OneShots // Crush X Reader

🥀 - Runaways

Y/N's P.O.V

It was Friday night, the night I would finally leave. I wasn't getting anywhere with school and my parents were too busy with their own issues to even notice my existence. So, I decided I would leave. I've been planning it out for about two or three weeks. As I was packing my bag I stopped, I began of thinking of the things I stood to lose. Not too many things, of course, my only good friends, the rest of my family who actually paid attention to me on occasions, and of course, C/N. I didn't think about what this would do to him, I know he wasn't in a good place with his family either but I just figured he'd be okay. Is that selfish? I hope not. I shake my head as if to wave away the doubt. I know that I'm doing this. I'm not backing out. I begin packing again before going to the medicine cabinet to get a few packs of mint gum. It'll give me something to do and I'm not bringing a toothbrush because I don't plan on brushing my teeth with puddle water.

Once I've finished I grab my wallet and go downstairs, I'm not trying to be overly quiet because it's not like they'd notice anyway. I open the back door and leave through the gate. I had brought my phone and a portable charger that I had charged the night before. As I walk towards the street I pull out my phone, dialling C/N's number. It rings twice before he answers, "Hello?" I hear his sleepy voice through the phone. I find myself smiling as I answer, "Uhm, I hope you don't mind but I'm heading to your place so I can tell you something." I can hear the ruffles of his blankets as he sits up, "What? Is there something wrong? Do you want me to come get you?" I immediately respond, "No! Eh, no, nothing's wrong and I'm already on my way. Don't bother." I hear him audibly sigh, I can't tell which emotion was attached with it though. There's a stretch of silence, neither of us talk and neither of us hangs up. I cross the street at the lights before turning onto his street. "Are you almost here?" He asks abruptly, causing me to flinch a bit. "Yeah, just a few houses down. Why?" He pauses before taking a breath, "I'm gonna let you in through the basement door so my parents don't hear us." I nod, even though he can't see me.

I hang up the phone as I reach his front door steps, I head around to the side of the house before seeing C/N open the screen door. He's only in baggy sweatpants, proving that he was most likely sleeping. He lets me in, gesturing to the basement stairs. I head down and sit on his couch waiting for him to follow, from what I heard I'm assuming he was closing the door as quietly as possible. He sleeps downstairs and has sheets to form walls. He has a mini living room which has his average flat screen and game system. When he finally gets back downstairs he sits down next to me on his old love seat. "So, what did you have to tell me?" He asks in a calm voice. I tense up, "Uhm, it's sort of hard to explain. I don't really know how to tell you or how you'll react." He lifts one eyebrow, clearly not having a clue to what I'm about to tell him. I suck in a deep breath, "I'm leaving." I don't elaborate on purpose, not wanting to explain but I will if he asks. He stares at me for a long time with a blank expression before I get awkward and stand up, "Yeah, So uh that's all I wanted to tell you. Bye." I begin to walk away before he grabs my arm pulling just enough so that I sit back down. "What the hell do you mean you're leaving?" He asks, his brows furrowed in confusion. I take yet another deep breath, "I've packed my bags and I'm running away. I know it's not very mature but I don't know what else to do, I'm barely passing in school, I don't know what to do when I get out of said school, and my parents don't even know I exist." He rests his hand over mine and waits a few seconds to answer, "I'm coming with you."

"What??" I say in a loud whisper as I follow him to his room, as he begins packing the large backpack that he usually uses for school camping trips. "You can't! You're literally a straight-A student. This would ruin everything! You have to stay." I say in another loud whisper grabbing his arms to make him stop. "I'm coming with you. That's that. I don't care about whether I'm a straight-A student or not. If my heart isn't in it, what's the point? I'd just be wasting my time." He gently yet still somewhat harshly removes his arms from my grasp to continue packing. I don't know what else to say for the time being so I just stand in front of his curtain before he asks me to turn around so he can change. I nod quickly before stepping out his room entirely. When he steps out he's wearing his dark blue jeans, a t-shirt hidden by his pullover sweater.

"You ready?" He asks casually before heading to the staircase. I quickly stand in front of it, blocking his way. "Please stay here." I say quietly, "Your future is much more promising than mine, you have to stay." I look up at him, waiting for his response. "I'm not staying here without you," His words caught me off guard, "I don't care about school or anything like that. I don't even hang out with anyone other than you, I can't stay without you, you're all that matters to me." I stand there frozen and confused, what the hell just happened? "W-what are you talking about?" I stammer. He gives a small smile before he takes a step closer. "I don't care for anything other than you, you are all that I need and I refuse to stay in a shitty world without you, whether you like it or not." I stand there in front of him blushing madly with a confused look on my face, since when did he feel like this? I can feel his body heat radiating off of him and it makes me slightly uncomfortable. He gently places his hands on both sides of my face before leaning in slowly, waiting for my permission I'm going to assume. I lean in too, but before our lips touch, he smiles slightly. I can barely feel his lips against mine, I get anxious and pull away slightly. My lips are probably chapped, that would be embarrassing. Before I can say anything he closes the semi-small gap, I hesitate before moving my lips in sync with his. I hope to god my lips aren't chapped.

By the time we had finished our mini make-out session, we decide to leave. I tried talking him out of it one more time but I knew he wasn't going to budge, he's extremely stubborn. About a month had passed before we were considered "missing" we both left a voice mail to our parents saying we were fine and just went on a road trip. Which technically was true, with some help from his grandparents just a city over we got an RV and began travelling. Together we had enough money to last about 3 months for gas and food. We knew we would eventually have to go back, neither of us had jobs. Together we talked about graduating, getting jobs and moving in together. I loved that idea and I could not wait.

"C/N?" I asked late at night as we had parked in a little truck stop. We laid together in the big-ish bed. "Yeah?" He answered before he began to yawn. "How long do you think we'll last?" I say, leaning up and resting on my forearm, facing him. Even in the dark, I could see that he had a confused look on his face, "What do you mean?" I sighed as I began to play with his hair as I spoke. "Us. Together. How long do you think it will last?" With that, he sits up and looks at me. "As long as you love me and I love you, We'll be fine. We'll work hard and communicate with each other. We will last as long as we want." He says before kissing me softly. "I love you, Y/N and I have for as long as I can remember, Okay?" I nod and smile before wrapping my arms around him, burying my face in the crook of his neck.

"I love you too, C/N."