Stretching out his arms, Joocie yawns and groans softly. He rubbed his eyes and slowly opened them, muttering quietly as he slowly sat up. The window was dark as Joocie pulled back the curtain; it was late. He blinked, confused as he picked up his phone to check the time; it was almost 8! "Jesus!" He put his phone down and rubbed his head "I must have been really exhausted..." He moved to sit at the edge of the bed and slowly stood up, yawning as he walked out of their room.

Joocie was immediately met with a really good smell; food. He hummed softly and smiled softly, walking over to the dining room. He peeked inside as he saw Tbh setting the table with hamburgers and tacos from a rather small fast food place, dressed in his red hoodie as opposed to earlier. He was clearly putting in the effort for Joocie, so he knew he was going to be smothered with cuddles later. Joocie stood there for a moment before taking a few more steps into the room.

Setting down the paper plates he was holding, Tbh felt another presence in the room as he turned around to face Joocie. He quickly smiled and moved closer to him "Aw you're finally awake babe." Tbh pulled Joocie closer and kissed his head "You were asleep for more than an hour.." He chuckled as Joocie looked away sheepishly. "I know, I guess I was really tired..." He quietly admitted.

Tbh chuckled softly and let go "Aw it's alright babe! You did look really tired when you came back home." He gestured to the table and smiled "Why don't you take a seat and I'll get you something to drink?" Joocie smiled softly and walked over to the table, pulling out a chair and sitting down at the table. He started plating his food as he raised an eyebrow "You really went all out for this dinner huh?"

"Oh yeah! I remembered you liked that place when we went last week so I thought why not get you some of your favorite dishes!" Tbh called out from the kitchen as he came back with a bottle of cider. Joocie smirked softly and rolled his eyes "You SURE that's the only reason for this?" Tbh blushed and stopped in his place as he did a double take "Uhm-"

Joocie snickered and waved his hands as he looked over at him "I'm joking, love." Tbh sighed softly in relief as Joocie turned back in his chair "...Maybe."

Tbh blushed deeply as he looked at Joocie "W-Wait, you really-" Joocie glanced back at him as he quickly walked over "Well, you have been working hard and on top of that doing a lot to make me happy, so...I'll think about it." Tbh's eyes widened a bit as he looked a little stunned to speak. Joocie noticed his demeanor as he chuckled softly "Just don't screw anything up tonight or that'll mess up your chances-" When Tbh cracked open the cider, it quickly spewed up like a mento in cola into Joocie's face as he quickly reeled back, almost falling out of his chair "OH FUCKING HELL!"

Tbh jolted and set the cider down "SHIT SORRY SORRY!" Joocie took the bottom of his shirt and quickly wiped off his face "HONEST DID YOU SHAKE THAT SHIT!?" Tbh went to say something before he took in a small hiss breath "...maybe?" Joocie deadpanned him as he tried to explain himself "I-I thought it was a cork bottle! I wanted to be fancy with it!" Joocie groaned and rubbed his head "That's why you LOOK before you do that shit!" He looked down at himself "Now I'm covered in cider..." Tbh scratched his head nervously "I-I'm sorry I-"

Joocie quickly took the cider, poured a glass in one of the plastic cups and threw it in Tbh's face. Tbh yelped and stumbled back, slipping in the spilt cider and fell down. He groaned and rubbed the back of his head as Joocie let out a few chuckles. Tbh looked up at him and narrowed his eyes and smirked "Oh hell no Joocie." Joocie stopped chuckling and looked at him as Tbh quickly got up and grabbed the cider bottle. His eyes widened as he quickly got up "AH! No!" He quickly started running, laughing as Tbh chased him with the cider bottle "C'MERE!" He tackled Joocie to the couch and tried to pour the rest of the cider on him as Joocie smacked the bottle out of his hand.

Tbh quickly grabbed that wrist and pinned it to the couch, towering over him as he quickly grabbed his other hand to pin beside his other hand. Joocie was giggling madly as Tbh held him there, chuckling himself as he leaned down to kiss him. He pulled away after a while, staring down at Joocie as he in turn stared up at him.

The two broke out in giggles as Tbh got off him after a while. "C'mon, we gotta eat before it gets cold." Joocie nodded quietly and sat up, smoothing out his shirt as Tbh took off his cider soaked hoodie. When Joocie looked over, he looked absolutely mortified at the pendant shaped like Tbh's CrabClaw weapon from Minecraft.

That looks EXACTLY like the one Joocie had paid for him four years ago! But how did he-

Joocie gulped nervously as he pointed to the pendent "H-Hey hon? Where did you get that?" Tbh glanced at him and noticed his pendant hanging out of his shirt "Oh! Yeah ain't it something? Blaza got it for me!" He tossed his hoodie over on the armchair as Joocie nervously stood up "R-Really? Um, Blaza, got that for you?" A beat passes as Tbh turns to look at Joocie "Hon why do you sound anxious?" Joocie glances to the side as he rubs his arm, trying to find a good way to approach this "W-Well, cause actually, um..." He let go of his arm as he scratched his head "A-About four years ago I did get you the exact same pendant..."

Tbh stared at him for a while before he started laughing softly, Joocie quickly looked hurt. "Ah, good joke babe." Joocie narrowed his eyes as he looked at him "N-No, Honest, I'm being serious. I DID get you that pendant years ago." Tbh looked at him as he tilted his head, now starting to become a little frustrated. "If that is the case, then how come you didn't give it to me?" Joocie huffed quietly and flexed his hands "I couldn't give it to you because I threw it out the window. I was so pissed at you for how you treated me prior to then and I-"

"Hon, stop it." Tbh laughed, furrowing his eyebrows a bit as he was trying to comprehend why Joocie was 'lying' to him. "Just say you're jealous of the gift Blaza got me and move on." Joocie quickly thought -oh hell no- and sternly glared at him "I am not jealous! I'm just a little pissed that Blaza gifted MY gift to you!" Tbh laughed a little smugly and crossed his arms, becoming more frustrated "You sure SOUND jealous!" Joocie huffed and took a step forward "Look I can even prove it to you that it was me who got you that, just-"

Tbh quickly took a step back and put his hand over the pendant and shook his head "No way babe, I'm not letting you take it." Joocie started feeling his anxiety creeping up on him; this was WAY too familiar for him to ignore. He sighed quietly and gestured slightly with his hands "Alright, fine. Then just open up the claw and read the inscription that I put there." Tbh rolled his eyes, groaning "It doesn't OPEN, Joocie." Joocie narrowed his eyes "YES, it does. It DOES because that's what I had the person do!" He rolled his eyes and moved closer again to just hold the pendant in his hands to show him "If you aren't going to do it then-"

The slightly taller, now increasingly anger driven gym owner quickly put one of his fists up as if to deck Joocie in the face as he yelled ""

Joocie almost instantly stumbled back, tripping over his own feet and falling down on his elbow roughly. His anxiety was now taking COMPLETE control as now this was EXACTLY LIKE FIVE FUCKING YEARS AGO. He was starting to hyperventilate as he stared up at Tbh in pure terror. Tbh stood there with his fist raised for a while, before taking in the gravity of this situation and that the fact his FIST was raised and that he was literally 6 seconds away from striking Joocie in the face, OVER A PENDANT. Once all of that sunk in quickly, Tbh's eyes also widened in horror as he quickly put his fist down, trying to find some way, ANY way to explain what he was about to do but found nothing. He was just staring at Joocie who was looking up at him like he was going to render him unconscious.

Almost 2 minutes of just stunned, horrified silence Joocie immediately got up; running on his anxiety fueled adrenaline and booked it for the bedroom. Tbh had just barely snapped out of his trance. "Wait JOOCIE IM-" was all Joocie heard before he slammed the door shut and locked it, leaning up against it with his back as he was struggling to calm down. That encounter quickly unearthed all of the terrible memories of their first year together as he was quickly and quietly sobbing into his hands. He slid down the door, sitting on the floor and sobbing now a little bit louder into his arms and knees.

Tbh just stood there, absolutely DUMBFOUNDED that he almost went back to the person he tried to leave behind for four years now. Panic quickly settled in place of the initial shock as he was now trying to figure out a way to say "I'm sorry" even if he was very aware that this incident ALONE could void the agreement, he had signed years ago; the agreement that if Joocie felt in any way unsafe he had grounds to end the relationship right then and there and refuse ALL contact. After a few moments, he remembered he was still holding onto the pendant as he looked at it in his hands.

He almost immediately took it off and tossed it in one of the drawers in the kitchen as it has caused enough problems already.

-

Walking up to the small grocery store that had all of its lights off, Wictoria glanced around puzzled as she was dressed in a black and white pantsuit with her hair up. She let out a small hum as she pulled out her phone to contact Laff, it wasn't particularly safe to be out by the closed Supermart this late and she was questioning why Laff even asked her to come here. Before she could open up the messages, the main doors opened manually as Shroobz held the door open "Ah, Miss Toria." He smiled and gestured inside "Your dinner with Laff awaits inside."

She blinked, confused before stifling a small laugh and walking over "Shroobz? What are you doing here?" Shroobz stood up straight as he was wearing his normal dark purple hoodie and jeans, his beanie was off and covering one of the cameras, again. "Well since I have connections with management and Laff had personally requested I do this; the entire store is vacated just for the two of you." Wictoria smiled and blushed softly "Aww...but why would he-" Shroobz nodded and led her inside, shutting the door behind them "I assure you; everything will be made clear. I would escort you to your table personally, but the petals on the floor shall direct you to where you need to go."

"Wha-petals-?" Wictoria questioned as she glanced down at the tile. A trail of fake petals of all sorts of colors were spread out to mark a path throughout the store. She snickered quietly and turned to look at Shroobz "Thank you, Shroobz." Shroobz nodded and walked off to a different part of the store entirely as Wictoria followed the flower trail. She rounded the corner behind a few displays and saw the scene.

A small, round table was pulled over from the lawn section and covered with a good tablecloth. Some lanterns were lit around the area along with some real flowers in the centerpiece on the table. The food was already plated and ready to eat and a good bottle of champagne was in the ice bucket on the ground. Wictoria looked around in awe as a familiar British gentleman walked over to her "I take it you are impressed?"

She looked at Laff with a face of awe as she tried to comprehend what she had seen "Impressed!? Laff-I can't-HOW??" She looked back over at the table and smiled "How did you even pull this off???" Laff chuckled softly and rubbed his head "Well, I had a little bit of help from Shroobz. The majority of this stuff is from the store itself, well minus the tablecloth and the liquor; I brought those from home. Everything else was supplied by the store as management gave us the okay. The food itself was cooked by a rather talented chef."

Wictoria was just amazed as she listened to Laff and looked around at the scene. A fleeting thought passed as she looked at Laff "Wait, but why here?" Laff tilted his head a bit "Huh? I thought you would have remembered." Wictoria blinked, a little unsure "What do you mean?" Laff then smiled warmly and took her hand "Love, this Grocery store was where we first met! Over at the seasonal aisle," He turned and pointed over to the display of fourth of July decor and fireworks. "Myself and Nadwe were shopping that day and we bumped into your cart because I wasn't watching where I was going, heh, a bit foolish and clumsy on my part, haha, right?-" He turned back to look at Wictoria as he noticed she was on the verge of tears.

RIGHT, that day...the day she was assigned to 'run into' Laff since she was put on the Dhampir case...

How could she forget?...

Wictoria gently took her hand away as she rubbed the tears out of her eyes. Laff narrowed his eyes a bit as he frowned "Hey...are you okay?" Wictoria sniffled softly and nodded "Y-Yeah...I-I'm just really touched...You put in all of this effort for me, and I don't have anything to show from it...I didn't even remember that this is where we first met...! I'm sorry..." Laff looked at her and smiled softly, gently taking her hands "Hey, don't worry about it love." He kissed her knuckles gently. "The fact you showed up is enough for me." Wictoria looked at him, a little dumbfounded as she smiled softly and quickly pulled him in for a hug. "Thank you Laff...just, thank you."

Laff smiled and hugged back, holding her close and kissed her head gently. After some time, he pulled away from the hug but continued to hold her hands "C'mon love, we better eat before it gets cold. Babish worked really well for this meal." Wictoria's smile widened a bit as they moved to the table "Babish? As in 'Binging with Babish'? That cook that recreates food from shows?" Laff smiled and nodded "Yep. I would have cooked for us myself, but Shroobz already had him up for the task before I suggested it." Wictoria giggled softly as Laff pulled out a chair for her.

She sat down as Laff pushed the chair in for her before going to take his own seat. Wictoria was about to start eating before she thought of something "Oh! Wait, where's Nadwe?" Laff unrolled his napkin and laid it across his lap "The little tyke is at Socks and Meme's place for the night. Socks INSISTED they take him for the night, couldn't imagine why." He blushed softly at that statement as Wictoria blushed herself, covering her mouth while she giggled. "Well, it's not like anything would happen with just two grown adults alone with some liquor in our systems." She half joked as Laff chuckled softly.

He picked up the bottle of champagne and opened it, careful not to spill it as he poured them both a glass. "Whatever goes on tonight, I'm just happy that it'll be with you." Wictoria smiled and raised her glass "And a hope that Nadwe has a peaceful night with the boys." Laff smiled and chuckled quietly, before raising his glass to cheers with her "Cheers to that love."

-

Sitting at the small dining table, Nadwe and Meme were eating mac and cheese, chicken dino nuggets and steamed broccoli. Nadwe was biting the head off one of the nuggets as he looked at his broccoli, groaning softly in disgust. He quickly finished that nugget as he pushed the plate away "I'm not eating dat." He huffed quietly and crossed his arms as Meme thought for a while. "Aww c'mon Nad! It's good for you, and look-" he picked up one of his nuggets and 'walked' the dino over to the broccoli "This steggochicken dino loovess broccoli!"

Nadwe narrowed his eyes as if to ask "you expect me to believe this" as he kept his arms crossed, Meme moving the dino nugget to 'eat' the broccoli as he noticed his doubt. He glanced around a bit before eyeing the freezer, thinking of a golden idea as he smiled a bit. He moved the dino nugget to his ear "What's that Steg? Oh, the broccoli is soooo good?" He moved the dino nugget back to his plate "Well, since you ate all your broccoli you can have some Ice-Cream-"

"WAIT ICE-CREAM?" Nadwe squeaked as his eyes widened.

"Oh, did I forget to mention that? If you finish all your vegetables, you can have a small bowl of ice cream from the freezer." Meme faked a sigh as he started moving Nadwe's plate away "But since you don't want to eat it...-" Nadwe flinched and quickly reached over the table "WAITWAIT I'LL EAT IT I'LL EAT IT I SWEARS!" He pulled the plate back over and started to slowly but started to eat his broccoli. Meme glanced at him and smirked softly, pleased with his small victory. Macu started barking from under the table as Meme looked under the table "Hey there!" He laughed quietly and took one of his dino nuggets, handing it over to the small dog who took it gleefully.

"You don't get any more little pup." Meme giggled softly and sat up straighter as Nadwe was still eating his broccoli. Coming out from the hallway leading to the recording rooms and the bedroom, Socks tapped the wall by the archway to grab Meme's attention "Hey, Meme?" Meme turned around in his seat "Could we talk in the studio?"

-Uh, okay?..- Meme nodded slowly and got up, following Socks into one of the recording rooms; into his. Meme was greatly confused as he rubbed his arm, looking around "Uh, Socks? Why are we here? What is so secretive that we can't discuss this infront of Nad-"

"Are you cheating on me?"

Meme stood there, silent for a while as Socks stared at him with his arms crossed. He just noticed how uncharastically serious Socks was as he waited for an answer. The two stood there in silence as Meme started laughing nervously from how tense this situation was "R-Real good joke Socks..." Socks only narrowed his eyes, crossing his arms as Meme stared at him. He then realized how dead-serious Socks was as his eyes widened a bit "O-Oh, y-you're not joking...?"

"Answer me, Meme." Socks quietly spoke as now Meme looked greatly offended "W-Wha-NO! No I haven't been-Why have you-" He stammered as he was trying to wrap his head around this, he looked at Socks "Why did you ask that!?" Socks only kept looking at him as he kept his arms crossed "You can stop lying to me Meme, I saw the messages." Meme got even more confused as he held his head with one hand "WHAT MESSAGES!? What are you talking about!? Socks, please, I have absolutely no clue what you are talking about!"