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The Arcade | Dustin Henderson x gender neutral reader

Dustin POV
I was sitting at my desk, face in my hand leaning on my desk. Someone came in, a new student. They had E/C eyes, H/C hair, and was wearing a band t-shirt with some baggy jeans, and some simple brown converse. They looked Pretty.

"Ah, look who finally decided to join us. Everybody this is our new student, please introduce yourself." Mr. Clarke said with a smile, "Oh, and I am Mr. Clarke." He says, "Um, well, my name is Y/N, and I have a pet snake," A snake?? That's so cool.

They sat down at a desk behind me, putting their bag beside their chair, looking at the floor. I turned around and smiled, "Hey, I'm, Dustin," I put my hand out, they lightly smiled taking my hand. "So, you just moved here?"

"Yes, my dad got a job here, I don't really mind. I never had any friends in, Utah."

"You're from, Utah?" They smiled shaking their head, I put my head down before finally speaking up, "Hey, you can sit with me and my friends at lunch if you want,"

"Really?" I smiled, "Of course."

"Hey, Y/N, Dustin, I am glad you are making friends, but, we are in the middle of a lesson, please pay attention," We said sorry in sync, I turned around and started laughing. They soon joined, "Guys," Mr Clarke said more sternly than before. I turned around, my focus back on the teacher. This is gonna be a long day.

Y/N POV

I walk into class, all eyes going on me. I wanted to crawl out of my skin, the teacher gave me a warm smile, "Ah, look who finally decided to join us. Everybody, this is our new student. Please, introduce yourself," The teacher says, "Oh, and I am Mr. Clarke." I smile awkwardly, "Okay, uh, my name is, Y/N, and I have a pet snake," I say, 2 boys in the back exchanged faces, while one boy caught my eye. This boy, he had curly brown hair, green eyes, and a hat. He had a smile on his face, he was staring at me.

I went to sit down behind him, he looked nice. Pretty cute too. We started to talk when the teacher spoke up, "Hey, Y/N, Dustin, I am glad you are making friends, but, we are in the middle of a lesson, please pay attention," We said sorry in sync, my cheeks growing red.

He asked me if I wanted to sit with his friends, I said yes because I don't have any friends anyway.

This is going to be a long day.

At lunch

I walk into the lunch room with my lunch in a paper bag. I see, Dustin, waving at me. I come over to his table, "Hi," I say smiling, "Hi, everyone uh, meet,
Y/N. I invited them to come over since they are new here and all." Dustin said to the group of boys, and one girl. She had red hair, freckles, and blue eyes. One boy looked at, Dustin. "Absolutely not," He said crossing his arms, I saw the girl look at him furrowing her eyebrows, "Why not? It'll be nice to have another friend around other than you idiots," She says, then smiling at me.

"I agree with, Max. Come on, Dustin said, they are new." Mike looked at the dark skinned boy, scoffing. Dustin gave him a pleading look, "Please, I'll tell you, they are cool. They even has a pet snake!" A boy with a bowl cut turned his head towards me, "You have a pet snake? Dude, that's sick!" He said motioning me to sit next to him. I sit, laughing a little. "Thanks,"

"What's their name? Is it a girl?" I smiled, "Yes, it's a girl and her name is, Chewy."

"Chewy? That's so cute!" I laughed, "Thank you,"

"Alright, everyone introduce themselves," Dustin spoke up, the first one to speak was the girl who defended me. "Hi, I'm, Maxine, but, everyone calls me, Max." She says smiling bright at me, "Hey, I'm, Lucas."

"Will," The boy from earlier said, "Mike." One guy said plainly not even looking at me. Damn who shoved a stick up his ass? I smiled. The girl leaned over whispering in my ear, "Watch out for, Dustin, I think he likes you already." She says smirking, I blush at this.

The end of the school day

"Hey, Dustin, wait up!" I say running to him with my skateboard. He looks up at me, getting on his bike. "What's up, Y/N/N," My heart flutters at the nickname, "Wanna hang out this Saturday?"

He smiles, he is so cute. "S-sure," He says blushing like a tomato, "Awesome, I mean- uh cool. Meet me at the arcade, 2:00," I smile before picking up my skateboard skating off.

At the arcade

I skateboard, picking up the pace realizing it is 2:05. He is gonna think I stood him up! I get to the arcade putting my skateboard in a slot, I walk inside seeing, Dustin standing waiting for me. He looks sad, "Hey! I'm sorry I am late, my mom wouldn't stop asking me questions." I say laughing. He looks up, his eyes lit up, "Oh! Hi, no worries. What do you wanna play?" I grab his hand leading him over to Dig Dug.

My name is below MadMax, she has the highest score. He looks at it like its a trophy, "Woah. This is sick! You're below MadMax! She's like a pro. That means you're also a pro!" I laugh at his cuteness.

"I could teach you how to get at the top if you want," I say with a smirk, him starting to smile even more, "That would be great!"

We play for hours tops. He is now below my name, "See, you are awesome now too!" I pause, "Wait! You were already awesome, I didn't mean it that way-"

He cuts me off, "I know, it's okay." We stare at each other for a minute when he blurts out, "I think I like you." I stare at him in shock, "I- uh," I try to say something, but, nothing comes out. He looks sad, "Never mind, forget I said anything." He says looking down, "No! I mean-" I fiddle with my fingers. "I said forget it, it's fine." He says almost walking away, fuck it. I grab his shoulder, pulling him in for a quick kiss.

"I like you too silly,"

A/N
Another one shot people!! I hope you liked this one, I decided to shorten it because why not just cut to the chase? I wanted to also thank everybody for the votes. I know it's not a lot, but, just taking time to read my stories means a lot. ❤️❤️

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