Through the Screen

chapter 11

abel 's stomach was churning as he fled out of chris' car, not bothering to say goodbye but giving him

an urgent smile, before quickly climbing up the two flights of stairs that led to his and noah's apartment.

it was fifteen minutes to eleven, and although it wasn't as late as abel usually was, it was definitely past

dinner time.

his heart was pounding in his chest, and his breathing was heavy when he pushed open the apartment

door, ready to be greeted by loud television or an already asleep noah but instead he could hear pots

clinking and spoons rattling and he bit his lip, slowing down his pace as he shrugged off his jacket.

he made his way quietly to the kitchen, the sounds becoming clearer and now he could hear noah's

soft singing, an adoring smile stretching on abel 's lips at the melody. he fidgeted with his fingers, his lip

still caught between his teeth as he made his way over to noah, gently gripping his sides and noah let

out a small squeak before relaxing into abel 's hold.

"you scared me," noah scolded him and abel just shook his head, smiling and burying his face in

noah's shoulder, arms going around noah's waist as he breathed in deeply. noah didn't smell very

different than what he did four years ago, although he did carry a musky scent with him now. there Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

were still traces of cinnamon and faint caramel that defined noah, but he smelled..older? does that

make sense?

"also, you're late," noah pointed, snapping abel out of his thoughts, as he stirred the spaghetti he was

working on, lowering the flames as he set the spatula aside.

"i know, i'm sorry," abel mumbled, holding noah closer and placing a soft kiss on the back of his neck

before letting go, running his fingers through his hair.

"i'm sorry too by the way," noah's cheeks flushed as he said the words and abel raised his eyebrows

questionably, leaning against the counter and urging noah to continue.

"well um, i kinda forgot that we had plans tonight so i originally had some pizza with adrian, and i was

hoping that you come a little later so i can finish dinner," noah admitted and abel just let out a soft

giggle, pressing his finger against the bridge of noah's glasses and pushing them back.

"that's alright," his smile faltered slightly and he bit his lip. "i don't really blame you for forgetting, you

know because of the other times?" he trailed off, staring down at his feet, and noah noticed the anxious

look on abel 's face. it was true that many of their plans had been ruined before because abel got

caught up in work or noah simply forgot about it, but he didn't want anything to ruin tonight.

"hey it's okay, we're both equally at fault today," noah rolled his eyes fondly as he reached forward to

grab abel 's hand, pulling the younger boy to him and abel just smiled half heartedly, teeth still digging

into his bottom lip.

"stop that," noah tapped abel 's lip with his finger but abel just did it further, drawing his lip in further

and chewing on it, giving noah a challenging look.

"make me," he remarked cheekily and noah rolled his eyes once again, before pressing their lips

together gently, and abel smiled into the kiss, gripping noah's arm as he tilted his head.

"spaghetti," abel mumbled against his lips and noah just groaned in annoyance, turning off the flame

completely before turning his attention back to the younger boy, wrapping his arms tightly around abel

's waist.

abel let out a short sigh of relief, one of his hands cupping noah's cheek and the other holding his neck,

and noah pressed abel 's back against the kitchen counter, attempting to deepen the kiss.

noah's tongue traced along abel 's smoothly, his fingers tightening their grip on abel 's waist as he lifted

the younger boy onto the counter, moving forward and standing between his legs, allowing abel 's

hands to travel from the back of his neck towards his hair, where his fingers twisted softly in the black

mess.

abel just let out a quiet moan when noah trailed his lips along abel 's jaw, moving down towards his

sensitive neck where he placed soft kisses, pausing to suck on the skin gently, careful not to leave

marks. his tongue was hot against abel 's skin, abel tugging desperately at his hair and as soon as

noah's mouth was off his neck, abel was pulling noah in for another kiss.

it was much more heated this time, abel 's hands running along noah's broad shoulders and chest

before reaching the hem of his tshirt to pull it off, but that was when noah stopped, pulling away slightly

from abel and kissing his cheek.

"later," noah promised him and abel just bit his lip again, nodding and hopping off the counter, pressing

his lips one last time against noah's before letting go.

abel knew noah was lying, there wouldn't really be a later any time soon.

it was just noah's way of rejecting him.