The Other Dorks
RJ's apartment-Evening
Upon this fine evening,three young men were currently waiting within the confines of their shared studio apartment for their fourth to come back with dinner. One was currently occupying their cramped dining table with the remains of what appeared to be an animatronic horse head, while the other two were making use of the television set in the "living room" and going toe to toe in "Avenue Brawler V".
"Bullshit".
They were also in the middle of an argument.
"I'm telling ya man, I know what I heard. RJ's got a new girlfriend and he ain't telling us", a wiry young man with curly hair said while energetically button mashing.
This young man was one Richard "Dickie" Baker, an Uber driver by day and Vtuber by night. He was originally a vlogger once upon a time and had managed to gather a modest following with his amicable personality, energetic nature and mischievous grin. But it wasn't until he donned the cartoon rabbit mask of "Little Hopper", that he finally got the notoriety he desired.
"And like I said before, bullshit", his friend/opponent argued back, "Hah! Combo Breaker"!
"You bitch"!
The one currently kicking Dickie's teeth in was one Xander O'Malley, a coffee barista, online musician and modern day Casanova. Looking like he walked off the cover of a cyberpunk fashion magazine with charm to match, he had that pretty boy style that could seduce everyone and their partners at the same time, literally.
Once upon a time, Xander and Dickie shared the apartment with two other individuals, before RJ and Sergei showed up. But due to, in no particular order, a difference in political opinion, economic opportunities and a very long story involving an exgirlfriend, a banjo, three pineapples and a live lobster, those other two guys moved out.
Dickie and Xander put up a "roommate wanted" advertisement a day later, and the rest was history. Now back to the present...
"It's only been, what, a month? Since 'she-who-will-not-be-named' dropped him like three months old take-out? There's no way in the nine levels of hell he would start dating so soon", Xander stated while directing his character to do an uppercut juggle.
"Bah! You're just saying that because you got money riding on him dating a guy next", Dickie retorted while countering the uppercut.
"Tsk! Like you don't have money on him staying single for five years".
"Hey-" *Click*
But before Dickie could quip back, the sound of the main entrance door opening caught the attention of both of them.
"Hey RJ! What took-oh", Dickie started to say before his voice got caught in his throat.
"Man, my burrito better not be-huh", Xander started to say but also stopped.
"So these are your other two roommates? They're kinda cute", a melodic, Norwegian accented voice commented.
The thing that caused these two energetic fellows to stop dead in their tracks was not the sight of their roommate RJ with the promised bounty of Mexican food, but the sight of a rather lovely young woman, aka Tatterhood, aka "Tatiana". Evidently, the two failed to notice the rather large dog bypass all of them and enter RJ's room.
Rocking a curly brunette bob-cut, a cute freckled face, soft blue eyes and a mischievous smile combined with an aura of confidence, Xander and Dickie could only stop and stare like idiots at this manic pixie dream girl turned real. Evidently, they were so enamored with her that they failed to notice RJ entering with their dinner.
"Hey Sergei", RJ said as he handed him his tortas.
"Hey",Sergei replied while quickly counting the boxes, "You and her aren't eating anything"?
"We ate a bit earlier".
"Ah".
"I'll be waiting in your room", Tatterhood said as she made her way to RJ's room. Xander and Dickie couldn't help but watch as she walked away.
"Don't make me wait for too long, min venn~", she said in a teasing voice while closing the door behind her.
With their jaws dropped and eyes glued to RJ's door, they failed to notice RJ himself deposit their food directly to their laps. After doing so, he made his way to his room door and began to turn the knob.
"Well then, hope y'all enjoy the Mexican food...peace", RJ said as he quickly entered the room while giving them a peace sign.
A minute had passed until Xander and Dickie had stopped staring and looked towards each other.
"When did he?", Xander asked Dickie.
"How did he?", Dickie asked Xander.
"*Burp* Don't know", Sergei answered them after finishing one of his tortas, "but I do know you bitches now owe me twenty dollars".
Evidently, Sergei placed a bet on RJ entering a new relationship with another girl within a year.
None of them placed a bet on him getting back together his ex...but that's another story for another time.