Boys will be Boys and Girls will be Pandas - Turning Red Fanfic

Chapter 5

The movie... well, it was silent.

THEY were silent as they watched it.

Mei had turned back into her normal self, but inside she felt like she was falling apart like petals on a flower.

She just couldn't understand why when she interacted with Tyler, she couldn't keep her panda in.

No one should be able to have that effect on her now and yet... he did.

She looked at him through the corner of her eye and saw the teen boy just staring right ahead at the screen, mesmerized now by the film that was playing.

The scene where Spiderman kissed Maryjane while he was hanging upside down, Mei could feel Tyler's hands tighten on the armrests. She wished she could hold his back, but the fear of going panda ran urgently through her head... that, and the slight fear of rejection like she had rejected his hand touch at the start of the film.

"It's good,"

She glanced at him when she heard him whisper.

"Isn't it?"

"Er, yeah," She said with a smile no one could see in the darkness that was around them, everywhere but the huge flashing screen.

He still turned his head to look at her, and he flashed a cool smile, his braces the only thing that shined from the distant light.

This made Mei chuckle and he laughed back too, confused about what for?

"What's so funny?" He asked daringly, that spark in his eyes.

She definitely didn't want to tell him in case he grew self-conscious.

"Never mind," Is all she whispered, a gleaming smile on her. He raised an eyebrow confused before turning back to watch the rest of the film.

When it was over the two came out of the theatre room with giddy faces on them, filled to the brim with energy and fun.

"That movie!" Mei said, still in awe of everything she'd just witnessed, "Should win an OSCAR!"

"You're telling me!" Tyler agreed with a laugh and suddenly swooped his arm around Mei's shoulder, pulling her close.

Mei stiffened the moment at his touch, and took a deep breath in, trying to relax without appearing too obvious.

She only turned her eyes to look at his, and she saw his confident warm smile... which encouraged her to smile back relieved.

"Hey," He said, as if realizing something then, "You're not going panda!"

"Yeah!" She said back, already noticing this, and continued as the two walked out of the building, "I guess I'm just growing comfortable around you now."

"Aw!" He said with a small tease but there was no harm in it. She smiled back and placed a kiss on his cheek.

Tyler, himself, just then, became straight like an iron board, not believing she had just kissed him.

"Tyler?" Mei asked and he relaxed again dizzily, coming back to the moment and only looked at Mei with glimmering eyes.

"You keep missing my mouth," He said, half-joking but also half telling the truth.

Mei went bright red the moment he said this and he removed his arm from around her shoulder as she began to lean forward, and he did too.

Before their lips had a chance of meeting there was a giant scream from far away.

Mei and Tyler stopped what they were doing and looked across the road, as a lady was screaming pointing at a man who was dashing away with her handbag.

"SOMEBODY! STOP HIM!"