Heartstopper oneshots <3

3: kiss

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Charlie was walking down the hallway at school, his backpack heavily sat on his shoulders. He glanced around the hallway, trying to avoid the other students rushing around to get to class. As he turned the corner into a typically empty hallway, he couldn't help but notice Nick, except he was with Imogen. They were in the corner, Imogen had her arms on Nick's shoulders. Nick was smiling down at her while they looked into each other's eyes.

All of a sudden, they kissed. Before Charlie could even process what was happening, he turned around and began speed walking to class. Tears formed in his eyes, threatening to pour out. He found the closest bathroom and ran into it, locking himself in a stall. He sat on the toilet and sobbed into his hands. The sobs were heavy, they came out loudly and uncontrollably.

He heard the door open so he collected himself and wiped his tears.

"Charlie? Are you in here?" A familiar voice asked. Charlie recognized the voice as Mr. Ajayi. He decided to stay quiet since he knew he would end up spilling everything. "Charlie, I can see your shoes. Come out of there."

Charlie sighed and got up, grabbing his bag and wiping his face once again before leaving the stall. Mr Ajayi smiled softly at him.

"Do you feel like going to class?" He asked.

"Not really," Charlie admitted with a sad smile.

"Okay, you can stay with me for this period, but this is a one time thing, okay?"

"Okay, thank you."

"Of course, now come on."

Charlie followed Mr Ajayi out of the bathroom and to his empty classroom.

"What class are you missing right now?" Mr Ajayi asked.

"Maths, but I'm not missing much, we were going to have a free period to catch up," Charlie explained. He sat down at a table and Mr Ajayi sat across from him. Charlie stared at the table, trying not to make eye contact.

"Do you want to tell me what happened or are we going to sit in silence and pretend this never happened?" Mr Ajayi asked.

"I dunno," Charlie answered.

"Right then, I'm going to go get some stuff from the printer, I'll be back soon." Mr Ajayi got up and left the room. Charlie pulled out his phone and went to Instagram, he saw a message from Nick.

Nick
Where are you? Someone told me you aren't in maths.
Is everything okay?
seen

Charlie sighed and put his phone down, he didn't know how to talk to Nick. He wasn't sure if he even wanted to after that.

Mr Ajayi entered the room again and noticed Charlie was deep in thought.

"What are you thinking about?"

Charlie paused for a moment before speaking.

"You remember that boy I was telling you about?" Charlie questioned, looking over at Mr Ajayi.

"Yeah, the rugby one, right?"

"Yeah, him. Well we've been kind of going out," Charlie said.

"We'll that's fantastic! Congratulations!"

"Well, um, when you found me in the washroom, it was because, um..." Charlie trailed off. "It was because I found him kissing a girl."

"Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry," Mr Ajayi said, quickly sitting down across from Charlie.

"I didn't think he would do anything like that because he's, Y'know."

"Different?"

"Yeah, or at least I thought so."