Art: Can't thank MARY1359 enough for the drawing for this chapter! I appreciate it so much and it's absolutely adorable and beautiful! Go check her out and follow her if you haven't already ^-^

It's going to be hard writing in first person again considering all of my other works are third person whoops. 

Oh but Katelyn isn't in this chapter guys as I mentioned haha poor KC.

Don't play music yet!

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Garroth POV

Cadenza sure can be embarrassing. It's just hard to tell if I want our friends to know or not. As always there's the possibility they don't accept it and don't want to be with us anymore. Sigh. My feet drag along the concrete towards the building, my eyes focused on the ground. 

"Gar..." Laurance's faint whisper sounds next to me and I look up at him, my frown lifting up a little. Did I forget he got turned on in the song and looked adorable as hell when he got flustered? Hell no. "We need to tell them eventually even though I think most of them already know." He chuckles a little before opening the glass door for me and we enter the edifice. When we enter I see Aph and Aaron talking to the worker to get our skates and such. 

"I-I know...I'm just worried if they don't know and don't accept it..." A sigh escapes his lips and he looks at me with hope shone in his expression. 

"They will. If they don't then I'm taking you away from them." Leaving me with that heartwrenching sentence he walks up to Aph and Aaron, who greet him in response. Cadenza,  Zane, Kawaii~Chan, and Dante enter through the glass doors and walk up to the group except for Vylad who walks up to me.

"Are you okay Garroth? Looks like you've seen a ghost." His expression holds concern and I shake my head to get back to reality and nod to him. 

"I'm f-fine." I look away so he can't see the bluff, but it's Vylad so of course, he noticed.

"What did Laurance do? I swear if he-" Shaking my head abruptly, I stop his sentence and his eyes squint in confusion. "Then what is it? You can't keep it from me and you know that." I nod then embrace him in a desperate hug.

"Vylad what if the rest of the group doesn't accept our relationship...?" He hugs back but quiet laughter sounds from his lungs.

"Garroth, half of our group are gay themselves. Even Zane, but don't tell him I told you. You already know I am, pretty sure Dante and Travis are bi. Now I don't know Katelyn or Cadenza all that well but Cadenza obviously ships it and Kawaii~Chan definitely does. So, you're stressing about acceptance? You shouldn't." We break apart from our hug and I look at him and a grin stretches my lips.  

"Thanks, Vylad. I'm just...an overthinker sometimes I guess. Anyways, now that I'm confident, if you believe Dante is bi, do you possibly like him~?" I smirk and his eyes glare, his fist landing on my arm. 

"What? No? Why Dante?" His lips form a frown, and his eyes glare as if they're trying to kill my soul. Before he can question me, I sprint off to where the group formed, Aph handing out the ice skates to everyone. 

"Here Gar-rroth..." Laurance walks up to me, handing me a pair of ice skates, and quickly covering up my nickname, which I almost laughed at. I thank him and we all head onto the rink.

"I'll go first, guys!" Aphmau yells excitedly, the blades on her skates carefully meeting the ice as she used her arms for balance. Her smile grows wide when she realizes she did it, and soon Aaron joins her and they're off spinning and twirling on the ice. They're having a lot of fun showing they're together, in public openly. What if that's how we showed them? Through skating like the basic romance ice skating scenes. 

The rink barely had anyone else containing it, making the ice fresh and empty. Drive by Jai Wolf blasting through the broken down speakers. (Music now~) My arms rest on the edge of the rink, eyes surveying as more people gathered onto the ice, most struggling for not knowing how to ice skate well. One I noticed imparticular was Zane tripping over his feet and leaning onto the ledge as if his life depended on it, who knows maybe it actually did. I spot Travis's eyes on my brother, a pained look easily shown. What happened between them? 

"Gar~Garrrr~." A finger pokes at my cheek, stopping my thoughts and I smile, looking at my musty haired boyfriend. His maroon sweater hung loosely on his torso, his gray baggy jeans stuffed forcefully into the skates. Ever since I first laid eyes on him, I knew how god damn attractive he was. Yeah, so maybe I have this theory he was crafted by some powerful god. A childish pout formed on his lips as his arms rest on the ledge with mine, eyes focused on me intently.

"Yes, child~?" I smirk at my remark, but he just rolls his eyes in response. 

"Are you going to skate?"

"Are you?" He looks away, obviously embarrassed and I realize why right away. "You don't know how to skate do you?" He shakes his head no and I ruffle his hair, laughing at his childish pout. "I'll teach you, Prince." Wait, prince? What the hell Garroth. This is why you barely have any friends.

"Really-wait. Prince...?" His cheeks are tinted red, a wide smile replacing his pout.

"I-I-I-I...I d-don't know...you call me Love a lot...I wanted to find something else to call you..." His eyes glance around before quickly grasping me in a hug, mumbling into my locks.

"Cute...I like it. Makes me feel special." I smile shyly, hugging back before we break apart at the risk of anyone seeing us. I step onto the ice carefully, quickly gaining my balance, remembering all of the good times spent ice skating. 

"Okay, now come here. We're starting with the basics." The blades on his skates meet the frigid ice, and he rapidly grasps onto the ledge for support, panic surfacing on his face. 

"How am I supposed to get over there when I can barely stand!" I send a sympathetic look. I've never seen Laurance so scared and panicked, especially around me, the usually flustered scared one. I swiftly skate over, taking his hands off the ledge and taking them in mine. 

(Author has never ice skated so kind of going based on roller skating rules haha)

"Okay, now carefully move your right foot out as if gliding on a hardwood floor in socks. Then, follow that motion with your left foot and repeat the process. I have you so you won't fall, okay?" He nods, slowly gliding his right skate across the frozen ice, falling a little. I hold his hands tighter, skating back a little to give him space. Eventually, after a few small trips, he starts to get the hang of the motion and I release his hands, allowing him to pridefully smile at his accomplishment to skate by himself. "See Prince, it's not too hard." 

"If I'm the Prince does that make you my Princess~?" He jokingly remarks, a small chuckle escaping his lips.

"No, it just means I'm a Prince dating a Prince. Not all royalty needs to follow the rules of Disney." I laugh, and he laughs as well before we skate to the ledge, leaning on it. 

"Can I see you skate? You seem like you're an expert." I blush at the statement, shaking my head rapidly. 

"I-I don't think so...I'm not that great and I'd probably just embarrass myself." After a bit of arguing, I reluctantly agree, taking a deep breath as I begin to flow along with the ice. 

Laurance POV

Garroth began skating towards the center of the rink, swiftly, and he made it look easy. His eyes were half closed and he seemed to move perfectly along the frozen crystals and soon I noticed our friends stop to watch him. He gracefully did small spins and twirls, landing flawlessly back onto the ice, not stopping. My eyes traced his every movement, every spin, twirl, and glide. 

"Wow...who knew he was so good at skating." Dante comments surprised and looking intently at the blonde's movements.

"I did," Vylad mentions, a smirk on his lips. Garroth's black scarf flowed behind him and I became worried that it would fall and reveal what was left on his neck. 

"Your boyfriend's really talented Laur~." Cadenza sounds from behind me and I jump at the sudden comment. Why would she say that out loud in front of everyone?

"He's not my boyfriend Cad." I respond hastily and I look to see everyone with smirks on their faces. Oh no.

"Yeah, he is." They all state, causing heat to rise to my cheeks quickly. 

"We're not stupid. And where's my twenty bucks, everyone? I called it when I first saw them together so pay up." Travis smirks gesturing his hand out in a "pay up" motion. I facepalm and quickly glance back at the ice towards Garroth who seemed as if he were in a trance as he skated. Man, who knew a guy could look hot while ice skating. I turn my focus back on the group who are all rolling their eyes at Travis.

"Actually Travis I set them up at the mall for them to first meet so you should all be paying me." Aphmau states proudly.

"But we're no-" 

"SHUT UP LAURANCE." I bite back my sentence and raise my hands up in surrender. They all look to me ask if waiting for a confession. Who am I kidding? That's exactly what they're waiting for.

"Everything okay?" I hear my blondie's soft voice behind me and I look to see the concern in his expression. Bad timing, Love. 

"Everything's amazing brother-in-law! We're just waiting for a confession out of a certain idiot unless you want to be the one to say it~." Dammit Cadenza just shut up please. I groan, covering my face with my hands.

"Huh? B-Brother-in-l-law? C-Confession?" He stammers, arms resting on the ledge while everyone stands around him. I sigh, taking a deep breath of air before beginning. They already know so it doesn't even matter. I look at Garroth, giving him a knowing look and he responds with a red face, small nod, and a small smile.

"Uhm...so...Garroth and I are..." I take another deep breath and another quick sideways glance at him before finishing. My heart was pounding against my ribcage, my mind racing through various scenarios. "...dating." The group screams, mostly the girls, before a roar of "congratulations" can be heard. 

"Now prove it." 

"No, Cadenza you've already put me through enough this week." Rolling my eyes at her, she glares at me then at Garroth.

"Oh I-I'm not involved w-with family a-arguments." 

"But you are part of the family now Garroth!" 

"We're not married." Garroth and I say at the same time and I smile ridiculously at the small cliche moment.  

"Wait Aphmau~Senpai! Your ship actually sailed and Kawaii~Chan is glad she was able to help! Ehehehehehe Gaurance is OTP!" I shake my head in both disappointment and happiness. They all knew, but it was better that it was now officially said. Aphmau and Kawaii~Chan then get into a frantic conversation about shipping, but hey I'm not getting involved with that. 

"Come on Laur just show us a kiss~! We've been waiting for this for such a long timeeeee!" I roll my eyes at her again, shaking my head no.

"No Cad I already sa-" Before I can finish my thought, the front collar of my sweater is grabbed and my lips are forcefully brought onto the familiar pink ones that belong to Garroth. My eyes shut as I slowly fall into the trance of the kiss, once again our lips moving in a melodic symphony. My tan hands reach up to his champagne locks, as usual, deepening the kiss and forgetting about everyone in the rink watching the scene. I'm beginning to become more familiar with the soft, citrus taste of his lips. It probably tastes like citrus from all of the Sprite we drink, don't question it. His lips reluctantly part from mine, saliva connecting between us, and I swiftly wipe it away. We may have gotten a little carried away. All of the sudden, Garroth winks at me before hurriedly skating away, leaving me with the response from the group. 

"Wow. You guys sure are serious, huh?" Dante laughs with a smirk, arms folded across his chest.

"Kawaii~Chan'll send the pictures to you Aphmau~Senpai~!" KC squeals excitedly, scanning through what looks like various photos of Garroth and me. 

"I...uh...wasn't expecting that...in front of...all of you." Words barely are used to form my sentence and I hear Cadenza quietly chuckle.

"Aw, my big brother can barely form sentences after being swept off his feet." 

"Who knew Laurance would be the bottom in the relationship." Travis snarky comments, wiping his white hair out of his eyes.

"What?! We didn't even. No, you know what. I'm done arguing for the day. You all drive me crazy. The only normal ones are Aaron and Zane." Aaron smiles proudly with a thumbs up and Zane just rolls his eyes as a response. 

Who knew ice rinks could be so eventful? 

As everyone goes back to normal conversations, well what they consider normal, I look back to the ice rink to see Garroth skating over, his hand gesturing for me to join him. I shake my head, no, but that doesn't seem to matter as I'm dragged onto the ice, holding tightly onto Garroth's pale hands for support and because I wanted to. 

I'm his Prince and he's my love.

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Aye there everyone! I finally finished the chapter. I'm so sorry these chapters are always late, but I hope I make it up with the content. Also, I hope you guys like the nickname Prince. I couldn't come up with a noncheesy, cute one so I made a reference to the sleepover where Laurance dressed as Garroth's prince. Please let me know if you want that nickname to continue or not and if you don't, leave a suggestion. Anyway, I personally loved this chapter because of all its fluffiness. There will be a part two for the ice rink that I will follow Mary's picture for~! Thanks for reading as always!

~UHW<3