RainFall (DNF)

Chapter six

-Saturday, April 7th 2021; 7:56 PM-

The car ride to Nick's house was achingly silent for both boys. Clay wanted to say something to stop the sniffles but nothing worked so he decide it best if he shut up.

Nick's house came into view.

The taller boy parked his car in front of the smaller house. Not turning it off.

"I'm um gonna go get Nick and Karl. I'll um be back in a minute." Clay says. He looks at the sniffling boy and he nods so the blond gets out of his Black Cadillac. He walks up the concrete steps onto Nick's porch and carefully pressed the doorbell.

Within seconds Nick and Karl appear. But their hands are interlaced?

"Woah what happened with you two?" Clay says chuckling.

"Shut up dude. Okay me him are dating that's all." Nick says waving his free hand in the air submissively.

"Oh? The guy who made fun of gay people is gay?"

Nick doesn't respond. Karl just stands there. Clay decides it would be best if he told his friends about George.

"George is um in the uh car but he's kinda uh I don't know he he he's uh." The blond faltered.

"What? What's wrong with George?" This time it's Karl and he has genuine concern laced in his tone.

"He he he he's crying." Clay says looking intensely at the ground.

"What why? What'd you do?" Karl says his tone starting to fill with anger.

"Th that's the thing I don't know." The blond confesses.

A lie. The blond did know why.

"Well what were you doing before he cried?" Karl asks.

The blond looks up at Karl. "We um almost kissed and then he ran off crying and then-" The tallest boy cuts himself off by letting out his sobs that had been waiting to escape.

"Here here here it's okay!" Karl rushes to Clay letting go of Nick. The brunet wraps his arms around Clay and rubs small shapes into his back.

"I just I just I- I messed up okay?" Clay says.

"shhh it's okay. No you didn't! It's okay!" Karl says reasuringly.

Nick coughs loudly. Karl looks at his boyfriend with a not now look.

"What did I do to deserve you Karl?" Clay says pulling away from the boy.

"Everything." Karl say putting one hand on Clay's cheek and wiping away a tear with his thumb.

"Do you want to still go to the party or do you wanna come in with George and talk about it?" The blond shakes his head.

"No I think we should go to the party and he's going home with me anyway so we talk about it in the morning." The taller says.

"Okay." Karl says looking into Clay's eyes.

"Thank you Karl." The blond says engulfing the slightly smaller boy in another hub sniffling.

"Anytime." Karl whispers.

They stand like that for a just enjoying each other's company.

"Guys I would like to go to the party not watch my boyfriend hug my best friend." Nick says crossing his arms across his chest.

"Kiss me to make him jealous." Karl whispers quiet enough for only Clay to hear.

"Oh Karl~" Clay says placing his lips against the smaller boy's soft plump lips.