No More Tears (Female Yandere x Male Reader)

Act 1 - Chapter 6 - Red Herring

With school at a close the pair started to make their way to Chloe's place of work to spend the rest of their evening. Her shift lasted from 4 till 8, Y/n usually making the most of his time by doing his homework or reading murder mystery books. Nowadays, Y/n could guess who the culprit most of the time, a vast improvement from when he had started reading the genre.

The two traded words as they talked about what books they were reading as of current, or what teachers had taught them today. Both had large grins equipped on their countenance as they briskly walked towards their destination.

After ten minutes or so, a small shop appeared in the distance. The front consisted of a large glass window with red walls surrounding it, black letters were imprinted on the glass reading, "The Red Herring".

The shop was build in a 'r' shape, the kitchen occupying the top left area with tables dotted around the entrance and bookshelves, sofa chairs close by. As they walked into the shop, Y/n opening the door for Chloe, a bell sound resounded across the shop, causing the staff to look towards the entrance.

A girl clothed in a brown turtleneck, patchy blue skinny jeans and a black apron, which had the words "The red herring" in a red font, shuffled over to Chloe before embracing her into a tight hug.

"Chloe!!!! Just the person I've been waiting for! Oh my god, there are way to many customers... we're totally swamped right now, hurry and give us a helping hand!" the girl explained before glancing over to Y/n, becoming flustered once she realised he was looking at her.

"Alright, Angelica I'll get dressed right away." Chloe monotonously responded before walking over to the locker room.

"I see you've come along with Chloe again, what'cha going to be reading today Y/n?" she questioned, her hand raised to her chin forming a L shape as if she was thinking really hard about the question.

Y/n hastily responded, clearly excited to tell another person about the book he was reading. A bit after the two had finished up talking and Y/n had relocated himself to his usual place of residence next to the bookshelves, Chloe walked out of the locker room and glanced at Y/n before starting to help with the overflowing orders.

As Chloe's shift was four hours long, Y/n would usually order a few drinks or a bite to eat, which she would attempt to personally fulfil. Y/n, whilst reading his book or doing homework, would glance at Chloe as she hastily handed out drinks and food.

In his eyes, Chloe was beautiful but, most importantly, extremely fragile. The small girl not only had a weak constitution from birth but had also been very malnourished for quite a large portion of her life.

Y/n had no doubt in his mind that Chloe was exhausted by all the moving around, usually by the end of her shift he would offer to piggyback her home, to which she almost always accepted. Unbeknownst to Y/n, the female co-worker that had greeted the both when they entered the shop had been glancing at Y/n and had noticed his frequent gaze directed towards Chloe garnering a frown from the girl.

The four hour long shift ended after what seemed like forever for the small teen. She sluggishly slipped into her previous school wear before heading towards the exit of the locker room, only to be confronted by Angelica.

"So... What's the deal with you and Y/n? You guys going out or something?" she interrogated.

Visibly flustered Chloe spluttered, "No No No, we are just friends... That's all...".

"Just friends huh.... So Y/n's available?" she quivered, a smug look painted all over her countenance.

Chloe frowned in response, "Ask him not me." she said, clearly not liking where this conversation was going. 'I should get going before she asks me anything more.'  the orange haired teen thought before saying goodbye to Angelica, closing the door on her way out.