Hunter parked the car, smiling wider when Milo pointed out his shirt. “You can have that shirt, I think you look adorable in it,” He said sweetly, leaning in to give Milo a kiss on the forehead since he’d stopped the car. “You’ll do great. I just have a feeling,” Hunter told him, still smiling.
"Thank you~" Milo smiled and unbuckled himself. "So are we going in together or should we still go in separately?" He asked, hoping they would be able to go in together. He saw a few people from the team going inside and a school bus from the school they're going against.
“Together,” Hunter replied with a soft smile. He was finally ready to stand up against his peers, to be able to love Milo out in public. So what if they didn’t like him afterwards, Milo meant more to him than that. He opened the door and hopped out of the car, offering his hand to help Milo out. “I don’t care if they see us together anymore. I love you, and you’re all that matters.”
Milo's smile grew when Hunter said that. He took his hand and hopped out of the car. As they went into the school, Milo laced his fingers with Hunter's and leaned his head on his arm/shoulder. "Thanks, I love you."
Hunter smiled more, humming happily in response as they walked into the high school, Hunter’s chest glowing proudly. He noticed a few glances from some other students, either because of that fact that they were soulmates or the fact that they were soulmates. Hunter was glad he was coming before the tournament started because of Milo, he needed to do something beforehand.
Milo stopped outside a door and turned to Hunter. "This is the room, I have to go. I'll make sure to keep an eye out for you in the crowd." He leaned up and gave Hunter a little kiss. "See you later."
Hunter kissed him back, “See you later love. I can’t wait to cheer you on,” He said with a smile, before taking a step away. His eyes were already glancing around for someone in particular who could help him with his small little plan.
Milo opened the door with a huge smile still on his face and his chest still slightly aglow. Everyone was doing a bit of last-minute practice or talking. He sat down toward the back and started practicing a bit when one of his friends from Quiz Bowl came and sat down next to him. "Hey Tom, you ready to win today?" Milo asked.
"Of course my dude, you?" Milo nodded.
Hunter wandered a few steps from the door, trying to look as inconspicuous as possible. Then a man wearing a suit came in, holding a briefcase. He looked like authority, so Hunter approached him confidently. “Are you the guy who does the questions for the quiz bowl?”
“Why yes I am, what can I do for you?” The man asked cheerily, offering a smile. Hunter told him what he wanted to do, and the man was happy to agree, thankfully. Hunter couldn’t stop his smile as he counted down the minutes it would take until the tournament started.
A little later, Milo stood up and started pacing slightly. He hadn't been quite so worried earlier, but as the minutes ticked by the more nervous he got. Once the time finally came, they all grouped together and cheered. They then left the classroom and the varsity team went up first, everyone else sat in the audience. Milo was part of the varsity team so he was up first. He sat in the middle of the row then scanned the audience for Hunter. He saw him just a second later, sending him a smile.
Hunter was in the closest row he could get, grinning like a boy who just won all the candy in the world. “My boyfriend’s up there, ya know. He’s really smart,” Hunter bragged to the lady sitting next to him who said she liked trivia a lot. He caught eyes with Milo, sending a returning smile. He was so darn cute…
(I just gotta ask, are you going to be the question asking person, or do you want me to do it? But be warned if I do it I really don't know what kind of questions are asked since I have never been part of quiz bowl)
(Oof, neither have I, but I can do it (I’ll try looking up questions on the internet maybe) Want me to add more to my last post to have him start up the tournament?)
(Okay, and no it's fine I'll post then you can start the tournament.)
Milo kept smiling even when he broke eye contact with Hunter. He nervously tapped the table and kept glancing around. Maybe he wanted to do goo for Hunter or maybe it was because of the recent events that have happened but Milo was never this nervous for tournaments.
“Alright, ladies and gents, it’s that time! It’d be wonderful if the audience could silence their phones before we start, so we don’t have many interruptions. Thanks!” Th annoncer called out, and Hunter silence his phone with the rest of the audience, “Now, it’s time for our first question. (I’m literally copying and pasting from a quiz bowl website, the questions are really weird, just a heads up lol) In a 2017 ruling, a judge in this state declared that an ”urban heroin dealer” not having a gun would be “an anomaly” [uh-NAH-muh-lee]. Police in this state chanted “whose streets? Our streets!” in response to riots that erupted after white police officer Jason (*) Stockley was found not guilty of murdering Anthony Lamar [luh-“MAR”] Smith. For 10 points—name this state previously rocked by 2014 protests after Michael Brown was killed in Ferguson.” The announcer finally finished the question, and Hunter was amazed people would actually know the answer to that.
(The answer is Missouri btw)
(That is definitely strange lol)
Milo listened intently to the announcer as he spoke. Once he finished, Milo looked around at his teammates. They conversed a little then he quickly buzzed the buzzer before the team could finish talking. "Missouri!" Milo almost yelled to the announcer. The other team had buzzed just after but he still got the point, a smile on his face.
(Here’s the website, there’s tons more weird questions coming XD https://www.naqt.com/samples/sct-d2.pdf )
“That is correct,” The announcer said, marking down a point on his sheet. Hunter grinned, leaning on the edge of his seat as he waited for the next question.
“The next question is… A young man in this musical is ”promoted” from ”idiot apprentice to incompetent clerk.” Rudolfʹs wait staff dance “The Waiterʹs Gallop” in this musical that depicts a millinerʹs [MIL-ih-nur'z] romance with Cornelius [kor-NEEL-yuss] Hackl. A version of its title song, which notes “youʹre still (*) glowinʹ, youʹre still crowinʹ,” was recorded by Louis [LOO-ee] Armstrong. For 10 points—name this musical in which Horace Vandergelder [VAN-der-“geld”-ur] falls in love with a matchmaking widow.”
(Answer: “Hello, Dolly!”)
Milo looked around at his team again. This time another member buzzed and answered it correctly once again. He hadn't lied when he said his team was good. They sometimes even practiced just buzzing quickly.
Hunter smiled more, already keeping a mental tally of how many points Milo’s team got. Dang they’re really good, they should win.
“That is correct,” The announcer continued with another question, “As of 2018, the WNBA team in this city is the only one that has not reached the WNBA Finals. After selecting Jan Vesely [yahn VESS-uh-lee] in 2011, the NBA team in this city received the third overall pick in both 2012 and 2013, which was used to take Georgetownʹs (*) Otto Porter, and the Florida Gatorsʹ Bradley Beal. The WNBAʹs Mystics play in—for 10 points—what city, where Scott Brooks coaches, and John Wall plays for, the NBAʹs Wizards?”
(Correct answer: Washington, D.C.)
(Also would you like to skip ahead to the last few questions?)
Just as Milo was about to buzz, the other team did answering the correct answer. Milo sighed and looked down at the table. He shook his head then looked back up at the announcer for the next question. They were ahead so he didn't have to worry too much.
(Yes, do you want me to skip or are you going to?)
(I can)
The announcer continued with a string of the weirdest questions someone could think up, and Hunter watched intently, smiling widely every time had Milo got a point.
It wasn’t long before the announcer said, “Alright, now we’re going to move onto our last question. Though, to give you a heads up, we do have a bonus question at the end that doesn’t count for any points,” The announcer told them, then continued by asking the last question that counter for points, “The 2011 standard for this programming language added ”r‐value references” and a constant for the null pointer. Boost libraries work with this language, in which calls to ”new” have mostly replaced ”malloc” [MAL-uk] for memory allocation. (*) Bjarne Stroustrup [b'YAR-nay STRAHV-stroop] created this object‐oriented language. It is partly named for an operator that increments variables. For 10 points—identify this update of a language with a single‐letter name.”
(Answer: C++)
Milo squinted trying to think of the answer. He looked at his teammates then quickly buzzed the buzzer. "C+!" Milo answered. Less than a second later, one of his teammates added another + to get the question right. He nodded to the other teammate, mouthing "thanks" to them.
“Correct!” The announcer said, looking down at his tallies. “Before I officially announce the winner, it’s time to move onto that last bonus question that isn’t worth any points that I told you about.” Hunter grinned, his heart pumping as he anxious waited for the announcer to continue. He had told the announcer to let all of Milo teammates and the other team know ahead of time so they didn’t get confused and the question would be just for Milo. “This bonus question is…” The announcer made a show of looking at his notes, “Will Milo go to homecoming with Hunter, true or false?”
Hunter stood from his seat, looking at Milo with shimmering eyes.
The instant the announcer finished the question, Milo buzzed the buzzer. "YES!" He jumped up a little, yelling this answer for real so everyone could hear it. A large smile was on his face as he looked over to Hunter. The question fully registered in his mind and he looked back at the announcer. "I mean, true." He said quieter, shyly correcting himself. He sat down feeling pretty shy, but happy a smile not leaving his face.