i'm here.. (quackityxmalereader)

ch. 9 Sunset Bridge

A few days have passed since i stumbled into Alex in the lecture hall. Over the recent few days, we began visiting each other between classes and exchanging notes for the few classes we shared. It was thursday afternoon and my fever had finally died down completely. I found myself sitting outside in the college field where i was reviewing notes near other students who were playing catch and talking to one another. I took refuge from the cloudy afternoon under a small orange-leafed tree that was beginning to lose its leaves. As i continued looking at my notes, they began getting more garbled and indecipherable due to my current mental fatigue. I set my notebooks to the side and laid back on the grass with my arm over my head.

"Hey loser, what's a loser like you doing in a loser spot like here ?" a playful voice spoke overhead. I lowered my arm from my eyes to see none other than Alex above. "Just populating loservile, party of one," i say back smiling. Alex takes a seat next to me while i readjust my body to sit next to him, my notes in between us. "So reading notes outside is your thing ?" he asked. "Not really, i just wanted to try something new for a change. Plus i don't feel like going home yet," i replied. "Any specific reason ?" he asked again. "Nah, just feels like i'm supposed to be here right now. Don't know why though." During this entire interaction, Alex and i had been staring forward at the other students playing catch in the grass in front of us. I feel Alex shift his face towards mine and start speaking. "Stay still for a sec."

I turn over to him placing his hand on my shoulder and the other over my head. I watch his arm as he fishes a leaf out of my hair and holds it between us. The two of us stare at the leaf and then at each other, his hand still on my shoulder. I watch as his soft brown eyes stare deep into mine, his gaze holding mine still, but not as if he was holding me hard and rough, but more of him caressing me in his soft and careful hands. A strong gust of wind knocks the amber-colored leaf away from his hand and leaves it empty. He places his free hand on the notebooks between us. "Y/n, i-" Alex's sentence is cut off by a frisbee cutting between us and hitting the tree next to us. Alex and i stare at each other in a mix of confusion and embarrassment about what had just happened. "Sorry about that!" a blonde-haired girl yells over to us. Alex gives an understanding nod and tosses the disc back to her and her group.

"So, uh... Any plans for tonight ?" Alex says while scratching the back of his head, i clear my throat before beginning. "Nothing special, i was just going to stream and see what my viewers feel like doing." Alex gives me a confused look. "On the AromaMochaBoy account ? I checked after you donated and didn't see any followers or anything, not even a profile" "Oh god no, that was just a sort of burner account so no one could see who was messaging you. Here i'll give you my real one right now." I begin typing in my twitch account name into his search bar and show him my actual account. "Oh shit, there it is... Holy hell you stream a lot. I miss when i could do that..." I hand Alex back his phone. "College making streaming hard for you?" I ask. "Well, how do i put this," he sits against the tree and i do the same, "There's a lot of reasons i don't stream as much as i want to but mostly just mental fatigue. I'm not doing much work but that plus personal issues really adds up and takes away from my energy." "I get that." A few moments pass until i speak. "If you want you could join my stream and we could play something together. I'm not planning anything yet so we could fuck around in minecraft or something." Alex shifts his body to look at me while i stay sitting. "I'd like that," he says smiling. His eyes seem to almost twinkle even while the sun is almost setting. He stands up and holds out his hand for me to grab onto. I pick up my belongings and allow him to pull me up, our hands don't unlock. "I'm going to head home soon," he says. "Same here." "Let me walk you to your car ?" he asks. "I'd like that," i say still smiling.

The two of us walk hand in hand to my car and arrive shortly. Alex tries saying goodbye before i stop him. "Wait, let me drive you to your car ?" i ask quickly. Alex only smiles as he enters the passenger's seat and grabs my hand again. We eventually make it to his car and have to say our actual goodbye. "I'll text you a little bit before i stream," i say as he exits my car. "I'll be sure to respond fast," Alex and i share a final smile as he gets in his car and part our ways until tonight.

a/n: uh. sorry for being late i uh... i've been playing games with my bf and he's been taking all my time. ill try updating more tho ! and as i said, this story will absolutely have a good ending. i will do the impossible and have a finished xmalereader. also i'll get started on the Nanna's Salty French Waffles part soon. it won't be relevant to the plot at all and will just be occasional one-shots.

timestamp: 2:56 am 2/21/2021