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"I'll keep that in mind." Robert stated. "Now, if you don't mind, I'd like to set some ground rules."

"Of course." Bro said with a slow nod.

"I want him home at a decent hour on school nights. School and homework always come first." Robert began. "On the weekends, if he stays with you, I expect to be called each night and again in the morning."

Bro nodded along with each of the terms, showing he was listening. "Done, done, and done."

"I'll tell you more if I think of any" Robert finally relented.

"Alright." Bro said as he stood. "Would you like my number in case you need to contact me for whatever reason?"

"I already have it, from when Dave stays the night." Robert stated.

"Alright." He said with a nod. "...This really means a lot. I can't thank you enough."

"Don't give me a reason to regret it" Robert stated firmly.

"Never." He said with a soft smile before heading back upstairs, slipping into John's room. "Everything's set."

John raised a brow. "What'd you say?"

"I told him that we both liked each other, that we wanted to try and start dating." Bro explained. "And that I wanted his permission before we made it official."

"What did he say?" John asked

"He seemed pretty reluctant about it at first." Bro said. "But in the end he said that you're old enough to make your own decisions and that he won't stand in our way. There's also ground rules for me, like school comes first, and you have to be home at a decent time on school nights."

John let out a dry laugh. "He say he was proud of me?" he asked, rolling his eyes.

"He didn't say that. Though I doubt this would make him disappointed in you, either." Bro said as he slowly sat on the edge of John's bed.

"You going to tell Dave too?" John asked

"Of course." He said. "He already knows that this was a thing, and he's going to know that it's going to stay that way. Only under better circumstances."

"He's going to be more pissed at you than I was" John stated.

"Oh, I know. I'm fully prepared for that, believe me." Bro sighed softly.

"And what is your next course of action to woo me?" John asked, crossing his arms.

"Everything I did before." Bro said. "Only as me. Even though how I was interacting with you really was me, just...under a different alias." He cleared his throat. "We can always like...start off like we did in the beginning. Watch Con Air with some additional commentary?"

John rolled his eyes. "We're already past that stage anyway. And I don't want to watch that movie again any time soon."

Bro frowned slightly and looked down at the ground. "And I'm assuming that asking whatever you wanted to do is out of the question?"

"Yep. Its a test to see how much you were really paying attention to me" John replied "You get to pick something that you know I'll like, that you would like to do, that will sufficiently woo me, and surprise me with it"