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halloween was in noah's opinion: kinda stupid, like he enjoyed fall and it being acceptable to be bundled up every time he was out, but dressing up and getting candy from people who had been who knows where was a little gross. either way, he knew he'd be getting dragged to a dumb costume party with no way out so he learned to keep his mouth shut. this year was no different, geoff threw a huge party and invited the whole td cast, making it a reunion of sorts. so here he was in the car with izzy, eva, and owen, a haphazard cat face and ears thrown on, his arms crossed halfway pouting.
"oh cheer up!" owen said looking at him in the rearview mirror, before his eyes flickered back to the road. "tonight's gonna be fun!"
"yeah don't be a stick in the mud geek." eva flicked his forehead from her spot next to him.
"like you're any more enthusiastic." he deadpans rubbing the sore spot on his forehead.
"you know codys gonna be here right??"
"owen i love you buddy but you gotta stop trying to set me up with him."
"cmon little buddy! its about time you say something to the guy." noah groans.
"he's right."
"shut up iron woman." eva flicks his arm this time.
"do you guys think geoff got any real skeletons for decorations?" izzy asks turning around in her seat.
"you are one odd creature. i'm sure he didnt, that sounds insane."
"eh i beg to differ." the redhead shrugs turning back in her seat. the thankfully short car ride was finally over as owen pulled into a packed driveway. the group goes in and almost immediately disperses, izzy and owen going to the kitchen, eva muttering something about the music going to the dimly lit living room, noah internally groans knowing he would basically be alone all night. he ends up in the kitchen going to the island that was decorated with a table cloth, a huge glass bowl of murky green liquid surrounded by plastic cups. a few people surrounded it, trent having noticed noah pats him on the shoulder.
"hey man! i didn't think you were gonna be here!"
"it wasn't my choice." gwen hold up a fist, noah connects with his half heartedly.
"looks like were in the same boat." she takes a sip from her cup. "who made you a cat?"
"izzy, what are you supposed to be?" he looks her outfit up and down, she holds the camera around her neck up.
"im lydia deets."
"fitting."
"thanks." the two talk for another five or so minutes until courtney came in having been looking for gwen for half an hour. noah trudges out of the kitchen a cup in hand, setting on the stairs in a quieter part of the house. he realized the drink was some juice mixed with too much vodka, and sighed knowing he'd be regretting the night by morning before continuing to drink, getting up periodically to refill his cup.
"noah!" he looks up startled by the voice before seeing cody his teal eyes bugged out of his head as usual.
"oh hey." cody sits next to him.
"owen said you were here ive been looking for you, nice outfit." noah's face flushes.
"thanks." he remarks rolling his eye. "so what are you supposed to be?" the nineteen year old's question was valid as his companion seemed to have blindly grabbed anything his grubby hands could reach. cody goes slack for a moment.
"i'm a clothes hamper." he grins wiggling his eyebrows noah looks at him unimpressed taking a another sip of his drink.
"that's kinda dorky dude." cody shrugs grabbing the cup downing what little bit was left, noah stares at him for a moment.
"eh i tried." he stands, holding his hand out to help the other up. "cmon lets go get some more of this."
"give me my cup back." noah halfway pouts, cody fondly rolls his eyes handing it to him. after they got more they ended up back on the stairs. noah mentioned a dnd game he has recently gotten into, beginning to explain it all, cody watching him talk taking notice of how the lights reflected off his skin and hair the flashing colors turning him pretty shades of blues and purples, his eyes bright, hands beginning to exaggerate movements, "sorry for interrupting you dude but you look pretty." noah sputters for a moment, his face visibly flushing. he stares at cody's cocky face for a moment.
"you think?" he asks with a small grin. cody nods.
"even with the whiskers." he jokes, making the brunette laugh.
"thanks." he murmurs, cody absentmindedly moves closer the twos knees touching. noah looks at him having noticed, he goes to say something before being interrupted.
"ah excuse me nolan and cory!" the two barely have time to move before lindsay and tyler were bumbling their way upstairs. noah rolls his eyes.
"how does she still not know our names?!" he pinches the bridge of his nose.
"beats me." cody shrugs. "do you wanna go upstairs where its quiet?" noah debates his options for a moment, opting for following the cute boy he likes upstairs, then staying in the loud messy living room where a drunk owen was bound to show up and expose him by accident.
"best idea of the night." cody laughs as he basically drags noah upstairs. the two manage to find a room with no occupants it was decently sized, once they're in cody closes the door locking it, noah raises an eyebrow.
"so no one tries to come in here to fuck." he says after noticing the eyes on him.
"fair enough," he pauses a stupid joke coming out of his mouth before he could stop it. "you sure you didn't come in here to fuck? leading me alone upstairs?" noah laughs as cody blushes darkly spewing out an explanation.
"no! nononono! i swear i-"
"calm down codemister! i know youre straight, wouldn't want to damage your ego." he laughs again as cody somehow blushes darker.
"shut up noah! how much did you drink?" cody's question wasn't out of spite or worry it was more playful as he tried to not act embarrassed the bookworm shrugs.
"at this point i have no idea." cody stares at him in shock.
"dude you're gonna have a killer headache." the bookworm nods.
"no doubt." after a moment cody speaks up again.
"also i don't know where you heard i was straight- i'm not." noah looks at him in shock.
"but you- huh?"cody watches him trip over words finding it endearing in a way.
"all for ratings, surprising chris took me not wanting my sexuality all over tv seriously, so he wrote me over that top romance with gwen. i love her to death but my god she's not my type." he shudders laughing, noah nods. cody sits on the bed having taken his costume off as it was uncomfortable, the other joining a moment later crossing his legs
"so why were you looking for me earlier?" noah suddenly remembers him saying that and becomes curious.
"oh i was just excited about seeing you again, we haven't hung out like we promised." his tone is slightly sad.
"i'm sorry about not calling." cody shrugs.
"i know you probably got busy, its fine." he pulls a knee up to his chest kicking his shoes off. "but i've liked hanging out again." he grins making the other smile.
"i have to." after a moment in silence he looks at the other, "can i tell you something?" cody nods.
"yeah of course dude! what's up?"
"i kinda like- like you. which is why i've been avoiding you i didn't think you'd feel the same and-" he's cut off by a hand over his mouth, involuntarily he licks it, muscle memory due to his sisters.
"ewww! dude!" cody exaggeratedly wipes his hand off. "i really want to believe you because i like you too, but you're also like really drunk." noah groans.
"drunk words are sober thoughts, and-" he sucks in a breath registering all of the brunettes sentence. "you like me too?" cody freezes realizing he also confessed.
"i do. kinda have since the awake-a-thon in season one." he admits. without much warning noah kisses him, at first he does nothing shock running its course, it took until the taller was pulling away for cody to reciprocate, their mouths moving in tandem, quickly speeding up hands everywhere both touching the other every where they could. they have to pull apart from each other to breathe, both with swollen lips and flushed faces.
"sorry." noah murmurs embarrassed, the warm sounds of the party muted through the floor.
"it's okay." cody half smiles his face warm, "so like is this just a thing we're never bringing up again or what?"
"do you wanna bring it up again?"
"i mean yeah- do you?"
"obviously! hell do you know how long i've wanted to kiss you dude?" he drags a hand down his face, "very long time."
"can we do it again then?" he looks at cody for a moment, irises practically black, a ring of teal on the outer edge, they connect again, this time cody leads, sitting up a little almost hovering over his companion, noah lets him lightly pull his head back to get a better angle, hormones taking over for them both at this point, eventually cody breaks the kiss beginning to go down noah's jawline and making him practically putty in his hands. cody begins to suck a small hickey on his neck in a place they both knew would be hard to cover, a jolt goes through noah's body at the idea he feels cody grin, he pulls away to look at the bookworm giggling lightly.
"what?"
"your nose kinda came off." noah shrugs, in all honesty having forgotten about his "costume". he pulls the ears off, cody brushes some of his hair behind his ear and shamelessly looks him up and down his gaze lingering. noah looks away embarrassed.
"stop looking at me like that." he mutters, cody complies with an eyeroll.
"but you look so prettyyy." he pouts. noah goes to make a remark, before the doorknob is jiggled.
"hey whos in here?" a voice slurs, the two look at each other.
"who wants in?" cody asks.
"is that cody?! whos in there with you loser?" ah duncan, awesome, noah rolls his eyes, going to the door.
"find another room idiot." he shuts it again in his shocked face. duncan kicks the door.
"gayasses!" cody laughs loudly, knowing it wasn't much of an insult coming from the punk.
"well that kinda took away the moment." noah yawns going back to the bed, cody nodding.
"you going home? if you don't want to i can drive you tomorrow! geoff said we could stay the night."
"then i guess im staying." he pulls his phone out sending a quick text to owen who almost immediately replies with a 'ave fun buddy;)))' he rolls his eyes getting into the bed, cody already having made himself comfortable.
"do you mind if we cuddle?" cody asks as soon as he's in the bed, noah nods not caring, letting cody practically move him like a rag doll getting in a spooning position. cody's stubby leg thrown over his hip he leans into the shorter's embrace, cody nuzzling into his neck. "g'night noah."
"night."