Childhood 'Friends' ~ GogglesxRider Fanfic

Goggles and Rider had been 'friends' since first grade... Or that's what he would have liked to think. Goggles had always acted nice to Rider, the only one in the school he wasn't able to make smile, but he was determined to do so. When he saw Rider years later, ranked S+ and highly regarded, he didn't remember him, from school all those years ago, but from consistent nightmares he had been having for over a month now. He had seen Rider dead, how can he act 'normal' around him? Can he confide into Rider about his dreams? What if he thought he was a freak who wanted him dead?! That couldn't be farther from the truth that Goggles has hidden in the depths of his mind.

Rider remembered that blue squid from grade school. Goggles. The one who never stopped smiling, the one who never left him alone. The one who was always bothering him with small things. The one who, for some reason, had a habit of showing up to class wearing nothing even though he is constantly reminded. Of course Rider remembers him. Seeing him years later with a pathetic, stupid team is just as he expected of the blue idiot. But then why, for some reason, was he able to beat Rider at turf war? Was it because Goggles was better friends with his team? Did he need to know his team better to co-operate with them? Goggles is the only one who can make Rider smile out of genuine joy. Of course, Rider couldn't let anyone know that. It would destroy his reputation if anyone knew he liked the adorable blue idiot.

Cover Art is not mine.