I think I am in love with you

the game night- was a pain in the ass

it gets way too chaotic when 5 people play together but what's worse was that Chloe started spamming moves.

so after a few rounds of free for all, we went for a more tournament style of play, and as you guessed I won most of the rounds, while mike won thrice and phoebe won twice, neither Cait nor Chloe won a single tournament.

it almost felt like we were bullying them, so after drinking and playing smash bros till like 3 AM I found myself on the bed with Mike's hairy leg on my chest.

ugh- the memories this position brings back.

'no homo, only bros' i quickly found myself repeating this chant in my head as I drifted to sleep again.

when I woke up in the morning, I was greeted by phoebe hugging me like a body pillow.

I pushed her away as gently as I could and looked at the time, it was 1 PM. ugh- gaming while drinking nights take a huge toll on me and phoebe both. one of the reason's I moved out as soon as I could rent out a decent place was because most of the days I would find her and me both in the same position, which led to Phoebe being yelled at by her boss and me missing meetings. it was a pain.

ahh- I am grateful for how times have changed, but I cant say that I don't miss those times, I guess it's one of the reasons why I generally hide my wealth and try to live an ordinary life.

I picked up my phone and was greeted by texts from Mike and Cait both of which were along the lines of 'you were sleeping so I didn't want to disturb you, I have already left for work'

"sis, wake up," I said as I poked her belly.

"I'll wa-ke u-up in a minute~" she said in a drowsy voice.

I sighed "sis, you and I both know you won't wake up in a minute, wake up already."

"I'll wake up if I get breakfast made by my Adam."

I flicked her forehead "who's 'your' Adam, breakfast will be ready in 20, so wake up."

she grinned and sat up hearing that "you know what I like~"

I sighed and went out to make breakfast.

a few minutes later I had no choice but to yell "why the heck does your kitchen only have mac n cheese, cup noodles, and beer!?"

after having breakfast we both went to our work together and finalized the model for the new chain we were working on, hired a bunch of people, and even bought out a few floors of one of the buildings owned by me.

it would still take a few months to open our stores but now it was almost at a stage where I would barely have to put in any effort of my own.

after work, Phoebe asked me to drop her off, but even though we were halfway to her home, she didn't say a word. which was very out of character for her to be honest.

"you are- awfully quiet today."

she still didn't respond.

"Hey, something wrong?" I was starting to get worried. she would never ignore me for no reason.

she looked at me, with a sad expression, her eyes looked moist like she was ready to shed tears.

"will- you leave me again like you did last time?" she asked with an almost cracking voice.

"what do you mean by that."

"will, you distance yourself from me again, I don't want to be far from you"

it was indeed true, I started distancing myself from her, not only because she was annoying and had plenty of side effects on my lifestyle, but because our relationship was too awkward, we were both getting way too dependent on each other. I tried my best to have non-awkward short convos with her when needed and the rest of the time I just tried my best to avoid her.

mostly because, she only saw me as her brother, that's what we have seen each other as since I was in elementary school, and I never wanted to sour that relationship with my weird proposal of 'i love you. in high school I even said 'I love you but she said "I love you too Lil bro" and then hugged me. it was just a weird rejection for me.

I sighed "I won't this time."

"Also I think I am in love with you-" she said in a very quiet voice, which I was easily able to make out but I didn't know what to do, so I made the dense dumb romance protagonist move.

"what did you say?"

"Nothing- absolutely nothing!" she said with a pout, but a few seconds later she was smiling.

"You are making the dinner today alright!" she said while raising her hand.

"no I am not- I have to go to my own home."

"come on! please!" she pleaded with puppy dog eyes.

"well, you can come to my place then- I don't wanna cook twice"

"hehe" she said with a smug grin on her face.