Dean and Cas rarely spent many hours apart when they were awake. They had every class together and on this particular Tuesday afternoon they were in Maths. They'd been a little late so they hadn't been able to get their usual seats right at the back of the class beside each other. They usually spent every lesson talking or passing notes. This time Dean had the seat directly behind Cas who was slouching. Dean waited until the teacher had his back to the class to write some equation on the board, that Dean was sure he would never use again after the final exam, before he tried to get Castiel's attention.
He leaned across his desk and blew on Castiel's neck. Cas immediately shivered and Dean smirked at the reaction. Cas turned in his seat and grinned at Dean who winked in response. They knew people could see them and were probably staring but neither cared. Whenever they looked at each other they were the only two people in the world.
"So, what are our plans for tonight?" Dean whispered.
"I have no idea. I chose the movie last night so I think it's your turn to choose tonight." Cas reasoned.
"Yeah. That sounds about right. That movie sucked by the way." Dean was only teasing Castiel and Castiel knew it so he replied by simply sticking his tongue out at Dean. Dean laughed and continued, "So, anyway. Come to mine for dinner."
"Okay. I need to drop all my books off at home though, I have loads today. But I'll be over by four-thirty. Sound good?"
"Sounds great. Now I just have to plan what we're going to do afterwards." Castiel gave a small chuckle at Dean's insinuation but it was cut short when he heard a bang coming from his desk. He turned around to find their teacher with his massive left hand splayed on Castiel's desk and looking down at him with a scowl on his face.
"Maybe you boys could keep your date plans to yourself until you're out of my class. Sound good?"
Dean and Cas both stifled a laugh while nodding. The very quick "Yessir" came from Dean before he bowed his head. As the teacher walked back to the front of the class, Castiel turned around again to flash Dean a smile.
They made a quick trip to their lockers before they exited the building at the end of the day. They went their seperate ways for the time being. Sam was going to Jess' after school to do some "studying" (Dean wasn't convinced), and his parents were going to the Novak's for dinner straight after they finished work. This left Dean the only person in the house when he arrived home. It also meant that the house would be empty save for him and Cas for dinner and whatever would follow.
Dean counted this as a date. Last night hadn't been. Castiel had chosen some god-awful action film with CGI so bad, Dean had actually laughed at the computerised explosions. They had had a good time but they split the cost of the tickets and the popcorn and they hadn't touched once while watching the movie. They had just been friends last night.
In all honesty, Dean was very confused about what exactly he and Castiel were to each other. Sometimes he could just accept that all he had was Cas and he was all Cas had. But other times he wished that they could have a concrete understanding of what they were. Dean didn't know if it was okay to say Castiel was his boyfriend, whether they were just "seeing each other" or if they were just close friends. Albeit, very close friends.
They had been on what Dean considered a date a few times. But neither had said that that was what it was. There was that time when Dean picked Castiel up from his house and took him to dinner at his favourite restaurant. That had been a date. The movie they went to last week when Dean had paid and Castiel had held onto his hand the entire time. That had been a date. That time at the end of last year when Castiel had invited Dean over for the night and they'd watched Dean's three favourite films in a row. That had been a date.
That last one was very special to Dean. They had gone to Castiel's house right after school, raided the kitchen for snacks and retreated to Cas' room until the next morning. Dean had sat on the small couch and Cas had lain down with his head in Dean's lap. While they were watching the third movie Dean had begun to absent-mindedly run his fingers through Castiel's hair. Cas closed his eyes at the touch and after a few minutes gave a small pleasured sigh. Dean suddenly realised what he had been doing and stopped. He looked down at Castiel who had opened his eyes when Dean's hand had stilled. They just looked at each other for a moment and then when Dean saw Cas lick his lips, he began to bend his head down until their lips met.
Dean sighed and smiled as he remembered that night. Not only had it been his and Castiel's first kiss, it had been his first kiss ever. And he couldn't have asked for a better one. He was even kicking himself for not doing it sooner.
Dean checked the clock and realised that it was already four-thirty. Huh, Cas was always early, without exception. Dean couldn't help but feel a litle worried. Then he told himself off. Seriously, the guy wasn't even late yet. Dean decided to give him five more minutes then he would call him and see where he was.
Five minutes passed and then Dean reached for his phone. Cas was speed dial one. Obviously. The phone rang. And rang. And rang. Until it reached voicemail.
"Hello, you've reached Castiel. I'm busy right now but if you leave a message, I'll get back to you later. Beeeeep"
"Hey, man. You're late. Where are you? Just a little worried. Call me back." Dean put his phone down. Maybe Cas had run into his and Dean's parents and they were forcing him into conversation. Yeah, that was it. He picked his phone up again and dialled Castiel's house number.
"Novak residence." Anna answered with her cheery tone.
"Hey, Anna, it's Dean. Is Cas there?"
"No. He left about fifteen minutes ago. Is he not with you?" There was hint of worry in her voice now. Dean didn't like to hear Anna upset, she was like a second mother to him.
"No. He's not here and he's not answering his phone." Dean began biting one of his fingernails when he finished the sentence.
"Oh my god. Okay, I'll just go see if he's en route to yours. You try calling him again. Then call me back, okay?"
"Yes, okay." He hung up and dialled Cas' number again.
This time there was only one ring before it was answered. A wave of relief spread through Dean.
"Oh thank god. You scared me, man. Next time answer your phone on the first try and don't be late ever again, okay?"
"Uh, who is this?" The voice on the other end was not Castiel. Dean had never heard that voice before. His blood turned cold.
"This is Dean. Who are you?"
"Um, I found this phone on the ground next to this man. I think he was hit by a car. I've called for an ambulance."
Dean thought he was going to be sick.
"Where are you?" He was almost shouting down the phone while he was getting up from the sofa and making his way quickly to the front door.
Dean was sprinting to the street where he'd been told Castiel was. He could see the ambulance coming into view and Cas was already piled onto a stretcher and being hooked up to an oxygen tank. He had a massive brace all around his head and he was covered in blood. Dean could feel the tears stinging his eyes as he arrived on the scene and was shouting Castiel's name.
The paramedics were pulling him into the ambulance now and Dean was trying to get in too. The paramedics were trying to push Dean back out telling him that only family could ride in the ambulance with the casualty. Dean was shouting at them.
"I'M HIS BEST FRIEND. I'M HIS ONLY FRIEND."
But they just wouldn't listen. He climbed in and grabbed onto Castiel's hand.
"I'm his boyfriend." He said through sobs that were threatening to tear him apart. They seemed to realise that he wasn't going to let go of Castiel's hand any time soon. They shut the back doors and then they were racing through the streets while Dean clutched Cas' hand and brought it to his lips saying, "Please, god, no." between the kisses that he planted on his knuckles.
So it's going somewhere in this chapter. I'm officially in my exam period now. I cannot guarantee any regular updates until after february but whenever I can't concentrate on studying, I'll be writing this or another fic. So they'll pop up when they pop up.
But I do apologise for the irregularity. I know how annoying it can be.
