Eric can now safely say that even with female homones, Angus still gets under his skin.
Here he is in his "10 years older then his girlfreind" glory. Instead of his usual grin, he had a concerned look on his face. Or at least his attempt at one.
"Amy? Is that you? Is Nicky here?" Angus asked.
Oh right, Eric has Amy's face right now. "Yes. Nicky is here. And no. I'm uh... Amy's sister. I happened to be available, so I figured I'd be with her for her freind's birthday." Eric said. Eric could practically hear the adrenaline pumping through his brain.
Luckily, Eric could see the light bulbs light up in Angus's brain. "Okay. What's your name?"
Dang it! What should he say? "Erica" is a little too boring. And could potentially tip Angus off of his real identity. Angus is pretty smart. Eric doesn't want to deal with Angus trying to make any moves on his female form. So instead, Eric decided to use his discord user name. "Um... my name is Aki-chan."
Angus raised a eyebrow. "Is that a nick name? You don't strike me as asian. Is that a cosplayer name or something?"
Shit!
"Yeah, it's a nick name. My real name is just Aki. Amy got her name from my dad. My mom came up with my name." Eric replied. Knowing Amy for years pays off.
Angus seems to buy it. "I see. Cute. Just like you."
Eric knew better then to let Angus get to him. But he gotta admit that was flattering.
Angus's mannerisms is very out of character...
Eric decided to try something. "Nicky mentioned that you and your freinds had some kind of deal. What happened with that?"
Angus stammered a bit. "Oh, my colleagues said they can take care of it. So I figured that I be here for my girlfreind."
Greeeeeeeaaat...... still. He is acting very suspicious. Eric may have only met him one other time, but he doubt he would go from agressive alpha male to a timid thoughtful guy on a dime. Something is up.
For a brief second, Eric imagined that Angus's "deal" has to do with money, and he lost his money for some reason. And now he has to trick a girl to come with him so he can sell her off to slavery or something. Eric highly doubt that is the case, but he wouldn't be surprised after the way Angus acted the last time they met. He'll have to keep a eye on him.
"Alright. Well, come on in! The pizza should be coming in soon." Eric held open the door and let him in.
Just then, he saw Nicky walking back into the room.
"Hey babe! Wasn't expecting you to be here." Nicky said.
"Me neither." Angus replied.
Eric grabbed Nicky by the arm. "Hey, can I talk to you for a sec?" Eric asked.
"Uh... Sure." Nicky replied.
"Be back in a minute babe!" Nicky said to Angus.
"Alright." He found somewhere to sit and sat down.
Once Eric got Nicky to a closed room, he explain the situation to her.
"So he thinks you name is Aki? That’s priceless! I can't wait to see his face when he finds out it's you!" Nicky exclaimed.
Eric gritted his teeth. "That’s the thing. I don't think he should know that I'm Eric. He probably wouldn't believe it anyways. That, I just don't want to deal with him."
Nicky's eye lit up at that last sentence. "That's right. You two didn't get along last time. Okay. But how do we explain your absence? It’s your birthday after all."
"I'm sure you can come up with something. Just... I need to be by myself right now." Eric insisted.
Luckily for Eric, Nicky seems pretty understanding. "Alright. I need to let the others know that you go by "Aki" now. We'll figure something out. Um... Sorry about before. I get this is a lot to take in. I would probably freak out too if I suddenly found myself changed into a guy." Nicky said.
Eric felt relieved. "Thank you. I'll be in my room. I'll come out when I'm ready."
Nicky nodded. "Gotcha."
And with that, Eric left Nicky and went into his room and locked it. He need to get his bearings.