Falling | Mxm (Completed) Chapter 39

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It was Friday night, and they were going to have a party at Brad’s dance school for Halloween.

Edwin didn’t know what to wear. He wasn’t the dressing-up type and had never worn a costume in his entire life. So he just decided to go in his usual clothing. He wore ripped skinny jeans, a silk loose black shirt, and just to add something out of ordinary to appeal to the Halloween thingie just a little bit, he wore a ribbon in a shape of a bowtie around his neck and turned it so that it’d be on the back of his neck. He looked in the mirror and decided it was enough, so he left for the party.

He knew it was going to be a big party, but he did not expect the crowd. There were so many people dancing, drinking, and laughing in all kinds of customs. Edwin was just looking around when he felt a hand on his shoulder. It was Max.

“Bro! Long time no see! We missed you.” The younger said cheerfully.

“Thanks, Max. Are the others here too?” He patted Max’s back once before the younger led them both to the bar. And yes, Ian was there as well. In a vampire custom.

Upon seeing him, Ian frowned for a second before a wide smile appeared on his face. “I remember you! I saw you at Aiden’s house. Edwin, right?” He stretched his hand toward Edwin.

Honestly, he didn’t have anything against the guy and he loved his vibe, so he shook his hand gently and smiled.

“Yeah, and you’re Ian. It’s nice to finally meet you after having heard so much.”

“Good things I hope.” Ian chuckled before looking at him from head to toe. “What are you supposed to be, though? A present?” a nasty grin appeared on his face.

“Uh… no. I just didn’t have or want to have a costume, so I just wore this and then added the bowtie so that it wasn’t too simple.”

Ian looked at him with a look of adoration in his eyes, all the while he was explaining his outfit slowly. And when he was done talking, the guy came closer and poked his cheek.

“You’re so cute! Thanks for the explanation. But! It’s a Halloween party and I’m not gonna let you go around looking like that.”

“What’s wrong with this?” Edwin looked at himself.

“You look too hot! And too soft! So we need to add something a little intimidating. There are so many big, bad wolves around here. We don’t want them laying a hand on someone else’s present now, do we?”

Edwin lifted an eyebrow as he hadn’t really understood one word that had left the other man’s mouth, but he didn’t say anything and watched as Ian grabbed something, a red liquid?, and started putting some on the corner of his lip and it slid down to his chin.

“There! Now you’re a scary vampire who just ate.” He smiled again, showing his teeth. Now he could understand what Aiden meant by saying Ian was the sunshine and if this was supposed to be the more laid-back version of him, then he must have been jumping around all over the place before everything happened.

And then suddenly Finn appeared and put a pair of fluffy cat ears on his hair before he got hit by Ian.

“Oi! Why are you putting cat ears on a vampire?”

“Shut up he looks good with them. Where’s Brad for fuck’s sake?”

“My workaholic brother said he wanted to stay at the studio instead of coming here, so he and Joe went to drag his ass here.”

“Aiden’s coming?!” Edwin blurted out in a higher voice than he had intended.

Ian looked at him before chuckling. “I didn’t know he was into innocent ones.” And then he was dragged to the dance floor by Max.

Edwin did not know what that meant either, so he just leaned against the bar, sipping on his drink and looking at them dance.

“How have you been? We kinda missed having you around.” Finn said, standing next to him.

“I… didn’t know I was supposed to hang out. I mean, Aiden is the connection between me and you guys, so with him gone…”

“You can always hang out with us, Edwin. Do you wanna dance?”

“You go first. I’ll join in a bit.”

After 3 drinks, wasted as fuck but not knowing it himself, he joined the other three on the dance floor. They were all dancing together and somehow he had ended up dancing face to face with Ian. He didn’t mind it at all. Maybe because he was drunk?

The song finished, and the DJ decided it was time for a mellow rhythm, so Edwin went back to the bar to drink some more. As he was about to take the glass, a hand grabbed his wrist and stopped him. Looking at the person who had dared to stop him from drinking the delicious liquid, he was faced with Aiden in all his glory. He was looking at him intently, taking in every detail of his face and outfit. Edwin looked at him, too. He wasn’t wearing a costume either. He was just wearing whatever, thinking he would be working and not partying.

Still, he looked hot as fuck with how the long-sleeve shirt hugged his biceps and the messy hair.

“I think you’ve drunk enough already.”

Edwin spotted a slight frown on the older’s face along with a look of worry. Aiden made him move his hand away from the glass. “Your dancing skills are a killer. I forgot to breathe while watching you.”

“Are you sure it wasn’t because of the person in front of me?” He found himself asking, surprised that such a thing left his mouth.

Unlike him, Aiden smiled slightly and shook his head. “No, I was looking at you. Ian has another person looking at him now.” He turned his head to the dance floor and Edwin did the same, spotting Joe and Ian dancing together.

“Are they-” Edwin was asking with widened eyes, but he was cut off by Aiden.

“Yeah, they are. They deserve this. Both of them.”

Edwin turned to look at Aiden. He was worried sick at that moment. How are you supposed to feel when your ex-boyfriend gets together with your best friend? The best friend who he had cheated on him with? He didn’t know.

“Are you okay?”

Aiden took his gaze away from the dancing couple and looked at him. “Yeah, it’s a casual scene between us to see these two being close to each other like that. Ian’s very touchy. And… the relationship part, I’m getting used to it little by little. As I said, they deserve this.”

“And what about you? What do you deserve?” Edwin’s eyes were moving back and forth between the blond’s facial features. His cheeks were a bit fuller than what he remembered and that was a good sign, besides he looked softer like this.

“I, deserve a dance! Would you dance with me, please?”

He knew the man had escaped the question but didn’t point it out and simply walked toward the dance floor, standing in the middle of it, turning around and waiting for Aiden to come. The other stood there, scanning him from head to toe before making his way to him, and then they danced. They danced for a very long time until they couldn’t really feel their legs anymore and until Edwin could feel his head throbbing a bit.

Walking to the set-up bar, he let himself fall into a chair and put his head down on his arms. His head was really starting to go at it.

A pill and a glass of water were placed in front of him by none other than Aiden. “Why did you drink so much? You know you’re a lightweight!”

Edwin took the pill and gulped down the water. “I didn’t know how to interact with you sober.” His straightforward answer shocked Aiden a bit, but then again, he was used to the doctor’s bold answers. “How do you know I’m a lightweight, anyway?”

“You lived in my house for an entire week and then stayed occasionally, remember? I know so many things about you.” Aiden said while frowning and… looking at his lips? He felt Aiden’s thumb rubbing his chin as if trying to get something off of his skin.

“Why did you put this on your face? It’s getting smudged, and it’s not getting off.” The older said, still trying to wipe off the red liquid that Ian put on him earlier.

“Ian. Said I looked too soft and something about big bad wolves around here and I don’t even know what he meant by all that.” Edwin put his elbow on the counter and rest his head on his palm while Aiden was still trying hard to clean the mess on his face.

“Ugh, it’s not getting off. It’s messing with my head. Do you have tissues or something?”

Edwin just mumbled a lazy no. Aiden asked the guy behind the counter, but the answer stayed the same.

“I’m sorry, Ed, but I really need to get this off or I’m losing my sanity.” Then, without realizing what was happening, Edwin felt Aiden’s lips on his chin, and in less than a second, he felt the warm tongue running on his skin to get the color off. Edwin was frozen. Just sitting there with his head still on his hand for Aiden to do as he wished. He couldn’t get himself to move even if he wanted to. After Aiden thought he got it all, he leaned back and wiped the wetness off with his sleeve from the wide-eyed Edwin.

“There, now you’re good. You’re better looking like a kitten instead of a kitten-vampire hybrid.”

Edwin struggled to know what he was saying before he remembered the cat ears. He had completely forgotten about them. His hand made its way to take them off, but Aiden slapped it away.

“Why?!” Edwin pouted.

“Why do you wanna take it off? It looks really good on you!” Aiden pouted back.

They heard loud laughter next to them before they saw their group of friends approaching them.

“Why the pouty lips, kids?” Brad teased them, poking Aiden’s lips. The singer gave him a death stare before laughing.

“He wanted to take those off.” He pointed at the fluffy cat ears.

“He slapped my hand!” Edwin whined and everyone laughed at the two stupids some more.

“I have such silly kids, even god can’t help me.” Brad sighed.

“Don’t bring god in this conversation, brother, or I’ll drag you to church on Sunday.” Max warned him.

“Ugh, you and your deep faithfulness.” Finn shook his head.

“Why did you wipe the vampirism away, you bitch?” Ian screamed at him

“It was spreading all over, you monster! Why would you do that to his face, anyway?” Aiden defended himself.

“Because he was standing there being a fucking present, and I wanted to add a little hands-off to it. You wouldn’t like it if someone touched him, eh?”

Aiden groaned and looked at him with pouty lips again.

“What was the pill you gave me, though? It’s not working. My head is killing me.” Edwin whined, massaging his temples.

“Take him home, Denny. It’s too loud and too crowded in here.” Finn said, and Aiden stood up immediately.

“Let’s go.”

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After saying no to Aiden taking him to his apartment for ten times, there they were. At the parking lot of his own place. The exact same spot Aiden had told him not to contact him again. He still didn’t know what Aiden was doing being all friendly and everything, but his head hurt too much for that right now, so he decided to think or ask about it later.

“Wanna come up?”

“I have to get you in your apartment safely, anyway.”

They made their way to the elevator and up to Edwin’s floor. Opening the door, he threw his keys on the table and went to the kitchen.

“Coffee? Tea? Juice?” He asked while pouring himself a glass of water to take another painkiller.

“I don’t want anything, thanks.” Aiden replied while looking around the place. It was a little messy. Well, a lot messy. Clothes everywhere as he didn’t have time to go to the laundry the past week and books all over the floor. He had lots of books, so at some point the shelves became full. His blanket was on the couch in front of the TV and so so many empty beer bottles.

“Sorry, it’s not as nice as your place.”

Aiden turned to him immediately. “I have a cleaning lady. If I didn’t, my place would look ten times worse.” He gestured a ‘nah’ with his hand as well before going to the kitchen where Edwin was. Standing in front of him, he looked into his eyes.

“Your eyes are really red and you have a deep blush all over your face. How much did you drink exactly!!!?”

“More than usual, I guess.” Edwin said and cupped his own face between his palms, making his lips get pouty a little with the force he used. He noticed Aiden was staring at them. He let go of his face slowly, still looking at Aiden’s face to see his reaction. To his surprise, Aiden licked his lips unconsciously before coming back to his senses and breaking his stare to look around the kitchen awkwardly. Edwin knew he wanted him just the same. He had missed the feeling of the pink curved lips on his own and he was having none of Aiden’s self-control bullshit at the moment. Grabbing the older by the collar and pulling him close with a strength he didn’t know he owned, he cupped Aiden’s face and locked their lips together. Aiden was hesitant at first but then started kissing back while taking a deep breath and wrapping his arms around Edwin’s waist. It wasn’t a rushed kiss. It was just a kiss to remember how it had felt.

“Stay.” Edwin whispered when they broke the kiss to gain their breaths.

Aiden looked at him thoroughly and let his thumb slide on the younger’s lower lip while biting his own. “Okay.” He smiled warmly at the blue-haired beauty who still had those cat ears on his head. Taking them off gently and putting them on the counter, he grabbed Edwin’s wrist and led him to the way he assumed was the bedroom. He was right. Seeing Edwin sleepy and dizzy as he was, he knew there was no point in making him brush his teeth or take a shower, so he just tucked him under the blankets and watched him as he fell asleep within a few seconds.