Daily dessert

Chapter 1 - soon to come

-“Rodry will know how to get inside, let’s get going Marcus”- Angela said with a little shiver, Marcus pulled out his phone and checked the messages in chat, seeing a single grey checkmark next to the last messages.
-“I don’t know Angy, he hasn’t received my messages and his phone isn’t ringing, I’m-m afraid he could have run out of battery, maybe you and Ethan should go inside, I’ll wait here a little longaaaACHU!”
Angela grabbed him by the arm, pulling him closer to the entrance, in a comprehending voice she said.
-“There’s no reason to wait alone out in the cold, specially on this graduation party, Sarah and the others are waiting inside, let’s get inside, we can just tell the guards at the entrance to let him in when he arrives”.
Marcus took a moment to reflect, but yes that was the best way to proceed. “Ok, yeah… that sounds better”
Arriving at the entrance they showed their phones with the tickets to a woman in black, she read them with a scanner before opening the door for them. Marcus stopped while going through the frame.
-“By the way, I also have my “plus one” ticket with me, and I don’t know if he will be able to show it to you once he arrives, is it ok if you scan it now and maybe let him in afterwards?”.
-“I don’t think we can, all codes must be registered when the person enters. But we can contact you whenever he arrives. Could I get his name and your number?”
-“Yeah of course, his name is Rodrigo Miranda” and then he proceeded to give her his phone number, letting his stress flow away as he entered the warm and cheery atmosphere of the event.
They walked across the crowd, greeting various classmates and professors from their years at Uni, until they found a group which greeted them with a cheerful scream.
-“Aaaah, yes queens! You are looking smoking tonight! Hey Angela, hey Ethan, hey Marcus” Sarah exclaimed, as she hugged each of the newly arrived.
-“And just look at you Sarah! You are looking wonderful in that dress!”-Responded Marcus- “The one who picked it must have some excellent taste!” -he bringing his hand to his chin, mocking old elegant gestures.
-“oh yeah, indeed indeed, he is quite a genius of fashion indeed”-she said, grabbing her sparkling white dress by the sides while making an elegant bow.
-“So you were part of her little scheme”-said Kai, getting closer and grabbing Sarah by the waist- “For the life of me I couldn’t get her to tell me what she was gonna wear, I just wanted us to look well together.”
-“Hshsh, we look together wherever we go baby. Plus, I wanted to WOW you”-exclaimed Sarah, turning her face to kiss Kai in their lips.
-“You wow me everyday sunshine”.- They answered lovingly.
Marcus couldn’t help but feel very emotional with that shown of affection, it made his heart feel heavy and euphoric. And also pretty proud, Sarah had showed him a picture of what Kai would be wearing and he has to say that they combined even better than milk and chocolate.
-“Sup Marcus”-the voice who said that was Adam, another of Marcu’s friends, right before saluting with a hug, Marcus had a crush on him some years back, the only obstacle in a relationship between the 2 would be that he was straighter than a stick of bread, but gosh did he look amazing, in a burgundy tuxedo jacket and a break brown shirt, it almost hid the flabby belly and torso he had gained during university.-“So man, Are we meeting Rodry tonight?”
Marcus hard swallowed his saliva before turning is head straight to Sarah.
-“Sarah! Where you spreading it around? Haha” he said nervously.
-“Well sorry for telling the group darling. I was just so excited!”
-“Wait, you knew Angela? You acted so surprised in the car. Well, thinking about it maybe a little too much.” He said sending everyone in a little chuckle.
-“Well, I was meaning to be discreet!” She said sending a fulminating stare towards Adam, who laughed it off.
-“Well yes he should be coming, he is just running a little late!”-*hehe, running, the only time I’ve seen him run was to get inside a candy store on sale.* Marcus joked in his head.-“but let’s not focus on that”-some waiters were walking around carrying plates filled with cups and appetizers, Marcus walked to one nearby and took a cup- “the night is for us. Isn’t it?”- he said before flushing the drink down his throat.
-“WOO! That’s the spirit” exclaimed Sarah right before following his classmate actions.

Marcu’s during the next minutes laughed, fooled around and enjoyed the chat, reminiscing of older times, but every minute ate in the back of his head, was he clear enough? Did he manage to get an excuse? He had accepted the world of his deepest passions and civil life to unite but what if it was just not interesting for him?

———— two weeks ago ————
-“Oh so you are having a graduation ceremony? that’s so cool”-said Rodry, buttoning up his shirt, with some difficulty closing the gap between the last ones around his protounding belly “I hope you have a good time”
-“Thank you. Yeah, it’s basically a tradition on my faculty” Marcus expressed cleaning off the crumbs and packagings from his bed, throwing them into a nearby trash bag “And… I was thinking, if you wanted, each person is allowed to bring a plus one to the event, and maybe you would like to come with me perhaps?”-Marcus heart was pounding on his chest, he was meaning to ask this weeks ago, but now it was the last couple of days any changes could be made to the invitations list. Rodry was silent for a moment, One could see in his expression the engines rolling in his head.
-“I’m not sure, I would depend for the day and time. It is a little hard with my family to go out at night.”
-“It’s on Friday, 2 weeks from now.” Getting closer, Marcus Engulfed his arms around Rodrigo’s soft, yet stretched, abdomen, pushing their contrasting frames together. “And there will be a lot of treats for you to enjoy there… drinks, sandwiches and empanadas, you know the deal”. The feeder winked to the large man smiling face, licking his lips at the thought of a fulfilling buffe of aperitives.
-“It does sound pretty good, doesn’t it”-he said hugging Marcus back, pushing the scrawny man body closing, burying him deeper in his fatness.-“I’ll will try to find a way to get out from my parents house, so I’ll confirm you soon.”
Some belly rubs and cleaning up later, Marcus was left alone in his apartment. Quickly he contacted Sarah, who was part of the organization team.