𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄; 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐧

iv | HIDEAWAY

lowercase intended.
1927 words.
TW; age gap? noen is 16, chase is 21. 

     on saturday, waited until 7pm to call ryland. he grabbed his phone off the charger and dialed the number. "hello?" ryland said. "i need a favor!" noen said. ryland rolled his eyes. "what is it?" he asked. "i'm going to see someone tonight." noen said. "ooh, okay i like this idea. keep talking." ryland said. "i'm going to see someone tonight and i don't know what time i'm going to be back. can you cover for me? just pretend i'm with you?" noen asked. "depends. who are you meeting?" ryland asked. 

     noen hesitated.. he didn't know if he wanted to tell ryland who he was seeing just yet. if ryland knew noen was going to see his stalker of almost an entire year, he would deny. ryland vowed himself to protect noen with his life and would not trust this situation at all. but noen knew chase was a good guy. 

     "a boy. a cute boy. he doesn't live very far, he's coming to get me soon." noen said. "cute boy? like really cute?" ryland asked. "mhm. really really cute." noen smiled, biting his lip a bit. "okay noen, i see how this is. i gotchu, just be careful and if he tries anything fishy you call me." ryland said. "will do! thank you ry!" noen said. "no problem, i'll talk to you soon. bye!" ryland said. 

     noen quickly hung up the phone and decided to start getting ready for chase. he went to his closet and took out a bright pink skirt, some white knee-high socks, and a white t-shirt. he got dressed and fixed his hair, brushing it out and pushing it around a bit.  he put on his white converse and sat on his bed with stinky, just waiting for chase. 

     he waited a while, slowly losing hope that the boy would show. as the clock ticked, the time passed and noen slowly became more and more sad. he started to overthink. did chase really like him? was he actually a good person? did he actually care as much as he said he did? should noen even be going with chase? is- is chase even going to come for him? 

     noen slowly continued to lose his happiness along with his hope. every moment he spent waiting on chase, he felt more empty and unwanted. he felt lied to. used. like he wasn't worth the time. maybe he was right, maybe chase didn't fucking want him. but noen wanted him. noen knew from the moment he saw him he wanted nothing but to be held in chase's arms. now he might not even get that. 

     the small boy sat in silence, looking down at stinky who peacefully laid in his lap. he started to tear up. it had been about two hours since he got ready, and he was now at his limit. he just wanted to take all his clothes off and cry himself to sleep. he had been stood up by the person who offered to get him. he wiped the single tear from his face and put stinky on the bed. he got up and headed toward the closet, taking his shoes off. 

     suddenly, there was a knock at his window. noen turned around and smiled widely. chase smiled and waved. noen put his shoes back on and opened the window. "hi!" he said. "hi sweetheart." chase said. he frowned. "are you okay? you look like you've been crying." he asked. "oh, yeah. i thought you weren't coming for me, i got a little sad." noen said. "i'm sorry baby. i didn't mean to keep you waiting so long." chase said. noen smiled. "it's okay, you're here now so i'm happy!" noen said. 

     noen quickly went over to his school desk and grabbed sticky notes and a pen. 'headed to rylands, i'll be back by midnight. love you <3' he wrote. he left the note on the front of his door before putting on his sweater and kissing stinky's head. 

     chase took his hands and helped him out the window. he gave noen a tight hug. noen was caught off guard, but hugged him back. "you don't understand how long i've waited to give you this hug." chase said. noen smiled, and immediately melted in his touch. he felt safe.