Nico and Victor, 16/11/2014
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om_mainAfter the weird and awkward conversation with Vance, Victor flees to his room and Nico.
Now he was alone, Victor just felt pathetic. He'd told himself he'd be strong if he saw Vance, stand up for himself but he'd done the complete opposite. Why did he always have to make such an idiot out of himself all the time? Why did he not just say no when Vance had offered that stupid hug. And the fact that he still kind of had a tremor in his hands made him even more frustrated. He shouldn't have let himself get so affected, it was pathetic.
At least Nico had responded to his group text looking for someone to hang out and avoid homework with and he'd taken the opportunity to get out while he could. That earned him a few points back, he reckoned.
So he was back in his room Netflix pulled up and waiting for his friend to knock. At least Nico wouldn't judge him if he was kinda wallowy today, that was something.
Nico walked up to Vic's door with his hands in his pockets. He had gotten Victor's text a while ago and had kind of figured he needed a friend. Look, he was getting better at this live people thing! He hesitated for a second before knocking.
Victor jumped up quickly to open the door, forcing a smile on with his best acting abilities he greeted his friend "Hey, got sick of homework too, huh?"
"Always," Nico replied with a wry grin. "So, what's up?"
Victor ushered the other boy inside, closing the door behind them. "Having a bit of a freaky day, just kinda wanted to just see a friend and switch off the brain."
"Sounds like a good plan to me," Nico commented. Then looking around, he couldn't help but ask, "Where's Pietro?"
"On holiday with his sister, birthday thing." Victor shrugged little at that. "Anyway lately between Remy's flat and his new New York place, sometimes it's hard to find him. I've been considering fitting him with a tracking tag actually." He was joking of course, and casual Remy reference to try to help Nico be more casual about that kind of thing.
"Oh, okay," Nico shrugged, a little uncomfortably. But hey, Netflix! "What are we watching?"
Well, that was a marked improvement, Victor couldn't help noticing. "Whatever you wanna watch, I'm not fussy. All the stuff we've been getting into's good." Just PLEASE distract me from the memory of being back in my ex's arms. Please
"Hm...Buffy?" Nico asked, searching his brain for shows.
"A fine choice, sir," Victor nodded, trying for a joke as he started setting it up.
"Cool," Nico responded, walking over to Vic's bed and plopping down.
They were only a couple of episodes into the second season and it was kind of fun to laugh at the 90s fashion choices and some of the makeup and effects that hadn't stood the test of time so well. Most of all it was totally escapist which was awesome.
Once 'School Hard' was starting to play, he settled next to Nico on the bed and asked "Coke?"
"Please," Nico responded, eyes bouncing between the screen and his green friend.
Since he knew it didn't freak the other boy out, Victor used the tongue trick to grab the two cans and shut the fridge door. There were several things he had to tip toe around with Nico but his mutation, at least, wasn't one of them.
"And I'm pretty sure there's doritos around if you want a snack." He still had the fixed smile in place from answering the door, it didn't really reach his eyes but hopefully if he made himself do it and imitated the motions, then he'd start feeling it. It was an acting technique he'd been learning about.
"I'm always game for doritos," Nico confessed with faux seriousness, opening his can up immediately and taking a big gulp. Vic was acting weird.
Once he'd retrieve the chips, Victor settled down to watched the show. At least here, unlike the rec room, he could focus better because it was the right temperature for him. That took one worry off of his shoulders right there. He was quiet as they watched, which whilst wasn't unusual it was a more subdued quiet than a watching intensely quiet.
"Okay, what's going on?" Nico asked, his eyes still on the screen but a good chunk of his attention of Victor (the other parts of his attention were on the screen and a light flickering outside the window).
"Hmm? Oh, nothing. Like I said, weird day." Victor mumbled and, yeah, he knew he'd probably spill any second but he was honestly kind of nervous as to how Nico would even react.
Nico glanced at him and then shrugged. If he didn't want to talk, Nico wasn't about to push.
They kept watching the show but the further they got in, the more Victor found himself concerned that maybe he'd offended Nico by shutting him down so fast. Eyes still fixed on Spike and Drusilla, he told the other boy. "I...I kinda wanna tell you about it a bit but I don't like making you uncomfortable."
"O...kay?" Nico responded with a slight frown, turning more of his attention towards his friend. "What?"
"You know there was a big party last night for the guy who just got out of juvie?" He turned too, mirroring the movement Nico had made so they were facing each other a bit more.
Nico made extra sure to keep his face blank, because didn't Illyana just ask him not to tell Vic? "Yeah? What about it?"
"He's," Victor took a deep breath, not because he was ashamed but because he was scared Nico would go funny on him. "He's my ex, we were together for ages and best friends before that and then he went to juvie. One day we were saying we were gonna get through it together and using like the 'L' word and stuff and the next he was sending me a Dear John letter telling me it's for my own good we break up and he blocked me so I couldn't even call or visit or talk to him about it."
"Anyway, it just saw him for the first time in like a year since he did that and yeah..."
"Oh," Nico mumbled, honestly surprised and with a furrowed brow. Didn't Yana like this guy? How could she like a gay guy? What should he say to Vic? "Well...that sucks?"
"Yeah, yeah that sums it up pretty well." Vic nodded slowly, relieved the Nico had reacted at least better than he could have. "I'm totally over him it's just weird. And confusing."
"Yeah...I mean, I don't know much about relationships but...sounds weird?"
"Me either, I mean this is the only proper relationship I've ever had." Tommy had been a few weeks and hadn't really counted, Vance counted and now... "And now we're not, which is weird but we still have to live here together and he was my best friend but I lost that too. Like I said, weird day and I don't know how to feel." But he was glad Nico was there, was that weird? No weirder than the rest of the day.
"This is school is like a giant zoo," Nico observed.
And that was a bit out of left field for Victor who blinked and guessed "Because this is the reptile house or...?"
"Because we're all stuck here like some sort of weird social experiment..." Nico replied, which he thought was pretty deep for him. Then, blinking, he added, "But yeah, I guess so?" He chuckled slightly.
Victor had nodded along thoughtfully to the first bit and added "Let's just hope no one's filming it." before getting sidetracked with the more entertaining. "So if this is the reptile house, what does that make you?"
"Um...a rock?" Nico half asked, not sure quite where he fit in.
"Too talkative to be a rock. Plus lizard bask on rocks and I'm pretty sure I only did that coz we were drunk." Aaaand that was the first time mentioning drunk them since it happened. Oops. Moving quickly on. Very quickly.
"I think, I think you're like one of those tumblr posts. Where like a zoo animal breaks into another animal's enclosure and they become, like, unlikely buddies, you know? Like a tiger and a dog but we're a lizard and a, a whatever you wanna be."
"Hm...what should I be?"
"You're a...I think you're a cat. Like one of the wild cats, you know? Coz like you're totally cool off doing your own thing and being independent but you're good company and everything. Plus, you know, there's claws and teeth when needed." Victor summed up thoughtfully. "That work for you? The lizard and the wildcat?"
Nico shrugged. Okay, he could be a cat. "Sure, that works for me."
He didn't seem too thrilled though. "There something you woulda preferred?"
"Nah--hadn't really thought about it," Nico admitted. He wasn't opposed though.
"I didn't get much choice." Victor pointed out, pulling a face.
"True...your power kind of chose that for you. But hey, other people's powers chose theirs too, right?"
"Other people still get to look like a person sometimes though, not quite the same." Victor pointed out "But yeah Sirius the dog, Remus the wolf, Bigby Wolf the wolf, not subtle. No lizard clues about my name though!"
"Well that's good then right?" Nico asked. He was now confused how they ended up at this point of the conversation. Oh well.
"I...have no idea." He shrugged a little, onscreen Spike was killing the anointed one.
"Who do you like better? Spike or Angel?"
"Spike." He answered immediately. He hadn't been lying to Illyana when he'd said he was not a lover of Angel in fact that whole conversation with her was true apart from the name and accent bit.
Nico nodded. "I like Spike better as a character but I like Angel with Buffy better."
"Well, I can't say much about pairings and preferences without epic spoilers but I can see your point for sure." He wasn't a Spike/Buffy shipper though, not at all.
Settling down a bit and starting to relax a little, Victor started helping himself to chips for the first time since they'd sat down as the next episode 'Inca Mummy Girl' started.
Nico chuckled. "Okay. Pairings like...romantic pairings?"
"Yeah, that's what I meant. Sorry, too much tumblr time," Or too much Becky time. Aaand thinking about Becky reminded him of that awkward thing with Vance she was there to witness. Why did he even do that? Ugh.
Nico knew tumblr was a website of some sort so he shrugged it off and nodded.
"You got a favourite Scooby or anything yet?" Victor asked as the theme music kicked in.
"Scooby?" Nico asked, feeling really slow on the uptake today.
"That's what Xander and Willow call their group, sorry."
"Oh, okay," Nico responded and then thought it over. "Probably Willow then. Xander's funny, but he's also kind of an ass."
Victor nodded in agreement. "Willow's cool, a guy who's gonna joined later this season is one of my favourites though." Oz was great and MUCH preferable to Xander in his opinion. Even if Xander had his moments.
Jumping topics completely, he couldn't ask helping "Do you think I'm pathetic? Letting him affect me? I kinda do."
Starting at the sudden change in topic, Nico glanced at Victor. "Uh, no? I mean, people affect us, you know? Friends, family...whatever. Even if you don't want 'em too." After all, Nico still got upset over Bianca and his dad and whatever.
Victor thought about it, nodding just a little. Eventually he said "Thanks for, well, you know. I didn't know who else to talk to." And maybe Nico didn't need him unloading on him but here he was, helping and hanging out and stuff. Being the wildcat in the reptile house.
Victor really appreciated it.
Nico just kind of awkwardly half nodded and half shrugged. "That's what friends do, right?"
Victor smiled and told him "The real good ones do anyway." before deciding it was probably best to drop it again before Nico got too awkward and left.
"Okay, cool," Nico mumbled, turning his attention back to the screen and rubbing the back of his neck nervously.
Victor mumbled a quiet, half audible apology and then fell quiet again, watching the screen instead.
Now he was alone, Victor just felt pathetic. He'd told himself he'd be strong if he saw Vance, stand up for himself but he'd done the complete opposite. Why did he always have to make such an idiot out of himself all the time? Why did he not just say no when Vance had offered that stupid hug. And the fact that he still kind of had a tremor in his hands made him even more frustrated. He shouldn't have let himself get so affected, it was pathetic.
At least Nico had responded to his group text looking for someone to hang out and avoid homework with and he'd taken the opportunity to get out while he could. That earned him a few points back, he reckoned.
So he was back in his room Netflix pulled up and waiting for his friend to knock. At least Nico wouldn't judge him if he was kinda wallowy today, that was something.
Nico walked up to Vic's door with his hands in his pockets. He had gotten Victor's text a while ago and had kind of figured he needed a friend. Look, he was getting better at this live people thing! He hesitated for a second before knocking.
Victor jumped up quickly to open the door, forcing a smile on with his best acting abilities he greeted his friend "Hey, got sick of homework too, huh?"
"Always," Nico replied with a wry grin. "So, what's up?"
Victor ushered the other boy inside, closing the door behind them. "Having a bit of a freaky day, just kinda wanted to just see a friend and switch off the brain."
"Sounds like a good plan to me," Nico commented. Then looking around, he couldn't help but ask, "Where's Pietro?"
"On holiday with his sister, birthday thing." Victor shrugged little at that. "Anyway lately between Remy's flat and his new New York place, sometimes it's hard to find him. I've been considering fitting him with a tracking tag actually." He was joking of course, and casual Remy reference to try to help Nico be more casual about that kind of thing.
"Oh, okay," Nico shrugged, a little uncomfortably. But hey, Netflix! "What are we watching?"
Well, that was a marked improvement, Victor couldn't help noticing. "Whatever you wanna watch, I'm not fussy. All the stuff we've been getting into's good." Just PLEASE distract me from the memory of being back in my ex's arms. Please
"Hm...Buffy?" Nico asked, searching his brain for shows.
"A fine choice, sir," Victor nodded, trying for a joke as he started setting it up.
"Cool," Nico responded, walking over to Vic's bed and plopping down.
They were only a couple of episodes into the second season and it was kind of fun to laugh at the 90s fashion choices and some of the makeup and effects that hadn't stood the test of time so well. Most of all it was totally escapist which was awesome.
Once 'School Hard' was starting to play, he settled next to Nico on the bed and asked "Coke?"
"Please," Nico responded, eyes bouncing between the screen and his green friend.
Since he knew it didn't freak the other boy out, Victor used the tongue trick to grab the two cans and shut the fridge door. There were several things he had to tip toe around with Nico but his mutation, at least, wasn't one of them.
"And I'm pretty sure there's doritos around if you want a snack." He still had the fixed smile in place from answering the door, it didn't really reach his eyes but hopefully if he made himself do it and imitated the motions, then he'd start feeling it. It was an acting technique he'd been learning about.
"I'm always game for doritos," Nico confessed with faux seriousness, opening his can up immediately and taking a big gulp. Vic was acting weird.
Once he'd retrieve the chips, Victor settled down to watched the show. At least here, unlike the rec room, he could focus better because it was the right temperature for him. That took one worry off of his shoulders right there. He was quiet as they watched, which whilst wasn't unusual it was a more subdued quiet than a watching intensely quiet.
"Okay, what's going on?" Nico asked, his eyes still on the screen but a good chunk of his attention of Victor (the other parts of his attention were on the screen and a light flickering outside the window).
"Hmm? Oh, nothing. Like I said, weird day." Victor mumbled and, yeah, he knew he'd probably spill any second but he was honestly kind of nervous as to how Nico would even react.
Nico glanced at him and then shrugged. If he didn't want to talk, Nico wasn't about to push.
They kept watching the show but the further they got in, the more Victor found himself concerned that maybe he'd offended Nico by shutting him down so fast. Eyes still fixed on Spike and Drusilla, he told the other boy. "I...I kinda wanna tell you about it a bit but I don't like making you uncomfortable."
"O...kay?" Nico responded with a slight frown, turning more of his attention towards his friend. "What?"
"You know there was a big party last night for the guy who just got out of juvie?" He turned too, mirroring the movement Nico had made so they were facing each other a bit more.
Nico made extra sure to keep his face blank, because didn't Illyana just ask him not to tell Vic? "Yeah? What about it?"
"He's," Victor took a deep breath, not because he was ashamed but because he was scared Nico would go funny on him. "He's my ex, we were together for ages and best friends before that and then he went to juvie. One day we were saying we were gonna get through it together and using like the 'L' word and stuff and the next he was sending me a Dear John letter telling me it's for my own good we break up and he blocked me so I couldn't even call or visit or talk to him about it."
"Anyway, it just saw him for the first time in like a year since he did that and yeah..."
"Oh," Nico mumbled, honestly surprised and with a furrowed brow. Didn't Yana like this guy? How could she like a gay guy? What should he say to Vic? "Well...that sucks?"
"Yeah, yeah that sums it up pretty well." Vic nodded slowly, relieved the Nico had reacted at least better than he could have. "I'm totally over him it's just weird. And confusing."
"Yeah...I mean, I don't know much about relationships but...sounds weird?"
"Me either, I mean this is the only proper relationship I've ever had." Tommy had been a few weeks and hadn't really counted, Vance counted and now... "And now we're not, which is weird but we still have to live here together and he was my best friend but I lost that too. Like I said, weird day and I don't know how to feel." But he was glad Nico was there, was that weird? No weirder than the rest of the day.
"This is school is like a giant zoo," Nico observed.
And that was a bit out of left field for Victor who blinked and guessed "Because this is the reptile house or...?"
"Because we're all stuck here like some sort of weird social experiment..." Nico replied, which he thought was pretty deep for him. Then, blinking, he added, "But yeah, I guess so?" He chuckled slightly.
Victor had nodded along thoughtfully to the first bit and added "Let's just hope no one's filming it." before getting sidetracked with the more entertaining. "So if this is the reptile house, what does that make you?"
"Um...a rock?" Nico half asked, not sure quite where he fit in.
"Too talkative to be a rock. Plus lizard bask on rocks and I'm pretty sure I only did that coz we were drunk." Aaaand that was the first time mentioning drunk them since it happened. Oops. Moving quickly on. Very quickly.
"I think, I think you're like one of those tumblr posts. Where like a zoo animal breaks into another animal's enclosure and they become, like, unlikely buddies, you know? Like a tiger and a dog but we're a lizard and a, a whatever you wanna be."
"Hm...what should I be?"
"You're a...I think you're a cat. Like one of the wild cats, you know? Coz like you're totally cool off doing your own thing and being independent but you're good company and everything. Plus, you know, there's claws and teeth when needed." Victor summed up thoughtfully. "That work for you? The lizard and the wildcat?"
Nico shrugged. Okay, he could be a cat. "Sure, that works for me."
He didn't seem too thrilled though. "There something you woulda preferred?"
"Nah--hadn't really thought about it," Nico admitted. He wasn't opposed though.
"I didn't get much choice." Victor pointed out, pulling a face.
"True...your power kind of chose that for you. But hey, other people's powers chose theirs too, right?"
"Other people still get to look like a person sometimes though, not quite the same." Victor pointed out "But yeah Sirius the dog, Remus the wolf, Bigby Wolf the wolf, not subtle. No lizard clues about my name though!"
"Well that's good then right?" Nico asked. He was now confused how they ended up at this point of the conversation. Oh well.
"I...have no idea." He shrugged a little, onscreen Spike was killing the anointed one.
"Who do you like better? Spike or Angel?"
"Spike." He answered immediately. He hadn't been lying to Illyana when he'd said he was not a lover of Angel in fact that whole conversation with her was true apart from the name and accent bit.
Nico nodded. "I like Spike better as a character but I like Angel with Buffy better."
"Well, I can't say much about pairings and preferences without epic spoilers but I can see your point for sure." He wasn't a Spike/Buffy shipper though, not at all.
Settling down a bit and starting to relax a little, Victor started helping himself to chips for the first time since they'd sat down as the next episode 'Inca Mummy Girl' started.
Nico chuckled. "Okay. Pairings like...romantic pairings?"
"Yeah, that's what I meant. Sorry, too much tumblr time," Or too much Becky time. Aaand thinking about Becky reminded him of that awkward thing with Vance she was there to witness. Why did he even do that? Ugh.
Nico knew tumblr was a website of some sort so he shrugged it off and nodded.
"You got a favourite Scooby or anything yet?" Victor asked as the theme music kicked in.
"Scooby?" Nico asked, feeling really slow on the uptake today.
"That's what Xander and Willow call their group, sorry."
"Oh, okay," Nico responded and then thought it over. "Probably Willow then. Xander's funny, but he's also kind of an ass."
Victor nodded in agreement. "Willow's cool, a guy who's gonna joined later this season is one of my favourites though." Oz was great and MUCH preferable to Xander in his opinion. Even if Xander had his moments.
Jumping topics completely, he couldn't ask helping "Do you think I'm pathetic? Letting him affect me? I kinda do."
Starting at the sudden change in topic, Nico glanced at Victor. "Uh, no? I mean, people affect us, you know? Friends, family...whatever. Even if you don't want 'em too." After all, Nico still got upset over Bianca and his dad and whatever.
Victor thought about it, nodding just a little. Eventually he said "Thanks for, well, you know. I didn't know who else to talk to." And maybe Nico didn't need him unloading on him but here he was, helping and hanging out and stuff. Being the wildcat in the reptile house.
Victor really appreciated it.
Nico just kind of awkwardly half nodded and half shrugged. "That's what friends do, right?"
Victor smiled and told him "The real good ones do anyway." before deciding it was probably best to drop it again before Nico got too awkward and left.
"Okay, cool," Nico mumbled, turning his attention back to the screen and rubbing the back of his neck nervously.
Victor mumbled a quiet, half audible apology and then fell quiet again, watching the screen instead.
