An Aksually Cheesy Love Story

~for sister aksel~ uwu

It was a Friday night. Needing a midnight snack you swiftly walk to the kitchen. Upon your arrival you noticed the sink was running, and the fridge door was open. You could practically hear the screams of gamers everywhere, as tears ran down the shadowy Estonian man's face. Gamers everywhere were mourning the loss of all the cheese in Estonia.

There had been a local mystery -- all the cheese in Estonia had been going missing. You assumed it was the farmers and grocery markets' failing dairy economy, but after a quick google search, you see that the demand for cheese was at an all time high. How could this be?

You hear a knock on the door. It's your neighbor, Aksel, wearing his pink hat as usual. You're always surprised by how tall he is, no matter how many times he comes over. It's as if he was 8ft tall.

"What are you doing up so late?' you whisper, trying not to wake up your parents.

"Do you have any cheese? I think somebody stole mine." he says softly, his eyebrows concerned.

"No, someone took all of mine. Do you want to hang out a bit?" You gesture in the house.

"Not unless you have cheese." he says joking, walking inside.

You both plop down on the couch, turn on a WildSpartanz video, and start munching on cheese flavored ice.

"I wish we had real cheese." you whisper quietly, still trying to let your parents sleep.

"Me too," he sighs, shoving more cheese flavored ice into his mouth.

You and Aksel have been neighbors since you were little, but it wasn't until high school that the two of you started to hang out. You both bonded over video games and the nostalgia of ToonTown, but it was really your love of cheese that brought the both of you together.

Quicker than you'd like, Aksel begins to leave, taking your bowl of cheese flavored ice with him.

"Hey!" you whisper-shout. "That's mine!"

He shrugs and continues to walk to his house.

The next day, your mom comes home with more cheese flavored ice upon your request. The drought of actual cheese still plaguing Estonia. You wonder why this is happening, but continue about your day like nothing's different. Taking your goat out for a walk, you spot Aksel outside his house, raking up the leaves that had fallen the day before. Weirdly he reaches down to the pile of leaves and takes a large bite. As you walk up, you can hear the loud CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH of the leaves in his mouth.

You wave politely. He doesn't notice. You unlock the fence door and pour some food into your goat's bowl, and slowly walk inside, slightly embarrassed you just waved at an unresponsive man. You finish your homework slightly after 7, and decide to watch some of Alex's new videos. You weren't close with Alex, but you've met him once or twice before. Aksel often invites you to the private discord calls, but half the time you brush him off. Hungry again for a midnight snack, you creep down to the kitchen to find something to cure your cheese addiction. You hear yet another knock on the door, and it is once again Aksel.

"Any cheese tonight??" he says excitedly.

"No. Why do you always come here around midnight?"

He shrugs and walks in the door like it was his own home. He raids your pantry for anything cheese flavored. Crisps, Bread, Cereal. He takes a handful of your Cheese-O-Roos, a popular cheddar flavored breakfast cereal. You look at him in disgust.

"Do you think my house is a restaurant?" you ask sarcastically, still slightly upset about your Cheese-O-Roos being eaten.

"Mmmhmm," he manages, cheddar cereal still in his mouth.