighed quietly and wiped his hand off "Well please clean up after yourself next time? This'll attract some kind of bug."

"What is protein powder?" Nadwe questioned as Tbh looked back at him "It's a special kind of powder that you're not allowed to have. It makes grown men big and strong!" Nadwe pouted and crossed his arms "I am to am a man!" Tbh smirked softly and chuckled "Oh yeah? Could you beat me in an arm wrestling match?-"

Joocie came back from the kitchen with some hot mac and cheese "HONEST, NO. He is five, you will dislocate his arm and I will not be the one to explain to Laff why we had to take him to the hospital." Nadwe blinked as Joocie set the mac and cheese down infront of him "Why would you take me to the quacks officeses?" Joocie nudged Tbh's shoulder as he sat down "BeCAUSE, this man would easily break your little arm if you arm wrestle him." Nadwe set down his crayons again as he tilted his head "Would I get a cast like Uncle Socksy?" Tbh waved his hand a bit as Joocie started eating "Probably."

"That'd be cool!-" Nadwe squealed as Joocie quickly shut him down "no, not cool! You will not be breaking your arm on purpose for a cast and YOU-" He looked at Tbh "will not arm wrestle a five year old to prove you're a man." Tbh chuckled quietly and nodded "Alright, Alright hon I won't."

Nadwe had taken a bite of his mac and cheese only to flinch in pain because it was still HOT. He whined as Joocie froze a bit "Right, uh, it's still hot Nadwe." Tbh proceeded to laugh much to Joocie's dismay and much to Nadwe's misery.

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Turning on a few light up candles (cause it is such a fire hazard to have a shit ton of lit candles laying around), Socks took a few steps back to admire the scenery he had put together.

The table set with the good plates, cutlery and a good bottle of prosecco? Yes.

The living room couch with the good pillows and blankets with the TV on to stream all their favorite Dharman episodes? Yep.

The bedroom? Eh what's the point for decorating it when Socks had a very good idea of what may take place later in the night.

Everything was set, perfectly and down to the last variable. The entire evening planned in Socks' head from the moment Meme comes home from work. There was absolutely nothing stopping Socks from enjoying this evening with Meme, all of his new videos were edited and ready for upload the following days. And to be extra sure nothing will get in his way; he's muted all of his discord chats with everyone in them.

All that was left was to preheat the leftovers of Meme's favorite dish and prepare what he was going to say. After all, this is going to be the proposal dinner.

"Something plain and simple." The stressing spaceman muttered to himself as he glanced down at the ring box in his hands. He took a breath and put it in his sweatpants pocket, running through what he knew would play out the second Meme walks through that door. "Alright, he is for sure going to be tired and would want to take a nice hot shower after a long day. During which, I'll start reheating the dinner for us which should be enough time since Meme takes FOREVER. He will be relaxed, a little warm from the shower and dressed in more comfortable clothing; I.E. the perfect mood for a good dinner and booze, but not too much! No, we all know what happened the last time he had a little too much to drink, not again." He chuckled quietly to himself as he smoothed out his hair. "Dinner will perfectly make him comfortable enough to just lounge on the couch for some good old Dharman. In which the line I have been thinking of all day will finally come into play-"

A small bark was heard as Socks looked down at Macu, who was staring up at his owner's boyfriend. Socks blinked and stared back for a bit before kneeling down to Macus small ass height.

"The line is 'Now it's time to relax to some Dharman, but what will happen at the end will SHOCK you'," He chuckled softly "A great line, yeah I know." Macu somehow looked worried that Socks had been talking to himself almost the entire time since he gotten home, but he continued talking to Macu nonetheless "In which then finally at the end of the binge watching," He pulled out the box again and presented it to the small dog "I will pull this out and propose to him right then and there!" He laughed nervously and put the box away "Of course I won't KNOW what he is gonna say, but if he says yes I can't really then detail THAT part to you." He sighed quietly "But still, the night will be plain and simple; JUST like Oompa told me to do. And if it doesn't work out then I have total reason to go all out-"

The deadbolt on the door started to move as Macu started barking, running around as Socks quickly got up onto his feet. He smiled brightly as he moved closer to the door, eagerly awaiting to greet his boyfriend back home.

What he was instead greeted to once the door opened was an obviously BURNT-out Meme as he looked incredibly exhausted. Socks quickly became concerned as Meme took a few steps inside their home before shutting the door "Meme-god-what happened??" Meme could only mutter quietly and almost collapsed as Socks caught him. He immediately knew what was wrong as he huffed quietly, pulling Meme to stand up "You worked yourself to exhaustion, didn't you?"

Meme moaned quietly as he rubbed his eyes, moving to slip off his white overcoat as Socks helped him gently "mn...t-they needed me in trauma...3 hour surgery..." He groaned quietly "T-they just...needed me everywhere...today..." he sighed tiredly "s-sorry..-"

"No, No, don't be sorry Meme. It's alright." Socks spoke quietly as he rubbed his back gently. "How did you get home? I don't think you were certainly well enough to drive, did someone drive you?" Meme seemed to nod softly at that as Socks kept rubbing his back gently, Macu running up to his leg and jumping up to get his attention. "Would you like to eat anything? Bath?" Meme shook his head quietly and was slowly succumbing to exhaustion.

Socks sighed quietly and moved him over to the couch, carefully laying him down and pulling off his shoes and socks. Meme almostly passed out on the couch, Socks pulling one of the blankets over him. Macu ran over and was demanding to be put up onto the couch. Socks sighed quietly and picked him up, setting him gently on top of Meme as he instantly made himself comfortable on his chest. Socks sighed quietly and rubbed his face, glancing over at the dining room and kitchen at his hard work gone to waste. He reluctantly got up and walked over to clean it up and put the clean plates and food away.

Well, he tried plain and simple, and it failed because of something out of his control. -'something plain and simple! It's so easy!' Yeah Thanks Oompa.- He groaned quietly to himself.

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Sitting on the couch; Joocie, Tbh and Nadwe were watching a sports marathon as Nadwe looked completely lost. "C'MON! YOU ARE RIGHT THERE MAN JUST-" Tbh was yelling at the Tv as Joocie was mindlessly scrolling through his phone. "GOD PEOPLE ARE SO STUPID! JUST GRAB THE F-" Joocie almostly quickly turned to look at him "Shh. If you are going to curse, please do it in Arabic, Nadwe is right there." Tbh huffed softly and looked back at him "It's not my fault that these idiots are so fucking stupid!" Joocie's eyes widened a bit "HONEST!"

Nadwe immediately turned around and pointed to Tbh "YOU SAIDS A SWEAR IMA TELL MY DADDY, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT A DOLLAR IN THE SWEAR JAR!"

Tbh looked at him in disbelief "Laff already has a swear jar!?" Joocie rolled his eyes as he smiled softly, despite him starting to feel a little sick "Hon you are the reason why he has a swear jar now." Tbh laughed quietly at that as his phone started ringing. He picked it up and looked at the caller I.D as he smiled. Joocie looked at him as Tbh started getting up "Who's on the phone Tb?"

"Oh, just someone from Honest Gyms, I'm just gonna take this outside cause this guy pisses me off sometimes."

"Dats Two dollar!" Nadwe squeaked as Tbh quickly walked out into the hallway of the apartment complex, shutting the front door behind him. Both he and Joocie remained sitting in the living area; watching the sports marathon when without much warning Joocie quickly got up and ran for the bathroom. Nadwe watched him leave before getting up and grabbing the remote, changing it to a channel with a show he understood, the infomercial channel.

He couldn't watch it for long when he heard sounds of someone throwing up in the bathroom, followed by soft whimpers. Nadwe quickly became worried and walked to the bathroom instead of going to grab Tbh. He stood partway in the doorway as he saw Joocie slumped over the toilet, gripping onto the side of it tightly as he looked like he was in major discomfort as tears flowed freely down his face.

Joocie groaned quietly as he sniffled, his throat burned from throwing up and he had no clue why he was suddenly sick. He felt the urge again to vomit as he let it happen, giving him some relief but it was still followed by a massive feeling of discomfort. He felt someone pull his long hair back as he glanced to see Nadwe being the one to hold his hair back; something he remembered seeing his father do for Wictoria at one point. He smiled meekly as he mouthed 'thank you' to him, Nadwe smiled softly in return as he was doing his best to try and comfort him.

After about 5 minutes, Joocie felt like he had gotten most of it out of his system as he slowly stood up, flushing the toilet and wiping his face off. He still felt unbalanced from the whole thing as Nadwe quickly grabbed his arm, causing him to bend down slightly as Nadwe led him back to the couch. He chuckled quietly as when he sat down Nadwe made him lay down, patting his chest gently "t-thank you Nad..." Nadwe nodded softly and quickly ran over to the kitchen, looking for a cool bottle of unopened water, which he found and quickly brought it back to Joocie. He opened it for him and handed it to Joocie.

Joocie accepted this and slowly took a few slow sips of the bottle, feeling a little more relief. Nadwe grabbed the remote again and changed it to the hallmark channel as some cheesy christmas movie was playing. He sat down on the floor as he and Joocie watched the movie.

In about 30ish minutes, Joocie was out as Nadwe looked up at him. He took the half drunken water from him and closed the bottle, grabbing the blanket that was draped along the cushions and climbed up onto Joocie's chest; laying down on him as he covered them both up. In about a few minutes after that, Nadwe was fast asleep on Joocie's chest.

"Yeah, I won't forget...alright love you too man." Tbh muttered quietly as he walked back into the apartment, shutting the door behind him and ending the call. He walked back over to the couch and saw both Joocie and Nadwe sleeping. He chuckled quietly and smiled "Aww." He looked at his phone again to shoot a text to Laff that Nadwe was asleep and ready for pick up at any time.

"Hey, Nadwe's first day went great and now he's asleep at my place when you're ready to come get him" [Sent 7:59pm]

"How much longer until you close up again?" [Sent: 7:59pm]

"...Hello?" [Sent: 8:07pm]