Ceilings- AJxNiko

Part 3

What Aj didn't know was Niko had followed Chunkz upstairs. He had heard Aj crying and Chunkz comforting him. He couldn't hear what Aj had said through the tears and thickness of the door but  He wished he was the person to comfort Aj. He started tearing up, before walking away from Ajs door, he was met by Kenny who had watched the whole thing, and pulled Niko into a hug.

"Why doesn't he want me Ken? Why can't I help him?" Niko cried.

"Its not your fault Niko, he just needed some comfort and Chunkz got there first. He needs time to think. You still need to speak to him, but wait until he comes out first." 

Niko just nods. He couldnt do anything but wait. Wait for Aj. He'd try drop Alya if he had to, it wasn't that serious yet, but he did really like her. But if he liked her that much, why was he willing to drop her for Aj? I mean, Niko would drop anyone for Aj, Aj was his favourite person and it hurt him knowing he was the one to cause his pain.

Kenny decided to distract Niko for a bit by calling up Sharky, pulling him into his room and starting up a FIFA game, although Sharky was the only one who knew how to fully play (other than AJ and Chunkz).

Sharky got up, and went downstairs to grab a glass of water. As he placed the cup down he turned to see Aj and Chunkz walk in, Ajs eyes red, but not crying anymore. He could Kinda guess what was up with the shorter boy but needed confirmation, but he'd wait for Aj to tell him. Sharky had always suspected Aj and Niko had feelings for eachother, and this was only one step closer to confirmation. 

After Aj was done eating, with Chunkz and Sharky talking to him the whole way through, they agreed to play pool. "Aje, can I call down Ken and Niko to play with us?" Chunkz wanted to play 2v3. Aj sighed, not wanting to face Niko just yet but also not wanting to ruin it for the other boys. 

"Sure, I don't mind," 

Chunkz calls down the other boys and a heavy tension fills the room as Niko walks in. Niko prays that Aj will speak to him, he needed him to. As the boys migrate from the kitchen to the games room, Niko grabs Ajs arm and spins him around. Aj wanted to pull his arm away. He knew if anyone else grabbed his arm without him wanting to he would've cried. He hates being touched. But not when it was Niko, he felt warmth in his wrist wanting to keep the moment for as long as possible.

"Hey, can I uhm can i talk to you?" Niko stutters. Aj just nods sitting down at the kitchen counter. 

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner Aj, I just, I don't know, I don't have any excuse. Im so sorry..." 

The rest of Nikos words trailed off into a blur in Ajs mind, all his thoughts were clouded except one. The same memory that crept up on him time and time again, the same memory he tried to forget but just couldn't seem to, the same memory that attached his soul to.. 

"Yeah, so thats it. Uh, I'm really sorry Aje. I love you so much, and I just, don't want you to be mad at me." Niko finished before locking eyes with Aj. Aj saw as tears formed in Nikos eyes, great he'd missed his whole speech.  Aj didn't want Niko to beat himself up over this, he knew he had to hide his newly found feelings.

"Aw Nik, don't cry. Its ok. I just got overly emotional and I was getting completely soaked. I didn't want to hurt your feelings. Im sorry Nik," 

Niko smiled back at Aj, happy to have re-kindled with his best mate. He opened his arms hoping Aj would hug him, expecting him not to just in case.

Surprisingly, Aj fell into Nikos arms and hugged him tight. Like it was the last time he ever would. Niko was shocked but took the opportunity as it didnt arise often. Aj pulled away, as much as he craved Nikos touch, touch was touch.