It didn’t take long for him to get to Damien’s house… orwell, I guess he should call it more of a manor then a house. It was huge,bigger than any house Chase had been to. Perks of being the Mayor he supposed. Thedriveway was long and ended in a large circle surrounding a fountain. He parkedthe car at the stairway leading up to the door and hopped out, brushing hissuit down once more before he walked up to the front door, knocking nervously.

About two minutes later, the door swung open, revealingDamien. He was dressed in his usual suit, his hair gelled back and his cane inhis hand. An equally nervous smile was on his face as was on Chases.

“Hey… Wow. You look… really nice.” Chase grinned, a burst ofconfidence going through him as he held his hand out for Damien to take. “Let’sgo on this date.”

Damien looked down with a blush on his face, reaching outfor Chases hand and gripping it tight while the other gripped his cane withwhite knuckles. “Thank you, Chase. You look very nice in a suit. You shouldwear them more often.” He complimented, chuckled softly and following along asChase walked him to his car.

Chase opened the passenger side door for Damien and grinnedat him, bubbles of happiness and nervousness rising in his stomach as he closedthe door and went to the driver’s side. He hopped in quickly and started thecar, now making his way to a fancy restaurant. Honestly, he wasn’t sure if hecould really afford this kind of restaurant, his channel hasn’t been doing thebest lately, but it’s what Damien deserved.

They made small talk on the way. Nothing significant but theconversation flowed easily. It made the ride go by quickly because soon enoughthey were at the restaurant, the valet coming up and waiting for them both toget out of the car.

Given that they were now in public, Chase knew he had tokeep their touches platonic with no romantic tension between them. Obviouslyfor Chase, that was going to be difficult. I mean, Damien in a suit looked amazing.

Chase gave the valet the keys nervously, walking next toDamien as they went into the restaurant, their conversation picking back up asthey were seated at a table near the back of the restaurant, the waiterscrambling because it was The Mayor. Chasewasn’t used to this kind of treatment but he wasn’t exactly complaining, it wasactually quite nice.

Chase smiled softly at Damien over the beautiful flower centrepieceand candles. The ambience in the restaurant was romantic, the lighting low. Damienlooked beautiful, the light dancing along his skin in the most wonderful ways,illuminating his eyes and making him look like he was and actual angel sent fromheaven.

“Thank you, Chase.” Damien chuckled softly, looking down atthe table, a dark blush on his cheeks as he ran a hand over his gelled hair.

Chase jumped slightly in his seat. “Oh shit… I said that outloud… That’s so embarrassing.” Chase groaned, covering his face with his hands,blushing a deep red as well.

“No, please. Don’t be embarrassed. It was… very kind of you.You look very nice too. I said that before but it’s relevant again.” He toldhim softly, his hand quickly reaching out to squeeze Chases hand briefly, pullingit away after a moment.

The date was going well so far; their food had arrived, thewine was flowing well as was the conversation. Chase was having so much fun, hedidn’t even realise how much time had actually passed. Their plates were emptyof food, their glasses empty of wine and at some point during the night, one oftheir legs had entwined under the table.

During the whole date, there was an undertone of tenseness.Both the sexual and attraction kind, but also tenseness from having to holdeach other back from doing anything that could be construed as them being on adate.

It made a twinge of sadness go through Chase each time hethought about it. Thought about how no matter what, while Damien was mayor,they could never truly be together. No quick kisses in public, no holdinghands, no going on dates. It was saddening. But Chase knew he’d deal with it.He’d always be semi okay with it so long as he actually got to be with Damien,even if it meant he had to be a secret. It would all be worth it.

Chase signalled for the bill after a while, the waitresscoming back over and handing the bill over. Chase grabbed it and looked at theprice, gulping and taking a deep breath and passing his credit card over toher. It was a bit more expensive then he thought it was going to be. But it wasokay. Damien deserved the best.

Once it was all paid for, Chase led Damien out of therestaurant, getting the valet to bring the car around. As they waited, Damienturned to him, looking nervous which in turn made Chase nervous. He was gonnasay the date was terrible, he just knew it.

“Chase… I saw your face when you paid for the meal. It wasn’ta good face.”

Chase shook his head, a small smile on his face. “No. No, itwas fine. Don’t worry about it.”

“You do know that we don’t have to go to places like this ifyou can’t afford it. It has been a very nice date but I would like to do thingsthat you like to do.” Damien told him, reaching out to squeeze his shoulder, itwas the best he could do in this situation with so many people around.

Chase looked down and blushed. “You deserve the best moneycan buy. I want to give you that.”

“I’m not with you to go on expensive dates. I’m with youbecause you’re fun and not with me because I’m the mayor.” Damien whispered,squeezing his shoulder before taking it away.

Chase didn’t say anything back, just nodding thoughtfully.He grabbed the keys from the valet as his car drove up, sitting in the driversseat. He waited until Damien was seated and had his seatbelt on before hestarted driving. He chewed his lip in thought, the car silent.

“Okay. I’m gonna take you somewhere special to me, okay?” Hetold him, a small smile tugging at his lips, getting a smile back from Damien.

The drive wasn’t long, both of them sitting in comfortablesilence, no pressure to have to keep conversation going. In front of them was askate park, the skate park Chase first learned how to use a skateboard, theskate park where he took his own kids to learn. It was empty at this point asit was pretty late.

“It’s kinda stupid… and it’s just a skatepark… but it’sspecial to me.” Chase blushed, rubbing the back of his neck nervously.

Damien smiled and reached over, grabbing Chases hand softly.“This is much more your style. I like it.” He chuckled softly, hopping out ofthe car when Chase did.

Chase went to the trunk of his car and grabbed hisskateboard and took off his suit jacket, rolling up the sleeves of his shirt. “I’mgonna teach you a little bit about skating, okay?” He grinned, locking up hiscar and grabbing Damiens hand, dragging him to an open space.

Damien nervously followed. “Chase, I don’t think this is agood idea. I have never been on a skateboard and I’m not exactly appropriatelydressed.” He debated, swallowing heavily.

Chase laughed and put the board down, turning to Damien andholding both of his hands. “Come on. It’s okay. It’ll be fun and I’ll hold ontoyou the whole time, so don’t worry.”

Damien took a hesitant step onto the board, gulping heavily.He gripped Chases shoulders so tight, his knuckles were going white, Chaseshands moving to his waist. “Don’t let me fall, okay?” He told Chase firmly,taking a deep breath as he balanced on the skateboard.

Chase smiled at him reassuringly. “I won’t. I promise.” Hethen started to walked them around, his hands firmly on Damiens waist so hedidn’t fall. Technically Damien wasn’t riding the skateboard but Chase stillcongratulated him.

They rode around the park for a little while, their laughterloud as they continued to grip onto each other, before Chase stopped them,helping Damien hop off the board. He continued to hold his hand after Damienwas off the board and he blushed, looking down at their entwined hands andsqueezing softly.

“So… Why is this park so special to you?” Damien askedsoftly, genuinely curious and wanting to know more about Chase.

“It’s… it’s been a place where I can just be myself. Thisskate park has been my escape from everything whenever I’ve needed one. Peoplehere or not, I was able to just chill out and just forget about whatever wasbothering me. It became a safe haven.” Chase explained easily, looking around atthe rusting ramps. “Even now a days I still come here. Like if any of the egosare bothering me or if Stacy is being horrible.” He shrugged.

“Chase… I’m honoured you have taken me here then.” He smiledsoftly, stepping closer and wrapping his arms around Chase, Chases own armssurrounding him. After a moment they both stepped back.

“it’s getting late… I suppose I should take you home now.”Chase mentioned, looking up at Damien softly.

“I don’t want this date to end.” Damien replied, sighingsadly.

“I know… neither do I. But I’m nothing if not a gentlemanand I can’t keep you out too late.” Chase laughed, leaning down to pick up hisskateboard before taking hold of Damiens hand again and leading him back to thecar.

The drive back to Damien’s manor didn’t take that long. Helived surprisingly close to the skatepark which Chase was jealous of. He pulledup at the front door again and turned off the car, hopping out and racing aroundthe car to open the door for Damien, helping him out of the car. They heldhands as they walked up the set of stairs to the front door. They stoppedthere, as if they were in a cliché romcom movie. Chase faced Damien and squeezedhis hand. “Tonight was really good. I would like to go on another; if you wouldlike that too.” He murmured softly, looking up at him, his eyes filled withadoration.

“I would really enjoy that, Chase. Tonight was good. Thankyou for taking me to your special place.” Damien thanked, looking down at hisshoes with a soft smile.

Chase took a deep breath and reached up, lifting Damienschin so he would look at him. “It’s no problem. I’m glad I could take youthere.” He smiled, slowly stepping closer. He bit his lip softly as he leanedin slowly, giving Damien plenty of time to pull away should he want to. When hedidn’t, Chase pressed their lips together softly, moving them against eachother softly and passionately.

He was filled with elation when Damien wrapped his arms aroundhis neck, moving his own arms to wrap around his waist, holding him close asthe kiss continued. The only sound around them was the sound of crickets in thedistance.

After a while they pulled away, Chase leaning theirforeheads together and just basking in the happy calm surrounding him. Heopened his eyes and looked back into Damiens, noticing how bright his eyeswere. “That was nice.” Chase whispered softly, slowly pulling away, a largesmile on his face.

“Yes. I… wouldn’t mind doing that again sometime. Perhaps onthe next date?” Damien chuckled, winking flirtily despite nervous going throughhim. It was new to him to be so bold and flirty with someone, usually having tokeep it under wraps as a scandal would be terrible for someone so high up onthe political ladder.

“I hope there will be more of that next time. You have mynumber. Call me, okay?” Chase hummed, quickly giving him a peck on the lipsbefore squeezing his hand. “I hope to hear from you soon. Have a lovely night,Damien.” He hummed, pulling away completely and starting to head back to hiscar.

“I’ll call you, don’t worry.” He smiled. “Have a good night,Chase.” He called out, watching him leave and hop into his car. He went insideand closed the door, turning and leaning against it. He felt like he was insome kind of teenage romcom right now and he honestly didn’t care.