Anything But Toxic (Atticus x Reader)

Movement Captured by Clay

  You wandered into school, lost in thought about that wonderful, tall, blue-eyed boy. You were wondering what he looked like as a familiar person bumped into you. A blue-and-red haired girl who had been staring at her phone instead of looking where she was going.

  "Oh! Penny! I'm sorry, I didn't see you there!" You apologized. She appeared startled, but unharmed.

  "Oh, hey, Y/n. Good to see you! Have you seen Atticus and Giacomo? I can't seem to find them," she asked, and you nodded.

  "I'm not sure where Giacomo is, but I know Atticus is in Tagtree Thicket. I saw him while I was hunting for an applin," you told her, and she sighed.

  "Well, wherever Atticus is, Giacomo probably isn't too far away. Eri said she saw the two of them hanging out and talking about music or something." With that, Penny walked away, going back to looking at her phone. You shook your head, and started walking to class.

  You were sculpting in art class when a couple of boys walked in, doing that "I'm late to class" kind of sneak-walk-shuffle thing. You looked up from your clay sculpture of your breloom to see Giacomo and Atticus sneaking along, avoiding Professor Hassel's notice as he worked with another student. You made eye contact with Atticus for just a second, and did a little wave . He waved back, smiling at you, before taking the seat behind you. You went back to sculpting, forming a little figure out of the clay. You were aiming to create yourself running along beside Breloom, but you couldn't quite get the face right. You got annoyed and moved on to sculpting Breloom. You  sculpt its little cap and the pink... things on top of the cap. You sculpted the head and the rest of the body and tail. After you had finished this, you sat back on your stool, admiring your work. In your peripheral vision, you could see someone watching you, and you turn around to see Atticus staring at you. He quickly looked away, and you weren't fully sure, but you thought you spotted some pink spreading across his face under his hood. You decided that you would think about this later, and went back to your sculpting.  You finally got the face on your figurine correct, and sighed, as it had taken you ten minutes. You finished sculpting the rest of the figurine, and felt Atticus staring at you again, but instead of looking up, you examined the wood grain of the table in front of you. Why is he looking at me? You start to fidget, pink spreading to your cheeks as you think about the ninja boy sitting behind you. Suddenly, the bell rings, and he looks away as class ends and everyone starts leaving. You pick up your sculpture and set it in the window to dry. You sense someone behind you and tense, turning around to discover Atticus. He jumps then apologizes.

  "S-sorry! I did not expect thou to be so startled by my presence," he blurted, stuttering slightly as he panicked, not intending to scare you. "I merely intended to apologize for startling thou earlier this morning, whilst thou was stalking a mysterious green pokemon," he explained. "I couldn't find a better suited time to explain my actions," he explained, then fell silent and stared at his feet. He clearly had something he wanted to say, but didn't say anything further. You were still a bit shy around Atticus, as you and him had not spoken much. Your face warmed slightly as you remembered how close he was when you had bumped him this morning. The two of you just stood there for a few seconds staring at Atticus's shoes before Professor Hassel interrupted.

  "Don't you two have other classes to attend?" He interjected, breaking the awkward silence. The two of you jumped, looked at each other, and started hurrying to your next classes. You were the first out the door, with Atticus close behind you, though as you left, you noticed Hassel whisper something to Atticus that caused him to become beetroot red. You didn't think much of it as you ran off to your next class.