𝒔𝒘𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 | 𝒐. 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒖

𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅

"F/nnnnnnn," Hime Ume, your best friend, whines to you. You look up from your book.

"What is it, Ume-chan?" you ask as she slumps down on the chair in front of you and buries her face on your desk.

"Tell him to leave me aloneeee. He's literally the most annoying person ever!"

You laugh at her complaint.

"Oikawa-san again?" you tease as she groans. It's been two weeks since Oikawa has claimed that he wanted Hime to be his girlfriend. Hence, he has been bothering her and trying to shower her with cheesy compliments and pick up lines nonstop. However, it was anything but attractive to Hime. "Why don't you just give him a chance?" you ask as she lifts her head to give you a stink eye.

"You know he is not my type. Plus, I already have my eyes on someone," she whispers, but you easily hear.

You smile and look down at your book once again.

"I know that. I just feel bad for the guy," you say before continue reading.

-

After school, you and Hime were walking to leave for the day; however, Oikawa happened to be near and immediately noticed you guys.

"Ume-channnnn!!" he happily calls out and tries to escape from his fangirls to run towards you both.

"Oh shoot! Sorry, F/n; can you hold him off for me!?"

"Wha—"

Before you can protest, Hime bids you a quick bye before running off.

Right on time, Oikawa appears next to you.

"F/n-chan, where did Ume-chan go?" Oikawa pouts as you turn to look up at the tall alien.

"Sorry, she said she was in a rush. Her mom needed her home early," you make up an excuse as Oikawa pushes his lips together and pouts. You just sweat at his weird reaction. Unlike many other girls at your school, you and Hime did not see Oikawa as some idol or good-looking God. "Well, I'll see you tomorrow, Oikawa-san." Before you can escape, he grabs your wrist and turns you to face him. A tint of pink flushes across your cheeks at the sudden skinship.

"F/n-chan, I have a favor to ask," Oikawa says.

Your face heats up at how close his face is to yours and immediately, you back up while releasing your wrist from his grasp.

"W-what is it?" you ask and try to brush off your awkwardness.

Rubbing his nape, he nervously chuckles.

"Can you maybe help me get with Ume-chan?" he asks. Your eyes widen. As you open your mouth to reply, Oikawa speaks again. "Please, F/n-chan!! I will return a favor back! Look," Oikawa says with an embarrassed smile, "I actually really like her and you're her best friend... It seems like everything I do just seems to annoy her so... I really need help!"

You're shocked. THE Oikawa Tooru was serious about a relationship and genuinely liked your best friend?

As you're about to reject, Oikawa pleads you with his puppy eyes. This was the first time you have seen this reaction from him and it seemed so honest.

The angel in your head quickly takes over your body. "F-fine," you blurt.

Oikawa's eyes immediately light up and he crushes you with a hug while lifting your smaller into the air.

"Thank you so so so so so much, F/n-chan!! You have no idea how much this means to me!" he twirls you around as you try to push yourself off of him—not used to so much skinship from a guy.

"P-please let me go, Oikawa-san!!" you manage to squeak as he lets you down and chuckles.

"Hehe, sorry, F/n-chan. I'm just so grateful." He gives you a toothy smile. Once again, this was another reaction you have never seen from him. Yeah, he usually had a smile on his face, but this one was different. It looked genuine.

"It's okay," you reassure and brush yourself, "however, I would like to say that I don't know if she will fall for you quickly."

Oikawa shakes his head.

"I'm willing to wait," he says then looks at his watch. "I have to get going F/n-chan! I'm late to practice. Here's my number." He quickly takes a pen and paper out of his bag and writes his number on it. "I'll see you tomorrow, F/n-chan! Thank you so much once again!"

It was all too quick for you; so you don't even get a chance to bid him goodbye. Once his figure is far from yours, you sigh and look at the piece of paper with his number on it.

"Why did I agree to this? Will I even be of any help?"

-

"W-why is he here?" An irk mark is visible on Hime's head as Oikawa sits in front of you both. The air is tense before you decide to interrupt it.

"I just thought that it'd be nice to have some more company, Ume-chan! Don't be too mad," you hesitantly laugh, but Hime just rolls her eyes and grumpily eats her food. The tense air soon appears again. While Hime isn't looking, Oikawa tries to communicate with you through his eyes. It was easy to tell that he didn't know what to do or say in fear of angering Hime even more. You look around, trying to come up with an idea when your eyes look down to your bento. A smile grows on your lips and you throw some sausages shaped like octopuses onto Oikawa's little tray.

"Ume-chan," you call out as she turns to look at you. "Look, Oikawa-san has your favorite! It seems like you didn't bring any sausages today and Oikawa wanted to offer you some," you lie and give your best friend a gentle smile. Hime looks over to Oikawa's tray to see that you were correct. You give Oikawa a look to follow along.

"Yeah, Ume-chan! Here, say, 'ahhhhh!'"

Okay, wrong move.

"Ew, I'm not going to eat it if you're going to feed me." Hime immediately turns her head away. You give Oikawa a glare as he sweats.

"I-I'm just kidding, Ume-chan!" Oikawa quickly says and places them onto her bento. "Here, you can have them all if they are your favorite." Oikawa gives her a killer smile which she doesn't fall for.

"Fine. Thanks." Is all she says before munching onto them. As she's happily eating, you and Oikawa make eye contact once again.

"Thank you, F/n-chan!" Oikawa mouths to you as you reply with a silent nod and start to eat your lunch.

Date: 12 June 2020