"Hey.. do you, maybe, want to be friends or something?" She asked, "I mean like if you don't I don't care-" She said quickly after, trying to play it off cool.
"I'd love to be your friend!" He said quickly, perking up at the offer.
A Holmesbury AU
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"Oh, haha, okay!" She laughed nervously, "Cool.. well, that's the recess whistle, see you soon.. friend."
She said, getting up and dusting off the dirt from her dress.
"Okay! See you later!" He answered excitedly, waving a lot as she ran back down to her line to get back to the school.
He held the book at his side and smiled to himself.
He finally had a friend.
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Enola and Tewksbury have been friends since they were children. When they start to realize how they feel for each other what happens when life throws the obstacles at them and they have to overcome them to say the those three oh so important words...
"You're different from what I expected," she said softly.
"How so?" he asked, glancing at her.
"I don't know," she replied, searching for the right words. "You just... have this way of making people feel like they matter. Even here, in this... nightmare."
He was quiet for a moment before responding. "You matter, Y/n. Don't forget that."
OR
Y/n wakes up in the deadly Squid Game, surrounded by strangers and fighting to survive. What she doesn't know is that the mysterious Frontman is watching her every move through the cameras- and she's caught his attention.