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18:35 p.m.
(group chat)
— joe: heyyy, are we going out tonight after all? if y'all don't want to im going on my own
— shadow: oh im definitely going out, i need a drink sooo bad man
— joe: ok old man so i can count with you, what about you guys? @kaoru @langa @reki @miya
— reki: HEY GUYS!! oh ofc im going, i feel like i haven't went out for AGES
— langa: hello, yes im going
— miya: i'll go only if someone picks me up (anyone but reki please) bc in not walking all the way to reki's place
— reki: first of all, miya fuck you its not like we got into a horrific car accident and you almost die, dont be dramatic. SECOND, WHO said that we are meeting at my place???? and third why is kaoru not answering, joe go call your bf or something bc im not picking miya's lazy ass now.
— miya: WE DID CRASH !?!?!??
— shadow: we always meet at your place reki.
— joe: oh my goddddddd you call him reki
— langa: i can call him
— reki: thx langa that's why u are my favorite <3
— reki: also, can we meet somewhere else??? my place is a mess and my mom's family came over
— langa: we can meet at my place!! my mom's out for a job trip
— miya: thank god, reki's room always smells horrible
— reki: WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM WITH ME TODAY WTH?????
— miya: idk you are just more irritating to me than usual
— reki: ok i hate u
— reki: WHERE IS KAORU
— kaoru: here i am, damn
— kaoru: and yes, i can pick you guys up, but i have to get home earlier because i have an important presentation tomorrow. so you'll have to get home another way
— joe: omg kaoru u are so boring
— reki: @langa at what time can we be at your place bud?
— langa: umm, at 10 pm would be ok
— reki: ok, see you later man!!
— reki: also u don't need to pick me up kaoru
— kaoru: ok reki, see u later langa :)
— miya: c u guys
— shadow: i'll bring the drinks
— joe: yeah ill bring some drinks too, see yall later
— langa: okay, see ya!!
(reki and langa's chat)
— reki: hey bud!! is it ok if i come over a lil bit earlier, i need to get outta here asapp, my aunts are soooo loud im going deaf
— langa: ofc reki! u can come over whenever u want, we can even go skating or eat something!!
— reki: im literally outside, heh
— langa: oh
Langa was lying on bed when he heard the knock on the door, even though he knew it was Reki because of the text, Reki had a way of knocking the door so Langa knew it was him, he had developed a special way of knocking because he knew Langa hated unexpected visits (except for Reki's unexpected visits at 3 a.m.)
When Langa opened the door Reki was standing there with a big smile, his skateboard in one hand and his beaten up backpack in the other.
" Hey."
" Hey, man! Sorry for coming so fast, I really needed to get out of there."
" It's okay, I understand, I was bored anyways."
Langa said, smiling and moving away from the door so Reki could come in.
" What do you have on that backpack? As far as I know we didn't have to buy anything, right?"
Langa asked.
" Nah, I just brought some prettier clothes to go to the party.
Reki answered while throwing himself on Langa's bed.
" Can you help me decide what to wear? "
" Yes, Man. Of course, let's see what you have here."
Reki didn't think it would be a problem, Langa always wore good outfits, but it turned out harder than he was expecting.
" What about this t-shirt and this jeans, let's keep it casual, you are always wearing shirts, if you look more casual girls will go crazy!"
That last sentence had a bad taste in his tongue, he didn't like the idea of a lot of cute girls approaching Langa.
" I don't like that t-shirt the tag bothers me but i know that if I cut it it will be worse."
" Oh I understand, I can try to get it off if you want, Koyomi had the same problem when she was a baby, she would cry nonstop, until I figured out it was the tags that bothered her, I had to cut every single one!"
" Would you cut it for me, please?"
" Yeah man, no problem! let's go find some scissors and a needle, I'll show you how to do it.
They headed to the kitchen and Reki showed Langa how to get a tag of completely. When Langa tried the t-shirt on his face changed to a happy one."
" Wow Reki! I can't even feel it! Thank you so much."
" No problem, man. Now put the jeans i picked out for you, let's see how they look on! They are new right? I never saw them on you."
Langa nodded and went to his room to put the jeans on.
People didn't knew that Reki noticed a lot of things that others didn't, having three sisters taught him to be more attentive. He noticed the little stuff, like how Langa wouldn't talk when other people approached them or how he would fidget with his fingers whenever someone would talk to loud, he even noticed when Langa got a new mole on his neck!
" Okay, how do they look? Should I change? "
Langa asked.
The t-shirt stopped just a few centimeters over the jean's waist making him look really different than when he wore his turtle neck with the white shirt and his light blue jeans.
Reki was trying to find the words to tell him he looked gorgeous, but in a less gay way.
" Damn Man, you look hot as fuck."
Well that had came out pretty gay.
" I mean- you look really good."
Reki felt his face going red but he bit his tongue to stop making it gayer.
Langa laughed at the unexpected reaction.
" Thanks."
Langa said between laughs.
" Ugh whatever, let's just eat something."
It was a tradition for them to sit on the couch and eat chips while watching true crime cases, they really enjoyed their time together (even though they were together all day long every day) Reki would say stuff like "I would've never survived that" or "Imagine if there's a murderer here" while Langa would giggle at every comment he made.
Langa wasn't really paying attention to the YouTube video Reki had picked, he was thinking about something else.
Langa had started to like Reki since the day they met, he thought that was how having a best friend felt because he had never been that close to someone. One day he asked Kaoru if that was how he was supposed to feel. He remembers exactly how that conversation went.
" Uhmm, Kaoru, can I ask you something? It's something about Reki."
" Yes, Langa, Of course. What is it?"
" How did you knew you liked Joe, that way?"
He remembers perfectly how Kaoru's look softened and the smallest smile appeared on his lips.
" I think is a little bit complicated to explain, because I just knew, I always knew. Why don't you tell me how you feel about Reki? Maybe I can help you figure this out."
" Well, I just feel peace when I'm around him, like he has this warmth coming from his body that warms me up when I'm cold. He was the first person to make me feel happy again after everything happen*. The way he talks keeps me concentrated, even when his talking about something I don't care. I want to be with him all the time because the way he smiles makes my heart beat faster, when I catch him looking and me with his amber eyes it makes my stomach feel weird."
" Well, I think you know very well how you feel, Langa. Would you like to... kiss him, maybe"
Langa's face went red.
" I think i do."
Reki's scream got him out of his thoughts.
" OH MY GOD, WHY WOULD HE DO THAT?"
Langa did nothing but laugh.
21:57 p.m.
Langa and Reki where watching a horror movie so when Miya banged the door with all his strength they both jumped out of fear.
" COMING! GOSH MIYA WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM?"
Reki screamed while getting up from the couch.
" I've been knocking for 5 minutes, what were you two doing? Making out? Gross."
" Miya, stop it."
Kaoru said while slapping Miya in the head.
" Hey guys!"
Langa said while getting up from the couch.
" TODAY WE GET SOOOO WASTED MAN."
Joe shouted while entering with what look like way too much alcohol.
" Jeez, Joe. Isn't that too much?"
Reki asked with a little of concern in his face.
" Nah bro, Miya just turned 18, this is his first time getting drunk. Well, legally..."
Reki went to put on his nicer clothes while the guys sat on the couch and ordered pizza.
He looked twice on the mirror, he didn't even know why, it's not like he planned what he wore. He even washed his face and went through his hair with his hands trying to get it a little bit more decent. He was more tense than usual. Was it because Langa looked too good? He washed his face again just to clear his head.
The pizza arrived 45 minutes late, but they didn't even notice because they were more concentrated in their talk. They always had a great time together, even when Reki and Miya fought for no reason. Both of them had stupid arguments about dumb things, but they would make up really fast, they really were brothers.
23:47 p.m.
" Okay guys, we should get going, the party starts at 00:15 and they close the door at 01:30 a.m."
They always went on separate cars but this time they had to get in Kaoru's van, that meant being super uncomfortable but it was okay for them.
00:27
There was more people than expected, which made Reki's throat close a little.
" How old is that kid over there? "
The security guard asked.
" I'm not a kid, here you have my I.D."
Miya said while rolling his eyes.
They got in with the drinks hidden between their clothes. The drinks from the bar were way too expensive.
Langa didn't love parties, they were loud and the music wasn't even that good, but he had told himself that he had to try new stuff, mostly to be with Reki (who loved parties) but also because even if he wanted to skate all day long, he had to do other things.
Miya was fascinated, he had never went to an actual party, girls started approaching him to tell him how cute he was, he was going for "cool" "hot" or even "handsome" but he took the attention and compliments anyways.
On the other hand, Joe had the "ladies man" fame, so whenever some girl approached him, Kaoru would look at her with the most intimidating face ever. Joe laughed every time but would tell Kaoru he loved him and not to worry, he could reject them by his own.
Shadow was just drinking over there and chatting with people.
Reki was grabbing Langa's arm as if someone would come and rob him, Langa asked him why was he doing that.
" There's a lot of people, dude. If I lose you I won't find you again."
Langa laughed at the exaggerated response, but he just accepted it and was happy that Reki cared that much about him.
They started drinking like crazy, by 3 a.m. they were already drunk, very drunk.
They went outside to breath some fresh air. They were tripping an laughing like two idiots, trying to walk straight by grabbing each other's shoulder. It went really wrong, they ended in up in the cold grass of the little park in front of the club.
They laughed so hard when they fell that they cried, maybe being drunk wasn't that bad after all.
" Oh my gosh, Langa! The grass is so cold!"
" YOU WERE THE ONE THAT MADE US FALL!"
" Yeah, my bad."
They turned to look at each other, they didn't say anything, just appreciated each others beauty, no words, just a look full of love and hungry feelings. When Reki realised that he was staring to much at Langa's lips he got up immediately. The worries started to went through his mind. Had he noticed? Had he said something that maybe he didn't heard? What was he even thinking? He turned around to help Langa get up. They walked inside again. The first thing they saw was Miya dancing on the bar and Kaoru telling him to get off there. He really looked like a mom. They looked at each other and started laughing. They kept walking towards the bathroom and saw Shadow dancing on the middle of a round of people. He really was drunk to be dancing like that, apparently everyone thought he was a drag queen because of his outfit and makeup.
When they got to the bathrom, Reki sat on the bathroom floor, he was laughing so hard that his legs went weak. Langa sat beside him, Reki's laugh was really contagious so both of their laughs were filling the bathroom.
When they could finally stop laughing, Reki grabbed the bottle that he was hiding in the inside pocket of his jacket.
They kept drinking and jiggling, having stupid and nonsense conversations.
" Oh tomorrow we are going to regret this so much, Reki."
" Oh yes, a hundred percent, Joe wasn’t joking when he said we would get wasted. "
But, if it was anyone but you I was getting drunk with, I'd probably be having a terrible time. I’d get like, sad drunk or some stupid shit like that. "
" Same, I don’t really love drinking, but getting drunk with you has been so fun,but, can we go outside? I became aware that we are sitting on a bathroom floor.
" Yes please, now I’m grossed out."
The cold air hit their faces when they walked outside, it was nice, the atmosphere of the club was asphyxiating
4:54
" YOU TWO, I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU TWO ALL OVER THIS PLACE, I need you to take care of Miya and Shadow."
The confused faces on the other two made Kaoru realise that it would be useless to ask them to do anything. He kept dragging Joe to the car, if anything bad happened, he would find out the next morning.
" Should we look for them?
" They will be fine, they’re adults.
" Yeah, I guess, we will just look for them when we are about to leave.
" Exactly, now pass me the bottle.
" I thought you had it…
" Well, lucky me, I have another one just here.
" Damn, Reki. How many pockets does your jacket have?
" Just the right amount.
Langa and Reki started walking on the street, there weren’t any cars passing, so they could just walk wherever they wanted, mumbling nonsense stuff, and laughing like idiots.
When they got tired they sat on the sidewalk.
"Oh my gosh, Reki…you look as beautiful as the moon."
Langa whispered, while pointing at a strong light.
"Langa… That’s a streetlight. "
"Oh. "
They lied on the grass while giggling.
" Do you think we would have been friends if it wasn't for skating? Like, would you have talked to me if I didn't like skateboarding?"
Langa asked all of sudden, slurring his words.
" Woah, I really don't know, probably? I feel like we are made for each other, you know? I have never felt like this about someone in the way I feel it for you. The love I have for you is not only beacuse of skateboarding. I mean, is the main reason we are friends, but I knew the exact moment I saw you that you were different."
It was a doubtless response, Reki looked at Langa with bleary eyes and said
" You’re the best thing that’s ever happened to me." Reki paused for a second "I know I’m drunk, but tell me anyway, do you ever think about us? "
There’s a hint of desperation in his voice, he had been holding onto that truth for too long.
Langa was shocked, he had had dreams about Reki saying stuff like that, dreams that he never thought would come true one day.
" Langa! Please, say something! It’s okay if you don’t like me the same way I like you, but i don’t want to lose you becau-"
Reki was interrupted by a kiss that stumbles right after he could say anything else. It was sweet, messy, like neither of them knew what to do with their hands. After a few seconds they pulled away to breath.
" What was that?"
" A kiss?.."
" I mean- yeah, no shit. "
" WHAT DID YOU WANT ME TO SAY? You were saying nonsense stuff and panicked."
" But did you mean it?"
" The what?"
" THE KISS, LANGA. WHAT ELSE COULD I BE TALKING ABOUT?"
They laughed, all their fears had disappeared, there were mutual feelings.
" Do you think we will forget this tomorrow?"
Reki asked, fidgeting with his fingers.
" Do you want to forget?"
" What!? Of course not Langa. Do you know how long I've been waiting to do this? And now that I know that you like me back…. Whatever. No, Langa, I don’t want to forget it."
" Neither do I."