BETA SQUAD ONESHOTS!! (BXB)

REQUEST More. {Aj X Beta Squad}

Angst
Platonic parings + pre romantic paring
Aj X Beta Squad, Aj X Niko

More.

That's all that was on Aj's mind. He needed more. More to feel, more to touch, more of everything.

More.

More is what Aj wanted when Sharky had come up from behind him and pressed a friendly hand on his shoulder when he walked into the filming studio. Aj jolted at the touch, turning around to see his friend's smile. Sharky's hand had long left his shoulder but it was like Aj could still feel its warmth, its presence.

"Hey man, you're here early." Aj smiled - or at least, tried to. All he could think about was that touch. He needed more.

Sharky nodded drowsily, "I've been threatened by James," Sharky started, "If I don't start coming to shoots on time, he's gonna make the producers long out recording hours."

"It's good to see you though." Sharky then yawned, taking a hold of Aj's sleeve and dragging him along. "Come with me to the break room."

"Uh- I-" Aj's eyes shot to his sleeve being captured by Sharky's fingers. Why didn't he just grab his wrist? Why go for his sleeve? Aj's chest started to ache at the thought of how he'd ruined his relationships with all his friends by denying them physical touch.

But Aj went along with Sharky anyways. Despite the fact that he was currently waiting for Niko to get out the bathroom so they could go to the breakroom together, Aj just couldn't bring himself to pull away from Sharky's touch - Or lack of.

In the break room was Chunkz, sat with an ankle crossed over his knee, invested in his phone. He looked up at the people who entered the room and grinned. "Aj!" He laughed, pushing himself up from the sofa.

Sharky smiled and rolled his eyes, not being too offended by the lack of a greeting. The boys hadn't seen Aj in about a week. For no reason necessarily, or that's what they'd been told. But Aj had been held up at home the entire week, only Niko being able to see him for the entirety of it.

More.

More is what Aj wanted to beg for when Chunkz took his hand for a handshake, and then pulled it into a hug. Aj pat Chunkz's back, Chunkz reciprocating. Aj didn't want to let go. Chunkz's hand on his back felt good. He couldn't understand it, his sudden craving for touch. But Aj couldn't ponder over it for very long because Chunkz had pulled away.

Aj hated that. It felt like he just lost something important, that someone had stolen something from away him. But Aj pulled away anyways, not wanting to look desperate in front of his friends.

Chunkz led Aj over to the sofa and they sat down together, not a single bit of contact between them. Sharky glanced over at them, back at the snack table, and back at Aj and Chunkz. He grabbed a packet of quavers and threw it over to Aj, letting it fall straight into his lap.

Aj looked up, eyes wide at Sharky. Chunkz screamed a laugh, pulling Sharky into a hug, talking about how sick his aim was. Sharky had sat down besides Chunkz, still not letting go of him. Aj snared at them, disgusted. It wasn't even that good of a throw. Why did they get to hug each other so casually? Why couldn't they do that for Aj? What was it about Aj that was so repulsive?

Aj watched as Chunkz had his arm rested around Sharky's shoulder. What was happening to him? Aj just couldn't figure out why the hell he was feeling so weak all of a sudden. These past couple days, he's just felt... alone. And it's weird because he'd done it to himself, kept himself out of human company, turned off social media and the only person he couldn't physically push away was Niko. And that was only since they lived in the same house.