Aris Jones X Reader One Shots

Unconscious Confessions

Aris's P.O.V

I didn't mean to say it. Not yet. I didn't even mean to feel it.

I don't know exactly when I felt this way. It's just that one day it hit me. I’m in love. I'm so in love with Y/N that it's almost stupid.

It was absolutely an accident. It was one of those tired, spilled thought moments. Those times where you're so sleep deprived that you tell the truth without realizing.

So as I was nuzzling my face in the crook of her neck, already halfway unconscious, I just blurted out that I love her. What's even worse is that I didn't even realize that I had confessed something that big to her.

She didn't give any acknowledgement that I said it. At that moment, I was too exhausted to care, and she was too comforting for me to comprehend that I may have screwed up.

When I woke up to her gently shaking me I looked at her with a small smile only to see her almost fidgeting. Completely raising my head and trying to meet her eyes, I still didn't remember much as she avoided looking at me. She didn't even speak to me as she just stood up and put her bag over her shoulder.

When she just started waking the other people who were half asleep I didn't know whether to be more confused or hurt. Eventually, I just decided that both were probably the most reasonable.

It didn’t make sense until I stretched my arms while staring at the ground. Only then did I realize just what I did. I said that I love her. She hadn't given a single sign that she looks at me the way I do her. Sure. Some people thought that she did, but she just happened to be a good friend. She just let me sleep on her shoulder because she knew that I was never a good sleeper, even before this. She only held my hand because she just had this way of knowing when I was nervous. She only kissed my forehead because she was a naturally affectionate person to her friends.

So yeah. There really aren't any signs that she likes me, much less loves me. Especially, since she seems determined to avoid me.

♡ Time Skip♡

I tried to get her to talk to me. I tried to get her to look at me. I tried to get her to acknowledge me.

When she still wouldn't though, I did something completely out of character. I just needed my best friend back, and this was the only way to get it.

I grabbed her hand during a break and pulled her inside of a building, away from everyone else.

“Aris-”
“Just give me ten minutes, okay? Just ten minutes to talk to you,”I pleaded.

“But-”
“Please, Y/N? I’ll be quick,”I promised.

“Yeah. Ten minutes,”She quietly allowed.

“Okay. I know that I said I love you. I didn't mean to, but it slipped out. The thing is I said because I was more than tired, and you were there. You're always there, and I ended telling you the truth. I didn't want to say anything because I didn't want to ruin our friendship, but I just wasn't thinking. I honestly didn't even remember it for a while when I woke up. Not because it's not true but because I confessed something while so sleep deprived. And that's the truth. That's the entire truth. I love you. The way you laugh, the way you smile, the way your eyes look by the fire, the way you keep your head up, the way you're there, the way you know what to say, the way you make my heart beat faster. I love you, Y/N. I love you, I love you, I love you,”I rushed out, taking a breath when I was done, as she stood there, just staring at me.

“Y/N, please say something. Anything. I-”
Before I could react I felt her arms around my shoulders and her lips on mine. Instantly melting into her touch, I put my arms around her waist and gently kissed back, just brushing my lips over hers. With my mind completely fuzzy, I didn't wonder why she was kissing me and just savored her lips on mine until we needed air. Not that I wanted that. If I could give up breathing just to keep doing that, I would.

I can't though so we just pulled away while our hands remained where they were, where they were supposed to be.

Around each other.

Still, I was more than lost.

“If you’ve been ignoring me why did you just kiss me?”I pointed out.

“I was scared,”She muttered.

“Scared?”

“Yeah. Scared,”She repeated.

“How come?”

“Because you were tired when you said it so I didn't know if you meant or not. I didn't know if you felt the way I did so I wasn't sure how to act,”She admitted.

“Well, I meant it with all of my heart,”I promised, brushing some of her hair out of her eyes to look at her. Holding her face, I kissed her before pulling away.

“I love you,”I repeated, just to be safe. Just to reassure that my word was true.

And as she smiled at me I was sure that she knew it.