Simon wasn't opposed to going to the festival, he just didn't like it. There were so many people and it was so loud. But you were there and he was your boyfriend, so he figured he'd suck it up for the next few hours. For you.

He smiles under his mask as you hold his hand and drag him around to different stands and booths, letting you spend his money without a care in the world. He held the little gay flag you'd gotten him. He even tolerated it when you forced him to sit down and get his face painted with tiny little sparkles.

As much as he grumbled, you knew part of him was enjoying it. And him being there with you just made it better. You smile as he dragged you to the funnel cake stand, a smile on your face. His excuse when he noticed your dumb smile was: "I know you like them, so I'm getting you one."

Now, you two of you are sitting on a curb as you share the large funnel cake and watch the parade. He pats your thigh three times in a silent "I love you" as the two of you sit there. After a while when the parade was over and the funnel cake was over, he turned to you.

"..You want to get another funnel cake?" he asks. "Y'know.. because I know you like them so much."