Opposites attract

Chapter IV

Nikolai

I woke in my bed with a splitting headache. What the fuck happened last night? The last thing I remember was....oh god, I had kissed Akuma. Fuck, I hope I didn't overdo it. I got up, went to Akuma's room and frantically knocked on the door. "I'm in the kitchen" I heard him say. I rushed to the kitchen, "I'm so so so sorry for what happened, I was drunk, I wasn't in my right state of my mind..." the words tumbled from my lips, but my voice died when I saw the dark purple hickey on Akuma's neck, "Yeah...sorry isn't gonna fix shit" Akuma grumbled not even bothering to look at me. "I-I have some makeup to cover it...if you want" I mumbled, not knowing what else to say. Akuma grabbed my wrist and dragged me to my bedroom door. "Give it," he said, I rushed into my room cursing myself for not organising my shit. After 10 minutes of searching -how the fuck is he so patient?- I finally found the primer, some tylenole and some colour corrector then handed everything to Akuma who went into my bathroom and waited outside for a few minutes, until I realised I hadn't packed the toys... I didn't know whether to stay out here and hope he didn't notice or go in and quickly grab them. After 3 minutes I decided to wait out here. Another 10 or so minutes later Akuma came out of the bathroom, he wouldn't meet my gaze, as he left, he muttered "You left them out in the open" and closed the door, I was both stunned and embarrassed, I quickly went to put them away. I showered took some advil and changed into some comfy clothing -black shirt, grey sweatpants, a white zip-up hoodie and white sneakers- and went to the kitchen. Akuma had changed too, into something quite tame compared to what I was him wear yesterday: he had changed into a black long sleeved shirt, jeans and grey sneakers, he was also wearing his glasses again. He looked cute this way. I stopped in my tracks. Cute? Did I just think Akuma was cute?! No. Nope. Nuh uh. Didn't happen. I grabbed my bag and walked straight passed Akuma, and was about to leave when Emily opened the door and walked in. I stared at her, all the rage from yesterday came rushing back, "Babe!" Emily said cheerfully, as she tried to hug me. I took a step back avoiding her grasp. "Where's Luke?" I snarled, if I was going to confront them I'd do it with both their asses infront of me -not in a dirty way- . Emily paled, "I have no idea" she said a little too quickly. Luke suddenly came running, "Emily! You forgot your lipstick at my dorm," he said breathlessly, -this guy was on my team?- Emily paled even further, Luke looked up and saw me glaring at him, his face turned the same shade as Emily's, "Don't bother even trying to deny what you both did. I heard you yesterday on my way out." I said through gritted teeth, Akuma had come over to see what was happening, Luke didn't try and defend himself and just looked away in shame, Emily glared at Luke like it was his fault. "If there's nothing else to discuss then can we please get to class." Akuma said, his proximity making me jump. I nodded and brushed past Emily and Luke, Akuma followed closely behind, he seemed angry, but not with me, "You alright?" I asked, not able to take his glare any longer, "How many times has she cheated on you?" Akuma answered, "What?" I said, surprised by his question, "How. Many. Times" Akuma said in a clipped tone, "Th-that was the third time..." I said. Anger blazed in Akuma's eyes, "It's not a big deal. Really," I said quickly, Akuma gave me a confused look, "I wasn't going to hurt her" he said. Could've fooled me. I sighed and turned away from him as we entered the school. Micheal was by my side in seconds, "Yo! I saw you with Emily and Luke in front of your dorm. You ok?" he said, putting his arm around my shoulder. "I'm fine. But I'm done with her. For good" I said, feeling uncomfortable in the way Micheal had his arm around me. Akuma grumbled something and walked off, "Who twisted his dick?" Micheal said as a girl passed us, she gave him a disgusted glare and hurried off. "Nothing. Besides the fact that we're dorm mates" I said, knowing that was probably half true, "You're sharing a dorm with that dork? Mate, I feel sorry for ya," Micheal said with a chuckle, though his grip on me tightened, "it's not that bad actually, we just keep to ourselves most of the time" I said, trying to stand up for Akuma. Micheal stopped walking and let go of me, "You actually enjoy hanging out with that dweeb?" he said incredulously, "You fuck him or something?" he asked, I hoped blush hadn't appeared on my face "Of course not!" I exclaimed, he stayed silent then stormed off. I wondered where he'd gone off to, and found out just before I was due to go to class. Micheal was holding Akuma against the wall by his neck, Akuma had a black eye and a busted lip, his books were on the floor and ripped. I rushed over and pushed Micheal off him "What the-" Micheal said before falling on his ass, Akuma stumbled but I managed to catch him. "Micheal. What the fuck is wrong with you!?" I said as I helped Akuma sit on the floor then picked up his stuff. "Why are you defending him?" Micheal shouted, "Why are you attacking him?" I retorted. I checked to make sure Akuma was okay, when I knelt down I noticed that he was shaking, at first I thought it was from fear, then I realised he was laughing. Akuma started to laugh loudly, which made me back away from him, Akuma looked at Micheal, "I hope you know what you've just done" he said. Micheal paled, he got up quickly and ran. A few seconds later, a younger girl with black hair and blue eyes came running and knelt next to Akuma, "Hi Mika" Akuma said with strange calm, the girl -Mika- was shaking, "What happened?" She asked, looking at me. I felt a pang of jealousy rise inside me. Who the hell was she? What was her connection to Akuma? I quickly shot down the jealousy, I wasn't in love with Akuma, her connection doesn't matter. "I found him like this when he was getting beat up by another student" I said, staring at Mika's cold gaze, "But that same student is your friend," Akuma said, he seemed fine now besides his small injuries, I looked down and nodded. "Name." Mika gritted out, "Micheal" I said, making a mental note not to get on Mika's bad side. Mika got up "Take care of him" she said pointing to Akuma, then she ran off. Akuma got up and took his bag from me. "Come on, I'll take you to the nurse's office."

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I felt like the story needed drama so... :D Why do you think Micheal reacted like that?