Psycho Chan's Note: I'd say that was a good start. I just found my other notes. Turns out, it wasn't anywhere I was looking so I just laid on my floor, pissed off. SURE ENOUGH, I flop over and my cat's fat ass was on them. Believe me, I am angry even a day later. But I love Prance even when I want to kill her. Anyway, I just hope that this isn't a dumb story idea. Twitter Chan and I were pondering this over the summer when I tucked it away. But at least I remembered it. Well, here's another life lesson that probably shouldn't be one.

Lesson Two: Burger Fool King

The man didn't know why he decided to take Shiv out. He honestly didn't know why. Not only was his attention span in the negatives but he wasn't afraid to show it to the entirety of Dakota Fields. Here the two were, in the mall, just wondering about. Ebon had grown tired of his house and the fact that Shiv seemed to be everywhere at once that the shadow man just said they were going out. Just like that.

That was over two hours ago and boy does Ebon regret it. So far he had bought candy, a few comedy movies and a few comics. Basically, things that the man will never see again, hopefully he really wont. The worst of it though, was the fact that he was carrying the bags as the purpled haired man wondered a few stores ahead, peaking through the windows to see what ever they had displayed. However, Ivan shrugged it off. These were little things that made Shiv happy and even though Ebon would never tell him himself, he was happiest when that boy smiles.

The shadow man caught up with the Korean, who was still looking through a window. White eyes gaze into the display to see puppies. Little fuzzy puppies joyfully jumping around and nipping at one another. The look on the younger metahuman's face was ecstatic to see the little puppies, a little cackle escaping his grin. "Ain't they the cutest Ebon?" Shiv asks, clearly distracted as he bats at the glass, the little masses of fur jumping over to him.

"We ain't gettin' one" the man states firmly, clearing up any confusion before the other man can even get it.

"Awww, why not?" Purple eyes beam up to white ones, clearly wanting a puppy.

"Cuz if I get you one I'll end up takin' care of it and I don't much like dogs."

"But it's a puppy."

With a sigh, Ebon lightly smacks the empty skull before him, receiving a small 'ow'. "They grow up eventually Shiv."

Standing upright, Shiv rubs his head quickly. "Well yeah but still…I want a puppy."

"You want everything. First you wanted a kitten, then you wanted a pony-"

"Hey, everyone else I know got a pony at some point, I want one too!" Shiv interrupts his boyfriend. "What's wrong with a puppy?" He tries again.

Suddenly getting a headache, Ebon brings his dark fingers to the bridge of his nose, rubbing between his eyes with a heavy sigh. "I said no."

"You always say no. Why can't you ever say yes for a change?" Shiv doesn't seem to see the other man's anger or frustration. He rarely ever does. His purple eyes remained on the puppies, cute as ever.

"You can hardly take care of yourself…how do you expect me to believe that you can take care of a puppy?"

Shiv's eyes light up for a moment, then sink into that shade that he does when he thinks. "I guess you're right." He laughs at himself before taking off. "C'mon Ebon. I'm hungry."

Just glad he dropped the damn puppy, the older man follows his lover, weaving through people though most of them seemed to avoid him. He was no longer wanted because test showed that the gas had affected his brain in certain ways and so all his charges were released as long as he took a certain cure and classes seeing as how it was against the law to just cure metahumans now. Now Ivan was who he was before the big bang, as was Scott. Only Ebon had wished that the gas had mixed up some of Shiv's nerves like it had his. Now he just knows that that boy is just messed up. Great time to figure that out after he figured out he loved him and all that shit.

Ebon found himself in a line in Burger Fool, with Shiv right next to him. In a few minutes, Ivan ordered for both him and Shiv wanting two cheeseburgers with extra cheese and ordered he ordered himself a chilidog. While waiting, Shiv was getting on his nerves as the youth began tapping his fingertips on the counter. He allowed it because if he told the boy to stop, he'd find something more irritating.

Then the tapping stopped.

Curious, Ebon let his eyes wonder over to left to see Shiv rolling up one of those paper crowns, using his powers to make a slit to fit his head. "Shiv what the hell you doin'?"

"Ain't it obvious?" Shiv sets the golden colored paper crown on his head, a grin seemingly too…happy.

Ebon just stared at the man, who was just oblivious to the world. With a sigh, the shadow just allowed it, knowing that this, somehow, made his lover happy.

He learned something that he probably should have found out years ago.

-All men are idiots and he is dating their king-