Helion1 was just a young boy who was 19 years old. He had been on MAL for quite some time but recently, he discovered Casual Discussion. He started making threads based on his favourite Japanese idol songs but he only received negative feedback from the community. He was frustrated, but he still wanted to become a better thread writer. If only one person would praise his thread, then he would be a happy boy.
He finally thought of one the next day. He quickly went to his computer and searched up a video about jeans and then added it to his thread. "Least favourite jeans", he titled the thread. Finally! People started giving him legitimate replies. He went back to CD and went on the thread about "Failed MAL Projects". He discovered the club Fujoshichan mentioned named "MAL Meetups". He was curious, so he clicked on it and looked at the list of members from his city, Toronto. He saw multiple names but one stood out, Tsuyuu. It wasn't a feminine or a particularly masculine name. He knew that Tsuyuu was an infamous thread maker on MAL with his threads about ugly fashion trends, or not getting laid by girls. Helion1 wasn't the type to post in threads very often but now he was interested and he had a strong urge to see Tsuyuu's real face now.
A few minutes later, he finally went into Tsuyuu's thread about Joggers and posted that he liked them too. He then proceeded to PM Tsuyuu about meeting up to buy some Joggers together. Tsuyuu agreed quickly.
"I want to hang out with him, no homo." Helion1 reasoned with himself quickly before turning off the computer for that night, not knowing what would happen on their first meetup...
Helion1 had been waiting outside of Eaton Center for over 5 minutes already. Now, he was a bit early but he thought that Tsuyuu would have been early too. "Whatever", he huffed and pulled out his phone to connect to wifi. He checked his MAL and saw a PM from Tsuyuu.
"hey helion i might be a bit late. btw what's your tshirt size? just wonderin"
Helion1's heart thumped hard. Very hard. What could he be asking for? His fingers hurriedly placed themselves ontop of his phone screen as he replied back: "small". He sat there staring at the screen, his heart still beating loudly like a super bass. Not even his favourite anime, Bleach, would produce such a strong arousal.
A full minute later, Tsuyuu arrived with a Forever21 shopping bag and a cake box in the other. "Hey, Helion1, right?" Tsuyuu asked, holding out his large right hand.
"Yeah," Helion1 nervously replied and touched his right hand slowly. "N-nice to meet you." He squeezed the large hand and bobbed it up and down. "What is this?" he asked as Tsuyuu handed him the Forever21 bag.
"A gift since we're meeting for the first time. I can tell that you'd like this based on your posts in Fujoshichan's thread about tshirts. This is just for you," Tsuyuu chuckled slightly, averting his gaze. Tsuyuu didn't Helion1 to look so adorable. Based on his posts, he thought that he would have looked like a scrawny, frail boy who had tattoos of random Chinese letters and Stephen Harper's face. "But he's a guy!" he thought to himself, killing any not-so-platonic thoughts. "Let's sit down and eat this," he commanded, pointing at the cake box he was holding.
"Um, okay." was all Helion1 could muster. They walked over to the fountain by the mall and sat down. It was weird, because surrounding them were couples. Nothing but couples, heterosexual couples. Both of them could somehow hear Red_Keys whispering "Heterosexuals are privileged!" in their heads.
"So, I bought a cake for us." Tsuyuu said calmly. "It's a Japanese cheesecake." He sliced it with his large right hand holding onto a plastic knife. "Want it?" Helion1 nodded sheepishly, opening his small mouth for Tsuyuu.
"Ahn~"
Tsuyuu's pants felt tight all of a sudden and his face flushed. "Uh..."
"Hm?" Helion1 asked, head thrusting towards the cake and plastic fork. He chomped down and licked the fork without hesitation.
"It's nothing." Tsuyuu quietly replied, glancing down where his arousal was. He slowly noticed how big his own figure was compared to Helion1's. It's like Helion1 could fit into him - no, could mould into him if they embraced. "A-agh!" He yelped, shaking away the erotic thoughts. Helion1 looked up at him, curious. "Sorry, I suddenly had a weird thought and ah, nevermind."
They quickly finished half of the cake and decided to go inside the mall for some manly shopping, just cute boys doing cute things. They went on the escalator that lead to the second floor and Helion1 tripped on one of the steps.
"Oh-"
Tsuyuu caught him gracefully. It was like a scene in a shoujo manga. Strong big arms wrapped around a warm body. "Are you okay?" Tsuyuu asked, still holding onto Helion1 tightly. Their hearts pounded heart against each other. Thump... Thump.. Thump..
"S-Sorry!" they both stammered, separating. "I mean.." Helion1 started. "Thanks."
"No problem." Tsuyuu answered. "Hey," he started. "You know, I kinda wanna protect you from those trolls on MAL, especially the people that didn't vote for Harper. They must have a mental disease."
Helion1 nodded, "Yeah! I can't believe those democrat liberals would vote for Tudou. I don't even know how to pronounce his name." He subtly reached for Tsuyuu's large hand and poked it. Somehow, Tsuyuu opened his hand and enveloped Helion1's small hands in it. They were slightly sweaty, but he didn't mind. "I don't want to fall again. No homo!"
"No homo.." Tsuyuu repeated. "Yeah, like, we're both guys. Holding hands is nothing, pfft." They walked in peaceful silence until they somehow reached the end of the mall. Tsuyuu let go of Helion1's hand and looked him straight in the eye. "Hey, would you like to go to a hotel and have fun? We could like, netflix and chill." He did a praying pose for a second. "I can pay. I have my OSAP money."
