IJ had finish her shopping from the mini Mart from next to the hospital and was now happily walking up the stairs, she had left the room leaving Afo Jete and his 'girlfriend' behind since she couldn't stand being around them.
She was about to turn through a bend corner in the passage way leading to Afo's room when her eyes met Jete and Oreva erratic breathing, she was going to walk past like nothing had happened until she saw Afo's figure coming out of the room and she retreated, she didn't want to know what Afo was going to do.
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Jete and Oreva were exiting the room leaving Afo who was bewildered with the incessant bombardment with bad news,one after another. Immediately Oreva stepped out the room, Jete grabbed her hand and pulled her to himself.
Oreva was surprised by the sudden development because she wasn't prepared at all, she stared into Jete's eyes and they were filled with relief and excitement, so she asked:
"What is it...." Before he could complete her sentence Jete planted a kiss on her lips, which Oreva resists him.
"You know your friends in the right" Oreva tried pull Jete's senses back into his head Incase he had lost it.
"So what I'm happy and I need to celebrate with my girl, is that so wrong?" He once again plants a kiss this time a round throwing his tongue into her mouth which she accepts for a few seconds before pulling out.
"What about the entire charade?" She inquired once more.
"Well seems like it took care of itself.." this time around he pinned her on the wall thus a kiss with muffled moans that would break Afo's heart began.
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Afo's brain had for a while given up on him until it finally kicked back on and started working again, he couldn't just leave the scene like nothing had happened, if he did that then how was he going to continue living with these two people he trusted so much.
He had seen it happen alot in manga's and that step never works out well rather it would leave him with frustration that would lead to hatred and eventually anger that would explode so he did what he considered the most logical, maybe considered illogical by others.
"What in god's kingdom is going on here?" He managed to squeeze out these words with all his might. He spoke as calmly as possible.
Oreva and Jete's eyes were widened in shock and they both gently tilted their heads to look at the shock stricken Afo in front of them.
Oreva carefully observed Afo and she could tell that he had definitely been broken, she could tell that it took everything Afo had to still be standing in front of them due to the shaking that wasn't too visible.
"Thank you for bringing me my phone" Oreva finally broke the short silence by grabbing her phone from Afo's hand and retrieved at least two steps back to Jete's side.
Afo couldn't believe his eyes and ears, 'since when did my life become NTR all of a sudden?' he could only ask himself this. So he was about to repeat the question again when Jete grabbed Oreva by her waist and finally spoke as well.
"Let's go"
"Um!" Oreva readily agreed but Afo needed to speak with them, he needed to at least listen to his beat friend whom he had always looked up to to make up an excuse. The friend that had been his motivation in sports to give him some sad tale and try to apologize buy he was just leaving he couldn't accept that.
"...Wait Jete... I asked you what just happened" Afo said through gritted teeth.
"And why should I answer that eh?" This wasn't the development Afo had expected, where was the excuse, where was the remorse in his eyes rather Jete's eyes brimmed with confidence.
"I don't get you.."
"I mean who the duck do you think you are to demand an answer huh?" Jete snapped at Afo who was halfway through his sentence. Now Afo was both confused and pissed what was Jete saying why was Oreva so quiet, they both had eyes that looked like they had done nothing.
"Couldn't you at least come up with a sad tale!" Afo snapped back at Jete shocking them both.
"Oh you want a sad tale, well here's one... Once upon a time I fucked Oreva why because she belongs to me" Afo chest tightened, it was as if all the oxygen around him had gone on a vacation, he didn't understand why his friend was acting this way.
"I thought we were cool J" he calmly retorted to Jete's words, because if he shouted once more he felt like he would use up the last air around him and burst into tears before passing out.
"Yeah me too, I thought we were cool" Jete retorted in a calm voice as well.
"You though we were cool till I invited you into my life and dafuq did you do huh?
You stole my place, you forgot your position and began to shine, you shone so bright that I couldn't even be seen as a shadow. Everyone around me compared me to you.
Be like Afo he's hardworking, be like Afo he's talented, be like Afo he's persistent.
Why the fuck should I be the one compared to it should go the other way around"
Now Afo couldn't take it anymore, he had expected a sad tale now that Jete was feeding him one he felt this was complete BS. Jete had everything, he only became better because he had struggled to beat Jete or at least hold a candle to him. He got engulfed in basketball so as to make Jete shine and now he was spouting complete nonsense out of his hell hole.
He took a step up to his Oreva to look her in the eyes so as to make sure he wasn't mistaken what was going on, he could not bear listening to his friend anymore so he wanted to hear her own thoughts. He stretched out his hands to grab hers.
"What do you--"
Peouk!
Before he could reach Oreva and finish his sentence Afo sent him to the ground with a fist slamming against the side of his jaw, normally this was where Afo would stand up and retaliate by breaking a few bones in Jete's body because when it came to Afo, no one was allowed to hit him not after all his father had already hit him in the past.
He would beat up anyone who tried to bully him in school that was how he met Jete in the first place, he beat up three boys who were his ago and sent them to the hospital with a few broken bones, Afo began to get involved in fights whenever he was bullied or ridiculed by anyone that was until he met with Mrs Hana who made him stop his senseless actions.
But by then it was too late, the entire school already knew of Afo's personality so they gave him space whenever he was coming. Afo was good at his academics because he wanted to impress Mrs Hana so he was always at the top of his class in exams and tests, he had the physical stats perfect for any alethic sports but he never had the motivation to join any because that didn't bring anyone around him joy Mrs Hana only cared about his intelligence in school so he would only be intelligent.
That was until he met Jete one day who asked him to join the basketball team, he refused naturally but after Jete asked to be friends first he changed his mind over time. Maybe it was because he hadn't had friends in a long time or hadn't have anyone to speak to except Mrs Hana and the people in her restaurant so he felt like he should agree.
And now that person that he considered a friend had just punched him in the face, Afo sat down on the floor with his brain considering what to do.. that was until.
"I'm glad you had this accident, now at least you'll stay out of my court" Afo was struck dead silent like he had just looked into Medusa's eyes and now he was being petrified, he basically had no come back for this, the universe had finally given up on him.
*SLAP*
The resounding slap didn't turn Afo's face from looking at the floor until he heard a familiar voice.
"What the hell is wrong with you!"
IJ shouted after leaving a hot slap on Jete's face, she had been quiet the whole time hoping Jete would eventually leave and let Afo wallow in his pain until he punched his so called best friend. She had known that Jete and Oreva had a relationship the whole time and had kept quiet the whole time.
She felt it wasn't her secret to tell since it would make her look bad, she had tried to many time but couldn't afford seeing the face Afo would make, would Afo confuse her for someone who was jealous, would Afo be able to smile again. Of course she knew how fast Afo recovered from trauma by pretending to be alright.
She had been in that kind of scenario all her life putting up a facade, she couldn't bear too see this anymore and wanted these people to leave, she turned to Oreva and looked her in the eyes.
"Hope you feel accomplished?..."
"...."
"Now the two of you leave, you are no longer welcome!" She said in a cold tone as Jete gritted his teeth to retaliate but Oreva stopped her and pulled her away. IJ watched them until they disappeared and then turned to Afo who was petrified with shock in his heart.
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Afo was finally on the hospital bed once more with his face brightened as if nothing had happened, as if handed him the plate of apple she just sliced up, she gestured to feed him but Afo refused and said he could take care of it himself.
He had a calm expression so calm you wouldn't know he was at a breakdown of shock five minutes ago but IJ could see the tears that were welling up in Afo's eyes, she could tell he wanted to cry so hard but he was holding back, Afo finally initiated a conversation.
"I heard mom's gone"
"Yes" IJ replied.
"I was surprised for a bit"
"Yes"
"I was most surprised STDs wasn't mentioned in the"
"It wasn't in her file at all" she interrupted him.
"You know you can cry in front of me right" Afo stopped with the apple slice he was about to place in his mouth, he had been holding back because he hated looking pitiable and weak in front of people mostly the ones he cared about.
"You know I hate to do that in front of those I love right?" IJ was happy that he considered her among those he loved, sure his words were vague but she was willing to be there for him as well.
"You said you would be there to absorb my pain..."
"...." Afo was quiet
"I think you are full for now so let it out" Afo couldn't help it anymore and broke down in tears, tears were streaming so much from his eyes he looked so adorable like a child who had dropped his only and favorite toy in the sewer hole.
IJ grabbed his head and rested his face on her bosom, the comfort and the warm hug made Afo even cry louder, he felt like the world had finally ceased to exist, he didn't know how to put up with the whole event.
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A week later Afo was finally discharged, he acted fine when he returned home but things weren't okay his face smiled but his eyes were filled tith sadness, IJ had decided he needed sometime to grief so that was what she gave him... time hoping he'll be back on his feets soon.