Ceilings- AJxNiko

Part 14

Niko had gone up to his room, tears streaming down his face and started smashing and breaking everything in his sight. He really had fucked up, and he couldn't fix it. Once his room was no longer a room, he sat in the corner and fully broke down. He started contemplating all his life choices up until this point. Was he in love with Aj? Had he always loved him? What made him do that in the first place. 

In the midst of his thoughts he'd missed the door knocking, and looked up upon noticing a figure in the door way. The man walks in and sits beside him, putting his arm round Niko. 

"Shhhh. It's ok." 

"Darkest. I- I messed up- I- I don't know what to do."

"Yeah man you did." When he noticed  Niko look at him with an expression that said 'you're here to comfort me.'

"I'm not going to sugar coat it, Niko. You messed up, but that doesn't mean you can't fix it. You need to figure it out. Why did you leave him to begin with Niko."

"I DON'T KNOW ANYMORE, AHMED. i don't know... you know, that night to me was a blur. I thought I'd made it up. I remembered little bits here and there, but it felt like I was drunk or something, but I hadn't had anything to drink that night, only mocktails. I knew I was driving Aj home and you know, I'd never put him in that danger. I think I do like him, I always have. Maybe I didn't know it. I don't know."

"Niko, you need to figure out your feelings before you hurt that boy anymore. He doesn't deserve that, you know it. I know your feelings Niko, but you need to figure it out. What about that girl your seeing. You're going to end up hurting her too."

"How Darkest, he definitely doesn't want to be around me... you know its funny, I kind of forgot about Alyah, is that bad?"

"Kinda yeah," Darkest laughs, "But, isn't that some sort of sign."

"I guess. I don't know. I do really like her, I guess. But she's not Aj."

"This is what you're gonna do. Book a flight. Three days. A week. I don't care. Take that Alyah girl with you. And when you get back, you should know. You keep saying you don't know, but you do." Darkest points to Nikos heart, "Here. Deep down here. You know. You just have to realise it."

Niko nods, he grabs his phone, and books a flight. He messages Alyah and tells her to get ready. He does one final thing before he starts to pack.

By tomorrow, Niko would be gone.

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That night, Sharky, Kenny, and Chunkz pulled out the sofa beds in the living room, taking shifts to make sure Aj didn't do anything stupid. Kenny was still in the dark about Aj's problems with Cutting and smoking, which Chunkz also still didn't know about. In the middle of the night, Aj started tossing and turning, which resulted in a scream of 'get off me,' and 'go away.' Chunkz was 'on duty' at this point and woke him up from the nightmare. He held Aj in his arms as he cried himself back to sleep.

And that's how Aj woke up the next morning, cuddled into Chunkz's side. He wasn't complaining, but it was weird that it wasn't Niko. His eyes were brimmed with tears as he remembered the nights that Niko and him would accidently go to sleep watching a movie or talking and they'd wake up cuddled into one another. 

He stretches as he gets up, careful not to wake Chunkz and sees Sharky sat on his phone. 

"Morning, Sharks," Aj says, voice raspy from sleep and crying. 

Sharky looks up and smiles at Aj, opening his arm for Aj to slip underneath. 

"Morning Aje. Sleep well?"