The rain was pouring as Madison walked into his apartment.

He was exhausted after he pulled a twelve hour shift at the hospital and he wanted nothing more than to go to bed.

But of course, his phone just had to ring.

“I swear, if it’s the hospital...” he muttered to himself, he just wanted at least eight hours of sleep before he had to face the world again. He loved his job, he really did, but man was it exhausting.

Not even having the energy to be polite, he answered his phone with a harsh, “what do you want?”

The reply he got was not what he expected.

“Look, Michael you can’t ignore me forever, we have to work together next week and I’m not working with someone who’s giving me the silent treatment.”

Shocked by the voice at the other end of the line, Madison cleared his throat, “uh, what?”

“Michael, don’t play dumb with me, I said I was sorry. Can you just forgive me or whatever? I’ll pay you back, stop being dramatic.”

For some reason, this voice sounded so familiar to Madison, he’d heard this exact voice before, he just didn’t know who it was.

“Michael? Are you there? Please answer, I’m at a payphone and I have like ten minutes left on the dumb thing.”

This time, Madison decided to answer properly.

“Look man, I don’t know what you’re talking about, but I don’t know a Michael so I think you might have the wrong number.”

There was silence from both lines for a moment before the other person spoke up.

“O-oh, my bad man, I’m sorry. This might sound a little weird though, but I think we’ve met before.”

“You know what, I was just thinking-“

suddenly, as if a bombshell dropped in his brain, Madison realized that this person sounded a lot like...

“Wait a minute, are you Noah? Noah Con?

“Maddy?” Noah asked, a sense of awe in his voice. Madison knew that it couldn’t be anyone else but Noah on the other line since no one else called him Maddy besides Noah.

“Yea,” Madison answered, “wow, I haven’t spoken to you since...” he trailed off. Madison and Noah had been friends since they went to preschool together. That changed during their junior year of high school when Madison had started to have feelings for Noah. Madison got scared that Noah didn’t feel the same. But at that same time, Noah had been ignoring Madison anyway.

“Since junior year of high school, yea I know.” Noah said, “look I’m really sorry about-“

“Don’t be.” Madison interrupted, “it’s no one’s fault, we just grew apart I guess. I mean I guess I could blame myself since I cut you off after I discovered that I had feelings for you.”

“Wait, you- you liked me?”

Madison paled. Crap, he had said too much.

Madison quickly tried to fix the situation by saying, “I mean I guess I did, I don’t really anymore.” He tried to lie.

“You’ve always been a bad liar Maddie, you must know that by now.” Noah replied smoothly. Madison could feel Noah’s smirk on the other line.

Suddenly, the line cut off.

Madison had completely forgotten that Noah had been using a payphone.

Madison sighed, well, at least he wouldn’t have to explain his feelings to the person he had been crushing on since eighth grade.

Madison was just thinking of what to do next when he got a knock on his door.

Madison opened the door, and couldn’t help but laugh at the sight.

Outside Madison’s door was Noah. His dark brown hair pulled back into a small bun which was damp with the rain water.

Madison crossed his arms over his chest.

“Do I even want to know how you got here?” He asked.

Noah shrugged, “does it matter?” He asked, “after all, you’re the one who just confessed over the phone.”

Madison rolled his eyes,

“How did you manage to even find a payphone?” He asked.

Noah shrugged again, “as I said, does it matter? Now, are you going to let me in or not?”

Madison let Noah in as Noah asked, “have you really been crushing on me this entire time?” He asked, straightforward as he always was.

Madison blushed,

“I mean yeah, I just didn’t want to make things awkward between us.”

Noah leaned close to Madison.

“It wouldn’t be awkward if I felt the same way.”

Madison felt himself lean in, but he suddenly stopped,

“What about Michael? The guy you were trying to apologize to?” He asked.

“Oh, him?” Noah asked, “forget about him, we weren’t together anyway, I was trying to apologize to him after I stole twenty dollars from him I have yet to give back.”

Madison laughed again,

“Just kiss me, I’ve been waiting this long.” He said.

They pulled in for a kiss that tasted like rainwater and coffee.

Noah pulled back and licked his lips.

“Okay listen, if I’m going to be your boyfriend, we’re gonna have to find you a better coffee brand.”

Madison laughed,

“We can find me a better brand over a coffee date.” He suggested, winking.

“You read my mind Maddy, you read my mind.”

A/N: I really need to start following prompts correctly. Lol, but anyway, I hope you enjoyed!