Two Clueless Shmucks

part 7

Last night was a hectic day for both Niko and Aj. Niko didn't have a clue Brielle was going to kiss him and had no clue how a kiss had meant that the two where now in a relationship. At least, that's what Brielle told him. Niko didn't think he minded that much being in a relationship with Brielle but what he did want to know is why the heck Aj didn't sleep at home last night. He was searching all around the house for him once everyone had left and when he picked up his phone to call him, he noticed some messages on his phone from the man himself:

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yo
sorry ur not gonna find me at home tonight
darkest told me his wife's gonna b away for the night and he hasn't slept alone in ages lmao
he's a baby
so he asked me to chill w him so i said yea
i'll b back in the morning
have fun w dat jawn
gn

Niko thought it was very out of the ordinary for Aj to leave without physically saying goodbye but he never questioned it. He just texted back and went to sleep. See, Niko didn't let Brielle stay over that night because he wanted to talk to Aj first but hadn't realised that Aj wasn't in the house. Would Niko have let Brielle stay if he knew? Probably not.

oh
very random 😭
brie didn't stay the night i didnt let her
wanted to talk to u first but u weren't here
tell darkest he stole my rat :(
goodnight aj

That was the last message he sent Aj before he put his head down and went to sleep. Niko really didn't have a clue what he was feeling. He had just kissed Brielle, someone he'd been talking to for quite some time but literally all he could think about was Aj.

Why did he leave the house?
Is he really at Darkest's?
Is he okay?
Where did he go when Niko kissed Brielle?
Why did Chunkz and Darkest disappear too?
Will dating Brielle make him sad?
Why would it make him sad?

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Aj had woken up in the guest bedroom of Darkest's house. He hadn't completely lied to Niko since Darkest's wife had gone out, but that's only because he had told her that he had a friend staying over. Darkest asked his wife if she wanted to stick around but she took it as the perfect opportunity to have a girls night with her sisters and left happily.

Aj got out of bed and down to the kitchen where Darkest was sitting.

"Morning sweetheart" Darkest said in a sarcastic tone.

Aj just looked at him, almost flabbergasted.

"What? You're replacing my wife today. I thought you knew that's why I called you?" Darkest smiled

"Yeah, crazy" Aj sat down next to the bald man, resting his chin in his hand.

"How you feeling?" Darkest asked, slightly more serious

"I'm fine. You didn't need to make me stay the night you know. I would've been perfectly fine at home" Aj told Darkest. See, Darkest had convinced Aj to stay over because he didn't want him to be alone. That was the undercover reason. What Darkest really wanted was to make sure that Aj didn't go about throwing up once he was gone. Obviously he couldn't be in his sights forever but he tried his best.

"Shut up and eat your cereal" Darkest said, at the same time sliding over a bowl of cheerio's.

Aj stared down at the bowl. He was starving.