Two Clueless Shmucks

part 14

The couple had made their way to the hotel that they were staying at and saying that it was beautiful was an understatement. They had the perfect view from a beach outside and the smell from the shops around them was amazing. Niko had the perfect hotel, perfect country, perfect setting. The only question was whether or not he had the perfect person.

Brielle was stood out in the balcony, staring out into the sun. They'd been in Spain for at least a day now. They had gotten to their hotel at about 3 in the morning and went straight to sleep, waking up at 12 PM. They ordered breakfast from their hotel and had just chilled inside for about 4 hours. It was now 4PM and were probably going to go out and explore soon. Brielle was fairly pretty, in Nikos opinion. She had nice long blonde hair that went down to her back. Fair white skin and hazel eyes. But, the thing is, Niko for some reason found more attraction to her before they started dating. He couldn't explain why or what changed but that was the reason they had gone on this trip right?
But Niko's heart just couldn't stray from Aj.

Niko shook his head and walked over to the balcony, where his girlfriend stood. He put his arms around her waist and stared out into the view too.

"Hi" Brielle smiled.

"You look so pretty, looking at the sky" Niko complimented her. For some reason it felt really forced to him. Like he was just saying it just to say it, not because he meant it.

"Lets go out for dinner" Niko said as he was starving. They hadn't eaten since breakfast and they were both excited to try some new foods.

"Okay, let me just get ready" Brielle kissed Niko's cheek and went inside, leaving Niko on his own, to his thoughts. He really missed Aj. Why was he still thinking about Aj?

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Aj admired Sharky's attempt to make him feel better, but it was clear nothing he did worked. Aj had taught Sharky how to play Valorant, which was fun for a while until they realised the time. It was 2 in the morning and Sharky had filming to do in the morning.

"Hey, do you want some left over pizza? Its in the fridge, I can microwave it." Sharky asked, turning off his computer.

"Nah, thanks. Not hungry." Aj told him. Aj had in fact not eaten a bite since the yesterday night.

"You sure?" But before Aj could answer, Sharky continued. "You know what, I'll warm it for you anyways. Just eat a slice. It has olives on it, but you can take it off" Sharky knew Aj didn't eat olives.

Aj usually took the olives off and gave them to Niko. Aj hated olives but Niko loved them.

Aj sighed and walked with Sharky to the kitchen.

"So, are you feeling better?" Sharky asked, taking out a paper plate from the fridge.

Aj yawned "Thank you for letting me stay tonight"

"You dodged the question" Sharky frowned.

"I'm good man, good."

"Don't need to lie. I know how much you care about Niko"

Aj's heart skipped a beat. "What do you mean?"

Sharky sighed. "Nothing." He put a pizza slice in a glass plate and put it in the microwave for a minute. If he was being honest, Sharky was hurt that Aj didn't feel comfortable telling him things. Why did he think he had to hide his feelings for Niko from him?

"No, tell me"

"You're not incompetent. You know exactly what I mean."

"Why are you being rude?" Aj asked

Sharky just realised that he had brought Aj to his house to help him feel better and here he was insulting him. A wave of guilt rushed over him.

"Sorry, sorry. You can tell me when you're ready. I'm sorry" He apologised straight away.

Sharky took the plate out of the microwave, put it in Aj's hands and said "you should get some sleep"

Aj just stared at the taller man. Why the heck was everyone getting emotional over him recently?

"I like Niko." Aj stated

"Hm?" The sentence almost blew over Sharky's head.

"Niko. I like him. More than a friend. I'm in love with him." Aj wasn't sure why he was actually telling Sharky this. It might be because he felt bad for keeping something secret from him or it was because he genuinely trusted him to keep his secret.

"Oh." Sharky honestly didn't expect Aj to tell him that out of nowhere. "Does he like you?" Sharky did wonder why Niko had a girlfriend, when it was clear that he felt something towards Aj.

Aj shrugged. "I thought no way before, but honestly? I've got no idea. I used to think being with a man freaked him out but..." Aj blushed, thinking back to the near kiss that they had.

Sharky smiled. "Come on, let me take you to the spare room" He started to walk Aj to the room.

"You know" Aj started as he walked inside his room. "You and Kenny never actually came out. It was just obvious you guys were dating and we just went with it" He pointed out.

Sharky blushed. "We aren't dating"

"Oh, no you're only having sex. My bad" Aj said sarcastically

"Well- yeah actually."

"You're saying you don't have any feelings for him romantically at all" Aj found it hard to believe.

Aj put the plate on the table and hopped into the bed beside it, getting comfortable. Aj just watched the clogs turning inside Sharky's brain.

"I... I might have a crush on him?" Sharky didn't know what he felt with Kenny either.

Aj just laughed. "Me and you are on the same boat man. Well, at least Kenny doesn't have a girlfriend"

Sharky smiled. "Goodnight Aj. And actually go to sleep as well, don't stay up." He then pointed at the table. "And eat your twin"

"Eat my twin is actually mental" Aj laughed.

Sharky switched the light off, saying goodnight one last time before closing the door.

Aj sighed, trying his best to focus on sleep. The smell from the pizza was way too strong. He hadn't eaten all day and there was food right there.

Maybe just a bite? Aj thought.

Don't be an idiot, you're already overweight. What are you trying to do? Kill yourself?

Aj grabbed the pizza from the table and got out of bed. He put the pizza in a cupboard in the furthest end of the room.

But it was too late. The short man was genuinely starving. He took a bite out of the pizza. Because it was dark, the man swallowed an olive.

"Ugh... That's what I fucking get." Aj put the pizza back in the cupboard and closed the door.

"Now I have to sort this out..." Aj walked towards the toilet door in Sharky's spare bedroom.

Aj switched the light on and allowed his eyes to adjust to the new brightness. He walked over to the toilet with a heavy heart and lifted the seat up.

Aj slowly took two fingers, bringing them closer to his mouth...

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i posted this quicker than i thought yk
sorry it's very short i'm jus tryna build it up 😭

I HATE WRITING CUTSIE SHIT FOR BRIELLE AND NIKO BUT DW I HAVE PLANS HEHEHSN