Nesscas Oneshot Haven

Not just an act

I knock on Ness's door. We just came from a little date, but he suddenly ran off. I know he's here, he has no other place to go. Ness soon opens the door and shows his distressed face. I tilt my head. He's never looked so down before. Even after his dad left, he still didn't look this stressed. Ness sighs and turns into the house. "Hey Lucas," Ness says. He walks in and plops down on his couch. I hesitate a bit. Ness usually doesn't like it when I come unannounced. He says it's because he needs to clean, but I feel like it's because he's always naked and needs to get clothes on. Despite Ness's normal reaction, I walk in. I sit down next to Ness and look at him.

"Ness, is everything alright?" Ness groans loudly. I don't know where that came from. Maybe he got possessed for a little bit. "Um, I'm assuming that's a no." Ness looks at me with a defeated look in his eyes.

"I'm just...I'm just confused." I slide closer to him, nearly connecting our laps together.

"About what?"

"About me. I've been feeling.....odd feelings.

"Oh? I think it's just a tapeworm," I laugh. Ness gives me a stern look. This look kind of scares me. Ness is never serious. He's never shown this look to me. Ness looks down at his lap and opens his mouth to say something, but seems to forget it midway through. He shakes his head.

"Shit," he says, his voice sounding more annoyed than distressed.

"CUT!!" our play director calls out. We look at where the couches are facing and see our director. She's looking rather annoyed. Truth is, Ness has been stumbling on this line since we started this play. Ness can never say the lines "the feelings are about you." I don't see the problem. Ness shoots up. Our director--named Zelda--annoyingly looks at Ness. "Is it that hard to remember the line."

"It's not that, it's just." Zelda's right-hand man, and our good friend, Young Link, runs over. He gives Ness a sympathetic look before looking at Zelda.

"Don't you think this is a bit much? You are asking two straight boys to confess their love for each other," Young Link tries to convince Zelda. Did he already forget? I thought I told him about me a while ago, but maybe it didn't stick in his one-minded head. I just clear my throat. "Oh, I mean, how're you gonna ask one straight boy and one fuck boy to confess their love for each other." Dick. I am no fuckboy. I just so happen to post videos on Tik Tok making sexual faces...damn it. What's the point of getting a sweet ass haircut if I can't show it to people...with a sexy face of course.

"This is the last scene we need to make. This movie is due to the school by Friday. Do you know what today's day is?" Zelda asks, with eyes that look very menacing. I'm lucky I ain't Ness. Ness looks down.

"Wednesday," Ness says with a defeated voice.

"That's right. So you better get your shit together by tomorrow, or we're all fucked." Zelda storms off. I don't get why she's still able to work here when she talks like that. Sure, she turns normal plays into large movies, but she's a rude ass bitch. She could be a little more sympathetic to Ness. He did just go through a break-up.

Young Link runs onto the set. I stand up and we meet each other at Ness's side. "You doing alright?" I ask him. This movie is easier for me, but I can't imagine being him. Ness shakes his head. He looks up at Young Link.

"Can you do anything?" Ness asks.

"I'll try, but I can't promise anything," Young Link says. Zelda, who's still in this room, clears her throat for Young Link to follow her. This room is a room most schools don't have. This room is made just for Zelda's play movies. She turns a play that's been shown previously, into a movie for people to compare and contrast. One of the things people hate is the fact she uses completely different actors from the play. But they don't understand; just because you can act in a play, doesn't mean you can act in a movie.