𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐝 : 𝐂𝐆 𝐗 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐍𝐄-𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐓𝐒

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠

Conan's POV

"I don't know...I just think maybe if she broke up with him it would work out" Athena's muffled groans traveled through the speakers of my phone. "Are you sure she likes you like that?" She shrugged. "I hope" I kept quiet for a second. She couldn't give less of a fuck about this random girl.

Two weeks ago she was drunk confessing her feelings for me. I'm pretty positive she doesn't remember but I do. And I'm trying my best to not make it awkward even though I feel the same way. Ever since then, I've been overanalyzing everything. When she goes out of her way to touch me. She always calls me, especially at night. I used to think it was totally platonic since I'm horrible at reading people. But Athena, she's too easy.

"Oh! I've been talking to this guy, he gave me his number at the cafe a couple of days ago" damn, okay wow. "Oh, you're gonna keep talking to him?" She squinted before taking a sip of her drink. "I don't really know, I'm getting kinda bored of him" She rubbed her temples as she scrolled through her laptop.

I'm just gonna keep letting her be a hoe I guess. I hate that word...feels too misogynistic. But I really shouldn't care as much as I should. I've liked her since freshman year. Ashley says we have something, but I don't know. We always flirt and send each other little flirty memes but nothing more. Besides that past week...

"I'm just so over this, I need someone who actually cares" she smiled to herself. I felt my face start to get red as she described her "perfect person" It's like she does it to mess with me. "I need a real crush" "Do you not have one already?" She fell silent.

"Well, maybe...it's hard to know I guess" She scratched the back of her neck and gave a small smile to the camera. "I'm still working on your sweater by the way" She pulled up the blue and black striped sweater, almost all of it done. "I'll be done by tonight if you wanna go out to the park and get it" I nodded before expressing how excited I was. She's made me stuff before, a cardigan and a little plushy. I always wear my cardigan around the house, I think of her when wearing it.

We continued to call before she convinced me to sneak out with her. Our houses were only separated by a couple of houses so it was easy to sneak out and meet each other. I slipped on my shoes and a baggy hoodie, leaving the window slightly open so I could get back in. I made my way behind the house, walking over to the little kid park where Athena was already waiting.

"Surprised you didn't die" She gave me a small pint of ice cream before I sat on the swing. "Okay rich" I looked at the brand before sticking the spoon in it. "Stole it from Debra when I was babysitting" she smiled. "Brought you your sweater" she handed me the soft blue cloth. "Athena..it's so pretty" I held it up. It was perfect. The size and the color, oversized with nice puffy sleeves. "Thank you" I still looked at it in awe. "You gonna write a song ab it?" "Maybe, maybe" I gave her a side smile before a new topic was brought up.

We walked for a couple of minutes before we got to the school. There was a tall hill that the bleachers rested on, it was really easy to get up on and the view was so pretty. "Ethan's having a party right now, you wanna go?" I shrugged. "Not really" She nodded. "Don't really feel like dragging you home again" She hid her face, the moonlight still hitting her skin. "I'm sorry, I barely remember shit"

"You should be sorry, made me throw you back into your window" "Don't make me feel bad, I brought you ice cream" she slapped my arm playfully. "Do you actually not remember anything?" She bit on her nails before she looked back up at me. "Some stuff"

I wanted to tell her how I felt, but I'm so scared of rejection. If I'm just making this out of nothing I could quite literally ruin our friendship for good. That would be so awkward... I could already imagine it. "What's on your mind?" She sat up, taking a spoonful of ice cream in her mouth. "What do you remember?" "Well, I got someone's number" She shrugged. "No, not that"