Jonathan didn’t date after he and Weston broke up. He was really heartbroken. The only thing that helped him were video games and occasionally music.

“Jonathan, I think we should stop dating.”

“Why do you think that Wes?” Jonathan intertwines his fingers with his boyfriend’s.

“Because I’m leaving for college soon. We should think about our futures instead.”

“But I see you in my future Weston. God please don’t do this,” Jonathan’s voice cracks as tears form in his sad blue eyes. “Jonathan, I'm sorry,” Weston pushes his hand away from Jonathan and asks him to leave. The clown goes home, runs up to his room avoiding any contact with his family. Jonathan promised himself something that day; he'd never date again.

Again, another promise of Jonathan broken. “So, which app do you wanna use? Since you prefer both,” Evan questions as he looks at the app store on Delirious's phone. Delirious merely shrugs at the question. “Ask Luke. He’s good with apps like that,” he answers as he puts another dish away into the cupboard. Evan petulantly sighs, “This is for you Delirious! Not CaRtOoNz!” The clown shrugs once again. This action makes the feathers on the owl fluff, “Are you fucking kidding me? Why are you such a baby Delirious? Huh? What’s the matter?” Jonathan stops putting the dishes away. He sets the rag up onto the counter, “I really don’t want to go through the pain again Evan. The pain of someone leaving me. Someone being disgusted by me, because of my weight, and my appearance.” Evan slams Delirious’s phone down onto the couch and stands up violently, “There’s nothing wrong with your appearance. You’re hot!” The owl’s face goes red after his little babble of words. He genuinely thinks his friend is attractive and his personality his amazing, but he needs to find someone better than this narcissistic Evan.

After lunch Luke arrives at Jonathan’s house, “So how’s the dating goin’? Did you help him Evan?” The owl frowns and shakes his head, “He’s being a little stubborn.” Luke heavily sighs and sets the bags of food on the coffee table, “So, where’s he at right now?” He questions Evan. The Asian looks around, “I think he’s playing on his computer.” Another angry noise is released from the bearded man, “Delirious! Get your ass out here!”

A few moments later Jonathan strides out, “What?”

“Come here,” Luke orders. Delirious sighs and plops down onto the couch beside Evan, “What do you want?”

“You need to fucking made up your mind. You’re not just gonna sit in here for the rest of your life playin’ video games! Evan and I here are gonna help you! We’re trying to help you Jonathan! Can’t you see!” Luke’s voice cracks, and Evan whips his head around to him. He rubs his beard and sighs, “We both deeply care for you Delirious. Please cooperate,” CaRtOoNz pleads and Vanoss’s heart breaks; he agrees. “Delirious, please try. I know it sucks-”

“No you don’t. You’ve never been fat Evan,” Jonathan spats. Luke growls, “Stop using that fucking excuse boy! Your body size shouldn’t fucking matter! If that date of your’s can’t see that, then they’re not fucking worth it!”

“What about in bed then? Hmm? That’s my biggest fuckin’ fear CaRtOoNz. Who wants to have sex with a fat guy? Hmm? None of y’all would do it, would ya?”

“I would,” Evan snaps back. Luke stares at the back of the owl’s head. A quick silence falls over them, but Vanoss fixes it, “Anyway, sex shouldn’t matter right now. When you get there, you get there,” he explains. He smiles at Delirious. A smile the clown’s never seen before. It made him feel warm, like after walking inside your house after playing in the snow for a while. He ignores that feeling and smiles, “Welp, let’s get this dating thing on the road.”

“Setting up this shit is hard,” Luke groans as all three men surround the computer of Delirious’s. Evan fixes his glasses as he looks at the options. “So, are we doing Grindr?” The owl questions the raccoon beside him. The blue eyes search the screen, “Yeah. Let’s do that.”

“Bisexual? Correct.”

“Yes.”

“Any preferences?”

“Fuck no. I’m not a racist piece of shit.”

“Not what I meant, but that’s good too.”

“Bio?” Luke questions.

“Video games, music, long walks on the-”

“Don’t Delirious,” Evan laughs.

“Fine, what now?” Jonathan questions his two friends. Luke sighs, “Now a photo! Then we wait for any responses.”

“I feel like fucking Paul Blart.”

“But you’re not a mall cop, and he’s not bisexual, he’s also not as young as you,” Evan points out. Luke nods in agreement. “So, you’re gonna wear your favorite hoodie?”

“Yeah. Is there something wrong with that?” The clown asks and looks at both of his friends. Luke looks at Evan and vice versa. “No,” they answer at the same time.

“Smile!” CaRtOoNz shouts as he takes the picture of the smiling clown. Evan watches his teeth flash and his pierced ears move as he smiles. His blue eyes seem to glow to the owl. In fanfictions Vanoss has read he’s usually obsessed with Delirious’s eyes, but really he found his cheeks and ears the most alluring thing about him. His smile crushed every bone in the muscular body of Evan, because he knew he’d never have that man for himself. What could he say? The owl is falling out of his tree for this raccoon, but yet he’s still helping him find someone to date.

The guys continue the rest of their day playing video games together on Delirious’s Wii. Luke has never seen Delirious this happy in a while. “It’s your turn to choose a song to dance to!” The bearded man shouts at the clown. “I can’t dance in front of y’all,” Jonathan pushes the offer away. Evan notices the coy smile. He stands and reaches at hand out for the raccoon, “Come on, I’ll dance with you.”

“Evan-”

“I hate dancing Delirious. I’m doing this for you,” Vanoss explains and nervously laughs. “Fine,” Jonathan smiles and takes his hand. They are currently playing Just Dance 2017. Jonathan scrolls through the different songs and picks the holy iconic song “What Is Love” by Haddaway. Evan laughs, “Oh fuck.” The song starts out and the Delirious immediately gets into it. Evan’s still a little nervous and slowly moves along. He turns to look at Jonathan dancing with a bright smile on his face. They both laugh at each other and continue dancing like there’s no one around them. Luke laughs at them, but stops once he realizes how much they keep turning to each other. He thinks while he occasionally moves to the music. As the song ends they continue laughing, nearly out of breath. They smile at each other and CaRtOoNz notices something flash through Jonathan’s blue eyes. A flash Luke remembers only seeing when Delirious was around Weston.

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