Just Knock On My Door || Mackie Empuerto x Reader

I Don't See Her in that Kind of Light

Mackie's POV

Keifer and Francis laughed at a joke Francis said as they followed me into my room.

I sighed and walked towards my closet, and rummaged through it to look for a pair of pajamas. When I pulled out a simple t-shirt and comfortable joggers, I turned around to find Keifer and Francis crossing their arms and smirking mischievously. 

I found myself unconsciously tilting my head to the left side, "What?" Already in their pajamas, Keifer and Francis walked towards me.

Keifer spoke up first, "Why didn't you tell us you liked Y/N?" My eyes widened in confusion and my eyebrows furrowed.

"What do you mean, Keif? I don't even like Y/N," I shrugged. 

"Come on, Mack. It's so obvious that you do. And really, who could blame you? Y/N is really cute, both personality wise and appearance wise," Keifer rolled his eyes like it was the most obvious thing ever.

My stomach suddenly knotted when I heard him call her cute. I pushed the feeling aside and started taking off my shirt, to change into the more comfortable one.

"I really don't know what you mean, Keifer. Yeah, she is cute and kind, but I don't see her in that kind of light." I shrugged off my shirt and turned to face the two boys. I rolled my eyes at them when I saw them fake puking when I took off my shirt.

I pulled on my other shirt as Francis said, "So you wouldn't mind if. . ."

I turned away from him to check my phone, fully changed into my joggers and shirt, "If what, Francis?"

He coughed and said loud enough so that Y/N, who was right next door, could hear. "If I told you that I like Y/N, like a lot?"

I whipped head around to face him with widened eyes. My mouth, unconsciously, slightly gaped in awe, as the knot in my stomach returned suddenly. An unwanted burning feeling  spread throughout my body. An emotion I could recognize as jealously clouded over my mind as my fists clenched themselves.

I eyes reverted back to normal when I saw Francis and Keifer doubling over in laughter, their hands holding their stomachs as they bent over. I stared at them in confusion, my hands slowly relaxing.

Francis composed himself and walked towards me, wiping a fake tear. "Don't worry, Mack. Joke lang! (Just a joke!) I may not see Y/N like that but I most certainly know that you do."

A small blush heated my cheeks but left as soon as I started smiling at my two best friends, completely brushing away the whole 'Y/N-crush-situation'.

I was about to defend myself again when there was a small knock on my door. Keifer, closest to the door, answered it to real a shy looking Y/N in navy blue pajamas. 

"Hey Y/N. What's going on?" Keifer asked knowingly. He shot a look past me and to Francis, who was blushing madly. When I realized what they meant, how Francis practically yelled that he liked Y/N, I started snickering under my breath.

Francis smacked my arm in exasperation as he turned his attention back to Y/N. "I-IT WAS JUST A J-JOKE, Y/N! I WAS JUST KIDDING! DON'T W-WORRY ABOUT IT PLEASE!" Francis exclaimed, causing me to laugh harder.

Y/N tilted her head in confusion as a skeptical look made its way onto her face. "What do you mean, Francis? I just came to tell you guys that dinner and the movie you wanted to watch was ready. I was downstairs the entire time to help cook."

I looked back towards Francis with an amused smile on my face as his face turned an even brighter red. "Oh uh, nothing then! I was just worried you heard," he whispered the last part.

Keifer and I let out one last snicker as Francis let out a big sigh of relief. We followed Y/N downstairs, whereas my family already went to bed. The four of us ate the dinner prepared which was macaroni and cheese. 

Keifer, Francis, and I kept up a conversation amongst ourselves, while Y/N just sat there and a giggled a little whenever we cracked a joke.

We all finished simultaneously and put our dishes in the sink, which I was forced to volunteer to wash. Francis and Keifer went to sit in the living room to watch the movie we picked out when Y/N awkwardly started to go back upstairs.

I noticed obviously and was about to say something but was cut off by Keifer grabbing Y/N's hand. Y/N gazed down at his hand holding hers and a faint blush tinted her ears. Blood started to fill my ears as I watched the scene play out like a romantic comedy. 

"Where are you going, Y/N? Don't you want to stay with us?" Keifer asked in utmost concern, making my stomach churn and I gritted my teeth.

Y/N, who was still blushing, answered, "I just thought that I would be intruding on something you guys seem to do a lot. Like a tradition, you know."

I turned back to the dishes and finished washing them swiftly before walking towards them and taking Y/N's other hand. "It's okay, Y/N. You're our friend now. You will always be welcome," I calmed down.

She smiled and I took the liberty to sit her next to me. I noticed Y/N bobbing her head a little, probably in tiredness.

Y/N's head fell on my shoulder and my back immediately stiffened. I tilted my head to slightly face her and saw her peaceful sleeping face. I blushed and my head became dizzy. Before I could do anything, she shifted her head again so it was laying on a pillow next to her. My blush eventually calmed down as my eyes averted back to the movie.

Next to me, I could hear Francis quietly whisper into Keifer's ear, "Keif, what the heck was that?"

A/N: Please Read!

So . . . you guys deserve an explanation. So I haven't been able to update because of a situation I had coming back to the Philippines. What happened was that during security in coming back, a lady grabbed my laptop instead of hers out of a basket, so I was left with hers. I thought she stole it so I told security and they have been genuinely great and patient with me to help me. The thing is that all my chapter files are on my laptop which I cannot access through my phone so I basically lost everything. We did eventually find the lady, because she also reported it, and met up with her. This was actually yesterday so that's why I haven't uploaded a chapter in a literal week and a half. She was really sorry and understanding and we actually became friends, because she was also a fellow writer. When I accessed my files with all my chapters, they were all deleted. The lady said that she never opened the laptop, and of course because it has a locked password and email recognition. So I don't know what happened to all my previously written chapters and I've tried everything to get them restored but I guess they're just gone. It's been a stressful week but I'm ready to get back into writing especially now that I'm back in the Philippines. I really do hope you can forgive me and continue reading. Please vote and comment! I do plan on actually keeping my update schedule so please bare with me. I love you all and I can't wait for you to see the development of this story and maybe even more TNT Boys stories to come.