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peter is alone, standing awkwardly outside of a building that is thumping with loud music. he’s supposed to be meeting hobie here, yet the other man still hasn’t shown up. the building is thumping loudly with music, peter able to feel the bass even outside.
a few minutes have passed since peter has gotten to the building, and even longer since peter has been in hobie’s universe in general. the man having traveled a little over an hour earlier to get himself used to being in hobie’s colorful and loud world beforehand.
peter stands outside of the building, waiting for a couple more minutes, until hobie finally shows up.
“hey pretty.” hobie greets peter as soon as he’s close enough for peter to hear. peter immediately blushing at the compliment, still not quite used to hearing such things be said about him, and turning over to look at the other.
“hello hobie.” noir greets him back, his eyes shining as he looks at his boyfriend.
“aw.. i called you pretty and all i get is a hello?” hobie points out with a fake pout, setting his chin on peter’s shoulder and giving him puppy eyes.
peter blushes at this, turning away for a second to recollect himself before turning back to hobie. “you look handsome today.” peter tells him, instantly earning a grin from the other.
“that’s more like it” hobie tells him, then stands back up straight. “now let’s get inside, yeah?” he says and immediately starts walking towards the entrance, assuming peter is following him. peter takes a moment to zone out on the backside of hobie before snapping back to reality and quickly catching up to him.
as soon as they step inside, peter is immediately bombarded with all the new, colorful lights. each one moving rapidly and shining a new shade he isn’t quite used to seeing. peter must have some sort of confused or uncomfortable expression on his face, because hobie immediately points it out.
“you alright? you look a little..” he starts, then makes his own uncomfortable expression and gestures to peter’s face, not finishing his sentence.
“yeah.. i’m alright.” peter nods back in answer. “just not quite used to… this.” he adds on in explanation as he gestures to the colorful lights.
“ah..” hobie nods in understanding. “you’ll get used to it. just stick with me.” he tells peter, before extending his hand out to him. peter looks up at hobie’s face, giving him a worried expression, before looking down at his hand and taking it, softly setting his hand into hobie’s.
as soon as the boyfriend’s joined hands, hobie started walking, dragging peter behind him as he takes them deeper into the crowd.
after a few long strides, and before peter has realized, hobie has brought them to the front of crowd, right next to the stage. the band playing on the stage consists of three men. one behind a drum set, and the other two playing guitars, while one guitarist is singing.
peter stands still, watching the band in front of him for a few seconds before getting bumped a few times in his shoulder. at the bump peter looks to the side they came from, only to see hobie next to him, singing along with the band and dancing. peter can’t help but continue to watch him, finding his boyfriend to be adorable as he enjoys the concert, dancing around like he’s the only one in the venue.
slowly, hobie stops his dancing and turns to peter, noticing the other watching him with a small, rare, smile on his face. “what?” hobie asks as he sees the expression on peter’s face.
“nothing..” peter says back, turning his face away from hobie and quickly dropping his smile.
“you sure it’s nothing.?” hobie teases as he puts his face closer to peter’s, a sly smile forming on his face. peter only responds with a shy nod back. despite being in a relationship with the other, the man still easily gets nervous around hobie.
hobie leans back away from peter, and grabs his hand again. “come on, dance with me.” he invites the other, tugging his arm a little to get peter closer to him.
“i don’t dance like you. you know that.” peter responds, letting hobie tug him closer, but not joining him in his dancing.
“that’s fine darling, nobody’s gonna notice your dancing, they’re all too worried about their own dancing.” hobie assures peter. “just follow me.” he adds on as he grabs both of peter’s hands and moves them around, causing peter’s arms and shoulders to move with hobie’s movements.
after a moment of watching hobie dance with peter’s limp hands in his, peter slowly gives in. stating to dance along with hobie, following his boyfriend’s movements to the best of his abilities. staying, mostly, in time with hobie, despite his occasional stumble, and eventually letting himself loose a little, messing around and laughing with hobie as they enjoy the concert.
when the concert ends and the two finally make it through the crowd and outside of the venue, peter grabs hobie’s hand and leads him to a nearby alleyway.
“tonight was fun.” he tells hobie simply but sincerely.
hobie smirks at peter’s words. “i told you it’d be.” he teases, but soon drops it as he notices that peter is being sincere. “..im glad you enjoyed it.” he tells peter.
peter just nods back quietly, not speaking again until a few seconds later. “it was a bit out of my comfort zone, but it was nice enjoying something you like with you.” he tells hobie, earning a smile from the other man.
“well.. it was nice enjoying something i like, with my beautiful boyfriend which i love.” hobie says back, taking any opportunity he can to compliment peter.
peter blushes, once again, at the compliment and turns his face away bashfully from hobie’s view. hobie reaches out his hand and gently grabs peter’s chin, turning peter back to him.
“don’t hide from me, you’re a cutie, i wanna keep looking at you.” hobie tells him, causing peter to blush more, only this time unable to block his face from view.
at the sight of peter’s blush, hobie can’t help but smile at him, leaning forward and kissing peter’s cheek. the other man quickly bringing up his hand to cover the sight of hobie kissing him from anyone who could potentially be looking into the alleyway.
hobie notices this and frowns at him. “is this why we’re in an alley?” he asks, but doesn’t give peter time to answer before he speaks again. “peter, we’re in my universe, we don’t have to hide.” he reminds the other in an assuring tone.
peter nods back to him. “i apologize, i forget yours is so much more.. open.” peter mumbles.
hobie gives him a soft smile. “don’t be sorry, i understand.” he assures peter, then leans forward again, this time kissing peter on the lips. peter instinctively bringing his hand up to block their faces. hobie, almost immediately, takes peter’s hand in his and moves it back down, adjusting peter’s hand to sit on his hip, then moves his hand to rest on peter’s cheek as they kiss.
after a few seconds, the two pull away, both a little out of breath and smiling at eachother. peter keeps his hands on hobie’s hips, while hobie drops his from peter’s cheek to peter’s shoulders.
“i love you pete.” hobie tells him as he leans his head onto peter’s shoulder.
“i love you too hobie.” peter says back and holds hobie closer to himself, almost possessively, as the two stay in their warm embrace.