After 9 pm, the house definitely began to fill up.
There were people in every corner, passing each other glasses full of alcohol, there was loud music that echoed through all the rooms, and someone danced there where Theo and Josh had made room by moving the furniture. There were people laughing, someone shouting, someone shamelessly making out.
"Nice party, dude!" Alec shouted as he approached Liam, standing in the doorway of the living room, along with Mason and Corey.
"Thank you, but ... honestly I feel I lost any control over it" Liam chuckled, particularly sharply.
"Are you drunk?" Mason asked suspiciously.
"Guys, did you see those barrels in the living room?" Nolan asked bewildered, as he appeared from nowhere with four glasses in his hand, handing them out.
"Josh?" Corey asked to Liam.
"Josh" he nodded.
"Well I don't know about you, but I want to dance!" Mason shouted cheerfully, looking around and grabbing Corey by the hand and dragging him into the middle of the dancefloor.
"Come on, Liam!" Alec shouted, grabbing him by the sleeve.
"Ah no-no-"
"There's not not at a party!" Nolan joined, grabbing him from the other side and dragging him behind Mason and Corey.
Liam lost count of the time they spent dancing, laughing and teasing each other for their awkward moves, passing glasses of alcohol. At some point even Hayden and Tracy joined them, their hair fluttering as they moved to the beat of the music.
Theo turned in his chair, glancing at Liam and the others who were dancing and laughing carefree, or probably drunk, to then look back at Josh and another boy of their year who were challenging each other to drink a long line of glasses each which it took up almost the entire table. One at a time, Josh downed them all, coming first to the end and exulting wildly, while the other guy cursed.
Then Josh jumped up, waving to Tracy "Hey Tracy, guys, who's up for a game ?!"
"Ah! I'm in!" Tracy shouted excited, grabbing Hayden, who in turn grabbed Liam.
"Come on, let's go!"
"Uh?" Liam looked at Mason, who nodded, following him, after nodding to the others.
"I pass-" Theo said, about to get up, but Josh grabbed him and pulled him back into the chair "Forget it, asshole" Theo rolled his eyes. Usually these games never ended well, especially when people began to get too much alcohol in their system
As they all gathered around the table, Josh picked up a bottle he had filled before with alcohol, emptying it into about twenty glasses before placing it on the floor. "Let's play 'Never I have ever-'?" He suggested cheerfully, to which everyone murmured in bright assent.
Theo looked up at the sky, but grabbed a glass. "Good, let's play." He looked at Josh with a grin. "Never I've ever been dumb enough to buy 250 dollars of alcohol" he muttered.
Everyone giggled as Josh took the glass from Theo's hand. Josh snorted "When will you drop it?" He hummed happily, downing it.
"Okay okay – I've got it one!" Alec stepped in "Never I've ever... threw such a killer party!" He said cheerfully, beckoning to Theo and Liam.
"Seriously?" Theo snorted, drinking. And Liam imitated him with a smile.
"Ah now me!" Hayden stepped forward, with a sardonic smile towards Tracy "I never had sex in school"
"Bitch" she blew out pretending to be deeply offended, throwing back a glass. Theo, with another rolling of eyes, which made Josh laugh, imitated her. And then Mason and Corey too.
Nolan gasped appalled beside them. "Oh my God" Everyone laughed. "Okay" he blew after, with a wave of his hand as if he wanted to push away the image. "Never I have ever ... had sex" he announced quietly.
Josh looked at him "You shouldn't admit it so easily" he said, amused, drinking. Imitated by everyone ... except by Liam, who stood looking uncomfortably at the laden table, before looking up, feeling everyone's eyes on him.
"Cool, see? I'm not the only one" Nolan said cheerfully. Liam blushed, feeling strangely embarrassed. He knew it was not something he should feel uncomfortable with, it was simply something he had not yet had a chance to try, but he could not help feeling like out of place, different. He looked up instinctively to meet Theo's eyes, staring at him with a strange unreadable expression on his face on the other side of the table.
Theo's heart skipped a beat when Liam looked right at him. But then he realized that probably the reason was because instinctively Liam expected one of his comment or a teasing about it. He looked away, feeling again a wave of guilt crawling under his skin.
Corey seemed to read Liam's thoughts, because he clenched his lips. "Uh it's my turn now" so he announced. Then he looked at Theo with a sharp expression "Never I've ever been an asshole with someone."
Theo looked at him with a little danger flashing in his eyes as everyone around them suddenly fell silent "You know, I have my doubts about that, Bryant" he pointed back, wry, pushing a glass towards Corey.
Corey gave a mocking snort. "Okay, Never I've ever been an asshole with someone who didn't deserve it... better?" he corrected himself, grimacing, pushing the glass back toward Theo.
"Well what about this ..." Theo argued even more sharply, a smirk on his face, as he pushed his glass back again towards Corey "Never I have ever beg someone to fuck m-"
He still hadn't finished talking that Corey jumped on his feet, Alec and Mason holding him back right away, while Josh stepped between them "Hey, hey, you assholes, this is a party, save your issues for another time!" he snapped sourly
Liam moves a shocked look between Corey, red face perhaps with anger or perhaps shame, and Theo, lips clenched in a hard stone expression.
"Forget about him, -not worth it" he heard Mason whisper to Corey, who freed himself from the grip that Alec and his boyfriend had on him.
"Okay, guys, how about if we change the game?" Hayden immediately conciliated. She looked first at Theo, who snorted. "Do as you please" he just said.
"Yeah it's better" Corey muttered, looking away.
Hayden moved to reach where Josh and Theo were and picked up an empty bottle from the ground. Theo looked at her skeptically, having already understood.
"Spin the bottle? Seriously? What are you, 10 years old?"
"Like you can't wait to stick your tongue in someone's mouth, Theo" she blurted out rolling her eyes.
"Uh you rather ... what about your little boyfriend?" he said, looking at her with a grin.
Hayden winced, looking around as if to make sure no one else was listening to them "Not that it's any of your business, but ... we broke up. Last week"
Theo tensed, looking at her, but talked back with his usual indifference and his grin "What is it? Did you not find time to take him to the playground?"
Hayden rolled his eyes. "Stop being an asshole Theo. This joke is getting old" she just said, moving away. Theo followed her with his eyes, as she returned to her place beside Liam, giving him a reassuring smile. Theo pursed his lips, before returning to his seat at the table with a frustrated sigh.
"Okay, who wants to have the honor of starting?" Josh exclaimed.
"Nobody? Then I'll go." He grabbed the bottle before anyone could
protest, spinning it.
Theo stared at it, praying the God he didn't even believed in that it didn't stop on him, because now the last thing he wanted to do was to kiss Josh. At most he could give him a headbutt.
But the bottle turned, passed him, passed Tracy, Alec, Nolan and stopped on Mason. Theo snorted a laugh.
"Okay this is weird" Josh commented.
"Come on, where did all your eagerness go, Josh?" Theo teased, pushing him.
"Well I have no problem" Josh said, standing up. "I was just saying that for Corey"
"Ah I can't wait to see that" Corey said with an amused expression, earning an elbow from Mason beside him.
"Well, let's do it" Josh went around the table, while Mason got up with a sigh.
They shared a quick kiss in a way that really looked a lot like a headbutt, before everyone returned to his place. "That's all?" Theo said to Josh, with a raised eyebrow, as he sat next to him.
"Shut up, you shit."
"Don't tell me you're blushing?"
"Fuck you, you bastard."
"Go, Mase" Alec urged him, moving closer the bottle. Mason span it.
Apparently the bottle enjoyed pulling out bizarre matchings. So it was that Mason found himself kissing a very nervous Nolan, Nolan found himself kissing Tracy, who found herself kissing Hayden.
"Come here!" Tracy said eagerly, cupping Hayden's cheeks and giving her an exaggerated kiss on the lips, making everyone laugh, Hayden most of all. Then Hayden span the bottle, and there Theo knew that the bottle hated him.
Because it span, span, passing Mason, passing Corey and stopping right on Liam.
Theo wondered how it was possible to blush and turn pale at the same time, because Liam had just managed to do it. Mason and Corey shared two mischievous smiles as Hayden, a little wavering smile on her face, turned to Liam sitting to her left. "Is it okay?" She asked in a low voice.
"Ah- uhm .. yeah, I guess" he stammered, turning to her. He couldn't say he didn't want it. Kissing Hayden had been one of the things he had wanted to do more since he was a kid, but it was strange and embarrassing to do it now in front of everyone, especially with Mason, Corey and Tracy who cheered them up eagerly. And above all with Theo's eyes on him.
For some reason they were the ones more awe-inspiring right now. And
then there was the fact that Hayden had a boyfriend, of course, also
Mason had, but he had just kissed Josh right in front..- His frantic
thoughts were silenced by Hayden's soft and gentle lips resting on his.
Liam's eyelids fluttered shut as he leaned into the kiss. Hayden
sucked his lower lip tentatively and he felt brave enough doing the
same.
While everyone was cheering even they were at the stadium, Theo looked away. He knew he had to quit these stupid drunken games until he was on time. He snorted angrily, as he looked up the moment Hayden and Liam, both with red faces and matched embarassed smile, parted away.
Flushed in a way that Theo could only call cute, Liam focused on
the bottle, taking it in his hand ready to spin it. Unable to bear to
witness another similar scene, Theo decided to quit here with the stupid
game.
The moment Liam span, he got up. "Guys, I quit. I need air, this crap is going right to my head" he announced, nodding to his half-empty glass.
"Come on-" Josh whined trying to pull him back into his seat.
Just then the bottle passed Tracy stopping right on him. Everyone fell silent, looking at the bottle in shock. Liam and Theo's eyes widened as they looked up at once to stare at each other.
This has to be a joke.
Josh just stared blankly at the bottle with his mouth open, still clinging to Theo. "Okay, this is even weirder" he just said.
Mason looked at Liam, then Theo, overthinking. "Well by rights Theo just quit" he pointed out.
Theo looked at Mason then again at Liam. He could not say he had changed his mind by now. Actually, perhaps it was better this way. Kissing Liam... was something it was better not to let happen, right? No matter how much he was craving it-
"Yeah, I did ... luckily" he hastened to say. He sighed, shaking his head "I need air" he repeated.
"Oh no wait, asshole" Josh stopped him with a grin. "Do you think you can just quit the game without doing a dare?"
"Right!" Alec said cheerfully.
Theo looked at them before snorting. "Ah come on, what do you want me to do?"
"Mhh" Josh said thoughtfully. Theo really wanted to kill him. Then Josh gave him a big wry smile. "Strip"
"Excuse me?" Theo asked stunned.
"You will spend the rest of the night in your boxers" he explained with a chuckle, making everyone around laugh
"You kidding, right?"
"No way, come on, man, strip!"
Theo gave him a last murderous look, before snorting and taking off his shirt. Josh whistled as everyone laughed. Somewhere, someone in the crowd of people imitated him. Theo pulled his shirt against Josh's face who just laughed harder. "Now pants!"
"I'm gonna kick your ass for that" Theo snapped as he freed himself from his pants too, staying in boxers in front of everyone.
Theo had never been ashamed of his body. Actually, he knew he had a perfect body to say the least, to literally drool over it, but at that time it was definitely all too much weird.
"Hmm, not bad" Alec said, checking him out and chuckling.
"Nice to see that some part of you can be saved" Hayden muttered wrily.
Very funny, really. Theo thought giving her the middle finger. Then his gaze slid over Liam, who looked away as Theo met his eyes. His face was still slightly red, and the way he had turned in a hurry made Theo ask if Liam was staring at him. Well you just undressed in front of about fifty people, Theo, everyone's staring at you, what's your surprise? His mind reminded him, but his heart couldn't help but miss a beat to the idea of Liam's eyes on him.
This stupid crush was becoming a problem.
"Now are you going to get some air like that?" Nolan asked with a smile.
"Fuck you" Theo just replied, as he went to fill up another glass, because it was the only thing that had left to do to make that night better.
"Okay, Liam, so you have to spin again" Hayden said, nudging him
"Uh?" Liam winced, evidently returning to reality, as he turned to look at her, then the bottle, understanding. "Ah, yeah .. okay"
He span again, the bottle slowly settling on Mason. Liam laughed, while Mason looked at him shaking his head dramatically. "I knew this would happen sooner or later"
It was then that Theo traced the line, leaving the room for good.
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