Projection (Male reader x Female OC)

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We'd already made our way straight to a place to get something to eat and Sarah was there already sat down waiting on us. Funny thought because I didn't expect her to show up because we are like half friends to her.

People she met a couple of times and now we are out-sourcing her to someone not exactly better off when it comes to talking to women.

Cameron glances at Rin. "If this is a set-up to make me look the fool, please spare me because getting me out here-"

"Hey, Rin!" Sarah shows up and wraps her arms around her. "Never thought you two were ever going to ask me out on a little third-wheeling date at this rate seeing as I am pretty intrusive as is."

She smiles at her. "Didn't think you'd show, to be honest, the voice note with you saying yes three times and then saying that you are practically on your way as you were saying it was hinting towards some untruth."

Sarah rolls her eyes at her before locking eyes with me. "Pleasure as always heard that the two of you have been going steady. Or... well saw."

"Stalking?"

"Nah," she brushes us off as she looks at Cameron. "And you are the fourth wheel to the car? Sarah."

"Cameron, a pleasure to meet you."

"Likewise, you are Rin's friend?"

Rin nudges me to invite me to share a few whispers. "All that the idiot needs to do now is just go with the flow, talk to her like she's a human being and I am pretty sure Sarah will carry the conversation on her very sturdy shoulders and if he's decent enough conversation she'll decide if he's worth putting any attention into."

"I doubt she's here for that, Rin."

She smirks at me. "I told her that my friend is terribly lonely and wanted to meet some of the girls, she said she'd bite and give her input at the end of the day. Maybe she might like him more than she will let on."

I shake my head at her. "Sarah's the kind of girl that everyone gets along with and she happens to pick that one guy that hates everyone and she falls for him so hard."

"Like me?"

I shake my head. "Not everyone hates me."

"But I did fall for you."

"I feel like that was out of desperation, stood there with your hands out asking for love and I was the sucker that wanted to give all of it considering I was incredibly misunderstood and my luck with women so far has... well amounted to just you."

She pushes me away from her. "I sometimes regret asking for your opinion."

"But still you ask."

"Rather you than some of the people I know."

"Me and my cynicle self at the ready to give you the worst advice that I can possibly fucking think off."

"You helped me."

I nod. "That's diffirent, you needed someone and at point and time I was going to do whatever I could to be the person you needed... even if after you were pieced together you didn't need me anymore."

"(Y/N)..."

I glance at her. "You know there's a rule about that? You don't fix people with the intention of being the one captured in their hearts... half of the time you cut yourself on the pieces but luckily you were pretty whole... the only thing that needed picking up was your spirit."

"Shut up," she steps closer and wraps her arms around my middle to hug me tightly. "Just shut the fuck up. I don't want you talking about how you were going to give me everything I needed and you'd be fine with me walking away with everything."

"Aren't we friends?"

"What friend does that?"

"The ones you ended up sleeping with and it becomes awkward?" I chuckle.

"Again. Stop talking. Friends are there to pull you to your feet, put you in your place... and at the end of it all they are the sorry bastards that will be right by your side when the world has thrown the worst at you. I would never walk out on you no matter how vile you turned out to be, because I know you."

"Friendzoned forever," I dramatically sniffle.

"Didn't know the 'friend zone' involved you living through your sex fantasies."

"Shut."

She pulls away from me with a mischievous smile. "Scarry, what are you going to do? Put me in my place? Pin me down? Degrade me? Tell me how bad I've been. Jokes on you, I love being degraded."

I roll my eyes at her. "You are something else."

"Unfortunately," she breathes out.

Sarah clears her throat. "After you two have done doing that weird flirting you two do, I am starved as the pretty well-off student that I am. Come on, I think there's a place where I have coupons because the Schools here actually care about us. Sometimes."

We all follow after her with Cameron asking Rin, "Where'd you find this woman?"

"(Y/N) pulled her."

I nod. "I was eye-balling the women's underwear section and she loved the fact that I was trying to play dress-up with my best friend turned confused woman."

"Turned depressed little bean, turned girlfriend, turned into loving depressed bean." She smiles widely at me as her fingers interlace with mine. "Right?"

"Not exactly how I'd have worded it but not far from the truth either."

"How would you have worded it then?"

"I have some choice words."

"Good?"

I shake my head. "Nah..."

"Keep it to yourself then."

"Yes, ma'am."

"Good boy."

I snort at her. "Good boy?" There's absolutely no reason for those two words to make me even react like this. There is no way that my ape brain just clicked something just hearing those two words, then again... there are a lot of words and all of it is pretty explicit.

He shakes his head at us. "I... never mind."

Sarah slows down as she points at the place. "Hope you all are big eaters, already worked up an appetite not eating last night."

"Collge life killing you?"

"Something like that, though I'd not worry your heads about it because it is only as bad as you make it out to be. Like one week you are a mental breakdown away from ending it all and another you are looking at dead eyes on the verge of suicide."

Cameron furrows his brow at her, "Those are both terrible."

"Yeah..."

"Was that a cry for help?" Rin chuckles awkwardly.

She shakes her head. "Nah. I'm fine. I am actually very well-composed as a person, you won't ever see me stressing about anything. I keep that for when I have to go to bed."

Rin nods. "Same."

"Same," the two of them nod.

It's always the depressed girls.