Opposites attract

Chapter VIII

Nikolai

Micheal came back about two hours after I fell asleep on the couch. "Where were you?" I asked, Micheal jumped at the sound of my voice, "You're here?" he said sounding surprised. "Yeah? Why wouldn't I be?" I asked, "I thought Akuma would've forced you to go back with him," he muttered, "Akuma's not a toxic person, Micheal," I said. "You're still defending him?!" Micheal said, almost shouting, I flinched,"Sure he's dangerous. But technically you are too, as is Elliot probably," I said. Micheal just stared at me, "But despite all that, he's not a bad person," I said quietly, looking down as Micheal continued to stare at me. Suddenly Micheal walked around the couch over to where I was sitting, then he leaned down and kissed me. I immediately pushed him off. "What the-" I didn't finish my sentence as Micheal pushed me down onto the couch before straddling my waist, pinning my arms above my head so I couldnt move. He kissed me again, his grip on my wrists tightening when I tried to move, I heard Elliot's door open, and I tried to push Micheal off again. Micheal was ripped off of me, I sat up breathing heavily. "The fuck is wrong with you!?" Elliot shouted at Micheal as Micheal quickly got up and backed away, "I-i uh...." Micheal stammered, "Don't even try and make up excuses, even from a bystander's perspective, I could tell he didn't want it," Elliot said, helping me stand up, he passed me a pair of keys, "Stay in my room tonight, I'll sleep on the couch," he said, "What?" I asked, confused as to why he was doing this, he smirked, "It's the least I can do for Akuma's boyfriend" he said, I felt my heart started to race, "We're not dating," I said, "Trust me even if Akuma hasn't offically claimed you, he'll hurt anyone who tries to do so, I'm surprised Micheal is even still alive, especially since he threatened Akuma to stay away from you before coming here" Elliot said glancing at Micheal who paled and looked at me, "You have to understand Niko, it was for your own safety." he said quickly, "No, it was because you like me and you didn't like the fact that he was getting closer to me," I said glaring at him. Then his mood changed, he became dead serious, "Well, clearly I didn't even know how close he'd gotten. Since apprarently you fucking kissed him!" he said, "How the fuck do you even know that?" I said, wondering if he had cameras to watch me, "Akuma told me, I told him to not get you involved in his shit and to stay away from you, he told me you got drunk and kissed him," Micheal answered, "So what?" I said, tired of Micheal's bullshit, "So fucking what if I kissed him, it's none of your business, if I like him then that's my decision, you can't go around trying to control my every move. Let me remind you that YOU told me to date Emily, then you complained when I was still with her after she'd cheated on me twice, then when I told you I was done with her suddenly you're ignoring me and being all buddy-buddy with her!" I said, realising how much anger I'd been holding back. It wasn't just that Micheal was bad mouthing Akuma, it was the way he wanted to control everything, but the minute someone else had control he did anything to get it back, he'd always had a say in the way I lived since the day I met him, whether it was my love life, my friends, even when I joined the football team it was because he asked me to, neither of us intended for me to become captain though so I guess there was that, but now I was trying to make my own choice and Micheal was trying to control me again. I'd had enough. "Thanks Elliot, but I think I'll just go back to my dorm," I said handing him his room keys, but Elliot didn't take them, "It's too dangerous to go out now, go back in the morning," he said, but I shook my head, I didn't want to stay anywhere with Micheal. "Can't you drive me back?" I said, Elliot eyes darkened, "Well don't you think of yourself as high and mighty, demanding shit from me like that," he said, "S-sorry" I said quickly, "Hurry up, I'll take you, only because Akuma cares about your safety now, so letting you go on your own isn't an option," he said getting keys from the kitchen, he lead me to a sleek black McLaren, he got in the driver's side. "So....how do you know Akuma likes me?" I asked, trying to make small talk, "He's never protective over anyone, not by this much anyway, especially considering his behavior completely changed since yesterday, although I suspect he liked you before that, probably without even realisng it, which would explain why he didn't fight back whenever you fought with him," Elliot answered, I didn't say anything else, thinking over his response, I took out my phone and texted Akuma.

Akuma

Hey, I'm on my way back to our dorm.

To get overnight clothes I guess?

Uh, no Elliot is driving me back

What for?

I'm not staying at their dorm.

What happened? You changed your mind?

Kinda, more like I decided that Micheal wouldn't have a say in my life 

any more. I should be allowed to make my own decisions, right?

You don't seem sure of that.

I am.

Well, that's good.

I'm not at the dorms rn, but the door

is open.

I have the keys dumbass.

Don't insult me pupetto.

Pupetto!?

Yes, pupetto. Problem? 

No, no problem. See you at the dorms.

👋👋 

I noticed Elliot looking over at me, "You texting Akuma?" he asked, "Yeah, how'd you know?" I answered, "You're blushing and you were smiling at your phone the whole time, even now you have a content look on your face," Elliot said, we pulled up infront of me and Akuma's dorm, I got out and thanked Elliot for driving me, I went inside and found nothing out of place except a black hoodie on the couch, there was a note next to it "It's mine but it would look on you babe" it read, I was sure I looked like a fucking tomato  with the way I was blushing, I took the hoodie and put it on, it was soft, comfy and it had the smell of....my cologne? Why did Akuma's hoodie smell like me? Suddenly the door behind me opened and Akuma came in, he looked up and saw me, he smirked, "You like the hoodie?" he asked, "yeah, it's comfy, why does it smell like me?" I said, "From this morning when I was in your bathroom, I used your cologne" he said, walking over to me, I felt my heart started to race at his heated gaze. I kept backing up until I realised, Akuma had backed me into a wall. I decided to tease him, I pulled him forward, his breath hitched, I lowered my head leaving a trail of kisses along his neck, I felt Akuma tense under my touch. Then he pulled away from me, I was about to ask if I'd done something wrong he said, "I need to finish some work first, then we can all the fun you want" be fore ruffling my hair and going to his room. Did he just, like, blow me off?

Word count: 1255

Nikolai, the poor overthinker, not as stress free as I said he was 😅. I mean that should've been obvious from the flashback but anyway, what kind of fun do you think they'll have? 😏😏😏

I'm having way too much writing this.