No one but you ~ Cathan

Chapter 1

Nathan Aspinall's Point of View

22nd July 2023

TW: Swearwords

I was leading 6-4 and it was now our second break. I went to quickly wash my face but before entering I quickly saw Joe there, some part of me told me to not go in. I listened and it almost sounded like he was crying? "Stop being so fucking weak." he said. All of a sudden I heard a loud slap. My eyes widened in horror. Did he just... hit himself? I burst out into the bathroom as I saw Joe curled up on the floor. "Joe what happened?" I asked worriedly. I could hear him crying quietly. A wave of fear hit me. In all the time I had known Joe had I never seen him cry, or sad for that matter. After all he is the 'funny friend'- or well we're all fairly funny, he's just the funniest. "Joe..." I said. "Leave me alone." he said quietly. "But--" I said before he interrupted. "We should probably get back on stage anyways." He said wiping his tears, taking a deep breath and standing up again.

Timeskip

I was leading 16-9 and would get three matchdarts now. I missed the first, but hit that double 3 on the second. I was happy and had at the moment completely forgot what happened earlier. I shook hands with everyone and celebrated a bit.
After my interview I remembered what happened earlier and frantically looked around for Joe. But seemed like he had already left. I started walking back to the appartment that me an Chris shared. I knocked and Chris opened the door and pulled me into a tight hug. We got inside and he quickly locked the door. He pushed me down on the bed playfully and got on top of me. "Hang on a sec, I wanna talk to you about something." I said. "Sure what is it?" He asked still with a big smile across his face. I got a slightly worried expression on my face and Chris noticed instantly. "What happened?" he asked worriedly. "Well during one of the breaks I saw Joe hit himself- and he was crying." I said worried about him. "What? Is he okay?" Chris asked worriedly. "I don't know, he wouldn't tell me." I replied. Chris sighed. "Can we talk more about it another time Nathan?" Chris asked clearly just wanting to have some fun. I nodded as a smile started forming on both our faces. But then Chris stopped himself. "Maybe we should check on Joe." Chris said. "I think that's a good idea." I said. He got off me and went to find my phone. He sat down next to me and gestured for me to sit on top of him now. He handed me my phone and I called Joe. He picked up after a little while and Chris put it on speaker.
"What?" Joe asked. "Can we talk about what happened earlier?" I asked. "No, just forget about it." Joe said. "Joe we're just worried about you." Chris said. "Of course you told Chris, aren't you two supposed to do some love things now? Why are you wasting time talking to me?" he asked sounding like he was really frustrated and sad at the same time. "I- Joe please just--" I said. "I get it now, you're jealous aren't you?" Chris said. Drop dead silence. After about a minute we could hear Joe crying. After some more minutes he realised we were still in the call and quickly hung up. "I think he needs to be alone for a while." I said. "Yeah I agree, so anyways..." Chris said starting to pull my shirt up a bit. He put one hand on my stomach, and the other on my chin, tilting my head a bit so he could kiss me.