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When the couple reach the place that holds the indoor skating rink the shorter smiles and runs towards the entrance.

"Warmth!" He yells out, laughing at his own idiocy before he actually walks into the building along with his brunette boyfriend.

Tanner smiles down at Eric, the area around his eyes wrinkling slightly, "Dork," he loops his arm with the said dork's anyways, half-skipping to the man whom rents out the shoes.

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"I'm going to fall and then I'm going to break the ice and the freezing freaking water will freeze me alive and I'll die and it'll be all your fault. Please don't make me do this," Eric begs, holding onto Tanner's arm tightly as he struggles to stand properly with his skates.

"Relax, if you fall I'll fall with you, I promise," and true to his promise, when Eric fell seconds later as he tried to stand on his own, Tanner followed and fell flat on his back, elbows hitting the ice harshly. "I won't break my promise," he grunts, getting up with much struggle. The taller, more efficient ice-skater stretches his arms – and stretches in general – before he helps the Australian male up from the curb of the skating rink.

"Okay, okay, let's do this," he huffs, puffing out his chest. His brown eyes fill with determination as his blond hair flops onto his face.