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Benny Rodriguez - ?? (GN)

Benny Rodriguez x GN Reader - "Rumors"

Warnings: people spreading rumors, none beside that

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Y/n L/n; quiet, distant, aloof.

Benny Rodriguez; athletic, funny, outgoing.

The saying "opposites attract" has been heard by most, but not necessarily believed by all.

In this case, the possibility of the slightest interactions between these two was limited.

Benny has heard, seen of their "odd behavior." Living in a small town and yet not talking to anyone lead to rumors, whispers spreading around as to what was actually going on inside their head.

"I hear they once beat a kid so hard, his nose indented into his face"

"That's not possible, man"

"Yknow one time I saw them talking to a tree... it was freaky, man"

"Y'think they've...?"

"I bet they...?"

"I once saw..."

They didn't have to be original, that was the least of their problems. People believed it nonetheless.

Benny was one of them, admittedly. Today as he walks down the sidewalk, baseball mitt in hand and wearing his classic "babe Ruth" jersey, the boy makes his way towards the drug store under the promise of getting his friends some sodas.

The a/c welcomes him into the building, it had to be at least 80 something degrees. He takes the blue baseball cap off from his head, flapping it around in front of his face as he walks through the aisles, glass doors to the fridges at the very back of the store.

He looks down, rummaging through his pockets for the change he'd left in there.

"70,71..." he counts, shuffling through dimes and nickels as he turns the corner into the next aisle- the shadow of another figure catching his eyes.

"Aw man.."

Y/n stands in front of a freezer door, grabbing a box of popsicles from inside the cold shelves. They could feel someone staring at them, already having heard the sounds of change getting thrown around. Awkwardly, they turn their head to see who it'd been.

Benny, tensed up himself, notices how their body freezes upon seeing him. Their arm was still in the freezer, his own bent in front of him with the money. They stare at eachother in a painful silence for a minute, the otherwise social boy unsure what to say.

Should he even say anything at all? The chances they'd reply to him were slim, but he wasn't sure how else to escape without seeming rude.

"Hey."

That was a start.

The blunt greeting seemed to shake Y/n from their "caught in headlights" moment, as their eyes slowly relax again and their hand retracts from the freezer.

"Hi." They reply, shutting the door and facing him- a much more welcoming response than Benny had anticipated.

He wasn't entirely sure what opted him to continue that conversation, perhaps the curiosity he'd felt towards them after all the mean rumors had spread to him. Maybe he felt accomplished to get them to face him, a bit selfish but it had to be considered progress.

He looks over his shoulder to meet their eyes as he rummages through packs of cola, seeing their shy expression through the glass of the door.

"They're always glaring at people too, sounds pretty mean to me..."