It started with a Raid War / Quackity x Reader Fanfic

chapter twenty-five

Nick and I walk into the apartment. I dropped his hand walking up in case Alex saw. How bad would it be for him to see us holding hands after we had a fight about nothing happening last night? Alex would be so mad.

I mentally prepare myself to be yelled at or see angry daggers staring into my soul, but Alex isn't home when we walk in.

"Alex?" I call out.

No reply.

"Alex?" I knock on his door, and then decide to just walk in.

"Should I call him?" Nick asks.

"Yeah I'm going to check his location." We shared our locations when we started to live together for moments like this.

I see a notification I hadn't noticed earlier today.

Alex has stopped sharing his location with you.

"What the fuck?" I whisper.

"No answer." Nick puts the phone down.

"Let me try." I call Alex. No answer. I try again. And again. And again.

"Oh my gosh, where is he?" I whisper, my eyes being to tear up.

I sit on the couch. This is all my fault. If I had just let NIck sleep on the stupid couch, Alex woul've never gotten angry at me. We could've all hung out and everything would be perfectly fine.

The argument left me with more questions than answers if we're being honest. It would've been better to not have had it at all.

But if the argument didn't happen, then Nick and I would've never kissed.

I immediately push the thought out of my head. No guy is worth losing Alex over.

Alex is my best friend, and he always will be. I don't know what I would do if I lost Alex, I really don't.

"Hey it's going to be okay." Nick rubs my back. "You're shaking."

Tears stream down my face. "I don't know what to do. He's gone."

"He's not gone. He... I don't think he could leave you, y/n."

"But he's mad at me. I don't exactly know why, but he is." I put my head between my legs.

Where is he?

He could be out in the city somewhere. Alone. He could be hurt, and we would have no idea. We don't know where he is or when he's coming back.

"We have to go find him." I stand up. "Where are my keys?" I sniffle.

Nick grabs my keys. "I'll drive. You're not in the most stable condition."

I laugh a little. I must look like a hot mess. I'm shaking and crying and saying I want to find one man in a city of four thousand. "okay," I whisper softly, "thank you."

I open the door and there's Alex standing at the door.

"Alex!" I run into his arms. He embraces me with a slight chuckle.

I don't think he will ever understand the stress he just put me under. I might be traumatized for life.

I pull away. "Where the fuck were you?" I ask sharply. "You can't just disappear like that and turn your location off. You could've gotten hurt in the city all by yourself. You could've died.

"I'm fine, y/n. Don't worry. I just went for a drive and then I got this." He grabs a box that I didn't notice before. "Here you go man." He hands it to Nick.

It's an air mattress.

There's so many things that I hate about that.

"Thanks." Nick says tightly.

Alex walks into the apartment. "Look, I just wanted to apologize for what happened earlier. I was way out of line. I was shocked, and I didn't handle it very well." He turns to me, "y/n, you were just being a good friend. Nothing happened. I understand that and trust you."

I gulp. Well crap.

"And Nick," he turns to him, "I'm sorry that I've acted so cold to you. I've only just recently realized something, and I haven't made it as obvious as I thought. It's neither of your guy's fault. I should be more forward with my feelings on things."

Nick and I are quiet for a few moments. I don't know how he feels, but I feel guilty.

We did exactly what he didn't want us to do. We messed up.

"Well, thank you for apologizing." I take a deep breath. "And I'm sorry for throwing that at you this morning. We should've considered how you would've felt."

"Yeah, man, I'm sorry. I kinda assumed some things, but I didn't realize the weight of them. My bad." Nick says quietly.

Alex nods. "Well, I have a paper to write, but I will set that little mattress up for you later. Would you like to have a bros night and sleep in my room?"

"Yeah, sounds fun." Nick gives me a little look.

I shake my head. The last thought in my mind is having to sleep with someone.

What did Nick mean? I kinda assumed some things, but I didn't realize the weight of them. Did he assume I had a crush, but then thought it was more?

I'm not even sure my feelings for him are more than a crush, though. This is so confusing.

"We're streaming tonight. Want to come?" Nick asks.

"I'll join after my paper. I was thinking of streaming too, if you guys want to join." Alex says.

"Yeah, sounds fun."

This is even weirder than when he was mad.

There's something off with the whole situation. Alex has a sense of smugness. He's keeping something in. I just don't know what it is.

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author's note: 

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