Dar-bit fanfic: The Outsiders

Chapter 1: a new feeling

3'rd person POV:

Two-bit Matthews was walking around town one late night, though he had to be home, his sister was being loud and his mom had to look after her. Due to that, the redhead was not fancyin' heading back home anytime soon.

The 18 year old arrived at the lot where he saw one of his buddies, Johnny Cade, asleep on the abandoned car seats. Two-bit sat down beside him making sure not to wake him up and he leaned back and looked up at the stars, he'd never noticed how beautiful they looked until Ponyboy wouldn't stop talking about them.

As the redhead blissfully watched the shiny dotted sky, he was thrown out of his thoughts as the sound of movement came from next to him. He averted his gaze from the constellations to his black-haired friend who was sat up now, stretching and letting out a yawn.

"Hey Johnny" Two-bit grinned
"Hey, Two. What're you doin' here?"
"Ah just gettin' away from home for a'bit. D'ya wanna head to the Curtis' with me?"
"Uhm... isn't it kind of late?" Johnny seemed nervous
"Guess we'll just have to be quiet when we go inside" Two found a solution
"I dunno, Two.."
"Hey c'mon. Beats sittin' out here in the cold"

Two-bit finally convinced the puppy-eye's greaser to come with him to the Curtis household. They walked up the stairs to the house filled with memories they shared and quietly opened the screen door, followed by the front door. Closing them both behind them.

The 18 year old urged Johnny to have the couch which Johnny hesitantly took after 10 minutes of convincing. The redhead walked towards the kitchen, quietly grabbing a beer and sitting down at the dining room table as he looked over and saw the jet-black-haired boy was now asleep on the couch.

Drinking beer at the table, he was careful of the volume of anything he was doing, even taking a sip out of his bottle. A creak from down the hall filled the redhead with panic and he slightly slid under the table, worried he woke someone.

Just then, Darrel Curtis came though, scratching the back of his head in a pair of boxers and a white shirt, clearly tired. The brunettes eyes widened as he saw red hair and beaming grey eyes poking out from under the table.

"Keith?"
"No..." Two replied, gaining a chuckle from Darry.
"Get out from under the table, Keith" Darry chuckled, Two complied and stood up, sipping from his bottle again.
"What're ya doin' awake? Is it my fault?" The 18 year old asked, worried.
"Nah, I just wanted a glass of water." And with that, the brunette wondered into the kitchen, the younger male following swiftly after him.

The two males chatted for awhile, being sure to be quiet as they didn't want to wake the other 3 sleeping boys in the house. As Darry grabbed his glass of water, Two grabbed another beer from the fridge and continued to make jokes to the taller man infront of him.

"Jeez Keith, ain't my face hurt this bad from smilin' since my sophomore year of high school" The brunette laughed
"It's what I'm here for, ain't it?" Two-bit grinned widely.
"Funny enough, you're the only one who can do this. Soda bein' a close runner up"
"Oh, am I that special to you?" The redhead cocked an eyebrow. The brunette rolled his eyes playfully and wrapped his arms around the boy infront of him.

The two hugged in the kitchen, Two's stomach was fluttering as he'd had a wild attraction to the older male since high school. A burning sensation on his face and ears indicated to the redhead that he those areas were red. However, he wasn't the only one with these feelings...

The brunette had a strange fluttering feeling around his heart and stomach as he felt the beats in his chest grow faster. This feeling only ever occurred around the jokester and he didn't want to believe what it meant even though he knew. The 20 year old male had felt these feelings towards others too but he just didn't want to believe he could be in love with a male.

1965 Tusla, Oklahoma wasn't too fond of the concept of 2 males diggin' one another, same with 2 females so anyone who did feel these sort of attractions buried 'em deep down.

When they pulled away, the brunette rubbed the back of his neck nervously as did the redhead.
"I should head back to bed" Darry spoke
"Don't forget your water" Two pointed at the glass still sat on the counter. Darry turned around and laughed nervously before picking up the glass and looking back towards the younger male.
"Where are you gonna sleep, I noticed Johnny's taken the couch"
"Ah probably on the floor" Two chuckled
"No you aren't" Darry frowned
"Huh?"
"You can... Uhm you can sleep in my bed.. with me"

The younger males eyes widened as he felt the burning sensation return to his face. A subtle nod of his head was all the brunette got in response before the two headed to the older males room. Two-bit kicked off his shoes and took off his shirt before laying in the bed, facing away from the greaser behind him.

"Night, Dare" Two mumbled quietly
"Night, Keith" Darry grinned before drifting off too sleep. The redhead falling asleep swiftly after.

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