sweet and sour | yamaguchi tadashi

4

"well, we're here," yamaguchi said in between breaths. i looked up to see we were standing in front of a boba shop.

i looked at him with a smirk. "we went from a cafe to a boba shop?"

yamaguchi scratched the back of his head. "well you did say it was our call, so i thought it'd be nice. plus i have a friend who works here,"

"alright, well let's go," i said, pulling him inside. the shop was small and quaint. it was probably a bit smaller than the cafe yamaguchi worked at, but it had fewer customers. we walked up to the register and were greeted by a guy with a buzz cut.

"yamaguchi, what's up?! who's your friend here?" he asked, looking at me.

before i could answer, yamaguchi butted in. "this is my friend y/n, we met a few days ago,"

i smiled, trying not to show that it hurt that i was friend-zoned. i mean, we just met so we were friends, but it still hurt.

the guy looked me up and down, which made me raise an eyebrow. he put his hand to his chin. "well, by the looks of it, seems like you guys are more than friends."

i was confused at first and then looked down to see we were still holding hands. we made eye contact and stared at each other. his face turned deep red, which made me freak out. fuck. do i let go? do i hold on? is he ok? is he comfortable?'

he turned to look at the guy and laughed. "ahaha, that's funny isn't it?" i felt him squeeze my hand, i couldn't tell if it was from nervousness or if it was him telling me it was ok.

"uh huh, anyway what can I get you two?" the guy asked. we both ordered and wait for our drinks, the silence really awkward.

'dammit guy with buzz cut. why'd you have to say something? i was trying to avoid the awkwardness.'

"uhh, random question," i said trying to break the silence. "how many piercings do you have?"

yamaguchi looked at me, his face still a bit red from earlier. "umm, 5 i think. two on each of my ears and one on my lip. i wanna get a few more tho."

my eyes widened in amazement. "cool. i've always wanted to get piercings, but i'm too lazy to make appointments."

"yet you can study your ass off for college," yamaguchi said smirking.

"yeah cause it's either study or don't study and get kicked out," i said

"yo, here are your drinks. have a nice day you too." the guy with the buzz cut said with a wink.

yamaguchi blushed and started walking away sipped his boba. i jerked in his direction and followed.

"so, where to next?" i said, taking a sip of my boba, thankful that the guy put the straws in so i wouldn't have to let go of yamaguchi's hand.

"uhh, how about the park?" he said.

"bet," i said.

yamaguchi twirled me around and we kept walking. "so y/n, tell me more about yourself."

i smiled. "what does thou want to know?"

"i don't know. what do you do besides studying all the time?" he said, smiling back.

i froze, trying to think of something. "uhh"

"dammit marinette, stop being so creepy! this isn't normal!"

"lila, I swear to god, if you don't shut the fuck up"

"luka is so hot, he could ruin my life."

"umm, i play bass guitar," i said.

his eyes gleamed. "really?"

"well, more of learning, i only know how to play one song fully."

yamaguchi got really close to my face, which caught me off guard. "that's so cool. you're like that song 'She Plays Bass' except like 'They Play Bass'"

o froze more a minute, trying to comprehend what he just said. i turned my face away. "it's not that big of a deal,"

'OH MY GOD, HE SAID THEY PLAY BASS, THATS SO CUTE!! AAAA' i thought.

i turned to look at him. "anyway, what about you?"

"well, you already know i play volleyball. i've been wanting to learn guitar, but i didn't have the money for one. but lately, i have to deal with my friends' antics a lot." he laughed.

"don't we all, but we love our friends, even if they get on your last nerves and you wanna punch them in the face."

"ok moving on. you said you know how to play bass. what songs do you know?" he asked.

"i know figure it out by blue detiger. she does a lot of bass covers so i just learn those. then there's a cover of positions by ariana grande, and then love lies by khalid and normani ."

"oh, I love love lies, it's so chill, it's on my study playlist," yamaguchi said.

"as you should," I said. "it's a bop."

we made it to the park and sat on the small hill. it felt like we were watching sunset, even though it's midday.

we spent the next few hours talking, looking at the clouds. teasing and laughing at each other, listening to music and judging each other's music taste. he even showed me a picture of him in high school.

"damn, your hair was so short. bet you had girls running after you left and right." i said elbowing him playfully.

he chuckled lightly. "yeah not really. they all wanted my friend tsukki."

"the fuck. they must've been blind." i said.

"well, didn't have any piercings back then. i didn't get them until close to the end of my third year." he said.

i turned to him and saw he was looking at the sky. "maybe it was the fact that i was captain, but it helped me gain a lot of confidence and not care so much about what people think. it was great and it still is."

my eyes widened and i smiled. "that's just all you need sometimes. confidence is key though."

we heard a ring. yamaguchi pulled out his phone and looked at it. it was an alarm saying he had volleyball practice in 15 minutes. "ah shit, I'm so sorry, but i have practice."

"hey, no worries, i'll see you in class tomorrow," i said.

"great," yamaguchi leaned in, kissed me on the cheek, and sped off. i sat there, trying to process all that had happened. my heart was beating really fast. i brought my hand to my cheek, it felt tingly from where he had kissed me. i felt myself smiling like an idiot as the image of him popped up in my head. 

and chapter 4

still have to make a playlist for this. i will have it by the next time I publish

-cj