46 for zimbits? Pretty please? :) (Also, your writing is DELIGHTFUL and ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC, my gosh <3 Thank you so very much for it! *hugs*)
46.) “Where are you? I’m lost in IKEA.”
[thank you so much for your patience, @najatapl! <3]
The short answer is: Jack should’ve known what to expectwhen he asked Eric Bittle to move in with him.
The longer answer is: Jack has known Bitty for four years, andin that time Bitty never complained about Jack’s decorating skills before, butas soon as he agreed to move in he told Jack there would be some changes, and those changes includea trip to the Stoughton IKEA, which is nearly an hour away from Providence, toget some things that Jack apparently has lived two years without.
The ultimate answer is: Jack is so in love with Bitty he’lldo whatever he wants.
However, regardless of how in love he is with Bitty, thatdoesn’t change the fact that IKEA is huge and, as far as Jack can see,organized strangely. And there are hot dogs? To eat?
His phone rings and it’s Bitty. Jack answers immediately.“Where are you? I’m lost in IKEA.”
“Bless your heart,” Bitty says, and he sounds so warm andfond that Jack can’t help but to grin stupidly next to As Seen on TV buckwheatpillows. “You didn’t get the list I left for you?”
“I have it, it’s just…difficult to decipher.”
“Jack Zimmermann. You just won a Stanley Cup and you can’tmake a trip to IKEA by yourself?”
Bitty snorts, and his derision is attractive. This is howthey flirt. Jack always wants to flirt like this. “Sweet Lord, I don’t knowwhat I’m getting myself into with you.”
“Sometimes. Canyou not find the impossible-to-lose massive amounts of living room furniture?We need side tables.”
Jack turns around in a circle before responding. “I’mtrapped in the As Seen on TV section.”
“You aren’t trapped,child. Do you really need me to meet you there? Because if I do that, I can’tguarantee that my mother won’t put flowers all over our new place.”
Our new place.Jack’s heart somersaults spectacularly in his chest. “Your mother is allowed todo whatever she likes.”
Bitty exhales and his voice is muffled when he shouts,“Mama, Jack said you can do whatever you want!” A pause, then, “She’s going todye all your underwear pink.”
“I like pink. Come rescue me.”
There’s jostling on Bitty’s end, then another magnificentsigh. “You poor thing. What would you do without me?”
Jack can’t help the dopey smile on his face, and he doesn’twant to. It’s been a long road to get to this point, but he’s genuinely, consistentlyhappy. “Probably die in the middle of IKEA.”
“I love you,” Bitty says, and the words sound tender andrushed all at once as Jack hears him getting the car keys to their new SUV. “I’llsee you soon. Please, please don’ttouch anything in the As Seen on TV section. Lord knows we get enough of thatfrom Mr. Crappy, and Mama says two singing fish are enough for one house.”
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