Aquaria X Miz Cracker - A New Kind of Love

Chapter 4 - What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas

Aquaria's POV:
I was moving closer to Cracker, my heart racing. I closed my eyes. We were so close...

"Morning!!!!" Yelled Violet, popping his head round the door. Me and Cracker jumped in synchronisation. Fuck.

Violet's eyes widened as he took in the scene. Cracker was bright red, and I'm sure I was the same.

"Morning", Cracker said slowly, getting up. "I'm gonna hit the shower." He walked past Violet and avoided my eye.

Violet turned to me. "Oh my god girl...I'm so sorry".

I waved it off. "It's okay. Probably wasn't the right time anyway." Inside I'm melting slowly. How embarrassing! I exhaled. "First show today though! How long till we're in Vegas?"

"About an hour!" Said the bus driver who was walking past our room, her hands full of Red Bulls. "Which is also the amount of sleep I got last night!"

Laughing, I sat back on my bed and instantly caught Cracker's scent from the sheets. Oh my.

As Violet leaves, I turn on my side and see Cracker's phone. No Aquaria, my mind says, but I can't help myself. I pick it up. The wallpaper is a cute photo of him and Katelyn, but my attention is all on one text notification from someone named...Felix?

"Can't wait to see you in Vegas!" The text read. I swallow back what can only be despair as my stomach sunk. So Cracker's meeting a man in Vegas. Grabbing my own phone, I go on Instagram, go to Cracker's account and scroll through his followers until I clicked on an account called Felix.

A gorgeous man, hunky and toned, popped up. Clearly gay as well, from the pride flag in his biography. And Cracker had commented heart eyes on almost all of his photos. Fuck. Fuck.

I throw the phone away from me and sit back, dread filling me up. Cracker emerged from the bathroom, a towel round his waist showing off his subtle muscles. At first I'm filled with a glorious emotion...which is diminished when I think of Felix.

"That shower is actually gorgeous!" Laughed Cracker, grabbing clothes from his suitcase. "I can't wait to get to Vegas though. Do you wanna go shopping when we get there?"

I can only muster a "mmm", before slipping out the door and quickly walking away.

Cracker's POV:
Aquaria confuses me. I thought he maybe...liked me? Now he doesn't? Was it because of earlier? A million thoughts race through my brain as I pulled on my clothes. Grabbing my phone, I see a text from Felix. I sigh and type back.

"Felix, why can't you understand I just want to be friends?" He doesn't understand. I love him as a friend of course, but my hearts set on someone else...and has been for a very long time.

Vegas comes into view later, all lights and glitters. We're all exited, pushing and shoving like little kids to see. We get at the hotel, and with a tug on my heart I remember I won't be able to sleep with Aquaria tonight. Nevertheless, I smile and grab his arm. He's down, for some reason, and it hurts me too.

He gives me a weak smile and together we run of the tour bus into the Vegas heat, laughing with the other queens to explore the city.

A few hours later, we're getting ready for the show all together in Asia's hotel room. Asia and Kameron are almost on top of each other. Vanjie's back is to them.

"Girl, I cannot WAIT for this show!" Exclaimed Monet as she doused her face in setting spray. "Apparently over two thousand people are coming!"

"Is Felix gonna come, Cracker?" Said Naomi, carefully looking in the mirror. I felt Aquaria almost tense up next to me. Strange.

"You'd like that, wouldn't you Naomi?" I said coyly. Naomi's crush on Felix, my friend from home was bigger than Monet's tuck.

"What?" Aquaria exclaimed. "Naomi, you've got a crush?" Her expression is unreadable.

"Well, Felix and I have been getting pretty close..." said Naomi slowly.

The room erupted. The gorgeous Naomi, with a man? Unbelievable.

Aquaria's mood brightened unexpectedly and he linked his arm in mine on the way to the club. I felt my heart skip a beat.

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The show was better than expected. We all had such a good time. At the curtain call, I felt like I had to do something...impulsive. Without thinking, I put my arms around Aquaria's waist and hug him tightly in front of everyone.

The crowds erupt into screams of joy and chanting "Craquaria! Craquaria!"

Aquaria gasps in joy, his face red, before laughing and stretching his hands around my neck. Oh my god. This is heaven.

In a laughing mess, we piled back into the taxi, exclaiming how good the show was. Squashed between Vanjie and Aquaria, I had never felt so good.

We get back to the hotel, de-drag and settle down. I see Asia subtly sneak into Kameron's room. I'm about to close the door when-

"Cracker?"

Aquaria stands in the doorway of the room opposite mine, wearing nothing but a pair of shorts. His dark hair was messy, and he looked adorable.

I swallow, my face flushing. "Yeah?"

"Do you want to...like watch movies tonight? With...me?"

I had never seen Aquaria so bashful. Smiling with excitement, I grab the fluffy blanket off my bed. Yesss!

"Why of course, Aquafina!" He laughs at the nickname and together we walk into his room.

Moments later, my head is in his lap and we're watching Die Hard.

"Cracker? I need...to tell you something."

I shift my head so I'm looking into his eyes. "Yeah?"

He sighs. "I saw the text from Felix. I...I got kind of jealous." Ohhh. So that explains Aquaria's slump this morning.

"Aquaria...you know I don't like him, right? We're just friends. He actually likes Naomi."

Aquaria stares at me. "How could you not like him? I saw him, he looks like he was made in a lab."

I laugh and sit up so I'm eye to eye with him.

"I...I like someone else." This new confidence rushed through me. Aquaria states back at me, and almost in synchronisation my hands are on his face and his out around my waist and our lips are crushed together, our heartbeats syncing....