When Time Runs Out (JosukexReader)

Chapter 4

For the rest of the evening, I try to distract myself but, I keep going back to that image. I've never seen Josuke look at someone like that. I hear a knock at my door. "Y/n? I noticed you didn't come down for dinner is everything alright." " I feel sick." She rants to me about how I should have not been in the rain for that long and tells me to get some rest and then leaves. I know that I shouldn't lie to her about how I feel Physically but if I tell her that I feel sick now then I have a better chance of staying home tomorrow. The thought of going to school knowing that I know something I shouldn't is making me anxious. I sit and work on a school project till I feel fatigued. I head downstairs to get a glass of juice. I pour myself I glass and go to take a sip. It tastes weird. I'm startled out of my thoughts by the phone ringing. I answer hoping it's just my mom's friend. "Hello?" "Hey, Y/n It's me, Amanda." Great, I don't feel like talking. " I noticed that you never made it to Josuke's house." "Oh I wanted to hurry home and change and I didn't want to show up out of the blue." "Oh, I'm sure that he wouldn't mind if you did." "Yeah, I guess. Sorry about that." I make up an excuse to hang up and rinse my glass out.

I sit on my bed and zone out. I guess that she's not wrong when she said that he wouldn't mind. I've been friends with him since the beginning of high school. Even so I still never really talk to him. I never make the first social interaction. I always try to isolate myself. That's why I am grateful for Okuyasu. If I don't interact with him for a couple of days then he will come to visit me. The only excuse is when I tell him that I need a break. Most of my interactions with Josuke have only been through Okuyasu. I lay down and end up falling asleep.

"Y/n wake up." I look up to see my mom staring at me. I groan hoping that she will let me stay home. "Let me guess you want to stay home?" I nod and she walks out. I know that it's not over but I hope that I can stay home. She comes back with a thermometer in hand. "You know the rules." I take my temperature and I am surprised to see that it is just barely a fever. "I guess you can stay home but make sure to do your homework and get the notes for today's lessons." She continues with a list of things I am to do today. After she finally leaves I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding. I love my mom but sometimes I think that she's scared about me just leaving and never coming back. I lay back down and try to get a little more sleep but my mom comes in and forces me to at least move to the couch so she can monitor me.

I catch up on a couple of things and then just watch a little bit of television but there's not much on. I look over and see that school ended about twenty minutes ago. My mom left about ten minutes ago to go shopping. I'm about to head upstairs when I hear I knock at my door. I open it to see Okuyasu. "What are you doing here Okuyasu?" "I have the notes from today's lessons and the ones that Josuke borrowed." He hands me his notebook. I flip to the last page that has writing on it. I see more doodles than anything. I smile and tell him thanks. He smiles and talks with me for a little bit.

As I look over the notes I see that he wrote something about Josuke. "Tell Y/n that Josuke needs to talk." There's more from throughout the day. "Y/n saw something?" I piece together that Josuke wants to talk to me about something. Is he mad?

I think about how to talk with him and see what he wants to talk about. I decided that maybe I can just approach him and let him talk. With that, I enjoy the evening with my parents.

I wake up in the morning with a stiff neck. I get ready and head off to school.

I walk up to the door and see Josuke. Since when was he so intimidating. Get over yourself Y/n I go to open when I hear her voice. "Y/n!" I turn around to see Amanda. "Hi." I turn back around to see Josuke has disappeared. "Hey Y/n I went by a bakery this morning and got myself some breakfast and they had fresh baked sugar cookies so, I got you one." She barely knows me and yet she's getting me food? She hands me the bag and sure enough, there is a sugar cookie in there. I take a bite. It tastes just like a sugar cookie except a little warm. "Oh, Amanda do you know if Josuke needs to talk with me?" "Oh yeah, he does. He wants to talk about if you saw me and him hanging out. I'm not a hundred percent sure why it matters but anyways." She talks more and I just listen. She compliments me a couple of times.

I part ways and stop by my locker. I wish that I could just get it over with and talk to him. I know! I could just leave a note in his locker just letting him know that he has nothing to worry about. I start to write a quick note when I hear the bell ring. Shit, I have to get to class. I quickly right a note. "Don't worry I like you so I didn't see a thing." I leave the note in his locker and rush to class. I tell Okuyasu that I need some time to myself and that I would like to be alone till further notice.

The rest of my school day is quiet. As I get some things out of my locker I hear footsteps behind me. I turn around to see Josuke. "Hey, Y/n we need to talk about that note you left."