It's a Hard life | Hardzello♡

5. Drinking game

After a few days living together, Ben and Joe already became the best friends you can imagine.
Ben started talking about himself more and more, although Joe could see that he is still hiding a few aspects of his life. But Joe figured that once Ben is ready he will tell him. He is just happy to have a roommate and a new friend.
The two also found their routine a bit. Every morning they would just have breakfast separately, mostly because Ben woke up very early, in contrast to Joe. The evenings, usually one of them cooks, or they order some takeaway food.
But tonight, Joe doesn't feel like staying home.

the ginger walks over to Ben's room, and carefully pushes the door open. He smiles when he sees Ben lying on his bed with his earplugs in. The boy's eyes are closed and he is humming softly along with the song he is listening.
And there it is again. The weird feeling in Joe's stomach. It feels almost like a tingling or something. Again, he shrugs it off, and doesn't think much of it.
For a few minutes, Joe just listens to the humming from his roommate. Ben's voice sounds so gentle and vulnerable, but also low powerful and sexy.
Then Joe's eyes move to Ben's arms, which are propped under his head. His arms look so strong, and muscular...
Joe shakes his head, shaking away these thoughts. He shouldn't even be thinking this. He knocks on the door of the room, hoping it's loud enough for Ben to hear.
Quite startled, Ben opens his eyes and smiles at the ginger. "Jesus you scared the crap out of me." He chuckles.
A grin appears on Joe's face. "I just wanted to ask if you feel like going out tonight? Like, to a club or something. Maybe the others also wanna come." He says.
Ben thinks for a moment, and then nods. "Yeah sure, why not. That could be fun." He says with a smile.
Joe shoots the boy a smile before leaving the room.
After a few minutes, Joe returns to Ben's room. "Well, looks like it's just the two of us tonight. Gwil has to visit his relatives, and Rami and Lucy already have plans together." He says to Ben, the latter is still sitting on his bed.
Ben raises his eyebrow. "Are those two, like, a couple?" He asks.
Joe smirks and shakes his head. "No, not yet. Rami claims they're just friends, but he is obviously hitting on Lucy." He says.
Ben grins. "Maybe you should couple them." He says with a soft giggle.
The smirk on Joe's face gets even bigger. "You think I haven't tried that yet? You should know better, blondie." He giggles softly when he sees Ben cringes at the nickname.
"Blondie, seriously? I don't call you ginger either, do I?" But despite that, Ben has to make an effort not too smile. He actually quite likes the nickname, but he isn't going to admit that. That would be weird, right?
"Well you could." Joe says with a smirk. "We better get wasted tonight blondie!" He says with emphasis on 'blondie', before turning around and walking out of the the room.
Leaving Ben behind with a huge smile on his face.

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"Oh god, what kinda club is this?" Ben asks with a raised eyebrow when he and Joe are in front of some nightclub.
Joe looks at him in surprise. "Why? What's wrong with it?" He crosses his arms, pretending to be offended.
Ben burst out laughing and shrugs. "Well, it looks a little... gay." He giggles.
Joe rolls his eyes with a smile. "So what? We're not here to find a fling, we're here to get shitfaced and have fun. And this is the only place where they don't ask for your age when you order a glass of beer. I'm buying a 17-year-old alcohol, I don't wanna get arrested." He explains.
Ben giggles and shrugs. "Alright then."
Joe doesn't say anything more, and pulls Ben with him into the club.
They sit down at a table, and both order a Scotch on the rocks with a twist, on Joe's recommendation.
After a few glasses of those, they're both very tipsy already.
"O-okay, let's play a game." Joe says with a smirk.
Ben lets out a drunken giggle when he sees Joe's enthusiasm, and nods.
Joe gets up, orders a bottle of whiskey to take with them, and pulls the blond with him.
Ben smirks. "Where are we going ginger?" He asks when Joe pulls him along to the hallway, up the stairs.
"You'll see blondieeee!" Joe exclaims drunkenly.
After three flights of stairs, they arrive at the roof terrace of the nightclub. They sit down close to the edge of the roof, their shoes dangling above the streets.
"So, I'm gonna ask you a question, and if you don't answer within three seconds, you have to take a big sip of the whiskey." Joe explains the game with a grin, some words sounding quite slurred thanks to the alcohol.
Ben smiles. "Game on." He says defiantly.

Ten minutes and nine shots of whiskey per person later, both boys are really wasted.
"My turnnnn." Ben says after Joe just asked him a question, which he, for the record, didn't answer on time.
In contrast to Joe, who was really quick which answering every question Ben fired at him. "Hmm hit it. I'm gonna beat youuuuu." The ginger exclaims.
Ben giggles, and tries to think clear so he can think of a good question. But that pretty hard with all the alcohol flowing through his blood. "Okay, I've t-thought of a questionnn. Ready ginger?" He says proudly after a few minutes of thinking.
Joe smirks and nods.
"Do you miss someone to l-love?" Ben is quite surprised by how easily the question comes out his mouth.
The smile that was coating Joe's face all night long, slowly disappears.
Ben is about to happily exclaim that Joe's three seconds are over, when he notices the almost sad look on Joe's face.
The ginger looks away, just staring down at his hands. "Yeah, I d-do. Sometimes it was lonely. Living on my own. Sometimes I longed for someone to-" Joe doesn't finish his sentence, because suddenly, he feels Ben's hand on his cheek, turning his head to meet Ben's eyes.
Ben brings Joe's head closer to his, closing his eyes.
And before the ginger realizes it, Ben leans in.
Joe's mind is racing. Ben is kissing him! And although Joe knows that Ben is just doing this because he is wasted as hell, he can't help but melt into the kiss. He can feel his heart starting to beat faster, his stomach flipping and Ben's soft pink lips on his.
Ben lets out a drunken moan, sending vibrations into the kiss. He runs his hands through the hairs on the back of Joe's head before breaking the kiss. "Wowie, you're a goooood kisser." He says with a loud giggle.
Joe feels his cheeks redden. Unconsciously, he stares at Ben's lips. The urge to kiss the boy again is strong, but Joe resists.
When Ben sees Joe staring at his lips he leans in, wanting to kiss the ginger again.
But Joe stops him. "We uhm- we should go home." He stutters reluctantly. He wants to get up, but Ben pulls him back to his place.
"Noooo I wanna stay here with youuu. Can I stay over at yours? I need a place to stay. I need my friend." Ben pouts a little and puts his head on Joe's shoulder.
The ginger feels his stomach going crazy. "Ben, you live with me. So you are already staying with me. Let's go home." Joe says. He pulls the drunk blond boy on his feet, and together they walk towards the stairs.
When they only have a few steps to go, Ben misses one and tumbles down the stairs.
"BEN!" Joe screams.

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