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Sebastian was so hesitant to dance in public, it was one thing to be on stage and dance and a complete other to do it randomly in a zoo with tourists all around trying to get a view of the lemurs. Sebastian closed his eyes and bumped his hips a little from side to side none the less though, knowing it was make Jeff happy and that was the whole point of the day. He didn’t want to struggle any more, he was the blondes boyfriend and that meant sometimes being uncomfortable for his happiness. Sebastian even sung a little which he was much more comfortable doing “I like to move it, move it…..we like to…move it.” He felt the familiar smirk tug on his lips as he finished the lyric and chuckled “Alright they are just as cute in real life as they are in animated movies about animals escaping from the zoo.” He captured Jeff’s lips in his own and then pulled back again. Monkeys were cool and all but it was now mid afternoon and Sebastian knew they had to be back in time for dinner at Dalton or the other Warblers would give them hell.

Sebastian knew the other Warblers knew, but being late coming back from a date meant only one thing to the Warblers and that was sex. It was nearly a tradition now that any Warbler who returned after curfew whilst on a date was to be strictly harassed about sexual endevours for the rest of month, and while Sebastian didn’t mind being curtailed with sexual jokes, he figured Jeff might, especially since they hadn’t even gone the whole way yet. Sebastian figured he could probably ask Jeff for it, but even the brunette was aware of how special he wanted it to be and had made a conscious effort to wait this long, what was another month and a few more dates.

Sebastian slid his hands into the back of Jeff’s pant pockets and gripped him tightly. “Are you ready to go home now? I think this is the end of the part anyway, around the corner is the entrance we came in.” He smiled at his boyfriend, enjoying the feel of his cheeks in his hands and separated by a thin level of jeans and underwear. “Was there anything we missed do you think?” He asked curiously in case Jeff wanted to stay a little longer. 

Jeff couldn’t help but laugh a little as Sebastian sung and shook his hips in rhythm with the song “What have I done to you?” he asked with a big smile on his lips, talking more to himself than anyone else “The Sebastian Smythe I once knew would have never even thought about doing something like that in public. And yet here you are, dancing to a stupid song from a movie, to a real date, just to make this silly blond happy” Jeff said as he smiled at his boyfriend “Thank you” he whispered seconds before the brunet attached his lips to his own. The blond couldn’t help but hold him a bit tighter. Even a brief and chaste kiss, like the one they has just shared, gave him butterflies all the time. ‘I’m so lucky’ he said to himself as he rested his head on the brunet’s shoulder.

Jeff was so caught up in their date and in all the animals around them, that he had barely registered that time had passed and it was now late. The blond had totally forgotten that it was time to go back to Dalton until his boyfriend reminded him that that had to leave. The blond lifted his head from his spot on Sebastian’s shoulder and nodded “I’m ready” he said kissing briefly his boyfriend’s cheek. When he felt Sebastian’s hands sliding into his back pockets and gripping his ass, a tint of red spread on his face, he bit on his lower lip and looked down, trying to steady his heartbeat that all of a sudden decided to speed up, the blond couldn’t tell whether it was for arousal or embarrassment. He hid his crimson face into the crook of Sebastian’s neck shacking his head “It was perfect and we stopped literally at every exhibit. There is nothing else left to see”.

When the blond felt his face less on fire and his heart speeding down, and as soon as Sebastian decided to let go of his ass, Jeff took his boyfriend’s hand in his own, intertwining their fingers together and they walked to the exit of the reserve. They were about to exit when Jeff stopped, stopping Sebastian with him “One last kiss before we leave” he explained before kissing his boyfriend, ignoring everyone and everything around them. The blond wanted one last perfect moment to remind him of their special first date. That was their moment and no one could spoil it, no matter what. Jeff pulled away from the kiss only when his lungs were in need for air. He rested his head against Sebastian’s “Thank you” he whispered and finally they walked away. The boys walked to Jeff’s SUV and got in the car, ready to go back to Dalton.

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The rest of the enclosures were a complete blur, Sebastian could have sworn he saw deer of some kind and maybe some small Asian otters but really everything was cancelled out by the arrival of the tiger exhibit. Jeff sped away from him faster than Sebastian could really calculate and once Sebastian had looked in the direction he was heading it all fell in place. Standing in an enclosure, separated from humanity by a ten metre drop and a river was a family of tigers. A lone male, a female and what looked like three cubs but soon became four after one crawled out from underneath another. Seb knew that tigers were high on Jeff’s list of favourite animals, they were everything he thought he wasn’t; strong independent and gorgeous. Jeff held onto the railing and Sebastian saw his chance, he threw his arms around the blondes waist and roared as best he could, playfully biting on Jeff’s neck afterwards. “I’m the only tiger you need.” He growled with a quick peck on Jeff’s neck.

The tiger cubs played around beneath them, swatting each other and then running away like an orange and black game of tag, while their parents seemed to be enjoying completely opposite ends of the enclosure together. The male who Sebastian wasn’t even sure was awake seemed completely uninterested in anything around him and his enormous paw rested under his head as if to look like a bored teenager who was sleeping. Their enclosure was quite different to many others, there was toys and logs scattered everywhere and instead of a forest to disappear into they had a jungle of tropical wide leafed ferns and trees. It caught Sebastian’s intentions because he was completely bewildered how they could manage to keep such trees alive in Ohio’s weather.  He squeezed Jeff’s waist and chuffed a little more like a tiger this time. “I love you Jeff.” He wasn’t sure where it had come from or how, just that it felt right saying it then.

Jeff was fully aware he was acting like a kid, taking billion of pictures and videos and almost squealing every time one of the cubs did something cute, but he couldn’t help it. The cubs in front of him were the cutest thing he had ever seen. The blonde wished he could take them to Dalton with him. Jeff realized he wanted to bring every animal at Dalton with him. ‘Maybe I should live in a zoo’ he said to himself. Suddenly he felt his boyfriend’s arms around him, followed by a roar and lips and teeth on his neck. The blond turned his head, his eyes were full of love as he looked at Sebastian and gave him one of his shy smiles “Yes” he whispered “Yes, you are” he said pulling his boyfriend closer to him. The two of them stood like that looking at the tiger cubs chasing each other for a bit. Jeff felt his heart skip a beat as Sebastian said that he loved him. It had felt so special to Jeff that he couldn’t help but turn into his boyfriend’s arms and kiss him deeply.

Eventually Jeff was able to walk away from the cubs. As the boys walked trough the rest of the Asian zone, the blond thanked Sebastian for being so patient with him “You’re the best boyfriend ever” he said “I’m so lucky to have you. You saved me from myself” he whispered shyly as he held Sebastian’s hand tighter. The boys stepped into the next section of the reserve, the African one. It was a whole new scenario. Tall trees were all around them and under the bright sun it looked like they really were somewhere in Africa. They saw okapis and several types of monkeys. As they looked at the gorillas, Jeff was tense and his eyes were wide. The blond confessed that he was terrified by gorillas “It’s King Kong’s fault” he explained “I saw that movie on TV when I was six and I was living in New York at that time. I was constantly afraid that a big monkey could appear and destroy everything around me. Since then I’ve always been terrified by gorillas.

After his little confession, Jeff took Sebastian’s hand and they headed to the artificial lake where hippos were bathing. As they looked at the massive animals, another panel caught the blond’s eyes. Jeff guided Sebastian to the lemur exhibit where the little animals were walking around. Just like a kid would do, Jeff started to sing quietly the song from the movie Madagascar glancing at his boyfriend and laughing “Move it” he whispered to Sebastian’s ear as he placed his hands on the brunet’s hips and looked at him licking his lips.

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Sebastian let Jeff place his body in front and naturally moved his hands to Jeff’s waist and brought him just that much closer into his chest. If Sebastian had a secret skill that he didn’t flaunt or brag about it was cuddles, he knew his own body well and used it quite effectively to convey all the things he would never say with his words. With his hands where they were and his arms beside Jeff’s, Seb naturally tried to protect Jeff from the view of the girl and boy beside them who were getting their couple on. Sebastian knew that Jeff just wanted a relationship like that, it wasn’t hard to work out that with a family like Jeff’s he would always be craving the deep connections that people forged over years. What Sebastian didn’t know how to tell him was that it does take YEARS to forge those kinds of bonds. He pecked Jeff’s cheek just to reassure him that he was here with him and it didn’t matter that they had only been going out for a month or so, (if you counted the four weeks of school they had done together) that Sebastian was still madly in love with him as much as any seventeen year old can know what love is.

Jeff turned into Sebastian’s arms and looked almost through him, whatever was playing on the blondes mind was taking him far away from the zoo, maybe he was back at Dalton or over in Colorado with his family, either way he wasn’t with Sebastian and that worried the brunette a little. “Hey, Earth to Jeff…its Sebastian calling…your boyfriend…who loves you very much.” Sebastian said sarcastically with a raised eyebrow, he didn’t seem to get the response he wanted so he was a little more forceful, “Jeff…is someone keeping your mind in a jar?…or should I be worried about the water?”

It wasn’t like Jeff to drift off like that, run away, sure, hide and cry about the things that made him slip towards depression, yes….but drift off away from Sebastian, not really his thing. Seb chalked it off to being a little tired, they had been standing and walking in the sun almost all day and the blonde was probably just drained from it all. “Hey.” Sebastian welcomed Jeff back to the land of the living with a flashy grin and a small stroked of his cheek just for good measure. “Are you feeling alright? I kind of lost you there for a second.” He smiled and pecked Jeff’s cheek, but from the periphery of his vision he saw the other couple making out and decided to show them up.

His lips dragged across Jeff’s rosy cheeks and with the cherry blossoms blowing around them in a sudden kick up of wind, he pushed his lips to Jeff’s while his hands closed in around to the small of the blonde’s back, pushing his hips into Seb’s. 

Jeff took a step behind just so that he could look at Sebastian properly in the eyes “Yeah.. I’m fine” he murmured quietly “Only a bit tired I guess. No need to worry” the blond said, not sure whether or not his boyfriend could tell, from the look in his eyes, that he had just lied to him.

The blond was then caught by surprise by Sebastian’s action. When he felt his boyfriend’s lips on his own he couldn’t help but smile into the kiss and seconds later he was kissing him back. The kiss was tender and slow at first, their lips were melting together, but in a few seconds it became more heated, and it showed just how much they needed and loved each other. Their tongues were caressing each other and exploring each other’s mouths, fighting for dominance. Jeff surrendered at Sebastian, letting him take control of the kiss and letting him take care of him, like he always did. He was so lost in the kiss, that he could only register the heat of Sebastian’s body against his own, making his heart beat faster and sending blood straight to his cheeks, coloring his face in a deep tint of red. The brunet’s hands on his lower back felt like fire through Jeff’s clothes and on his skin and the blond felt his body on fire as soon as his hips touched his boyfriend’s. Jeff felt like the time had stopped around them, everything was frozen. The wind had suddenly stopped, everything was silent, there was nothing but h and Sebastian sharing what felt like the perfect kiss. In that moment he couldn’t care less about the people who were all staring and glaring at them, because of their PDA, he could only focus his attention on the amazing boy who was holding him in his arms, protecting him and kissing him.

Jeff wished that the kiss could last forever, but the lack of air in his lungs made them pull apart. The blond closed his eyes and rested his forehead against his boyfriend’s, catching his breath. His arms went on the other’s shoulders and he wrapped them around his neck, running his hands through the brunet’s hair. Finally Jeff opened his eyes and met Sebastian’s emerald eyes, staring right back at him. He stole a quick kiss from his boyfriend and smiled tenderly at him. “What was that for?” he asked still a bit breathless and confused. The blond didn’t need an answer though, that kiss was all he needed to reassure him that he had made the right choice whit Sebastian and that what they had was real. He whispered a barely audible “Thank you” to Sebastian’s ear and hugged him a bit tighter.

Eventually the blond realized where they were and he felt self-conscious when he noticed that several people were still staring at them, he looked down with embarrassment written all over his face and held Sebastian’s hand for support. The boys walked away towards other enclosures, losing themselves in between the Asian animals. More than once Jeff took his phone to take picture of animals or trees around them, but mostly he took picture of his boyfriend alone or of the two of them smiling like fools at the camera. He even took a video of the two of them walking through the reserve, in which he also mocked his boyfriend’s backpack, “because Sebastian Smythe with a lemur attached to his back was something people needed to see and he had to document it” the blond had explained with a smile and a kiss as he teased his boyfriend. They spent their time laughing until Jeff stopped suddenly in his track, one more time with wide eyes and a stupid smile all over his face. The blond turned his face to look at Sebastian, he had an almost guilty look in his eyes “Don’t hate me for this, okay?” he kissed Sebastian’s cheek and let go of his hand speeding toward what he had seen seconds earlier, tiger cubs.

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Sebastian let his most impish smirk pull across his face as Jeff asked him to stop playing with his foot. In true Sebastian style the request was ignored and his foot continued to rub against Jeff’s and trail up his ankle slightly. “You’re mouth says no…but your eyes..” Sebastian flicked his index finger between his eyes and Jeff’s “Your eyes scream yes.” Sebastian teased with a soft lick of his lips. Turning the blonde on was only part of the fun of this game though, the other part was watching Jeff try to remain in control while they were in public. Despite his innocent and dapper school boy shell, inside Sebastian knew that Jeff craved sexual attention as much as any other seventeen year old male. The trick for Seb was finding ways that Jeff could openly express this desire and if that meant teasing him a little with a minor under the table game, then so be it. Jeff’s eyes flashed with a dangerous glare that Sebastian wasn’t sure if was for him or the waiter who had been called over and asked to bring cream puffs. Either way, both the waiter and Seb seemed to ignore the attempt by Jeff to glare at them.

Before the waiter could bring them their desert Sebastian took the time to place both his hands on the table and take Jeff’s “You know you’re kinda hot when you have to control yourself.” He whispered to jeff’s ear. As he was about to continue peppering Jeff with sexual advances their waiter floated back and placed their plate of cream puffs, positively dripping with chocolate sauce on the table. Sebastian recoiled slightly to watch Jeff nibble on one before swallowing the rest of it. Seb leant on his elbow to watch the blonde continue eating, it was fascinating, as he stared at him though, Jeff began to lean closer, then their lips connected and Sebastian didn’t have the heart to pull away. Seb used his tongue to collect the chocolate on Jeff’s lips before slipping it back into Jeffs mouth. Instantly he felt Jeff’s lips break into a smile as the chocolate taste flavoured their kiss. Sebastian wasn’t keen on the whole experience, it was weird and he like Jeff’s natural taste, just the way it was. What kept the brunette going was the knowledge that Jeff obviously had a thing for flavoured make outs and Sebastian let him have this one without complaint.

Eventually their kiss broke and Jeff’s bashful smile made the chocolate taste lingering on Sebastian’s tongue worthwhile. They went back to silently admiring each other over desert, Sebastian even picked the strawberries from the side of the plate and dipped them in a little bit of cream in order to be a participating member of their desert. Jeff didn’t seem to have any problem destroying the three remaining puffs on his own and with a little kiss here and there, seemed to be quite content to let Sebastian watch and eat fruit. If there was a problem though, Seb hoped that Jeff would bring it up later, just to make sure they were being honest with one another. Seb had enough skeletons in his closest for the both of them and having little things like not eating desert added to them would only make things harder if they ever came out. Quickly the taller boy pushed this from his mind though, Jeff had asked him to drop the pessimism and he did so gratefully this time.

As they stood up to leave the cafe, Jeff quickly pulled out his wallet and left Sebastian standing helplessly at their table. By the time the brunette had even registered what Jeff had done it was too late. Jeff had paid for lunch and was now telling him that it ‘didn’t feel right to let Sebastian pay’. Sebastian forced a smile and started for the door beside Jeff, he knew he should be honest here but it didn’t feel right. It wasn’t as Jeff claimed that ‘he was a European gentleman’ that Sebastian wanted to pay, it was because Sebastian had the means too. The leggy brunette came from a family of wealth whereas Jeff did not and Sebastian wanted to make sure in some small part that Jeff’s money went to more important things than dates and lunches. He struggled for several moments internally as he debated how to tell Jeff his feelings on the blonde paying for lunch.

What should have been a simple thing to let go, began to worm its way into Sebastian’s mind. ‘How do you tell someone that they shouldn’t pay for lunch?’ ‘Should I even say anything?’ ‘Argh why am I so worked up over this?’ Sebastian asked himself numerous questions as fast as he could before it seemed like he was distracted. Eventually he looked at Jeff and blinked, kissed him on the cheek and sighed “Next time babe…please let me pay…I…don’t worry about it’s stupid.” Unusual for Sebastian he started out strong then became nervous. He didn’t want the date to be ruined by something so petty so he let it drop as they walked away, praying that Jeff could put the pieces together.

Sebastian let Jeff put his sun glasses on and then connected their hands as they headed down the dirt path towards the Asian region.  The American pines around them soon gave way to Japanese Cherry Blossoms that looked semi devoid of life due to the improper time of year and Asian fir trees. Sebastian knew it was purely to play on tourists opinion of what Asia ‘should’ look like and he knew it was totally inaccurate but he couldn’t help but be swept along with the path and admire the new scenery. “You know they would totally love you in Japan right…China too…anywhere in Asia Jeff. Hair like yours….girls would just go crazy…like beatlemania crazy….think One Direction but bigger.” Sebastian pushed Jeff’s fringe and kissed him on the cheek although he wanted more he stopped at that. “I think you would enjoy the attention.” Sebastian smirked and continued along the path. Soon they were reaching the first enclosure and Sebastian felt a small smile break on his face. “Close Jeff…not quite Panda’s…but they are Red Panda’s” Sebastian explained as he leant on the wooden log railing that prevent them from go any further. “Look at them” He said softly “I mean they aren’t even really panda’s at all…more like Asian racoons…still though they have such cute expressions.”

Jeff was admiring the view through the black lenses on his eyes, everything had a nice darker shade and the whole scene was like it was taken form an old movie and the blond thought it was almost perfect. He definitely liked the new scenery but he would have liked it even more with small little flowers adorning the trees all around them. His inner traveler was excited to see for the first time such a new and beautiful scenery which was waking up again his old and hidden love for the Far East.

Even though Sebastian had said nothing, Jeff could feel the tension coming from his body, through his hand, the blond then held his hand tighter and listened to whatever his boyfriend was rambling about “Nah.. a bunch of girls all drooling over me isn’t my thing, I’d rather have a bunch of guys at my feet, craving for my attention” Jeff winked at Sebastian “Actually I only need your attention” he smiled at Sebastian again “You’re all I want, you’re all I need…” Jeff began to sing softly one of his favorite song, pulling Sebastian closer to him.

Jeff looked amused at the little animals in front of him, he was fascinated by the color of their fur “You’re right, they’re really cute” Jeff pointed at one of them walking on a tree “Look at that cutie. Isn’t it just adorable?” he had a big smile on his face, something about the way the red panda walked through the branches made him smile “I think I’m in love with him. I mean look at his little face and the tail. Look at his tail, it looks so soft. I wish I could squeeze him and pet him and keep him with me.” Jeff had an adoring expression on his face “I’m seriously considering adopting a red panda” he stated. “He could live and sleep with me and me and him could cuddle at night. I bet he loves cuddles. Maybe I can trade you for him” Jeff took off his sunglasses to meet Sebastian’s eyes “He would be a good replacement. Maybe he’s also a good kisser” Jeff winked at Sebastian and smiled. Then he looked at his boyfriend’s face before staring at his body “Nah.. you’re too hot and I love you too much. Besides I can do certain things only with you and to you” Jeff bit his lower lip and blushed before resting his head on Sebastian’s shoulder. The blond then noticed another red panda sat on a rock, still, looking at them, Jeff tilted his head “Seb, why is he he glaring at me? Look! I think he hates me or something” Jeff pouted “Why does he hate me?” Jeff crossed his arms over his chest “I love him and he hates me. It’s not fair” the animal eventually went away and Jeff began to chuckle softly.

Right next to the red pandas enclosure there was the Malayan Sun Bear’s one. Jeff and Sebastian stopped to look at the cute bears in there. When the blond looked at the couple of bears, he thought they were the cutest bears he’d ever seen “They look so friend…” Jeff widened his eyes as one of the bear stood up on two legs and opened his big mouth “dly… Okay, maybe that one is not that friendly” Jeff laughed nervously “They’re the world’s smallest bear but they look pretty big to me”. As Sebastian looked at the bears, Jeff glanced at his left, and he spotted a boy who was holding his girlfriend’s hand, they seemed so carefree and happy as they looked at the cute animals and the blond felt a pang of jealousy running through his veins. Instinctively he hugged Sebastian who was still looking at the couple of bears and kissed his boyfriend’s neck softly then turned in his arms and pressed his back against Sebastian’s chest, placing the brunet’s arms around his waist. He pretended to look at the two bears that were playing with each other as he pulled Sebastian as closer as he could.

The whole day had been full of tension, even though they were enjoying the day together, the date hadn’t started in the best of the ways, Jeff had misunderstood Sebastian’s joke and then Sebastian had thought Jeff was mad at him because of the pictures he had took of him and the blond was sure that his boyfriend wasn’t exactly happy about the whole ‘I’m paying for our lunch’ thing. Both Jeff and Sebastian, in more than one occasion, had bit on their tongues to try and avoid another argument or misunderstanding. Jeff wished for a second they they could be just like the lovey dove couple at their left, carefree and happy, but they were holding their thought instead trying not to hurt each other. ‘Why it has to be so hard for us? Why can we just be honest and carefree? I’m sure Seb is still pissed at me for the lunch. I can’t believe our first date has been so hard. No, not hard, just… not easy. Seb, what’s wrong with us? It’s almost like we’re both afraid of saying something, like at anytime our relationship could implode’ Jeff had told Sebastian to drop the pessimism, but in that moment pessimism was hitting him, hard. ‘They say that the first date set the tone for the rest of the relationship. Well I don’t want a relationship full of tension and crap like that. What if we are not meant to be? What if we made a mistake? What if we’re just wrong for each other? What if we are meant to broke up?’

The blond wanted nothing more than Sebastian’s reassuring words but he couldn’t say a word to him, once again afraid that the brunet could misunderstand his words ‘Talk. We need to talk. About a lot of things. Tonight. I don’t wanna lose you and definitely I can’t lose you, Seb. We just need to talk.’ Happy with his final thought, Jeff turned again into Sebastian’s arms, so that he could face his boyfriend and he finally registered that the brunet was trying to talk to him.

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Sebastian smirked cheekily as Jeff threatened to kill their waiter, it was an oddly Sebastian thing for the blonde to say, though it had the brutal honesty it lacked the whity edge that Seb himself would have given it. Still it made him grin mischievously and he pecked Jeff on the cheek to show his appreciation, “That was oddly something I would say babe.” He flashed his eyes impishly “I seem to be rubbing you off….or is it rubbing off on you.” He winked at his play on words and licked his lips. “I love you Jeff.” He finished definitively in case Jeff misunderstood. The red headed man was at least courteous enough to keep his roaming eyes on the table this time when he approached Sebastian and Jeff and Sebastian thanked him for his delivery “Jeffery…is being vegetarian really that important to you? I mean…you like sausage…of a sort” Seb teased his boyfriend and squeezing his hand before he let go to start with his knife and fork on his pasta.

As he at Sebastian couldn’t help but stare at Jeff pull apart his burger, eating each layer individually. It was a curious way to consume his food and Sebastian blinked several times to make sure his boyfriend was still there and had not been replaced by someone else. “Why not just order a salad?” Sebastian pointed his fork and cocked his head, a little bit of white pasta sauce running down from the corner of his mouth. His tone was one of pure curiousity, it wasn’t as harsh or as cold as it would have been if he was intending to be cruel and he raised his eyebrow cutely to ensure his curiosity was displayed. As he pondered the reason for Jeff’s order he licked the pasta sauce and winked “Not that it matters I guess…I mean, I’m not going to fill up on pasta because I have a healthy serving of Jeff to eat later I hope.” He winked at his boyfriend “I mean unless that serving has something else planned?” Sebastian struggled to hide his smirk. He had no idea where this sexual inuendo had arisen from, all he knew was that right now, watching Jeff be jealous of the red haired waiter had turned him on so bad. He could feel his pants growing a little tighter and he coughed trying to reduce the feeling.

Once he was finished his pasta or at least what he felt like eating Sebastian pushed the plate away and finished his water, soft drink was a strict no for the brunette unless it was with alcohol and even then it had to be substituted eventually with a juice. He ran his shoe along Jeff’s and grinned when Jeff looked up at him, “It’s called footsies Jeff..and I’m playing it with you.” Sebastian explained obviously. “Tell me when You don’t enjoy it anymore.” He quickly raised and dropped his eyebrows to provoke the blonde again, chuckling when Jeff just blinked in response. Seb leant on his elbow and sighed contently “Ok…I guess it’s time I answered you from before…No more pessimism…I promise.” He leant forward and pecked Jeff’s lips. “Sealed with a kiss…now I can’t break it..or I will have no honor.”

Jeff tried to ignore the sexual references his boyfriends was making and all his glances, even though the blush on his cheeks was evident. He focused on the plate he had in front of him, alternating each bite with several fries and a sip of coke “I’m not vegetarian, you should know that by now” the blond said trying not to laugh and trying to forget Sebastian’s previous comment “It’s just that ordering dead animals for lunch in a place like this, seemed wrong to me and I wasn’t in the mood for pasta or salad. Now try to be a good boy and finish your…” Jeff’s breath caught in his throat as he felt Sebastian’s foot on his own “pasta” the blond finished his sentence blinking with wide eyes at his boyfriend. He barely registered Sebastian lips on his own as he was paying more attention to their feet rubbing together under the table. Jeff coughed awkwardly and licked his lips “Are you trying to seduce me Mr. Smythe? Cause it’s not gonna work on me. I said no funny business as we’re here, remember?”. Jeff face was serious, but the look in his eyes could easily give him away, Jeff was turned on. He looked directly at Sebastian as he popped a couple of fries in his mouth and licked his fingers “Stop it” he said licking his lips.

The blond attempted to compose himself and called the waiter, he gave him a death glare and ordered a dessert “Cream puffs covered with chocolate sauce, with whipped cream on top, please. Oh… and two forks” the blond smiled and waited for the waiter to leave. “Allow me to be as cheesy as a fifteen year old girl for a moment” Jeff said as he reached for Sebastian’s hand on the table, the blond pouted and batted his eyelashes “How many please do you need to give in and let me feed you cream puffs?” Jeff looked at Sebastian “Pleeeease….” he started “Please, please, please… if you take even just a little bite of it, I promise tonight I’ll be a good boy and we’ll spend the night doing whatever you wanna do. Pretty please….”. They were interrupted by the waiter, Jeff looked up at him for a second, before focusing his attention on the delicious dessert in front of him. “I know that you already had your dose of sugary foods this morning, whit the syrup flavored kiss but…” Jeff took a bit of chocolate sauce with his fork and licked it clean, he still had chocolate on his upper lip and motioned Sebastian to lean over the table and kissed him. Jeff had a thing for flavored kisses, he just hoped that his boyfriend wasn’t totally grossed out by it because one of the things that were able to turn Jeff on the most were those sweet, flavored kisses.

After they, mostly Jeff, had eaten their dessert, the blond asked for their check. Before Sebastian could even think about taking his wallet, Jeff had already took his own and paid for their meal “Don’t take it bad, babe. I know that you had organized everything and that you’re an European gentleman and that you’d like to pay for our lunch, but you’ve already done so much and it doesn’t feel right to me to let you pay for everything, okay?” Jeff got up, he took Sebastian’s hand and they left the cafe. Jeff took a second to stir when the sun hit him, he closed his eyes for a moment and put on his sunglasses. As they walked through the Asian region, the blond had a big smile on his lips “Do you think they have pandas here? I’d love to see a cute panda” the blond said casually as they reached the first enclosure.

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Sebastian enjoyed their stroll through the European section, the coniferous forest floor of each enclosure filled the air with the smell of Central Europe. It wafted around the boys like musk or the smell of fresh cookies but instead it was dewy, wet and mossy, it reminded Sebastian of his time in France when he had lived in a chateau outside of Paris. The animals have may not have exactly lit the world on fire, but European Deer certainly qualified as cute in Sebastian’s book. He carefully took some pictures of the heard as it came out of the thick pines and then seemed to blend just as easily back into them when they had, had enough of the attention. Too soon though, the gently scent of Europe was disappearing as Jeff and he left the carefully constructed zone. “Oh I don’t know Jeff, maybe it’s just that Europe and the USA share many of the same kind of creatures, bears and deer are kinda really similar to both areas, ya know?” Sebastian replied to his boyfriends statement. “Exotic animals are more like African and Asian I think, that’s where we’ll see tigers and lemurs and all those cool guys.” He smirked to himself, tigers were definitely on his list of cool animals.

The pushed on the heavy wooden doors that prevented birds from escaping the free flying house, some birds were naturally separated from others, but in large part most of the smaller birds kinda flew together.  Hummingbirds and finches dominated the flowers while lorikeets and other parrots seemed to control the upper branches of the thick canopy. Sebastian could have sworn he saw a toucan here and there but the flash of black and colour blended far too well in the upper branches to be certain.  The conversation turned back to Sebastian’s interest in animals and he blushed furiously “Well….tigers are amazing, but there is something about otters that really makes me happy.” He chuckled “You know Steve Irwin? Well he always said that the otters in his zoo were the nastiest most devious animals he had, and he had to deal with some of Australia’s largest crocodiles.” He shrugged as they kept walking and smiled “Kind of like me I guess…I’m not fierce out loud but, well yea…you get the idea.” Sebastian winked at Jeff and pecked his cheek “Never to you though, You’re special…and gorgeous and mine and I love everything about you.”

They were nearing the end of the bird house when Sebastian had his next opportunity to take a photo of Jeff when he wasn’t looking. Instead of being quick about it though, Sebastian took his time, trying to line Jeff up with the bird as such, before he could take the picture, Jeff turned around and saw him. Sebastian started to back away instantly as Jeff broke out into a broad grin, “Yes…I was taking a picture” Sebastian started to protest, a mischievous smile creeping across his lips. “Nothing serious just one or two here and there.” He defended himself as Jeff started to reach for the phone and Seb knew it was only fair he handed his phone over. Jeff opened the pictures and saw the seven or eight that Sebastian had taken. Seb let his face crease with guilt “I’m sorry babe, but the sun was hitting you just right and I couldn’t resist…photo’s always look so much better when they subject isn’t aware it’s being taken.” He bit his lower lip. It wasn’t often that Sebastian felt guilt or worry about something he had done. Being caught by Jeff though was making his stomach turn “Hey! I’m not a stalker. ” He retorted pathetically. “I just…you’re beautiful and I was going to make something with the pictures of us and maybe gift it or something…for when I get in really big trouble with you and then you’d love me again. Just like the movies you know. Because it’s going to happen eventually..I am going to do something bad and you’re going to get angry at me and I wanted to be prepared. I’m sorry.” Sebastian pushed against the doors at the other end of the house and they walked back into the reserve proper.

Sebastian sighed knowing he was probably going to get in trouble for taking the pictures and tried to avoid Jeff’s gaze now. He pulled the lemur off his back and rummaged through it, trying to find the map he had taken earlier. He finally found the three folded piece of paper and opened it up. “How about lunch? Then we head to the Asian region?” Seb suggested “There is a cafe up ahead we can eat at if you’re hungry.”

Once they were out of the Bird House, Jeff looked at Sebastian, tilting his head, he nudged his boyfriend’s arm, trying to make the brunet look at him. “Hey” Jeff tried to get his attention but failed, the blond stopped in his track, stopping Sebastian with him and hooked a finger under the brunet’s chin, so that their eyes could finally meet “Hey” Jeff said again “Look at me. Why are you avoiding my eyes, now? I’m not mad about the pictures, Seb. Why should I be? What you did was actually pretty cute, just…” the blond took a deep breath before going on, trying to find the right words, the look of guilt that he saw into his boyfriend’s eyes was killing him inside “Just I don’t like the reason why you took them. I mean, I like the gift idea but I don’t like the whole ‘because I’m gonna do something bad’ thing. How could you be so sure about an eventual screw-up? I don’t like this pessimism and I don’t like you being so pessimist about us. It’s like you’re waiting for something to happen and I don’t want anything bad to happen between us. Besides, do you really think that I could ever stop loving you because of a stupid bicker or argument or whatever? I could never do that. Only in one case I might not want to see you again, but I don’t even want to think about that and even in that case I won’t stop loving you anyway”.

After his speech, the blond looked at Sebastian with the best puppy eyes he could menage “No more guilty eyes. I wanna see your smile. Smile for me?”. The blond was enchanted by his boyfriend’s smile, Sebastian’s breathtaking eyes could warm his whole body, he suddenly felt the urge to wrap his arms around his boyfriend’s waist, kiss and squeeze him for the rest of their lives. For a second Jeff asked himself how he had been so lucky to actually end with Sebastian. A veil of sadness appeared in his eyes as he thought about how easily he could lose him. The sad thought was replaced by happier ones as a warm ray of sun hit Sebastian’s face and the blond could see his boyfriend’s eyes sparkle.

When Jeff was satisfied with Sebastian’s smile and after a fair amount of kisses, the blond remembered what his boyfriend had told him as they were exiting the building “Lunch sounds perfect” he said as he wrapped an arm around Sebastian’s waist, resting his hand on the brunet’s hip and pulling him closer. The boys reached the cafe that Sebastian had indicated on the map and Jeff opened the glass door for his boyfriend. They took a table by the window, as they waited for a waiter and went through the menu, Jeff took Sebastian’s hand in his own and squeezed it lightly “Babe, thanks for making this whole day special and… perfect” he leaned over to kiss Sebastian, but just then, they were interrupted by a waiter, Jeff blushed instantly and sat back in his seat, looking at their intertwined hands on the table. As the young redhead took Sebastian’s order, Jeff looked at him, he was tall and slim, his toned chest was visible under the white shirt he was wearing and by the looks he was giving to his boyfriend, Jeff could tell he was clearly gay. A pang of jealousy hit him as the redhead was clearly flirting with his boyfriend and the blond squeezed Sebastian’s hand a bit harder. He cleared his throat to get the waiter’s attention “I’ll take a vegetarian burger with fries and a coke, please” the blond gave him a fake smile and waited for him to leave. For a second Jeff had murderous look in his eyes, he looked at Sebastian and decided that the redhead wasn’t worth his jealousy, Sebastian wasn’t about to leave him for that guy. “Where were we?” he asked with a wink, before leaning again to kiss Sebastian.

As they waited for their orders, Jeff looked out of the window, he could see a thick forest in the distance and his thought began to wander. “Have you ever felt the urge to just give up on everything and leave? I mean sometimes I just wanna leave. Leave and see the world. I wanna travel. London, Sydney, Buenos Aires and then Agra,Verona, Paris… Sometimes I feel like I’m trapped here. I just wanna travel, y’know.. but not all by myself. With someone special, with whom I could share everything. Someone like… you, maybe?” Jeff looked at Sebastian “Sorry, I don’t know where that came from. We’re here, surrounded by all those exotic animals from places that I’ve never visited, and I just wanna see them. I know, it sound stupid, just.. never mind.” The blond looked at his right and saw the waiter approaching the table “Oh hey, our food” Jeff leaned closer to Sebastian “I swear, if he flirts again with you, I’ll kill him. You’re mine and I’m yours. There is no space left for him” he said kissing Sebastian’s cheek as the waiter reached their table.

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Sebastian smiled at the picture of the two of them looking at the camera, “It’s gorgeous babe, I love it.” He chirped back at the blonde, letting his enthusiasm for the picture broaden his grin. This was how their date was meant to be, much happier and flirtatious than it had been several minutes ago when Jeff was angry with him. He took Jeff’s hand again as they moved on from the bears towards large North American Bison, Cougars and Mountain Goat’s.  As they walked Sebastian made sure to snap plenty of pictures of Jeff when he wasn’t looking, sometimes the light would catch his hair just right in the camera lens and create an almost model like picture, Seb loved those moments. He continued to read information displays as they got to each enclosure and soon Jeff was reading them with him. They always made sure to comment on what the animals might be thinking or saying to each other and Sebastian found himself laughing more than he thought he would with Jeff. The leggy blonde had an uncanny way of capturing just what the animals would say and he always made sure to turn it into something funny which caused Sebastian to clutch his sides with fits of laughter.

After they reached the Timber Wolf enclosure and read through the panel, Jeff commented on how sat it was that they were endangered and Sebastian agreed with him. “I know right, it’s sort of ridiculous that people are allowed to hunt many species at all.” He frowned and pecked the blonde, “A problem for us to consider when we vote…in a few years.” He finalised, not wanting to dwell on the morbid recreation. Sebastian again put a few more notes in the donation box and moved on, he had deliberately taken out more notes from the ATM than he normally would, knowing that he would probably donate to every animal they visited today. He wasn’t really sure if Jeff was noticing him doing it, and he didn’t really mind if he wasn’t but for some reason, donating to the welfare of the animals seemed like the right thing to do and if it eased the stresses of the reserve than that made it all worthwhile.

Sebastian noticed they were soon heading towards a large reptile house between the American and European zones and he desperately tried to avoid it but walking on the far side of the path. Of course though, there was no distracting Jeff from what Sebastian was soon beginning to realize was possibly his favourite animal. “An anaconda?!” Sebastian said loudly as they walked towards the stylized ‘Reptile House’ sign. “Yea I know they’re cool…they are reptiles..they have cold blood Jeff.” He smiled to himself, waiting for Jeff’s chuckle at his easy pun. “I mean come on” He pointed at the first few early snakes that lined the walls in decent sized tanks, built into the stone display. “They are just all like….” He flicked his tongue out and back in, and then out again. “He’s tasting us.” Sebastian complained and pulled closer to Jeff. It wasn’t that he was afraid of snakes, but he would much rather have any other form of animal. “You can’t reason with a snake Jeff…it already knows what it’s going to do and you can’t be like…Oh no..please don’t eat me..snakes wants to eat…snake is gonna eat.” Sebastian started to ramble between tanks. “Anaconda’s….really?” He whined.

The leggy brunette peered into a display at a Green Tree Snake and smirked “This fella is alright, I mean…look at him, rocking out in lime green, he can’t be too bad.” he reasoned to himself. Jeff pulled him through the tunnel as they approached the biggest snake display in the US and gasped as the swimming pool sized pane of glass came into view. Slithering along a large tree log on a forest floor was the largest snake Sebastian had ever seen and he squeezed Jeff’s hand. “Is that what you wanted?” He asked anxiously, trying to hide his anxiety behind chirpiness. The snake moved slowly, as if nothing in the world really mattered to it, across the exhibit. After watching for several minutes Sebastian watched, slightly enthralled as the large reptilian  began to curl around itself on the forest floor, as if trying to hide and wait for some unsuspecting prey to amble by. “Jeff…that thing is huge…like enormous. I mean It’s got to be as thick as my thigh and I mean.” he stopped just stared at the snake. “We are never going to south america.” Sebastian made his final statement so resolutely he caught himself by surprise. “I love you…I really do babe. But please, we are never buying one of those.”

Jeff face-palmed at Sebastian’s pun “Really?!?” he couldn’t help but chuckle though. The blond grabbed ahold of his boyfriend’s hand and entered the building. As soon as he had stepped inside, Jeff’s eyes widened, he was surrounded by snakes and lizards and they were all beautiful. Just for a second his eyes wandered as he looked the many tanks, then he realized that Sebastian was squeezing his hand a bit tighter and that he was obviously uncomfortable around the many reptiles. Jeff was about to go back, he did like snakes, but he didn’t want to make his boyfriend uncomfortable, and he surely didn’t mean to force him, but Sebastian had relaxed a bit and he was walking further inside, so Jeff said nothing. Never in a million of years, Sebastian would have admitted his sort of fear of snakes, he always needed to be the stringer one, always the one in charge, so Jeff smiled as his boyfriend stepped closer and walked next to him through the building.

As the brunet rambled about snakes and actually imitated one of them, which caused Jeff lo laugh, the blond looked ecstatic at the many reptiles in front of them. He thought there was something fascinating about those animals “Yeah, Seb. an anaconda… I just like it. It’s like my favorite animal along with tigers, pandas and ferrets. Y’know, my dad even bought me an anaconda when I was younger… Well it was stuffed, but still. I remember I named it Kaa, like the python from the Jungle Book”. Jeff was surprised to see so many types of snakes, there were boas, cobras, rattlesnakes, kingsnakes and pythons. Finally the boys reached the artificial lake with the Anaconda, the blond saw the beautiful Green Anaconda and read the panel “Female, almost 30, wild born”. He noticed the uncommon look on Sebastian’s face “Oh c’mon Seb, I though bigger is better” the blond said with a wink “And how could you not like this beautiful girl? Look at her skin, this olive green is so intense, and look at the black spots…” The blond was entranced by how the snake moved “Why we can’t go to South America? It’s not like an anaconda will eat you alive. You’re not a monkey or jaguar so you’re not even remotely their type. And don’t worry about buying one, I could never do that. Anacondas deserve to live in the wild or in safe places like this one. Though I’m sure if I wanted, with my puppy eyes I could convince you to buy me anything” the blond said kissing lightly the brunet’s cheek. Then he took his phone “I need a picture with you, baby” he said to the huge snake as a big grin appeared on his face. Once he had took the picture and had deposited a few dollars into the donation box for ‘his big girl’, he finally said goodbye to the big snake and took Sebastian’s hand again.

After the snakes section, the visit through the Reptiles House was relatively quick, Jeff took pictures of almost every animal he saw, like iguanas, alligators, lizards and Gila monsters. Eventually they headed out and Jeff, who couldn’t help his grin, guided them, toward a bench and they sat on it. The blond boy wrapped his arms around his boyfriend and held him as tightly as he could, he kissed his lips softly and he took his hand, intertwining their fingers “Thank you, babe” he said softly “For coming in there with me and for being so generous. Don’t think I didn’t notice you sliding money in all those boxes. I did notice and I really appreciate it” he explained as he placed several butterflies kisses on his boyfriend’s cheeks and lips “I didn’t know you were afraid of snakes. You’ve never told me. The great Sebastian Smythe fears some little innocuous reptile” the blond smiled “Don’t worry though. I’m more than willing to protect you from them” he teased his boyfriend a bit the he placed his hand on Sebastian’s thigh “Hey, are you okay babe?” Jeff asked as he looked at Sebastian “Just so you know, I think you’re cute when you get all anxious” he said as he rested his head on Sebastian’s shoulder.

Eventually Jeff and Sebastian stood up and walked to the next part, the European section. Surprisingly it was really small, they saw deer, a couple of lynx and Alpine ibexes along with a few other animals before heading to the Bird House “Well, that was pretty disappointing. I always thought about Europe as an exotic continent with lot of exotic animals” Jeff said as they reached the building “I honestly thought that there were way more animals in Europe. I guess I was wrong” he stated as they entered the building. Soon they were surrounded by hundreds of birds of all kinds. The blond looked at his boyfriend “Hey Seb, what’s your favorite animal?” he asked suddenly “Y’know, I told you that I have this insane passion for snakes, but I don’t know what animals you like and I’m y’know.. curious”.

The more they walked through the cages, the more Jeff was surprised to notice that there were some really small birds, such as the hummingbird, but many of them were really big, like condors ad albatrosses. As Jeff was looking at some weird bird, he caught Sebastian taking a picture of him “What are you doing? Gimme that phone” he asked, when he finally was able to take the phone from Sebastian’s grasp, he saw all the picture he had taken “I don’t remember posing for them” he said “That’s so creepy. Oh my gosh, you’re a stalker Sebastian” the blond said chuckling as they finished their tour through the birds “Seriously though, why did you take them without telling me?”

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Sebastian watched as Jeff struggled internally with his remark, the blonde clearly processing what Sebastian had said far deeper than he had meant it. Jeff’s eyes glossed over and although he continued to move his feet besides Sebastian, the tall brunette knew the blonde wasn’t with him. Everything passed in the blink of an eye and soon Seb found himself hearing the dry emotionless words of someone who had misunderstood a simple joke. Instantly he knew he had messed up, Jeff was self conscious about himself at the best of times, to ask something as silly as ‘where he had gone’ had probably caused his boyfriend a mini internal world war. Sebastian grabbed Jeff’s hand as the blonde tried to walk in front of him and pulled him into his chest.  Before Jeff could even respond Sebastian pressed their lips together, slow and then fast and hard and then soft. It was a kiss of randomness, completely spontaneous. He pulled away but reached down to grab Jeff other hand as well, letting their arms dangle between them. “Hey…I love all forms of you, not just the mature form, but also when you act like a child.” Sebastian explained. “It was a joke alright…I haven’t seen this kind of Jeff before and it caught me by surprise. I love you alright, and I don’t want you change who you are just cause I said something pathetic ‘kay?” Sebastian confirmed.

He pecked Jeff again and put his pride to the side, admitting he had said something wrong was not his strong suit, but it was important to the brunette that today went well. It was their first official date after all and it would set the tone for pretty much the rest of the relationship. He let one of Jeff’s hands go again and started walking towards the Bear enclosure. From nearly a hundred yards away, both boys could see the large open space area begin to form, in the middle, lying on the biggest log Sebastian had ever seen was a male boar Grizzly. Sebastian guess from how far away they were he was probably well over five hundred pounds and the tall brunette was quite glad between them and him was a ravine some fifty meters deep and lined with solid concrete.  The enclosure was beautiful though, from where they were standing most of it seemed to be hidden behind huge North American pine trees. What they could see though was a natural looking stream that bubbled and curved twice before passing out of view. In the clearing between the tree line and the river was plenty of logs and a couple of toys to keep the bears entertained.

For the first stop on their zoo date, Sebastian was quite pleased with the male grizzly, he was big and although slightly lazy looked quite content with his surroundings. His chocolate brown fur matched the pine log he was dozing on almost perfectly and his large paw which his head rested on flopped lazily along the bark making a scratching noise that filled the area. He squeezed Jeff’s hand and smiled “He looks quite happy don’t you think, a little bored maybe, but it’s a saturday and I bet he just wants to doze the day away.” Sebastian nudged Jeff, “Please be happy Jeff…I really didn’t mean it, the way you think I did.” He sort of apologized again. Seb slipped another couple dollars into the donation box near where they were standing and tugged Jeff towards the information panel. “It says here they can live to be up to thirty and this old fella is nearly twenty five.” He smiled down at the bear, something about old animal made him sad and happy. For a creature to look so refined and almost elegant while still having one of the most fearsome reputations on earth made Sebastian feel kind of connected to him.

He looked at Jeff again and pecked his cheek, with nobody around them at the Bear enclosure Sebastian felt safe with public displays of affection. Ohio was not the tolerant state and so kissing another boy in public was probably not the best idea. With noone around though Seb did it regardless, knowing it could soothe Jeff’s annoyance with him just a bit more and that was worth the trouble if anyone was offended. 

Jeff felt his boyfriend’s lips on his own, Sebastian was kissing him, probably attempting to apologize but the blond just stood there, almost paralyzed, he didn’t kiss him back nor enjoyed the kiss as he was still sad and slightly mad because of what the brunet had previously said to him. Jeff didn’t mean to ruin their date and the whole day, he really was looking forward to it, to their special day, but he still couldn’t get Sebastian’s words out of his head. The blond listened to Sebastian’s apology and just nodded at his words, he followed Sebastian just like a good puppy would do, until they reached the Bear enclosure. There Jeff forgot for a moment why he was mad and focused his attention on the big bear in front of them, he let out a small chuckle as Sebastian suggested that maybe the Grizzly would enjoy a lazy Saturday. The blond looked back at his boyfriend who was telling him to be happy and apologized again, Jeff gave him a tentative smile and went back to look at the bear.

When Sebastian pecked his cheek, Jeff felt like punching himself for everything that had happened. He was blaming himself for behaving like a child and Sebastian for his joke and himself again for being stupid. He let go of his boyfriend’s hand for a couple of seconds but it felt just horrible and weird and definitely not right. Their date wasn’t supposed to go that way. Jeff took Sebastian’s hand again and smiled at him as he stepped as closer as he could, resting his head on the other’s shoulder “Just so you know, I’m still a bit mad at you, but I can’t be without you, so…”. Jeff wrapped an arm around Sebastian’s waist and was about to kiss him “No, wait..” he said pulling back and letting go of his boyfriend as he took his phone from his pocket. “Okay…” he said before kissing Sebastian. The kiss was soft and tender and sweet, their first make up kiss, and with it the blond finally relaxed again. “Before hum… that whole thing happened I was about to take the first picture of us at our first official date” Jeff explained to Sebastian as he showed him his phone. He had captured the special moment they had just shared with it “I like this one as our first picture” he said as they both looked at his phone.

Both boys kept on walking through the reserve, stopping to see every animal and taking lots of pictures. Jeff tried to contain his excitement as Sebastian pointed at him the animals or read him the descriptions from the information panels. Every thing that happened before was now forgotten and they were really enjoying their day. They were passing next to the Wolves enclosure when the blond heard a howl, he stopped suddenly and looked for the wolves between the pines. He could hear the howl, but he only could see trees, rocks and logs. Finally the blond spotted a big gray wolf walking through the pines with another smaller one right behind him “Seb, look!” the blond said pointing in the direction of the animals “They’re so cute”. He turned to read on the information panel next to him “It says that they are Timber Wolves, a brother and a sister apparently, and that they are endangered”. The blond looked up at his boyfriend “Isn’t it sad? They are so beautiful yet they’re almost extinct. That’s so unfair. Beautiful creatures like those shouldn’t be in danger because of stupid human beings” he said as a small pout appeared on his lips. “You know… Wolves mate for life” he stated casually as he took again Sebastian’s hand “I think that’s really sweet” the blond said as they walked away from the wolves area.

Jeff looked at their right and saw a huge sign with the word ‘Reptiles’ written on it. His eyes widened “Snakes!” he said as he almost jumped in joy “I love snakes. I wanna see an anaconda so bad, Seb. They’re so cool”. Jeff looked at Sebastian “Are you coming with me or are you scared?” he teased his boyfriend as he tugged him toward the big sign.

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Sebastian laughed as Jeff leant over the gear stick to throw his arms gratefully around him, it was a hug that he had not really experienced before, less boyfriendy and more best friendy, needless to say Sebastian loved it. It was so rare of him to actually get something like this so correct with a friend, he had so few close friends that he hadn’t had much practice in how to make them happy without expecting something in return. Taking Jeff to a wildlife reserve was actually just a brainwave he had had while in geography earlier on in the week. Thankfully he had found Ohio State Wildlife Reserve and made arrangements with all the other Warblers to find out the best and easiest way to drive there. He let Jeff peel himself off his chest and smiled back “I’m glad you’re happy about my choice of date babe.” He rubbed the back of his head and chuckled as Jeff’s words flew at him thicker and faster than he could really make out. He let his smile creep further and further across his lips as Jeff railroaded his way through thankyou’s and then when just as Seb thought he couldn’t take another, Jeff’s lips were on his cheek and had slowed down.

Sebastian made sure the handbrake was on and the car was properly turned off before he stepped out of the large black SUV, only to find Jeff throwing his arms around him again and squeezing his hands behind his back. Sebastian skilfully closed his driver’s side door with foot and nodded at his boyfriend “Alright alright, stuffed tiger, check, but we can’t call it Seb…maybe Bastian or something kay? and goat feeding…both are on my mental boyfriend list.” He freed his hands from Jeff’s and turned so they were side by side, he slid his free hand into Jeff’s back pocket and let the blonde link their arms. Jeff was so excited that he practically dragged Sebastian to the entry way and Seb was forced to explain the Reserve to him quickly. “So babe, this isn’t like a regular Zoo…it’s a nature Reserve, instead of cages they have enclosures that are…quite large. The focus is on trying to keep the animals in as much natural habitat as they would in the wild.” Sebastian paid the entry fee to the middle aged woman at the kiosk and smiled politely. He was in far too good a mood to notice that she frowned slightly at his hand in Jeff’s pocket and squeezing his arse slightly.

They passed under the arch and Sebastian continued, “So yea don’t expect like old school zoo…this is a new age reserve.” He finished, not really sure what he trying to explain but felt it was appropriate that Jeff understand the difference. He walked beside his bouncing, child-like boyfriend and smirked the whole way as Jeff continued squirming like a child on a leash. They walked towards a map of the park and Sebastian took two copies from the dispenser, sliding a couple of dollars to the donation box as he did. The leggy brunette freed Jeff from his arse grabbing as he opened the map with both hands and analysed the course recycled paper map.

Set out in a large oval that covered nearly seven hundred acres, the reserve was huge. It had animals in enclosures that were designed to promote breeding and conservation of endangered species, ranging from North America to Europe and even an Australia. He made a mental note of where some specific  favourites of his were and then turned back to Jeff who was sprawled over the large wooden map which was meant to show everyone where things were, except that the way Jeff was rushing around it, clearly nobody else was going to get near it. Thankfully it was still fairly early and a lot of people hadn’t arrived yet. “Umm babe…Jeff?” Sebastian laughed as Jeff pointed and ahh’ed as he decided on what he wanted to see and how to see it. “Why don’t we just head in a clockwise direction try and see as much as possible on the six to midday semi, then eat up near the Elephants and then finish the rest of the day off on the other side. We have all day..there is no need to rush.” He moved closer to his boyfriend who was hardly paying attention. “C’mmon. Gift shop first, I want to buy a backpack. I forgot my own.” He slid his hand into Jeff’s back pocket again and ushered him away from the map, apologising silently to the people who had queued up behind them to avoid Jeff’s erratic movements.

The path was a dirt trail and Sebastian was glad he had worn just some regular sneakers and not his leather shoes like he had originally planned. Beside the map, behind a large rainforest garden bed was one of several gift stores, decorated with large almost real monkey statues and surrounded by plants. He pushed on the glass door to enter and Jeff again slipped from his grip and went straight for the stuffed toys section, jabbering rapidly about a tiger. Sebastian shook his head and rolled his eyes, moving off towards the children’s backpacks, he found one he liked almost instantly, it was a ring tailed lemur who’s arms and legs formed the straps. He picked it off the rack and nodded “You’ll do…” He said quietly to it and headed for the counter, picking up two bottles of water and some muesli bars as he passed them. “Just these please.” He said as the cashier rung the items up. Before he could pay though, Jeff had returned to his side, his face as bright as child’s on Christmas holding a pair of rather large stuffed tigers, a white one in one hand and a Bengal in the other. “Please Sebastian…I can’t decide…can we get both?” Sebastian nodded and pointed at them “Those to please.” He rolled his eyes and let the smile on his face soothe any fears he had that this was a bad idea for a date.

After paying for their things and stuffing the animals into the pack, they left the gift store and headed down the track. “So Jeff…when can I expect to have my boyfriend back and not whoever this is?” He asked casually, worried that he really had lost Jeff for the whole day. 

Jeff was totally convinced that he had the best boyfriend in the entire planet as Sebastian agreed with everything the blond had asked him. Jeff found himself chuckling lightly as Sebastian tried to explain him the difference between a zoo and a nature reserve, the brunet stopped for a second just so he could pay for their entry fees and squeeze the blond’s ass as they walked, then he went on again with his explanation. When he had finally done with the explanation, Jeff looked at him with an amused smile “I might be blond, Sebastian, but I’m not dumb. I know the difference between zoos and reserves. Aaaand… behave yourself, Smythe! We’re in a public place” Jeff said chuckling and pulling Sebastian closer by his waist “No funny business while we are here”.

The boys headed to the map that showed where the several areas, with the different animals, were placed. The blond couldn’t help himself, he was too excited to actually think about what he was doing and how dumbly he was acting. He kept on pointing at things on the map, trying to memorize where they were and how to get there. There was a certain section that he decided he needed to see, the ‘babies area’, he just couldn’t miss the chance to see some cute, little cubs. Jeff was snapped out of his thoughts about cubs only when Sebastian made him notice that they had no rush “You’re right. It’s our day and we have plenty of time” he said. Sebastian guided Jeff to the nearest gift shop and the blond’s eyes suddenly lit up. He let go of his boyfriend’s hand and went straight to the stuffed animal section. The blond basically fell in love with any single stuffed animal he saw, he had a thing for stuffed animals, no matter what kind of animal, but he figured out that he couldn’t buy them all, so he looked for a tiger, the animal that reminded him the most of his boyfriend, it was strong and fierce, but sweet and protective at the same time. And handsome, definitely handsome. Jeff finally found a stuffed Bengal tiger, it was perfect, but just next to it there was another, a white one. He stood there, with both tigers in his hand, for a couple of minutes. Eventually he decided to take them both. As he saw his boyfriend, who was about to pay for his backpack, the blond run next to him “Please Sebastian… I can’t decide… can we get both?”. The brunet nodded and bought them both. “Thanks Seb” the blond said placing a kiss on his cheek once they were out of the shop “You’re the best”. Little gesture like that made the blond fall in love with the brunet more and more every single day. As Jeff slid his hand into Sebastian’s he noticed the backpack his boyfriend had just bought “A lemur? Really? Sebastian Smythe with a lemur backpack is just so… cute” he said laughing a bit.

Their first stop was the ‘North America’ side of the reserve. Jeff couldn’t wait to see bears, alligators and snakes; gosh, he loved snakes. He was about to take the phone from his pocket to take the first picture of them together at the park, when Sebastian asked him when he could have his boyfriend back. Those words hit Jeff just like a punch in the face “Whoever.. this.. what?” he mumbled to himself. Jeff let the smile leave his face, he knew he was a little hyper, but he had warned Sebastian. Besides he was just his usual self, a bit overexcited, nothing more than that ‘I’m your boyfriend, right here and now. What’s wrong with this version of me? I’m just happy’ he thought. The blond eventually put the pieces together, Sebastian apologizing to the people in line behind them, his effort to keep him close and guide him. He was embarrassing his boyfriend with his childish behavior ‘Jeez Jeff you’re such a stupid idiot. You’re acting like a kid so that even your boyfriend is embarrassed by how you’re acting. Why do you do things like that all the time? Why you always ruin things?’. The blond slapped himself mentally before he realized that he had done nothing wrong, he was just being happy about his date, so why was Sebastian so worried? He couldn’t deal with his boyfriend anymore? Realization finally hit him ‘He thinks that I’m a stupid kid, of course I’m not at his level. I cannot even be myself around him…’ The word ‘whoever’ kept on echoing into Jeff’s ear ‘It’s like he doesn’t even know me. I’ve always been this flamboyant ball of energy, but suddenly I’m ‘whoever’… Why is now that different? Because we are in public and not in our room?’

The blond tried not to show how hurt he really was by Sebastian’s words, he smiled at his boyfriend, but the smile didn’t reach his eyes, it was clearly fake and Jeff knew it, but he didn’t mind. He wanted nothing more than to hide somewhere, away from there, but he had promised to Sebastian that he wouldn’t have run away from him anymore, so he just stood there, emotionless, and finally he answered Sebastian’s question “Right now. Your normal and usual boyfriend is back right now. You don’t have to worry anymore about the way I act. I’ll behave myself and I won’t embarrass you anymore”. Only when he said those word out loud, a little voice in the back of his mind, told him that he had totally misunderstood his boyfriend’s words, but he just ignored that little voice. Jeff swallowed the lump he had in his throat and pointed at their right “Bears are that way” he said as he turned to that direction “Ready to go?” he asked looking behind at Sebastian.

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Sebastian leaned into the syrup flavoured kiss, his initial reaction to Jeff collecting the golden brown sticky fluid on his finger been utterly repulsed. Sebastian was brought up in a house where eating with your hands was a big no-no and Jeff doing so, from a plate that wasn’t even his had simply made the tall brunette revolted. As Jeff leant towards him, obviously wanting a kiss, everything inside Sebastian screamed to stop him, it was a dirty kiss and not the good kind of dirty. None the less though Sebastian found his lips pressed against his boyfriends again, for what seemed like the hundredth time this morning. Strangely though as he instinctively slid his tongue into Jeff’s mouth the taste of maple syrup invaded his senses and he wanted more. He fought Jeff for dominance, this was one kiss the blonde would not be allowed to. Sebastian laid down they law that he was the dominant kisser between them. He drunk in Jeff new taste, letting the trace amounts of syrup slide down his throat and sweeten his lips. It was intoxicating and filthy and Sebastian was so conflicted that his breath soon ran short and the boys were forced to part.  Jeff was becoming quite sassy and Sebastian figured it was probably a little of himself waxing off onto the blonde’s disposition. He followed behind the blonde to the dish return and nodded when they returned their plates, finally coming up with a return for Jeff’s comment. “Your mouth says you don’t love…but your eyes…your eyes scream you’re head over heels.”

Sebastian took his place slightly ahead of Jeff as they walked the empty corridors of their prestigious school. It was an action that Sebastian was naturally disposed to do, he always worked a half step ahead of whoever he was walking with, except his father. He normally did it to assert authority, it was a lawyers trick that he had seen his family practice in court rooms since he was a child. With Jeff though it was a protective action, if he was a half step ahead, he would be able to stop someone coming at Jeff or even worse stop Jeff from falling over by catching him. He had seen his father catch his mother once when they went to New York on business, and so Sebastian had taken to doing it for Jeff. Either way it was just a small thing that Sebastian noticed himself doing now whenever he was with the blonde. Another small part of his life that had changed was that when they slept in the same bed, Sebastian made sure that Jeff and himself faced the wall, with Sebastian being the bigger spoon if they were doing so. Sebastian figured that way if something attacked them in the night, he would be able to defend Jeffery from it. The final thing was their general sleeping pattern, Sebastian always tried to fall asleep after his boyfriend, he liked how Jeff’s chest rose and fell between his arms and how the blonde mumbled in his sleep. These were the little things that Sebastian stayed away for and the little things he kept to himself when he was around his boyfriend.

Before he really knew what was going on, Sebastian found himself pressed against his boyfriend in the cold weather outside. Jeff was curling against him his chest flush against Sebastian and moaning about the wind and general winteriness of the day. Sebastian couldn’t argue with him, but he did enjoy the colder weather much more than warmer weather. It was an excuse to wear European style clothes and not have to explain why he was wearing a heavy coat, in general it was a kind of perfectly Sebastian-esque day. As Jeff talked about his car Sebastian payed close anntion, nodding when appropriate and making overly serious faces at the nervous blonde. “Jeff…don’t worry..I’ve been stealing my father’s Audis and Mercedes’ since I was sixteen, I know how to drive safely. Your precious doesn’t have to fear me. I’m sure she’ll actually enjoy having my hands on her.” He winked and jumped into the driver’s side, firing up the ignition and revving the engine slightly just to enjoy the look of nervousness on Jeffery’s anxious face. “Please though Jeff…I’ll be as soft and gentle with her as I am with you.” He kissed the air and left the carpark of Dalton following all the road rules perfectly.

Jeff calmed down more and more as the drive went on, even going so far as to take one of Sebastian’s hands to hold it while the brunette drove. Sebastian enjoyed the feel of a car underneath him again, it was strange not driving for such a long period of time. When they had started the semester Jeffery had done all the driving, now though with the power of Jeff’s jet black SUV beneath him Sebastian felt a little more masculine and powerful, it was a good feeling. He drove through Westerville with the radio rather quiet, enjoying the subtle purr of Jeff’s car which became a furious roar when he hit the accelerator to open up some speed as they hit the highway. Soon though the car began to bore him and he decided to turn the radio up maybe surprise Jeffery who was in quiet contemplation with a song. He flicked stations until he came upon a song he actually knew the words too and dialled the volume to a level that he could sing over but still have the music backing him up. He let the long intro play before joining in with the words, the smirk on his lips suggesting that he was probably going to enjoy this much more than he should.

“Take back the city for yourself tonight.”

He shot Jeff a look with curved eyes, his eagerness to sing building.

“I’ll take back the city for me.”

He added a little shoulder bob to his body in time with the music.

“Take back the city for yourself tonight.”

He paused.

“Wooooah woah”

He let the words carry them through the freeway, the Snow Patrol - Take back the city was a particular favourite of the brunette. He knew the words perfectly and the pitch was so even throughout that he could match it nearly perfectly. He made sure to squeeze Jeff’s hand though every time he said the word love, just to doubly reinforce his affection without having to say the words himself. Sebastian was a firm believer in the motif ‘Less is more’ and figured that as long as Jeff knew he loved him, then he didn’t have to say it as much. On top of that, when he did actually say ‘I love you’ Jeff would know it was a serious situation and that Sebastian did actually mean it. Until Jeff directed him otherwise Sebastian felt this was the best course to take with the three little words that he firmly felt were over stated.

The rest of the drive was spent singing with Jeffery, it ranged from old classic rock to modern top forty and everything in between. After the first song though, Jeff had plugged his iPhone into the car and they had the choice of what to sing. It wasn’t as fun as trying to find songs they knew off the radio stations available but it did ensure that there was always something to sing.  It was interesting to see the difference in music taste between himself and Jeff. Sebastian was very top forty, he knew most of the lyrics to the most popular stuff on offer. He of course had his favorites in One Direction, Snow Patrol and 30 Seconds To Mars but he always made sure for Warbler practice he knew the words to almost everything that radios played often. Jeff on the other had had more taste, a little more class and a load more musical knowledge. Sebastian knew that Jeff had grown up in a musically orientated family, but he never really saw what that had done for his taste in music till now. Jeff always chose music that wasn’t that popular yet, music that was from artists who were just starting or were still playing opening acts for other people. It was a nice change in pace for Sebastian to technically be the underdog in something again. Not that he wanted to outdo Jeff in musical anything, but for Sebastian to be the lyricist and Jeff to be the dancer, he was pleasantly surprised that Jeff knew music better than he did.

An hour of driving and singing and being amazed at the depth of Jeff’s music library Sebastian turned off the highway and let pine trees swallow them as the road became significantly more aged. The signs to different towns soon stopped and Sebastian made Jeffery close his eyes every time a sign approached that revealed where they were headed. The blonde unwillingly complied each time, Sebastian figured it was more to preserve his own happiness than slake Jeff’s curiosity. Pine trees grew thicker each second that Seb continued to drive, so dense they became that it seemed instead of the world past them it was just more and more pine. Sebastian felt the road beneath them give way to dirt and he knew they were close to his date destination. He rounded a large bend and saw the wooden floral decorated arch of  Ohio State Nature Reserve come into view.  Sebastian had brought Jeff to one of the most natural, well funded, volunteer run zoo’s in America. 

Jeff was enjoying the drive trough Westerville with his boyfriend, he looked out of the window, still wondering where Sebastian had planned to take him, occasionally he glanced at his boyfriend and held his hand a bit tighter. When the SUV hit the highway, though, the blond swore Sebastian was doing everything in his power to gave him a heart attack. Every time the brunet hit the accelerator, Jeff’s heart skipped a beat. It took all his strength to keep calm and trust him. Only when Jeff realized Sebastian was really able to drive properly and that his car wasn’t going to crash into something, he sat again properly in his seat. Suddenly Sebastian turned up the radio and when he found a song he liked, he started to sing along with it. Jeff couldn’t even blink as he stared at his boyfriend. A smile found its way on the blond’s lips, who felt his heart beating a little bit faster. He was mesmerized by the look he saw into Sebastian’s eyes, his whole face was brighter than usual. It was one of those time when everything was perfect.

A couple of songs later, Jeff was already tired of listening to the usual top forty, and he plugged in his iPhone. He lip-synched every single song in his playlist, he knew all the lyrics by heart. Jeff though had forgotten that his sister had put some of her favorite songs into his IPhone, along with his iPod, so he groaned when he heard the intro of Live While We’re Young by One Direction. His frown turned into a smile when he saw Sebastian singing along with the five teenagers. The blond shook his head “You really have bad taste in music” he said playfully “Someday I’ll have to teach you some nice song. Have you ever heard of the one and only Freddie Mercury? Y’know he’s really good”. Soon though Jeff was singing with Sebastian. That song reminded him of a certain day, the first time he had pictured Sebastian with him under the shower, the day they finally got together, the day when everything started. When the song ended, the blond looked at Sebastian “Okay, no more British horny teenagers for you. You can’t drool over them anymore. Or at least not when I’m next to you”.

The boys spent an hour singing, laughing and generally talking about music. Jeff was in his element, that was the best Saturday he had spend in a very long time. Music and Sebastian, it was an amazing combination. When Sebastian finally turned off the highway Jeff looked around, just in case he recognized the place and looking for a sign. Suddenly Sebastian asked him to close his eyes, he blond did as he told him, even though he was super curious. A couple of time he tried to peek, but Sebastian had caught him, so the blond just waited for their destination. Eventually Jeff saw a sign, it was big, but it was still top far away and he couldn’t read it ‘Stupid eyes. Why am I blind?’ he thought. When he finally was able to read the wooden arch, a big grin appeared on his face. “The zoo” he mumbled to himself “You took me to the zoo” he said as his mouth stayed open in disbelief.

Jeff looked around as his boyfriend parked the car. He still couldn’t believe Sebastian had taken him to the zoo. He had been to a zoo just once in his life, when he was four and his father was still a good person and not the douchebag he was now. Jeff had to bite in his lower lip to contain his huge grin, he just couldn’t be happier. He waited for Sebastian to finally shut the engine before envelop him an a bone crushing hug. The blond was talking super fast, only when he realized that Sebastian couldn’t understand a word of what he was saying, he slowed down. “Thank you. Y’know… I’ve always wanted to go to a zoo, but I’ve never found someone to go with. And now we’re here and it’s just perfect. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you… Thank you” he said one more time before kissing Sebastian on the cheek. Jeff took Sebastian’s hand into his own “You know… Right now I couldn’t be happier, but I think you just made the biggest mistake of your life. I’m as excited as a little kid could be. I’ll drag you with me through the whole zoo and it won’t be easy.” he said with a playful smile “Oh and don’t get weird when I’ll start to talk with some random animal. Unfortunately you chose to be with a really crazy and weird blond” Jeff kissed Sebastian one more time and got out of the car. He was hyper, he waited for his boyfriend to get out of the car and took him in his arms for another hug. He found his hand and squeezed it “Just so you know, I want you to buy me a stuffed tiger. I’ll call it Seb” the blond said chuckling “Now let’s go. I can’t wait to see all the animals. And I want you to pet the goats with me” he said as he dragged Sebastian with him.