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"No way." Mark sounded firm.
Fernando nodded in agreement. "We swore never to go bowling again after Mark almost killed someone last time."
Mark rolled his eyes. "I did not almost kill anyone, just... misdirected a bowling ball... but it's still a no!"
"Come on guys!" Lewis tried. "It will be better this time."
Fernando raised an eyebrow. "You think going with you will be better?"
Nico frowned. "What are you implying?"
Mark laughed. "That you are even bigger idiots than we are."
It was just the 4 of them, as Seb and Kimi were still in bed and Jenson was... somewhere being Jenson. Unfortunately, Lewis and Nico were very unconvincing.
"Babe, they're not going to come with us." Lewis sighed, turning to Nico. "We need Kimi, he's convincing."
Fernando smirked. "As if Kimi agreed to go with you."
"He didn't have a choice, Seb wanted to go." Nico replied.
Mark nodded. "I see. Surely the five of you will be fine?"
Lewis pouted. "But I want all of us to go. Family day out, you know?"
Nico noticed the consideration in Mark's eyes, and decided to attack. "Also, what if something bad happens and you're not there? You know what Jenson is like."
Fernando remained unchanged, but when he turned to Mark, the same couldn't be said. "Mi amor, do not let them guilt trip you!"
"But... what if?" Mark replied.
After a long exhale, Fernando glanced at Lewis and Nico, who already looked like they'd won. "Do you want to go?" he asked Mark.
Mark shrugged. "Maybe."
"I need a yes or no, mi amor." Fernando sighed. "If you want to go, we go."
After a long silence, Mark smiled and turned to Lewis. "We're coming with you."
Lewis cheered as he ran up the stairs, followed quickly by Nico. "Seb, Jens, they're coming with us!"
After trying and failing to hide the disappointment on his face, Fernando sighed and glanced at his husband. "If something goes wrong, I'm blaming you."
"Oh come on, darling." Mark replied. "Something is destined to go wrong whether we're there or not."
Fernando laughed as they headed into the kitchen. "Very true."
"They said yes?"
The surprise in Jenson's voice made Lewis laugh. "Yes! Even Fernando is coming with us!"
Jenson stood up with a smile. "This is going to be so awesome."
Nico poked his head into the room with an evil grin. "Are the other two awake?"
"Should be." Jenson replied. "Kimi's snoring stopped a while ago."
With a small nod, Lewis left the room and opened the door of Seb and Kimi's without knocking... or thinking. "Woah! Fucking hell-"
"Fuck, Lewis!" Seb snapped his head up, climbing off of Kimi while trying to act as casual as possible. "Someone really needs to teach you what knocking is!"
Lewis scoffed. "Have you ever considered not making out at ten in the morning like a couple of teenagers? I mean seriously, can you keep your hands off each other for once?"
Seb ran a hand over his face, which was now red with embarrassment, when Nico also entered the room. "They said yes!"
When Kimi raised an eyebrow and Seb's jaw dropped, Nico quickly realised his mistake. "Wait, no! As is Mark and Fernando said yes to coming with us! Not Lewis... fucking hell."
"Ah right." Seb replied. "That's still good! What convinced them?"
Nico smirked. "A little bit of guilt tripping."
"Smart." Kimi finally spoke.
Lewis glanced at him. "We are pretty smart, unlike you two who-"
"Lewis, shut up!" Seb cut him off.
The death stare he was getting from Kimi as well as the angry tone in Seb's voice did indeed shut Lewis up. "You guys are boring."
Now, it was Jenson who entered the room. "Why are you arguing like a bunch of girls?"
"Sexist." Nico replied.
Jenson's eyes widened. "Wait, I didn't mean it like that!"
Seb tutted loudly. "Wow, Jens. Just because they don't like you."
"It's me who doesn't like them!" Jenson explained.
Lewis smirked. "This isn't helping the sexist allegations, Jens."
"I give up."
Kimi sighed heavily and buried his face into his pillow. "It's too early for this."
Seb laughed at his muffled voice, choosing to ignore the argument going on right next to him. "Don't go back to sleep, my love. We're going out in an hour."
"Do we have to go with them?" Without looking up, Kimi pointed at the other 3; Jenson was still trying to explain that he wasn't sexist.
With a smile, Seb nodded. "Unfortunately, yes. But you will beat all of them, so that's fun right?"
Kimi nodded. "Mm, very."
"No I don't hate women, I'm just gay!"
Lewis burst out laughing, holding onto Nico for support. "I can't breathe!"
"Jens, stop yelling!" Nico forced out through giggles.
"Fuck off!" Kimi snapped, instantly silencing them. Without wasting a second, they all scurried out the room.
Seb looked over at him with a proud smile. "You should do that more often, my love."
"I know."
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Jenson and Nico
13:22pm
Jens😎💯
Plese hurry yp and gt in teh car
Seb is ploting to hit somene eith a bowlimg bal
Britney
Fucking hell
Someone needs to check his brain
Jens😎💯
Definitely
Britney
Since when can you spell 'definitely'?
Jens😎💯
Rude
...
I loked it up yestaday
Britney
Haha😂
Also Lewis is changing his outfit
Then we'll be ready to go
Jens😎💯
Thus is the 3th time he has chaged
Tel him tp hurry up
Britney
If I was him, I wouldn't listen to a man who doesn't know the difference between 3rd and 3th
Jens😎💯
Yep juts say yku hate me
The others were already waiting in the car for Lewis and Nico, and Fernando was getting fed up of waiting.
"Lewis is changing again." Seb announced, and Jenson looked over his shoulder to see Seb was reading the messages.
"Fucking hell." Mark scoffed. "He's so indecisive."
Jenson rolled his eyes and flipped off Seb. "You are so nosy."
Seb shrugged. "No, I'm just observant."
Kimi made a face. "You are not."
Mark and Fernando rolled their eyes in sync as Seb and Kimi began bickering over whether Seb was observant or not.
"Sebastian, you wore my coat while that ring was in the pocket once." Kimi told him, gesturing to the engagement ring on Seb's finger. "And you didn't notice."
Seb's jaw dropped, and Jenson laughed. "Not to mention I knew about the engagement for over a month-"
"Okay, shut up!" Seb sulked.
An evil grin spread over Mark's face. "How about... we play I spy?"
Jenson laughed again. "Yes! Seb, you go first."
Seb pouted and turned to Kimi. "Why are you all so mean to me about my I spy skills?"
"No offence, but you are shit." Kimi replied with the most brutal honesty.
Fernando snorted a laugh. "Seb listen, just don't say tree or cloud, and think of something that isn't really obvious."
They watched in silence as Seb scanned his surroundings before smirking. "Aha! I spy something beginning with C!"
"Car."
"Cloud!"
Seb sighed. "I am not that shit! No and no."
Kimi cleared his throat before speaking. "Ceiling?"
The silence spoke for itself, snd Seb buried his head in his hands. "Are you cheating, my love?"
"No." Kimi laughed. "You told me the other night that next time we play I spy, you would use that word."
Mark, Fernando and Jenson burst out laughing, which made Seb even more angry.
"I am never playing I spy again." he muttered.
After a minute, everyone calmed down and a comfortable silence stretched. Well, it wasn't comfortable for long.
"I need a piss."
Fernando groaned in anger. "Are you fucking joking?"
"Jenson, we told you to do a piss before you left three times!" Mark complained.
Jenson shrugged helplessly. "I know, but I didn't need it then!"
"Hurry up or we leave without you." Kimi told him.
Fernando nodded sternly, and Jenson jumped out the car and sprinted back to the house. On the way, he passed Lewis and Nico's room, and knocked on the door out of curiosity. "Guys?"
"Jens?" Lewis called back. "Why are you back?"
"I need a piss, and Fernando wasn't impressed."
He heard Nico laugh before the door opened. "Be quick then, because we're finally ready to go."
"Shut up, babe." Lewis replied as they both headed downstairs to put their shoes on.
While Nico was tying his laces, Lewis lazily put some sliders on. "Okay, obviously Kimi is going to win, but who do you think comes second today?"
Nico pondered for a second. "Probably Fernando. We all know Mark and Seb will fight for last."
They both laughed as Nico stood up and grabbed Lewis' hand before stepping outside. When they looked around, Lewis frowned.
"Where are they?"
Nico shrugged. "No idea."
As if on cue, Lewis recieved a message and opened his phone curiously.
Lewis and Seb
13:30pm
seb🧚♀️
Fernando left without you
Take your own car
"Well shit." Lewis whispered to himself. "Babe, go and get the car keys."
Nico frowned at him. "Don't tell me they left without us?"
Lewis nodded. "Yes."
They heard the sound of Jenson emerging from the house, and Nico stopped him. "Jens, get your car keys."
"What?" Jenson sounded confused, but once he looked over at the empty space where the other car was before, he sighed. "One second." he sighed as he went back inside.
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"Let's play a game." Lewis whispered to Nico. "How long will it take Jens to complain about something when we walk in?"
Nico smirked. "Ten seconds."
"I think three seconds." Lewis replied as they opened the doors and stepped into the bowling alley.
It was fairly bright thanks to the large windows at the front, but the fluorescent colours on the walls made it even brighter. Despite it being fairly empty, it still felt way too loud inside.
"I am already overstimulated." Jenson announced the second he took in his surroundings.
Lewis glanced at Nico with a grin. "Looks like I win, babe."
"I'll give you that." Nico replied reluctantly.
They booked themselves in, but before they could go to their lane, Lewis had to change his shoes. Apparently, sliders are not acceptable footwear for bowling, much to Lewis' disapproval.
While he was struggling with the crappy bowling shoes, the others decided to go and get ready. Unfortunately, they let Jenson choose the names.
Jenson
Stinky Seb
Simp
Mum
Dad
Britney
Loser Lewis
"Please don't tell me I'm 'mum'." Mark complained.
Jenson just grinned. "Indeed you are, and Fernando is dad!"
When Fernando heard his name, he looked up at the screen and sighed heavily. "At least I'm not the woman."
"There's still time to change that." Jenson quipped.
When Lewis finally made his way over, he immediately had a hissy fit over his name. "Jens, change that! I am not losing, especially if you and Seb are playing!"
"Hey, leave me out of this!" Seb replied as he took a seat next to Kimi, who was already trying to doze off. "Wake up, my love."
Kimi opened his eyes slowly. "Why are they all so dramatic?"
Seb smiled at him. "Says the one that proposed."
"Shut up."
Nico just rolled his eyes. "Super original, Jens."
"Sorry, Britney. It never gets old!" Jenson laughed at everyone else's complaints. "Right, I'm first!"
Mark laughed as Jenson stood up and grabbed a bowling ball. "Show us how it's done, Jenson!"
"This is going straight in the gutter." Kimi whispered, making Seb laugh.
Lewis leaned against the wall with a grin. "Jens, remember you're aiming for the pins!"
Jenson casually flipped them all off before throwing the ball. It thundered down the lane and... knocked all the pins over?
Everyone was stunned into silence, and Lewis' jaw dropped to the floor. Fernando and Mark blinked at each other, Seb scoffed in amazement and even Kimi raised an eyebrow.
Jenson just turned around with the most smug grin ever and sat back down. "Fuck you guys. Your turn, Seb."
"Hang on, what the fuck?" Lewis gaped. "That is the only cool thing you've ever done, and you're acting like it was nothing!"
Seb just stared at him. "When did you learn to do that?"
Jenson just shrugged. "I went bowling with Daniel once, he taught me all the secrets."
Nico sighed. "No wonder you were so eager to go bowling."
"Sneaky fucker." Fernando chimed in.
Kimi nudged Seb gently. "Good luck."
Seb pursed his lips as he stood up. "Did you put me right after you to make me look even more shit?" he asked Jenson.
"...Maybe." Jenson replied guiltily.
Mark took a step back. "I'm getting out the way for this."
Everyone else tried to protect themselves as Seb grabbed a bowling ball that was clearly too heavy for him. Lewis hid behind the chairs while Jenson hid behind Kimi, much to Kimi's disapproval.
Seb took a deep breath as he threw the ball, then watched as it immediately rolled into the gutter as slowly as possible.
The others began laughing, and Seb turned to them with a look of defeat and embarrassment on his face. "Shut up! Kimi my love, can you do it for me?"
Kimi just smirked. "I love you, but no."
A long groan came from Seb as he grabbed another ball and proceeded to do the exact same thing.
"Nice one, Seb!" Jenson called as the others continued to laugh.
Seb just shook his head as he sat back down. "I don't know why you're laughing so much, Lew. You are just as shit as me, except I can actually admit I'm shit."
Lewis scoffed. "I am not shit."
"We'll see about that." Mark added with a smirk.
With a raised brow, Lewis turned to Mark. "You cannot talk."
Fernando had to hold back a laugh as Mark nodded. "To be fair, I am the second worst here."
"Oh, shut up!" Seb whined.
While the others were bickering, Kimi had stood up, picked up the heaviest ball there was like it was nothing and flawlessly thrown it down the alley, sending all the pins flying in a dramatic strike.
The sound of the strike startled everyone, and they looked up at Kimi in shock.
"Woah." Jenson whispered. "That was kind of scary."
Nico nodded. "I swear he's good at everything."
"That was so hot." Seb grinned. "I'm so filming his next turn."
Lewis rolled his eyes. "Jens, you should've made Seb's name 'simp', not Kimi."
As Kimi sat back down with a small smile - that was still super smug - Seb leaned into him. "We need to go bowling together more often, my love."
"If you insist." Kimi replied with a smirk.
The rest of the turns went just about as expected: Fernando had to help Mark throw the ball so it didn't fly into the lane across, then got a respectable 9 pins himself, Nico got a spare, and Lewis was already making excuses before he'd even thrown the ball.
"This ball is slippery." he muttered.
Jenson tutted loudly. "Lew, stop complaining. Save the excuses for after you've taken your turn."
Lewis scowled at him. "Stop putting me off."
"I'm not."
"Yes you are."
"No, I'm not."
"You are!"
Fernando exhaled heavily, and that was enough to shut both Lewis and Jenson up, much to the entertainment of Mark.
After rolling his shoulders, Lewis took a deep breath. "Come on Lewis, you got this." he told himself as he chucked the bowling ball as hard as possible, then watched in horror as it swerved to the left and knocked over 1 pin.
"Ha!"
That was the first thing he heard from behind him, and he spun around to face the others. "All of you shut the fuck up."
Seb snorted. "You're really living up to your name loser Lewis." he teased.
"Look who's talking!" Lewis shouted back.
Jenson pointed to the pins. "Try aiming for the middle one next time."
Lewis flipped him off. "Thanks, Sherlock." he replied sarcastically.
"That was shit." Kimi added.
With a growl of anger, Lewis picked up another ball. "Don't you start, Kimi."
When his second ball only knocked over another 2 pins, the others erupted into laughter again.
Fernando pointed at him. "You are so bad!"
"This is the guy who said he wasn't shit by the way." Jenson said through laughter.
"You're making me look decent." Mark told him. "That's quite impressive."
Lewis just sat down and crossed his arms in a strop. "I hate you all."
Nico sat down next to him and put his arm around Lewis' shoulder. "Don't listen to them, babe. Next time though, maybe use the support ramp."
Lewis glared at him. "The thing made for literal toddlers? Thanks for the support, babe."
"You know I love you." Nico replied, kissing Lewis' cheek softly.
"You're lucky I love you too."
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By the time they were halfway through the game, all the love and care that they had for each other had been thrown out the window. What used to be an alliance between Lewis and Nico was now a war, Fernando was filming Mark and mocking him whenever he threw the ball, while Jenson was trying to physically restrain Kimi during his turn.
"Jenson, get off me before I punch you." Kimi replied tiredly.
Jenson just giggled as he refused to let go of Kimi. "Nope, you must have your turn while I'm hugging you."
With a small sigh, Kimi guided Jenson over to the lane, where he then threw yet another perfect strike.
Seb immediately burst out laughing! "Well done, Jens! Now get your hands off of him!"
Jenson let go of Kimi with a loud groan. "How did you do that?"
"I just can." Kimi smirked as he sat back down, and Jenson shook his head in disappointment while Seb pulled faces at him.
When Mark went up to take his turn once again, he decided that he could do this without Fernando's help or the support ramp.
"Remember what I taught you, mi amor." Fernando called to him. "Also, try not to kill anyone."
Mark turned around to scowl at him. "Some reassurance would be nice!"
"Lo siento. You can do this!"
Before the ball was even released, everyone knew that it was going anywhere but towards the pins. They watched on as the bowling ball flew 7 feet in the air before smashing down onto the side of the lane, crushing the barrier that protected the gutter (which was put up solely for Mark.)
...
As slowly as possible, Mark turned back around with his hand over his mouth. He looked at Fernando, who was already staring back in horror.
"Oh my god." Seb whispered.
Nico scoffed in amazement. "He was right, we shouldn't have convinced him to come with us."
The sound of the barrier breaking alerted a worker, who came over and took in the situation: a group of fully grown men staring at a broken barrier like it was a dead body.
"Tell you what, you're the first person I've ever seen do that." she said with a small smile. "And I've worked here for four years."
Mark looked at the woman apologetically. "I am so sorry."
Fernando put his arms around him in support. "It's okay, mi amor."
"It kind of isn't." Jenson called out.
Fernando sent a death stare his way. "Shut. up."
The woman offered a sympathetic smile. "I take it this was an accident, and thankfully the barriers can be easily replaced. You won't need to pay for any damage."
Lewis glanced at Nico. "We should've known."
Nico shrugged. "It was either going to be him or Seb."
"Hey!" Seb hissed.
Jenson was still grinning. "Mark is going to have nightmares about this for weeks." he laughed as Fernando and Mark continued to talk - mostly apologise - to the employee.
By the time they were done and she walked away, Mark look on the verge of crying, and Fernando kept trying to reassure him.
"I am not playing anymore. Or ever again." he announced as he sat down opposite the others.
Seb smiled at him. "Don't give up, just use the ramp. It's working for me."
"I can do it for you." Kimi offered.
Mark shook his head. "No, I will just use the stupid kiddy ramp."
"Yes, join the ramp gang!" Seb suddenly frowned at Kimi. "Hang on, you are willing to play for him and not me?"
Kimi just shrugged. "I offered for everyone's safety, not because I am being nice."
Seb and Lewis began laughing while Mark was left looking very unimpressed and still slightly mortified by the broken barrier.
The woman returned to their group again and offered a small smile. "We have managed to move your game over to the lane on the left, since you cannot continue here."
"I wonder why, Mark?" Jenson grinned.
He recieved 2 slightly terrifying glares from both Mark and Fernando before everyone moved their stuff to the lane over and carried on the game.
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It was the penultimate round, and by this point Kimi had already won, though Jenson seemed in denial about that.
Seb wandered over to the others sitting down while holding a bowling ball in his hands. "Does this ball look weird to you?"
Lewis raised an eyebrow. "I think it's more weird to show us."
"I mean the bowling ball, Lewis!" Seb hissed.
As Lewis hummed in acknowledgement, everyone leaned in to inspect the bowling ball. Sure enough, there was a small crack running down the side.
"It's cracked." Nico pointed out. "Just don't use it, we can tell that woman that Mark terrorised."
Mark gave him a nasty side eye. "Can you shut up?"
As Seb laughed, he lost his grip on the bowling ball and it crashed down onto the seat in front of him. He jumped backwards at the loud bang, scaring everyone within a 10 meter radius.
"Sorry!" He apologised, but quickly after a loud gasp came from Lewis, and Nico's hand flew over his mouth, making Seb confused. "What?"
Kimi was sat frozen staring down at where the bowling ball had landed next to him, and when Seb followed his gaze, he realised it had landed directly onto Kimi's hand.
"Fuck." Lewis hissed. "That's got to hurt."
Jenson nodded in horror. "Shit. Kimi... are you okay?"
Kimi said nothing, just sitting completely still and staring at his hand.
"My love... I am so sorry." Seb cautiously approached him. "Kimi? Speak to me."
"It is broken."
When the odd silence finally caught the attention of Mark and Fernando, they frowned. "What's happened?" Mark asked.
Seb turned to them, looking extremely guilty. "We might need to make a hospital trip."
"For fuck's sake." Fernando sighed. "Why?"
"Kimi broke his hand!" Lewis yelled. "Seb dropped that heavy bowling ball on it and his fingers are turning purple! Oh my god, I'm going to throw up!" he blurted out in a flash.
Kimi gently lifted his arm up, wincing ever so slightly. "I will be fine."
"Absolutely not, my love." Seb hauled him up by his other arm and firmly took hold of it. "This is broken. It's broken! Oh, I'm so sorry! My love, I'm sorry!"
Kimi shrugged. "It is okay, Sebastian."
"No, it's not!" Seb was now completely freaking out. "I didn't mean to-"
"Sebi."
That stopped him from talking, and he looked Kimi in the eye.
"Stop apologising. It's just a few broken fingers, I think I will live."
Lewis and Nico were watching on from a few meters behind, glancing at each other in confusion.
"Does he ever feel pain?" Nico questioned.
Lewis shook his head slowly. "I don't think so. Either that or he has a sensational poker face, because I would be screaming right now."
"We know." Nico replied with a smirk.
Lewis pinched him. "Shut up, so would you."
"What is going on?" Jenson appeared behind them, making them both jump. "Sorry."
Nico exhaled heavily. "I think Seb and Kimi are about to make out in front of this entire bowling alley. They're acting like Disney characters giving an emotional speech."
"Oh fuck." Jenson sighed.
Mark looked to Fernando in the hopes that he would say something, and when he didn't, Mark spoke up instead. "Well neither of you are driving, that's for sure."
"What, why?" Seb asked. "I can drive."
Fernando chuckled. "Not when you're on the verge of a panic attack. Jenson!"
Jenson looked up from where he was talking to Lewis and Nico before walking over to Fernando. "Yes?"
There was an evil smirk on Fernando's face, which was never good. "Can you drive those two to the hospital?"
"No way, I'm almost winning!" Jenson argued. "Can't Seb drive?"
"Exactly!" Seb chimed in. "I cannot believe I'm agreeing with him."
Fernando just shook his head. "Seb and Mark aren't mentally stable enough to drive, Kimi is injured, I can't be bothered, and I don't trust the other two. That, unfortunately, leaves you."
As much as he wanted to argue, Jenson knew he wasn't winning. "Fine, I'll third wheel the lovebirds to hospital. But no one forget I almost won at bowling!"
"Oh, we will!" Lewis laughed.
Seb raised an eyebrow at him. "You are miles behind Kimi, you were never going to win."
Kimi butted in. "Can we go or what? This kind of hurts a bit."
"Sorry, my love!" Seb instantly took his uninjured hand again and lead them out.
Jenson ran a hand through his hair and sighed. "This is going to be fun."
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Nico and Seb
15:03pm
Nico🤍
Hey Seb, how's it going over there?
Sebastiano🤓
Exactly as you'd expect
I am stressing
Kimi does not appear to give a shit
Jenson is annoying me
Nico🤍
I should've expected that
Well it's not much better here to be honest
Mark and Lewis are fighting over who is coming last AGAIN
(Yes, Lewis wanted a 2nd game)
Fernando looks like he wants to die
Sebastiano🤓
Please he always does
Nico🤍
True lol
But Kimi is ok?
Sebastiano🤓
Just had an x-ray
I'm no doctor but there's at least 2 broken fingers
No operation needed though thankfully
Nico🤍
God, how will you cope?
Sebastiano🤓
Fuck I don't know😫
Nico🤍
I was being sarcastic
Sebastiano🤓
Sorry
Now Jens is laughing at me
He just called me a chronic oversharer
What does that even mean
Nico🤍
When Jens is talking, I often choose to ignore
Sebastiano🤓
He told you to get fucked
Nico🤍
Maybe I will later😉
You know who won't?
Oh that's right, Jenson!
Sebastiano🤓
Oh god you've upset him
Now I'm upset
Fuck it we're all upset
Nico🤍
Ok maybe I'll leave you to it
See you when you all get home
IF you get home, considering Jens is driving
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This situation was what Seb imagined having children was like. He was sat on an uncomfy chair in a smelly hospital room with Kimi on one side and Jenson on the other.
Kimi was on the verge of falling asleep, but kept being woken up by either pain or Jenson's constant talking. Seb didn't know whether he wanted to scream, cry, laugh, or maybe throw something. Or maybe all of those... in that order.
"Seb, why do I not get a soulmate?" Jenson asked his for what felt like the 20th time.
After a long, slow breath, Seb looked up at Jenson, who was pacing around the room. "Jens, if you don't stop crying, I might kill you."
"But-"
Seb cut him off. "I don't want to hear it. How about you calm yourself down by going and getting some water?"
Jenson nodded. "Okay, I won't be long Seb. I promise. Don't... die or anything while I'm gone."
"I'll try." Seb replied with a small smile as Jenson left the room. He slumped into his chair with a sigh, looking at Kimi who was laying peacefully next to him. His pain tolerance must be in the negatives, Seb thought.
"Why do I have to lay on the bed?" Kimi muttered. "This is embarrassing."
Seb huffed a small laugh. Even in a situation like this, Kimi still found a way to be... well, Kimi. "Because, my love, you are a patient. As much as you hate to admit that."
Kimi shrugged, opening his eyes slowly as they adjusted to the light. "But my legs are fine."
"Your hand isn't." Seb told him.
After taking a small glance at his hand, Kimi raised an eyebrow ever so slightly. "Hm, that is not ideal."
Seb rolled his eyes. "Breaking a few bones isn't usually ideal. Honestly, your lack of concern is scaring me."
"Would you rather I was scared?" Kimi asked him with a small smirk.
Despite knowing exactly what he was about to do, Seb nodded. "Actually, yes."
Kimi cleared his throat dramatically, which already had Seb laughing. "Sebastian! It hurts so much! I think I am dying! Look at my hand, my fingers are purple!"
Seb was practically rolling over with laughter as Kimi carried on being dramatic. He knew Seb would always worry about him more than he worried about himself, so if Kimi could do something to stop that - even if it meant humiliating himself - he would.
Jenson was whistling to himself as he made his way back to Seb with 2 cups of water in his hands; Kimi would have to go without, Jenson only had 2 hands.
Before he walked in, he paused outside and listened in to the room. He could hear Seb laughing, really laughing at something Kimi was saying. It was cute, but since the engagement, Jenson found that everything they did was cute.
After a minute, his smile faded. He loved Seb and Kimi, and seeing then happy made him happy, of course, but he couldn't help but feel... jealous.
No, jealous wasn't the right word... longing? Lonely? Okay, maybe he was a tiny bit jealous, but it wasn't because he didn't like them, the others too.
He thought back over today: watching Fernando hold onto Mark's hand while helping him throw the bowling ball, then celebrating when he got it right. Watching Seb cheer on Kimi every time he got a strike, and how Kimi would always let Seb lean on him after their turns. Watching Lewis run into Nico's arms when he miraculously bowled a strike.
He loved all of them, but sometimes it felt as if no one loved him.
"Jens?"
Seb's voice snapped him out of his daydream, and he tried to think of something to say. "Um, yeah. I can't open the door, my hands are full."
After a second, the door opened and Seb was standing there with a big smile on his face. "Kimi is being dramatic."
Kimi scoffed. "You asked me to. Do not lie, Sebastian."
"No, I swear!" Seb argued. "He was being so dramatic!"
Jenson just laughed as he handed Seb one of the cups he was holding. "Sorry Seb, I believe Kimi."
At least Seb seemed happier now. It seemed like a minute ago, he was 5 seconds away from exploding.
Seb inspected Jenson closely. To anyone else, it would seem he was fine, but Seb knew him. Something was bothering Jenson and that was clear to him.
Now really wasn't the time to bring it up though, especially when 2 doctors knocked on the door and entered, one preparing a cast.
"Pink." Kimi sighed. "Really?"
Seb was grinning like an evil child. "It's very you, my love!"
Jenson laughed. "Oh Kimi, it is so you!"
With a sigh, Kimi just shook his head helplessly. He was aready dreading the idea of walking around with a cast for the foreseeable future, now he was going to do so looking like a barbie. "I hate this."
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It was down to Lewis' last turn, and all he had to do was bowl a spare to not come last. Mark was standing behind and crossing his fingers, while Nico cheered him on; this 2nd game had turned into a battle of the couples.
"Come on, babe!" Nico shouted. "You got this!"
The sound of Nico's encouragement was inspiring him, and after a deep breath, Lewis bowled.
The group fell silent as the final ball of the game travelled down the lane, and knocked over all the pins.
Except one.
"Yes!" Mark immediately cheered as he and Fernando celebrated coming 1st and 3rd like it was a victory in war.
Lewis immediately dropped his head into his hands. "Fuck! How did I lose to that?" he gestured at Mark.
Nico came over to him and hugged him. "I wish I could say something nice to you babe, but losing to Mark at bowling has no comebacks."
"How comforting, thanks babe." Lewis sighed, but still let Nico embrace him for a while longer.
Fernando was just laughing, partly at Lewis' demise, and partly at the shock of his husband not losing. "Never in doubt, mi amor."
"Oh, don't take the piss!" Mark replied, and the 2 carried on celebrating in front of Lewis' face.
If Lewis thought the others would let this go on the way home, he was wrong. So, so wrong.
"I spy something beginning with L!" Fernando exclaimed, shooting Lewis a devious grin in the rear view mirror.
Lewis just sighed heavily. "Loser?"
Fernando made an approving noise. "You're good at this, Lewis!"
"At least there's something you're good at." Mark muttered with a smirk.
Nico snorted while trying not to laugh. "Sorry, babe. That wasn't funny."
"No, laugh away." Lewis replied sarcastically. "This is hilarious."
The unimpressed tone in his voice set the other 2 off laughing again, and Nico couldn't help but join in, leaving Lewis even more miserable.
He groaned as he ran a hand over his face. "I spy something beginning with C."
"Cloud!" Mark shouted, and they all burst out laughing again.
Fernando and Nico were cackling as Lewis sunk further into his seat. "No. I'm not Seb."
"You bowl like Seb." Fernando chimed in.
Lewis scoffed. "You guys are unbelievable."
Mark turned to face him. "A bit like your terrible bowling skills!"
Nico wiped away tears of laughter before looking at a mightily unamused Lewis. "Okay, that's enough. Leave him alone."
Fernando giggled. "Maybe he should leave the bowling alley alone."
"Fernando." Nico replied. "Stop it."
"Only if he stops going bowling-" Mark tried, but a glare from Nico sent him and Fernando into another laughing fit.
"This is one of the worst days ever." Lewis mumbled. "I am never living this down."
Nico took his hand and Lewis leant into him. "At least you didn't have a bowling ball dropped on you hand, babe."
As soon as they saw Mark turn around, both Nico and Lewis knew what was coming. "Maybe you'd bowl better with a broken hand, Lewis!"
It had got to the point where Fernando and Mark's manic laughter had become background noise, and Lewis shut his eyes and slowly drifted off for the rest of the drive home.
It was around an hour and a half later that Seb, Kimi and Jenson finally got back. Despite the chaos of the day, Kimi put his suffering aside to throw an insult at Lewis.
"You lost to him?" Kimi asked the second he entered the living room, gesturing to Mark who was sitting innocently with a cup of tea, as if he hadn't been picking on Lewis for the last 2 hours.
Lewis shrugged helplessly. "You too? Can we just forget this day ever happened."
"Fine by me." Seb muttered.
Jenson grinned slightly. "No way! Mr. 'I am not shit' turned out to be shit."
"The fact that you remember me saying that is gut wrenching." Lewis replied.
Okay, something was up with Jenson. Lewis knew him too well, and as much as he tried to hide it, Jenson was not slick. He was hiding something... again. Great.
Nico perked up from next to Lewis. "Are we going to avoid the elephant in the room? Kimi are you okay?"
Kimi just raised an eyebrow and looked around. "Are you okay? There is no elephant in here."
"Oh, Kimi." Mark chuckled. "You are so funny."
Seb sighed and grabbed his non-broken hand. "Someone was clearly given too many pain meds."
"I need a nap." Kimi yawned.
With a nod, Seb smiled. "Me too. Who's turn is it to cook tonight?" he asked everyone.
"Me." Lewis replied grumpily. "But Mark and Fernando aren't having any."
Fernando gaped at him. "What did we do?" he asked, clearly trying not to smirk.
Lewis didn't even bother replying, just turned back to Seb. "Fuck it, I'll just get a takeaway. It will be here for six o'clock."
Jenson cheered. "Thank god! It's been so long since we've had a takeaway."
"Three days." Kimi replied.
"Exactly, that's a long time!" Jenson argued.
Mark grinned. "Great, thanks Lewis!"
After casually flipping off Mark, Lewis huddled into Nico and continued sulking.
"At least he's taking the loss well." Jenson said with a grin.
Fernando nodded. "It's just a shame he can't take the bowling ball well too."
Once again, Mark and Fernando were laughing like hyenas.
"Oh fuck off, that one doesn't even make sense!" Lewis replied, though it was muffled into Nico's shoulder.
Nico just kissed the top of his head to hide his smile. "Do you need a nap too?"
"Yes." Lewis groaned.
Quickly after Seb and Kimi went upstairs, Nico picked up Lewis and followed. Jenson was left downstairs with Mark and Fernando, and the three of them spent the next 30 minutes taking the piss out of everyone during bowling.
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Lewis and Seb
21:05pm
lewis💫
what's wrong with jens?🤨
seb🧚♀️
I don't know
He's been acting off since we got to the hospital
Tells me he is fine
lewis💫
what a load of bullshit🙄
i will try talking to him tomorrow
seb🧚♀️
Ok
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02:01am
That was a reasonable time for a midnight snack in Lewis' mind, and he got out of bed as quietly as possible without disturbing Nico.
Sneaking downstairs was easy, Lewis had done it so many times before he'd memorised where the creaky floorboards were. He wandered into the kitchen, feeling the walls because he couldn't see anything and opened the freezer.
"Fancy seeing you here."
Lewis jumped so much he fell into the freezer door with a loud crash. His hand flew over his mouth as he turned to see where the voice came from, and was almost surprised to see Jenson, who also had a hand over his mouth.
"You fucking idiot!" Lewis hissed. "Why would you do that?"
Jenson scoffed. "I didn't know you'd react like a 10 year old girl, did I?"
"Shut up." Lewis shook his head as he reached for a tub of ice cream that he knew was Kimi's, but took anyway; it's not like he could open it anymore. "Hang on, why are you even down here?"
Jenson just shrugged. "Couldn't sleep."
A small smile tugged at the edge of Lewis' mouth. "Let's translate from Jensonese into English, one moment..."
He closed his eyes and pretended to think for a second before opening them again. "Okay, what's wrong?"
"What?" Jenson asked.
Lewis rolled his eyes. "No offence Jens... that rhymed! Sorry, not the point. I can read you like a book, it is very easy to tell when you're upset about something. Not to mention Seb was worried about you today, so spill."
He sighed heavily. "I hate how well you all know me."
"No, you don't. Now speak to me." Lewis replied, smiling at him.
It felt like he'd had this conversation with Lewis loads of times before, but whatever. "I don't want to sound stuck up, but... sometimes when I see all of you guys together, it's kind of..."
Lewis nodded and sat up on the counter as Jenson trailed off. "Shitty?"
Jenson laughed. "I guess so."
"Jens, if you think that makes you selfish, you're wrong." Lewis told him, and all Jenson could think about was whether Lewis was secretly a mind reader or not.
"I'll never understand truly what it's like to be in your position, but I can imagine it's pretty shit most of the time. Not to rub it in or anything... Sorry. What I'm trying to say is... I know we all joke about you being single, but at the end of the day that's all it is. A joke."
When Jenson stayed quiet, Lewis continued.
"As much as we take the piss, we all love you a lot. Sometimes I think you actually underestimate how much we love you, Jens. I do, Seb definitely does. Hell, even Kimi shows the tiniest bit of fondness towards you sometimes. I speak for all of us when I say this, so don't be ashamed of feeling upset or jealous or whatever, we get it."
Jenson looked up at him and shrugged. "But it is selfish of me. You guys-"
"No!" Lewis interrupted. "I will not accept this negativity. You are not selfish, you have feelings and we all love you. End of."
Right when Jenson was about to speak, Lewis cut him off. "Did any of that even make sense?"
"Nothing you say ever makes sense." Jenson grinned.
Lewis flicked a piece of ice cream at him. "Shut up, I'm trying to be sappy!"
"Sorry, sorry." Jenson replied, and the 2 were silent for a while.
As Lewis continued to eat, Jenson tapped on the edge of the sink, and they stayed like that for a few minutes before Jenson spoke again.
"I do appreciate you guys, you know. A lot." Jenson said, and the honesty in his voice made Lewis want to cry. Or maybe the emotion was because of his shit bowling performance.
Lewis just smiled at him. "Just one thing, if I ever find out you are hiding or ignoring your feelings again, I will not hesitate to put you back in the cupboard with Seb."
The horror on Jenson's face made Lewis laugh, and he turned around to put the ice cream away. "Anyway, I'm tired. Carry on with your... strange kitchen lurking?"
"Will do." Jenson replied with an evil grin.
Just before heading up the stairs, Lewis turned around to him again. "One more thing, this talk never happened. I told Nico the midnight snacks stopped three months ago, and would rather he didn't find out I was lying."
The 2 of them laughed again, not really caring that everyone else was asleep anymore. "Your secret is safe with me, Lew."
"I'm not so sure about that." Lewis replied as he scurried upstairs before Jenson could reply.
Lewis and Seb
02:08am
lewis💫
we were right earlier, he was sad
but it's ok now!😛
seb🧚♀️
Good
He looked sad
lewis💫
no being sad round here!😍
we can degrade him, but he absolutely cannot degrade himself
seb🧚♀️
Exactly
lewis💫
our little single pringle
as you'd say😉
seb🧚♀️
Woo
We all love each other
lewis💫
...
ew this is way too sappy
seb🧚♀️
Agreed
Let's go to bed and forget this conversation ever happened
lewis💫
good plan
night❤️
seb🧚♀️
❤️