I decided to turn this into a series of oneshots! I hope that's a good thing. I don't know exactly when it'll be complete. I guess whenever I run out of ideas. So, here goes nothing!
Cody was lying in the Gopher cabin, on his bunk on top of Noah's. It was two twenty-eight in the morning. He could not sleep. Cody felt like such an insomniac at this moment. He was bored. He wanted to play a game. Cody hopped down from his bunk.
"Noah," he said, shaking the know-it-all gently. Noah stirred in his sleep. "Noah, wake up."
"What?" Noah hissed, irritated at being woken up. He glanced at the watch he had brought from home. "It is two thirty in the morning, and you have woken me up."
"I'm bored," Cody said. Okay, maybe Noah wasn't the best person to wake up at this hour, but he was Cody's friend and would have to tolerate him.
"What do you expect me to do about that?" Noah spat, glaring at Cody. Wow, he was not a morning person.
"Let's play Hangman," Cody chimed happily.
"No."
"Please?"
"No."
"Noah!"
"Okay, fine!" Noah gave in, throwing his hands in the air melodramatically, only to snap them back once they hit the bottom of Cody's bunk. "But, I make the word."
"Okay," Cody said, perking up.
They got a pad and paper and Noah drew the regular starting position of hangman. Then he started to draw the lines symbolizing the letters. Four lines, space, five lines, space, four lines. Cody was awesome a this game. You just have to guess vowels first.
"Okay, go," Noah said in his usual bored voice.
"E," Cody said rather smugly. Noah drew one E.
There was a blank four-letter line. After that it looked like this-
_ _ _ E _
Then, there was another blank four-letter line.
"A," Cody said again. He saw Noah write one A. "I'm so going to win. I'm awesome at this game."
"Yeah, what-ever, honey," Noah said, rolling his eyes. He was supposed to have the ego between the two of them.
_ _ A _
_ _ _ E _
The second blank four-letter line was still there.
"Y," Cody guessed. Noah glared and wrote a Y.
_ _ A _
_ _ _ E _
_ _ _ Y
"Cheater," he mumbled. Cody gave him a quizzical look. How could he possibly cheat? "Who the hell would choose Y?"
"Someone who is beating you," Cody said. Okay, now he was trying to make Noah mad. Noah was so cute when he was mad. Wait a minute, what?
"Cody, have you ever thought that I'm letting you win because, if I didn't, you would ask for a rematch?" Noah said, smirking. "After all, I can think of words you would never be able to win with.
"M," Cody said, ignoring the comment. Noah's smirk grew larger, though, because Cody's eye twitch slightly, signaling that Noah's comment annoyed him. Noah drew the head of the crude stick figure.
Cody frowned. "U?" he asked cautiously, trying another vowel. Noah drew a line, the body of the figure. The tables had turned. Now, Cody was getting slightly irritated.
"Boy, I'm tired," Cody said, faking a yawn. "We should get to bed."
"All right, if you're afraid of losing," Noah said. It was his turn to be smug. Cody froze, and sat back down. Something about Noah made him want to stay. Cody wasn't competitive, but he liked spending time with Noah. He knew he didn't have many friends on the island.
"R?" Cody said, unsure of himself. Noah drew the arm. Three more guesses. "O?"
Noah scowled and drew two O's. Cody was back in business.
_ O A _
_ _ _ E _
_ O _ Y
"N," Cody said, smiling his adorable gap-toothed smile. Noah blushed lightly, though Cody didn't noticed. Cody had such an adorable smile.
N O A _
_ _ _ E _
_ O _ Y
"The first word is 'Noah,'" Cody remarked, watching Noah put an H, finishing his name. "I."
N O A H
_ I _ E _
_ O _ Y
"J," said Cody, then he huffed as Noah made the other arm.
"Come on, Cody, it isn't that hard," Noah teased, smiling. It wasn't his usual smirk, it was a real smile.
"S," Cody said, trying not to blush.
N O A H
_ I _ E S
_ O _ Y
"Cheater," Noah mumbled again.
"How am I cheating?" Cody questioned.
"I don't know," said Noah. "But, you are."
"Gasp! Noah-It-All doesn't know something," Cody said in mock shock.
"Noah-It-All? Wow, like I haven't heard that one before," said Noah, rolling his eyes. He had eight siblings. Dumb as they all were, one of them had to figure it out sometime.
"Whatever! K," Cody said, smiling fondly at Noah. Noah drew a K.
N O A H
_ I K E S
_ O _ Y
"'Likes' is the second word," Cody said.
N O A H
L I K E S
_ O _ Y
Looking at the remainder of spaces still open, it had to be Cody. The tech-geek held back a gasp. Noah liked him? Noah was gay? Okay, Cody had his suspicions, but he didn't think about it a lot. Since Noah had the guts to admit it like this, Cody would give him a show. After all, he'd considered maybe having feelings for Noah, too. He guessed that the happy sensation in his stomach confirmed that he did in fact have feelings for the bookworm.
"X," Cody smirked.
"Are you kidding?" Noah asked, blinking in surprise. He knew that Cody knew the truth now. Why wouldn't he just say it? Noah drew a leg.
"Z?" Cody said again, doing his best to fake confusion. Noah drew another leg. The last leg.
"Okay, Cody. I am going to give you a chance to guess the whole phrase. Can you do that?" Noah asked. He wanted his torture to end. He was trying to tell Cody how he felt in a different way. Why wasn't Cody trying to help him? Cody nodded, and Noah held his breath, as Cody leaned in, the tips of their noses touching.
"Noah likes Cody," Cody said after an agonizing pause, closing the distance between their mouths more with every word. Then, he gently pressed his lips to Noah's for about thirty seconds. Then, he pulled away.
"Thank you!" Noah exclaimed joyfully, careful not to wake anyone else up. He scribbled down the last two letters.
N O A H
L I K E S
C O D Y
Noah pressed his lips to Cody's again.
It wasn't gentle like Cody's was. It was kind of rushed, as if Noah had been holding back endless want, which he had. Cody let Noah's tongue explore his mouth. As they played tonsil hockey, a certain crazy girl got out her camera and clicked a picture. It turns out the flash was on, startling them both.
The other cabin mates stirred, but didn't wake up. Noah, who had found himself on top of Cody, pulled away to stare at the crazy redhead. Cody looked with him. Both were blushing madly.
"I knew you two would get together!" said Izzy, a demented smile growing on her face. "These photos are so going on the Internet!"
There you have it! I'll try to update, but I'm busy. And I have five brothers who'll tell my mom that I'm writing slash (okay, only three of them still live at home, but the other two visit frequently)! Poor me, the only girl. I don't like this one as much as the first chapter...
Sorry in the beginning with Cody's first two guesses. The computer wouldn't let me put a line with just _'s.
Can't wait for the second episode of TDWT tonight ("Come Fly With Us" is still in my head) I love Noah this season!
