Title: Nicknames
Author: Carrehz
Rating: PG-13, I guess?
Character(s): 420, Jun
Warning(s): Vague mentions of drug use. Some vague romance, I guess. Nothing too bad.
Notes: Fic takes place when 420's.. around 15, 16ish? Something like that. I'd recommend reading his backstory first, for context, but this could probably stand alone as well, idk. Also yes, 420's real name is Fintan, haha.

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Nicknames

"So, um.." Slightly nervous laughter; the cat still hadn't figured out exactly how to talk to people, not having had much experience before now. "My birthday's coming up soon, y'know."
He leaned against his boyfriend - a tiger named Jun - and glanced up at him with a look of slightly shy happiness on his face; a sharp contrast to Jun, who was staring in the opposite direction, his eyes half-closed with apparent disinterest. His left arm was loosely draped over the cat - Fintan - and he seemed to be more interested in the joint held in his right hand than anything the other boy had to say.
"Oh really?" He replied, sounding just as uninterested as he looked; however, this didn't seem to faze Fintan.
"Yeah, it's on the 20th."
Jun didn't even bother to say anything this time, instead making a slight grunting noise in response. Fintan fell into silence, staring at the ground and occasionally glancing at the other boys nearby, his sort-of friends, most of whom were flopped on the ground nearby, clearly quite out of it. Eventually, the tiger broke the silence.

"So are you gonna get high or wh-"
Just then, a rabbit that Fintan only vaguely knew piped up from nearby. "Heyyy... this month's April, right?"
Assuming the question was directed at him, Fintan answered, somewhat confused, "Yes?"
The rabbit burst into hysterical laughter, eventually gasping out, "Your birthday's 4/20! That's amazing, dude!"
"...What? 420? I don't get it, I-"
"4:20 is like, the perfect time to get high!"
Fintan blinked, then laughed slightly. "Heh, that is kind of funny."
A different boy called out, "Hey, we should call you 420!"
He froze. "What? No.. no, you can't! That's a stupid name, come on.."
"No, c'mon, dude, it's perfect!" More laughter.
"It's not, it's- what if someone hears you call me that-" Fintan whirled round, looking at his boyfriend somewhat desperately, sitting up slightly straighter as he did so. "Come on, Jun, tell them to quit it!"
Jun gave him a look. "What's the problem, I thought you said you hated your name?"
"W-well.. I don't hate it, exactly.." he started, only to be cut off again.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever, what's the big deal? 420," he said, adding the nickname in at the last minute.
"But- I-"
"That's it, that's your nickname now!" yet another boy yelled, drowning out the rest of Fintan - 420 - 's spluttering, failing attempts to explain himself.
The tiger rolled his eyes slightly. "It's just a nickname, calm down already F-"
"Don't tell me to calm down!" Fintan interrupted, straightening up completely and glaring at his boyfriend. He wasn't sure if Jun had been about to use his real name or not, but he was more focused on the rest of his sentence. "It's a stupid nickname, if someone hears you guys saying that they'll figure it out, won't they?"
"...so?" Jun stared back, the disinterested look from earlier returning. "Stop worrying all the time, no one's gonna find out."
"I don't-"
Fintan was interrupted again, this time by Jun pressing his mouth to his briefly, before pulling away and saying, "I said, stop worrying."
"I.. ah.." The cat's face flushed slightly; he was completely caught off-guard by the kiss. Jun smirked, then leaned in again, pulling Fintan closer as he kissed him once more. The others, bored by now, went back to doing their own thing; they knew better than to bother Jun, particularly when he was making out with his boyfriend.

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"....Jun?"
Jun opened one eye, and glanced vaguely at the cat lying next to him. "What?" he said, somewhat sleepily.
"You're not.." He paused, apparently trying to think of what to say next. "You're not going to call me that... that stupid name, are you? Cause.."
"What stupid name? You mean '420'?" Jun asked, turning around to face the cat.
"Well, yeah."
"Pff... I don't understand why you care so much about this."
Fintan remained silent.
"Come on, go to sleep already."
"...'kay. Night."
"Night."
"Love you.." Fintan breathed, hugging Jun closer to him.
A pause.
"Yeah, yeah, love you too."