Pretty (Akaashi x Reader)

chapter nine

wrong move

an internal panic ensued. akaashi stared at the notification on his phone screen, his bedroom was dark so the light from his phone screen illuminated the shock on his face. suffice to say he would never ever in his life trust bokuto to plan anything to do with a girl again. where had this bright idea even come from? he messaged bokuto for help because he couldn't even muster the courage for a one word message; now his friend had slapped him straight in a group chat with the girl he had a crush on. so he would be forced to reply unless he wished to disappear completely from that app so his status never said active. he contemplated doing that for a brief moment, deleting the app and maybe just flushing his phone down the toilet altogether, but it seemed dramatic even in this moment of terror. he could just leave the group chat, but he was afraid that would give (y/n) the wrong idea, he didn't want to appear like he was avoiding her.

he watched the notification of bokuto typing in their private chat pop up, then a message came through. akaashi pressed the notification, with the intention of scolding his friend, but as he pressed on his screen, a new notification popped up. bokuto had renamed the new group chat, and, of course, akaashi had been too slow to take back his decisive tap on his screen, so his phone quickly loaded and displayed the group chat. the text appeared on his phone 'bokuto-san has changed the group chat name to 'breaking the ice''. akaashi rolled his eyes so hard it almost hurt his head. looking back down at his screen, he saw three dots slowly vibrate at the bottom of screen and a message quickly followed.

(y/n)~
🙄 is that a poor attempt at a pun bokuto-san? lol

akaashi smiled involuntarily at his phone,

bokuto-san
poor attempt?!! that's was an amazing pun!

this message quickly reminded him of the situation at hand, as much as he enjoyed smiling at (y/n)'s message, he absolutely had to kill bokuto. he swiped onto their own chat and read the message from his long time friend.

bokuto-san:
you're welcome!
wasnt my plan amazingggg?!

AKAASHI 🏐
what exactly is your plan

bokuto-san
the group chat

AKAASHI 🏐
that's not a plan

bokuto-san
yes it iss !!!
go back on the group chat 😡
stop talking to me!!!

AKAASHI 🏐
...
okay

he brought up the group chat on his phone again; he watched as bokuto and (y/n) went back and forth. they seemed to be such good friends, akaashi felt wrong to impose on their conversation so he sat back and read the messages for a short while before swiping off the chat. he didn't want to seem rude by not responding but he honestly could not think of a single word to say to her. it was just like the other day at the rink, admittedly he was not a talkative person but (y/n) seemed to steal the very thoughts from his brain. he wanted to talk to her, so so badly, but every-time a topic of conversation presented itself, he talked himself out of it.  every once in a while, he went back onto the chat and skimmed the texts, bokuto and her went back and forth for a while talking about aimless things for hours. but akaashi said nothing.

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(y/n) laid on her back in her bed, holding her phone above her face. she tapped away animatedly on the screen, laughing aloud every so often as bokuto joked with her. despite doing her best to focus on the conversation she was having, (y/n) couldn't help but wonder why akaashi kept popping in and out of the group chat, not saying anything. she wondered if he disliked her. she racked her brain of all of her actions over the past few days, searching for something that she did to upset the subdued boy.  but she couldn't think of anything, she had been nothing but kind to him.  paranoid, she began to wonder if bokuto had told him what she said about him. surely not? bokuto would never do something like that. so it must be something else. but she elected not to spend the rest of her night trying to figure that out. instead, the skater decided to enjoy her conversation with her new friend and forget about the broody, black-haired boy, maybe he would just take a while to come out of his shell.

a/n hey y'all