𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐝 : 𝐂𝐆 𝐗 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐍𝐄-𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐓𝐒

𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠

A/n: No! This chapter is not Athena and Conan skinny dipping 😭 weirdos!...This one shot is inspired by the song "Skinny dipping" by Sabrina Carpenter!

Athena's POV

"Hey Athena, you can take the day off if you want, theres not much to do today" my smile widened as I cheered silently. "Yea okay! That's fine" I wrapped up the conversation, excited to lay in bed all day.

I really didn't want to work today, I just needed a day to myself, a day to do literally nothing. Since my boss called me in the morning I could sleep in...or I could treat myself to a morning coffee.

I made out a little plan for the day. Get coffee, go shopping and then I can do whatever I feel like.

I didn't go too crazy with my outfit. A grandpa sweater with a black fitted skirt, ripped tights and my docs. For skin makeup I applied concealer, setting powder and blush. I did my eyeliner and mascara, adding a tiny bit of glitter on the lid for fun.

My hair is kinda weird, straight but curls very easily. I put it in a bun at night and I get nice waves that last me all day.

I swung my tote bag over my shoulder, locking the door behind me. I think I'm just gonna walk, I don't feel like calling an Uber just to go to a cafe that has overpriced coffee. There's a little family owned one, I've been there once with...yea, but I don't like to talk about it.

Once I got there I stood in line, waiting behind the group of aesthetic boys with tote bags and journals. "A black coffee for Connan" I giggled to myself, remembering how they would always misspell Conan's name. The line moved, making me bump into someone as I went forward. "Ah shit, im so sorry, did i spill anything on-" I looked up only to be met by a pair of familiar brown eyes. "Athena-what..what are you doing here?" He laughed, a bit awkwardly. "Oh hey Conan, I'm off today...thought I would stop by to get a drink"

Obviously, what else would I be doing in the cafe where we celebrated our one year anniversary... "oh thats...thats good!" I nodded with a smile. "What'd you order?" "Black coffee...like always" this was painfully awkward, fidgeting with the tangled pair of earbuds in my hands as the line went up. "Heh- uh if you want you can sit with me, I don't have any plans for the rest of the day if you wanna hang out" he said it more as a statement than a question.

I agreed, ordering my coffee and sitting down with him at a little booth. "How have you been? It feels like forever since we've talked" I glanced up at him, he looked so different. And I was just now getting to look closer. His hair was the tiniest bit longer, he had probably gotten his haircut recently. It would be way longer if he had let it grow out for the months that I hadn't seen him. His jawline was more defined, and he was wearing glasses too.

"I've been good, how about you?" I responded with the same answer, lying to myself. I've been going through hell, but I'm obviously not gonna tell him that. Even though he could probably sense it. "But my life is boring so..." I shrugged. "anyways...was tour? It just ended right?" I quickly switched the subject, and I really was interested.

"Yea It was really nice, I really miss it" he smiled. I stirred my coffee with the straw, fidgeting with my hands. "I'm sorry by the way...for just breaking things off like that. I was scared that it wouldn't work out" was he though...? I looked at him with a little frown. "I understand, I was expecting it anyways" I wasn't. One day we were saying goodbye to each other and the next I get a phone call saying he wants to break up...?

"I miss you, you know it's weird without you" my heart felt like it was a puzzle, moving around, pieces weren't fitting into their assigned places... "I miss you too Conan" I hate being vulnerable but it's true, as much as I hate to admit it. I missed Conan more than anyone.

The rest of our conversation went smoothly, I avoided bringing anything from the past up, wanting to catch up on what he's been doing these last 8 months. We laughed and giggled, I almost cried but I held it in. I know it probably won't work again, me and Conan. And I'm slightly scared to get pulled back into a relationship that's just gonna crumble because of his job.

After the cafe we walked around the city, going into small antique shops and thrift stores. We bought unnecessary things and just made excuses to spend money. "This is cute! Right?" He held up a old clown doll, I couldn't tell if he was serious or not so I just nodded. "Yea...! Really cute" I laughed.

I was carrying my things in my tote as Conan struggled to carry the two bags of random things in his arms. "Come on, I can't have people making fun of you on the street" I brought us to a bench, carefully reorganizing Conan's things in his bag, carefully I put the mugs in between two shirts, looking up at him with a little smile when I was done. "There you go! Now you won't look stupid" "I don't look stupid!" He fought back with a laugh as we walked.

"Okay...where to next?" I tied my hair up with a clip, messily taking out some front strands to shape my face. "Wanna get lunch? Maybe Union Square?" I smiled to myself as we walked. "Won't that be too nostalgic?" He just shrugged "Maybe? But let's do it anyway, we won't sit at our usual table, I promise"

That's so weird..."our" table. I avoid going into that restaurant at all cost. Made plans for that restaurant? Sorry, I have work. It's always excuses just to hide myself from every little thing that reminds me of him.
Lucky for us when we got there it wasn't full like always. It is a weird day of the week, Tuesday at 2pm.

We sat down on the completely other side of our "usual table" giving it a couple glances as we sat down to order. "Do you wanna sit there...?" "Not really...it's just so weird remembering how much money we've spent at this place" I smiled, shaking my head. "I haven't came since we broke up..also it reminded me of you so I always avoided it".

"It reminds me of you too...the band would try to drag me here after practices but I would say it's overrated or something dumb like that" exact parallels, whoah. We settled down and ordered our food, having a nice lunch and talking comfortably. It was nice, just like old times.

"Is there anything else you wanna do before I head home?" We were hidden behind some trees in Central Park, it was only a couple minutes away from my apartment so if I wanted to go now I could just walk. He shrugged, that tension from the morning coming back, all that work for nothing...?

"I wanna say something but I don't think it would be very smart of me to do" I rolled my eyes, shaking my head. "Just say it cone, if you wanna keep hanging out I'm free all day" I yawned, sinking my aching back into the metal bench. "I wanna try again, I wanna make things right". Did...I just hear what I think I heard?

"You wanna get back together?" I sat up, facing him. "Yea...I miss you a lot Athena, and I know that if I don't say something now I'm gonna end up losing you forever...and fuck I don't wanna do that" I felt blush creep up on my cheek, pretending to think hard about the situation.

"Okay" "okay?" I nodded. "Yea, okay" I laughed, his arms pulling me into the tightest hug ever. "Oh my godddd! I missed you so much" I mumbled into his shoulder, pulling back and placing a small kiss on his lips. "I'm so stupid" he grumbled. "Trust me Conan, i would know" he rolled his eyes, placing me next to him. "In all seriousness I missed you, and I promise I won't fuck it up again"

A/n: UGH CUTIES I LOVE THEM 2 MUCH, MY BABIES!!

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