Devil's Eye

Chapter 27

5' 8"-5' 9"

Noah felt so overwhelmed with emotions that he couldn't and didn't want to handle them any longer. As soon as he got home, Morgan immediately texted Andrea, 'Now Ethan and I are together! We're a real couple! Like the actual couple that... Well, you know!' The message ended in the same list of unread ones, but Noah didn't feel confused about it for a bit. His next victim was Scott. He, on the other hand, reacted just as Morgan wanted him to react. No longer than a minute later, his friend called him back to scream into his phone, "No cap?! Are you serious?! No way!" Their conversation lasted for longer than an hour. Scott was sincerely happy for Morgan to finally have a relationship; however, he couldn't help but be worried a little.

"You will tell me everything if Thomson does something inadequate, won't you?" Noah just laughed back, still drunk from all the emotions. It was indeed possible that he saw the world through the rose-colored glasses at the moment, but he trusted Thomson entirely, so this hypothetical uncertainty coming from Thomson was just a joke for Morgan.

Noah didn't feel that Scott's happiness was enough, so, later at night, he decided to share his feelings with Nicole. 'Congratulations! You deserve it!'  he got an answer half an hour later, when Noah was getting ready to go to bed. By the way, I went to the library, as I promised. Unfortunately, it didn't work out. Nobody knows anything, nobody saw anyone.):'  Nicole's words made Noah come down to earth. It was refreshing not to think about all the mayhem for at least a couple of hours. And how bad it felt to come back to it again. 'That's okay, Nicole! Thanks for your help anyways!'  he texted back.

Nicole's reminder sobered Noah up only partly. He just couldn't feel down in the dumps. How could he possibly feel unhappy if his boyfriend was Ethan freaking Thomson? There was no way he could be upset!

Before going to bed, Noah texted Ethan a goodnight message. The answer appeared just a few seconds later, which made Morgan scream happily in the pillow. Fluffy gave his owner a side eye. Peanut tucked his face into Noah's armpit and started snoring quietly. Morgan hugged his duvet, thinking it was Ethan. That was how he fell asleep in these hot cuddles.

Noah couldn't remember the last time he woke up in such a good mood. He wanted to share his happiness with the whole world. Thankfully, his mother called in the morning, so she was the one to accept The Nuclear Explosion of a Happily in Love Noah Morgan. She didn't even have a chance to ask her usual question about 'that boy', because Noah showered her with the information about their relationship first.

"We're dating, we're dating, we're dating!" Morgan was jumping in front of his laptop like a kid who had been told that he was going to Disney World this weekend. His mom squealed happily, so both Peanut and Fluffy jumped on their feet and started running around the apartment anxiously.

"I'll tell your father tonight! He's going to be so happy!" the woman assured. "Now I'm even more curious to see what he looks like! Show me some pictures!"

Noah stopped jumping and even frowned a little. He didn't have any pictures of Ethan, apart from those that were uploaded by someone in the anonymous chat. It was pointless to send them to his mom, at least because they were far from good quality. Besides, half of Ethan's face was always covered by a mask. How was he supposed to explain that to his mother? He didn't want to lie. Or tell the truth, either.

"I'll send them to you some time soon," Noah promised, not having an idea how long this 'some time' would take. Should he ask Ethan's permission to take a picture of him? Or maybe he should show his mom one of his sketches? A neutral one. The majority of his sketches Morgan wouldn't even show Ethan. Especially Ethan! Jesus Christ, if he saw them, he would think that Noah was a pervert! Which wasn't true at all! He just liked drawing these kinds of... scenes. He didn't say he wanted to be a part of them. And even if he would, then what?! He can dream about anything he can imagine! It doesn't mean that Noah's a pervert! Probably.