Aziawa was in a light sleep when he heard the his phone ring, he really didn't want to answer it but what if it was an emergency? He groaned running his hands over his sheets until he felt the cold surface of his device, with out seeing who was calling he answered with a sleepy,
"Hello?"
"hello Eraser! How are you this fine morning?" Came the very loud voice of Joke, Aziawa sighed what did she want?
"Why did you call me at.." he looked at the clock on his bedside table " Six in the morning?" He hoped that whatever she wanted she would get it over with quickly, because as usual, he didn't get very much sleep.
"I'm not allowed to check on my future husband?" She pouted
"If I were your husband and you woke me up this early just to check on me, I'd get a divorce" joke laughed loudly, causing him to move the phone a few inches away from his face,
Once she had caught her breath she immediately responded with,
"Are you implying that you want to get married?" She said still giggling slightly
"Joke, what do you want?" Aizawa said refusing to encourage her further, knowing he would just get angry if he did.
"I was wondering if you had any free time tomorrow to go on patrol with me! The person I had planned to go with, originally, got the flu,"
He hummed his acknowledgment to her statement, thinking for a moment, his schedule was free due to it being Winter break, and he hadn't patrolled with her for a while, it would be nice to catch up.
"Ok, when and where do we meet?" He answered after a moment.
"Preferably by the hospital at 6:30" she answered quickly.
"alright, I'll be there."
"It's a date!" Joke said happily,
"no joke it is not a-'' aziawa was cut of by the sound of the phone hanging up, he sighed deeply, he knew the things she said about dates and getting married were just a joke but it still frustrated him sometimes. Like what was so funny about dating him? What if he liked her? It would be cruel to joke about it around him constantly.
You do like her
The thought ran through his head so fast he almost choked on air, no, absolutely not, they are friends nothing more nothing less
You want it to be more
His breath hitched, what were these thoughts? He shook his head vigorously hoping to shake the thoughts away, his phone buzzed he looked down and read the message from Joke 'can't wait for our date! Haha that rhymes!" He shook his head and ignored the message forcing himself out of bed, it was Sunday so there was no school but he had nothing to do other than grade papers, Eri was with Mirio for the next week, so he didn't have to worry about entertaining her.
He went to his kitchen to make coffee, so while it was brewing he only had his thoughts to keep him company.
Why was he the second person joke wanted on the patrol, or why was he the first person for joke to think of to fill the space? Why did he care? Its not like he liked her, or wanted to be near her, to hear her laugh even if the joke was stupid,
To kiss her
What?! He did not just think that, he Did. Not. Like. Her. The smell of coffee was strong in his home, as it usually was. He finished making his coffee and sat down at his desk starring at the pile of ungraded papers, with a weary sigh he grabbed his pen and started.
If asked, he would never admit to thinking about joke almost the entire time he was grading those papers.
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"ok get better soon Fat!" Emi said through the phone
"Bye Emi!" Fat gum tried to copy her happy voice only to go into a coughing fit be for hanging up.
"Well who am I going to patrol with now?" Emi said to herself looking around her house. Her cat jumped up onto her lap with a quiet 'meow'
"Hello kitty!" Joke said in the sweetest voice she could muster, "who do you think I should ask to go with me?"
Purring was her only response,
"Mhm.. your right I haven't gone with Eraser for a while" joke said, already reaching for her phone.
The call went better than expected, for one he actually answered, and two he agreed to come along! She went to text messages and clicked on his contact to send one last teasing text.
'can't wait for our date! Haha that rhymes!'
She knew he didn't like her and knew it wasn't a date but teasing him was always so fun, well, it was the reactions from the teasing that were so fun.
She looked down at her cat showering it in kisses.
"You hungry?" She asked
'Meowww?' Was the cats response
"Agreed"
