Turning Red One Shots (Completed)

Playing Ball

Requested by MiriamMandelsohn

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Aaron Z was just as cool as Tyler thought he would be. The two met after pandapocolapse and Tyler was ecstatic when Aaron was willing to talk to him. The two talked about basketball, their favorite players, their favorite moves, and more basketball. That's what the two had in common, which Tyler had done on purpose.

Seeing Aaron Z for the first time on the news made Tyler fall in love with him instantly. He decided to base some of himself on Z, like his love for basketball and the similar attire to basketball. When his parents asked about the change he told them and they didn't mind. They knew it was just motivation to get him to do school sports.

So when Z asked Tyler if he wanted to hang out and shoot hoops one day, the poor boy thought he would die.

"Yes! Of course Z!" Tyler said with stars in his eyes. Z chuckled and nodded and the small boy.

"Wanna meet up at the courts tomorrow?" Z asked while looking over at the band. They were all talking to the girls except for Mei's aunts, grandma, and mother who stood separately.

"Yeah!" Tyler said, his voice cracking in the sentence. He noticed and blushed as he cleared his throat.

"I meant yeah," Tyler made his voice deeper and tried to look like he didn't care as much as he did. That was his definition of cool, but he didn't know that Z didn't mind. He ignored the voice crack and responded normally.

"At 5 pm? Then we can go to Daisey Mart for something to eat,"

"Really?" Z nodded.

"Absolutely! Haha yes!" Tyler threw his fists in the air and snickered.

"Hey Z, group picture," Robaire said as Mei transformed into the red panda next to him. It stared Robaire but one touch of her fur and he seemed fine with it. Z turned his head to Tyler and motioned him to follow. As everyone got into position Mei held out the camera.

"Everyone say 4*town!"

"4*town!"

Tyler went home that night with everlasting energy. His parents didn't notice and wanted to make sure he was ok because they heard about pandapocolapse. He assured them he was fine but kept the Aaron Z part to himself. He went to bed that night, dreaming of the day he'll have with Z tomorrow.

"Tyler!" His father shouted from the front door. Tyler retrieved the basketball that he was playing with and went over to his dad.

"What?"

"We're going out today, come inside and change," His father said as he eyed Tyler's outfit up and down. Tyler was surprised, he thought he didn't have anything to do today. Fiddling around with his basketball he decided to ask.

"For what?"

"Dentist appointment, now get changed. We're leaving in ten," His father warned, and just like that, he was gone. It was only 2:02 so he calculated the drive there, the appointment itself, and the drive back.

"I still have time for Z!" Tyler smiled at the thought of Aaron Z. He was... so attractive to Tyler, a good choice as a crush he might add. So he followed his dad inside and changed for the appointment. The Nguyen-Baker family got into the car and drove off to the dentist. When they got there, his parents took care of everything and he was called to the back. It was about 3:10 when Tyler was called back.

"Sit down Tyler," His dentist said and Tyler complied. The dentist pulled the chair down and shined the light in his teeth. The dentist checked everything and did the usual routine to clean his teeth.