Phineas didn't know what he expected when he climbed into Ferbs' convertible. As soon as he got his seat belt on, Ferbs spoke, "How hungry are you?"

With the way his stomach was turning, he wasn't ready to eat, but saying 'no' didn't feel right because he was hungry. "Not very."

Ferbs nodded. The drive only lasted a few blocks before he parked in front of a highrise. In the silence that filled the air after he turned off the engine before climbing out the car. "Come along."

Other than glancing around again to make sure he wasn't missing something Phineas didn't move. "Where?" They weren't anywhere. Unless Ferbs planned to have them walk to a theater. Or maybe Ferbs lived here? He didn't know what kind of building it was. Considering how close it was to where he lived, he'd walked past it almost every day, but never paid attention.

"Trust me." Ferbs started walking, disappearing around the corner.

Should he? Ferbs hadn't given him any reason to. They were soulmates, but what did that mean in the real world? Sighing, Phineas opened the door and got out. He made sure not to slam it shut. Even he could tell that the car was high quality.

He paused a moment. Did that mean Ferbs had money? Not that it mattered. Money wouldn't make him fall for someone. He wasn't that shallow.

Shaking the thought from his head, Phineas finally followed Ferbs' path. The sooner they got through this, the sooner he could go home.

"What are we doing?" There was nothing behind the building. Well, there was, but nothing that drew his eyes or looked important.

Ferbs stepped towards him and held out a hand.

"I don't trust you." Phineas took his hand.

"Obviously." Ferbs tightened his grip. "Hold on."

"Wh-" The rest of the word was lost as Ferbs grabbed something, that Phineas couldn't make out, in his other hand, and suddenly they were in the air.

Phineas barely had time to come to terms with that when Ferbs pulled him up onto a fire escape platform. He took a minute to let his heart settle before glaring at his soulmate. "What was that?"

"Fast and efficient travel."

There were several things Phineas wanted to say to that, but he bit his tongue. At least he wasn't the one making this date go badly anymore.

The fire escape was large, giving plenty of room to walk around, and someone had put a planter on it with a few plants growing in it-was that allowed by code?

"Why are we up here, Ferb?" he gritted out.

Ferbs had walked to the railing, but his head shot towards Phineas at the question. "What did you call me?"

"Your name?" Phineas' felt a hint of confusion.

Still, Ferbs continue to face his direction without answering the question. "I must have misheard you." He turned back to the railing, resting his arms on it. "You can see the dive-in from here."

That wasn't an answer. If he wanted them to watch a movie at the drive-in, shouldn't they be at the drive-in? "So?"

Ferbs vaguely gestured to the drive-in theater. "I thought they'd all been shut down, long ago, relic left only to old movies and memories of the last generation," Ferbs said, his voice soft. "Yet there's one here. Amazing, isn't it? The more the world progresses, the more we long for the things once deemed obsolete." 

Phineas stared. But Ferbs was right, in a way. Slowly things that had been phased out due to new technologies, were making a come back, the drive-in one was just one of them. Several drive-in theaters had stayed open across the country but most had finally given in and closed a few years back. Danville's was one of the few still doing business. And it was probably the only thing that bought tourists to the city.

"I've always wanted to see a movie played on the big screen like that," he went on, seemly unfazed by Phineas not adding to the conversion. "Never thought I'd have the chance." He smiled at Phineas, not a big grin, but a small smile that felt genuine.

That still didn't explain why they were up here.

Ferbs turned back to the view. "Are you going to stand over there all night?"

Sighing, Phineas walked over to the railing, making sure to keep at least a foot between them. "If you like it so much, why are we here instead of there?"

"I don't fancy the idea of being stuck in a car that long." He shrugged one shoulder. "And I enjoy the view."

Phineas would admit that it was a nice view. You could see for miles this high up. And easily and clearly see the drive-in screen, that was still showing the pre-movie ads.

Something dawned on him. "We can't hear it."

"But we can." Ferbs stepped away from the railing before kneeling down by the planter. Twisting towards Phineas, he shot him a grin as he hit something on the seemingly wooden object. The front opened up to reveal a set of speakers. "Impressed?"

Honestly, Phineas was not. This didn't hold a candle to the wings. And he still wasn't sure how they got up here. "How long have you had this set-up?" Was this the plan all along and Ferbs just make up the stuff about having a reservation?

"A while." Ferbs tinkered with the speakers. "I've brought dates here before."

It didn't surprise him Ferbs had dated before since it was common for people to do so before meeting 'the one.' People who weren't destined to meet their soulmates until they were middle-aged or older would sometimes start long term relationships with people they liked, even have kids, until they met their soulmates. Phineas had to be gratefully for that, if they didn't neither he nor Candace would have been born.

But Ferbs hadn't needed to wait too long before meeting his meaning they were just for fun. Unless Ferbs was older than Phineas had assumed, but he kinda doubted that.

"I hope you don't mind," Ferbs added.

"I don't." Did people get upset about that kinda stuff? Was he supposed to be upset about it? Phineas frowned. Why was this so complicated?

With a short burst of static, sound burst from the speaker, and Ferbs stood up.

As the sound changed to the music of the opening credits, Ferbs hurried back to the railing. Unlike Phineas, he seemed to go out of his way to minimize the space between them without getting into personal space boundaries.

Phineas tried to ignore it and focus on the movie. He could pretend Ferbs wasn't there until it was over. Probably.

As long as Ferbs doesn't try to put an arm around him or something.