Chapter 15

November 9th, 5:30, 2024, Atlas's apartment, Boston, Massachusetts

Plane and Nymphia walked hand in hand up the stairs to Atlas's apartment. This was the first time that Nymphia would be seeing Plane's drag sisters besides clubs and parties. The last time Nymphia saw Binx and Atlas was at Nymphia's birthday party when Plane didn't show up. That made Nymphia a bit nervous, but he was sure it was gonna be fine.

Plane knocked on the door and Atlas ran to the door. Atlas opened the door and greeted them.

"Hi Plane! Hi Nymphia!" Atlas said as they wrapped their arms around Plane and Nymphia. Making a group hug.

"Hey girl!" Plane replied while hugging Nymphia and Atlas.

"Hi Atlas!" Nymphia said, following along with Plane.

"Come on in. It's cold outside." Atlas said while backing up to let both of them in.

Plane and Nymphia walked in to Atlas apartment and took their shoes off. Just as they both had taken off their shoes, Binx yelled from the kitchen.

"ARE THEY HERE?" Binx yelled out.

"YEA BITCH." Atlas yelled back, causing Plane and Nymphia to both start laughing.

Binx walked over from the kitchen to see Nymphia and Plane standing in the entry way right beside Atlas.

"Hi guys!" Binx said walking to the entry way of Atlas's apartment.

"Hi Binx!" Plane said as he pulled Binx in for a hug.

"I haven't heard from you in forever." Binx replied while hugging Plane.

"Well everyone could hear you from the kitchen that's for sure." Plane said back.

Binx giggled as they both pulled away from each other.

"Hi Nymphia!" Binx said, reaching out to shake Nymphia's hand.

"Hi Binx." Nymphia replied, shaking Binx's hand.

"Damn she gave me a hug and Nymphia a goddamn HANDSHAKE." Plane laughed and so did Atlas.

"I'm not sure if Nymphia's okay with hugs yet!" Binx yelled at Plane while also laughing.

"It's okay Binx!" Nymphia laughed.

"Why don't y'all sit at the table because the food should be done soon. Is the Mac and cheese almost done Binx?" Atlas said walking over to the table.

"Oh shit I forgot about that-" Binx replied while running over to the kitchen.

"BINX I SWEAR TO GOD IF YOU BURNT THAT-" Atlas yelled out.

Nymphia and Plane sat down as Binx came running back into the dining room with the Mac and cheese in hand.

"It looks fine. So it should be good." Binx responded, out of breath and staring and the Mac and cheese.

"You're a dumbass." Atlas said.

Atlas walked into the kitchen to see if anything else was going wrong. Binx followed. Nymphia and Plane sat at the table alone.

"Sorry about my sisters. I promise it's not just Binx, they're both dumb as fuck." Plane whispered to Nymphia.

"It's okay." Nymphia chuckled.

Plane tilted Nymphia's head slightly and kissed his forehead, causing Nymphia to smile and then look down. Just after Plane did that Atlas and Binx walked back into the dining room with the food.

"Okay so good news, MOST of the food isn't burnt. Bad news, we're not having biscuits anymore because THIS LITTLE LOBCOCK BITCH DIDNT CHECK THE OVEN." Atlas said, pointing to Binx.

"It's fineeee. We have Mac and cheese and other shit." Binx replied, placing the Mac and cheese dish on the table.

"If I was cooking, that wouldn't have happened." Plane added with a smug look on his face.

"That's not true girl." Binx responded.

"Remember that one time when she tried making dumplings and they were rock hard." Atlas asked.

"That was back during quarantine. Everyone didn't know how to cook anything." Plane replied.

"Yeah sure." Atlas laughed.

Binx and Atlas went to go get plates and other dishes.

"Are you nervous?" Plane asked.

"No, why?" Nymphia replied.

"You just seem all quiet and nervous." Plane exclaimed.

"I'm doing just fine babe." Nymphia said back.

"Alright. Just let me know if you're uncomfortable." Plane reassured.

"These are ur drag sisters. I've met them before. Why would I be nervous?" Nymphia responded.

"I dunno." Plane said.

"Of course." Nymphia chuckled.

Binx and Atlas got all the dishes down on the table and sat down with Nymphia and Plane. While they ate they started conversations.

"So how have you been doing in Brooklyn Nymphia?" Atlas asked.

"It's good. Definitely a bigger drag scene than Taiwan, but I still love the bars in Taiwan." Nymphia responded.

"Do you still have any drag family in Taiwan?" Binx asked.

"Yeah absolutely! Most of my drag family is still there, the only ones in Brooklyn is me and a few of my drag daughters." Nymphia replied again.

"Do you still go to Taiwan often?" Binx asked.

"Yeah. I try to go at least once a year, but I still call them all the time." Nymphia explained.

"Speaking of Taiwan, didn't both of you guys go to Taiwan together last year?" Atlas recalled.

"Yeah. It was fun!" Plane responded.

"We also went to Thailand." Nymphia added. Plane squeezed Nymphia's thigh lovingly. Nymphia kept a normal expression on the outside, but on the inside, Nymphia was crushing hard.

"How was Thailand?" Binx asked.

Nymphia instantly remembered everything. Like everything. Obviously Nymphia nor Plane was going to tell Binx and Atlas what happened between them especially in the hotel. But they couldn't just say nothing at all.

"It was great. You know a lot of buildings and gays." Plane replied.

Atlas let out a giggle "Buildings and gays". Everyone started laughing at the table.

"It's true though!" Nymphia added.

"See! I told you." Plane proved.

"I'm gonna use that against you in every way possible." Atlas said.

"Sure." Plane said back.

Nymphia smiled. He was having a great time so far. Plane's drag sisters were really nice and everything was going well.

"So how have you guys both been doing in terms of friendship? Relationship? Kinship?" Binx asked.

Nymphia was about to say something, but Plane cut him off.

"We're not together. It's just casual you know?" Plane replied instantly. Nymphia was angry and sad because of this. Was all they had made between them now just in the past? Did Plane change? Nymphia wasn't sure on why Plane responded that way because they had both agreed that it would be between them and family and close friends. But clearly something was going on.

"Yeah. It's casual I guess." Nymphia said, going along with Plane just because he didn't want to make problems. Nymphia hated arguing.

After that everybody continued talking and Nymphia was still keeping her emotions in to not cause a scene. At about 8:30, Binx and Atlas needed to help one of Plane's other drag sisters, Kori, leaving Plane and Nymphia to wash the dishes.

Nymphia picked up some plates and brought them to the sink. He started washing them with a pissed off look on his face. Plane soon came in with more plates and placed them in the sink.

"Why are you so pissed off?" Plane said.

"Who said I was pissed off?" Nymphia replied instantly.

"Because you're acting like it. These are my friends, and they were nice as fuck to you." Plane said back.

"Well I liked ur friends. I never said that I didn't, it was just you saying weird stuff." Nymphia responded.

"What the fuck did I say that was weird?" Plane yelled.

"You told them "oh it's casual" like what the fuck?!" Nymphia yelled back.

"HOW IS THAT WEIRD?" Plane screamed.

"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN "CASUAL" YOU KNOW DAMN WELL THAT WHAT WE ARE IS NOT THAT?" Nymphia screamed back angrily.

"IT WAS SUBCONSCIOUS. I WAS CATCHING UP WITH FRIENDS!" Plane screamed again.

"That's not true." Nymphia mumbled.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" Plane screamed anyway.

"HOW IS IT CASUAL WHEN YOUR FUCKING ME IN A HOTEL ROOM IN BROOKLYN. HOW IS IT CASUAL WHEN I WAS KISSING YOU IN BARS DURING THE SUMMER." Nymphia screamed.

"BABE THATS NOT WHAT-" Plane yelled before he was cut off by Nymphia.

"HOW IS IT CASUAL WHEN I WAS CRYING ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR CAUSE YOU DIDNT SHOW UP TO MY BIRTHDAY." Nymphia screamed again.

"CAN YOU JUST LE-" Plane yelled trying to get a word in.

"HOW IS IT CASUAL WHEN I FELT LIKE YOU WERE REALLY MINE." Nymphia screamed.

That last sentence left a silence lingering in the apartment for well over 10 minutes. In that moment, Plane knew how Nymphia really felt. How what he did was wrong. How what he said wasn't actually subconsciously said, but he just didn't want to admit the fact that he was afraid of their relationship. How he was scared to be perceived differently.

After the 10 minutes, Nymphia uttered a word.

"I'm gonna get an uber. I'm going back to Brooklyn." Nymphia uttered.

"No babe plea-" Plane tried saying.

"No. I need to go back. You can call me later." Nymphia replied.

"Bye." Nymphia added before leaving.

And he left.

Song of the chapter: Casual by Chappell Roan

Thank you guys so much for the support even though I haven't been updating lately. The stress of school and writing got to me and I am trying to get back into it. I thought I'd be able to finish the fic by the end of the year but clearly I can't. But that means more room for building storylines and fitting more lore into it!

Bye!