Patch and I were at Bo's Arcade, we'd spent a lot of time here now. After everything that's happened, it didn't surprise me that he wants me around all the time. I mean, just last week we were cornered by Hank Millar and his Nephilim goons. After that, he pretty much made our relationship official.

"Why so quiet Angel?" he asked

"Just thinking" I said

"Well do you think I could interrupt your thinking process for game of pool?"

"You want to play me?" I asked. He smirked, I amused him.

"Yeah, I might even let you win."

"What if I don't want to you to let me win?" I asked

"Okay then, get a cue." He said, rubbing his jaw.

"I could beat you if I wanted, ya know"

"Yeah, whatever makes you feel like you actually have a chance."

"Oh really. Well since you're so good, why don't you put money where your mouth is?" I said chuckling

He tilted his head back and laughed. "Alright then, but I don't want your money."

"Then what do you want" I asked.

"If I win, you have to get a tattoo, but I get to pick what it is and where it goes." He said raising his eyebrows at me.

"And if I win" I asked challenging him.

"I'll sing to you, In front of everyone here."

"What if I want something else?"

"Isn't sacrificing my manhood enough?"

"Okay. If you win, I'll get the tattoo, but if I do win, I get to pick the song." I said raising my hand

"Agreed." Smiling, he shook it.

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20 minutes later

We were parked outside a tattoo shop.

"You ready, Angel."

"A deal's a deal. Let's go."

As we walked in, I felt my nerves rising.

"Calm down, it won't be that bad." He said rubbing my shoulders.

"Is it going to hurt?" I asked.

"Probably"

I looked at him. Shock crossed my face.

He laughed. "I'll be there the whole time."

I sat down in one of the chairs and looked around. Patch went to talk to a heavily tattooed woman at the register. He motioned for me to come to him. The woman looked at me and chuckled.

"Come on kitten. Follow me" She held out her hand.

I grabbed it and she led me to the back room behind the counter.

"Sit." She said, motioning to the chair in the middle of the room.

I glanced at Patch. He was leaning against the door frame.

"I'm Liz, by the way. Your boyfriend tells me this is your first time." She said

"Yeah" I said trying to hide my fear as she readied a giant needle.

"He also tells me you're getting it on your lower abdomen."

I looked at him confused. "Umm. Yeah." He nodded reassuringly.

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OMG that was the worst 10 minutes of my life. It hurt so much. It felt like someone was constantly jabbing me in the stomach with a sharp needle.

Patch stood there, next to me the whole time. I was clutching his hand so hard.

"How's the hand" I asked

"A little sore." He said smiling.

"Sorry, but it really hurt."

"All right, kitten, you're all done" Liz said smiling at me.

As I looked down, I saw a small heart shaped lock with two smaller keys surrounding it.

"A lock?" I asked as Liz bandaged it.

"A lock." He said, smiling.

"All that for a lock. We could've gone to Home Depot and got you a lock." I said touching the fresh tattoo.

"Yeah but I needed one to match the key I have."

"What key?" I asked, looking up.

"This one." He said as he lifted his shirt to reveal a small key, also on his lower abdomen. It matched my lock.

"Really! This is such a cliché' summer romance moment."

"A cliché' summer romance would mean you willingly wanted the tattoo. I had to put in a lot of work to get you here. If memory serves correctly, I had to get you to bet against me in a pool game to get you here. Then after you got the tattoo I would reveal my matching tattoo." He said helping me out of the chair.

"And what happens next."

"I pick you up and slowly spin you around. And then we kiss and sparks fly and fireworks go off."

"You really put a lot of thought into this didn't you?" I asked, bringing my hands to his shoulders.

He leaned into kiss me.

"I love you" he said.

"Yeah, I know. I got the tattoo to prove it."

Short Author's Note:

The pics of the tattoo's are on my profile. Forgive me if they don't match well. It's because there are so many different ones and those two were the best to me.