*He opens his eyes and looks at the tin, speechless.*

What is it Mattie?

Open it and find out. [His smile gave nothing away. It was star-shaped chocolate chip cookied, frosted with red, white, and blue frosting. And every now and then, there was the occasional heart-shaped, frosted cookie as well.]

*He opened the tin carefully, trying not to drop Patches as he pried the lid off. He gasped at the beautiful, delicious cookies before him.*

Mattie...these are...I mean...look at them! They're beautiful! I don't know if I can eat them...

[Moving over to his side, he gave him a light kiss on the cheek.]

Maybe I'll make more for you later then.

*He smiled and turned to kiss him back.*

I want to take a picture of them before I eat them.

[There was a tiny blush as he snuck in one more quick kiss.]

Good idea. Then you can have that forever.

Exactly! Come on, let's find my camera and then get to snacking!

I do like that idea. [He'll happily look for the camera.]

*He takes him by the hand, passing the tin of cookies over to him for safe passage to his room.*

It should be on my dresser, it won't take that long to get it!

[Lacing their fingers together, he gave his hand a quick, light squeeze.]

We can take as long as needed.

*He squeezed it back, walking slowly down the hallways towards his room.*

Yeah, we're in no rush.

[Ever so casually, he lightly swung their arms as he walked.]

It's not as if we have any pressing matters, after all.

*He grins, enjoying the simple movement of their arms.*

Nope! We can take all the time in the world!

[It was rather nice and relaxing.]

I do enjoy the leisurely way of things here.

*And cute and sweet.*

Me too...well, most of the time. Sometimes I don't.

[That too~]

Yeah. Sometimes you sort of have a desire to do things the fast way, too.

Yeah, sometimes! But only if I really want to. Or need to.

That's a good thing, then. Restraint is nice to have.

Yeah, and sometimes it's really important to use it.

Oh definitely. I wish a few others would use it more often.

Yeah...me too.

Occasionally yourself included.

*He pouts slightly. They're almost to their destination.*

Well...I guess so yeah...sometimes I could show more restraint I guess.

I'm only mostly giving you a hard time about it is all. [There was a light nudge as he spoke.]

*He's still going to pout at you a bit as he unlocks his door.*

Yeah yeah I know. Come on, let's take a picture of the cookies.