The Youtuber Inn

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MARCUS
(Marcus' POV)

We went to a local Thai place.
Guys night out, to sort out the shit storm that had happened. There was a lot to go through.

It smelled delicious as soon as we walked in, like fried peppers and sesame chicken.

"What the hell is this?" Joe complained, "When I said guys night out I was thinking about a pub or something..."

I looked at him with an eyebrow raised as I thought back to the horrific events of this trip.

"I think the last thing we need right now is more alcohol."

Alfie nodded, and gestured to a booth in the back of the dining area. It looked cozy and almost separate from the rest of the restaurant, with red seats and drawings of koi stained into the shiny wooden table. Caspar and Alfie sat on opposite ends of the table, neither acknowledging the other.

I sighed. This was going to be a long night.

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"So... Who wants to go first?"
Alfie had asked the question no one could bear to spit out. His hands were clenched in his lap and his water the waiter had brought to him was untouched.

The four of us all looked at one another, deciding whether or not to say what was on our minds.

Joe sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "I guess I'll start. I-I told Maddie everything."

"What???" Caspar almost choked on his ice water. "Like, everything, everything?? As in Phan is real, Alfie took an acid trip, and we all hate each other now??? You told the fan? Joe, your little girlfriend is going to tell everyone on the Internet about this."

Joe shook his head. "I feel like I can trust her. She isn't like the other one who outed Dan and Phil, or even like the gay one. She's honest and... I know she won't tell anyone."

Caspar put his hands to his head, as if he had a migraine.
"Jesus, okay... I guess I'll go next."

He took a long, deep breath, finally looking Alfie directly in the eye. The tension around the table was suddenly almost unbearable. Alfie clenched the table cloth in his hands, making bunches of white.

"I love Zoe. You broke her heart, and you promised to me that you wouldn't try to get her back, but you did."

Caspar's voice, although shaking slightly was calm. Somehow, this was worse than yelling.
Alfie bowed his head. He was holding his breath. We all were.

"No, look at me. I need you to listen," Caspar continued. He waited until Alfie lifted his chin enough that their warring gazes were meeting before he started again. "You broke her heart, you hear me? My... my feelings for Zoe have grown into something I didn't even know I was capable of having. All I want, really, is for her to be happy." He sighed sorrowfully. "You make her indescribably happy. Please... just make her happy for me, will you?"

Alfie gasped, eyes wide. "You're letting me have her?"

Caspar nodded. "But. If you ever do anything even close to what you did to her on this trip, I will personally tear you apart, got it?"

"Yeah, me too!" Joe added.

Alfie slowly nodded before standing up and giving Caspar the biggest bear
hug I'd ever seen.

"AWWWWWWWWWWW!" I smiled.

"Well, I guess I have nothing to say," Alfie grinned at Caspar. "I don't need to. Thanks, mate."

"And that leaves... MARCUS!!!" Joe announced my name like a game show host, "Tell us about your shit."

My heart sank.
I missed her so bad.
Honestly, it wasn't her fault that she was mad. It was mine.
I sighed.
"I'm an ass, aren't I? I mean what kind of a person destroys a relationship to get the attention of a boy, when they already have a girlfriend!! I'm not even gay, I don't think.... what was I doing??? I-I miss Niomi so much." I collapsed onto the table.

"Yeah. You fucked up, mate." Caspar patted my back.

"Well, it looks like Troye and Tyler are together now. I think you should maybe apologize directly to Connor," Joe started, "He seemed pretty beat up by the whole picture thing. Then about Niomi..."

I lifted my head.

"I know what I'm going to do," I said, the light bulb in my head going off. "Yeah... I know what I'm going to do." I picked up my phone off the table and stood up. "Thanks Joe! I'll see you guys later!"

"What? Where are you going?" Alfie questioned. "We haven't even ordered our food!"

"Niomi!" I respoded, dashing out the door and back to my car.

I knew what I was going to do.

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(AN) hey guys!!! so as you probably know, kasey is no longer writing this story. she was kind enough to let me ( usernamecaspar ) and SplatPhan write it, although my writing isn't as good as hers ahh bear with me please
also!!!! I am extremely sorry for how late this is considering how short it is I was a lot busier that I thought I was gonna be this summer and jfc I finally wrote a chapter
there's more on the way hopefully I'll get it done soon
if you have any feedback I know I'm a sucky writer atm pls anything helps
have a great day kids
kate