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Everything had settled down for the rest of the day. The dormitory rooms leaked out different sources of chatter or music that shouldn’t even be playing at this time; classes were over. Students were either (trying) to get some sleep in, out and about, out partying..- Honestly, you could also assume doing something worse than that, but hey, we’re still young. Let’s live a little!
And what’s a better time to do that than tonight.
Noli was currently hanging out in his- or well, pretty much just his friend’s dorm room, 007n7. Since he was practically summoned here by the guy and decided to stay in his single dorm by himself without anyone else knowing. He was sitting on their slightly ripped up (007n7’s fault) couch, while catching up on some reading he had meant to do days ago before the exploiter decided to use Noli’s abilities to preform a ‘new plan’ he had in mind.
It ended up attracting Doombringer and a lot more admins, so that whole exaggerated plan was a total bust.
He was enjoying the quietness he provided for himself with the help of a simple soundproof boundary he performed on himself, instead of having to listen to pointless banter and annoying music played by someone who obviously has no taste. Until a certain somebody’s presence got his attention, bringing his focus towards the front door.
007n7 pushed the door open dramatically like he forgot something in his room, which didn’t seem like the case once Noli found the malicious exploiter grinning wickedly with those sharp fangs poking out.
“Noooolllliiii!!! I got a surpriseee for youuuu…” 007 made sure to express his earlier dramaticness through his words.
He ran over to the couch and plopped right next to Noli, almost making him fall off in the mix.
“What’s the meaning of this? You’re all worked up during such late hours.” He sighed, bringing a bookmark up to the page he was last reading, and closed it. There’s always next time..
The other man’s tail couldn’t suppress its excitement any longer. It wagged ecstatically, smacking all across the couch and the cushions. “You’re never gonna believe it! I was so fucking lucky to grab these, holy shit-“ He was practically bouncing off the couch out of pure excitement! His hands came from behind his back, popping right up to Noli’s confused demeanor.
“I got us tickets to see Bloxehal! Okay- I’ll say this first though.. I’m not the biggest fan of this type of metal, but it’ll be fun! I think you’ll like it too-“ He was abruptly cut off by the sound of a ‘shhh’, followed by a finger pressing up to his lips.
“Mortal. Calm yourself.”
007n7 nodded slowly while his tail was still flipping around crazily. He was grinning ear to ear.
Noli sighed, moving his finger away.
“I don’t understand what you’re talking about. Explain slower.” 007n7 took a deep breath in, thennn outtt-
“Okay, so basically. Bloxehal is this reallyreallyREALLY cool black metal band that- neveractuallypreformshere- and I got US tickets to see them tonight!!”
…
The other was silent while trying to understand what this hyper devil was talking about. Noli was aware of what concerts were, yes, but not being familiar with certain ‘genres’. What is ‘metal’? Or ‘black metal’- he’s utterly clueless.
But it seems better than choosing to stay here all night. Maybe he could give it a try?
Noli cleared his throat.
“I’ll be honest with you.. I have no idea what you’re talking about. But I wish to try and indulge in this.. ‘black metal’ concert. With you.”
007n7 trilled at hearing his response. He handed Noli his ticket and was quick to get up, rushing over to his closet. His hands were fast, gliding through each shirt to find the perfect one for this concert- a special one his friend gets to experience for the first time!
He found a band shirt he loved wearing and decided ‘this is the one’.
“Change into something cool dude! It’s your first concert after all.”
007n7 was already presented in front of him with his favorite band shirt on with thrifted baggy blue jeans and a spiked bracelet.
This made Noli grow curious.. what should he be wearing to an event like this?
He glanced over at 007n7’s wardrobe while taking as much inspiration as he could from his choice of style. His void star shone bright- that same brightness now covering his body.
007n7 stared in awe at what he was witnessing.
After a couple of seconds, Noli was ready.
He wore a 2-layered shirt that was slightly cropped, with one layer slightly torn on the hem. A black leather jacket, black baggy jeans, and a pair of boots.
Oh Telamon did he look good.
Okay, that’s besides the point- they got a concert to be at! They further discussed the plan while 007n7 tried his hardest not to stare too much at his stylized deity friend.
Once they were in the car, everything was set in sail.
The night is ours!
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007n7 and Noli arrived there 30 minutes earlier so they could find some parking and grab something to eat before the big show. The place was an old-looking bar that seemed pretty small from the outside, which is to be expected since the band isn’t that well-known. They were currently sitting at the bar together, drinking beer while they waited for the first lineup to perform.
Noli looked around the place, noticing all the different types of people and how they were dressed. People were wearing while and black paint on their faces with spikes on their bracelets, accompanied by some hairstyles he hadn’t seen before.
He needs to get out more.
Looking next to him he found a very excited 007n7 with that tail making the same crazed movements it was doing earlier. The exploiter was grinning while staring over at the stage, taking quick sips out of his beer bottle.
He noticed Noli looking at him from the corner of his eye. His gaze sat on him with that same grin never faltering.
“Aren’t you excited?! This is going to be fucking awesome!!” The devil cheered, raising his beer bottle in the air. This concert must be really special to him, huh..
Noli could only shrug, taking a sip out of his own bottle. “I’m not sure what I’m supposed to be expecting. I guess it’ll be loud, so not much.”
“Ohhh come onnn, Nols! You need to learn to live a little and stop being so.. Y’Know.. all cooped up and shit!” He nudged his shoulder playfully before getting up from his seat, wrapping his arm around Noli’s. “Here- let’s go find a good spot at the front so you can have the full experience.”
Even with how doubtful he felt about liking this, he didn’t want to waste his friend’s efforts. So he followed along behind him.
Once they found a spot that was perfectly picked out by the one and only, time was at the essence- and before they knew it, the show was starting!
007n7 was the first to catch on, already yelling out and moving his arms around frantically. The only thing Noli could do was just stand there and look around the stage.
Everyone else around him was cheering and screaming at the top of their lungs- were they really this good?
His attention was turned right to the vocalist. They were chanting about something- but what really caught him off guard was the instrumental.
The guitarist was shredding the guitar like crazy, sounding out the entire outside surroundings that Noli had leftover. Drums were blasting like wildfire, and the bassist was going just as crazy too.
Lights were shooting out from different directions, and everyone went ballistic. People around him started matching the same energy as the band, moshing and pushing each other around in a circle. The shorter demon beside him was doing the same; jumping up and down, screaming constantly, and shaking his long hair around.
This..
…
This was amazing!
He’s never experienced anything like this in his life, and he loved it! Never had he thought he’d enjoy something so loud, something that was blaring into his ears- but Telamon was he having fun!
His arm found its way back around 007n7’s, and he started matching his friend’s movements.
Noli started jumping with him, shaking his dreadlocks around while laughing. 007n7 noticed this and joined in on the laughter.
The mosh pit got closer to them, so they decided to join it. Noli was pushing his friend around while he couldn’t stop himself from laughing. He’s never laughed so much in his life before, nor have this much fun. Everything around him was so exciting, so new..
He didn’t want this night to end.
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Everything has to come to an end at some point though.
Just like the music died down, so did everyone else as they exited the small bar while heading back to their cars. But like some people, this didn’t apply to 007n7 or Noli. They couldn’t get enough of it!
The two of them were holding hands while talking about the crazy stuff that happened during the concert. “Did you see the guy carrying the other dude over his shoulders?! That was fucking crazy!!!” He exclaimed, moving his hands around to express how amazed he felt.
Noli nodded frantically, gripping his hand tighter. “Yeah- yeah, I did! It was unbelievable how crazy you mortals can be. And.. and..” They stopped by the side of the car for a moment.
“The music.. it was so loud- but it was so thrilling! I couldn’t look away from everything.. all the instruments bashing together like that sounded like something I’ve never heard before! It was spectacular!..”
As Noli went on and on about his own experience from the concert, 007n7 found himself in a daze by how happy Noli was.
It’s been months now since the exploiter decided to summon this deity in hopes of surpassing his exploiting career- surpassing others who deemed stronger; better than him even.
In this moment, he wasn’t focused on that.
Not now.
He never experienced this feeling before, but he didn’t want it to stop. He wants to feel this forever, to cherish it. Hold onto it as strongly as he possibly can.
007n7 wants to see Noli this happy again.