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Avid had been invited by his roommate Drift to come to a halloween party, where she had been invited to by her friend Shelby.
The costume Avid had chosen was a vampire hunter one. He knew it would probably pale in comparison to the costumes made by Shelby's roommate Scott, who was majoring in fashion design. He however did not care, the point of parties was not to be jealous over other people's costumes, but to have fun.
When they arrived at the party, Drift almost immediately found her way to Shelby, leaving Avid on his own.
Avid wandered to the snack table, and obtained some snacks and a bottle of soda, before settling near the wall scanning the crowd for people he might know.
“What is such a pretty boy doing all alone here?” Came a flirty question, with an unmistakable accent.
“Oh hi Scott!” Avid turned to face Scott, who was far closer to him than he had expected.
“Hi Avid~”, Scott continued with that same tone, pushing slightly more into Avid's personal space, “blushing is a good look on you”.
That made Avid panic internally. He knew he couldn't hide his feelings, but did they have to betray him in front of the objectively hottest guy on the campus.
“Earth to Avid?” Scott's voice pulled him out of his mental panic, he had to survive this situation with some resemblance of dignity left.
Unfortunately for Avid, rational decisions were not his specialty, so the next thing coming out of his mouth did absolutely nothing to help his case, “Scott, has anyone ever told you that you are like unbelievably hot looking”.
“I have been told that before”, Scott replied without missing a beat and keeping his composure, “however not before by such a cute vampire hunter”, Scott finished, flashing the fake fangs he had.
It only then registered in Avid's brains that Scott's costume was a vampire. How ironic. Upon this realization Avid's face turned a few shades redder and the floor became a lot more interesting than before.
Scott's hand came to gently nudge Avid's head so he was once again facing Scott, “I am in this direction my dear”, he said.
“Can I kiss you”, Avid blurted out, and immediately slapped a hand over his mouth in horror of what he had just said, “I mean-” he tried to fix the situation.
“We might want to find a more private area for that”, Scott gestured vaguely to the rest of the party, which made Avid realize multiple people were now openly staring at the two of them, including Drift and Shelby. It made Avid want to melt through the floor and disappear from the face of earth.
Scott guided Avid to a quieter part of the house, at which point Avid no longer made any effort in hiding how much he wanted to kiss Scott.
When they were far enough from any prying eyes, Avid shoved Scott against the wall and crashed into his lips. He had managed to get this far, might as well go all in before everything comes crashing down.
He tangled one hand in Scott's hair and kept the other against the wall for balance. Scott was few inches taller than Avid, but that didn't stop Avid from trying to control the kiss. Scott's lips tasted of vanilla, and in his haze, Avid was vaguely aware of Scott's hands coming on his waist and pulling him closer.
After a moment, Avid felt his lungs screaming for air and had to pull from the kiss, gasping for air. This gave Scott time to regain his composure after being caught off guard by Avid's sudden actions.
“Getting bold are we?” Scott teased Avid, he enjoyed Avid's reactions far too much not to. This time being no different with Avid turning even redder and sputtering something incoherent as a reply.
Scott leaned in for a second kiss, this time a far calmer and more loving one, and less of a mess like the first time. He felt Avid practically melt into the kiss and by the end of it, Scott was holding up most of Avid's weight.
“I think we should return to the party”, Scott suggested to Avid, who looked like someone had slapped him in the face.
“I know, I am pretty and you want to keep kissing me, but people will get very suspicious if we spend much more time away” Scott continued, planting a quick kiss at Avid's lips before starting to guide him back to the party. They did quickly stop by the bathroom, where Scott reapplied his quite messed up lipstick, and gave Avid a make-up wipe to clean off the traces of black lipstick off his face.
When they returned to the party, practically hugging, Shelby and Drift raised their eyebrows at the pair, but said nothing, when Scott gave them a knowing smile back. Avid knew he was going to be bombarded with questions the moment he and Drift left the party but regretted nothing.