petrichor || jschlatt x reader

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september 27th, san diego

i woke up to the boys scrambling around the house, trying to get organized. none of us were morning people so we woke up about 20 minutes before we needed to leave, ryan was pissed. i tried to close my eyes and maybe get another 5 minutes, but i was interrupted by a blunt object hitting my leg. "what the fuck!" i exclaimed.

"oh my god y/n i'm so sorry," charlie apologized while trying to hold in his laughs. "it's a monster. drink it if you want, but you need to be dressed and downstairs in 15." it's fucking chaos oh my god, i thought while hauling myself out of bed and walking towards my suitcase. i was never one to put a bunch of thought into my outfits, so i just threw on some jeans and a UMD crew-neck. converse too, if i'm gonna be walking around all day i don't want my feet to hurt. well maybe if my feet do end up hurting i can get schlatt to carry me, i thought while giggling. i also threw together a bag, one of those square backpacks, just so i could hold anything i got and so i could carry essential stuff like a charger and my wallet. 

by the time i got downstairs, things had kinda mellowed out. charlie was stuffing shit into his pockets. granola bars, car keys, and some other miscellaneous items. "nice hoodie," schlatt commented while admiring my outfit. "you go there or something?"

"no, but lucas does. and i'll take any excuse to flaunt my maryland-ness" i replied. "yours isn't too bad either, naval academy's in annapolis so you're basically announcing to the world that DC is better than new york."

"you take that back" he replied with a fake-shocked look on his face. 

"never!" i playfully shouted while dashing to the other side of the couch so he couldn't do anything to me. "do you wanna listen to music with me" i asked while we walked to the van.

"depends, is your taste dogshit?"

"if anything i should be the one asking you that. you only listen to radiohead, your taste is practically one dimensional." 

"just play the music weirdo" he said while putting in one of my airpods. i shuffled the playlist with talk too much by coin coming up first. we made eye contact with each other and he started mouthing the words. 

"damn i didn't know you knew this song," i said. "i'll consider taking back the previous statement if you know this next one." 

"try me" he replied with a shit eating grin on his face. next it was drop the guillotine (by peach pit), which he also knew. he also knew out like a light, the other side of paradise, and my type. i pulled out my phone and started a tweet. "whatcha doin?" he asked.

"just this thing real quick" i half mumbled. half a second later a small notification noise could be heard from his pocket. "you have my notifications on?" i said. "fucking simp"

@ u/n

woah, @ jschlatt actually has good music taste. who knew

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@ jschlatt 

fuck off...radiohead is the shit

his reply made my notifications go off, but the likes didn't. of course he noticed this, and had to comment. "and i'm the simp, ok sure." the rest of the drive was calm, no one was fucking around and we just listened to music the whole time. neither of us knew it yet, but the rest of the boys were quietly shipping us in the background. 

there were way more people at the convention center than i'd anticipated, it was fucking overwhelming. as soon as we stepped out of the van there were people coming up to ask for photos, or autographs. after a childhood full of fancy social dinners with my parents you'd think i'd be used to all the clamoring around anyone but me. and i was, for the most part, but for some reason this time it just bothered me a little. get your shit together y/n, i thought and put on a happy face. we eventually made it to a secluded area where we could take a break, everyone was fucking tired. "good song," whispered into my ear.

"shit i hadn't even noticed i still had music playing," i whispered into his. i reached my into my backpack to pause it but he gently grabbed my wrist before i could. 

"no don't pause it, i like it." i turned to meet his eyes and saw him smiling at me. "c'mon we got a meet'n'greet. stay close to me and i'll make sure you don't get too roughed up." with his hand still on my wrist, and the rest of boys trailing behind, we made the trek to the south side of the center. other panels were happening so a good chuck of the people had cleared the floor, but there were still some. we made it to the meet'n'greet area with around 10 minutes so spare, so schlatt pulled me away from the group. "i know you get nervous in situations like this so if you're getting overwhelmed, just squeeze my hand and we can go outside. okay?"

"sounds like a plan" i replied while putting a light kiss on his cheek. this prompted him to pull me into a hug. i wish we could have stayed there longer, but sadly there were things to do and places to be.

a/n: ok i hope this is a good comeback to make up for the fact that i haven't given you guys a new chapter in like a week lmao. this chapter is on the shorter side, but i hope it's still ok. remember to drink water!!! no dehydrated readers please!!