Mateo Membrane doesn't date.

Not because he was never asked on one; which is very true.

It was because work and his kids as of lately, had been his priorities for a very long time. Mostly work but that wasn't the point. This had to be his very first date with another person of the same gender. Someone who might be a few years younger than himself, he looked the part. [M/N] had this handsome face with big [E/C] eyes, soft [H/C] hair and skin smooth as a brand new baby, soft too. While Mateo was an older man with baggy amber eyes and grey hair was growing at the end of his cowlick not to mention the thick and muscular built he had now compared to the one in Hi Skool.

Basically, Mateo was a lot older than [M/N].

That was his main conclusion was when he thought of where to take the Babysitter for their first date. The first idea was take him out to eat and get to know [M/N] on a more intimate way. But the other would probably be bored, the next was a movie but there wasn't much going on at the local theater either. So the last idea came from Gaz and Dib, both had suggested taking him out to some club or somewhere involving a dance of some sort. After an hour of goggling, Mateo found a nice place called, the Spill, and bought nice clothes to wear.

Well, the kids actually dressed him. It was a long black turtleneck shirt, dark jeans that was comfortable to walk in and black shoes. Mateo still kept his goggles but a face mask covered the lower half of his face. His cowlick still popping out but the rest on his head combed nicely. He was very nicely dressed for this.

Now he waited at the bar, he planned to meet [M/N] there which the babysitter was more than happy to do since Zim would've followed him back to Mateo's home, screaming and such. As he waited by the bar, more and more people began coming in the building. Mateo ignored most of them as the music began to get louder, the bar vibrating under his robotic finger tips. " Are you gonna order yet?" The bartender asked, coming back from delivering a tray full of tequila shots.

" Oh?" Mateo looked up from his fingers and nods his head. " Uh, one watermelon margarita. " The bartender said nothing as she began making the dude's drink. " This is my first time coming here." Mateo said, as he looked at her, watching how skillful she was. " I never come out into these sort of things."

" Yeah, we just opened a year ago." She said, her hands keeping busy. " You're not the first who said that they haven't been here. No offense, but you don't seem like the type to come here either." She said as she gently placed the margarita on in front of the man.

" You are very correct, I am here with.." Mateo went quiet for a moment, boyfriend? Date? Friend? Date seemed about right but he didn't want to just assume. "With a date?" She asked as Mateo looked to her, eyebrows lifted in surprise and wide eyes. " he's right behind you, he's a cutie." She said moving off to another customer. Mateo gulps and turns around to see [M/N] dressed in clothes he never thought to see on the other. Other than button up shirt and a sweater over it.

[M/N] smiles as he looked at Mateo, his cheeks heated up as he saw how different Mateo looked without the large white lab coat.  " You look handsome." [M/N] complimented with a little smile. Mateo blinked a few times and chuckled, flushed a bit. [M/N] wore a button up black shirt with varies of pink flowers on the shirt, black pants and pink converse peeking up from the bottom of the pants. His hair pulled back a bit, jelled back just a bit and it showed more of his [E/C] eyes.

" You look spectacular." Mateo replied and almost heaves when [M/N]'s cheeks turn pink and a large blissful smile on his lips.

" Thank you! It took me many hours  to pick this outfit!" [M/N] said as he moved, leaning against the bar and looked around at the different drinks on the shelves and such. The place was pretty and loud, he didn't mind, but he was almost shoved into the crowd in the middle of the room where humans were making weirder movements. " This place is colorful," [M/N] said. " It's also crowded."

" Well, it is Saturday." Mateo said as he looked around as well, " and it is a bit colorful, lots of the shades."

" I like it. Though, I hate being shoved by the humans in the crowd." [M/N] said as a female appeared behind the bar. " What would you like to drink?" She asked, as she cleans out a large glass with a purple rag. [M/N] looked at the large neon board in the background, many things were on it. His [E/C] eyes glanced at each drink before seeing one that sounded the best for him and his Irken stomach.

" One Paloma." He orders, after reading the description of the drink, and the women got to work.

" How odd." Mateo said, as [M/N] turns to him with a raised eyebrow, " I would've thought you've gotten something more sugary. It's sweet but not a lot of sugar."

" It has soda in it." [M/N] grins a bit, making Mateo's heart flutter. " I will always go for the soda rather than all vodka. Like that margarita in your hand." The drink is sit in front of him and [M/N] takes it with a happy hum escaping his lips just a bit. Mateo smiles a bit as he looked at the dance floor, sipping his margarita when no one was looking but cringed a bit. It tasted good, the fruity part of it like a huge slushe but the alcohol feel is different. " Though, it is a pretty color."

" Really?" Mateo said as he looked at the glass, " I suppose it is."

It was an awkward silence between them, the only sound was other people talking, the sound of "S&M" by Rihanna playing in the background plus the choking laughter of two larger men beside them.

What do I say? How's the weather? How's his son? Gah! WHY AM I SO AWKWARD! Mateo thought as he watched [M/N] drinks the Paloma. Uh, Uh, THINK! YOU HAVE THE BIGGEST BRAIN IN THE WORLD, THINK!

" I never knew you would be..entertained in a place like this." [M/N] said, interrupting Mateo's panicked mind. " I would've thought you were a library type. Or even an old fashioned person."

" Old-fashioned?" Mateo questioned, a bit alarmed and offended, just a little. " I may be older but I am not Old-fashioned."

" No, nothing to do with age." [M/N] said, quickly putting his Paloma down on the counter, " I mean..movies, diner, tango dancing and such. I thought it fits better with you then all this music and grinding." [M/N] had looked up date ideas and expected something like that, and the shirt he picked out just in case they went tango dancing. " I just thought it fits you better than this place."

Mateo stared at him, before shaking his head chuckling. This man..

" I'm honestly more interested in that. I just wanted to bring you here because I thought people your age prefers the scene..like this. It's rare that I'm wrong." Mateo said with a smile on his lips. " If you want, we can leave this place and go to one of those. A diner sounds nice if you're hungry." Mateo knew one a block from here, and it was still early too so it was open.

" Agree!" [M/N] said standing up, placing a 100$ bill on the counter, " Let's leave this pop stand!"

" Pop stand?" Mateo questioned, while biting his lip, not wanting to laugh at the other. He found it very, very cute. another quirk he adored from the man in front of him.

" YES! Zim said it was on the rage." [M/N] said, " Is it..Did I use it wrong?"

" No! No, come on, as you said, let's leave this pop stand." Mateo said happily as he moved off the stool and began heading to the exit, and almost flinched when [M/N] grabbed his robotic hand. He pressed down the need to see their hands linked together and began outside the bar and down the block. [M/N] glanced around in wonder and awe of the many open stores, their lights on and even the street lights brought some whimsical element around them.

" It's so very pretty at night."

Mateo smiled once more just as he opens the door of the diner, the waitress caught sight of them and walked over. " Table for two?"

" Yes please."

" Right this way." She said as Mateo leads the both of them towards the table the waitress picked out for them. She pulled out her notepad and black pen. Once they both were seated, she smiled tiredly at them. " What can I get the two of ya?" She asked as Mateo looked at the menu for a brief moment as did the Irken Leader.

" One earl grey tea, please." Mateo orders as [M/N] chirps up from his own seat, " And a Shirley temple! Thank you!" The women writes it down before walking into the kitchen, [M/N] glanced around the place with wide curious eyes. Everything was just so beautiful and so welcoming, despite the possible drunk sleeping at the booth two booths away from them.

" I wish we had things like this back home." [M/N] said as he plays with the sugar packets a bit, smile on his face as he thought his food places at home could be this beautiful or fun if they tried hard enough. The workers could have fun too! The future smeet workers for the food-places would have a joy with places like these! This music is fun too!

" You don't have diners back home?" Mateo asked, as his amber eyes glanced to him then to the menu in front of him.

" No, well, we have something close to fast-food chains but never a nice diner." He said, as he opens the menu, trying to see which would fill him up other than desert. " It was always so filthy and the manager was mean to his workers."

" Oh, I see." Mateo nods his head as the waitress comes back with their drinks. She sits them down in front of the customers and pulled her pad out once more. " What can I get you two?" She asked, clicking her pen on.

" I would like a cheeseburger with fries please. No onions." Mateo orders and closed the menu, as [M/N]'s orders for himself. " The grill cheese-y with fried as well, and a piece of apple pie for later. Please." The women writes it down and takes the menu from the two men, she hurried off to give the order as more people came in.

What now?

They both thought, they didn't know what to talk about. So many questions to ask or so many subjects to talk about, but neither could decide which one to actually talk about. They glanced at each other, smile then looked away in an awkward way. They were both awkward.

" Uh-Do you have any kids?" Mateo chokes out awkwardly before mentally chiding him, Of course he does! He has one! That strange green little boy-child! You moron! You de-

" Hahahaha! Oh Mateo, you crack me up!" [M/N] snorts a bit and covered his mouth a bit with his hand, laughter bubbling up from his squeedilyspooch. " Of course! One human-green child! Zim!"

" I knew that."

Oh by Isaac Newton, strike me down now.

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What I thought m/n would look like on the date, inspiration y'all :

But with black pants and bright pink flowers instead. But like I said, inspiration!
Btw, happy Father's Day!