TBP ONESHOTS

XV / "If Only" Bruce Yamada x Reader

Bruce Yamada x Reader !

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"You guys want to hang out this weekend?"
Suggested Billy, "Sure, if you guys aren't busy."
I replied, looking at Gwen, Bruce, Donna, and Griffin. "I can't,"
Griffin explains, looking down slightly. "I'm going to be doing some stuff this weekend."
He says, we all nodded in understanding. "Why don't we go another weekend then?"
I suggested, Griffin shook his head in disapproval. "No, it's fine, I'll just go next time."
He tells us, shrugging his shoulders. "Alright, then it's settled. What time would you all like to go?"
Billy asks, turning to look at each of us, we all shrugged. "One to four?"
Donna piped up, looking at us. I thought for a moment, realizing I had nothing to do, I nodded in agreement. Does that work for all of you?"
"I'm down,"
Bruce agreed, before going silent once more. "Then it's settled, we'll meet at the school, Sunday at one o-clock to four."
Billy states, before jumping onto his bike. "Well, I'm off, I need to get home and eat, bye guys!"
We all bid our farewells before walking home.

Sunday felt like it would never come, I was so excited to hang out with all of my friends, especially Bruce. I was so excited I was practically buzzing in the car ride over. It turned out that Billy and Donna would both need me to walk with them because their bikes both broke, and I didn't have one. When we finally got there, Bruce was already waiting. "Bruce! Did we keep you waiting long?"
I said excitedly, it felt like forever since I had seen him even though it was only a few days ago, but what could I say? I liked him a lot! "No, I just got here, I was running a bit late despite my house only being a little ways away."
He laughed, I opened my arms up for a hug, and he reciprocated. I felt electricity coursing through my veins as he engulfed me in a bear hug as he always did. I loved Bruce's hugs, they just made my day. "Anyways,"
Billy cleared his throat, "Where is Gwen?"
"Here!"
We heard a voice pipe up from behind us, making us all turn. "Gwen!"
I said excitedly, turning and running up to her. I looked past her to see her father, he was quite handsome and I jokingly pointed it out to her, making her giggle and tell me to stop.
I looked away for one minute and when I turned around again, Bruce was nowhere to be found. I scanned the area before finding him up in a tree laughing. Gwen and I ran to catch up to Donna and Billy, who were already at the base of the tree looking up at Bruce. "Bruce, get down from there!"
I laughed, smiling up at him. He smiled back before shaking his head. "He looks like Tarzan!"
Gwen laughed, turning to smile at me, I nodded in agreement as I stared up at Bruce. He was so handsome, I could only wish to have enough courage to tell him how I felt.

Once Bruce finally decided to get out of the tree, we went over to the outdoor lunch tables, where Bruce once again tried to climb another tree. It was hilarious, he didn't get as far this time, though. We chased one another around, having loads of fun as the time ticked by. Billy brought a camera and made sure to take some pictures for the road, of course. But, eventually, the day came to an end. I would be lying if I had said I wasn't sad, but I was extremely exhausted, too. I walked Billy home, then Donna, and then I went home myself. Falling asleep to the thought of seeing Bruce again tomorrow.

Months went by and my feelings for Bruce grew and grew. As time went on, more people joined our group. I was happy with all of the company, despite being a little bit skeptical of Finney at first. I grew to love all of them, though Bruce would always be my favorite. Time continued to take it's course, and before I knew it, we were getting out of school. Donna and I had been talking, and we had decided that Billy was acting quite rudely towards us and some of the other group members, even Bruce mentioned something about it which made us feel like we had to do something about it, or, at least, I thought I needed to do something about it. A week before the school year ended, Billy had gotten a girlfriend, Donna had gotten with Finney, and as it turned out, Billy's girlfriend had been harassing Finney before she got with Billy, but he didn't care. Donna and I both confronted him, and he completely denied everything he had done that upset us. As I said, by the end of the school year, we had been sick and tired of all of his bullshit. We eventually just told him he wasn't invited to anything anymore and that we didn't want anything to do with him. All of the new members began hanging out, we all got quite close, well, until Finney began saying things that left a bad taste in all of our mouths, other than Bruce, he was unaffected by it as Finney had been his best friend since he moved to our school. Donna and I began talking again, and we decided it would be best if she broke up with him and we let him go. Everyone seemed to be on board, except Bruce, who was quiet the whole time.

With Finney being out of the picture, Bruce, Donna, Gwen, Griffin, Vance, Robin, and I all were having a wonderful time. With the help of my friends, I gained the confidence to tell Bruce that I liked him. To say it was awkward was an understatement. It went a little something like this: "Bruce, the person I've liked for the last seven months,"
I took a quick pause, glancing at all of my friends who encouraged me all this time. "You really don't have to tell me, I'm afraid I might tell them."
Bruce laughed, smiling slightly. "No, the person I've liked is you,"
I said, looking down, refusing to meet his eyes for a few seconds. He didn't reply for a hot second. "It's getting quite late, your mom is probably wondering where you are by now,"
Bruce had laughed awkwardly, shooing me off. I shook my head, "I know the answer, I just need to hear it from you."
I told him, smiling despite the hammering in my heart. He looked surprised, and uncomfortable. "That's a negative, officer."
He replied, looking down slightly, refusing to meet my gaze. "That's all I needed"
I replied quietly. "I'll see you guys later. Bye Vance, bye Gwen, bye Griffin, bye Bruce!"
I said, walking off.

Then, Griffin began to continuously complain about how none of us cared about him and that he should just leave the group. He needed constant reassuring and after a while, it felt like he was just doing it for attention. So, as Donna and I did, we spoke about it with Vance and Robin, and they both agreed that it was frustrating that he would continuously ignore our calls and messages and that it seemed more like he didn't want to be our friend anymore. While Griffin was on and off, Donna and Robin gained a liking for one another, despite being friends for so long before our group was even made. I'm unsure what made him do it, but Vance became quite hostile towards Robin, I was never sure why he did it, unless he had liked Donna. But as the weeks went on, it seemed like everything was in shambles. Bruce went a-wall, he wouldn't respond to anyone and it worried me. But I knew out of everyone, I was the last person he wanted to see, so I didn't try to reach out. Shortly after Bruce stopped responding, Donna broke up with Robin, she felt that he didn't really want to be with her and she decided that she wouldn't hold him back if he didn't want her anymore. After that, Robin had told me that he didn't want to be in the group anymore because of Vance and how terrible he acted towards Finney, which then led to a call between Donna, Robin and I. Robin told us how he didn't want to be our friend because he said we were all weird and that he didn't want to be associated with us, but he said it as gently as possible in hopes of not upsetting us.

Soon after, Bruce stopped trying to do anything in general with us. He said very little when asked and would refuse to hang out at the school anymore. When school started back up, we all began speaking again, just for that day.

Now, I sit in my room, wondering, was it my fault? Could I have prevented all of this if I had responded differently to the way that they were acting? Were my measures too harsh? It took me a long time to be content with how things ended, and for a long time I couldn't be around Gwen, Donna, and Vance. But, I'm learning to live with the terms.

I saw Bruce yesterday, he has a girlfriend now, I'm happy for them. But there's still a part of me that wishes he would've been mine. That I was the girl his heart yearned for, but I knew that wouldn't be the case.