The morning started like any other. His alarm woke him up with it's god awful blaring and he groggily dragged himself out of bed. But something was missing. He was alone and it took him a minute to realize why.
Valentines day.
Cal usually spent the night before Valentines with a lover he'd picked up the night before, going straight to work from a stranger's house. Diego usually spent the previous night with a lover of his own,
though last night he'd come home alone. He'd had fun at his usual hang out spots, but he just hadn't met anyone that caught his interest. It seemed to be a running theme for him lately.
So he showered and dressed in silence, Cal not there to do their morning sing and dance routine to wake them up and get them grooving for the day. Eating a bowl of cereal while he contemplated what to do with a rare weekday off work, an idea struck him and he reached for his phone, dialing Charmaine's number.