Author's Note

So here's my first attempt at fanfiction. . . Well, at least its the first time i decided to upload anything i write. And a good friend of mine helped me with this story XD so thanks a lot.

This is actually based on something that actually happened in my life. Like around 2 months ago... it was a very stressful time indeed XD And whether or not Bodie and Glitch will actually become a couple. . . sigh... we'll see.

Well, enough of the gloominess, here's the story haha.

"...so yeah, I like you."

Glitch could almost feel the expression on his face freeze as he gazed at Bodie in shock. The look sent a wave of pain and regret through the older boy and he looked away, immediately wishing he hadn't said anything at all. He'd probably just messed up one of the best friendships he'd ever had with a confession that probably wouldn't even mean anything in the long-run.

Glitch hadn't even registered Bodie's look, too focused on the words before the confession. He... didn't even like Emilia. Just the thought of it made him feel both happiness and anger at the same time. The three of them had been best friends for around three years now, and Glitch had always harbored feelings for her. It was around two months ago since Bodie and Emilia went into a relationship. On one hand, they were apart and now he stood a chance. But on the other hand, they were apart and why? Because Bodie hadn't even liked her in the first place. But then it hit him; Bodie didn't like Emilia because he liked...

"You...like me?" he strained, wanting to make sure he'd understood right. They both stood awkwardly in the dance studio where High-Def always practiced. His anger had by no means subsided, in fact it had doubled, but now he wanted answers. The nerve of it all. Faking a relationship with the girl he had liked since the beginning, and the worst part of it all was that the man who was faking it was his best friend. Bodie sighed, knowing it would've mostly likely came to this and a response came almost on reflex.

"Yeah."

The shame built up even more when he saw the almost disgusted look on Glitch's face as he cringed in disdain. He tried to mentally prepare himself for whatever he was going to say, but all the preparation in the world probably couldn't have made him ready for his next words.

"...As if it wasn't messed up enough that you don't even like the girl you've been goin out with for like 2 months, you go and end up likin' me? A guy? What the hell?" Glitch stated coldly, his voice cutting through Bodie's chest like small little pellets of hail.

"It's not like I wanted this to happen. I just- I couldn't help it," he defended pitifully, his voice full of sadness. Glitch would hear none of it though, still too angered over the thought of Emilia's pain in the future.

"Couldn't help it? That's bull," he started, ignoring how hypocritical he sounded at the moment "But you know what you could've helped? Not going out with Emilia in the first place."

"It's not like I had any intentions of hurting her! A-and-"

"The fuck did you think would happen?" Glitch cut off angrily, his voice raising an octave. This time Bodie was the one cringing as he struggled to try to find the words to explain himself.

"I-I dunno, it just-" He mumbled dumbly.

"It just what Bo?" the younger boy gritted out irritably, his already short patience at its end.

"It just happened 'kay? She just confessed to me and, I didn't know what else to say..." Bodie stated softly, his voice trailing off as he felt himself losing all the courage he'd managed to build up.

"Well, I dunno, how about a fucking 'I dont like you'!" Glitch started, his vision starting to cloud from the intense emotions he was feeling "I mean, what the fuck are you trying to pull? And now here you are saying that you 'like' me. What kind of bullshit is that?"

"Its not bullsh-"

"Fuck off fag! What the fuck is wrong with you?" Bodie could feel himself die in the inside, very slowly and painfully. He clenched his fists and tried to look at anything else around the room in a desperate attempt to avoid eye contact. He was so sure that even if Glitch didn't return his feelings, at least he would accept him as a gay friend. Bodie's sad eyes snuck a glance at Glitch, only to see eyes that were saturated in fury. He was so sure that they would still be friends, and now his confidence was stripped.

"You're nothing but a fake. A gay assed, two faced prick! You've been doing nothing but lying to me and Emi this entire time," Glitch continued, his voice full of the malice he felt boiling inside of him.

"G, it's... it's not like that." Bodie said desperately, trying his hardest to get his friend to understand.

"Its not like WHAT? What else did you think was gonna happen you piece of-" Glitch clenched his teeth and forced his glare onto the ground. For a while, the two stood awkwardly in front of each other, with a cloud of tension around them.

In the three years Bodie, Emilia and Glitch became friends with each other, Bodie knew that he was in love with the spunky little prodigy. It didn't matter if they were in separate crews, they stuck together like bread and butter. He was a closeted homosexual and he was content with living his life as only a friend to the little asian boy. However, Bodie always wanted more. He was constantly poked at the idea that maybe, just maybe, Glitch may return his feelings. He convinced himself that even if Glitch had no such feelings, they would still remain the best of friends. And now, not only was he going to be rejected, but he was going to lose a friend as well.

"You know what? I'm out," the asian boy stated suddenly, his tone displaying the obvious finality of the statement. Glitch turned around and made his way to the door.

"Wh-what, Glitch wait-" Surprisingly, Glitch actually stopped in his tracks and looked back at the defeated-looking Bodie.

"What?" He stated coldly, his once bright emerald eyes now a shady, musty green. His deathly gaze killed any bit of confidence Bodie had left. Bodie could do nothing but stare back. He desperately racked his brain to think of something, anything he could say to make everything better.

"Aren't we... still friends?" It was the first thing and only thing Bodie could think of. The next thing he knew, Glitch was already out the door, without uttering a single word. Bodie felt a sharp lump in his throat and he felt his eyes water slightly. His legs gave way and he sank to the floor with his back against the wall.

"Need help lil'G?" asked a very interested and curious Bodie.

Glitch, who was squatting on the floor, nearly dropped what he was doing and sharply turned around to see Bodie's shiny blue eyes full of kindness and adoration.

"Geez man. Don't sneak up on me like that." Glitch replied in a annoyed, yet happy tone. He turned around once again and continued working. Bodie leaned over and peered over Glitch's shoulder where he saw a badly, handcrafted catapult made up of wooden chopsticks and cheap tape.

"And what is this for?" Bodie asked, concealing his laughter for the horribly made catapult.

"Physics..." Glitch mumbled. "Gotta build a catapult to shoot a rubber ball in the air, and then calculate where its gonna land."

"And you think that that catapult is really going to work?" Bodie chuckled in amusement and complete adoration. Glitch once again turned to face him and stuck his tongue out in a playful manner.

"Well I love to see you do better using only these flimsy chopsticks!" Glitch said, still facing towards Bodie. Bodie smiled at him and ruffled Glitch's gelled hair.

"H-hey! Stop it!" Glitch said, smacking Bodie's hand away. "Why do you and Emilia always do that to me? You know it ruins the gel in my hair..."

"Serves you right for being too cute," Bodie said in a way so it came off more as a joke than a serious statement.

"Yea, yea, yea whatever dude. Anyways are you gonna help me with this or what?"
"Well..." Bodie said, his voice trailing off at the end. He then casually walked up to the catapult Glitch was building, picked it up, and made a three-pointer shot to the wastebasket.

"Hey! I worked hard on-" Before Glitch could finish, Bodie ruffled his hair again, instantly shutting him up.

"Sorry lil'G, but that thing you made ain't gonna cut it."

"Quit touchin' my hair..."

"Why? Is it too much for ya when someone touches you?" Bodie said jokingly. Glitch's face went red and it was painstakingly obvious that he was flustered.

"Wh-what? Where did that come from?" Glitch whined. Bodie smiled warmly at him and thought about how cute Glitch looked when he was flustered. Bodie then sat down next to Glitch, where random materials were scattered in front of him.

"Hmm... I'm pretty sure we can build something decent out of all this." Bodie half-lied. He was very skeptical that they could do anything with a small pile of chopsticks, a few pencils, a roll of cheap tape, a plastic spoon, and a flimsy rubber band.

"Really?" Glitch asked, his face lighting up from Bodie's half-true remark.

"Yea, just a little elbow grease..." Bodie said, picking up a few chopsticks and starting constructing tetrahedron out of the chopsticks. Glitch followed and started to work too. Sometimes their hands would accidentally touch and Bodie could feel nothing but glee and warmth inside.

"Bodie?" Glitch asked after a few minutes of working.

"Is there something up?"

"After this, you wanna practice some moves with me at the Studio?"

"Well..." Bodie said, pretending as if he was extremely busy and had to actually consider Glitch's request. "Sure i guess. Why not?" Glitch's face lit up once more and Bodie's heart ached in complete adoration for the boy.

"Awesome! Let's get this thing done and over with!" And just like that, Glitch's face concentrated on the mess in front of him and started working twice as fast.

Bodie gazed up to the ceiling. Sadness enveloped him, and yet no tears fell from his face. His eyes were glued onto the fluorescent lights and he felt his life being sucked away from him.

"What? No way! I lost again?" Glitch whined.

"Well what can I say," Emilia shrugged her shoulders arrogantly. "Some people just aren't good at video games." She winked playfully at him and Bodie could see Glitch's face blush. Bodie couldn't help to smile at Glitch's adorable reaction.

"I wanna rematch!"

"This is your fifth time. Just give up already." Emilia said, getting rather annoyed at Glitch's futile attempts to beat her at her best video game.

"Hah! You're just scared that I'ma beat you this time!"

"Please Glitch, you couldn't beat a goldfish. In fact, you couldn't beat a goldfish with its fins tied around its back!"

"You're just saying that cause you know you're going to lose this time."

Emilia simply shrugged her shoulders again as arrogantly as ever and turned her head away. She clearly was not going to change her mind unless...

"Then how about a bet?" Glitch said confidently and Bodie could see Emilia's annoyed face slowly turn into a huge, devious smile.

"I'm listening..."

"If I win, you'll promise to acknowledge that I'm the superior Tekken master! And you and Bodie have to promise not to keep ruining my hair all the damn time!"

"H-Hey!" Bodie remarked. "Since when was I a part of this bet?"

"And if I win?" Emilia said, still holding onto her devious smile; completely ignoring Bodie's remark.

"If you win... I'll uh-"

"If I win, you'll do a striptease in front of Bodie." If Glitch or Bodie had been drinking water, they would have spat into each other's faces.

"H-how am I still apart of this bet?" Bodie stammered, as he felt his cheeks getting warmer and warmer by the second. Glitch stood his ground rigidly and had his poker face on. If he was embarrassed he sure wasn't showing it.

"Well? What happened to all that, 'oh I'm so going to beat you this time' crap that you've been flinging around?" Emilia grinned an evil grin before she ruffled Glitch's hair.

"...You're so going to lose!" Glitch stated as confidently as ever.

Before Bodie realized it, a tear fell on his lap. He did not feel any of his tears escaping his eyes and his mind was a blur. He simply sat on the floor, and stared at the fluorescent lights. He was trapped in three years worth of memories that now felt like an untouchable dream.