~ wdw imagines ~

30. rivals (jm)

i never got along with jonah marais.

i first met him at a little cafe show in minnesota. we didn't click; we didn't mesh well together at all. i was two years younger than him, cocky and full of unbridled energy. jonah, however, was quiet and thoughtful, and he didn't understand my sense of humor. i wasn't immature, but he was just more mature than me.

i tried to get along with him, but we didn't mesh well. we became rivals who both wanted the same thing: a music career.

of course, jonah made it big, and i didn't.

i almost totally forgot about him, until he joined why don't we and i saw his name on every poster and every ad on spotify. i wasn't jealous, in fact, a part of me was happy for him. but some part of me wanted what he had.

didn't i deserve what my rival had too?

god, i was so selfish.

i snuck into a why don't we show, and i saw jonah for the first time in 3 years. he was taller and more muscular, with a sweet sense of style that i found to be very attractive, frankly.

but no! he was my rival!

he was my rival...

"y/n, what are you doing here?" he says calmly, walking up to me after locking eyes with me across the room.

"just wanted to check out how you've been, jonah, dear," i smirk, trying to keep myself maintained.

"i see...and how have you been, my dear?" he cracks.

"better than ever!" i snort, sashaying away from him.

why have i always had this attitude towards him. are we destined to forever be rivals?

"y/n, wait!" he says, calling after me.

i put down my prideful exterior, as i look into jonah's eyes, with the depth and the magnitude of a black hole centered in his irises.

"i'm sorry, it's just...i haven't seen you in a while and...i know we've never gotten along," he says, laughing softly to himself, embarrassed.

oh, how things change.

"i know, jo," i laugh, flipping my hair.

stop! he's trying to be sweet, i think to myself.

"the truth is, i know we used to be rivals, but i never forgot about you. i always wondered if you'd ever made it too, you know. you deserved it then and you deserve it now," he says, as my hand somehow finds its way into his gentle grasp.

we're closer than ever, and time seems to slow down for us.

oh my.

i kissed my rival right then and there, letting go of my past and melting into my future with my former enemy.

jonah marais: once my rival, now my love...forever and always.

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