a toxic boy with a masters degree in manipulation . nami was fantastic at faking , but at his very core many would decide there was nothing there , no feelings towards the people around them and purely a sickening satisfaction in having power over everyone around him . he had fucked river over time and time again , but there was a difference in their bond than any nami had come across in the past . that being his inability to let river go . god , he truly wished he could , the late night stabbings of guilt blossoming in his chest when he remembered all the things he had done to the poor boy , but he also can’t help but wonder if river likes it this way or if he cares about nami enough that he’s willing to put up with all of his bullshit with the hope that one day nami will finally stop fucking around and let the two of them be together .
they know each other a little too well , that much is obvious . river is well accustomed to a majority of nami’s tricks , though tears were always the go to way for nami to soften river without being questioned . he doesn’t have to make up a story because he knows river won’t ask , and even when he does express some sort of acknowledgement to them , nami’s half hearted explanations are accepted with ease . “ you say that like i wanted to walk in on you balls deep . i’m totally traumatized now , ” nami responses with a crinkle of his nose . “ i just wanted to see you , and felix texted me and said he was out so i thought it’d be fine to come . . . say hi . it was totally innocent . your constant need to fuck someone totally slipped my mind , seriously . “ okay , so there’s a chance his defensiveness is almost completely giving him away , but there’s a part of him that wants to be honest , admit that felix telling him river had been with one boy more than once was making him feel sick to his stomach , restless with the thought of being replaced consuming his every second until he had no choice but to intervene . still , the two of them most certainly have one thing in common : an inability to express their true feelings .
“ you’re actually out of your mind if you think me coming here was because i don’t want you to get off . if i tried to stop you every time you fucked someone other than me i’d never have the time to do anything on my own . if anything you should be thanking me for accidentally barging in on your sexcapades because that guy seemed totally boring . not nearly pretty enough for you , either . “ because what was nami if he wasn’t making off handed comments about others in an effort to remind river that nami was the best boy he could ever choose . “ you’re a bottom , “ nami reiterates , taking a step closer to the bed . “ live a lie all you’d like , but we both know you like being the good boy . “ there’s warmth in his chest when eye contact is finally made , and brief hesitation , before finally bending down , hand moving to brush river’s hair back . “ or you just like being my good boy , which i guess i’m fine with . “ he waits a moment before a whine falls past his lips , impatient with waiting . “ scoot over , “ he finally gets out , pushing river over a bit before he’s getting into bed beside him , not asking for permission as he throws an arm around his chest and buries his face into river’s pillow .
“ ugh , gross , “ he complains , voice muffled by the pillow before he’s finally lifting his head with a look of nothing short of pure disgust . “ your bed smells gross , riv . “ not like river , but an unfamiliar smell that leaves an ache bubbling in his chest as he places it as the boy who had obviously spent a little too long in a place nami’s only comfortable with occasionally sharing with river’s rebounds . “ you totally need to wash your sheets . “ such a brat , demanding river get rid of any evidence of another boy already .
there’s always that little nagging voice at the back of river’s mind - not his conscience , no , he’d silenced that little bastard ages ago , thank god . no , this voice is always questioning just what the hell nami wants from him , because god knows river’s conscious brain gave up on that line of questioning just in time for him to keep a white - knuckled grip on his sanity . river already knew he had met his match mentally when his and nami’s paths first cross months - or was it centuries ?- ago . river , once confident in the way he charmed people into being exactly what he needed from them , all while pouting and insisting he didn’t mean any harm was knocked down a peg or two or fifty every time he and nami got back together . it was all at once exhilarating and exhausting for him .
“ ‘m sure you’ll recover ,” he’s still speaking through a pout , hit with a wave of tiredness , which he assumes has something to do with the miraculous disappearing boner act that he had pulled a few minutes ago , and is growing increasingly grumpy about . “ are you really whining about getting to see my bare ass without even having to beg ?” he lets out an over - exaggerated yawn , as though the idea is taxing to his very soul , or what little of a soul he has left . “ don’t try to act like my horny ass is to blame here - you’ve complained about it enough that you should understand it by now or , i don’t fucking know ... expect it at the very least . what a shit excuse for giving me blue balls .” he’s just getting brattier the more he speaks , a petulant child who got his dessert privileges taken away . he doesn’t even know what he’s annoyed with at this point .
“ can’t be that out of my mind - not when i’m picking guys like that ,” maybe he’s just saying it , not to get a specific reaction but to see what it provokes . his dad had always called him a shit-stirrer . “ with fantastic asses , i mean . plus he gave me free weed last time when we were done , so there’s another thing you’ve snatched away from me ,” he picks at his nails , avoiding eye contact . “ not pretty enough , huh ?” he can’t help but grin at the notion . “ so that makes you pretty enough , obviously ,” it’s not even sarcastic like he meant for it to be , an accidental compliment of sorts .
he should let the bottom thing go , it doesn’t matter not really . but it’s not in his nature , entirely too stubborn for his own good . “ ‘m not ,” it comes out as a full on whine , and he can’t even find it in himself to be embarrassed , not when he’s too busy being embarrassed by the way he leans into the hand in his hair . stupid , you’re supposed to be a bitch right now . “ shut up - i’m a good boy when i wanna be a good boy . or ... whatever ,” he’s really off his game today . he’ll blame that on the blue balls and , consequentially , on nami . despite his own words , he still wordlessly moves to make more room for the other boy on the small , lumpy bed .
he watches nami through narrowed eyes , practically sensing the impending judgement . for a second he thinks he’s calling river gross , and he’s fully prepared to take it very personally and literally kick him off the bed . but no , there’s no excuse for physical violence , not today - “ it smells like sex , you fucking baby , christ ,” he rolls in eyes , giving a half teasing , half mean pinch to the arm that’s been thrown across him . “ you’re very welcome to do my sheets if you’re so inclined . and while you’re at it , grab the rest of my laundry from the hamper , i haven’t done that in like a week ,” yeah , he thinks he can forgive nami for the forgotten orgasm for a little bit of live in maid action . and he definitely doesn’t imagine him in a maid’s dress , he’s not a perv ( except he is , and he does .)