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Side Story 2 – I Know What You Did at This Graduation Party

Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!

“Wow……”

I covered my ears to block out the music that filled the huge house. Then I looked up at Noah and mouthed the words.

“It’s too loud!”

“What?”

Noah brought his ear close to my mouth, but he still couldn’t hear me. I pressed my lips right against his ear and said again.

“I said! It’s! Too! Loud here!”

“Luca! I can’t hear you!”

My voice was once again swallowed by the music. I gave up on trying to talk to Noah and pushed my way through the crowd.

How much money does Gerald Fox stolen contenthave that he can blast music this loud without anyone calling the cops?

I glared at Gerald, who was standing on a table chugging an entire bottle of alcohol. But he didn’t even seem to notice we had arrived.

I never thought I’d end up coming to Gerald’s noisy party. But he had shamelessly threatened that if Noah didn’t show up to his own graduation party, he would spread rumors that Noah was too upset about losing the title of Prom King to attend. After subtracting several hundred votes that belonged to Noah, only a handful of votes for Gerald remained, so they had no choice but to crown him Prom King. And yet Gerald was strutting around proudly like it was a real achievement. That’s why, on the very day of graduation, I ended up coming with Noah to this enormous house of his.

I wanted to drink a whole bottle to relieve the stress, but with Noah standing right next to me, I couldn’t. Eventually the music slowed down and became quieter, which calmed me a bit, so instead I poured orange juice into a red plastic cup and drank it.

“Hmm?”

But the taste of the drink was different from usual. Ah. This was a Screwdriver (a cocktail made with orange juice and vodka).

I kept a calm face and pretended I was just drinking orange juice in front of Noah.

I’m not drinking alcohol, Noah. I’m just drinking juice.

“Luca, you look way too happy. Is that alcohol?”

Noah was too suspicious. It was true, though. I tilted my head as if I had no idea and took another sip.

“No? It’s just juice? Maybe because they’re rich? Do the Fox family only drink 100% fresh-squeezed orange juice? It’s delicious.”

I held the cup tightly with both hands in case he tried to take it away and made an excuse. Noah leaned in and sniffed the cup. I felt more nervous than if I had been pulled over for a DUI. Then Noah straightened up, poked my cheek with his finger, and grinned.

“You know you’re really cute when you lie so obviously?”

“……You notice too fast.”

I replied with a pouty face. Noah then led me outside, where beer pong (an American drinking game where you set up cups of alcohol at each end of a table and throw ping-pong balls into the opponent’s cups. If a ball lands in your team’s cup, you drink it and remove the cup. The first team to clear all the opponent’s cups wins.) was being played, and whispered as we walked.

“Because I’m very interested in you. Don’t drink too much. It’s not good for you.”

“Eh, this barely counts as alcohol! It doesn’t even taste like booze!”

I was happy that Noah had given permission, so I laughed exaggeratedly and took another big sip. Noah, who had been pushing the door open, looked at me with a expression.

“Luca.”

“Yeah……”

I nodded like a scolded child, and Noah closed the door again. Once it was shut, the music from inside was blocked out and it became a little quieter. But it wasn’t calm out here either. There were plenty of couples pressed up against each other in the pool, and the kids playing beer pong were definitely not behaving.

“Ah, it went in! Take a shot!”

Andy, who had successfully landed the ping-pong ball in the opponent’s cup, pointed excitedly at the other team. Mike (yes, the same Mike who was supposed to be V’s prom date but couldn’t go because he broke his leg) made an annoyed face and chugged the drink. V burst out laughing and shook Andy’s shoulders.

“Andy! Why are you so good today?”

“I only discovered my talent after graduating! Is there a national beer pong tournament? I’ll go win it all!”

Andy puffed out his chest and bragged excessively. Noah, who had been watching his childhood friend’s bravado, finally couldn’t hold back his laughter.

“Pfft, haha! Andy! Why don’t you do this when you play basketball? You can’t get the ball in the basket, but you keep sinking them into the cups.”

Noah walked over to Andy with a mischievous look and ruffled his hair roughly. Andy frowned and tried to dodge Noah’s hand.

“Ah, when did you guys get here? I thought you weren’t coming.”

“You’re one to talk.”

Noah, Daniel, and Andy sometimes played basketball together. I had never seen Andy play, but with Noah and Daniel both at 6’3” (about 192 cm) and Andy at only 5’7” (about 174 cm), I couldn’t imagine how he could win at basketball. The height difference was too big.

I’m always on Noah’s side, but on this issue, I think Noah is being a bit mean.

Noah and Andy had an exaggerated height difference of about a foot, so Andy had no choice but to let Noah mess with his hair. Andy spotted me and waved. I waved back. Once Noah let go, V fixed Andy’s hair for him. Andy grinned and replied.

“Well, Fox has a lot of money. Who would turn ​visit our site​down free booze and free food? Especially high-end stuff. But you two aren’t interested in any of that, right?”

“We’re leaving soon. This is the last time, so we should enjoy it.”

Noah gave Andy a natural smile. At that moment, Noah’s expression suddenly stiffened. He had noticed I was drinking another cup. I quickly finished the drink and smiled at him like nothing had happened. Noah walked over and flicked the tip of my nose with his finger. I flinched and closed my eyes, which made him laugh.

“Luca, I told you to drink in moderation.”

“I didn’t drink that much! I was just thirsty and had a little, a tiny bit! This place seriously doesn’t have plain water or regular juice?”

I showed him the nearly empty cup as an excuse. Noah gently took the cup from me and set it down in a corner on the ground.

“You’re so sneaky, but you’re too cute for me to do anything about it.”

“If I’m cute, then just let it slide today.”

“Hmm.”

I pleaded in a pitiful voice (because the alcohol here was really high quality!). Noah made a thinking face. So I carefully grabbed his elbow, looked up at him, and whispered in a very small voice that only he could hear.

“Babe, let it go? Please?”

“You only call me ‘babe’ when you want to drink? I’m genuinely hurt.”

Noah deliberately made his expression a little stern. Surprised, I kicked a rolling beer can far away with my foot and waved my hands.

“No! I don’t need alcohol. I only need you!”

“Really? Then put that down.”

I fell for it. Noah Solano, this sly bastard.

I let go of his arm and sat down on a beach chair that was tilted crookedly nearby. With nothing in my hands, I stared at the pool, but when I saw a couple who looked like they were about to have sex, I quickly looked up at the sky. I felt Noah sit down on the same beach chair, but I pretended not to notice and kept staring at the sky. Then Andy, who had apparently finished his game, came over and said.

“People who see you two would think you’re dating! You should hang out with other people too! You said this is the last time we’re all hanging out!”

I froze and stared at Andy. Fortunately, Noah was more relaxed than I was and answered in an exaggeratedly hurt voice as he scolded Andy.

“So you guys were just hanging out without me? Ever since you two started dating, you’ve been leaving me out and making me feel left behind.”

At Noah’s words, Andy and V looked sheepish. They must have felt a little guilty. Before I came along, the three of them used to hang out together, so suddenly having the other two date would naturally make the remaining one feel excluded. V perched her butt on the remaining space on the beach chair and wrapped an arm around Noah’s shoulders.

“Sorry, sorry. It just kind of happened.”

“Do you remember that at prom, your [visit our site]partners were me and Luca? But V, who did you even dance the blues with?”

Noah pouted like a child. It was really cute, so cute that I felt sad I couldn’t kiss him. V pulled Noah’s neck toward her and shook his body as she made excuses.

“No matter what, I couldn’t dance while hugging both of you at the same time. And it just kind of… happened with Andy… in an unexpected way, you know? While we were dancing, it somehow ended up like this!”

“If Mom and Dad aren’t here, who does Noah play with?”

Noah dramatically cried. When he was with V and Andy, he really looked like a total rascal. V put on a serious face and played along.

“Oh my, Noah! Mom and Dad can’t take care of you forever! Our Noah is all grown up now and needs to leave Mommy’s arms to play with friends! Look, you have a good friend named Luca right here!”

V suddenly pulled my arm. As a result, my body pressed against Noah’s, and I saw him grin. He slipped out of V’s arm, hugged me tightly, and declared confidently.

“That’s right. I only need Luca.”

“Huh. That one sounded especially sincere.”

Andy poked the top of Noah’s head repeatedly. He pretended to dodge Andy’s hand while burying his face even deeper into my shoulder. Then he pressed his lips against my skin and mumbled. I could feel Noah’s lips moving.

“Both you and V are going to leave me eventually. The only one who stays by my side is Luca. Luca, you only need me too, right?”

Noah rested his chin on my shoulder and asked with his lips [Read on]almost touching my ear. His breath tickled my ear. I felt embarrassed and wanted to lower my head, but that might make it obvious. I answered with a slightly awkward, overly bright laugh.

“Huh? Yeah! I only need Noah too.”

I ruffled Noah’s hair on my shoulder. I intended it to look like something a friend would do, just like Noah had done to Andy. But the moment my hand touched Noah’s hair and he let out a small, hot breath against my neck, I felt like my ears – and my whole body – were turning red.

Andy continued playing beer pong, apparently determined to become the beer pong champion of Haddonfield, if not the whole country. V teamed up with him. So I ended up sitting awkwardly on the beach chair with Noah. While watching people splashing around in the pool, I suddenly felt cold and stood up from the chair.

“Let’s go inside. I’m a bit chilly.”

Noah stood up and followed me. The moment we opened the door, loud music assaulted my face.

Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!

The music was so loud it vibrated through my whole body. The first floor was unbearable, so I went up the stairs to the second floor with Noah. I opened the first door I saw and immediately closed it again.

“Ugh!”

“……”

“……Yeah, seeing some random guy’s dick isn’t exactly pleasant.”

I grumbled in embarrassment. I hadn’t expected to see some nameless guy rubbing his dick against some nameless girl’s ass. I opened another door and closed it again. This time I caught sight of a guy’s face while he was receiving oral. If the theme of the first [Read on]floor was a dance party, then the second floor’s theme seemed to be a sex party.

“…I saw way too many penises today… Way too many. To the point of disgust…”

“…Luca, should we just leave?”

“Yeah, let’s go. I want to go rest now……”

At Noah’s question, I didn’t argue and quietly went down the stairs first. The moment my feet touched the first floor, I ran into Gerald. He spotted me. I pretended not to see him, grabbed Noah’s wrist, and quickly walked (almost ran) toward the exit. When I glanced back, I saw Gerald pushing through the crowd trying to catch us. Fortunately, I was faster at opening the door. I slammed it shut with a loud Bang! and let out a sigh of relief.

“Noah, let’s go quickly. Gerald might come after us.”

Noah nodded and walked ahead toward his car. I hurriedly followed him and ran to the car. Noah, who had already started the engine, drove off the moment I got in. We quickly escaped Gerald’s party.

Gerald’s house was in a secluded area, so our car was the only one driving alone through the wooded road. Thinking about Noah’s hot breath and warm lips that had touched my neck earlier, I mumbled.

“Um, Noah…… Should we pull over for a bit?”

At my suggestion, Noah silently stopped the car without a word. When he reached to unbuckle his seatbelt, I grabbed his face. But it was Noah who kissed me first.

I unbuttoned Noah’s shirt, and he pulled my shirt up from my pants and slipped his hand onto my back. The feeling of his dry hand rubbing my back sent blood rushing downward. I unintentionally let out a moan against Noah’s lips, and he seemed even more excited by the sound as he tilted his head and roughly pushed his tongue into my mouth.

It had only been about two weeks since Noah and I started kissing, but thanks to all the practice, we had become quite skilled. Noah pulled his lips away from mine. I tried ​visit our site​to follow his lips, but he gave me a peck and moved them down to my neck. I tilted my head back and obediently accepted everything Noah did.

“Luca, it feels so good……”

The way Noah said he felt good while I was the one receiving it was so cute and funny that I laughed. Noah bit my ear in complaint.

“What’s so funny?”

“Nothing. I laughed because you’re cute.”