Kyle honestly couldn't believe that he was in a car with Neal, Oakley, Oscar, and Cole, driving all four of his friends to a thrift store. The reason why? All five of the men in the car were either 17 or turning 17 and they were going to be buying Halloween costumes.

It really shouldn't have been as weird as Kyle was making it out to be in his head. Teenagers and even adults still bought Halloween costumes for the same reason that Kyle and his friends were now, for a Halloween party, and that was completely normal. But usually, Kyle and all of his friends got their costumes using their own clothes and selected items from thrift stores and they were ready, and that was exactly what Kyle had thought they would've been doing this year as well. But one conversation with Cole during lunch completely changed their plans because of an idea that seeped into Neal's mind.

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Neal's eyes held complete disbelief and, despite the fact that he had food in his mouth, had his mouth hanging open.

"What did you just say?" Neal asked in a whisper, to Kyle, it seemed as if Neal believed that he had just heard Cole wrong and Cole hadn't just said that he never went to a Halloween party.

"I have never been to a Halloween party," Cole repeated, looking from Neal to Kyle with confusion. He didn't understand why Neal was so flabbergasted and why Kyle seemed to be pretty shocked himself. "I thought you heard me the first time-"

"I did hear you the first time!" Neal screeched, causing Cole to flinch and Kyle to laugh. "I just thought that I heard you wrong, because how have you never been to a Halloween party before?!"

Kyle was feeling pretty smug because he had guessed perfectly why Neal had reacted the way he had. He must have had a real talent for this type of thing. Cole was adorably worried, at least adorably in Kyle's eyes. He seemed genuinely apologetic for having not been to a Halloween party.

"I-I just haven't. I'm sorry." Cole apologized, sinking into his seat just a little bit more. Cole's apology was so cute that Kyle just had to help him.

"You don't have to apologize, Cole, Neal is just being dramatic," Kyle told Cole with a chuckle. The chuckle coming from the dramatic gasp that Neal let out when he called Neal dramatic, further proving his point. But Cole still seemed unsure so he continued on to say, "If it makes you feel better, I have never tried a cheesecake before."

Both of the guys at his table turned to Kyle with stunned expressions.

"What?!" They both blurted out at the same time. Kyle rolled his eyes.

"How have you not tried cheesecake? It is one of the most delicious things, like, ever!" Cole asked him with lightning-fast speed.

"Well, I'm personally not the biggest fan . . . " Neal trailed off with a shrug, now receiving Cole's laser-sharp glare. "Anyways, we need to change that fact about you, Cole. Halloween is coming up in two weeks and this Friday, you and I, as well as the O' twins and Kyle," Kyle stifled a laugh at Neal's nickname for the twins. "Will go shopping for Halloween costumes."

Cole furrowed his eyebrows cutely after Neal finished his speech.

"Costumes? For what? We haven't been invited to any Halloween parties, what would we need them for?" Cole asked.

"Sure, we have," Neal replied, getting his fork to get another bite of Mac n' Cheese. "There are always like, a billion parties that people have on Halloween, I'm sore we will start hearing about them in a week. Just you wait, Cole. You will need your costume, and you will have the best time of your life at your first Halloween party."

And here they were now, parked outside of the thrift store. While Kyle and Oscar were quite cautious about what was about to happen in that one store and seemed prepared to bolt the moment things became too embarrassing, the other three guys (Neal, Cole, and Oakley) were practically jumping in their seats. They seemed so excited to go shopping that Kyle wondered how he had never noticed, and considered reevaluating if he had to start paying more attention to his friends.

They all poured out of the car and the three jumping rabbits walked into the store with bright smiles and plenty of laughs. Kyle and Oscar walked in after the three, the two obviously looking like the grumpy ones in the group.

Kyle didn't want to be upset the entire time that he was shopping with his friends so he started talking to Oscar about one of the shows that the both of them enjoyed watching, The Flash. They were animatedly talking about their predictions for the next episode when they got to the spot where their friends were standing. Oscar and Kyle both froze when they saw what the boys were doing.

They had found one of the isles where they had the men's Halloween costumes and Oakley was holding a sexy clown outfit while Cole and Neal told him how great he would look in it.

Both Oscar and Kyle gaped when they saw the picture on the outside of the package of what the costume looked like.

"Jesus, Oakley. I didn't know that you were so comfortable in your body." Kyle gasped sarcastically, eyes still wide after realizing what costume his friend was considering. in half horror. "If so then I would have given you a white under with two black dots on it and called it a sexy ghost ages ago."

Oakley rolled his eyes but Oscar was nodding along with Kyle.

"Seriously dude, you would actually be exposing all of your junk. If you went out like that a girl could start effing you while you're dancing, that underwear would be wrapping you like a condom." Oscar explained, constantly gesturing at the clear shape of the model's dick that could be seen in the photo.

Neal opened his mouth as if he were about to say something in Oakley's defense, but he quickly shut his mouth when he looked at the photo again.

"It really would outline your dick though," Neal muttered, although still loud enough where every one of the boys could hear him.

"Neal!" Oakley angrily said. "Not helping."

"Well, they might be right, Oakley," Cole commented, seeming apologetic as he said so. "I'm sure you have a great body but it might not be the best idea to display it this way." When Cole saw that Oakley still didn't seem that happy he went on to add. "I mean, this place must have more costumes that will show off your abs without showing off your dick too!"

"What if I wanted my dick to be shown off?" Oakley sighed dejectedly. The rest of the group started chuckling and giggling at Oakley's sadness and Kyle took the costume from Oakley's hand and put it back on the rack.