Cleaning Up The Mess We Made (Love Victor Fanfiction)

Chapter Two

The next day, Victor woke up to find out it was already twelve o'clock p.m. He checked his phone to find he had two missed calls and a text from Lake saying to call her. Victor didn't know what that was about, but he didn't feel like dealing with Lake drama yet. He looked at himself in the mirror to find his eyes were red from crying. He sighed and walked to the bathroom to wash his face and try to make himself look normal. As if he hadn't been crying all night.

Victor came out of the bathroom and into the kitchen to find his mom sitting at the table, reading a book.

"There you are, mijo," she said. "I was getting worried about you. I didn't hear you come in."

"I came in at about eleven," Victor lied.

Isabel nodded. "So, did you have fun at the wedding?"

Victor shrugged, unsure of what to say. "It was fun at first."

"Did you see Benji?"

Victor cringed at the memory of Benji showing up at the wedding. "Yeah."

"Oh, that's good, so he went to go talk to you? I actually talked to him beforehand at Brasstown and apologized for everything I did for the past six months."

Victor nodded. "Well, I guess you could say he talked."

"What do you mean?" Isabel asked. "What happened?"

Victor sighed. "Well, I took Rahim to the wedding with me because Benji bailed last minute. Towards the end, this slow song Rahim likes came on, so we danced to it. That was when Benji walked in."

"Oh, mijo," Isabel said, sadly.

"Yeah, he got upset and left."

"Well, can't you tell him Rahim is just a friend?"

It's not that easy, Victor thought to himself. He didn't want to involve his mom in all of the drama. Instead Victor said, "Yeah, it's just that I don't think that can fix our relationship. I think we're done for good."

"Oh, I'm so sorry," Isabel said, and hugged him.

Victor leaned into the hug, "Yeah, me too."

After Victor ate breakfast, he got changed. By then it was almost one, so he didn't put much effort into what he was wearing-just a t-shirt and sweats. A couple minutes later, he heard a knock on the door. Victor heard Pilar's door fly open as she ran to get it. Victor didn't think much of it. It was probably Felix. Victor figured there was a good chance Felix chose Pilar.

Victor walked out of his room to see Pilar and Rahim sitting in the living room. Pilar was telling Rahim about Felix kissing her last night. Well, at least Victor got one thing right. Unfortunately, now he was stuck in a room with the guy who kissed him last night.

Both Pilar and Rahim looked up when they saw Victor standing there.

"Hey Rahim," Victor waved awkwardly.

Rahim waved back.

"Victor," Pilar said. "You came home late. I'm surprised your awake now."

"I had an eventful night," Victor replied.

"Yeah, me too," Pilar says, smiling.

"I heard," Victor forced out a laugh. His eyes darted over to Rahim and quickly looked away.

Pilar sensed the awkwardness between them, "Is everything okay between you two? Yesterday you went to a wedding together, and now you guys can't even look each other in the eyes."

"Like I said, eventful," Victor replied.

"I'll say," Rahim said, looking down.

Victor knew they should have a talk. He didn't want to prolong it any further, "Rahim, can we talk for a minute in private?"

Rahim looked at Pilar to make sure it was okay, then said, "Sure." He walked out to hall wih Victor following him.

"Rahim, about what happened last night," Victor started.

"It's fine," Rahim cut in. "You chose Benji. It was kind of obvious. Besides, I'm happy for you two. You're a cute couple."

Victor said. "We're not together."

"What?" Rahim asked.

"I went to his house to apologize, but he didn't forgive me. He said 'it hurt too much.'"

"For what it's worth, I'm sorry. I really didn't mean to come inbetween you two. It's just, I can't ignore my feelings, and I thought you had a right to know how I felt... how I feel about you."

Victor noded, "It's fine. Maybe Benji and I just aren't meant to be together."

"Well, I hope you find someone you are meant to be with," Rahim said.

Victor paused. He just rejected Rahim last night, and here he was being nice to him. He didn't know what to think or how to react. His emotions were going crazy, and the first thing Victor could think of was kissing him. So, that's what he did. Victor impulsively kissed Rahim.

Victor could tell Rahim was caught of gaurd, but he didn't break the kiss. Victor eventually pulled away to see what Rahim's reaction was. He looked confused, yet happy. Rahim kissed Victor back. The kiss seemed to last for ages until they finally broke apart. Victor saw someone out of his periferal vision. He looked and it was Felix.

"Woah," Felix said.