Odd and Asher

4, a text conversation

< Hi

Asher stared at his phone in disbelief for a minute, then responded to the unknown number he assumed to be Odd.

> Is this Odd?

< Yea

Oh my god, he was even silent in text.
Any normal person would have been annoyed by this, but asher actually found it quite cute, in a weird way.

> You still up for meeting some time?

< Yea sure

> The library is open another two hours after school ends. wanna meet there sometime this week? Since the next test is monday?

< Wednesday ok?

> Yea thats great!

< Ok wednesday after school then.

> Ok see you then.

< 👍

Odd took a deep breath and placed his phone on the side table next to his bed.

...Is what he would have wanted to be able to say, but in all actuality, he practically threw his phone on his bed and let himself follow short after.

He had his hands to cover his face and his face and hands flat on the matress, but he somehow wasn't covered enough for his liking.

Nobody else was in the room, and still, he felt the need to hide the fact that his face had become more than a bit red after that utterly non romantic text conversation.

If you would have asked Odd this very morning if he could see himself laying face down on his bed having just secured a 'date' with Asher Parry, he probably wouldnt have responded and just shaken his head.

But you get the idea, he wouldnt have believed you.

And if he had, he wouldn't have seen it as a big thing.

But now Odd found himself almost giggling at the idea of seeing him again.

Odd had never really wanted a relationship.
He hadn't even really wanted a friendship.
But the idea of Asher Parry, just as a person, was always appealing to him.
He didn't know why.

All he could do was wait for Wednesday to come along, so he could talk to him again.
He didnt quite know what exactly he felt for Asher but he knew that he really liked his voice.

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The next day (Tuesday) they didnt have any classes togeter.
And Odd was fine with that. He was nervous enough for tomorow (purely plutonic ofc) that he didnt really need to see him today.

But he kept running into him.

While getting his books from his locker between classes Asher suddlenly passed behind him. Not only that but he said hi to him?! He thought he might die! (Totally plutonic again)

While Odd was at the store getting a box of cereal and a handful of apples. Of course none other than Asher fucking Parry came into the store less than 2 minutes later.
And of course he greeted him again.
And yet again, Odd might die.

...ok he only bumped into him twice but that was enough for Odd to freak out.
Freak out so much in fact that he thought of actually canceling his rendézvous with Asher because he knew that he had already compleatly humiliated himself today.

He had in fact not. When Asher said hi to him bith tikes he just turned around with his usual neutral expression and waved.
The seccond time he maybe smiled a bit.

But in his head the moment Asher saw him he fell to floor and began crying and died right then and there.

And how the fuck was he going to go on a study date with the guy who just saw him die?