EverybodyTALE x Readers-sama

Naj PJ x reader 2/2

" I already told you: I won't go to the fight, I'm not interested.
- Yeah, I got that. I guess I really shouldn't have been surprised.
- Yet you were.
-... Look... The fight, t'was not what I really wanted to tell you."

Now, I am shocked. I'm only known for my fighting prowess (because, frankly, my grades are average at best), and I hardly see why else he would come to see me in particular.
I observe him, trying to find what's on his mind. Call me cautious, but I don't like it: we are alone for now, as far as I can tell, and if he decides to pick a fight with me, I'm the only one who will get in trouble (his parents are teachers).
Finding nothing on my own (except maybe a little bit of fear, but if it's really a fight he's after, I would have thought he would have been more excited than fearful), the only option left if I want to find out is to ask.

" Okay, sorry but I am searching for someone, so you will have to talk to me another time."

Is it selfish to say that? Yes. Is it cowardice? I like to think I can fight anyone, but it doesn't mean I'm stupid enough to do that (school trouble, people, school trouble).

Without waiting for an answer, I leave.
But PJ reacts faster this time and grabs my arm.

" WAIT! This- Okay, look. I know you don't like me, and I know I deserve it, but this is really important."

The plea in the skeleton voice doesn't go unnoticed, and it makes me pause. This is the first time he is so insistent for me to listen. Usually, when I tell him 'no', he just shrugs and leaves me alone.
Yet the gentle grip of my hand stops me from any movement. I sigh, not fully knowing what is coming over me.

" Fine, let's talk. But be warned, if it's a trap to bully the other, you won't see what's coming to you."

And I mean it. Feelings for him or not, I will beat him to a bloody pulp if he was only playing with me.
He looks at me, apparently startled that I accepted, and the relief in his smile is clearly not my imagination. But then the smile progressively evaporates.

" Sh!t !! Wait five seconds, I have to make sure they don't do something stupid."

He takes out his phone and calls someone (Undyne I think, but I can't be sure). The monster speaks too fast for me, and in jargon, I never heard before. Satisfied, he turns to me. But before he can say anything, some students come our way.
Embarrassed, he asks me if we can go to an empty place. I take my own phone and text Fresh that I won't join him today. I also open the recorder app and return my phone to my pocket. Paranoiac much, but nobody is going to get me in trouble.

" We're alone now, so you can spill what's bothering you.
- Okay, cool, that's cool. That's great even, that's-
- You're nervous, aren't you? Why? I mean, I know many people describe me as badass, but it's because I don't care if the jocks fight me. As long as you're not here to do that, it's fine by me."

I'm not even lying.  As long as I don't have trouble with school (in other words, with my mom), I don't really care what we are talking about.
But PJ doesn't answer me, he's fidgeting a little. Okayyyy? Now I'm worried about what he's going to tell me.

"Paper Jam?
- ...I... Don't take it bad, alright ?... Okay, here I go : (Y/n), I love you."

Excuse me, what?

" What?
- I love you, and I'm not asking you to love me back, but... When I asked you if you wanted to come to the Inter high school tournament, it was because... We're under the rule of an asshole, big time. Because of that, they are demanding we do things we don't want to do.
- Like lynching people?
- Yeah... "

Well, fùçk. Isn't that great?

" But I don't see the link between that problem and your confession.
- There are chances I won't come back from that, so I wanted you to know. But if we win...
- You're free of 'em for a reason or another.
- He's the actual king of the precedent inter-high. If we beat him, he will not be above us anymore.
- I see... You realize it probably won't be enough for some of the bullied, right?
- I know, but I will fix this, I promised it to Undyne and BP. So, will you help us ?"

I don't need to tell you my answer, do I?