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It was going to be a normal evening of sitting on his window ledge reading, but of course, in the true Goro Akechi luck, everything went wrong in the best way (debatable) possible.
It started with his father demanding that he sit and eat with him so he could obviously talk about his work, bragging about his political power. The only reason he still lived with him was that the bastard was stinking rich and the house happened to be big enough for Goro to completely ignore him. However, he couldn't completely ignore his phone considering it was one of the only escapes he had these days. Being the son of the new Prime Minister had both its pros and cons, with the pro being the money he had access to and the house he was freely living in. However, the con to this was probably the biggest obstacle he had, mainly due to the fact that his father tended to always bring him up in interviews, explaining how hard it was to raise him as a single father. That, of course, was one of the bastards many lies.
Goro lived with his mother for the beginning of his life, not knowing the name of his father - this was a blessing he simply didn't understand at the time. His mother ended up committing suicide before he was 10. He was later taken into many foster homes whilst he tried to dig up information about who his father was, with the intention of destroying him for leaving his mother alone. How a mere child could destroy an adult was out of the question, but Goro didn't care at the time, consumed by anger and regret of leaving his mother alone that day. However, the past is the past, and Goro couldn't change it no matter how much he wanted to. Goro found his father when he was 16, Masayoshi Shido, a politician currently running for Prime Minister, which of course he happened to become.
Once Goro told Shido (it was more like yelling) what happened to his mother, the bastard appeared to not care, but agreed in taking Goro in. This, of course, got Goro out of his current foster home which was the best thing that came out of this turn of events.
However, Goro's life quickly became part of the public as he was whisked away into the world of publicity and fame. Shido made him a deal one night after one of his many public speeches he dragged Goro to. The deal was that Shido would allow him access to part of his bank and free reign of his house as long as Goro kept up an act of a perfect princely son and was allowed to hold onto his mothers last name.
Goro still hated the bastard with his whole being, but the offer was too good to pass up, the fact that he had to act perfect in the public eye was something he would gladly do. It also became a key part of his plan of ruining Shido, having the public love him whilst creating a case against his father. It was perfect, he could get his revenge and live freely (well sort of freely).
When he was 19, he found a chatroom online which fueled his more debatable nature. This was a welcome change to the food blog he kept running to appease the public. He appeared in many threads and started some himself under the guise of 'Crow', the chatroom happened to become his favorite thing to do, however, he couldn't tell anyone this, if anyone knew the princely Akechi Goro son of the Prime Minister debated in chat rooms about the TV show 'Phoenix Ranger Featherman R' he could say goodbye to his revenge. However, it was also how he met his rival, the illustrious 'Joker'.
Whenever he posted Joker would always be in his comments mainly debating against his point or rarely agreeing with him. Goro didn't want to say he stalked Joker's profile, because he didn't... He just checked it every morning and night, and maybe sometimes in the afternoon if he had nothing to do. Goro also happened to comment on all of Joker's posts (including the 8-month-old ones) happy to criticize his points, this started the friendly rivalry between them.
Joker was Goro's first friend. It took him 2 months of their rivalry for him to send a private message and explain how interesting he found him. They quickly exchanged chat ID's and have been talking every day for the past 10 months. They agreed to go by their aliases but exchanged other information, like their ages and locations (they both lived in Tokyo, Goro knew this was fate).
Joker quickly became part of Goro's daily routine, in the way that he always sent Joker a 'good morning' text at 7 am which Joker wouldn't reply to until around 12 if he wasn't at school. Joker always sent him a 'good night' text, all of them at different times ranging from 8 pm to 3 am, he was awake to answer some, but he would be lying if he said he didn't enjoy waking up to see a message from the other boy.
Goro would gladly say his phone was full of images of Joker's cat Mona/Morgana (the name always ranged due to how the cat was acting), according to Joker his cat was a bastard and a gentleman, there was no in-between. Goro always supplied Joker with images of food, they weren't the same as his food blog, of course, he always made sure to take several pictures of what he was eating or drinking, his food blog got the nicer image while Joker got Goro's favorite. His food blog had photos that showed not just the food but the establishment itself, this was part of Shido's idea once he found out about the blog, saying it would help his image by promoting small businesses. Goro's favorite thing to take a photo of would be coffee, he's never found his favorite but whenever he sends Joker a photo of the coffee he currently has, Goro is quickly spammed by Joker bragging how amazing his coffee is, calling himself a 'coffee master' and the promise of making him some if they ever meet. Goro would love to meet Joker, not just for the idea of trying his coffee or his adorable cat, but to know the boy who makes him smile every day, although he wouldn't tell Joker that.
The only thing stopping him is that Joker may not like the real Goro Akechi. The Goro that lusts for revenge, the Goro that misses his mother, the Goro that hides behind his princely exterior. Joker always reassures him, usually with the spiel of 'If I'm still talking to you after you tell me what a "fucking donkey" I am in my comments, then I'm sure meeting you would be fine'. Goro knows this, he really does, but he can't tell if it's the disbelief or denial or the fact that his first friend may hate him just by looking at him but he refuses to meet.
His dinner with Shido goes as well as any of them do, mainly in the way that it didn't, Goro was a fucking idiot. While Shido was talking about something to do with publicity, he decided to check a message from Joker he didn't open yet.
[19:41] Joker: Hey I'm ready for our rematch at 8ball pool, are you? :)
"Akechi are you even listening to me, this is impor- oh... Who's the lucky girl?"
He could feel the smirk Shido had on his face and lifted his head to see his eyes.
"I have no idea what you're talking about, I was simply checking an ema-"
"No, I know that smile. Tell me, who's the girlfriend" His smile elongated.
How dare the bastard even assume to know anything about him, the nerve.
"My boyfriend was just aski-" Shitshitshitshitshit there’s no way
"Ah, so this is why whenever I introduce you to a nice girl you always excuse yourself" Shido's smirk dropped to a more serious expression.
"I think you misunderstand, I simply said the wro-"
"I want to meet this boy, having you both seen together will do wonders for my campaign, showing that I'm supportive of the many different communities the kids have these days." No way. There was no way the bastard was making this about him, he was able to tune out most of his spiel. Shido continued."-nyway, I want you to invite this boy over, I want to introduce myself officially to him before you even think about going public."
It was too late. there was no way Goro could get out of this now, Shido already saw the potential in this, even if there was a chance he could get out of it, the bastard would still probably set him up with others with the chance of positive publicity boosting his own agenda. Goro couldn't even get a word in, mainly due to his shock but also due to the
bastard still talking.
"You have 3 days, I'll have no time after that. Have him be here by 2 pm so you can show him around the house, I'm assuming you haven't already... This was an interesting dinner. Don't let me down Akechi"
With that, he left, Goro stared down at his half-eaten meal for way longer than necessary and left to his room. There was no way he could get out of this, he had to suck it up and message Joker and ask him for the biggest favor. He turned on his phone knowing he left the Chat open. He was met with 2 missed messages. Goro began to type knowing this could ruin his only friendship.
[20:21] Joker: is the great Crow afraid I'll win this time? i want to show u how good ive gotten :)))
[20:30] Joker: am i interrupting ur scheduled reading time?
[20:46] Crow: I may need a favor.
[20:48] Joker: oh? want me to share the sick tricks i learned to beat u??
[20:48] Crow: Maybe another day
[20:49] Crow: How about letting me try the coffee you're ‘oh so good’ at making?
[20:50] Joker: wait, are you asking what i think u are??????!
[20:51] Crow: It depends on what you think I'm asking, but yes if I've guessed correctly.
[20:51] Joker: CROWWWWW
[20:52] Joker: IS THIS ONE OF UR REALLY BAD JOKES AGAIN
[20:52] Crow: I assure you nothing about this situation is a joke.
[20:55] Joker: Okay, ill try to take this seriously, itll be hard tho
Joker: Whats the favor????
[20:56] Crow: I'll get straight to the point.
Crow: I need you to be my fake boyfriend.