Wednesday, August 23, 2018
Yesterday had left a bitter taste in my mouth and I was half expecting the same thing to have happened but thankfully, that wasn't the case. Julian woke up gently in the morning and said
"Josh went out for fresh air. Come and let's have breakfast." I went down and grabbed myself a burger. Not the healthiest thing to eat in the morning but who was I to complain about health. "How did we manage to get McDonald's on campus?" "Don't worry about it dude. Just eat." and I followed Nate's advice, finishing one whole and starting a second, till Josh came back. "Morning Y/N." I mumbled a "Good morning" with my mouth full with food. "Here. This is your new schedule. So that we'd be around more often than not yeah?' I nodded. It is safe to say that the morning was the best part of my day. It was so exhausting that the sight of students at the cafeteria made me genuinely happy.
I was looking at them commute with a smile on my face when I heard Nate say "Class was that bad huh?" "You have no idea" "You see that's the problem with you Y/N. It wouldn't be boring if you just sleep." "I don't know what I find more surprising Nate, your serious tone when saying that or that you think that is a good advice." "Doesn't matter Y/N. Think fast cause your girlfriend is here. Oh hey Mary!" "Hey guys." I felt her hand on my shoulder then she sat next to me and a joke came into my head.
"Where's your 'Mary' gang of newbies today?"
Josh chuckled at my joke. She took a sip of her drink and said "Seems like you grew a funny bone and got better huh?" "Yeah, quite a lot actually. You guys helped, I don't know why you did, but I'm very thankful." All of them looked at me for a moment exchanged glances till Nate said "What are you going to do next Y/N? Bow in gratitude? It's alright man, what are friends for?"
A silence that I found comfortable filled our table for a while then he continued "Anyways, the Greeks have been giving out these flyers saying that there is a party on Thursday. We going right?' "Yeah, that was what I was asking you to come to the other day, Y/N." Julian put his hands on his chest dramatically and said "What about us Mary? Or do you only care for the MC and not the side characters?"
"Yeah, Mary what's up with that?"
Josh kept teasing her making me more uncomfortable till Nate interrupted him, sounding irritated. "Guys the party is what matters here not teen romance. It is our first one on campus, so we have to make it count!" Can't say I am surprised by how much of a socialite he seems to be.
"So, you guys are gonna show up?" Marry continued. "I don't know if I will though. I have work to—" Nate facepalmed "Oh c'mon! We just started the year what do you have to do? "Josh looked at Nate for a moment till he seemingly caught up and said "Oh! That." Seems like I'm out of a loop.
"Don't worry, we'll probably manage to be there; Josh only needs a break, isn't that right Josh?" I asked him optimistically, but he didn't reply.
"What work would be doing though, If you don't mind me asking?" "Just working on a special school project." "Really?" she asked surprised "Yeah, it's due in 2 weeks. You probably knew what though, right?" He glanced at her and smiled at her reaction.
Except for that bit, he hadn't looked away from his phone for the whole exchange, but the tension was unholy, something Mary took a hold of and got up "Oh look seems like my time with you guys is up, I have a class to go to. See ya'll later, see you Y/N." We waved her off and everyone sighed in unison as the whole thing loosened up.
Josh rolled his eye after she went into the crowd "Is there any problem between you guys that I don't get?" "Nothing you need to worry yourself about Y/N." And we left it at that
We went through the rest of the day, thankfully without any more encounters between the two, and managed to get back to our dorm in one piece. Everyone went to sleep, while Josh insisted on staying up tonight again for work. I found him slumped face-first into his keyboard and snoring when I unironically got up to piss.
I gave me a "love tap" or two on the abdomen but he was practically dead so I had to carry him to his bed. After taking on that heavy — both literally and figuratively— undertaking, my curiosity got the better of me when I went back to close his laptop and looked over what he was working on. At first, I thought it was just unorganized training data, but when I looked thoroughly — the numbers lined up to specific stock market values of different companies.
Weird
I sat down and got over the current batch he was working on and a couple others. It took me an hour but it was the least I could do for him at this point. Hope he won't mind in the morning.
A/N : Thoughts so far?
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Billie Eilish x male reader (Rewrite)
ФанфикThe title says it all but I am going to explain anyway. A reimagining following ,mostly, the same characters with what I deemed to be a better plot trajectory. Hope you enjoy.