Janthony ONESHOTS! (SLOW UPDATES, PROMISE)

helpless.

"ya like FLUFF" -Barry B. Benson
lmao kill me

Her.

Anthony stared at the caramel-skinned girl who was sat opposite him. She was laughing quietly at something Oak had said, though he didn't know exactly what it was he had said. "Who...who is she?" he breathed to Daveed, who laughed quietly. "Our newest castmember...Jasmine, I think her name is? Anyway, why do you care? Do you like her?" He asked with a smirk.

"N-No, I just...think she's...intriguing..."

"What's so fascinating about her? I mean...yeah, she's pretty cute, buuut...she's nothing too special." Daveed didn't actually think this, he just wanted to see Anthony's reaction to this response.

"Bullshit. She's...really...special..."

"Do you mean special in the head or...?"

Anthony rolled his eyes and slapped Daveed's muscled arm. "You know what I mean...no...she's different...and...really pretty...and I want to get to know her..."

"Want me to talk to her for ya?" Daveed offered with a grin. Anthony went red and chewed his lip. "No...no...you'll just mess it up somehow and tell her that I want to suck her toes or something...just...forget about it...it probably wouldn't have worked out between us anyway, even if I did have a shot..."

"You sure?"

"Yeah..." Anthony rested his elbow on the table then rested his head on his hand, looking at the girl with a dreamy look on his face.

She suddenly turned away from Renée and looked at Anthony, then blushed and hid behind her hands. Anthony sat up properly, red as well. "Umm...sorry...did I scare you?" He asked.

Jasmine peeked out from behind her hands and shook her head. "No," She replied softly. "You were just...uh...kinda...it was just a surprise, that's all...to see you looking at me like that..."

"Well, uh...I'm sorry..." Anthony chuckled shyly. "I just...think you're really pretty..."

She went red. "D-Do you?"

"I...yeah," He smiled at her. Jasmine smiled as well and suddenly rested her head on the table, but still looked at him.

He paused, then copied her so they were still facing each other but resting their heads now. They both smiled.

Daveed snorted. "This is too cute, it's giving me type 2 diabetes."

Anthony wanted to slap him, but decided not to. He just shot him a dark look and glanced back at Jasmine. She was red in the face, just staring at him. "What's your name?" She asked, cocking her head.

"Anthony. Anthony Ramos. And you're Jasmine, right? I-I wasn't s-stalking you or anything, D-Daveed just told me-"

Jasmine giggled quietly. "I know...you don't gotta be worried," she murmured and smiled. "You seem...really sweet, you know. It's refreshing to talk to someone like you..."

He blinked. "Really...?" Anthony paused then reached across the table and took her hand. Jasmine winced, which made him want to pull away, but she then put her other hand on top of his. "Y-Yeah...really...I've always had low self-esteem...and some people just make it worse..." her face darkened, then she smiled again. "But not you..." she paused. "Would...would you like to be my friend...? I-I mean, y-you don't h-have to if you d-don't want to!" Jasmine looked flustered. "I-I j-just thought- it m-might be nice-"

Anthony suddenly brought her hand to his lips and kissed it. "I'd love to be your friend, Jasmine. And who knows? We could be more...?" He grinned.

Jasmine went red. "Y-You...is...are you...are you asking me out?" she asked in a small voice.

"Maybe," He shrugged. "It depends. Are ya gonna say yes...?"

She paused then smiled. "Well...I...I'm not really looking for a boyfriend...but...I guess..." Jasmine blushed even more.

"Jeez, you're cute," Anthony said without thinking. Jasmine bit her lip to hide her large smile. "Thank- Thank you..."

"No problem..."

There was a long pause, and not just between them. The whole table had gone silent.

"Uh," Lin finally broke this silence, "Do you two need a minute?"

Everyone laughed, and the pair blushed. "Sorry," Anthony said. Lin shrugged then chuckled. "It's cool...well...shall we get started?"
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~AFTER REHERSALS~

"So," Anthony began, putting his jacket on. "I'll...see you around, yeah?"

Jasmine nodded, trying to put her jacket on too. "Why won't this go on...?! Am I that fat?!"

"You ain't fat...also, maybe it won't go on because you're putting it on back to front..." 

"I- I am?" Jasmine pulled her jacket off and saw that she was actually trying to put it on back to front. "Oh." She blushed and Anthony laughed. "Do you need a hand?"

"N-No," Jasmine replied quickly, then looked at Anthony's cute little face. "I mean...you can help me if you want to..."

Anthony nodded and took it from her then gently put her jacket on for her. "This is real cute...where did you get it from?"

"I..." Jasmine's face darkened. "Target," She mumbled and went red. "I...I'm really tight on money at the moment...that's why I'm doing this show...in fact...I...I don't even think I can pay rent for this month..." She sniffled and wiped her eyes.

He stared at her, both shocked and concerned. "Jasmine...really?"

"Really..." She choked out and began to sob.

Anthony winced then hugged her tightly. 'I'm only doing this show for fun...and because I liked being in 21 Chump Street...but like...this girl has gotta do the show, otherwise she's broke and out of a house!... I gotta do something...' He took a deep breath then said, "Jasmine...this is gonna sound crazy...but...do you want to...do you want to move in with me? Just...just for a bit..."

Jasmine pulled back from the hug and stared at him. "W...What?! I...I can't do that!" She blushed. 

"Why not?"

"I...I don't want to be a burden..." She mumbled, closing her eyes. "A-Anyway...I only just met you..."

"Eh, don't worry 'bout that. I don't do much. You seem really sweet...and besides, I don't want anything bad to happen to you...if you get evicted, you'll be out on the street...and I really can't let that happen...so...please...if not for yourself, then for me...move in with me?"

Jasmine smiled up at him with tears in her eyes. "Anthony...I..." she sniffled. 

"You what?" he asked softly, putting his hands on her waist.

"I want to move in with you...but...how long will it be?"

He shrugged. "A month...a year...forever...who knows?" he grinned. Jasmine sniffled again and buried her head into his neck, then mumbled something he couldn't hear. "What was that?" he asked, wrapping his arms around her. Jasmine pulled back slightly so he could hear.

"Anthony...Anthony, I think I love you."

There was a silence.

"J...Jasmine...what are you saying?" He asked quietly. 

She blushed. "I-I'm sorry- I-I didn't mean- I-I got excited-"

Anthony cut her off with another hug, which Jasmine quickly melted into. 

"Jasmine," He began, "You seem like an incredibly sweet, passionate, caring woman...and I think I would like to spend more time with you...and I want you to move in with me...because I really do like you...and I hope you like me too...but...love?...isn't that moving a little too fast...?" he said softly.

"I...I know...I'm sorry, Anthony...I wasn't thinking..."

"That's alright," He said gently. "Now, uh...would you like to come see my apartment?"

Jasmine smiled and took his hand. "Sure."

On the way to the car, Jasmine spoke up. "Now I know how Eliza feels in Act 1," she murmured to him. 

"And how's that?"

"Helpless." She said and beamed up at him, stars in her eyes.