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emmaheartscakeSOMEONE SHOULD WRITE ME EIGHT THOUSAND PETE/BRENDON FICS RIGHT THE FUCK NOWWWWWW. I love them so much it is absolutely ridiculous. But, seriously, every time I look for Pete/Brendon it is ANGST. I do not understand this! Where does it come from? In what universe do these two seem like they would be anything other than
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Kanye=Boyfriend is a concept that Spencer's not too happy about. He thinks that Kanye's more self-obsessed than Ryan - which is true - and that he can't take care of Ryan properly. He also feels like he's losing his best friend to this man that he's never met and that's not good at all. He wants it to be the same as it was when they were young and Ryan had burst into his bedroom jumping about and laughing about how he'd finally gotten laid. Not that Spencer had really wanted to hear it, but it had been better than just not knowing at all.
Spencer doesn't give show Kanye his super bitchface, but he flashes him a quick 'take care of my best friend or I will punch you in the face' before giving Ryan a proper hug. Brendon's not here, he's not forgiven Ryan quite yet, which means that Pete's only going to show up for a few minutes at the very most. Ryan's important to him, and Brendon understands that, he thinks.
Kanye is kind of impressed by Spencer's bitchface, even though Ryan assures him that it was not a full-flung one and that one only meant that he would get a punch to the face if he hurt Ryan. Spencer just nods and Kanye is half way between not believing the stupid psychic connection thing and being vaguely worried that someone knows Ryan better than he does.
Gabe Saporta has fun hiding behind the plants and jumping out at people as they come through the hallway. Ryan's not quite sure how Gabe ended up being invited, except that Spencer is now dating Nate and Gabe assumes that if a member of his band is invited, then so is he.
Jon and Cassie actually set the table better between them than Kanye does. His Mama looks vaguely astonished and he actually lets Jon and Cassie take credit, which he thinks is a big sacrifice on his part.
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He's suddenly very grateful for the name settings at the dinner table. This way the mom's are right next to him and Ryan and their friends are placed just far enough apart that things won't get awkward. As soon as they get inside, he switches Pete's name and Lady Gaga's so that she can sit next to Gabe at dinner and Pete won't end up next to Rihanna. Kanye's almost tempted to find Pete a booster seat but he knows if he did, Ryan would never forgive him.
Funny enough, it's not Ginger who Kanye has to worry about. No, Jackie and Crystal are the ones giving him the stink eye when they show up at the door, rolling their eyes when Kanye gives them a bouquet of flowers and a copy of 808's & Heartbreak remixed by Lupe Fiasco. The CD hasn't even been leaked yet, man!
He tracks Ryan down and drags him into their bedroom to look at the collage. He rubs his thumb along the Ryan's pulse, hand resting on the back of Ryan's neck. Ryan's just slightly taller than him. Kanye's always loved taller girls and Ryan's just a better upgrade from dating girls to loving Fantastic People. "I love you." He touches the edge of his favorite picture, Ryan trying to ride a mechanical bull while Kanye and Cassie watch. Nearly everything on their wall had been taken by Jon Walker.
He wonders if they leave everyone alone if they'd party or have a throw down. He's pretty sure Gabe and Lady Gaga would excuse themselves for frisky sex. While Kaye is not opposed to his friends having sex, especially since he isn't a cockblocker but a cock enabler, Kanye is very much opposed to anything that could upset his Mama.
He's also worried that Rihanna and Spencer will send their bitch faces to each other. It's not that he actually thinks the universe will explode per se, but Spencer's got Nate and Rihanna has press on nails. He likes Rihanna too much to let her get out-bitchfaced by Spencer Smith.
He's kind of surprised to find when he gets downstairs that Rihanna's attached herself to Gabe, Pete's being hugged by Ginger and Mama, and Beyonce is a second away from trying to braid Spencer Smith's beard.
"We have got to mix our friends more often, beau."
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He's so ridiculously glad that Jay-Z(<3) and Beyonce are the first to get there, because he knows that Pete and Jay-Z(<3) get on alright because of their musician/entrepreneur thing and Beyonce has something in common with any of the singers in the room.
Ryan flicks both Jackie and Crystal on the forehead when they glare at Kanye and tells them that their faces will stay like that now unless they apologise and come find the good ice cream. They have a glare that equals their older brother's, whilst their Mom smiles at Ryan with motherly love and Kanye gets why Ryan thinks of her like his Mom.
Spencer's dad (Is his name Spencer? Something tells me it's Jeff...) shakes his hand and Kanye smiles as politely as he can because he doesn't really know how to talk to a middle-aged white man, but he seems to be happy with the short conversation. Ryan runs off with the two little girls as Kanye leads the parents into the living room, where Spencer and Pete all come to meet them. Pete gets to Ginger before Spencer does and she just rolls her eyes before giving him a big hug and asking how he is, ruffling his hair.
Kanye ducks out after this to go and find Ryan, who's in the kitchen on the floor under the table with the two girls and several pots of Ben and Jerry's. He crawls under the table with them and Ryan curls up into him and offers him a spoon. "You can't hide forever under here. We have friends." He says and Ryan nods, but doesn't move.
They leave the girls there after a little while to go and sit down for the dinner. The girls weren't ever going to eat with them, and in any case, they're better getting into a sugar induced coma than running around and annoying their brother and parents.
So, Ryan has this thing about his neck. It's not like he gets turned on by it, but it comforts him. Spencer had started it when they were young and his neck was the only part of him that was never aching for any reason. Later, it became because that was where his hangovers manifested themselves and the pressure was always welcome. He loves that Kanye finds his pulse to know that he's checking how fast Ryan's heart is beating. It's always a little fast and Kanye got very worried until Ryan had done the same to him and he'd realised what it was like.
Ryan tells Kanye a few days later that Rihanna had taken one look at Spencer and kept the fuck away from him. As much as she's confident in herself, she knows when to avoid being beaten at bitchiness by a man, not matter how gay he is.
Ryan goes over to distract Beyonce and Nate materialises at Spencer's side at soon as he does. Kanye hadn't even realised Spencer had a bitchface on until it drops, but being fair to him, it had been a very specific one. It involved words like "peculiar" and "excrement". Nate looks over to Kanye and then the stairs and Kanye nods. He thinks a beat down might upset his Mama more than sekrit sex between two men in a committed relationship. In any case, the most they'll do is push each other around the room, attached at the mouth. Ryan's told him.
At least the rest of them are getting on and in any case, he just needs to make a few motions about Spencer Smith's facial hair and Beyonce maybe listening to the song "The Piano Knows Something I Don't Know" would be a good idea.
Rihanna and Gabe actually head out together after dinner and Kanye doesn't hear back from her except for an exuberant thank you text from her after two days. When everyone's left, Spencer's parents and Mama sit at the table with Ryan and Kanye and have a quiet chat. They all seem happy with the arrangement and when Ginger sees Ryan grin, she seems all the happier with them both, she even hugs and kisses Kanye when they leave. Kanye's very happy with how the night went.
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