Chapter 6: Popcorn

A month later...
Dean was just leaving his final class for the day. Benny had texted him to come over to his place after school, so they could goof off, watch movies, & lazy about. Just as Dean pulls out his mobile to read the time, he gets a text from Sam. Opening the text, he reads it.
"Hey, Dean, I'm heading over to Jessica's after school. Could you pick me up around 7? Sam"
"Sure thing, Sammy. Dean"
After sending the text, Dean checks the time. 3:15 pm. He still has a few more hours before he has to pick up his little brother. Just when he was about to shove mobile back into his pocket, he thinks of something funny instead. He starts typing another text to Sam, biting his lip to keep himself from laughing.
"Play safe, wear a condom. ;) Dean"
He shoves the mobile back into his pocket, then pulls out the keys to his impala & unlocks the driver's side. He didn't even notice someone walking up behind him.
"Hello, Dean.", Came a familiar voice from behind him. Dean quickly turns around in a flash, a little startled. "Jesus, Cas, you scared me."
"I apologize. I never meant to frightened you.", Castiel says, feeling a little embarrassed He can feel a blush crawling up his face. Dean notices, & decides he doesn't want to make the dark-haired teen feel any worse about it.
"Its cool. Could be worse. Benny would purposely try to make me shit my own trousers.", Dean smiles trying his best to make Castiel feel better. Castiel only nods, he didn't really say anything after that. That's when Dean's mobile vibrates, letting him he has a new text. He reaches in his pocket & pulls it out reading the text. Castiel looks at the little device in Dean's hand, looking at it as if he had never seen a mobile before.
"Gross, Dean. Sam"
Dean chuckles, then puts his mobile back into his pocket. He looks at the dark-haired teen in front of him. "So, I'm heading over to Benny's after school. We're just going to be watching movies, doing bro stuff. You wanna tag along?", Dean asks Castiel. Castiel shyly nods in reply to Dean. Though him & Dean have been friends for a month, Castiel still acts a little shy around Dean. Well, he acts shy around anyone except Pan, but that's probably because Pan has known him since they were children. As Castiel walks to the other side of Dean's car, onto the passenger side, Dean hops into the driver side, then leans over & unlocks the passenger door for Castiel. Castiel hops in, placing his books onto his lap, & strapping himself in securely. Dean buckles in, then starts his car & pulls out of the parking lot & drives off.
Within 20 minutes, they pull up in front of Benny's. When Dean turns off his car, both him & Castiel get out & head for the front door. Benny must of heard Dean pull up, because just when they reached the welcome mat, the front door opens with Benny stepping out to give Dean a hug in his bare feet.
"Hey, Dean. Glad you could make it.", He says as him & Dean break apart. Benny sees Castiel & gives him a hug. "Hey, hotwings. Didn't expect to see you here."
"Its no problem, is it?", Castiel asked, feeling as if he had come uninvited it. Its not that Castiel's never been at Benny's place, its just he never knows if he's invited or not, but you think he would know by now seeing how Benny never seems to have a problem with the little dark-haired teen being over. "Cas, have I ever had a problem with you coming here before?"
"Well, no-"
"Then, its no problem!", Benny & Dean chuckles, Castiel just smiles. Benny releases Castiel from his hugging embrace, then leads the two inside shutting the door behind them. "You guys thirsty, hungry?", Benny asks standing near the doorway to the kitchen. "Sure, I'll have a soda. Coke if you have any.", Dean says as he heads to the living room. "Castiel?", Benny asks looking at the shy teen. Castiel nods. "A soda would be nice." "Coming right up!", Benny disappears into the kitchen, leaving his friends for a bit to get their drinks. Castiel joins Dean into the living room. He sees the dirty-blonde slumped on the giant green sofa. Dean looks up at him. "Want to sit next to me, Cas?" Castiel shrugs, so Dean sits up & scoots over making room for his friend. Castiel carefully takes a seat next to Dean, leaving only a foot in a half of space between them. Not long after, Benny arrives in the living room. He hands them their drinks, then he walks over to the rack of movies. "Have anything scary?", Dean asks as he opens the can of Pepsi. Benny can hear the fizz in the background. "I still have that collection of Hellraiser we said we would watch someday?", Benny says. More suggesting. "Sounds good." Dean lifts the can up to his lips & takes a quick sip. He can feel the cold beverage running down his throat. When he removes the can fro his lips, he looks as Castiel. "I'm going to guess you haven't heard of Hellraiser." Castiel's heard of it, his father wouldn't let him watch it, because he believed it would corrupt Castiel, or give him nightmares. He's heard its really gory, full of people getting tortured, hooks connected to chains digging in human flesh pulling their limbs apart. Just hearing one of his older brothers, Gabriel talk about it, purposely trying to give Castiel nightmares, but also trying to give Castiel a little taste of what life could be like if he wouldn't listen to everything his father tells him. Castiel starts to feel the fear returning, but he shakes his head in reply not wanting to ruin Benny or Dean's good time. Besides, Benny said that him & Dean were suppose to watch them all, & now felt like the best time for them.
Dean smiles, then looks over at Benny. "Pop one in, man!", Dean cheers, then looks back at Castiel. He can read the slight fear on Castiel's face, but he can also read that Castiel is trying his best to hide it. Benny turns on the telly, then starts placing the first movie of Hellraiser in the DVD. Yeah, he still has one of those. Feeling concerned, Dean quietly asks Castiel," Hey, you going to be okay watching these? They are pretty gory, not sure if you like that kind of stuff."
Castiel just gives Dean a week smile, trying his best not to come off scared, but he knows himself that's he failing. "I'll be fine, Dean. This is actually a good chance for me to see my first horror film."
Well, not his first one, but one that most people would consider somewhat scary. The first horror flick he saw was The Last Man On Earth with Vincent Prince, but to most people these days, that's not really scary that would make you wet yourself.
"Alright. Here.." Dean scoots a little closer to Castiel, now leaving a couple of inches between them. Castiel feels his stomach flutter from the closeness of Dean. "There. So, if you ever get scared you can just use me to hide your eyes." Dean offers in which Castiel smiles to him. "Thank you, Dean."
Once the movie starts playing, Benny runs to the kitchen. "Where you going, you're going to miss the beginning of the movie?"
"Going to make some popcorn. I've already seen this movie like four times, I know what happens."
Dean just shrugs, then focuses back on the movie. A man is sitting in the middle of an empty room, surrounded by candles. Sweat covering all his body, as he sits there with a cube puzzle box in his hands. He starts to trace some of the designs on it, causing the puzzle to move. The walls of the room start glow through the cracks, but this doesn't stop the man from messing with the small box. He traces it a little more, then all of a sudden chains with hooks fly out & latch onto his skin, tearing his flesh apart. The man screams in pain as he feels the chains pull. Castiel couldn't watch, it became too much. He quickly pulls his knees up to his chest, then leans into Deans shoulder, trying his best to hide his eyes away from the screen. Dean looks down at the scared teen. He feels a little guilty & sorry, but he can't help to notice how cute Castiel looks. It takes him back to when him & Sam stayed up all night just to watch Child's Play. A horror movie about a doll being possessed by a murderer who wants to switch bodies with a little boy. Sam had reacted the same way Castiel is now, except, Sam wasn't the only one who was scared when they first watched it.
Dean looks back at the movie, now showing walking around the same home the man from the beginning who had his skin ripped to shreds was in.
"Its alright, Cas, its pasted.", Dean says to comfort his friend. Castiel risks peeking an eye, making sure Dean wasn't messing with him. He couldn't hear the man screaming anymore, & its not like Dean would trick Castiel about something such as this, but he still felt the need to make sure there was no sign of the man & the chains. Coming from his hiding place on Dean's shoulder, Castiel focuses on the telly once again, but he hasn't moved from leaning on Dean.
Within a few more minutes into the movie, Benny retreats back into the living room with two big bowls full of popcorn. He hands Dean a bowl, then takes a seat on the arm-chair closet to the telly. The boys begin digging into the popcorn, all except for Castiel who was hiding his face from, yet, another scary scene. The husband has hurt his hand badly on a nail that was sticking out when he & two other men were trying to take a mattress upstairs. The nail had cut him pretty deep & he was bleeding heavily, so he walks up to his wife for help. Castiel has never been a fan of blood. Risking to take another peek, Dean notices. "Look away, Cas, its not over, yet.", he whispers close to his friend's ear. Castiel nods, & hides into Dean's shoulder again. Dean could feel Castiel trembling again his arm. Looking down at Castiel, he offers his some popcorn holding the bowl up to the frightened guy. Castiel peeks at the bowl. Slowly, he reaches his hand in & picks one & brings it up to his mouth. Dean watches as Castiel brings the piece of popcorn up to his lips, trapping it between them. Castiel looks up at Dean. Their eyes lock, not even the scream of the man coming back to life from the husband's blood.
Dean barely notices himself leaning closer to Castiel, their faces just an inch apart, eyes half lidded. Castiel could feel the breath of Dean against his face. Leaning further, Dean takes the piece of popcorn from Castiel's mouth, & kisses him. Their eyes close, their mouth dance, Dean uses his tongue to pry Castiel's mouth open. Castiel complies, allowing Dean's tongue to pass through Castiel's pale lips. That's when Benny breaks the magical moment.
"These people are so fucking oblivious.", Benny says to Dean & Castiel, without removing his eyes from the screne, causing Dean & Castiel to break apart. Both their faces covered in red. Dean was disappointed that Benny had interrupted their moment, but he knew well that Benny never meant to. Castiel hugs his knees closer to his chest, trying his best to hide the blush on his face.

I know its a tease, but there will be more. I hope this will please you all till more to come. Next chapter there will be more kisses, I may even throw in a making out scene & Castiel finds out what happen to Dean & Sam's leave a comment on what you think thus far.