Her One and Only

Call Him Out

Nyght POV

My thoughts still remain centered around the movie, despite my plans to alter the entire course of my life in the next twenty-ish minutes. I can feel Miles looking over at me, studying my face to see if I'm serious.

"I need to call Alex."

I am serious.

I mean, there isn't one piece of me that feels happy to be with Alex. I want nothing more than to avoid him forever. I know I'm high right now, but this feeling has been constant. The only thing I've found close to an escape from the feeling of impending agony is being near Miles. I don't understand why. Every time we part it feels like there's a rope connecting us, attached at our backs. We can only go so far without it yanking on our skin and pulling us backward, back to each-other.

I've been here for two weeks. In that time I haven't visited anyone. I only started contacting people today. I didn't even realize that time had passed. Being out here alone with Miles has been so calm, even on the days when one of us has to interact with Alex. She has a way of talking me down, I can go from being so upset to laughing in moments. The time we spend together goes by so quickly yet it feels like we've been roommates for decades.

The track switches on my train of thought and circles back to the movie. Graham and Megan's laughter and smiles ring through my mind. They sounded so much like Miles and I... but we're totally platonic?

"You can if you want to"

My subconscious so graciously reminds me of the words I let slip, and of course the devastating reaction to said words,

and not to mention the complete lack of flirting since...

I shake my head.

Why do I care if she flirts with me?? I'm straight!

Miles voice pulls me from my racing thoughts.

"Are you sure you want to do that now, and not when you're like.. sober?" I can hear the concern in her voice as she speaks.

Honestly? No, I'm not sure.

I don't think I can exist with this feeling any longer, but maybe it will go away? Maybe I'll get used to him with time?

I think about my parents, and the love they radiate when they're near each other.

Then I think again about the joy that emanates from Graham and Megan in the movie we watched.

I turn to Miles and nod.

"If you're sure." she says while placing an affirming hand on my shoulder.

Miles takes the silence as a cue to leave, and gives me the living room to begin the task at hand. I lay back on the couch for a second to process all of my reasons for resenting Alex.

One, he used a slur. Yeah, just once but it like just happened and I'm pissed about it.

Two, he spent the last however-many-years assisting Kelsi in pissing me off.

Three, my father doesn't even trust him enough to tell him where I am. Big red flag, honestly.

I pause at three.

What does Noctis think about this?

I breathe in deeply and listen to the house for a moment. I can hear Miles running the shower, which usually is done right before they go to bed. I pick up everything that should be in my room and I make my way down the hall. I can hear Miles ruffling around in her dresser so I tap on her door and wish her good night.

"Sweet dreams, Bellator, I'll let you know how the call goes in the morning."

"Night, Nyght!" she chuckles. "I'm here if you need me before then, too!"

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I flop down on my bed and take a few deep breaths. I feel my eyelids fall and my body begins to feel tingly. I inhale deeply one last time, and then open my eyes to find myself in a familiar forest.

The moon is high here, and it's light has made the forest much brighter than usual.

I slowly sit down on the ground to feel any vibrations, so I can prepare myself for her arival.

As soon as I make contact I can feel the rumble through the ground, the pound of each of her four feet against the forest floor.

As quickly as I noticed her coming, she appears. The moonlight makes her fur shine, it glistens with every step she takes.

She stops in front of me, and lays her head down in my lap. I run my fingers through the fur on her head, and her voice rings in my ears;

"Nyght, you have questions."

I nod.

Her big amber eyes shut gently.

"Ask."

I inhale deeply. "I want to reject him."

One of her eyes open, and she pauses. Her eye closes gently again and she rolls onto her side, keeping her head in my lap.

"Good."

"What?" I couldn't believe the word in my head, surely she didn't mean that? I mean, after all he is our mate.

"What is your question? You have only made a statement."

I blink at her for a moment, still scratching her head gently as I think.

"Should I reject him, Noctis?"

Her eyes open and look into mine.

"You have your answer."

I spring upward to find myself back in my own bed in Miles' house.

I do indeed have my answer.

I clean off my bed, fix my hair, and sit down to make the call.

Generally you're supposed to do this sort of thing in person, but given the circumstances I think this will have to do. I pick up my phone to check the time.

11:11 PM

Guess I have to dump him now.

I laugh to myself and open his contact. I don't have anything planned to say, but I know it will come out right.

My finger shakes a little as I tap the little green call icon. I can feel each ring of the phone in my gut, the nausea rising with each passing second.

"Hello? Hang on, let me turn on my camera."

Is he drunk? He sounds a little... off.

His camera clicks on, and mine follows.

"Oh, hey Nyght. You miss me?"

The background noise is loud, there are clearly other people near him.

"Where are you, Alex?"

He scoffs. "Where are you, Nyght?'

I roll my eyes at him and turn to look out the window in my room. It reminds me of how the moonlight glimmered on Noctis' fur, and then her response to my question again. Alex pulls me out of my head.

"What's on your neck?"

I raise my hand up and feel the bitemark left from the s*x dream I had yesterday.

"I don't know," I stutter a bit "It was there when I woke up yesterday."

Anger is forming on his face, and it sounds weird but his eyes are almost greener.

"Are you f*cking cheating on me?"

I feel my eyes widen and my brow furrow. "You're kidding, right?"

He stares back at me. "Unless that's make up and this is some kind of a f*cking joke I'm dead serious, Nyght. Is that f*cking make-up?"

Every word the comes out of his mouth is louder than the last, I can hear the background noise begin to quiet as people start listening.

"I just told you what happened, if that wasn't good enough for you I don't know what you want. This brings me to the reason for this call-"

He interrupts.

"I don't give a sh*t what the reason for the call is, you're f*cking cheating on me."

I huff. "We haven't even been dating for a full month, and ninety percent of the time we have been together I have been out of town. So, shut the f*ck up and listen, Wright."

He stares at me through the screen.

"I, Nyght Himinn Tsuki, reject you, Alex Wright."

I hear someone gasp in the background.

"Sorry to do this in front of your buddies--no, actually I don't give a f*ck about your reputation. You're an idiotic as*hole and the gods were cruel for tying me to you. If I never see your face again it would be too soon."

I hang up before any more insults come out.

I hear a soft knock on my door. "Nyght..?"

"Come on in, Miles."

She creeps into the room and gently shuts the door. "That was.. How are you feeling?"

I close my eyes. "I'm glad you were eavesdropping because I don't think I could repeat that."

I raise my hands to my eyes and cover them.

Suddenly I burst out with laughter.

"I called him an idiotic asshole."

She laughs. "You really did, Nyght."

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