Kingdom Keepers: The Little Things

Easy.

Based on the prompt he/she wouldn't love you like I would" requested by @Kaseats sorry for taking so long to get to these 😕

Philby closed the door of his locker and let out a sigh of frustration. He wished he had never seen her. He wished he had never rounded the corner in the school hallway to see Spencer putting his arm around her, and Willa leaning in and giggling. They walked down the hall and Spencer had given him a look like, "I've got your girl."

Philby scowled. What did Willa even see in the idiot? He let out another sigh, he really liked her, and he thought she liked him too.

He slung his backpack on his shoulder and stalked out of school. He had made it past the after school crowds, off of school grounds when he heard Willa calling. He turned,

"Why didn't you wait?" Willa said running up to him out of breath. "I thought we were studying for the Trig test today."

"Oh. Right I forgot." He said glancing at her.

"What's your problem?" She asked falling into step next to him.

"Nothing." He mumbled.

"Um okay..." Willa responded skeptically but let it drop until they were at his kitchen table pulling out their text books.

"So, do you think we'll cover all of chapter five in the test, or only the second half?" Willa asked pulling our her notebooks.

"I'm going to study the whole chapter." Philby replied in a clipped tone.

"Okay seriously." Willa said straightening up and looking at him.
"What is your problem exactly? You've been weird ever since school ended"

"Nothing." Philby repeated. Only blurt out a second later. "It guess you and Spencer are a thing now..."

"That's what this is about!" Willa exclaimed. "Oh please, what's it to you?"

"It's nothing, I don't care..." He defended. "It's just that Spencer's a jerk Willa, why do you even hang out with him?"

"You don't even know him! Besides I'm allowed to have other friends!"

"Really?" Philby asked sarcastically.

"Yeah Philby really. It's my life, not yours."

Yeah, but he wouldn't love you like I would...

Philby thought. Instead he said.

"If your going to hang out with him, just make sure he doesn't sit with us at lunch, I want to be able to enjoy my meal. "

Willa rolled her eyes.

"It's okay, I'll be sitting with Spencer at lunch. At his table."

Now it was Philby's turn to roll his eyes.

"Okay. Maybe you should go study with your new boyfriend too."

"Maybe I should!" Willa said standing up to leave.

She started to shove her books back into her backpack.

Philby watched her toss all her stuff into her bag and stalk out the door.

He sank down in the nearest chair and sighed. He really was an idiot sometimes.

•••

Willa slumped in her desk chair and sighed. She wasn't even dating Spence. She knew he liked her, but she didn't like him in that way. It was just nice to have a friend outside of the Keepers. If she was being completely honest with herself it felt good to have the attention.

If she knew one thing for sure it was that she liked Philby. They were best friends, but Philby had not once voiced his feelings. Every time she thought they were close, he would shut down, and that scared her from voicing any feelings first.

She shook her head, she needed to study, not stress about her nonexistent love life. She thumped her books down and started taking notes. She had gotten into a good work flow when she heard the doorbell ring.

She opened the door, it was Philby.

"Can we talk?" He asked hesitantly.

"Yeah." She nodded.

They moved into the living room.

"Look, I'm can be an insensitive idiot sometimes, and I'm really not good at this stuff." Philby admitted.

"What stuff?" Willa knew, but she wanted to hear him say it.

"This love stuff." Philby said. Before she could say anything, he continued. "I like you Willa. And that's hard for me to say. But it's true."

"Seriously?" She whispered. "Do you know how long I've wanted to hear you say that?"

Philby pulled her into a hug. They stayed there for a while, savoring the moment. Suddenly Philby popped his head up.

"Do you want to play Pokémon Go?"

"Yes! There are a ton around here, but I haven't been able to drive around to get any." Willa exclaimed.

Philby grabbed her hand.

"Come on, we'll use my car."