When we can. [Cryaotic x Reader] [DISCONTINUED]

Chapter 18.

     "Well we could" you trail off. You have no ideas. "Food?" you shrug, still hungry.
     "Oh yeah it's pretty late! Sorry It's hard to have an appetite when you're working and hanging out with people"
     "Yeah understandable, do you wanna go somewhere? Nothing fancy I just wanna see a bit of the town y'know?" to be honest you knew you could spend all week inside with him doing various things, but this is your first time going to Florida so you might as well explore a bit.
     "Why don't we go grab some food and drive around? Night drives are always nice" he suggests.
     "Great idea! That would be really fun, you up for driving for an hour or two?" since you don't have a car you never needed a license, plus you're pretty sure you wouldn't be able to drive in the states anyway.
     "Yeah totally, do you just want to go through a drive-thru or something?"
     You laugh and say "Sure lazy ass".
     He slaps your arm lightly and laughs a bit afterwards. You both get up and leave the house, he was using his sister's car after she said you two could take it.
     "Wait Ry" you say, an idea popping into your head.
     "What is it?"
     "We should wear pj's. Cause lazy drive at night is calling for pajamas's"
He sighs looking down "You're right, I'll be back in a second". He then leaves the car, you put the keys in and turn on the radio, not used to American stations you browse until he comes back. Once you settle on a pop/modern rock station Ry climbs back into the drivers seat, he is wearing a white t-shirt and some red flannel pyjama pants.
"Nice pants, I half expected you to come out with the Cry pants on" you tease.
"Oh please" he pauses starting up the car "actually that is something I would do"
You guys decide to go in-n-out/sonic before he drove to your hotel.
"I'll be back in a second" you tell Ryan before closing the door and rushing up to your hotel room. You hurry to find your pyjama's in the slight mountain of clothes in your bag, you decide and get changed into a grey t-shirt and blue pj shorts/a pink tank top and grey pajama pants.
Not wanting to make Ry wait any longer you give a slight jog back into the front of the hotel and climb into the car.
"Nice pj's, the colours go well together" you give Ryan a questionable look and reply with "Thanks, I just kinda threw clothes into my bag before leaving" shrugging. Well that statement was true and a bit of a lie, you did throw a lot of clothes in you bag, before you took them out and made a couple of outfits with it. Ry starts the car up and starts to drive somewhere "Is there anything cool to look at near here?" you ask.
"Well, since I live in that secluded road we'll have to drive for a bit before we get to the cool buildings and houses" he flashes a smile at you. You smile back 'this is relaxing'.

Once you two have finished your food you've made it into the town area. The car passes lots of store, most of their lights are off or in the process of closing and turning off. Ry then points to a game stop to your right "That's where I sometimes get games, if I want a solid copy or if I need to leave the house" you laugh at his remark.
"You should take me there tomorrow, I could use a game your two". A calming song comes on and you lean your head against the window trying to keep your eyes open.
After a moment, or several minutes Ry places a hand on your shoulder startling you. "Are you asleep?" his touch was gentle ad warm. You mumble "nope" under your breath sitting up in the chair, your head hurt a little after having it lay against the awkward window edge. You open the window after Ry chuckles at your lie, you were asleep but didn't want to waste this moment on sleeping. The air was crisp and cool, again something you wouldn't expect from Florida but it reminded you of your home town.
The sky was clear, some stars were visible but only faint. You cursed the city lights, ruining your star gazing. Ry glances at you realizing how intently you were looking for stars out your widow, he gives a slight chuckle before saying "You know, I could drive out to the country if you wanted to look at the stars". You gasp a little, that was a perfect idea, it was like he was reading your mind. "That sounds great, to the country!" you give a dorky point in a random direction and you both laugh at yourself.

Ry turns the car off and you step out. Expecting a clichéd cliff or something, you walk out to a barren hill. He calls out from behind the car after slamming the trunk "Hey I found a blanket in here do you wanna go lay on in on the hill?" he walks beside you.
     "Yeah sure! Go on ahead I have to do something" you mumble and he tilts his head at you but shrugs and walks up the hill. You slyly open the car for and grab your Polaroid taking a really good shot of Ry walking up the hill up to the stars. You print two and wait for them to develop. You whisper "Perfect" and place them into the protective pocket with the others. Closing the door, you don't rush up the hill, instead you take in your surroundings while walking. The air was still chilly but a bit warmer, the smell of earth and grass filled your nose. The hill was large but not steep, on each of its sides it had trees outlining it. Looking up you could see every million year old ball of gas. Or what was close to every star.
"This is breath taking" you whisper placing your hands on your hips, after reaching the spot Ry had placed the blanket. He stood next to you and snaked an arm around your waist making your heart flutter. "It is isn't it?".
      You two lay down and stare at the stars in comfortable silence. After awhile you start thinking 'I wonder if my being here is helping him at all. What would he do if Chey did come here? Would he take her back as easily as I thought?'. Ry then breaks the silence, "What's going on in this head of yours?" he flicks your forehead after turning and holding his head up with his elbow.
      "I" you trail off, should you bring this up? "We haven't really talked about it" you say, sighing and assuming he would clue in.
     "About?" he pauses. "Oh" he mumbles laying back on his back. 'Shit. Probably shouldn't have brought it up, but talking about it always helps...most of the time at least'. "What about it?" he grumbles but doesn't seem mad about it.
     "Well I don't want to bring it up if you don't want to-" he cuts you off.
     "No it's alright, I'd rather you talk with me about it then rather ignore it ever happened" he sighs.
     "Right. Well first how are you dealing with it?" you say, turning towards him.
     "Well you've helped me get over the basic slug portion of it, and all that shit. Still it's gonna be an adjustment to not seeing her around"
     "Yeah that's always a stretch. Maybe later in life you two can be friends?" he whispers "I doubt it". Pretending you didn't hear that you continue with your questions "Since you told me it was a break, do you think you'd be able to get back together with her?".
     "She would have to give a pretty good excuse as to why she ended us, I was never a strict boyfriend or whatever. We had a somewhat open relationship y'know because of the distance. But realistically I don't think I would be able to say no to her, I'm still attached" he pauses, waiting for your next question but you can't think of one so he continues. "I mean I would like to try a relationship with someone else too. I guess I'm not that attached" he thinks aloud.
     "Really? With who? Hopefully they're better then she was" you trail off. Ry turns towards you changing the subject slightly.
     "Do you remember the beginning of our friendship? You know, when we tried to date and stuff?" your face automatically flushes red. "You're my best friend and since we were young we didn't take it seriously, but it's been years since then. I think I would like to try that again".