Kai was bouncing on his toes, his eyes roaming the crowd of people, searching for his best friend. He had begged his dad to let him borrow his car so he could pick Nicolas up himself. His parents were very surprised that he voluntarily woke up at 6:00am. He was usually always complaining about waking up at 7:30 for school but today he was filled with energy as he was eating his breakfast.
“Kai.” He heard a familiar voice say and when he turned around his face broke into a huge smile at the sight of his best friend.
Nicolas was wearing a black hoodie with black sweatpants and his usual neat chocolate brown hair was messy and ruffled. His slightly tan complexion made his beautiful green eyes pop out more then usual. His chiseled features resembled a stony mask that he only ever removed around Kai and his glasses that Kai adored but never admitted of sat comfortably on the bridge of his nose.
Kai jogged towards his best friend and immediately wrapped him in a hug. People at school always found it weird how these two never bro hug and instead just normally hug with Kai’s arms around Nicolas’s neck and his around Kai’s waist. Slowly everyone got used to their odd friendship and decided to ignore their act of affection every now and then.
Nicolas buried his face into Kai’s neck, tightening his arms around his waist and sighed in relief at the comforting scent of lemons and watermelon.
He was finally home.
“I missed you.” Nicolas said when they pulled away. He only ever said those words to Kai and no one else but Kai. Nicolas does not like to show much affection to people not even to his own mother but with Kai it naturally came to him.
“I missed you too. It was so boring without you I thought I was gonna die.” Kai said dramatically and Nicolas chuckled.
“Good morning Kai.” He heard Nicolas’s mother, Luciana greet him and he faced her with a polite smile.
“Good morning Luciana.” He replied and glanced at her appearance. She always looked so professional even after a long flight. Her brown hair was neatly placed in a bun at the top of her head and she worse a black blouse with a black skirt that came to her knees. Her green eyes, identical to her son’s were on display without her usual glasses but since her eyesight wasn’t as bad as Nicolas she would be just fine to make it home.
“Nicolas, I have to go to the company. Do you mind taking a taxi-“
“That’s okay! I drove my dad’s car here so I’ll give him a ride.” Kai cut her off with a small smile to make it less rude and Louisa nodded.
“Okay I’ll see you later then.” She said and with a final nod left the two boys on their own.
“Come on let’s go!” Kai said and grabbed Nicolas smaller bag so his best friend would only have to drag along his big suitcase behind him.
“You know I can hold that right?” Nicolas said and Kai did know that. Even if Nicolas was a complete nerd he was also much taller and stronger then Kai was. Nicolas frequently went to the gym and had a very healthy diet in comparaison to Kai who eats a lot of junk food and goes to the gym a few times per month. Kai does sometime play soccer just like his older brother but he was not as passionate as he was.
“Yes I know but I want to help you.” Kai smiled and Nicolas nodded as they went outside of the airport and into the parking lot. They put the bags in the truck before they settled in the car and Kai started driving.
“How was the trip?” Kai asked.
“It was okay.” Nicolas replied with a shrug and looked out the window.
“Isn’t it a good thing that your mom took you with you? Doesn’t she usually go alone leave you here?” Kai asked softly to not upset his friend.
Ever since Nicolas was a kid, his mother would leave on countless business trips leaving her son with maids to watch him over. When he met Kai he would go and stay at his place with him every time his mother left him. His parents and older brother loved Nicolas like their own and always welcomed him in their home. Their house was more of a home to Nicolas then his ever was.
“She only took me with her because her business partners wanted to meet her son. Her successor.” Nicolas said with no hint of emotion in his voice and Kai frowned.
“I’m sorry.” Kai whispered sadly and Nicolas looked away from the window to gaze at his friend with a soft look.
“You have nothing to be sorry about.” He said and raised his hand to ruffle Kai’s hair. “And at the end of the day I’ll have you right?”
“You’ll always have me.” Kai repeated with a smile that Nicolas matched with his own.
“Promise?”
“Promise.”
After the long drive Kai pulled up in front Nicolas’s big house. Nicolas’s mom was rich. She owned her own business that was very successful around the world so they were bound to live a very luxurious live. But Nicolas hated spending too much money and never went overboard when he was using it.
They grabbed the bags and entered in the empty house.
“Let’s go to my room.” Nic said and Kai nodded following behind him as he started climbing the stairs.
They arrived in Nicolas’s room and set the bags down near his big black closet. His room had white walls with a king size bed in the middle. His black comforter was nearly folded at the feet of the bed on top of his dark blue sheets that looked almost black. He had a big window with black curtains that gave his room a somber look. There was a big TV on the opposite wall of the bed that Nicolas only used when Kai was over. He’s prefer to sit near the window where his large brown bookshelf was and read.
“What do you want to do?” Kai asked Nicolas as he sat down on the bed his back to the headboard and his legs spread out.
“Can we rest for a bit and then maybe we could watch a movie.” Nicolas suggested as he went to his closet to take off his hoodie, leaving him in a black t-shirt.
“Sure.” Kai agreed and patted his leg for Nic to lay his head on. Ever since they were kids every time they would watch a movie or rest one of their heads would be placed on the others lap.
Nic smiled and crawled into bed, laying his head on Kai’s lap while the latter grabbed the comforter and pulled it over them.
Kai ran his finger through Nicolas’s soft hair as he hummed in content. After a while Nicolas fell asleep and his soft snore filled the room. Kai grabbed his phone with his right hand while his left continued to play with Nic’s hair.
He decided to text Arthur since he has been missing from school for two days straight now.
Kai : hey
Arthur: what’s up dude
Kai: where have you been?
Arthur: I was sick. Got a cold.
Kai: you feeling better?
Arthur: yeah Noelle came to check up on me yesterday
Kai: weren’t you guys fighting?
Arthur: it was just an argument
Kai: you guys are weird but okay. Don’t make her sad again
Arthur: she’s the one who said I only think with my dick!
Kai: was she lying?
Arthur: fuck you
Kai softly chuckled, knowing that was the end of the conversation he decided to scroll through social media. He saw he had a friend request from Mary on Instagram and decided to accept it. Two minutes later he received a DM from her asking her what time he was going to come over. Kai sighed and said 4 and she agreed and sent her adresse.
She tried to keep the conversation going but Kai left her on delivered and decided to stalk Nic’s Instagram. He noticed he posted pics from his trip and saw a picture of Nic brooding at Times Square. Nic hared posting pictures of himself but once in awhile he did it. Mostly because Kai forced him.
“What are you doing?” A voice startled him out of his thought and he looked down to see Nicolas raising his head and tiredly glancing at what Kai was looking on his phone.
“Are you stalking me?” He asked with a soft smile before burying his face back in Kai’s stomach.
“Of course not!” Kai exclaimed with a small embarrassed blush and closed his phone setting it on the bedside table and glancing back at the tired Nic.
“You awake?” He asked.
“Mhmm.” Nic murmured and turned over while stifling a yawn.
“Come on let’s watch a movie.” Kai said and Nicolas nodded getting up and getting the remote for Kai.
“I’m gonna go to the bathroom.” He said and Kai nodded.
After finding a good enough movie to watch Kai clicked on it and paused it to wait for Nicolas. After awhile Nicolas came back and sat on the end of the bed. Kai frowned at the distance and started curiously at Nicolas.
“Come here.” Nicolas smiled at him and patted his legs. “It’s your turn.”
The frown vanished from Kai’s face and a smile came instead. He crawled over to Nicolas and laid his head on his lap and Nicolas immediately buried his fingers into Kai’s messy black hair.
They clicked play and silently watched the movie. As the movie came to a boring part Nicolas decided to break the silence.
“What are you doing tomorrow?” He asked stroking Kai’s hair and massaging his head.
Kai felt hesitation claw at him. He didn’t know why he was being so hesitant to tell Nicolas about the math project but an uncomfortable feeling tugged at his chest. He laid on his side and glanced up at Nic’s face as he moved his hand from Kai’s hair to his forehead.
“There’s this math project I have to work on.” He started out and Nic hummed.
“Can we do it in teams? Do you have my document?” Nic asked and Kai’s heart dropped.
“I do have your document.” He answered. “And yes we can do it in teams.”
“Are you working with someone?” Nic asked already knowing the answer because of the guilt on Kai’s face.
“Yes. You know the girl that sits in front of us?” Kai said.
“The one with the platinum blond hair?” Nic recalled and Kai hummed.
“Yeah she asked to work together and I tried to say no but she kept going at it so I agreed.” He muttered with a hint of annoying was in his tone.
“What did she say?” Nicolas asked.
“Oh she was just being really persistent about working with me so I gave in…” Kai trailed off.
Kai rarely lied to his best friend so he felt surprised at himself that he didn’t tell Nic what Mary actually said.
You’re acting as if you guys are dating.
“I’m sorry we can’t work together.” Kai murmured before turning around and burying his face into Nicolas’s stomach.
“Maybe there’s someone who doesn’t have a partner and would want to work with you!” Kai exclaimed.
“No that’s okay. I would prefer to work alone.”
“But you always work with me.”
“That’s because it’s you.”
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