#idiot-killjoy-182

"Hey Tony?" Mike approaches the shorter boy, who's staring intently at some video on his phone. Tony pauses the video to glance up at Mike, acknowledging him. When Mike doesn't continue, he raises his eyebrows. "Oh uhm, Jaime and Vic wanted to know if we were going out for Halloween with them?" Tony scrunches his eyebrows together, trying to think of the date today. "Tonight, Tony. Halloween's tonight."

"Uhm... well, sure, if you feel like being two third-wheels." Tony replies jokingly.

"Oh yeah, that's always fun. Can't be that bad," Mike plops himself down on the couch beside Tony, turning his head to look at him. "I got my own 'date' after all,"

"Mmm... so I'm the fifth wheel or whatever?" Mike laughs, bringing a grin to Tony's face.

"No, you're my date!" Mike nudges Tony with his elbow, and Tony turns his head away, hiding a blush. He wouldn't admit it to anyone, but he'd had a crush on Mike for the longest time now. But, of course, Mike was straight. Well, as far as anyone knew, though in the band the topic of sexualities had never actually come up. They just went with whatever happened, like Jaime and Vic's relationship. Tony turns his head back to Mike, offering him a shy smile.

"What are we going as?" He asks, curious.

"Well, Jaime and Vic are going as something coupley, I forget what they said, but they said we can go as whatever, we don't have to match them. What do you want to go as?"

"Uhm..." Tony thinks for a moment before a smile spread across his face.

"Oh. Wow. I can guess this actually, a Stormtrooper or something?" Tony laughs, Mike having gotten it on the dot. "Well, if you're going as a Stormtrooper I want to go as a wizard."

"Well okay. We'll be Stormtroopers and wizards then. I'm sure that Jaime and Vic will appreciate our efforts to match each other!"

"Well, I doubt you want to dress up like a wizard with me, and anyways, it's not like we're actually..." Mike pauses for a moment, thinking about something. "Not like we're dating, like Jaime and Vic are."

"I'd dress up like a wizard for you..." Tony mumbles, looking at his twiddling thumbs like they're the most interesting thing in the world.

"You would?" Mike says softly, his breath tickling Tony's neck. When Mike had moved that close to Tony he failed to notice. Tony shivers, pulling away from Mike quickly.

"Yeah, uh sure. Why not." Tony grins, trying to ignore the feelings having Mike this close caused. He stands up, turning to wait for Mike so they could get ready.

*

"Oh. My. God. I look fabulousss as a wizard!" Mike mocked in a stereotypical gay voice, twirling in front of a mirror with Tony standing beside him. Tony let out a laugh before adjusting his robe a bit. "We ready to go?" Mike asked, but then answered his own question.

"Oh. Here," Mike held out his hand, the end of a wand facing Tony. He took it, then held it up, examining it. "Come on," Mike wrapped his arm around Tony's waist, leading him towards the door. A grin played at Tony's lips, thoughts of maybe walking like this if he ever had Mike going through his head. Mike quickly dropped his arm once they got to the door, walking outside. Tony took a deep breath of the crisp evening air, brushing thoughts of Mike aside so he could focus on the night ahead of him.

"Hey guys!" Jaime said excitedly. Tony and Mike gave him a quick look over before bursting out laughing. Jaime crossed his arms, a pout on his face. "Vic forced me to be the girl, okay? It was supposed to be him."

"But when you decide to force me to go trick-or-treating with you, you honestly can't expect me to dress up as a girl as well Jaime." Vic walks up behind Jaime, wrapping his arms around his waist before softly kissing his cheek. "Plus, you make a prettier Pocahontas than I ever would."

"So I see Mikey managed to get you to be a wizard with him Tony? How'd that come about?" Tony shrugs, looking towards the ground, and Mike wraps his arm around Tony's shoulder.

"Tony just loves me so much. So, are we doing this?" Jaime nods, placing his hand in Vic's. "Wow, you went all out with the costume Jaime!” Mike exclaimed, noticing just how much makeup Jaime had on. “I swear, you'd be a hotter chick than a guy!" Mike jokes, bringing a laugh from the group besides Jaime, whose face was pulled into a pout again. "Well... let us grown-ass men trick-or-treat the shit out of this neighbourhood!" Mike took the lead, Tony following close behind, with Vic and Jaime walking merrily along behind them.

"Trick or treat!" The group asks happily at the first house they go to. They hold out their bags, which are nothing more than pillowcases, hoping that the old couple who opened the door wouldn't shoo them away because of their age. Mike and Tony's arms tangle because of the limited space, but they both try to ignore it as they get their first loot for the night.

"She obviously thought we were younger than we were... 'nice to see kids your age out for a change!'" Mike mimics the lady's voice, failing quite miserably at doing so. Vic and Jaime take the lead this time, directing the group to the next house. "You know guys, you don't have to show your gayness," Mike comments as Jaime begins to swing Vic's hand between them. "You could be like me and Tony," Mike reaches over, taking Tony's hand in his and holding it up to show Jaime. When Jaime turned back around, Tony expected Mike to let go, but to his surprise, and delight, he didn't, well until they came to the next house. Tony at least didn't have to struggle to hide his blush, the setting sun doing a decent enough job of hiding it for him.

*

"Uh guys... I think I just felt a raindrop?" Tony says, wiping at his cheek.

"Ah well, a little rain never hurt nobody!" Jaime replies, before screeching because 'one got him in the eye!' They continued onto the next house after Jaime insisted it wouldn't get worse, receiving their candy and moving on.

"Guys, you know we need at least one picture of this, to remember!" Jaime said, pulling out his phone to take a bad-quality group picture.

"Do we really?" Tony moaned, slouching his shoulders down with a bit of a glare on his face.

"Come on Tony, have a little fun," Mike nudges Tony, before pulling him close. Tony's left with a shocked expression when Mike presses his lips to Tony's cheek, and Mike laughs it off. Jaime lets out a strangled squeal as it begins to rain harder, covering his wig and face with his arms, and running off towards the closest house with a front porch, the others chasing after him.

"So much for not getting worse..." Vic muttered, shuffling closer to Jaime to avoid the rain. Tony stands awkwardly, rain still hitting his back but not wanting to invade on anyone's personal space.

"Here," Mike says, noticing Tony's awkward position. He pulls Tony towards him, his arm wrapped around his waist. Tony smiles at Mike, giving him a nod as though to thank him. “Jaime... if it doesn’t lighten up we’re going home. Well I am, dunno about Tony.”

“Yeah. Agreed.” The pairs wait around for another 15 minutes, before Tony and Mike decide it’s not worth it. “Well, are you two coming with us?”

“No, we -” Jaime was interrupted by the voice of his boyfriend.

“We’re going home, Jaime.” Vic said in an authoritative tone, more demanding than anyone was used to. “So we’ll come with you.”

*

“I’ll give you love birds a break and walk Tony in, besides, I have to take back my costume anyways.” Mike said, stepping out of his side of the vehicle as Tony did the same. They walked up the pathway, Tony unlocking the door, before Mike plopped himself down on the couch as he waited for Tony to change. Tony walked out, holding a surprisingly neatly-folded bundle of clothes for Mike, which he handed to him with a smile.

“Well, that was fun while it lasted. Plus we got quite a bit of candy, free candy is always nice!”

“Until it’s drugged.” Mike joked, standing up and taking the clothes in hand. Tony and Mike were a few inches away, a slight smile growing across Mike’s face. “Guess I better head home,” Mike shook the thoughts of how close Tony’s face was to his out of his head, resisting the temptation to press their lips together. Tony nodded, sitting down on the couch and swinging his legs across it. He reached for the remote, flicking on the TV. “I uh...” Tony stood up, deciding he wanted some of his Halloween candy. He smiled at Mike, about to step around him, when Mike placed his fingers on Tony’s chin, turning his head and quickly pressing a kiss to his lips. When Tony stood expressionless, out of shock, Mike quickly apologized, and attempted to make a hasty retreat out the door.

“Mike?” Tony asks softly. Mike turns around, his hand going up to his neck then running through his hair as he looks at Tony.

“I’m sorry... I just uh... sorry...|

“Stay Mike? I can cook us a late supper?” Tony grins, trying not to freak out because for all he knows Mike could have meant nothing by that kiss. He doesn’t manage to stop his mind from freaking out though, and is unable to wipe the smile off his face when Mike agrees to his offer. “Anything you’d like?” Tony asks, deciding to wait until they’re eating to question Mike.

“Uh... whatever, I don’t care?”

*

“I uh... I’m sorry for earlier,” Mike says, biting into his taco.

“Did you mean anything by it?” Tony questions, silently wishing Mike did.

“Uh yeah, I guess I did... but I mean... you don’t like me so it’s nothing.” Mike replies after swallowing his mouthful. Tony has to hold back a laugh at how oblivious Mike is at this point.

“You think I don’t like you?” Mike shakes his head. Tony takes a bite of his taco before continuing. “Well I do...” Tony assures Mike. Mike smiles a bit, eating his food, the two sitting in silence for a while,

“You know what I hate?” Mike says between bites of his third taco. Tony raises his eyebrows, looking up at Mike. “First dates.” Tony smirks, nodding his head in agreement. “They’re always so awkward.”

“Yeah... so this should be our first date, skip awkward.” Tony responds without thinking. He blushes when he realizes what he’s said, looking down to his hands and fidgeting with them while waiting for Mike’s response, choosing not to take it back.

“Well, that would depend,” Mike smiles, feeling confident with himself. “That’d mean we’d get a second date, right?” A smile grows across Tony’s face, him responding with an immediate yes. “Well then, sure! So long as it’s not over.”

“Well, you can spend the night, you do it often enough?” Tony suggests. Mike’s got a supply of overnight things at Tony’s house, as does Tony at Mike’s, because of how much time they spend together, so it wouldn’t be a bother to either. Mike agrees, before Tony suggests a movie.

“Yeah, sure!” Mike says, finishing up cleaning everything. Tony gets up to turn on a movie, turning to Netflix and scrolling through the selection.

“Genre?” Tony looks to Mike for an answer, and Mike just shrugs. They end up picking a movie neither of them have heard of, sitting down to watch it, Mike eventually ending up with his head on Tony’s chest, their hands clasped together. They shared a few kisses throughout the movie, but spent a majority of their time talking after realizing they chose a boring movie, but neither caring because they were with one another.

*

Mike laid down on the bed beside Tony, the two facing each other. They shared a smile, before Mike brushed Tony’s hair out of his face. “Good night Tony,” Mike smiled, before kissing Tony’s forehead.