high society !

the boys celebrate halloween and rex fuckking dies

the boys loved halloween; they’d been looking forward to it since school started. the cool weather, the halloween costumes, all of the fun activities. it was one of the best times of the year.
every halloween, the ballstown farm held a huge halloween celebration; complete with food trucks, a petting zoo, games, a hay ride, a pumpkin patch, and a haunted corn maze; of course the boys had to go.
they met up at mitch’s house at 6:30, dressed in their halloween costumes.
d-ray was dressed up as jason voorhees, with a brown jacket and a ski mask splattered with red paint. mitch was basically just wearing his usual red flannel and jeans, though he’d added a ten-gallon hat and a large belt buckle, claiming to be dressed as a cowboy. rex was a ghost, his costume consisting of nothing but a white sheet with holes cut out for his eyes. it was too short for his tall and lanky frame and she sheet ended just below his knees.
zee, hadn’t quite understood the plan for costumes.
his costume would’ve made a lot more sense and been less embarrassing had the rest of the group stuck to his idea. but because nobody else had decided to dress up as the scooby gang, zee, was standing out awkwardly in his orange sweater, red skirt, thick rimmed glasses, and tights.
d-ray had certainly had a mighty laugh at the sight of zee’s outfit.
they got into mitch’s old red car, and made their way to the farm.
the four bought their tickets at the entrance; the “ballstown fair fright night package”, which included a hay ride through the pumpkin patch, free apple cider, and a token to go through the haunted maze.
they decided to get their drinks first, since the line was short.
the cider tasted fantastic; it was hot and sweet, served in those styrofoam cups that always felt so good to chew on. the boys sat at a wooden picnic table as they drank their cider.
once they’d had their fill, the four decided to go check out the animals in the petting zoo. there were goats and chickens, sheep, donkeys, and even a couple of fat pink pigs.
zee grinned with boyish entertainment as he watched a sheep, lazily chewing its cud. next to him stood rex, who was trying to pull his ghost sheet away from a goat that was trying to eat it, eventually succeeding with a large rip in the bottom of it. mitch was scratching one of the friendly pigs behind the ears, and it seemed to be enjoying it, and d-ray stood there admiring a large, red rooster.
“look at this, guys.” he pointed at the angry looking creature.
“he’s so cool.” remarked the curly haired blonde.
“if i was animal i’d be one of those.” d-ray grinned his broken-toothed grin. “mean as hell, but also cool.”
“i think i’d be a bear. bears are neat.” mitch added. “and zee…hmm… a small owl, maybe? he kinda has the looks of one.”
“rex would be a giraffe, he’s tall as hell.”
“real.”
eventually, the sun had started to go down and the wind started blowing; it was a little bit chilly.
“lets go on our hay ride.” mitch suggested. “before it gets too dark.”
the rushed to the gate where the ride started; luckily there wasn’t a long line and the tractor had just pulled in. it was being driven by w old man with a straw hat and denim overalls. he had a sprig of wheat between his teeth, and a coarse white beard. he tipped his hat at mitch, admiring his quickly thrown together cowboy outfit.
the four of them boarded the trailer, and took a seat on one of the hay bales.
immediately after they sat down, rex began to itch at his hands.
“are you good, man?” zee spoke up when he noticed. rex shrugged his thin shoulders.
“allergies.” he explained briefly, before he was cut off by a sudden sneeze. he brought his arm up to cover his face, but it made no difference, as he sneezed directly into his ghost sheet.
“aw, buddy!” laughed d-ray, patting his friend on the back. he felt a little bad, but it was also kind of funny. the sweet moment was short lived as they hit a harsh bump and seemed to jump from their seats.
“my bad!” the farmer called from the seat of the tractor. immediately afterwards he hit another bump.
after several minutes of bumps and potholes and rex’s constant sniffling, they were eventually brought back to the place they’d started. by now the sky had gotten mostly dark.
they stepped off the trailer and thanked the driver.
“that was fun.” zee giggled.
mitch was looking at rex, concerned.
“are you gonna be okay?” he asked.
“you’re itchin’ pretty bad and i don’t think i’d ever heard someone sneeze seven times in a row. are you sure your throat’s not gonna close up or anything?”
“i’ll be fine, bro.” he said with a cough.
“if i stop breathing or anything though, d-ray probably knows cpr.”
“nope! no way! i would rather burn my arms with cigarettes than have to put my mouth anywhere near rex’s mouth.”
“gee d-ray, no need to be mean—“ zee spoke up.
“shut up, how about you do it? you fuckkin like men, don’t you?”
“you literally listen to the kinks—“
“fuckkin ki—“ began d-ray, but mitch quickly punched him in the arm, interrupting him mid sentence.”
“ooh, right. on that note—“ before d-ray could finish, rex had started hacking up a lung again. once he’d finished, the brunette continued.
“on that note, lets go check out the haunted maze.”
they entered the maze, mitch and d-ray leading the group while rex and zee followed behind them. it was silent aside from the footsteps. when somebody stepped on a twig, d-ray heard the two behind them tense and gasp. he chuckled.
“what? are velma and ghost boy scared?” he teased.
“is velma gonna cry? is ghost boy gonna pee his pants? i mean, hey, it helps jellyfish stings, maybe if you pee your pants it’ll help with your weird ass hay fever rash you got goin on, bud. does that work like that?”
“you’re a dick.” mitch laughed.
“aww! woody must be scared too. snake in your boot, bud?”
the two behind them laughed a little at that; d-ray’s teasing always seemed to lighten the mood, as mean as he could be.
suddenly a man in a scary clown mask jumped out from around the corner. d-ray let out a girlish shriek, leaping comically high. rex reached out his arms to try to catch him, but between the restrictive sheet costume and rex’s lanky build, they tumbled to the ground.
the brunette landed awkwardly atop the blonde, with zee and mitch laughing hysterically at the situation. d-ray and rex looked shocked for a moment, but then they laughed too.
d-ray helped his friend to his feet and they dusted themselves off, before the group ventured further into the corn maze. the first half of the maze was the same kind of thing; people in masks and sfx makeup popping up around corners, creepy sound effects and the occasional hand, popping out from the bottom of the corn, tickling legs and grabbing at ankles. the boys shouted and hollered, but it wasn’t until the second half that things really turned it up a notch.
it started with a long squeeze room, a pitch black tunnel lined with pillows that one had to force themself through in a single file line. the boys griped and complained as they made their way through, trying to go as quickly as possible.
rex was in the back of the line; he could handle gory makeup and jump scares, but this was not his idea of a fun time. he felt his chest tighten up the further in they went. it was scary, feeling the walls around , not being able to see anything. finally, after the longest 30 seconds of his life, the tunnel opened up to hallway of colorful lights, and bright psychedelic paintings on the walls that seemed to move when you looked around.
“this room would be cooler if we were really high.” d-ray piped up. mitch and zee nodded in agreement, while rex remained silent, still shaken from the claustrophobia he’d experienced. it didn’t help that the bright lights hurt his eyes and the neon colors that seemed to swirl and dance on the wall made him feel a little nauseous.
“hey rex, you all good?” mitch asked him.
“d-ray was talking about drugs and you didn’t say anything funny, thats not like you.”
“sorry, i didn’t hear. im all good.” he forced a smile.
“okay, just wanted to make sure!”
after they’d left that room, there was one final section of the maze; an old broken down school bus in the middle of an open field. inside the bus were strobe lights and a fog machine. d-ray grinned with excitement at the sight; it was like something out of a tv show.
he excitedly ran towards the door on the back of the bus.
once he was inside, the other boys heard the sound of a chainsaw, followed by a shrill cry of “OH SHIT!” and then footsteps running.
they’d nearly forgotten about the chainsaw men! they were like a tradition at the ballstown haunted maze. zee and mitch excitedly ran towards the bus. rex hesitated.
“here goes nothing.” he thought to himself, plugging his ears and slowly walking towards the bus.
the moment he stepped inside it was like his heart had stopped. he couldn’t see a thing through the fog and the flashing bright lights weren’t helping any. the smell of gasoline was overpowering and even with his fingers in his ears, the chainsaws were loud.
rex let out a yell that only encouraged the actors to pursue him further. they chased him through the bus, prodding at his ankles with the bar of the saw. with the chain taken off, it couldn’t hurt him, but rex panicked all the same.
he ran for hid life through the bus and down the steps, though at the bottom of the little metal staircase he lost his footing. his ankle twisted at an odd angle and he fell to the ground with a thud.
he had to lie there for a moment to compose himself. he could feel his heart pounding in his chest, almost painfully. there was a metallic taste in his mouth. he must have bitten his lip when he fell down. he felt sick and short of breath from running and panic.
in this time, his friends had arrived at his side and the actor who’d been chasing him had taken off his mask off and stood by his side. d-ray gasped. he fell to his knees next to rex, as if inspecting him to make sure he was okay.
“oh my god! is his throat closing up?!” he cried. “do we need to call an ambulance, rex you idiot, why didn’t you tell us you’re allergic to hay?! don’t die, man!” he grabbed his bony and comically long-fingered hand and gave it a squeeze.
“he’s fine, d, relax man!” zee knelt down as well.
“hey rex. deep breaths, man.” he put his hand on the taller boy’s shoulder.
“you’re okay. look at me.”
the blonde finally managed to roll over into a sitting position. still trying to catch his breath, he wheezed out.
“can we go back to the car?”
mitch and d-ray helped rex to his feet, helped him out of the now dirty white sheet costume, and let him wrap his arms around their shoulders so he didn’t have to put weight on his foot.
they got back out to the car and eased the taller man into the backseat. he sat in silence for a moment.
“is everything okay?” mitch asked with genuine concern.
“it is now.”
mitch nodded and pulled the car out of the driveway.
“well, that was a night.” d-ray announced.
“you really had me fooled there, rex man. thought i was gonna have to give you cpr or something.” he joked around, trying to make light of everything that’d happened. the rest of them just sat in silence.
“i mean that wouldn’t be gay right? its not gay to give your homies mouth to mouth is it? i don’t think it would be since it’s a life or death situation plus if i did i could’ve said no homo and—“
“d-ray, can you shut the hell up”