Long Distance Sucks

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Keys: Y/N - Your Name
N/N - Nickname
H/L - Home Language
Word Count: 1516 Words
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Y/N's P.O.V.

As I was getting off from work, I got a message on my phone that warned that a bad storm would be coming in. I frowned. Japan wasn't known for having many storms, much less terrible ones. It wasn't even close to storm season. I shrugged it off, and waved goodbye to my coworkers. I entered my car, and felt another message pop up. I checked to see if it was from Alex, but I was wrong. It was another alert, and my anxiety spiked further than how it normally was. I decided to heed the warning this time, and I started driving home as fast as I could. I didn't want to be caught up in traffic while the storm was going on. When I got home, I got inside as fast as I could and started setting up the generator, just in case the storm messed with the electricity. After I finished preparing, I went inside the kitchen to make some tea with honey and milk. I felt the urge to smile, just because of how sweet it tasted.

Once I finished, I started making dinner, which was just a cup of noodles with some soft-boiled eggs on the side. I grabbed my laptop from my room, and sat down in the living room. I started setting up, and hurried to grab my blanket and a few pillows. As I was about to send Alex a message, I received yet another alert. I dismissed it so I wouldn't be panicking, which didn't work, but then Alex sent a message.

heyyyy ya ready for the movie
midget? :)

yeah
also don't call me midget, i'm
almost as tall as you, burrito
head ass.

:(
words can hurt-

you streaming or me?

i can, what do you wanna
watch?

a silent voice? i heard it's good

ight bet lemme just find it
first and then you can join
on discord. btw aksel and
jack are gonna join, is
that alright?

dude hell yeah, they're the
boys. it's fine!

After a while, I forgot about the warnings and got up to get snacks in case dinner wasn't going to be enough. Once I came back, I dropped my snacks and drinks on the floor beside my blanket. 'Jesus Christ I really am fat..' I frowned, just barely noticing how many things I brought over. I shrugged it off, and bounced to bring myself a plushie, but then I heard thundering. I squealed and felt my heart stop for a second. I took a deep, shaky breath as I tried to calm down. "Okay, it's gonna be fine, it's just the thunder. Hopefully, it'll all be gone, so my anxiety isn't too bad." I mumbled to myself. Unluckily, life seemed to hate me, and thunder struck again. The lights went out, and didn't come back. I could feel my heart want to beat out of my chest out of fear, and almost started breaking down. Once I realized what was happening, I gathered all of my courage, which wasn't much, and went into the garage to haul inside the power generator. Once I did so, I turned it on, and sighed in relief as the lights turned back on. I took a deep breath, and started up my laptop. 

I didn't hear my phone go off, which was weird. I checked to see why. Of course my service was down. There's a storm outside, after all. I connected my phone to the internet, and almost immediately, the group chat between me, Alex, Aksel, and Jack was spammed. I saw that I had gotten many missed calls, and I checked the time. I was about 30 minutes late to the movie stream on Discord. Yikes. I called the group chat, and immediately everyone joined. "Y/N, what the hell happened? All of us were calling you, sending messages, where were you?" I could feel tears about to burst out. So these losers did care for me after all. "I'm okay, guys, I promise. I just have a bad storm going through the city, that's all. I had to turn on the generator after I almost had a breakdown, so sorry about that," I smiled sheepishly, before I heard more thunder. I yelped, and I dropped my phone. "N/N, are you fine?" Jack asked. "..... no..." I muttered sheepishly. "We can skip out on movie night today, and move it to tomorrow, if you want. Right now, we'll keep you company," Alex suggested. "Mm, if that's fine, then yes please," I replied shyly.

After the decision was made, I stayed up talking to the boys and eating my lukewarm noodles. As time went on, however, Aksel and Jack had to leave because it was getting late for them. However, Alex told me he had to protect me "from the stupid and dumb ass storms", as he put it. If I'm being honest, I was crushing on Alex, but he'd never like me back. He lived in the States. I was staying in Japan to teach H/L and to take care of the seniors. Besides, with how he looks, I was pretty sure he had already found a girlfriend, because he would randomly text me about how he loved this one girl from a twitch stream, and how they were talking. It broke my heart a little, but I respected Alex's decision. At least he was happy. It was 3 am here in Tokyo, and I was getting sleepy. I yawned, and closed my eyes for a few seconds.

Alex's P.O.V.

I heard N/N yawn, and it was honestly the most adorable thing ever. "Alright, Alex, mmm.. good night.. I love you.." she murmured as she trailed off into sleep. I froze up as I could feel my cheeks start heating up. "Wait, no hetero though? N/N?" I asked, partly worried, and partly joking. She started snoring, but murmured, "I really do love you... why can't you see that?" She snored as she fell into a deeper slumber, while I just laid in my bed, shocked. I hung up, and saw that the girl I was talking with romantically had messaged me a few minutes. 'Hey babe, I'm not gonna be able to come over, something at work came up. I can come over tomorrow, though, if that's alright.' I replied back, saying that it was fine, before I rethought my whole situation.

'I'd been attracted to Y/N ever since we became friends on YouTube almost four years ago, but she had a boyfriend at the time. So I held off. For the next few years leading up until now, Y/N had been heartbroken more than six times, because she'd gotten too emotionally attached and was broken up with. I've had to comfort her every time because she wanted me to, and whenever I was calling her and comforting her, I wanted to be the one she loved. I wanted to be hers, and I wanted to hold her in my arms for the longest time, but I couldn't because we live in different countries and because of her past exes. So now I'm 'dating' a girl I chose in a dumb Twitch show who I don't really love or care about, and am just testing to see if my mind would change. It's been two months, and I don't want to be in a relationship with her. Y/N just confessed to me, but she was asleep. Did she really mean it? I don't think so. But I have to call her later when she gets home from the nursing home.'

-Time Skip-

hey do you have time
to talk lol

yeah, just let me go
home and then we can
call. why?

it's about something
important, just call
me when you can.

After a few minutes, she called me, and I responded immediately. "Hey! So, what did you want to talk about? Was it about postponing the move night?" She asked. "Uh, no, it's something more serious." "'Uh oh.." I sighed, feeling embarrassed. "N/N, do you like me?" A long, eerie silence answered me for about thirty seconds. "N/N?" "Yeah?" "Do you like me?" She took a deep breath. "Yeah.. yeah I do.. listen, I understand if you don't like me back. It's understandable. You're already talking to someone, and I don't want to ruin that for you. Besides, have you seen me? I'm pretty sure I don't compare to her." I felt my heart slightly shatter. 'Why would she see herself in such a bad light?' "N/N, you're right. You don't compare to her, because you are far more beautiful than her. Of course I like you back, I just never told you because you had boyfriends, and like you said, I didn't want to ruin that for you." It was an awkward long silence after that. "So what now?" "I don't know.." "Do you wanna.. like.. be my boyfriend?" "Yeah. I would hug you right now, but we live in two different countries. This long distance thing sucks," I frowned. N/N just chuckled. "Well, you'd better get used to it."

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