It's All Just Chemicals

Three

  Jack sat on the ratty sofa in the tiny, smoke-filled basement of Zack and Rian's apartment. Alex's head was in his lap, zoned out and staring at the ceiling in wonder. A plethora of different drugs sat on the table in front of them, one of which was disturbed. Jack held the near-empty bowl in his hand lazily while the other ran through Alex's colorful hair. The two boys had dyed it pink and purple earlier with the help of Rian. Long story short, they destroyed the bathroom.

  The other two were currently upstairs baking cookies, the chocolatey scent filling the entire apartment. Jack smiled at the TV, Courage The Cowardly Dog playing on the screen, muted. Alex didn't like noise when he was high. According to him, it 'fucked up his buzz' whatever the hell that meant, but it was fine. Jack was perfectly content with watching the show anyway considering there was barely any dialogue in the first place. Looking down, he could see that Rian and Zack had left their phones on the table beside a rather large bag of what Jack assumed was Adderall.

  A loud beeping sounded from the kitchen upstairs, and he smirked as Alex whined and, with little effort, attempted to cover his ears.
  "Think the cookies are done. Come on." He placed the bowl on the arm of the couch, sitting the multicolor-haired boy up, noting the purple and pink stains on his neck and forehead and giggling. He stood up, attempting to pull the shorter boy with him. Alex forced himself to stand without argument, clinging to Jack's arm lazily. He groaned and buried his face into the other's side as another set of beeps echoed from the kitchen. They made their way up the carpeted stairs. Jack could faintly hear moans and the creaking of metal against metal from down the hall, and he rolled his eyes.
  He sat Alex down onto one of the chairs around the square table, so he could turn the oven off and take the cookies out, setting them on the stove to cool. He looked over at Alex, who was staring at the cookie sheet, drool practically dribbling down his chin.
  "I see that look in your eye. Don't even try it." Jack scolded him, the fact that Alex was probably a lot higher than he was sinking in. He walked over to him, running his fingers through the older boy's hair, smiling as Alex closed his eyes and leaned into the touch. He whined, looking up at Jack with an overly dramatic pout on his face.
  "This is when they're the best though..."
  "Not when they're scorching hot."
  He looked on the table, spotting a bag of spicy Cheetos, grabbing it and handing it to his boyfriend.
  "Eat these 'til they cool down, 'kay?"
  Alex grumbled but didn't hesitate to rip the bag open and begin shoving the Cheetos into his mouth. At some point he started to throw them in the air, trying to catch them in his mouth. Jack giggled as he watched him, sitting down across from him.

  After about ten minutes, he deemed the cookies cool enough to eat, and dropped the sheet onto the table, a loud crash echoing throughout the aprtment.
  "The fuck are you two breaking in there!?" Zack yelled from his and Rian's bedroom down the hall.
  "Well, not Ri's ass like a certain someone we know!"
  Alex laughed, taking a handful of cookies and carefully stacking them before beginning to devour them.
  "You're actually the best boyfriend in the world. I hope you know that," he said between mouthfuls of the chocolatey desserts. Jack smiled fondly at him, shovelling some cookies into his own mouth. Once he was finished, he stood up and lifted the mostly-pink-haired boy up bridal style. Alex giggled, still holding a few cookies, chocolate smeared on his face as Jack carried him down the hall to the room in which their two friends resided in.
  Zack lied on his back on the bed, panting heavily, Rian cuddling into his side, his breathing also unsteady. Jack haphazardly threw a comforter over them as he sat down on the sheetless mattress, Alex sitting in his lap, nibbling on his last cookie.
  "Did you eat all my cookies?" Rian whined, not bothering to open his eyes, his head spinning from the drugs in his system.
  "Yup." Alex smiled as Jack kissed away the chocolate on his cheeks and lips.
  "Pricks."
  "Well, maybe if you weren't too busy fucking each other..." Jack said.
  "Look who's talkin'..."
  Jack rolled his eyes, throwing his chocolate-covered boyfriend onto Zack's chest, earning a shriek and a semi-annoyed grunt.
  "You're an ass." Zack wheezed, wrapping his free arm around the older boy.
  "I try." He giggled, rubbing Alex's back, stopping at his ass and massaging the flesh with a smirk. The shorter boy hid his red face in Zack's chest, gripping the blanket as he pressed back against Jack's hands. Zack sighed, knowing exactly what was on their minds, a smile plastered on his face as he cuddled with the two boys in his arms, Alex whimpering and panting into his chest.

  A/N - I promise I'll get to the plot soon ;-; Bear with me for now.