Always. | Daniel Larusso X reader

five.

That night, I heard a knock at my door. I didn't bother to answer it because I knew it was Daniel and I couldn't talk to him right now. "Y/n?" I heard him call "I know your in there, I saw your bike out front. I just want to talk." I slowly got up and answered the door. "Yes?" I said as I slowly answered the door. "What happened today? Why did you run off?" "Listen Daniel, I just needed to be alone, think about a few things." "I get that y/n but I was worried about you." "Thanks for the concern but i'm fine. I hope your date with Ali goes well tonight." I slammed the door in Daniels face. I could tell he was hurt but so was I.

The next day at school I ignored Daniel and Ali.  I saw them in the hallway giggling and laughing with each other and it really did hurt me. I guess their date went as planned. I soon realized that I didn't need them. But in the back of my mind, I knew I needed Daniel.

After school I rode alone. It started to rain and I began crying. 'Why is this so hard for me?' I thought 'I barely even know him.' I saw Daniel coming outside so I ran home. When I walked in I saw an older man who I assumed was the maintenance man. My mom had told me that she would be at work when he came to fix the plumbing. "Oh you must be the maintenance man. I'm y/n" I said introducing myself. "Ai! i'm Miyagi. Maintenance man" he said "What happen to eye? Why crying?" I looked in the mirror and I noticed my mascara was running down my face. 'How'd he know I was crying?' "It's just my mascara and I wasn't crying" I said trying to sound strong. "I know when crying. What wrong?" "I'm gonna sound stupid telling you this since I just met you but it's about a boy. This boy that I really liked likes a different girl and I feel hurt." "Don't be upset y/n. Boy isn't worth it." I smiled to myself. Even though I had just met Mr Miyagi, he was so nice. I felt better already.

Me and Mr Miyagi talked for about an hour until he finally finished fixing the plumbing. "Thanks mr Miyagi. I'll go get my wallet." "No, no, no. My pleasure. You can repay me by helping me with Bonsai trees tomorrow in my office." "Sounds good to me!" I giggled.

The next day I got dressed and headed downstairs to help Miyagi. I wasn't looking as I walked down the stairs when I ran into someone. "I'm so sorry!" I said as I looked up. "Y/n? I've been wanting to talk to you." It was Daniel. I had been successfully avoiding him for two days now and I couldn't talk to him now. "I actually have to go" I said quickly and escaped down the stairs. I ran to Miyagi's office. Mr Miyagi introduced me to how to cut the Bonsai tree. "Close eyes and imagine tree. Only tree, nothing else." I closed my eyes and saw the tree in front of me. "Open eyes. Now you must make tree look like tree from inside mind." I nodded and began my work.

It began getting late so I said goodnight to Miyagi and escaped upstairs to my apartment. I had successfully avoided Daniel for three days. I wondered how long I could keep this going.

As I laid in my bed, I felt stupid for ignoring Daniel but he deserved it. I felt like I was being sensitive about the situation but then my moms words flooded back to me. "If it hurts you, you aren't being sensitive. You're doing yourself a favor so that you don't get hurt." I slowly drifted off to sleep. Even if I meant nothing to Daniel, he still meant so much to me.