MISSED Y'ALL
authors note at bottom. lets just get right into it, okayy? 🙇🏾
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you push your way out the classroom and look around the almost empty halls and spot tanaka, all hunched over with his hands stuffed in his pants.
in a mad speedwalking dash you race to catch up with him, tugging at his sleeve to grab his attention.
"what's up?" you laugh, keeping step with him, "where you goin?"
he releases a breathe he didn't realize he was holding when he spots you, his body relaxing as his face softens into a smile.
"just.. needed a little space, i guess"
"oh. well, if you need a moment, i can head ba-"
"no!" tanaka replies a lot louder than he should've been, stopping you in your tracks, "i mean, please stay,"
"alright," you skip ahead of him, motioning down the hall, "wanna hit up the vending machine?"
tanaka returns your smile, the two of you continuing down the hallway. the sound of your voices, and the tap of your shoes echoing down the hallway.
tanaka can't help but feel his chest swell as he follows behind you, steps keeping in steady rhythm with yours.
the hall's not totally empty. other students still make their way around the school same as y'all, but it's all just background noise to him. cause when you turn to grab his arm and close the gap between you, he's reminded that you're here
just
for
him!
he doesn't sweat the extra details.
he feels the back of his hand brush against yours, so close to grab. he runs a pinky over it, heart pounding as he circles the thought in his head
"you sure you're good?" you hum, "you pretty quiet right now-"
but before you can finish, you're instantly stopped by another person you recognize from club activities, "oh, hey, do you know if we gotta go to journalism today?"
tanaka stiffens in place, his hand instantly flying back to his pocket as you're stopped on your trek down the hall.
a diplomatic smile spreads over your face as you try and think of an answer, tanaka eyeing from the sidelines.
he feels his body tense as a strange type of pressure spikes. without truly thinking, he slides behind you, throwing a menacing glare over your shoulder directly at the boy you're talking to.
a bit of pride swells in his chest, and his body relaxes when he catches the dude's nervous glance up at him before he's mumbling a small "sorry, gotta go," and rushing past you.
"i wonder what that was about?" you furrow your brows as you watch him run away mid sentence.
"I don't know, probably just being weird," tanaka brushes it off nonchalantly as you shrug, "so, uh, who was he?"
"just some guy i know from journalism,"
"really? so, you guys aren't close or anything..?"
"..not really," you draw out, catching the way tanaka shifts on his feet, "why?"
"no reason," he shifts, face flushed as he drags you along the hallway to continue to the vending machine
he throws his head back as he pulls you along, trying to cool his head before you break away from his grip.
YOU ARE READING
frenemies (with benefits)
Fanfiction"don't worry!" tanaka reassures, snaking a hand around your shoulder, "we're practically best bros!" "..more like a prisoner and his captor.." (or the story of how you, in an effort to hook tanaka up with a gf, accidentally hook up with him) X MALE...
