My giant boyfriend //BL

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My neck felt awfully sore once I awoke, the cold winter breeze gracing my skin. I don't remember falling asleep. Last thing I remember doing was trying to learn more about Attihiko. I stand up. He's gone...

I have a few more days of winter break, so there's not really anywhere I need to be. Still, it's confusing to see Attihiko missing. "Attihiko!" I call out. No response. The date is December 29th... I should start prepping for the new year. New year new me after all. First steps first; buy a bunch of champagne. Second; get rid of all the blades in my house that aren't needed. Third; get an actually presentable outfit. Not so hard hopefully.

-PHONE RINGING-

Now who the hell would be calling me at 8:00 Am-? "Hello?" I say cautiously. "AKIRAAAAAAAA!" Val shouts, voice echoing in my ears. "What?" I groan, rubbing my forehead. "Can you-" the rest of what she's saying gets cut off from my mind as I feel the ground vibrate slightly. I turn around to see Attihiko, eyeing me strangely as he lays down besides me. "Who's that?" he whispers, on the other end, Val continues her nonsensical chatter. "Just give me a minute" I whisper. "Yes, Val? I'm sorry, could you repeat what you were telling me? I got a little distracted." I can practically hear her eye roll from the phone. "I was asking if you'd be free to join us- meaning me, Mindy and Oliver- for New Years?"

I pause. I already promised Attihiko that I'd say no to them the next time they asked me something, but it's a lot harder than I realized it would be. More silence. "Akira?" Val asks. More silence. "He's busy" Attihiko says, speaking in a soft tone. I guess he was eavesdropping on our conversation... how convenient. "I'm sorry- who is this?" Val asks, tone shifting. "Why do you need to know?" Hiko counters. "I wanna know who's talking for Akira right now, what's so important that he can't come?"

"He's gonna be staying with me. Isn't that right, Akira?" "Akira tell whoever this is to shut up already!" I sigh. "Hiko's right, I'm busy. I already agreed to stay with him," I say. This time, Val pauses. "Okay, so, first of all, who's this "Hiko" guy and why is he so important to you?" I sigh. Attihiko can deal with this. "Well, I'm one of the only people to give a damn about him, not treating him like a rack to hold your bags!" he says. Val is stunned for a minute, but picks herself back up. "As far as I'm concerned, he's known you like a day! Me on the other hand, have known him since the year started! I know him better, and I know he'd rather be with us than you any day!" This is my time to step in if there ever was one. "Both of you stop. I hate both of you equally, however, like I said, I'm already booked. So can we just stop this stupid argument?" Both Attihiko and Val pause, so I continue. "I don't get why this has to be such a big deal for me to say no."

More silence, then Val speaks. "I see how it is! You'd pick some stranger over your friends, huh? Well do be it!" -BEEP-

"She....hung up," I say. Attihiko grins from ear to ear. "So does that mean you value me more..?" he asks with a smirk. "No, you idiot, it doesn't. Now tell me, where were you? You weren't here when I woke up." He smiles at me. "Miss me, huh? I woke up before you and decided I'd try to clean myself up before you woke up." I take in all his information while half paying attention. "I'm gonna be right back, I need to head to the store for champagne." I say, beginning to walk away. "Alright!" Attihiko responds. I get to my car and begin driving, my mind still fuzzy. I don't know why, but Val's outburst sorta got to me. Whatever. Nothing a little alcohol won't fix.

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I reach the store and practically sprint for the champagne. Once I arrive in the aisle, I ponder intensely, looking at each brand with the highest precision I'm capable of. Apparently I'm so in the zone that I don't hear a person calling my name.

"Akira! Are you listening?" the person asks. I turn around to see Oliver staring at me with a concerned look. "Oliver, what are you doing here?" I ask. "Same as you" he says. "Picking up champagne." Right. Totally normal thing I shouldn't have questioned. "Oh yeah, what's up with Val? She was super angry and kept ranting about you liking this "Hiko" guy more and refusing to hang out with us because of him?" I can't help but laugh slightly. "Well, first, his full name is Attihiko, and second, we already had plans together and Val got mad about it and the two argued, and it ended with her hanging up on me."

Oliver stares at me blankly. "First of all, that was too much information, second, Val will cool off. She may come off as jealous, but she really wants to protect you." I roll my eyes when he's not looking. "Right, well I need to go." I tell him, taking about eight bottles of champagne. What you can't solve sober, solve by drinking your heart out.