Nate's a horrible friend, Chuck muses, as he sits in his limo, alone, watching Brooklyn and Nate walk away, happily chatting.
It's not the first time he's done that. Abandoned Chuck for someone else, someone more interesting. Chuck's a selfish, nasty person, and Nate gets sick of that sometimes, and when he happens to find someone that he can say more than three sentences to, he thinks he's found his new best friend, and happily bounces off to that someone else. Leaving Chuck behind.
But Chuck lets him. When Nate shouts as him and glares at him, and walks away, Chuck keeps silent. He goes back to his limo, to his suite, to his girls and his drinks, his routine, just without Nathaniel. And nothing's different, just that he spends a little more time inside. Because it's not long, until Nate appears in his limo too, accompanies him to his suite, to his girls, to his drinks. Chuck lets him because he's the only one that's willing to be beside him, and he's the only one he's got.
In that way, maybe that one way, Chuck thinks, he's better than Nate. For once. He's a lot better at being a friend. Because friends are supposed to be accepting. They're supposed to be beside you, to be there for you no matter what. To help you when you're down. To care for you. Chuck's done all that, for Nate.
Nate's much too dreamy to be a friend. He accepts Chuck, when there's nothing new around him. He's beside Chuck, when there're no distractions. He's been there for Chuck, but not always. He cares for Chuck, in that practised, routine way. Nate's been a substandard friend to Chuck.
But Chuck lets him. Because, deep down, he thinks that Nate knows all of this. And friends are supposed to allow you to grow. Because even though Chuck is a better friend than Nate, he's a much worse person, so maybe the two are in inverse proportions, he thinks. Because no matter how many times Nate abandons him, he'll always come back. And that's enough.
Nate's a horrible friend, Chuck muses, but he's his best friend.
(A/N Because he is! x) Nate's been really mean to poor Chuck a lot. But then again Chuck's not the nicest, so yup.)