Hunter Hayes Imagines

Part 2 Saved By The Smile

You have kept in close contact with Hunter since that night. You started to fall harder and harder for the man you now come to know is afraid of needles, looks for rare vinyl records, and is a huge gumbo lover. Well only if it's his mom's, which you understand that,  you love your mom's cooking too. You're getting ready to eat dinner alone in your apartment when a knock stops you in your tracks .

At the same moment your phone rings. You walk to the door and open it, ignoring your phone for the moment. "He dumped me!" The friend from the concert, the one who kept hushing you, falls into your arms and you sigh and reach for your phone. This is only the third guy since the concert and you are getting tired of being her shoulder to cry on. But none of the other girls can be bothered to care for her and you've never had the heart to turn her away.

You have a missed call and a text from Hunter. While you hug your friend and brace yourself against her sobs you read the message 'in town can we get together'

You look at the girl's head and sigh again. 'How long? Meet you in an hour?'

His reply is quick and precise, 'will pick you up, can't wait ;)'

The winky face throws you, he's done it before and it always makes your heart jump.

Half an hour later the worst happens, your friend falls asleep on the couch. Now what?

You sigh and soon enough, Hunter's knocking on the door. You walk over with butterflies in your stomach and open the door. "(Y/n).." You both look at each other before he pulls you into a tight hug that just feels so completely right. His arms are so inviting and then the hugs over. "Ready..?"

You stutter, "Uh..kind of have a problem..." You point over to the couch where your "friend" lays.

Recognition dawns as he recognizes the girl and he nods.

"I'm so sorry, I know you're only in town tonight, and I wanted to do something special, I thought she would leave before you got here, I do-"

Hunter cuts you off with a finger to the lips. "(Y/n) it's okay, I'm just so happy to see you. I missed you."

"I missed you too." Your heart feels close to breaking at that, he doesn't know how deeply you mean that.

"So how have you been?"

"I'm good I-" your stomach cuts you off mid sentence and Hunter chuckles.

"Hungry?"

"I never got the chance to eat." You realize looking to the kitchen.

"Well is there enough for two?"

You look at Hunter and smile, it's good to have him here.

You warmed up a plate of spaghetti for the both of you and you set his plate down in front of him with a glass of sweet tea and you sit beside him with yours. "Thanks."

You smile at him and nod, "You're welcome, it's no problem." You enjoy having dinner with him as he talks about his tour and you love hearing the stories he has. You love hearing his voice really. Ever since that night, you've kept his album on repeat so you can hear his voice. It doesn't match this though. You must have gone quiet and Hunter looks at you curiously, "What..?" You ask.

"I just realized how much I've been talking and I haven't asked you... Anything new in your life?"

You sigh and look in the direction of the girl asleep on your couch. "Nope, too busy mopping up tears and trying to fix bullet holes with band aids. Just watch, she'll have another boyfriend by next weekend and it's been a long time since I last went out." You turn back to him realizing how whiny you must sound. "Sorry, I didn't mean it like that."