Barclay Davis - Lover Of Mine, I AM NOT A LOT OF GUYS!!!

Art by Scopedog

After her nightmare, Frida spent the day in an anxious mood. She never told Max about her confrontation with Lydia Cole, because she was worried how he would react. Besides, she has faith Max would never betray her for someone like Lydia.

Still, her concerns kept her on her toes.

***

That night, back at the apartment and decked out in her casual attire of a crop top t-shirt and grey sweatpants, Frida emerged from the bedroom to see Max, wearing his denim jacket, a gray t-shirt, and track pants, pack his duffle bag.

Frida, panicking at that sight, went up to Max and asked him, with concern in her voice, "Where are you going?!!"

Max, confused by Frida's question and tone in her voice, told her "I'm going to my martial arts class with Paul. Like I always do, at this time of the week."

Frida, starting to grow anxious and concerned, asks Max "Do you really have to go?"

Max, even more confused by that response from Frida, answered "Uhh...yeah I do have to go! Otherwise, Paul's gonna be so thoroughly pissed with me. And it's not like I can hide from him, as he spends a lot of time, next door, with Mitch."

"I'm sure Paul can understand!" Frida said, as her voice carried a high amount of anxiety. "One night away from his class won't make a difference in the world."

"Uh, you don't know Paul very well, do you Frida?" Max explained to her. "He's a much different person when he's running his dojo. Think of McGilligan, but in a martial arts outfit and less leathery!"

"Max, please, I'm BEGGING YOU!!!" Frida pleaded with Max, saying at the end "...stay with me tonight? Pleeeese?!!" as if she was on the verge of crying.

Max, growing a little weary of Frida's sudden strange behavior towards him, asks her "Frida, what's going on? You've been acting nervous and weird all day."

Frida, being put on the spot, was a little hesitant about answering Max. But she had enough in her to finally tell him. "Alright then. I ran into Lydia at the Crow's Bar yesterday!"

"WHAT?!!" Max said. "Why didn't you say something about that?"

"I don't know!" Frida said. "My mind's all over the place, right now."

"Well, what were you two talking about?" Max asked of Frida.

After a brief pause, Frida told Max "She said you were going to leave me, and that you'd be with her. She said you still had feelings for her!"

"Well that utter bullshit!!!" Max yelled! "The only feelings I have for her is to wrap my hands around her neck and strangle her!"

"She sounded so confident in herself, Max." Frida told him. "She says she knows you much better than me. She claims you kept her phone number!"

"WHAT?!!" Max said, sounding offended by that. "I chewed that number up and spit it out! You saw me do that!" He then grabbed her arms and said to her, "Frida...you're letting Lydia live inside your head! She has no spell over me. You have to believe me when I say to you I have no interest in her, whatsoever!

"I love you, Frida!" Max said to her. "You're the only one I want in my life!💓💕💖💗💘💞"

Frida, still not convinced of what Max was telling her, put her hands up to Max's face, where the tips of her fingers were touching him, and softly said to him "...please stay home with me tonight, Max...that's the only way I'll know for sure."

"I'm sorry, Frida, but that's out of the question." Max told her. He then gently lifted Frida's chin so that he could look at her and continued talking. "If it concerns you that much, you can always come with me to the dojo, and keep your eye on me. But I gotta warn you, Paul like to play rough. You may get offended at what he does to me, and try attacking him."

Max continued "So how about it, Frida?...you wanna come with me?"

After not saying a word, Frida told Max, "No...that's alright. I'll stay home."

"Are you sure? You one hundred percent positive?" Max asks of Frida. After a moment, Frida nods her head up and down.

"OKEE DOKE then!" Max says to Frida, then gives her a big kiss on her lips. "I off! And I shall be back, toot sweet!😁" Max then picks up his duffle bag and heads out the door. And as he standing by the open door, he turns to look at Frida and says to her "Love you, miss you, be back soon!" and blows a kiss her way. Frida responds by waving her fingers at him. Max then closes the door and heads to Paul's dojo.

And just after Max is completely gone, Frida starts loudly crying. She turns and heads towards the couch, plops down on her stomach, with her ass sticking out on top of one of the arm rests, and continues to bawl her eyes out.

Frida's loud crying caught the attention of Victor, who was busy doing his vlogging in one of the closets. When he sees Frida crying, Victor goes up to her.

"Frida, what's wrong?" Victor asks, her as he's on the couch in front of her. "Why ya cryin' so hard?"

"MAX IS HEADED OUT TO SEE THAT BITCH, LYDIA!!!" Frida was crying out.

"Wait, isn't this the time of week when Max goes for his martial arts sessions with Paul?" Victor asks.

"THAT'S WHAT HE SAYS!!!" Frida answered, while still crying uncontrollably.

Victor, getting concerned with Frida's emotional state, tries to calm her down, telling her "C'mon Frida, Max wouldn't do something like that! FRIDA!!!" Victor tries all sorts of things to get Frida's attention, like tapping her head or pushing her hands that were in front of her. But no such luck. Frida was lost in her own sorrow, and nothing Victor was doing was snapping her out of it.

But when he sees Frida's left pinky finger sticking out, Victor realizes there's only one option for him, and he doesn't like it. He tells Frida, "I don't wanna do this, but..." And proceeds to pinch Frida's pinky hard with both claws. The moment Frida screams in agony from the crab pinch, Victor quickly releases his grip.

Frida, enraged at Victor for pinching her, grabs him by his sides, and lifts him up to scream at him, "You fucking miserable bug! WHY THE FUCK DID YOU DO THAT??!!!🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬"

"BECAUSE I AM TRYING TO GET YOUR ATTENTION!!!" Victor tells her. "Max is so madly in love with you! He would never, EVER do anything to jeopardize that!"

Frida starts getting all weepy again, and tells Victor "I so wanna believe you!" She slowly puts Victor down and continues crying hard.

Victor, upset by Frida's crying, meekly tells her "Well...ya gotta believe!🦀😟😟😟😟😟"

***

A few hours later, Max returns to his apartment, after a grueling session with Paul. His body was sore, but it's nothing a hot bath couldn't fix. When he arrives, he notices the place erringly silent. Which was broken when Victor spoke out.

"Hello, Max!" Victor said, with a rather ominous tone in his voice. Max sees Victor standing on the kitchen table with the tips of his claws on the surface while resting his face on his arms. He was the only one Max saw when he entered.

"What's going on?" Max asks Victor, sensing something strange. "Where's Frida?"

"She's been in the bedroom since you left." Victor told Max. "Crying her eyes out because she claims you went to see Lydia!"

"Aw, GEEZIS!!!" Max yells out in equal parts frustration and weariness. "I told her I was coming straight back from my session! Why wouldn't she believe me?"

"Dunno." Victor answered "Can't say I blame her for feeling that way, though."

Max's response to that:

"Do you take me for a lowlife?!!" Max growls at Victor, as he approaches the table. "Why would you even think for one nanosecond that I would betray Frida for someone like Lydia?!!"

"Well, you ARE a guy." Victor answers "And like a lot of guys out..."

"I AM NOT A LOT OF GUYS!!!!!🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬" Max angrily screams at Victor as he slams his fist on the kitchen table so hard it caused Victor to leap a bit into the air. Max was super annoyed at Victor for even thinking that way about him, continuing, "I can't believe you'd actually think I'd cheat on Frida! For ANYONE!!! Why the fuck would you even think I'd want anything to do with Lydia, after all the shit she dragged me through?"

"Let's just say there's precedent for that!" Victor answered.

"WHAT?!!" Max angrily shot back.

"You said the exact same thing, the previous time you saw her." Victor answered. "And you still ended up wanting her!"

"That was different!" Max fired back. "I was lonely back then, and still carrying a small torch for her, that I didn’t even know I had! But after she went off with Rudolf, that torch got snuffed out for good! And being with Frida only cements that!"

"...ok, if you say so, Romeo!" Victor answers rather sarcastically.

Max, not liking the tone in Victor's voice, responds "You really don't believe me, do you?"

"Let's just say, some seeds of doubt have been sowed." Victor shoots back.

Feeling as if his hand is being forced, Max decides to take action, saying "Alright then!" Max then puts his left elbow on the kitchen table, extending his pinky finger at Victor, and says to him "Pinch me!"

"Whuuut?!!" Victor asks.

"You heard me!" Max tells Victor. "If you think I'd choose Lydia over Frida, then do your worst on me, as only a lowly mud bug, like YOU can do!"

Victor just looked at Max, like he was crazy, and said "Ok, I think you're goin' off the deep end here, Max."

"OoooOOOooo now!" Max said to Victor. "Is that crab salad turning into chicken shit?"

"Don't press your luck, pinky!" Victor responded. "You're not thinking straight!"

"And whatya gonna do about that, shellface? Pinch me?" Max responded, as he continued. "You side walking bottom feeders are SOOOO ugly and useless! The only thing you're good for is to be served with drawn butter and a slice of lemon on the side, you worthless, pathetic little..."

🦀😠😡🤬

And with that, Victor pinches Max's pinky, with both claws, hard. Max, anticipating that, holds it in and takes it.

Max and Victor are just looking at each other, wondering who'll break first. Victor is squeezing both claws as hard as he can, while Max is taking in an enormous amount of pain from him. Victor keeps on squeezing and squeezing Max's pinky.

But when he sees Max in defiant agony over his pinching, and with Max not budging an inch, and telling him "Is that the best you got?" Victor releases both claws off of Max's pinky. Max quickly grabs his pinky and massages it.

"Wow!" Victor says to Max. "You must really love Frida if you're willing to put up with that much pain."

"That's what I've been trying to tell you, Victor!" Max says to him. "I love Frida so much. She means THAT much to me!"

"Well..." Victor responds. "I'm sorry for questioning your love and loyalty to her, Max."

"That's alright, Victor. I accept your apology." Max tells him, continuing "And now that we've come to an understanding, I'm going to spend the next couple of minutes screaming my face off in agony." Max then proceeds to bounce all over the apartment, holding his pinky tight, screaming "YeeAAAUGHgodDAAMIjeeezzuAAAUGHdahurAAAAAAAAA!!!"

Victor just looks at him, saying "He's pathetic!🦀🙄😒"

Coming up, Barclay Davis - Lover Of Mine, Love Meeee?!!