What The Heck I Gotta Do To Be With You (Lin-Manuel Miranda x Reader)

This Isn't Luck, It's Destiny

"Tell me again how you asked Y/N out." Evy bats her eyelashes as she leans forward. "I just love hearing a good romance story."

Leslie chuckles. "Well, it's not much of a story. We were at Hamilton rehearsal, and I looked over at Y/N and just decided... that I wanted her to be mine."

You give Leslie a weak smile as Evy sighs dreamily.

"I still think it's so sweet," she says, looking at you and Leslie. "I love it when two people that were meant for each other overcome all odds and find each other." Evy squeezes Lin's arm.

Against your will, you glance over at Lin, who was sitting across from you. He meets your gaze, then quickly looks away and takes a sip of his soda.

"So, Leslie, did you know that Y/N teaches art classes?" Evy asks, completely oblivious to the look you and Lin had just shared.

"I did not," Leslie says, turning to you. "That's really cool. What kind of art do you teach?"

"Um, painting," you answer, aware of everyone's eyes on you. "To little kids. And sometimes I do advanced classes."

"Wow. That's awesome." You glance up and see Lin smiling at you. "So you must be a pretty good artist, huh?"

You shrug, unaccustomed to bragging about yourself. "I- I'm okay. I mean, I'm good enough to teach classes, I guess. Well, not 'I guess', I had to be interviewed, of course, like you do at all jobs, but, uh-"

"Yeah. She's really, really good," Evy interrupts, sensing how uncomfortable you are.

You send her a grateful look, relieved that she cut off your rambling.

"She has this little sketch book she brings with her everywhere, and I've seen a few of her drawings. They're amazing," Evy praises, clearly the more eloquent of you two.

"I'd love to see them sometime." Leslie gives you a grin. "I never knew you had so many talents."

You feel heat creep to your cheeks. "Oh, I don't. I'm just kind of good at a few things. At least good enough to get by."

As the waiter set down everyone's food, Lin scoffed. "You're way too modest, Y/N. You're an incredible singer and actress, and artist too, it seems." He gestures to Evy. "You gotta give yourself a little credit."

You poke at your chicken parmesan and let out a laugh to cover how awkward you felt. "Fine, fine, can we move on now?"

The rest of the dinner went surprisingly smooth, with Leslie and Evy carrying the conversation with ease.

You and Lin did contribute as much as you could, but you both didn't feel like talking that much.

After the bill was paid (by Lin and Leslie; they insisted) and everyone started gathering their things, you let out a breath. That was all over. You would get to go home now, and finally relax.

"Aaaaaand now we're off to part two of Lin, Evy, Leslie, and Y/N's Double Date Spectacular!" Evy slung her purse over her shoulder, and you froze.

"There's another part?" you asked, working hard to keep the dread out of your voice.

"Of course! Next, we're off to do some dancing!"

You hold in a sigh as Leslie slips on his jacket.

A waitress walks over and begins clearing off your table. She looks over at you and Lin, who happen to be standing next to each other while Leslie and Evy talk excitedly about the upcoming dancing. "You are a very cute couple," she says with a smile, stacking your plates on a tray.