“It’s not that I didn’t like the gift…”

“You don’t,” Ron interrupted while flipping through a magazine.

“Right, but he doesn’t have to know that.”

“He will figure it out when you never wear it and it goes the way the rest of his gifts have gone, “Ron said gesturing towards the closet.

“It’s our fifth year anniversary, that deserves something more romantic than a brown coat and an even plainer brown scarf,” Daniel exclaimed, pushing his hair off his forehead.

“It could have been worse you know.”

“Really. How?”

“Remember the animal print top he bought you two years ago,” Ron said, putting the magazine down on his lap. “What kind of animal was that again?”

“Zebra.”

“See, that would have been worse. A zebra printed coat.”

“Sometimes I have a hard time believing he is gay.”

“I doubt that,” Ron said as he rolled his eyes and looked down at the pages again. “I see how you walk into the kitchen after date night.”

“That’s what I mean,” Daniel stood up angrily. “You shouldn’t be privy to our love making sessions.”

“And you shouldn’t be calling it ‘our love making sessions’ either.”

“We use to stay out all night just talking. We’d go out for long walks on the beach under the moonlight. We’d hold hands and make out until the sun came up over the city.”

“And I remember when you thought turtle necks hid your tremendously long neck.”

Daniel ignored him and continued, “Now I cook dinner, he opens a bottle of wine. We snuggle on the couch while watching Alien Encounters before shuffling off to our bed promptly at nine pm where our love making sessions start and we are asleep by nine-thirty.”

“Sounds pretty bad to me,” Ron said as he stood and looked at his watch. “You have a man that puts up with your craziness, you family issues, loves you so much there are times I get physically sick being in the same room with you two. It’s horrible.”

“You know what I mean,” Daniel threw up his hands in frustration. “I think it’s over.”

Ron rolled his eyes. He loved his brother more than anything but there were times it was exhausting listening to his insecurities. “Come on drama queen, we have to go. The movie starts at seven.”

“I can’t believe he has to work late on our anniversary,”

“Damn,” Ron stated as he looked at his shoe. “I think I have a broken shoelace. Why don’t you go get the car and I’ll change shoes and meet you down in a minute.

“Okay.”

The moment the door closed behind Daniel, Ron pulled out his phone and waited for the connection.

“Is it set?” The voice on the other end asked.

“Little miss drama queen is heading down as we speak.”

“How mad is he?”

“You know my brother, he doesn’t even know how he feels moment to moment.”

“Thanks again for watching the house this week-end, you are my favorite brother in law.”

“I’m your only brother in law weirdo,” Ron said with a laugh. “Have fun in Bermuda.”

Ron returned his phone to his pocket and kicked off his shoes. He sat down on the sofa and put his hands behind his head and sighed loudly. “Finally some peace and quiet.”