"Welcome back to Game Grumps."

Arin takes a sip of his drink after speaking, looking over at Dan to get him to fill the silence since he himself can't at the moment.

"Yeah, welcome back," the older man says with a bright smile directed at his boyfriend. "I'm not exactly sure what we're playing today but I think it's a multiplayer game, right? I don't know, I just know I haven't played it before. Isn't this like another fuckin' golf game or some shit?"

"Yeah, baby, you bet," Arin replies after he swallows, passing one of the controllers to Dan. The older shakes his head but he's smiling, and he takes the controller from Arin's hands quickly. They go to the customization screen and Arin gives Dan a look. "Okay, so- we have to pick the color of our balls, Dan."

"Yes, Arin, I'm seeing this." Dan laughs and chooses a dark blue color while Arin goes for a soft pink. "I really don't know what you were getting at right then so honestly I'm just fuckin' confused at this point."

Arin huffs, but he isn't seriously annoyed. "You just don't understand me, man," he murmurs, shaking his head disappointedly before he changes the way his voice sounds for the bit. "You never understand what I'm going through, Mom! Ugh, like, oh my god, whatever. It's not 'just a phase'. Literally this is my life."

Dan chuckles, rolling his eyes. "Well, anyway... I hope the controls aren't too janky on this game. It's already shitty as it is."

Arin tuts. "How do you know it's shitty if you've never played it before, huh? Something isn't adding up, Daniel."

Dan gestures to the screen. "I mean, just look at it," he argues, waving his hand around for effect. The graphics certainly aren't the best and the physics are pretty awful too. "And hey, if something isn't adding up here it's your fuckin' sass, dude. What the hell is with you today?"

"I don't know!" Arin exclaims, bursting out into laughter until he starts coughing. "Fuck, I dunno, man, I'm just feeling pretty competitive today."

"Aren't you always competitive though?"

Ignoring that, Arin grins. "Hey, hey, why don't we make this more interesting?" he suggests, and Dan doesn't like that mischievous look in his eyes and in his tone. He looks at Arin out of the corner of his eye before he says anything back.

"Hm, interesting how?" the older man replies cautiously, a little intrigued.

"Mmm," Arin hums with a slight smirk, "How about the loser sucks the winner's dick? Does that sound fair to you, Danny?"

"Oh my god, of course you would fuckin' suggest that. You know what? Whatever, dude, hope you're okay with sucking my dick then because I'm not losing."

Dan knows for sure that Arin is, in fact, perfectly okay with sucking him off. So much so that he might actually lose on purpose, though Dan has a good feeling Arin would still do it anyway, even if he won.

He can tell that Arin is getting a little antsy- they've been so busy with things as of late that they haven't had too much time with each other in general, let alone enough time for intimacy and dates and sex. At this point, Dan is willing to bet that Arin will do just about anything.

"Well I'm not losing either," the younger man states, sounding pretty confident. Dan chuckles and Arin finally starts the game up, and since he's player one, he gets to go first.

"So then what?" Dan finds himself asking after a moment, just to ask and not because he's that curious about the answer. "What happens if we fuckin' tie or something?"

Arin shrugs, casually taking his turn before he looks at Dan and waggles his eyebrows. "Guess we'll be sixty-nining."

Dan almost chokes, reaching over to shove Arin a little. "Shut the fuck up."

Arin's getting a bit close to saying too much, but then again Dan knows that this is pretty normal for them- talking like this. Before, however, it was played off as a joke but now it's all real and they actually mean the shit they say and knows that the other is aware of it; if Arin loses, he will actually drop to his knees and suck Dan's dick after the game. There's nothing stopping him like there would have been months ago.

"Okay, then how's this-" Arin starts suddenly as if he's got a new plan. Dan looks over at him once again before he looks back at the screen to take his turn. "We'll just like... ditch the dick-sucking thing at least, but if I win, you have to kiss me instead. Deal?"

Dan shakes his head at his boyfriend but he's smiling. "Hm, maybe, but what about if I win?"

Arin thinks it over. "Whatever you want, dude. If you're able to win, then you can tell me what that is." Dan playfully rolls his eyes at the 'if you're able to win' part, but he nods.

The game goes fine and is over before they know it- Dan beats Arin by two points. It wasn't like Arin didn't try at all, but Dan could tell that he stopped trying to win around the last three holes or so, though the older man isn't exactly sure why. Arin sits back and claps for him as their scores are displayed, looking over at the older with a straight face.

"Great job, man. You beat me. Somehow I really thought you'd lose."

Dan grins widely. "So now I get whatever I want?" he questions, just to be sure. His hand finds Arin's thigh and the younger man looks at him, biting on his lip.

"Yep, whatever you want," he confirms. Dan laughs to clear the tension, so Arin decides to wrap things up. "Well anyway, next time on Game Grumps. Whatever multiplayer game we play next I'll be sure not to lose, but today Dan won fair and square, so..."

"It'd be fun to play checkers again," Dan says with a content sigh. Arin groans and Dan finds himself giggling. "Anyway, bye."

Arin writes down the stop time for the episode and then stops the recording for now, making his way back to Dan. The older man pats his lap and Arin hesitates before he gently lowers himself so that he's straddling his boyfriend, his knees on either side or Dan's hips.

"I'm not too heavy?" Arin wonders aloud and Dan shakes his head, his hands moving to Arin's lower back. "Are you sure? I don't wanna fuckin' crush you, dude."

"You're fine," Dan insists, pressing a kiss to Arin's jaw. "So I think that I've decided what I want for winning the game."

"Mhm," Arin hums, finding himself relaxing more and more with every kiss that gets pressed to his neck and jawline. "And what would that be, Danny?"

"You," the older replies as Arin had suspected he would, his words muffled by the younger man's skin. "Right here, just like this." He pauses and kisses Arin on the lips before speaking again. "I also wanna fuckin' go out on another date with you. I know we've been busy as of late and I know the last date didn't go so well, so I thought that we could go to someplace where we wouldn't be recognized and do something fun, you know? What do you think?"

"Hell yeah, dude," Arin answers with a wide grin. "I'm honestly down with anything as long as you're completely okay with it."

Dan's face lights up and to Arin, it makes losing the stupid game absolutely one hundred percent worth it. Dan presses another kiss to the scar on Arin's forehead and holds him close.

Things are quiet for a moment until Arin speaks up.

"I love you," he tells him, his eyes locked onto Dan's and his voice soft and... he just really fucking means it. Dan has done so much for him- he's still trying to get used to everything just for Arin and it really makes the younger man's heart feel like it's going to explode but in the best way possible. He's glad that Dan hasn't given up on him yet, he's glad that Dan even gave him a chance in the first place. Who knows how things would've been if Arin had never told Dan how he'd felt? Arin's so fucking glad that he took that risk and just kissed him and that it all worked out like it did in the end.

The older man presses a kiss to the younger's lips, lingering there for a moment until he breaks it. Arin sighs out, not expecting Dan to say anything back, but he's surprised when he does.

"I love you too, big cat. So fucking much."

Dan smiles and so does Arin, the older man's thumb brushing across the younger's cheekbone. There's something in his eyes now, something that has Arin's heart racing, leaving him feeling absolutely breathless...

And leaving him feeling like he's falling even more in love with Dan than Arin thinks is actually possible.

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the end.

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