Anthony Ramos x Reader

Tea and Failure

"Ay, Anthony, whats goin on in there?"

I gulped, a noise that could be heard from a mile away it felt like. Anthony lowered me to the ground and I anxiously went searching for my hoodie, which, for some reason, disappeared.

"You okay?" Daveed said, slowly starting to turn the knob.

"IM FINE!" Anthony called very loudly, fixing the belt he had attempted to pull off before.

Finally I found my hoodie, forgetting I threw it, and slipped it back over my head. I checked in the mirror to make sure no marks could be seen, which they couldn't unless the neck of my hoodie was moved.

Daveed called back in "we are waiting for you out here, we are gonna play a game."

"What about y/n?" Anthony asked, looking at me.

"Her too. Just hurry up!"

Anthony sighed deeply as Daveed's footsteps trailed off...

"If I know them" Anthony said quietly, fixing my hair gently "The game will be Truth or Dare or some shit. At first it was Lins way of getting the cast to be comfortable with each other, but now we always play it at parties. Its a traditional thing. Not always Truth or Dare though. Once we played 7 minutes in Heaven-"

I laughed and shook my head, nervously dismissing the thought.

Anthony walked out first, and everyone cheered when he did. I stumbled out after, slumping on the couch next to Pippa.

"Protect me" I whispered in her ear, we both laughed.

"Ight" Lin clapped his hands together. "For the annual 'Cast Party'" he said, doing finger quotes around cast party "Game, we will play....Spin The Bottle!"

My eyes widened. This is the one kissing game where people dont decide who you kiss- your crush to torture you, your ex for giggles, the guy who likes you to creep you out- none of that. The bottle decides.

We all immediately sat on the floor, sorta in a circle. Lin put a glass bottle in the center and sat down.

Daveed reached in almost instantly and spun it. It landed on Rènee (I honestly have no clue how to spell her name) and Daveed manged to shrug off any side thoughts abd kiss her. Not much, a quick peck.

The person, Lin, next to him spun it. It landed on Jonathan Groff, we all started laughing. To be the dramatic stars they are, the both shot up. Lin wrapped his arms around Jons waist delicately and they moved together rather slowly. Jon quickly placed a kiss on Lins lips, quickly but enough to stun Lin to the point he almost fell over. He sat back down, face flushing.

Now it was Pippas turn. You could tell she wasn't exactly happy about spinning the bottle. From what I know, Pippa isn't interested in any of the cast, and the only person here who she would kiss if she could pick (and HAD to kiss someone) was Lin.

Still, she spun the bottle and waited. It landed on Anthony. She looked over at me, well no, everyone did.

"What?" I asked quickly. "Rules are rules..."

Pippa shrugged and crawled over to Anthony. She gave him a small, barely a kiss, kiss, and crawled back over.

Now it was my turn. I could hear my heart banging in my chest like a brass band. I reached for the bottle, and gave it a strong spin.

I rolled my eyes as it came to a stop on the one, the only, Daveed Diggs. I stood up, and he immediately pulled me in, locking me in an exaggerated embrace I couldn't escape from. He held me there, lips moving slightly like a first kiss, fir what seemed like forever.

Then Anthony got up and a loud "ooooooo" emerged. Anthony pushed Daveed off of me and glared. Then it was the chant.

As I used the sleeve of my hoodie to slowly wipe off my mouth, everyone in the group, beginning with Daveed, started chanting to Anthony.

"kiss her"
"Kiss her"
"Kiss Her"
"Kiss Her!"
"KISS HER"
"KISS HER!"
"KISS HER!!"

It was like that, and it got so loud I couldn't hear anything else.

Anthony pulled me in, with an annoyed gesture, and quickly kissed me. Nothing like it had been before, this was like, the same kiss Pippa gave him. The chanting didn't stop, but now it added to Lin yelling over "YOU CALL THAT A KISS?"

Anthony smirked. "WHY DONT YOU SHOW US WHAT IS THEN?"

The room fell silent.

Lin chuckled and stepped into the middle of the circle where me and Anthony were. I turned to look at him, but he grabbed the fabric of my hoodie and pulled me in. Lin was kissing me? What the hell was going on?! I swear to myself, I was on drugs.

After like, a whole minute, he dropped. He stepped away, and Anthony stood with his jaw gaping. I looked at Pippa and quietly spat "I told you to protect me!"

I think Anthony was pissed. Like, mega pissed. You could tell by the look on his face that all he wanted to do at that moment was punch Lin. I stood there, still dazed and confused, when everyone else stood up. The chant began again, much much quieter. I laughed and said over the noise "The game of spin the bottle turned into, Everyone! Kiss y/n and let's see who makes Anthony the most mad!"

I shook my head and looked at Anthony, who was annoyed at the idea, but also thought it was funny. Then Jasmine stepped into the middle and, while swinging her body to Anthony's front by his shoulder, said "Let's see how mad you get."

Then she kissed him.

Not just a kiss. She was forceful, but he was giving in. His hand gently went on the back of her neck. His other arm was around her waist. The weird kissing noises filled the room. Everyone was shocked.

Jasmine was moving her body in an upward motion. The thing I hated the most about this is the fact that he was going with it. He was allowing it- no he was kissing her as much as she was kissing him. I couldn't.

I ran outside.

He didn't notice.

He was too busy.

I ran outside and slammed my back on the wall of the house. About two seconds later, Pippa walked outside.

"Hey..." She squatted down and grabbed my hand.

My vision began to fog, hot tears collected in my eyes. This time, it was real. I loved him, why did he do this? My tears spilled down my face, leaving wet streaks everyone would see.

"Have you ever had bubble tea?" Pippa said, super randomly. I couldn't speak, so Pippa must have assumed no. Because she got up and walked me to her car. We drove away as Lin opened the door and we both could see Anthony and Jasmine, still together.

We drove to a local cafe and sat outside at a table. She ordered some drinks that sounded like another language I didn't understand.

She grabbed my hand. "Don't. Bother." She said while looking straight into my eyes.

"You've told me..." I said, looking down and letting tears rolls off my face.  "I thought he- I wanted-"

I gave up and started to sob.

A pair of heels clicked up to our table and stopped right behind me. Pippas face got angry and I heard... kissing noises? Then I heard Jasmine say. "Y/n, you tried, but you've failed."