L.O.M.B.F. - Lusting Over My Best Friend

❤Acacia's POV❤

"That dream was a weird one ...," I mumbled soon after opened my eyes. My throat is dry, resulting in whispering my sentence instead of saying it loud.

"Oh, you woke up! Thanks, God!" I see my childhood friend jump to standing position from the chair beside the bed I lay on, "You scare me, love! I thought you will be dead, you know I can't live without you," he whimpered.

He helps me to sit, then take a sit behind me so I'm leaning on his chest, and push a bottled water with a straw to my mouth. I gulp the liquid until it's empty.

He put the empty bottle on the bedside table and hug me from behind, "Next time, tell me whenever you feel sick, don't wait until it gets bad and fainting!" he scolds me then kisses my head.

I inspect the room we're in. White and light blue wallpaper, small LED TV across from the bed hanging on the wall, a set of small table and chair in the corner of the room, white ceramic tile, strong disinfectant smell.

We are in a hospital room.

"Sebby ...." I called.

"Hmm?"

"Don't you want to hear about my weird dream?" I asked. "And why are we in a hospital?"

"I will hear about the dream later, Princess. As for why we're here ... a very naughty girl works too hard, didn't touch her food, and refuse to sleep. I found her laying on the floor with fever. I was worried to death and carried her here."

"Oops." Thank God I have him, be I not, I might have died and people just discover my body 30 years later. "Sorry, and thank you. I love you."

"Don't you dare to do that again," he said, tightening his hug to me. "Mom will be here, soon."

His mom has died when he was eight years old, and I was six. Our parents was best friends since they were in high school. Their house is just ten minutes walk from ours. He called my mother, Mom too.

"You called Mom?" I'm in trouble.

"How could I not? You've been sick more than two days!" he hissed.

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I had a long and serious scold from my mother. What makes her worried more was, that she can't stay here too long, as she need to taking care after Dad who was recovering from hemorrhoid post-operation.

Mom parked her car and we get out of it. Sebby carries me to our apartment and places me carefully on my bed.

"Thank you so much for taking care of Cassie, Seb. I swear she won't live this long without you," Mom said while arranging my scattered paint tubes on it's box.

"I won't live without her either," he shrugged.

"I know. You two want me to cook before I go home?" Mom asked and we getting pale.

"No, thanks!" we choired. Mom laughed.

Mom is the worst cook who existed. We could eat mom's cook, but instead of recovering, I will be dead from food poisoning.

"Okay kids, I have to pick Aster up from ballet school. If Cassie makes any trouble again, just leave her be, Seb, you can get another girl who won't make your life miserable."

Aster is my kid sister that ten years apart from me. She is ten years old.

"Ouch! I'm your daughter!" I hissed, Mom rolls her eyes and Seb chuckled.

"I just want her, thanks," he mumbled before walking Mom out.

Sebastian and I are best friends since forever. He is two years older than me and becomes attached to me soon after saw me for the first time, when I just born. We loved each other so dearly, but never officially bring our relationship to the next level.

After he come inside, he cooks dinner for us and we retired to our rooms soon after we eat. We already lived in this apartment for almost four years, since we attend college in the same university, where I take art major while Seb takes engineering.

I woke up in the middle of the night with cold sweat all over my body and decided to take a warm bubble bath. It's time to get clean, though. Last time I shower was before the hospital, which means it was three days ago. Ew!

This apartment has two bedrooms, one bathroom, an open area with a modern kitchen plus pantry, and a living room that we installed a large sofa bed and a very good audio system with 40" LED TV. We both love music and also performers. Three times a week, we have a job to fill the live concert in a famous cafe nearby.

We worked as a team because Sebby won't leave me alone, and I can do nothing without him. The other job I do is graphic designer, I receive job online and offline. Seb tutoring math for kids, he gives courses in our house. Both of us also modeling for some local clothing line. We have accepted some endorsements on our social media accounts too. We are pretty famous duo.

I get out of my room only in my thin and short robe, the only one who sees me would be Seb and he already sees all of me, as we grow up together just like siblings. But he grows a lot, cough, sexier, while I stop growing at tenth grade. Cough, I'm short, just 5'2" while Seb towering over me at 6'4".

The bathroom door opened just before I touch the handle. Seb coming out only in a towel that wraps him low around his waist. Gulp, can't help but stare at him. The muscle glory ... broad shoulder, biceps, toned chest, six-pack abs, V-line, and olive complexion.

He is hot.

"Baby, you checking me out again." He chuckled.

With that body, who won't?

"Why did you shower in the middle of the night?" I asked.

He blushed. "Boy's business," he said, winked, and left me there without a proper answer.

I shrugged it off and proceed with my plan to bathe. After drying myself, I get dressed in a tank-top and hot-pants, then snuggle to Sebastian in his room. I fall asleep while spooning my handsome so-called bestie.

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💙Sebastian's POV💙

My phone alarm vibrating at 7 am. I feel something warm and soft pressed in my back. I look down to a small hand that draped over my waist, lift it, and turn slowly to lay in my back, then slide the tiny arm on my stomach.

Now I seeing the most beautiful girl sleeping. Her soft porcelain skin, thick and wavy jet-black long hair, curly and long lashes, little nose, chubby cheeks, and full pink lips. I already fall in love with her since she was a baby.

Two days ago, she gives me a heart attack when I found her lay down on the floor of her room, with fever. I scooped her, ran out of our house to get a cab and rushed her to the hospital. I didn't use my car because I need to hold her all the way there.

I lean over to peck her partly open lips. I did this often when she sleeps, stealing kisses. She smelt like chocolate from her bubble bath. My Cassie, my love, I want her to be mine. I hope that she won't reject me when I confess my feeling.

She snuggles closer to me, one of her legs sling on the top of my thigh and rubs her core to me. Shit, she gives me a boner. Her hand slides dangerously close to my member. She always gives me a reason to start and end my day with a cold shower.

"Princess ...." I try to wake her up.

Her hand now is on top of my hard member. I gulped and try to be as still as I could, distracting my dirty mind with the song playlist for our performance tonight. Her hand keeps moving around. I close my eyes.

"Acacia Dawson, your hand shouldn't be there." I raise my voice.

"My hand could be everywhere it wants, you are mine," she mumbled, her eyes are still closed.

"Baby ... please," I whimper as her hand squeezing. I hope this girl understands her effect on me.

Her eyes snaps open, scares the shit out of me. In one swift motion, she straddling me and bent over, place her hands in my chest.

"You are mine, Sebastian," she said with those blue eyes look at me, then leave me stunned in my room. Am I imagining things?

She won't get away from this. I run after her and watching she already started to cooking breakfast. I hug her from behind and kiss her head.

"Was I hearing right?" I asked.

"Hear what?" she asked back while pouring some batter into the pan.

"You said that I'm yours," I said, she chuckled.

"You are mine," she confirmed.

I think this is the right time to ask her to be my girlfriend, but the doorbell beat me just before I open my mouth. I groaned.

BEEP! BEEP!

I think this is the right time to ask her to be my girlfriend, but the doorbell beat me just before I open my mouth. I groaned.

"Are you expecting a guest?" I asked.

"Dave will be here to bring me some important materials I've missed because I was hospitalized, can you take over the stove?" she said and take off the apron.

Competitor one, her contemporary art professor, 30 something years old, blonde version of Aquaman. He is totally into Cassie.

"Okay, but dress properly. I don't want anyone to see you on that," I said while wearing the apron.

She run to my room and get out wearing my maroon hoodie, that looks like eating her because it's too much bigger for her petite frame. I chuckled, she is really cute. I shook my head and proceed with the pancakes.

She answers the door, greet the man, and invite him to sit in our living room.

"Smells so good here, are you cooking?" Dave asked.

"I was, now Seb does," Cassie answers.

His eyes found mine and he looks surprised, "Sorry, I thought you live alone," he said.

"Good morning, Sir Professor. I'm Sebastian, Cassie's fiance." I smiled at him and he makes a weird face. Evil laugh inside. Cassie bite her laugh.

"Good morning, Sebastian. Sorry for being here this early, I need to bring the files for Acacia," he replies.

What's wrong with emailing it? The ulterior motives is too obvious.

"It's fine, Cassie need the files, I should be thank you instead," I said while frying some bacon. "You stay for breakfast?"

"No, thanks. I have to be on campus before nine for a morning class."

"Excuse me, guys, I need to use the restroom for a bit," Cassie said and walk away.

"Are you really her fiance?" he asked after making sure Cassie can't hear.

"Soon, I already have the ring and going to propose, but you interrupted," I lied. But the ring part is real, I already bought one for her.

"Sorry not sorry, I still have a chance then," he chuckled.

I want to throw an egg to his big head, well, he has bigger built than me.

"Don't waste your time, Dave," I hissed, looking at his eyes.

"She is worth fighting for," he shrugged.

"Seb, it's overcooked!" Cassie yelled behind me.

"Oh! Sorry, Love. I'll eat this one and make a new one for you," I smiled and pecks her forehead.

"Okay, I'll get going then. Acacia, you don't need to give the drive back to me, you can have it," Dave said.

"Thank you, Dave! See you at tomorrow's class," she chirped while closing the door.

She set the dishes and we eat breakfast in silence. After we finished, she checks her phone to read the schedule for today.

"We have a photoshoot with Calendula at 10, then lunch. We have spare time from 1 to 3 pm."

"I have a class for 1 to 3. You coming with me, or?" I asked.

"I come with you, don't want any eyes on you when I'm not around," she shrugged. "3.30 pm, I have to deliver the raw design options to a client, plus a little presentation in the Diagonal, I guess we eat dinner there, then live concert in Rainbow." Diagonal is a publishing house, many of their authors are Cassie's client, she does their book cover.

"I send the playlist to you, add and edit as you please, but let the closing be 'leave the door open' I want to sing it with you, the lyrics change already sent to your email too," I said. She smiled and I poke the dimple on her cheek. "Send the fixed playlist to me, okay? I'll have a shower.

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❤Acacia's PO❤

I wash the dishes while Sebby has shower. After I'm done, I pack everything I need for today. Then check on the playlist Sebby had send to me, I'm fine with his playlist, but the last song, leave the door open, God, is he trying to turn me on?

"Babe, I'm done. Get ready! I'm waiting in the car," Seb yelling from our living room, and I go for a quick shower.

I wear a tight ripped white jeans with an off-shoulder light blue sweater, step on my blue Converse, put my hair into a messy bun, then arrange quick chicken sandwiches and put them in a container. Seb will be hungry soon and I prefer to bring our own snacks than buy some. I lock the door and walk out to the parking lot.

"I love seeing you in that sweater," he said while taking the backpack from my hand, to put it on the backseat.

"Because it's a gift from you?" I asked coyly.

He bought it for me few months ago, when we were strolling in a mall. He said about it goes great with my eyes as they are in the same color.

"Yes," he laughed, then opened the front door for me and I entered the car. "But you are lovely wearing anything, even a rag," he said after settled in the driver's seat.

"Flatterer," I said while rolling my eyes.

He leans over to grab my seatbelt and secure it before buckling the head. He stops in front of me and his hazel eyes boring to mine.

"Marry me, Acacia Jean Dawson," he said, makes my heart skipped a beat. "Because I swear, I won't let you marry anyone else beside me."

Oh my God. I can't breathe and loss my words. Is he being serious right now? I will! I will marry him with all my heart, with every fiber in my being. But nothing comes out of my mouth.

"Breathe, Baby." And I suck the oxygen again, panting. He smirked. "Glad that you're not the only one with the effect in this relationship."

Shit. He plays me again, I blushed and he kisses my cheek and drives away to our first stop. I choose to drop off the topic.

"Have you edited the playlist?" he asks while focusing on the road.

"Uh ... nope," I mumbles, still panting from what happened before, "I love every song on it."

We will perform about twelve songs and have about twenty-five at the list. Mostly, we sing solo or duet, or do a piano duet, or one of us play piano and another one singing. There is also an acoustic band who will play with us. It always goes live in our Instagram and YouTube channel, that's why we always dressing up and I put on makeup. Our fans love the performance, and it also attracts a lot more customers to the cafe, the owner, Alex, always pays us generous money.

"Great. Are those chicken sandwiches?" he asks, nodding his chin to the container on the dashboard.

"Yes, you hungry already?"

"Not yet. Thank you fir taking care of ne. Wife." He looked at me and smiled, then in a second avert his eyes back to the road.

"Stop playing around with my feeling, Sebastian!" I hissed.

"I never playing with your feeling, Cassie. You are the only one I love and adore and want, and that will never change," he says while parking in front of Calendula building. "Stay away from Lucien."

Lucien is the owner of the Calendula clothing line. He is an eccentric fashion designer that loves to put on colorful makeup on his eyes and lips.

"I thought he is gay, I just about to say the same thing to you! He never tries something funny to me," I said.

"He is a bi, but like you more than me, and he is an interesting man, I don't want him to snatch you from me," he says as the engine goes off.

I unbuckle his seatbelt before mine and lean over to him, put my palm in his chest and look at his eyes. "I'm yours, Sebastian Argus," I said, then realizing that he leans in to kiss my lips softly.

It was our first kiss, a real one, and it feels good. I love it. I love him. I love Sebastian Argus, my so-called best friend.

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I change my outfit into a pink sweater, a yellow ruffled mini-skirt, pink sneakers, and a green G-Shock watch that the team has prepared for me. The hairdresser put my hair into two fish braids, and the makeup artist gives me a natural makeup with popping pink color on my cheek, lips, and eyes.

This brand is targeting teenagers as their market, with colorful as their trademark.

I entered the photo studio and found Seb already waiting for the photoshoot to be started, he is currently chatting with some girls who were checking him out every here and there. He is in a sweater with the same color as mine, and soft-green denim pants.

I approaching them and give him a side hug, he leans on my touch immediately and kiss my head. Some of the girls roll their eyes, clearly annoyed by my arrival. I'm possessive as hell toward my handsome boy- I mean best friend.

"There are my favorite model duo! Good morning lovelies, today I will direct the photoshoot myself." Today Lucien wears an indigo jacket suit and pants with a white tee inside, he had put on rainbow eye-shadows and indigo lip color. Lucien is a very handsome Caucasian, and his weird makeup can't change that.

Lucien walks toward us and take my hand to kiss my knuckles and winks, I felt Seb's body stiffened beside me. When Lucien turns around to direct the photographer and the crews to set the studio, I slip my hand to his. "I'm yours," I whispers and he looks at me, smiling.

"Okay, the concept is best friends, which you two already are, so this photoshoot won't be difficult. Just show us how you usually treat each other, and we will be golden." He sits at the director's chair and when the artificial lamps turned on, we started to pose.

One hour later, we already sit together to choose few of the most presentable pictures to be sent to magazines. Lucien chooses three, the first is where Seb is giving me a piggyback. The second is where I sat on Seb's shoulder, my legs dangling in either side of his chest, he looks up and I look down at him, his hands holding my ankles and my hands on his head. The third is where we sit on the ground, Seb sat behind me, his legs are on either side of mine as we read a book together.

"My God, you both are the best models I've ever working with. Skilled, professional, gorgeous, and that chemistry ... GOLDEN! I love you." Lucien faked a cry. "Let's do one more shoot, both of you with me as the designer, three of us have to look familiar toward each other."

We did it in one shoot, and the photoshoot today wrapped.

"Can we change now?" I asked.

"Actually guys, do me a favor ... Pick one picture of you together, and another one alone, the one that not picked to be in magazines, then post them to your Instagram page," Lucien said and we did just that, he has a great way to approach his customers this way, makes the selling of new arrivals always sky-rocketing.

When we are about to change, he asked where are our next stop, I said we will go to the campus and then the Diagonal office, he promise d to doubling the payment if we wear the clothes to the next two places, which of course we agreed. We got the double payment and the props too, I love the watch and sneakers.

We eat the sandwiches inside the car for lunch, I always pack three, two for Seb and one for me, he always eats double or triple from my regular portion. We stopped at a nearby corner shop to buy some bottled water, juice, coffee, and milk, also to restocking bread and pasta at home.

Seb has a class today. The lecturer is Mr. Solomon, a nice old man that always let me crashing his class to be with Seb. He said I remind him of his grand daughter. Seb's classmates don't mind too, especially the boys.

Before the class started, we got so many requests from our fella students and teacher for a picture together. Even sometimes it feels annoying, we have to stay friendly to maintain our public image.

In an hour, #calendula and #CassieandSebbyxcalendula become trending on Twitter, a reporter called for an interview meeting about being Calendula's brand ambassador, it's scheduled next week and Lucien will be present too.

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💙Sebastian's POV💙

Cassie sits beside me, she plops her head on the table and falling asleep as soon as the class started. My mind float to the event earlier, she said that she is mine, our first real kiss and how it was so beautiful. I love her, and soon, I will ask her to be my girlfriend.

She wasn't awake, even when the class was over, I packed my notebook and pen in her tote bag and sling it to my shoulder, then scoop her and carry her out of the classroom. Robert, one of our friends snap a picture of us and I ask him to send it to me, as I want to post it on my Instagram page, later.

I place her carefully on the front seat and buckle her seatbelt. She always a heavy sleeper, she won't wake up when I carry her this way. I kiss her head and entering the driver's seat, to the Diagonal now.

It was 3.12 pm when I parked, I gulp down the juice from it's bottle, and snacking on mixed nuts we bought earlier while waiting for the baby to wake up. If she doesn't wake up by 3.25, I'll wake her up, her meeting is at 3.30.

I posted the picture Robert has send to me.

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Sebastian 'Sebby' Argus ✔

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| This girl was hospitalized for two days and just checked out yesterday afternoon. She is still recovering but pushes herself to works for a full day, poor baby gets exhausted and falls asleep in the class. PS: she is a heavy sleeper, she won't wake up anytime soon even I move her this way. Cute ❤

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Few seconds later, comments are starts to come. I reply few of them to kill the time.

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Brodybear🐻

| First!

Man, Acacia is too cute, want her to be my GF!

Sebastian 'Sebby' Argus ✔

| No chance, Man! She's mine 😉

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Woody Allen

| OMG, Sebastian is soooo into Acacia. You will be the cutest couple ever! I ship for you!

Sebastian 'Sebby' Argus ✔

| Thanks for your support 🥰

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Delilah Ashton ✔

| Just go to me whenever she dump you, Seb! 😘

Sebastian 'Sebby' Argus ✔

| In your dream, Del! 😂

Delilah Ashton ✔

| You'll beg to me someday 😜

Sebastian 'Sebby' Argus ✔

| I'd rather marry a whale 🐳

Robert Sinclair ✔

| Get over him, Del! Don't be a cheapy! 🙄

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Delilah was our childhood friend who always openly into me. She is gorgeous, blonde with blue eyes, tall and sexy, but a monster inside. She often bullied my Cassie back then, Cassie was always so naive, forgive and befriended Deli again, the cycle was: bully, caught, apology, friend again, repeat. Deli is a professional model now.

I check the time, 3.27 pm and look at Cassie who was just opened her eyes, yawning, and then stretch her arms.