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the familiar scent of flowers filled the area, as he stepped out of his residence . it seemingly hit rocket in the head as he realized he didn’t have a valentine himself (unfortunately , lol ≡^ω^))
he thought to himself . not having a valentine , again ? after all , rocket kinda resented valentines day . a ton of phighters in crossroads had valentines , and then there he was
no partner, no gifts, no nothing, just a stupid day that made him feel lonely
just for him to not feel lonely, and to NOT look lonely he pulled out his phone and went to his contacts list , and went to swords messages
messaging :-O:
— rocket : Sword !
— rocket : SWOORD !!1!1!1
— sword : Hi rocket!
— sword : Happy valentines day!
what an awesome way to make rocket feel even worse
sword just had to remind him that it’s valentines day … no . seriously dude why
— rocket : Oh yeah !! Happy Valentines Day
— rocket : Can we plwase hang out at my house right now :D!
— sword : I was just about to ask
— sword : Yea we can!
yayay !! sword agreed ! this made rocket feel very happy knowing sword also didn’t have a valentine unless something changed ?? but he highly doubt that sword has a valentine too !
they can be lonely together !! luckily this made rocket feel way better taking this information in
he put his phone away and skipped inside his house , humming to himself
the joy surged within rocket . he felt like twirling with happiness . felt like kicking his legs nd all while sitting on the couch . didn’t have the patience to wait for sword ,, he wanted to hangout with him literally at this very second!
sword and rocket haven’t hung out since new years , anyway , so this was very exciting for him :)
besides , sword was the only person who made him feel this way , somehow . possibly because of their close bond and how they’ve been friends for a very long time , but , hey ; there must be something else
maybe rocket will find that out .. soon ? possibly ? who knows !
the minutes passed by , and he heard a knock on his door . he jumped up from his seat on the couch and went up to the door , twisting the doorknob and opening it
and as expected , he saw sword at the door !
“hey sword!” exclaimed rocket, his horns twitching slightly . sword exchanged a friendly wave , “good to see you , rocket ! can i come in?” he asked , representing courtesy with that act . he was a bit socially awkward , even if he’s around his friends , but rocket understood that luckily and nodded frantically , moving to the side for sword to walk in easily
sword did walk in easily (lol)
rocket closed the door behind them and he led sword to the living room , where the couch was . they both sat down next to eachother , cheeky smiles plastered onto their faces ,
rocket was the first to ask
“so , whatdya wanna do ?” inquired the shorter demon
sword couldn’t really think around rocket at moments when they were together , and he shrugged , “hmm … not sure ! we could play games together ?” he remarked .
rocket also couldn’t think of anything , his smile brief , “sure .”
walking to the shelves under the tv, rocket grabbed a box full of random video games he had and brought them over to the coffee table , which was right infront of the couch him and sword were seating at
as rocket placed the box of video games down sword stepped up to the box and pulled out a game that they usually played a lot in their time
“can we play this ?”
“aw , but we always play that !” rocket pointed out .
“we don’t have to if you don’t want to , no problem .” sword shot back playfully , putting the game back
with that , the action made rockets mind turn and he immediately switched his decision , hoping he didn’t make sword upset . “no! it’s okay let’s play it!”
sword’s expression lit up and he retrieved the game from the box again , giving a thumbs up
rocket felt like heating up like holy shit what just happened
he froze for a moment and cleared his throat . as rocket felt like he unfroze he already spotted sword inserting the game thingy card in :-P
“oh ! uh , you should’ve let me done that .” rocket grinned . in reality he was quite happy sword did that for him
“no worries , rocket . i got it” sword responded coolly .
since rocket wanted to contribute , he went to get the controllers , went to sword and gave the ‘ player 1 ‘ controller to him
this made sword giggle . He wasn’t usually player 1 since rocket liked to take it for himself since he said in his own words , ‘i live in this house! i’ll take it!’ and just hands sword the player 2 controller
but that was two months ago .
what changed ?
whatever ! sword wasn’t complaining . he took the controller while rocket took the other one . admist that goin on rocket booted up the game
and they ! played it !
sorry i physically cannot write
and wouldya look at that; it’s been around 3 hours and they were just here , sitting and playing the game , still
was it really that addicting ? yes !
rocket almost broke the controller because sword kept winning and getting ahead and sword had to stop him . looks like rocket got a bit rusty as he was player 2
anyway …
it was ‘round 8 pm now and rocket started getting drowsy from all of the screaming he was doing . same for sword . they both were raging in there BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS /ref
rocket sighed . “can we end the game? i’m tired .”
he didn’t even realize the time , he didn’t care about the time , he even forgot that it was valentines day . this made him feel good
with every passing moment he did surprise himself anyway did he not
rockets heart raced throughout the whole game because of how good sword was at it . did sword play this on his free time ??? nah that couldn’t be he thinks that sword doesn’t have this game at his place
he kept his moment with himself until he heard sword respond to him , “yeah , of course !” he wiped his forehead before he took the controller from rockets hand and put it back where it was when rocket first got it
then he walked back OVER to the couch where rocket was resting . he leaned down a little and caressed rockets cheek , “you wanna rest on my lap ?” he requested .
he didn’t think of the fact that this could be taken in a romantic way especially because of the day it is but eh
just as rocket was about to fall asleep , his eyes shot back open and he blushed as he did earlier ,however it being subtle
“okay .” rocket felt his heart beating . he wasn’t playing the game . couldn’t be that
he wondered what it was
can’t ignore . He didn’t wanna
but rocket just couldn’t figure out why he was feeling this way
especially when sword caressed his cheek like that
why?
was there something wrong?
lost in thought . rocket quickly snapped himself out of it and glanced up at sword .
however when rocket DID glance up sword was already next to him on the couch like earlier, except he was waiting for rocket to lay down
reluctantly , rocket lowered his head onto swords lap , laying down with this (i mean , what else would he do haha)
“you’re comfortable there , right ?” questioned sword , checking up on rocket to make sure he felt comfortable . after all , rocket is his best friend
“mhm .” rocket sounded drowsy . he was . he on the brink of falling asleep
now he’ll definitely miss this moment with sword
on valentines is crazy too considering he hated the day
it seems as if sword was hesitating . rocket could feel he was . but why ? did sword have something to say ? to do ? what was his purpose of hesitating ?
“something wrong ?” he asked , simply because he was a little concerned
sword gave a soft smile . he massaged rockets arm . “nope .”
. . . was this affection ? nah
rocket couldn’t be overthinking now , could he ? damn himself for thinking of his best friend this way but he couldn’t help it
the atmosphere fell . it was a little awkward now
rocket turned his head to sword, looking at him . he also looked sleepy . he didn’t wanna bother
although
upon rocket turning his head back
he heard swords voice
“rocket . . .”
swords voice was said in a whisper , having to stop his actions . he removed his hand from rockets arm, slowly
upon this , rocket listened carefully , but didn’t respond , probably because he was tired—or he simply didn’t want to .
coughing discreetly , it appeared sword was .. nervous ?
(rocket could feel it in his skin trust me i am source bro)
“you’re .. pretty .”
,,, sword began
looks like he did really put some thought into saying this . not the usual , but it’s definitely ..
atleast he’s trying something different
since rocket’s head was turned . yes he was already blushing but he felt like blushing even more than before, luckily he was facing away from his friend
obviously , rocket didn’t know how to respond to this . he just went with a simple answer after a moment of silence , “you’re pretty too .” he mumbled .
sword didn’t have his cheeky smile anymore . his cheeky smile from earlier transformed into a small , genuine one . not a playful one at all . one of the reasons were most likely because he was tired and didn’t have as much energy , since that was used on the game they were playing
though the words sword were saying , seemed a little too genuine . did he really mean it like that ?
besides all of that , continued on
“i love you.”
what did he say?
i love you?
i love you.
did rocket hear that right?
he had to be tripping, did he?
no . he replayed the words sword told him in his mind . clearly it had to be an “i love you”
he wanted to say it back, it would be rude if he didn’t, right?
he just decided to
“i love you too.”
is this it? is this what he felt around sword? the words came out of his mouth so quickly , he couldn’t even decide if he wanted to take the words back
it fell into silence again. this clearly wasn’t usual, they’d be loud at this time, zuka would probably be scolding them because of how loud they were being together, but zuka wasn’t here
seriously?? one of the only times where they couldn’t get in trouble and zuka was somewhere ELSE ?
(the audacity)
well , that was over with until rocket here . heard swords voice yet again
“… it’s valentines day .”
rocket nodded . “mhm ?”
there it was again . sword was hesitating
silence enveloped swords words once more
“well, i was just wondering..” sword scratched the back of his head , trying to get this done quickly , assumably
“would you be my valentine?” he finally asked . even though there were a few hours left in the day , well , i guess it’s the perfect time to ask your best friend such a thing
on valentines day too
rocket couldn’t help but turn his body over so he could face sword
should he take his chance ? definitely
therefore
“i never thought ..” he swallowed a lump in his throat , “i mean—sure ! i would love to !”
a bit of rockets energetic side was seeping through , again
rocket couldn’t believe it . or himself .
he got a valentine ? and he wasn’t even the one to ask ?
it was his best friend too , was that weird ?
no . they’re definitely in love it just had to be
rocket couldn’t be imagining things anymore ,
was this why he loved the thought of sword ? when sword was gone , rocket missed him so much , he just simply thought it was because they were best friends but . no
it was a deeper feeling . a deeper connection . but the both of them were seemingly too focused on something else to focus on their ‘ deeper connection ‘
rocket couldn’t help but feel achieved . he’ll remember this moment for awhile , maybe forever .
’ Cause I think I've fallen
In love this time
I blinked and suddenly, I had a Valentine
(Valentine) ‘
— Valentine , Laufey