Stranger Things Ronance One-Shots

Just Friends?

Robin's POV:

Me, Nancy, Steve, Dustin, Max and Lucas were all walking through the woods to find Eddie at his current hideout place: Skull Rock. As we're walking, I start a conversation with Nance.

Me: "If I'm permitted to see a silver lining in this end-of-the-world doom and gloom, it would be the rekindling of old flames that never should've been snuffed out."

I waited a few seconds for a response, but didn't get one, so I start again.

Me: "I didn't mean that as a hint or anything."

Nancy: "Right."

Oh, thank God. She's not annoyed with me anymore. I know that she has been for a few days, and I don't blame her. I'd be annoyed with myself, too. I tend to ramble on and on and on whenever I'm around her. But you know what? That's okay. I love talking with her.

Me: "But if I did mean that as a hint, would that be so terrible? To wish for happiness for my friends?"

Nancy: "You think I'm not happy?"

Me: "I'm sure you are. It's just that, the other day, I mentioned Jonathan, and it kind of seemed like you didn't want me to bring him up, like there's something bad going on between you two."

Nancy immediately retaliates.

Nancy: "There's nothing bad going on between us."

Me: "Right."

Nancy: "Jonathan and I are good, okay?"

Me: "Okay, got it."

It's silent for a few seconds. I think I might've said too much. But Nancy starts talking again.

Nancy: "It's just..."

Nancy takes a deep breath.

Nancy: "He was supposed to be here for the break, but he backed out at the last minute for some vague, mumbly Jonathan reason, and... to be honest, I'm not even that surprised, because I've been feeling him pulling away."

As Nancy was talking, I almost didn't pay attention to everything she was saying. I just couldn't stop looking at her. I know her lips are moving, but I almost blanked out from staring at them. Her beautiful, plump lips. Wait, what? Come on, Robin. Pay attention to Nance.

Nancy: "So yeah, if a mention of his name causes a certain kind of expression like that on my face, that's...probably why."

Me: "Seems like a perfectly reasonable reason for something like that."

I saw Nancy smile when I said that. My heart always melts when she smiles. It's so adorable. It makes me just wanna give her a hug.

Nancy's POV:

Okay, that actually wasn't true. The real reason I sort of flinch now when Jonathan is brought up is because believe it or not, I think I actually like another person. I don't know how long I've felt like this, but I don't know how to tell Jonathan about it.

Another thing that makes me sad is I'm not sure if this particular person feels the same way about me. I'm kind of hoping they do, and I really wanna tell them right now, but... all I could make out was this...

Me: "You said the happiness of your friends. So, does that make us friends? As in, officially?"

Robin: "Uh, yeah. I mean, right?"

Me: "Right."

That's when some of the sadness started to build up. I guess I should try to accept the fact that we're just friends right now, but maybe, somewhere down the road, we could be more than just "friends." I couldn't express my sadness, though, because at that moment, we came up upon Skull Rock, and that's where Eddie was.