𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄; 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐧

viii | 21 QUESTIONS

lowercase intended.
1262 words. 
TW: none. 

     noen sat in the living room while addison worked on dinner. he was extremely tired. he had been out all day running errands and helping chase do things around the house. he silently scrolled through his phone, waiting for chase to come back from his shower. 

      while minding his business on the sofa, he came across a twitter post that strongly triggered him. it didn't trigger him in a bad way, he just found himself strongly related to it and it threw him off. 

     'do you ever just wish to do something you shouldn't? touch things you were advised not to, opening doors you were told to keep closed? yeah, me too.' the post read. he took a second to think about the tweet and why he related to it. then it hit him. the basement. 

     since he arrived at chase home months before, noen had this erge to see what was in his basement, especially after being told no. he didn't want to invade chase's privacy but he did want to know what the hell was so important about that darned basement. 

     he squinted, looking at the clear doorknob that kept the door shut. he thought about it, he really did. the way he wanted to turn that crystallized doorknob and walked down those stairs, the feeling was inevitable. so, that's exactly what he did. he looked toward addison to make sure she wasn't looking before getting up and skittering over to the door. he smiled to himself before taking a bobby pin from his pocket. he stuck it in the lock and wiggled it around before placing his hand on the knob, turning it, and- 

     footsteps. he let out a quiet gasp as chase came down the stairs. he tried his best to lock up the door again before running back to the sofa. little did he know, he had been caught from the second floor. chase silently watch him the entire time before he came down the stairs. he walked over to the door and took the bobby pin from the door and looked dead at noen with a face of disapproval. noen swallowed his saliva. 

     "addison, go to your room please. i can't have any witnesses with what i'm about to say to this little slut." chase said, not even looking away from noen. addison let out a quiet gasp before frowning at noen and running up to her room. she knew he was in trouble. she knew she couldn't do anything about it. 

     noen gave chase a fearfully look in attempt to get some kind of pity from him. he had no luck. chase raised and eyebrow at him and smirked. "don't even try the scared puppy look with me. what did i tell you?" he said. "do not go into the basement." noen said. "and what did you do?" chase asked. "i tried to go into the basement." noen said, he covered his embarrassed face in his hands. 

     chase walked over to him, moving his hands and grabbing him by his neck. "i have told you multiple times to stay away from the fucking basement. you just can't seem to listen eh?" he said. noen gasped and closed his eyes. "look at me, whore." chase said. noen slowly opened his eyes. his hands trembling, his eyes watering. "listen to me, and listen to me good now. if i EVER catch you trying to get into my basement again, i'm going to make you regret it. you got that? i'm the boss of this house, i see EVERYTHING. got it?" chase said. noen let a single tear fall from his eye as he nodded.

     the older male automatically felt bad. he frowned and kissed noen's cheek, letting go of his neck. "come here baby." he said. he sat down next to noen with open arms. noen immediately hugged him and dug his head in his chest. 

     "i'm so sorry chasey, i don't mean to be a bother. i just got curious, i'm sorry." he sobbed. chase sighed and hugged him close. he pulled noen onto his lap and kissed him all over his face. "i know, i know. one day i'll show you the basement, i promise. one day soon." he said. "really?" he watched noen's face light with joy. "yes baby, one day when i know you trust me more i'll let you in the basement." chase said. "YAY!" noen squealed. he couldn't wait for the day he finally got to see the basement. 

     chase knew he'd probably never show noen the basement.. until now. now, he felt obligated to show him the basement some day. he just didn't want noen to get scared. now, you might be wondering, what's is the basement? why is it considered so gruesome? what could be so bad that he has down there?

     well, to say enough, it was for sure much for noen's little heart. the ghastly depths of chase's basement was like a hell, a hell that no human being could explain. it was so dreadful and shocking, not even jaden could go down there without getting chills. and he has to go down there regularly. its a part of his deal in his and chase's job. the basement was so distasteful and distressing, it caused addison to relapse and throw up the first time she went down there. and if you'd really like to know, what's in his basement?.. its more like, who.

     noen sat in his lovers arms with a smile on his face. "baby? can i ask you something?" he asked. "yes baby?" chase responded. "why don't you want me in the basement?" noen asked. chase froze to think for a moment. "theres a lot of reasons." he said. "oh. well, what's the main reason? could i get hurt or something?" noen asked. "well yes, in a way." chase said. "what ways?" noen asked. "bad ones." chase said. "how bad?" noen asked. "very bad." chase said. "on a scale of one to 10?" noen asked. 

     and it went on like for two hours. just noen, asking chase questions about the basement. and chase giving him the littlest answers to keep him entertained. you could say, it was a game of 21 questions. 

     eventually, it got on chase's nerves. he started to get annoyed. "is there a-" noen started. "noen, can you shut up? please, can you stop fucking talking?" chase blurted straight out of his face. "wh-why?-" noen asked, frowning. he slowly moved from chase's arms. 

     "because its annoying, its annoying being constantly asked these stupid questions. the same stupid questions over and over, altered to sound different. you're starting to piss me, just shut the fuck up already." chase said. noen's eyes started to tear up again. he had never been spoken to like that. "well, i'm sorry. i- i think i'm going to collect my things and go home."

     and thats exactly what he did. the moment noen walked out the door chase felt the guilt. it hit him like a bus. he started to worry. where was noen going? would he get home safe? should he have driven him? should he call him and apologize? she he even came out of his face so bluntly?

     but, he ended up going to sleep. he blocked the paranoia from his mind and went upto his bed. and instead of cuddling his lover, he fell asleep hugging the pillow noen layed his tired head upon days before. 

authors note!! <3

short chapter, the next one is longer i promise :)