𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 (𝘣𝘹𝘣)

forty five

The night before things got pretty heavy. Noah and Benjamin both felt at the moment that they wanted to be intimate with each other again, but it wasn't the right time. They were currently sitting in the waiting room for the doctors so they could both get tested. They both wanted it to be perfect. Their first time back together after two years of being apart.

"We should stop," Noah breathes out.

"Yeah," Benjamin says breathlessly. "You're right."

Benjamin feels his phone start buzzing, pulling himself out of his mind. He reaches into his bag to retrieve his phone, knocking a few things out of his bag. Noah sits up in his seat to help him pick his things up. "What's this?" Noah asks, holding a yellow sticky note with, a sloppily written phone number across it.

Benjamin looks over and grabs the sticky note from him. "Oh, this is Johnathan's number. I forgot I had that."

"Johnathan?"

"Mhm. Katen said he tried getting into contact with him but...He's not as forgiving."

"Not surprised," Noah says as Benjamin sets the sticky note back into his bag. "His brother made his life a living hell. You gonna call him?"

"Maybe I should. We haven't spoken since he left for his mom's house. I wonder how he's doing."

"Martinez?" The nurse who was looking down at her clipboard calls. Noah glances at Benjamin, a smile on his face. "Wish me luck." He leans in and kisses Benjamin once before standing up and following the nurse back to the doctor's office.

*

Benjamin was sitting in the passenger's seat of Noah's car, flipping through the pamphlets the doctors handed out at the end of their appointments. Noah returns to the car after gassing it up, sitting down in the driver's seat. Benjamin lets out a breath, "Jesus, why are there so many different kinds of STDs?"

Noah glances at him. "Are you seriously reading through those?"

"Why would he give all of these to us?" Benjamin asks as he waves the plethora of pamphlets around in Noah's face.

"You stressed?" Noah jokes.

Benjamin rolls his eyes at him. "No. I was just curious, I've never heard of some of these before."

"Well, in three to five days we'll be clear." Noah winks.

Benjamin's lips turn up into a smile. "Yeah," He reaches out to grab Noah's hand. His phone starts buzzing again, this time it was receiving a phone call. "It's Johnathan," Benjamin says as he reads the phone screen.

"He has your number?" Noah asks.

"I texted him when you got called back," Benjamin says as he looks down at the screen. He clicks the answer button, pressing his phone firmly against his ear. "Hello?"

"Hey! Wow, I haven't heard from you in so long!"

"Likewise. I was just wondering how you were doing."

"I'm doing alright. We should meet up, grab dinner, or something. Do you still live in the same area? I'm in town for the week." Johnathan says.

"Yeah, I do. We could totally do dinner tonight."

"Great! Does six work for you?"

Benjamin nods his head. "That's perfect."

"Awesome, I'll see you tonight." Johnathan hangs up the phone.

Benjamin removes his phone from his ear, turning to look at Noah. "I'm going to dinner with Johnathan tonight."

Noah chuckles a little at him. "Yeah, bebesita, I know. I was right here. You think he still has a crush on you?"