grew worried when he didn't arrive home for dinner and tried to call his phone.

had his phone on silent, he hadn't been sleeping lately.

frowned when he didn't get a response, and may have started to panic...

slowly waking up, he rubbed the sleep from his eyes before he grabbed his phone and noticed the missed call.

on his way to Tino's office to see if he was there.

decided to call Berwald back as he neatened up his desk and started to get ready to go home.

nearly slid on a patch of ice when his phone started ringing with Tino's ring tone. He pulled to the side of the road and answered it.

"Hei Berwald, you called?" he hadn't checked the time yet..

"Where are y' at?" He frowned in to the receiver.

frowned a bit at the question, "I'm at work..." he was a bit confused.

"'T this hour?"

blinked and glanced at the clock, "oh... I um... " he was so not going to admit he'd fallen asleep... "Late meeting." He didn't want to tell

Berwald he wasn't sleeping enough. "Where are you?"

had already talked to a few people in his office that had said otherwise... "Ah." He wouldn't press it. "'M drivin'..."

frowned a bit, "oh um... you shouldn't be on the phone then... want to meet for drinks?"

"Ja." He nodded; at least then he'd have an excuse to be out.

nods a bit, "alright I'll meet you at that place that's close to the office."

"Ah." He nodded. He was closer to there than he wanted to admit, so he'd wait a few minutes before leaving his spot to drive there.

"I'll see you there," he hung up with that. Quickly getting up he straightened out his clothes and his hair before he went out to his car,

it didn't take him long to get to the bar.

got to the bar quickly, but sat in his car for a few minutes before straightening out his suit (that was already straight) and stepping_

out of the car.

made his way inside and got them a table as he waited for him.

walked in, frowning as he looked around the bar to try and spot Tino without looking too obvious or desperate.

spotted him and waved to him calling him over.

frowned deeper as he approached him, relieved that he didn't look hurt or otherwise injured. He hugged him tightly and kissed the top of_

his head before.

blinked at the frown... and the tight hug. "Sorry I didn't call you, should have told you I was going to be late."

nodded. "S okay."

shifted over for him to sit next to him if he wanted.

sat besides him silently, beyond relieved that Tino was okay.

looked over at him curiously. "I uh... I fell asleep..."

smiled faintly in amusement.

noticed that and pouted a bit, "I didn't mean to."

daringly leaned over and kissed his cheek. "'M sure." He'd have to make sure Tino got to good at a reasonable time tonight.

sighed a bit at that before he flagged the waitress down down and ordered his drink.

ordered a drink for himself and asked for some water, waiting until she had left to take Tino's hand beneath the table.

smiled a bit at that as he held his hand back lightly. "Would be terrible if we were caught holding hands huh?"

shook his head softly. It wasn't the fear of being caught, it was the fact that in his mind things like this were best saved for private._

But he knew that Tino liked it, so he would try to push his comfort boundaries from time to time to please him.

thought it was sweet of him to do, but holding hands wasn't really an embarrassing thing.

obviously, did not agree with that sentiment.

carefully let go of his hand and leaned back.

sipped on his water when it arrived, watching Tino from the corner's of his eyes.

took a sip of his own drink when it came, "so how was your day?"

shrugs. "Alright. Work'd... You?"

nodded a bit, "same."

"Ah."