babysitter, ruel van dijk

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disclaimer: this is a fanFICTION, and i am well aware that some of this is not true. just go with it, and enjoy the story :)

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7 months ago

→sky's pov←

"another day in hawaii, sky. how do you feel?" asked my older sister, sasha. the only things i've been feeling since we came here is relaxation and bliss. 

"you know how i feel, sash", i say with a chuckle because she's asked me the same question every day.  and every day, my answer is the same. i take a deep breath in, smelling the saltiness in the air from the ocean. looking around to see all the delighted people, enjoying their vacation. i feel like not a thing could get in my wa-

interrupting my train of thought, someone brushed by my shoulder, knocking me off my balance. slightly embarrassed because the resort is quite populated, my cheeks are sprinkled with a blush, while i'm looking around to see if anybody saw my almost fall. 

i leaned on sasha to help me get to my normal standing position. i turn my head to the right to see my sister with a concerned face and a fowl look to someone walking by my left. turning my head to the left i see a tall, slim, boy walking by, with the faintest look of a smirk set on his face. 

upset out of embarrassment and annoyance, i mumble, "dickhead" toward the boy. he looks back at me with the same kind of annoyed look.

"c'mon sis, as you said don't let a 'dickhead' get in our way of vacation!" she exclaims, getting me more distracted on hawaii again. every day, we get to experience something new and for the past couple of days, it has been amazing to experience a different culture. from the scuba diving to the hula dancing shows, everything has felt like a dream.

today was a busy, full of sun day. with the jet skiing, to which i found out sasha is not good at, and the surfboarding, something i found out i'm great at. now i have the slightest sunburn right along the bridge of my nose and the tops of my cheeks, and with the slightest freckles covering the same areas, it finally feels like summer. 

☼time skip: end of the day ☼

after a long day of sitting in the sun, with the cool water of the ocean surrounding me, and the plentiful amount of times we went on the waterslide, it's finally time to close the day. sasha and i do the same thing almost every day, it's basically a routine at this point. we head over to the hot tub and slowly walk into the hot water. 

we float in the foamy water for awhile when sasha starts to get up, "i'm going back to the room, but of course you can stay. you have your own key right?", she says when she's stepping onto the top step. 

"yeah, don't worry i have my key. i'll probably be up soon, but i'll stay for a little longer". i watch her as she wraps a towel around her and starts to walk back to the resort. 

as i'm waving my hand through the bubbly water from the jets, i see a figure approach and enter the hot tub. curious, i slowly look up to see the dickhead who made me stumble earlier in the day. i subtly roll my eyes and scoff under my breath. he kind of looks nervous as he submerges himself in the water. i look up at him again, this time making eye contact. is he looking at me? weirdo.

→ruel's pov← 

i see her and her sister sitting in the hot tub, enjoying themselves. i know if i go in to talk to her, her older sister won't be too thrilled. she gave me the dirtiest look this morning, but i couldn't think of a better way to get her attention, to notice me. maybe i shouldn't have had such a smug look on my face, but i was just happy she looked at me. honestly, she's a beauty, and she seemed decently nice as far as i could tell.

oh shit her sister just got up to leave. 

as i watch her sister walk back in through the automatic door, i scope out the situation. i think i'm gonna go talk to her. jeez i hope i don't fuck up.

as i'm approaching the hot tub, and only dipping my feet in the water, she looks up at me. slightly rolling her eyes, and i feel my chest pinch. whyyyyyyy was i such a dick. i keep my gaze towards her, because even though i'm surrounded by the beauty of hawaii, the only thing i can seem to look at is her. i make my way to go deeper into the warm water, loosely focusing on her, when i realized she looked up at me. she has a concerned, confused look on her face, trying to figure out something, and as a dumbass i give her the look right back. trying to figure out why she's looking at me like that. and then it hits me. i'm fucking staring at her.

→sky's pov← 

we both wear looks of confusion and exploration, i'm solely trying to figure out why he's staring at me. who knows what he is thinking honestly. he breaks away from our odd staring contest and he slightly moves in the water, slightly breaking the weird tension. i can't honestly bare these weird half glances we're giving eachother so i muster up nearly all the courage i have.

"s-so where are you from", i slightly stutter out.

he looks up at me, from his gaze at the water, with a new delighted and shocked face. again, confusion has struck me, but i'm trying to not make a face. instead i try to keep that look of curiousness to know where he's from. i've never heard him speak, so i have no inclination of accents or anything.

"uhm australia, but i'm kinda about to move to LA soon" he mumbles out, looking around at the scenery around us. it almost looks like he's trying to look anywhere but at me. but then i take in the accent, and it's lovely. he talks in a way that sounds like a melody, like he sings with every word he says.

"that's really cool, i live in LA so funny that you're moving there" i barely manage to get out. this may be the most awkward conversation i've ever been in. the shifty eyes, the weird body language, i can't tell if he wants to be here or not.

"u-uhm, what's ur name" he struggles. i can tell it took a lot of him to say that, and he's really trying to say the right words.

"skylar, skylar wilkans, but most of my friends just call me sky. what about you? what's your name?" i say decently confident. it is just my name though.

"ruel, ruel van dijk" he says just about as confidently as i did. what an odd yet beautiful name.

"so", he speaks out again, "can i call you sky? i don't know if we're friends yet or not" he becomes all shy again, his gaze falling on the moving water beneath us.

"yeah, you can call me sky" i say with a soft smile, making the tension between us soften a little as well.

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a/n alright guys. first chapter, of my first book, is finally complete. i planned out a couple chapters and this one was supposed to be waaay longer, but i thought i'd end it, because we can't set the expectations too high. anyway, if anyone is reading this, got any feedback? i feel like it might be too short, but at the same time it's too long. idk let me know!

oh shit also, if you couldn't tell i really like the look of ~ ✐✩ ➞ ☺ ~ that so uh if i'm using it too much tell me lmao.