It started with a Raid War / Quackity x Reader Fanfic

chapter thirty-one

The car ride home with Alex was unbearable. Nick was already going to stay longer with Karl, but Alex and I planned to leave today.

Alex drives the entire way home, refusing to ask me to take a turn. He blasts his music throughout the car as he drives. I know better than to ask him to turn it down.

We don't stop once to go to the bathroom. In fact, we don't speak at all. He's so mad that he doesn't want to break the silence. I'm not an idiot, so I know to not break it.

When we pull into the apartment complex, he puts the car in park. He stares straight ahead and doesn't move.

"I knew he liked you." he said with no emotion.

I bite my lip. The entire car ride I wanted nothing more than to hear his voice, but now that I hear it, I don't want to hear what is next.

"I knew he liked you," he begins again, "and I had no problem with it. In fact, I thought it was funny. I was all like 'ha he wants to be with her, but too bad because she is mine'. Turns out he was thinking the exact same thing..."

I'm not sure if he is speaking directly to me, or if he was just speaking his thoughts out loud. I keep quiet to listen to what he has to say.

"He told me that he liked you. He had the goddamn balls to tell me that. He told me that we should let you choose." He turns his head towards me now. "And I was thinking that I've already won, but it turns out I was nowhere near the finish line, huh. Interesting."

He turns back to the wall and swallows. I follow his guide by swallowing once too. Don't say what I think you're going to say.

"I don't want to be part of some competition, y/n. I don't want to be an option, okay? Because I don't want you to worry about the 'what if's' of if you picked him. I don't like that. I don't want to be an option, y/n. I want to be the one and only. Does that make sense?"

I nod once. He turns the car off and puts his hand on the door handle.

"I want to be your friend, y/n. I want to still live with you, be in your life and all that, but you have to promise that we will act the way it was before Sapnap's visit. No romantic stuff. Only friends."

I try not to cringe at the fact that he didn't use Nick's real name. "I promise, Alex. Thank you."

He nods, getting out of the car.

And I'm left all alone.

word count: 485

 author's note: 

believe it or not this chapter and chapter thirty were the very first chapters i wrote for this book lol

 anyways hope you're enjoying! have a great day