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Rook looked on in confusion at Ben as the human let himself be face painted in bright colors that he had been informed earlier were rainbows. His human partner had even insisted he not wear his usual Proto-armor and instead the alien was wearing a comfy pair of blue jeans and a matching rainbow themed shirt. He knew the human had tried to explain the events of today to him but it had all been a bit confusing.
“ROOK!” the overly excited voice of his partner called to him as Ben ran up and took hold of his hand. “You ready for this?”
The Revonnahgander offered Ben a hesitant smile. “Though I am still unsure what we are doing, I believe I am ready for anything.” Ben gave Rook a loving but sappy smile. Stretching up onto his tiptoes, the human reached up to place a kiss against the blue lips. “Thanks for being here with me, Blonko.”
At the use of his chosen name, Rook felt himself melt. It wasn’t often that Ben used it but when he did it made the alien want nothing more then to give in to whatever the human wanted if it meant that his Ben could look at him like that. The sound of cheers and the slight tugging of his hand in Ben’s as the teen hero led him onto the crowded street as they took their place in the parade march had Rook looking around in surprise. There were so many people.
The signs all with positive and supporting messages, the large groups of humans all from different backgrounds and from different places with seemingly nothing in common but this one aspect of their lives. He remembered reading up on this subject when Ben had first told him he had been approached to join in the pride march this year and had asked if his boyfriend would be willing to march with him. His thoughts after his research had been mixed as he knew that there were, oddly enough, still places on Earth where Ben and he could not even hold hands.
Turning to glance at his side to where Ben proudly gripped his hand, waved at the crowd, and smiled the brightest that he had ever seen, Rook was glad he agreed to this. Offering his human a bright, encouraging smile when Ben looked his way, Rook lifted their joined hands to place a kiss to the back of the human’s before turning to wave brightly himself. Earth always amazed him in someway or another and he wanted every surprise to be alongside his partner and the galaxy’s greatest hero.