Happy Ever After?

Chapter 1.

I'm so glad to be home, I love those kids, but Satoru, Satoru I have to get away from sometimes. He can be insufferable sometimes. Completely insufferable. A text comes across my phone.       

~Satoru~

*S-Hey, how are you feeling? You seemed a little off today, well and the past few weeks, and I don't know if it's insensitive of me to say, but Armand, you look like you've lost some weight, although I can tell how much because of the clothes you wear. *

*A-What do you mean? I've been fine, I started a diet, I haven't lost much weight at all. How have I been off? *

*S-Never mind, I just wanted to check in with you is all. Anyway, I got to go, I got a hot date. Wink." *

Jesus, after the incident with Geto, he has become like an overbearing mother about somethings, although I do still have my secrets, there's things I can still hide from him, he's been so caught up with all the women, so I've got that going for me. Time to drink. I got my shoes off, and my show on. 

I pulled one of my bottles of whiskey from my bare cabinets, only containing some crackers and bread, it's the only thing I eat anymore. I've always had my feelings for Satoru, but at least back in the good old days I had Geto to talk to, and then one day he was gone, and something switched in him, he started killing people, he tried to kill me, and then Satoru had to make the choice to kill his best friend, our best friend. That day, Satoru lost a bit of himself, we both did, but he found his solace in sleeping with woman, I however found it at the bottom of a bottle, and then my feelings for Satoru, having no one to talk to about them anymore and him throwing himself into other women, I have only gone deeper into the bottles. 

"Ugh, i'm out. Time to go see John." I teleported outside the bar I frequent every night. "Armand!" John said smiling as I walked through the door. "Hey John, the usual, and per usual, leave the bottle." I sat in the bar stool. "You know Armand, you're drinking me out of my bar." He chuckled. "You know I always pay you extra for how much I drink, and that you can always tell me when you can't spare anymore bottles and I will go to a different bar. We've talked about this." I said flatly. "I know, I am just worried about you, you drink way too much, so much that you say you have to go to different bars, after you've drank at least 40 bottles here, Armand that isn't good for you, you're going to kill yourself. I mean 40 plus bottles one time is too many, but you do this every night, I have to make sure I order at least 200 more bottles of this whiskey every delivery day just for you, and you still go to other places. I'm worried about you, especially mixing all the alcohol with your bipolar disorder isn't good. The last time you were here, you almost killed a guy just for breathing, and then five seconds later were trying to make out with him. It's messing with your mood swings and your manic episodes." His voice filled with emotion and worry. "John, I'm fine, just keep bringing me bottles." He sighed and did what I asked of him. "I can only offer you 50 bottles today." He said giving up on reaching me. "That's okay, I drank the six I had at home before I came here." No emotion in my voice. "Jesus Christ Armand." 

About two hours go by, I pull out my phone, I am in a much better mood now, score one for alcohol and bipolar disorder. 

~Satoru~

*A- How'd your date go? *

*S- Swimmingly, I just left her house if you catch my drift. Wink. *

I groaned in disgust. 

*S- Armand? * 

*A- Yeah sorry, got distracted. What are you up to now? * 

*S- I'm lying in my bed. What are you up to? *

*A- At a bar. *

*S- You're what? Armand, it's almost three am and you know we can't get drunk; our bodies have been trained to move to fast, even if we're staying still. What the hell are you doing there? *

I chuckled in my chair laughing at his naivety.

*A- Satoru, drunk is achievable if you drink enough in a short period of time, no matter who we are. Haha. *

*S- Okay and exactly how much has Armand had to drink tonight? *

I could feel the worry leaking through the phone. I smiled, sometimes I like when he cares, but sometimes when he lets the thought of what happened with Geto flow through his mind it's so much worse. 

*A- I just finished my 56th bottle, and I was thinking i'd head to another bar, since John says I can't have any more here. *

Satoru takes a minute to message back this time. 

*S- Where are you? I'm dressed; I just need to know where you are. *

*A- Why do you want to know? *

I smiled at the immense worry I know he's feeling. 

*S- Armand, where are you, you can either tell me or I'll just use six eyes to track your energy source. *

*A- Hmm, I think i'll let you put in the work, put your six eyes to use buddy boy. *

I walked outside standing by the wall barely standing, using the wall to hold me up. Not even a full minute went by before he appeared right in front of me.