Never before [Noco]

Bus

Cody's pov

"You want me to sit with you on the bus?!" I ask in disbelief.

"No, I was inviting you. Don't make me regret this more than I already do.

"Okay.. but why?"

Noah seemed to pause at the question.

"I said to not make me regret this."

I just nodded and followed Noah to where he was sitting. I sat down next to him, trying to take up as little space as possible, yet not really succeeding as our shoulders were touching. Noah seemed like he was softening up, but I didn't want to jinx it. Being right next to Noah made my heart flutter a bit. But I'm not gay.. it's probably just because I'm excited to be becoming friends with him again! .. I think?

Noah's pov

When Cody asked why I was inviting him to sit next to me, I couldn't think of a logical answer. Maybe it's worth becoming friends with him again? No. I can't. Im not at school for friends, especially not Cody.

"I said to not make me regret this." I start towards a seat near the back, and Cody follows. I sit next to the window, and Cody sits on the aisle side. I start to realize this was more of a mistake when I start thinking about how cute he- Noah. Stop. You're supposed to be enemies. Otherwise Dunkin will kill you. Wait.. was Cody sitting with Dunkin at lunch? Maybe he just doesn't know what he does.. Ugh, whatever.

I take out my book and flip to my page. Cody appears to be looking at it, inspecting its cover.

"Hey Noah, what's your book about?"

"Why do you want to know?"

"I was just- curious ."

Cody's voice lowers as if he's disappointed. I decide to explain the book to Cody, and he listens intently until we get to our stop. When we get off, I start to walk home, but Cody stops me by tapping on my shoulder.

"Hey uhh.. thanks."

"Whatever. It's not what you're thinking."

Cody's pov

As I walk to my house from the bus stop, I think about what happened today. Though it seemed like he wanted to be friends with me on the bus, the rest of the day, including after we got off, seemed like the opposite. When I got to my house, big surprise, my parents weren't there. I went up to my room and turned on my television. I was watching hallmark Christmas movies even though it wasn't Christmas. They're my guilty pleasure, shut up. But then, I got a notification on my phone from- huh?

A/N thanks for reading this chapter! I know it was short, but I'm proud. (Hahaha cliffhanger)