Part 1

Context: You're celebrating graduation with the rest of the school at a fancy hotel nearby. You just want to read, but it seems the night had other plans for you. Morning has arrived and with it the realization that your bully cuddled with you all night. How much stranger could things get?

Setting: A hotel room

Tags:[M4A][Enemies to Friends?][Hungover Bully Speaker][Sober Kind Listener][Bully x Listener][Vulnerable][Saying Goodbye][Confession][Cuddling][Sweet]but[Angst][Self-Esteem][L-Bomb][Hair Petting][Reverse Comfort][Fate?][Different Ending][Good Luck][CW: Heartbreak/Angst]

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[Scene opens in the hotel room]

[SFX: Birds chirping outside/ Vince snoring if desired]

[You wake a few minutes before your alarm goes off, much to your annoyance. There’s also a hungover Vince still curled up in your lap]

“Mmhmr… Nerd, gimme those lips… Just for a sec…”

[...]

[SFX: Cloth shifting]

[He groans as you try and slip away]

“Nooo…”

[Pause?]

“Water and aspirin? Mmokay.”

[SFX: The Listener creeping around the hotel room and gathering anti-drunk supplies]

“Thanks… Can we cuddle just a little longer? Please?”

[...]

[SFX: The Listener resting back on the couch with them]

“Mmh, warm… So warm…”

[Pause]

“No, m’ awake… and I remember what happened last night, so you don’t gotta worry about that horrifically awkward journey. I, um… how are you feeling?”

[Pause…]

“Confused? Yeah… same. I guess, at least, there’s this sense of peace for me, now. I hope you feel the same… A-About the peace, not the… the me being in love and… the thing, alright? We’re calling it ‘the thing’ like it’s an alien monstrosity. Yeah. The thing.”

[Pause…]

“You don’t feel peace…? Ah, godamnit, I’m so sorry… I didn’t mean to fuck it all up, I just, I didn’t want to let you go until I could at least tell you. But now you’ve gotta deal with it and I just, ugghhh! I deserve this migraine.”

[Pause]

“Sorry, sorry, I’ll be quiet. Let you process… Is that right? Did I get it right this time?”

[Pause]

“Oh, thank Christ. Got one thing right, at least.”

[SFX: Some subtle shifts and the blanket moving a bit]

[...]

“Yeah… I figured you’d ask for some time to think. Ain’t you got a thing, though?”

[Pause]

“A year… damn. Well, that’s definitely time to think, eh? Heh… Let me get up real quick and I’ll get out of your life. Hair. I’ll get out of your hair.”

[...?]

“Am I OK? Eheh… no, but I’ll live. Hey, um, thanks for spending graduation night with me. Couldn’t think of a better way to have spent it.”

[...]

[He stands and stretches with a big groan before settling into his usual slouch]

“...I don’t really know what to say. I wish I knew how romance worked at all, or how to function as a human being, but all I can come up with is, ‘I’ll miss you but I hope you don’t miss me’.”

[Pause]

“You will miss me a little, huh? Heh. I’ll take it.”

[SFX: A phone notification]

[You check your phone briefly as he gets his shoes on and your heart drops even further down the angst hole]

“Hey? All good, Nerd?”

[...]

“...Yeah. It hurts for me, too. But sometimes you gotta pull the proverbial weeds, hot or not. Hey, I guess if you’re ever out there feeling unloved, you’ll always know at least one person out there does! That counts for something, yeah?”

[...]

[You didn’t ask for your heart to get punched in its face]

[He tosses you that infuriating smirk, though the sadness it tries to hide is immense]

“Hey, um… if I see you at our class reunion, somehow, and we’re both still single… how’s about we get married?”

[Pause]

[He chuckles, wiping his eyes again]

“It’s a date…”

[...]

“... I’ll try and take care of myself, yeah. I promise. Thank you for hearing me out and… giving me a night to pretend.”

[...]

“See you on distant shores, Nerd. I, um… yeah.”

[He turns to go but, on instinct, you reach out and take his hand]

[Pause!]

[He turns back to you, confused]

“Huh? Yeah, I know how to camp and do wilderness exploration. You know I was a Boy Scout! Which, by the way, I still will throw you into a pool or something if you tell others.”

[Long Pause]

[SFX: Hurried packing]

“Nerd? Nerd! Geeze, if you can move that fast, you should’ve tried out for track! Why are you asking me that?”

[Pause!]

“...OK, you’re doing a year abroad in another country, yeah. And one of the wilderness guides called it quits after getting bitten by a badger? Pfft, idiot, you never fuck with badgers. Mean little bastards if you rile them enough. Damn, that sucks… Are they going to cancel the whole thing, then?”

[Pause]

“Not if they can find someone? Damn… Well, I wish you luck with that, Nerd.”

[...]

“...Why are you giving me the ‘Vince, you’re a fucking idiot’ eyes?”

[...]

[He stares at you for a moment before you see the cogs start turning in his head]

“Wait… Wait, me?! Really?? You’d offer me something like that?”

[Pause!]

“Holy shit… Holy shit! Yes, absolutely! Yes, yes, yes!”

[Pause!!!]

[You both jump up and down excitedly before he grabs you in his arms and kisses you]

“C’mere, beautiful! Mmmmwah!”

[...]

[He freezes as you freeze]

“I-I, um… Whoops, got… got a little carried away there, my bad.”

[...Pause]

“I just… I don’t know, I got really excited at the idea of spending more time with you, but… part of me is also a little suspicious you intend on leaving me in a foreign country… I mean, do you even… feel the same way about me?”

[...]

“You aren’t sure…”

[Pause]

[He brightens. It’s the first time you’ve ever seen him smile genuinely]

“But you want to find out…?”

[Pause!]

[SFX: Texting and bleep bloops]

“Oh, you texting your program leader? What did he say?”

[Pause]

“Pfft, nice. ‘Don’t care, so long as he can do the job, give him a ticket and the training packet’. Caution to the wind… I like it. But, hey, don’t worry. I promise I’ll keep you and the other scrubs safe, OK?”

[Pause]

“Yeah, I’ll get packed and ready by next month, no fucking problem! Just… don’t take off without me, OK? I dunno, if you’ve noticed or not but, ah, kind of, have some abandonment issues, and this means everything to me, and I just… even if you don’t feel the same, I want to be there to protect you, alright?”

[Pause]

“Huh? Why are you offering me your pinkie?”

[Pause!]

“Pinkie promise? What… are you talking about?”

[Pause…]

[He gives you a bit of a look and offers his pinkie]

“So, this means that you have to keep your word, no matter what. And the same for me, huh? OK, what are you promising?”

[Pause]

“That you’ll never leave me behind, huh? Alright… So, what am I promising?”

[Pause]

“To always protect you, huh? Hehe. Pinkie promise.”

[<3]

[You shake pinkies with big, dumb smiles]

“I should get packing and tell my older brother about it before the hangover makes me start projectile vomiting. Kind of a bad time, yeah?”

[Pause]

“Yeah… I’ll catch you later, OK? Maybe we can meet up for lunch or something to go over plans!”

[Pause!]

“Cool. Thanks again, Nerd, I um… OK, can I get a stupid statement pass?”

[Pause?]

“OK, good. Checkout isn’t for another few hours, so… do you maybe wanna fool around or cuddle more…?”

[...]

[Stupid, sexy asshole]

“Yes! Back under the blankets, hot stuff, you are mine for the day.”

[SFX: Couch snuggles]

[Whether you know it or not, you’ve set, in motion, a series of events that are now beyond your control.]

“Hey, Nerd? What room number is yours? I need to know how fast I need to be, come 1 PM.”

[Pause]

“017? Huh, I’m in 023. Not too far, then. Good… I want to be here as long as I possibly can. Hope you can tolerate me for that long, honey pie~.”

[Pause]

[SFX: More couch snuggles]

[... I wish you the best of luck]

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S E E Y O U S O O N

[Transmission Ended]