Happier

"went home and tried to stalk you on the internet."

CHAPTER 12

NOAH'S POV

I went downstairs to get a glass of water, I couldn't sleep after spending the whole entire day in beds, I wasn't about to force it. When I reached the kitchen, I was startled to see Steven who comfortably sat on the kitchen counter without wearing any shirt or pants, he just had his briefs on and he was drinking milk while watching something on his phone, he flinched when he saw me enter the kitchen.

"good Lord." He said resting his hand dramatically on his chest, "you scared me bro."

"Steve, what are you doing in the kitchen naked?" I asked and he immediately scanned himself from head to toe.

"I am not naked." He said firmly.

"and you're sitting on the counter, there are chairs here." I said pointing at the chairs which were placed at the counter, "mom would ruin you if she found you here."

He jumped off and pulled a chair and sat, damn, I knew he was my brother but he was hot, how did he maintain such an amazing physique while I daily turned into a corpse?

"what are you doing up? Don't you have like class tomorrow?" he asked as he took a sip from his glass of milk.

"I am not sleepy, I slept the whole freaking day." I said as I motioned to the fridge at the far end of the kitchen to grab a drink.

"care to tell me why you were assaulted at school?" he asked and my heart raced a little. I wasn't going to tell him that I was beaten up because I was watching two boys make out, the whole school might have spread rumors about me being gay (which I definitely was) but nobody could actually prove anything. Sammy on the other hand had dated a senior when we were still freshmen, so yeah, everybody knew about him even his family unlike me who was living a lie. I knew one day I would eventually tell them, but I just wanted to preserve a safe and quite environment at least for now.

"it was a stupid fight." I answered as I picked a bottle of water from the fridge.

"it doesn't look stupid Noah, not at all." He said.

"well it is." I snapped a little, "for once in your life can you not be nosy?"

He chuckled a little, it was a good thing he didn't take everything I said literally because I knew sometimes I could be an ass but he knew exactly how to deal with me which was pretty impressive.

"this doesn't seem like you to get into fights." He said.

"sure, dad." I joked and we laughed in unison.

"but seriously though, you know you can tell me anything, right?" he asked and I smiled at him.

"yeah and so can you Steven." I answered sarcastically taking a jab at him for he literally never told me anything about his private life.

"I see what you did there." He said chuckling, "we can still change though and tell each other things?"

I nodded softly.

"we can start by what happened to you." He suggested.

"yeah? And you are going to tell me who's been keeping you awake up to 2AM?" I asked and he instantly blushed and covered his phone.

"I don't know what you're talking about." He managed holding back laughter.

"wow... Steven Simpsons is blushing." I said smiling broadly.

"it's new." He said, "old but new."

"I see. Who's the unlucky girl?" I asked and he laughed.

"that will be a story for another time, I have to go to bed." He said while standing up.