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Cole huffed and simply kept walking without giving a response. He found the road and got on it, traffic thankfully not busy at the moment. It was a nice town, he lived there over summer and winter break.

Flint whined and trailed after him with a pout. "Cole." He stayed by him, glancing around. He hadn't been in town more than once, as he just used the kitchen like everyone else. His eyes lit up, the snow having paused for a small amount of time to allow the town to be relatively nice.

Cole looked back at Flint at his complete silence after saying his name. He seen the look of awe in his eyes and almost smiled at it, but looked away. "Welcome to my home." He said. "Store is this way." He said, and headed toward it.

Flint kept up with him, humming quietly. He only remembered the drifting snow from the last time he came down here. It always was snowing, as this was Alaska, but still it made quiet the sight in a small content town. "You stay here in the summer?" He asked, eyes imploring.

Cole gave a small nod. "Yes. It's quiet usually. Only thing that sucks is everyone is close. Minus me and my grandpa. We keep to ourselves, find it better that way." He said. He felt comfortable here, knowing he had someone he knew he could go to no matter what happened.

Flint paused. "Your grandpa lives here?" He smiled, liking he was finding out more about Cole as they talked. It made him happy and he tucked his hands in his pockets, watching Cole as they walked out of the corner of his eye.

Cole gave a small nod. He couldn't mentally tell himself if that were a lie. The man, Aoki was like a grandfather to him, he called him that even. Three years he's known Aoki, it was when they met, having no blood relationship, but it didn't matter to them, as they were all the other had..

He hummed and his cheeks warmed as he realized how long he had been gazing at him. He glanced away and nodded, back to glancing around them and the town. "So after getting the food are we storing in the kitchen? I don't have enough and we don't present our project until next week." He tried distracting himself.

"Yes, we'll keep it in the kitchen." Cole replied, and took a small turn, and then led Flint into the store. "Do you know what ingredients you'll need to get?" He questioned him, stopping and turning to face him.

Flint pulled out his phone and showed him. "Yep! Got the is list here. I also brought my wallet to pay for it. Make it even." He smiled and stopped then his eyes caught someone he knew, he swore he knew. Then he blinked and realized. "Shit-" He ducked down to Cole's height. He went to the first aisle he saw and huffed. "Let's hope he didn't see me." He closed his eyes.

"Biy your ingredients with it, I have my own." He said, and started to an aisle, but stopped when Flint bent down to his height. He waited for him to speak, but blinked at his movements and statement. He followed after. "What wrong?"

"I planned on paying for my own." He peaked over the aisle and cursed when he saw the guy walking to their aisle curiously. "Fuck-" He looked at Cole and huffed. "Some guy I flirted with the last time I was here months ago. He was upset I didn't go on a date with him because he was very persistent and practically harassed me over text. It was a great experience. And it looks like he spotted me." He turned his back to the aisle entrance but knew the guy knew what he looked like, even from behind, the Instagram stalker.

Cole scoffed and gave a back handed smack to his shoulder. "Fucking dumbass, this is why you don't flirt with everyone you see. Have fun with that." He said, and started walking away. He didn't want to get dragged into Flint's drama.

Flint whined and whimpered. "Oh come on! He flirted with me first-" He started to catch up to Cole when the guy noticed and recognized Flint.
"Flint? Is that you?"
Flint stiffened and swallowed a whine barely pausing.
"It is! I didn't think you'd ever come back. Funny, since you couldn't come down for, say, a date?" He crossed his arms, eyes narrowing slightly at Flint.
Flint huffed and didn't stop Cole, but didn't want to lose sight of him either. "I had to go shopping, Adam and-"
"Whose that with you?" He changed his glance to Cole, raising a brow.
Flint internally cursed, knowing Cole.

Cole rolled his eyes, but turned at the sound of the other male's voice. He frowned as this Adam questioned who he was. He had hoped he wouldn't get noticed, or atleast be known that he was with Flint. "None of your business." He said, and looked away again.

Adam scoffed. "Mhm. So. In other words another guy to hit on?"
Flint blinked. "Adam, okay, I only flirted back with you once. And then you blew up my phone for days. I'm sorry I just-"
"No, it's fine. You can just make it up to me now then." Adam smiled like nothing was wrong and reached out, wrapping his fingers around Flint's wrist.
Flint frowned and went to pull away. "I'd rather not, I have other things to do, right now."
Adam rolled his eyes and went to pull Flint to him. "Oh, please, they can wait-"
"No, they really can't." He moved to pulled away but Adam kept his hold.

Cole mentally flinched, hearing Adam's persistent behavior. He turned back to them and, unsure why, he got pissed at Adam being so pushy and keeping Flint in place. He walked back over and grabbed Adam's wrist. "I'm his partner, how about that? Drop the hand. I can get you for harassment and have you banned from this store." He said, a scowl on his face as he glared at him.

Adam flinched from Cole's hold and backed away, looking to Flint. But Flint didn't pay him any attention, his eyes on Cole and his words. His cheeks were light pink, barely noticeable with his dark skin tone. He shifted closer to Cole before looking up at Adam, who was still stunned.
Adam swallowed and took another step back. "My bad, I didn't know he was taken. And no need to go overboard for a misunderstanding."

Cole simply huffed and took his hand away from Adam. He turned away, taking Flint's hand and half dragging him away from Adam, into the next aisle. He realized what he did and quickly dropped his hand from his. "You owe me." He said, cheeks going pink.

Flint blinked in surprise at Cole grabbing his hand before smiling and holding it as he dragged him into the next aisle. He whined when Cole dropped his hand and stepped up to him. He saw his pink cheeks and smirked. "I'm in your debt, 'partner'." His smirk went to a small smile, cheeks back to the barely visible pink.

Cole huffed, looking up at him with a frown. "I only said that to get him off your back, it doesn't mean shit." He was back to himself, and was questioning why he acted like that. He turned away and headed for the front, grabbing a shopping basket.

Flint followed. "Cole, don't tease me with the idea." He whined as he pocketed his hands, eyes pleadingly on Cole's. He was surprised when Cole had done what he did, but it also made a part of him jump at the idea Cole was willing to do something like that for him.

Cole rolled his eyes and grabbed a second basket and handing it to him. "It's not me teasinging you, it's me helping your bitch ass. Never again though, not after this response you gave me." He said, and started back to the aisles.

Flint took the basket and reached out, brushing his fingers over the back of Cole's hand. "Cole-. Thank you." He looked at him with a somewhat shy smile, his fingers still brushing his hand lightly. He stepped back after he realized he touched him. "Sorry, but I mean it, thank you."

Cole stopped in his tracks and turned his head to Flint. He blinked, and then gave a softer expression. "You're welcome." He said simply, and then headed for the aisles and looked at the ingredients for tacos, finding some quickly.

Flint smiled and gave a small happy noise at his expression. He went to what he needed, finishing rather quickly. He thought about how Cole reacted and wondered if maybe Adam trying to advance on him had been the reason. He smiled at the idea and went to look for Cole, having already paid. He sniffed him out and came up behind him, blowing a warm breath on his ear. "Hey, Cute Snack. Ready?"

Cole was looking at noodles as he waited. He had already paid for his things, and was now trying to find something he'd be able to down. Noodles he could do sometimes, but it was honestly rare. He flinched away in surprise and looked back at Flint. He gave a small nod. "Ready."

Flint smiled down at him and looked at the noodles. "Are you sure? If you need to get something else you can." He stepped closer behind him and couldn't help a small blush. He felt the urge to touch Cole's hair but simply waited.

Cole gave a small shake of his head. "I was just waiting for you to finish. Let's get back quick, I have stuff to do." He said, and turned away from 8t and started toward the door.

Flint followed him and hummed. "Well, I got an idea if you want to get back faster." He suggested, biting his lip slightly as they walked out the door. He knew it was risky with Cole but he wanted to see if he would

Cole gave a questioning hum, looking back at Flint. "What? And if you say you shifting and me riding on your back, no." He said, calm for once. He knew why, and would probably accept Flint's offer. He knew he had to get back quick, get some kind of food in his system. The lack of it was draining, and after getting calm earlier, he could really tell now.

Flint whined and slumped a little. "Oh come on. I'd have us back in 20 minutes. And you'd be safe. One-thousand percent. I promise. Please??" He gazed at him with pleading eyes, bright and fixed on Cole. "Just try it? Maybe even just get on my back and decide from there?"

Cole looked over his pleading face and sighed. "Just this once, you ass." He said. "But why are you so adamant on this?" Flint seemed so keep on him riding on his back, and it confused Cole.

Flint blinked and suddenly he realized he just wanted to be close to Cole. And letting him on his dragon was another way just to have him close. He flushed slightly and shook his head. "It's just a faster way and I like to fly." He supplied with a smile leading the way just out of town to shift.

Cole hummed and walked along side of him. "Whatever." He said in a mutter. Cole knew flying spells...he knew that, so why did he still go with it? He shook away the question, quickly blaming the lack of food and energy. Which was something he could only hope he could do at the moment.

Flint waited until they were a few places out of town before handing Cole his bag. "Give me a moment. Don't want to rip my favorite clothes." He walked to a tree, stripping down. He shifted and carried his clothes over to Cole and sat, wanting him to put them in the bag before they flew. His eyes were on his ass his tail wagged like a dog's with a whine.

Cole gave a small nod and stopped. He took the bags Flint had. He lightly tapped his food, but stopped when Flint walked back over. He took his clothes, quickly grasping onto his request. He put them in one of Flint's bags and swallowed.

Flint sensed his unease and got down on all fours, huffing a small breath of warth at his feet and laying down for him to get on, his tail still wagging in excitement. He was happy Cole agreed and looked up at him with comforting bright amber eyes.

Cole looked to his eyes and sighed. He walked closer and hefted himself up onto his back. "Lets go." He said, hesitently placing his hands on the scales.

Flint let out a sound similar to a purr, shifting at the feel of Coles hands on his scales. He slowly got to feet, turning his head back to nudge Cole's elbow, trying to tell him to wrap his arms around his neck for safety. He huffed to further illustrate it.

Cole blinked at the action, it taking a moment to realize what it was for. He then connected the dots and slowly wrapped his arms around his neck. "Now lets go. I have plans." He said.