You'll Be In My Heart

Another sweater was pulled from the wardrobe, subjected to scrutiny, then tossed over a slender shoulder to land on the steadily increasing heap behind the figure before the closet. Hands grabbed a shirt, held it up, tongue clicked in his mouth, and that garment too went flying over his shoulder to land somewhere behind.

Theodore, with a heavy sigh, pulled the shirt down from his head and tossed it towards the floor. Running fingers through long strands of ginger to make it seem fluffier, brown eyes watched his little brother come close to removing every article of clothing from his entire wardrobe in one session.

"Are you sure you don't want to borrow something of mine?" he asked his twin, swinging legs over the edge of the bed.

Nat shook his head. "No, I want to do this all by myself." He inspected another shirt only to reject it with a heavy sigh, bare shoulder slumping in defeat. "Why does Valentine's Day have to be so hard? I mean, you've had practice, but I'm stuck finding just a shirt!"

Shaking his head at his brother, Theo nudged his twin out of the way and took it upon himself to find something for his brother to wear. "You can hardly call it practice, Nath. I've bought two Valentine's gifts."

"Two more than me."

Theo held up his hand to silence his younger twin. "Ah, but, one was for Mum and the other was because Juliet was upset she didn't get one, so we bought her one together. So technically it's only one more than you."

"One and a half," Nathanael corrected, taking one of the hooded sweaters from his brother's hands and admiring it against himself in the mirror fitted to the inside of the wardrobe door. "I mean, what am I supposed to wear?"

For what felt the millionth time that day, Theo rolled his eyes. "Nath, it's got a dragon and a half naked chick on it. I doubt Evander would be impressed if you wore that." Taking the top from his twin, the ginger haired fifth year added it to the pile then began sorting through the discarded clothes scattered about. "Why don't you just wear what you always wear?"

"Because ragged old jeans, a size-too-big sweater and a t-shirt is hardly the type of thing people wear for a date on Valentine's."

"So why not that suit you bought?" Theo asked while placing Nat's top hat back on the top of the closet.

"Because we're not going somewhere fancy. We're just hanging out in his dorm," Nat explained, running his hands over his arms, eyes focused at the clothes, hoping that an outfit would jump out at him.

"His dorm? And here I thought you'd lock me out of mine. It wouldn't be the first time."

The younger twin glanced over his shoulder at his brother. "But you didn't come by," he said, brows furrowing as he tried to remember if anyone had tried coming in when Nat had locked the door. "No did."

"Dandy-boy crumbled when I asked him why he was smiling like he'd got hook caught in both sides of his mouth. Said he was really sorry for locking me out," With a grin, Theodore poked his brother in the rib. "I hope you to are practicing safe sex."

Bending down to rummage through the clothes lining the bottom, Nat glanced up at his brother briefly, then returned to searching the clothes. "We haven't had sex yet - if you really need to know. Evander isn't the type to need that kind of thing like a dog in heat."

"Is my little brother trying to hint that he is?"

Nat giggled, finally settling for red and black striped long sleeved top, and a large black t-shirt with a werewolf print on the front. "Theo, I am quite capable of keeping myself in check around my boyfriend. Even if it takes him years to reach the point where he's physically ready, I'll wait for him, because I want to be the one there when it happens."

Theodore laughed slightly. "Virgin sex," but then he gave a light clip to the back of his brother's head as he rose to his feet "Would have been virgin sex, if you weren't a naughty boy."

"This is a relationship this time. This time means something much more than satisfying physical desires, and I couldn't think of anyone other than Evander to do it with. I love him, Theo." Slowly, arms wrapped around his brother and he snuggled into his chest. "He lets me know it's okay when you're not around. When he's there, I almost feel like I'm flying." with a soft sigh, cheek rested upon his twin's shoulder, smile curling his lips as he felt his twin brother's arms wrapping around his own body, strong hand stroking up and down his chest. "It's been a while since you've given me a big hug. I hope you don't think I'm outgrowing you."

Theo smiled, shaking his head. "Nath; you'll never outgrow me. You'll forever be in my heart."