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~ in which you reminsce on your first encounter with your girlfriend.~ 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩: romantic 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠: ryujin x fem!reader 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞: fluff, enemies to lovers(?) 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬: a little instance of bullying 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭: 1121
happy hearts day, enjoy a quick drabble for my single pringles out there
stream glue song by beabadoobee <3
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FLASHBACK (4 Years Ago)
It all had happened so fast. The first moment you remember is walking down the hallway with a box of liquid glues in your hand, the next moment you were on the floor in the middle of your homeroom classroom with glue spilt on the floor and your crush glaring down at you with eyes that could shatter a heart.
You could say your heart shattered a bit that day. And it was Valentine's day, for God's sake𑁋a majority of the day spent decorating bouquets of flowers and boxes for other classmates to fill with goodies and secretly handing out declarations of love through sticky notes. Yet here you were on the floor practically spewing out apologies in front of one of the most popular girls of the school: Shin Ryujin, the girl you've had a crush on since junior high, and her group of friends.
"Literally, what the actual hell?" Her voice made you flinch as you fixed a gaze down to the ground in shame. "You couldn't watch where you were going, nerd? Do you know what you just did? Getting glue all over my shoes?"
"I-I'm sorry." Admittingly, your clumsiness had been a prime characteristic since your elementary days where almost every year you had broken or nearly a broken a bone of yours. It hadn't happened for a while, thankfully, but this moment felt more like a piercing arrow through your heart. Metaphorically, it broke a bit.
You could feel the eyes of your classmates burning into your skin, your fingers clenching and unclenching to the sides to keep yourself together from the utter embarrassment.
You hear an impatient sigh. "Get up."
Obliging immediately, you politely tied your hands together in front of you while your head still cowered down low.
"Look at me."
You shot your eyes up in a flash, pupils evidently widening to the sudden eye contact with Ryujin. Her arms were crossed together, lips lifted into a faint smirk, and she stared at you like she was about to spill your darkest secret that you've never told.
But if you looked close enough, maybe you would have noticed the slight dilation of her own eyes, or the way her breath choked in the back of her throat for a single second the moment she laid eyes on you.
"I'm sorry, I'll do anything to fix this𑁋"
"Anything?"
Shit. Maybe you shouldn't have said that.
"Then this should be an easy proposal then."
She stepped forward suddenly, your breath hitching from the closeness she had to your face. It was taking all the bit of effort to not run away. Since first of all, this was your crush you were talking to despite the... disadvantaged circumstances. But second of all, you just humiliated yourself in front of the entire classroom.
"For the rest of the year, you're stuck with me and my girls. But don't get too comfortable. I can easily throw you back into your group of nerdy friends."
Little did you expect for the rest of your sophomore year to be filled with troubled feelings, new experiences, and unexpected confessions.
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PRESENT TIME
"Okay, do you understand what I'm trying to say?"
Ryujin crinkles her nose dazedly as she tries to process your onslaught of nonsense thoughts you tend to let out often. She finds it strange sometimes, but admittingly, she found the sight of your face lighting up like a literal lightbulb to the most random things extremely adorable.
"Honestly? I need you to repeat it for me one more time." She turns her phone off and places it on the bed.
"If you weren't staring at your phone the entire time you would've understood!" You exclaim, pouting your lips towards her. "Fine, let me tell you again."
Ryujin crosses her arms together amusedly and leans in a bit closer towards you on the bed, but you don't seem to notice since your mind appeared a bit elsewhere.
"I know it seems cheesy, but I think our relationship is the epitome of a fifty-thousand word enemies to lovers, slow-burn, mutual pining novel. I mean, we quite literally had all the classic tropes in there! Like how you took care of me whenever I scraped my knee from falling down the stairs, or when we were forced in the closet together for seven minutes in heaven, or when we had to share a bed𑁋"
"Okay, baby, slow down, slow down." Ryujin reaches over to grip your shoulders, effectively cutting you off from your rambling.
You were now finally able to notice just how close she had become, but your eyes pinpoint the small grin to her lips and the slight pink tone to her face. She looks a bit flustered, knowing that it takes a lot to visibly see her like this. However when she lets go of your shoulders, she settles back in bed.
"Hmm, for the most part I agree," she says. "but would you really call us enemies to lovers?"
"Well, I'm pretty sure you hated me the moment I spilled glue on your shoes."
Ryujin tilts her head in thought. "But hate is a strong word to use."
"Okay, then... immensely disliked?"
"I never hated nor immensely disliked you in any way, Y/N."
"See! This is what every enemies to lovers saying is! The enemy admits that they never hated or disliked, but actually cared about the other person the entire time they were pining for one another!"
"Goodness, you read too many romance novels." Ryujin leans back in to unconsciously push away some hair on your face.
You shake your head in denial, before accepting the fact. "You're right, maybe I do."
"But I love you anyways," Ryujin presses a peck to your forehead. "My cute, clumsy little bookworm."
That was all it took for you to lightly tackle her to the bed, peppering kisses to her face until she finally gives in. You find yourself hovering above her, staring down at her with as much adoration you can express without words.
"I really do have you wrapped around my finger, do I?" You ask her.
"If I say you do, what are you going to do about it?" Ryujin responds teasingly, eyebrow lifting up slightly.
You only respond to her with a kiss to her lips.
And yes, even after being together for three years, you do have Shin Ryujin wrapped around your finger.
