Christmas OTP challenge

19. throwing/attending a holiday party - flollage

Will finished reading from the short letter in his hand, which he had read repeatedly as it got closer to the date, the three of them had been invited to a large house party, of which they hardly knew who was going except from the rest of their friend group. Will was ecstatic to go, Aaron would reluctantly go with the other but Josh would have to be dragged out of the house kicking and screaming. "But why!" Will whined, he had been trying to persuade Josh to come willingly to the party; he knew Aaron would come with him easily but Josh not so much, he knew the brunet hated talking to a lot of people, and the loud noise, and the little amount of personal space, and the amount of alcohol people would usually drink.

As the hours passed, the time got nearer for the party, and Will tried all he could to tempt Josh into at least agreeing to go to the party, while Aaron simply looked on and laughed. "Come on, you can't not go with us!" Will complained as his final argument, "yeah, it'll be fun" Aaron joined in with the argument. Josh pulled a face in disagreement but allowed himself to be pulled through to their bedroom; sitting down with a sigh, Josh watched as the two rummaged through the wardrobe finding him a shirt that he would look smart enough in. "I think this one" Aaron held up a simple plain black shirt up, Will nodded in agreement as he took it off the taller and threw it to Josh.

Aaron hastily left the room, after kissing his boyfriends briefly, "don't been too long" he called out behind him, he would hate to be late. Josh waited for the blond to leave but he only came closer to him, "well, go on, I'd hate to keep him waiting" Will spoke up, nodding towards Josh. Rolling his eyes dramatically, Will pulled the brunet to his feet only to pull his red Rage Gaming t-shirt up and over his head, causing the other to blush, but Will didn't hesitate to grab the black shirt and force it onto the other. "There we go. No backing out now" Will finished buttoning up the shirt, leaving the top button undone, "wow thanks" Josh muttered as he followed the blond out of their room and down into the living room.

There stood Aaron, looking dapper as usual, with a navy shirt hidden underneath a grey coat and his scarf and gloves on, ready to head outside. "Get a move on then!" The taller of the three ordered, the other two rushed to grab their coats and shoes before going out into the cold night air. Not taking them too long to walk a few streets over, they arrived slightly later than expected but knocked on the door proudly never the less; some man answered the door, half of a drink in his hand, he invited the three in and gestured to the small bar, that was over run with drinks, in the corner of the room over. The music blaring and people moving, or dancing, in all different directions unnerved Josh as he pulled himself against Aaron, after they had ridden themselves of their coats.

As the night progressed people got progressively more drunk, the music got louder, more dancing and even singing, which Will did join in on. Eventually, it was all getting too much for Josh, who excused himself to go take a breather outside but as he walked out the room to leave the other two shared a nervous, worried glance. Aaron was the first of the two to walk out of the double doors at the back of the house to find Josh stirring on the deck steps, arms crossed against his chest and his head hung low. He sat next to the shorter, putting an arm around him and Josh immediately cuddling against his coat but didn't lift his head. Will exited out of the doors, slopping the others coat over him and taking a seat on the opposite side of Josh, wrapping and arm around his waist and leaning his head on Josh's shoulder.

The three sat in silence for a good few minutes, all understanding the moment and all needed a breather. "Thanks" Josh whimpers, leaning up slightly to kiss Aaron's jaw and after shifting his weight to peck Will on the lips, the two smiled slightly at each other and nodded in acknowledgement. "Come on, we're leaving" Will tapped Josh's shoulder, they all rose and walked back through the house, dodging random people, they quickly made it outside. They all walked home in a comfortable silence, linking arms in a line, they huddled close; each of them smiling to themselves, glad to be out of the party, glad to be together and alone, but finally glad to be spending Christmas together.