Clinton and Cain stood behind the Theler estate, in the large field with grass that came up to their knees─ well Cains knees and more like Clinton's shins. It was hot enough for both of the boys to have a slight sunburn across their faces even though the sun was slowly starting to come down. Cain was trying to convince the oldest Surian of something, crossing his arms across his chest like a toddler .
“Come on. Don’t tell me that out of all things you’ll do on a whim, that you won’t do this.”
“Have you met your father? I’m sure I’m on his shit list already.”
“Nonsense. Plus, he’s not even here. He won’t find out.”
“He will.”
“So what! We both know that he will blame it all on me like he always does.
Clinton glared at Cain, but soon his face softened up.
“Fine. I swear to god though if he finds out and blames me─ I’m gonna cut the brakes in your truck.”
“You’re so mean sometimes, damn.”
The walked through the grass and the few wild flowers till they got to the back door which was conveniently unlocked. The taller boy followed stepping inside carefully. He still didn’t feel like he was allowed or belonged in this house at all, even though Cain's mother told him a million times that he could just walk through the front door at anytime.
“Where are they at anyway?”
Cain fiddled with some kind of keypad next to a door in the kitchen that Clinton couldn’t even remember it being there before, but he guessed that was probably the point of it.
“Mom and dad are seeing my crazy aunt—”
Clint laughed a bit. “The one with all the lizards?”
“You know it.” Cain said, still focused on the keypad. “And Abel is with his eight girlfriends up in the Hamptons for at least a month for summer break. What a jerk off.”
Before the two could start talking about what an ass Cains older brother was, the door beeped and opened up just an inch.
“Voila” Cain said with a smile smacked across his face as he motioned Clinton to go through the door.
There was dim lights lining the stair case, barely enough for him to see where he was walking but he went down without much hesitation. It seemed like they had been walking for 2 minutes, by the time he noticed that it was getting colder and colder. Once they got to the base of the stairs, Cain came up behind him and shoved him to the side into the dark to get to a switch on the wall. He flipped it and light illuminated throughout the cellar.
Cain laugh.“You are now the fourth person ever to see this this room— let my dad think only two people have ever been down here”
The walls were covered wall to wall with rack of wine and other alcohol that Clinton couldn’t really tell what it was.
“I was scared when you made me walk down first that you were gonna lock me in some kind of sex dungeon.”
“You wish.”
“It’s okay Dahmer, this makes up for the creepy stairs.”
Cain walked more towards the middle of the room and started talking with his hands flinging around, as per usual.
“Okay so I’m thinking we take a total of 4 bottles? Any more than that and I’m pretty sure someone would notice.” Before he could even finish his sentence, Clint was already digging around to find his bottles.
“I know it’s not moonshine, but this will work─ right?”
“Will it get us drunk?”
“......yes?”
Clinton laughed. “Then it will work.”
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They decided that drinking on the porch would be the perfect spot, it was warm but now the sun was going to be gone soon. The sat on the wooden stairs, nats floating around their heads. Cain started attempting to use the corkscrew, his father made the weird contraption look so simple but he was learning real fast that maybe it wasn’t.
“Uh, you having an issue there?”
“No! I’ve got it!”
Cain struggled for a few more second before going limp and passing it over to Clint. When he grabbed the bottle he used his other hand to dig in his back pocket, revealing a large swiss army knife.. He flipped open a small corkscrew and pushed it into the top of the bottle, and with a thump the cork came out.
“Oh shit I should get some glasses—”
“Seriously? I don’t think it’s that big of a deal if we just drink out of the bottle.”
“I guess you’re right there are worst things.”
“Well, I don’t know maybe I don't want some rich kids spit near me.”
“I don’t know about that.”
Clinton looked over at Cain with a confused face. “Really?”
“I mean if I kissed you, I don’t think you’d complain about rich kid spit.”
With that being said, Clint quickly looked away and took a chug of the expensive red wine so he couldn’t talk.
They had been there for 3 hours and they were able to get through two bottle, they were finally on the third though it looked like Cain was about to tap out. Cains head was leaning against into the other boys shoulder, but was somehow still swaying.
“I gotta admit something.”
“Oh god what.” Cain had no idea what he was going to say, but that is never a good way to begin a conversation.
“I…. hate wine like this is disgusting.”
The youngest started laughing into the others shoulder, almost laughing too hard. Maybe, he was a bit more drunk than he thought he was.
“What’s so goddamn funny?”
“I’ve been waiting for you to say that for hours because i’ve been thinking the same thing. It tastes like shitty fruit juice. Which is sad because I think this one bottle is as much as a year of private schooling.”
“You people have shit taste— do you want to go to my house and find some moonshine?”