This is my first official Sing fanfic involving Meena where one person has a crush on her, but she has a crush on another guy who thinks is the perfect one, but what happens if the perfect guy she's crushing isn't what he seems and the admirer is right in front of her all along...and it's the next-door neighbor? You'll find the answer here! Enjoy!
Who's the True Admirer?
by: Terrell James
Chapter 1: Life in High School
A sunny morning in Animalia comes in as everyone heads to school and work to jump start their day and we seek Meena standing on the bus stop with her headphones on listening to Justin Wolverlake's song 'Can't Stop the Feeling' and she seems very excited to head to school because there's this guy that she's crushing hard for and she hopes that he'll get to notice her soon. Seconds later, here comes the school bus as she heads inside the bus to take her seat as she makes her way to school and listens on her headphones.
On that same bus, there's a young 16 year old cheetah, wearing a grey and white hoodie wrapped around his waist, with a blue T-shirt and some khaki pants and some black and grey sneakers and a beanie on his head; stands at about 6'2, weighing at 178 pounds; with light blue eyes and a dog tag necklace on his neck, listening to 5 Seconds of Simians on his phone on his earbuds and when he looks up for a second, he sees Meena sitting a few seats behind him and all he could do is just sigh in admiration.
The young cheetah's had a crush on Meena and it seems as though he's got that same feeling before and he's hoping that she'll notice him, but he's too nervous to even say hi to her...making it even harder is that she's his next-door neighbor. He's lived next door to Meena for most of his life and grew up around her, but he's never disclosed the fact that he's had a crush on her before. He even went to his phone to shuffle through some pictures and the one picture he remembered was when they were 10 at a summer camp for music and they're the best of friends.
That's pretty much the description of their relationship; just friends. But this young cheetah feels like he should be more than that one day when he gets a chance to tell her how he really feels about her. Yet at the same time, he doesn't want to do anything to sort of jeopardize their friendship in any way and then things would get super awkward afterwards. Plus, she's an elephant and he's a cheetah, so the size might not fit in their relationship description.
By the time they arrived at school, all the kids got out of the school bus and afterwards, the young cheetah walks out and enters inside the school and the whole campus is like super huge; 35,000 square feet of space, almost ten times bigger than a traditional high school. He was completely aware that Meena's almost well known around the school due to the fact that people have seen and heard her sing at the talent show at the Moon Theater and he always knew that her singing voice was phenomenal; which is the main reason he's crushing so hard for her.
The young cheetah takes a deep breath and heads straight for Meena's locker and he said, "Hey, Meena."
Meena looks up and sees her cheetah friend standing there and he said, "Hey, Morrison. How's it going?"
"Pretty good, pretty good. You?" asked Morrison.
"Same here. By the way, thanks for helping out at the fundraiser for my grandmother. I really appreciate it." Meena said, smiling.
"Oh, it's no problem. I'm just happy to do it. How's she doing, by the way?" asked Morrison.
Meena sighs in response and said, "Still the same as always. My grandfather just couldn't stop talking about how you performed and how I performed. He's probably told the entire neighborhood, I'm sure."
Morrison chuckled at that comment and he remembers just rocking out on stage during the fundraiser and how much fun he had as well as showing extreme passion for music and he was also mesmerized by Meena's singing voice and how blown away he was for even listening to that beautiful voice of hers endlessly. He then cleared his throat and opened his mouth to say something, but he saw Meena looking away as she swoons for someone walking this way.
"Here he comes." Meena said, sighing.
"Who?" asked Morrison, looking up.
Then, Morrison looks and sees this tall muscular water buffalo; 17 years of age, standing at 6'2, weighing at 198 pounds, wearing a large white and green t-shirt with the words 'For all the ladies...' and some dark brown shorts, dark brown eyes; walking down the halls stopping the hearts of all girls standing in the lockers at the hallway, swooning, sighing and giggling amongst themselves as he walks past them.
"Oh...Trevor." Morrison said, unimpressed.
"Yeah, isn't he a dreamy?" asked Meena, sighing.
"He's...something." Morrison answered, not wanting to send negative vibes in front of Meena.
Meena takes a deep breath and has to show herself available to him and said, "Okay, I'm gonna do it. Today will be the day that I say hi to him. Do I look okay?"
Meena was looking at herself in the mirror to see if there's any flaws in her to prevent Trevor from shutting her out completely and when Morrison looks at Meena, he could see that there are no flaws in her whatsoever and just smiled as he looks at her just the way she is and Meena looks at Morrison and asked, "How do I look? Do I look okay?"
Morrison widened his eyes and only replied, "You look definitely beautiful."
"Aw, Morrison...thank you. You're the best friend an elephant could ever have." Meena said, smiling as she made her way towards Trevor.
Morrison blinked his eyes and lets out a dejected sigh and said, "Yeah, what are friends for?"
Meena makes her way towards Trevor and she comes right behind him and said, "Hi, Trevor."
"Hello, Meena." Trevor responded.
That made Meena's day more joyful as he knew her name and asked, "How'd you know my name?"
"I saw you on that talent show on TV a few weeks ago. You've got a gift." Trevor responded.
Meena giggled in response to that and she was caught off guard that he saw her perform in front of the crowd and said, "You saw that?"
"Yeah, especially when you almost brought down the theater. That's just awesome." Trevor said, chuckling.
Meena blushed in response and blinked her eyes and said, "You saw that too?"
"Yeah, I did. But you really got a great voice. I like that about you." Trevor added.
"Wow...thank you." Meena said, still giggling.
Suddenly, the bell rings and Trevor snorts as he turned to her and said, "Well, I gotta get to class. Maybe I'll see you around?"
That made Meena's heart flutter with excitement that he'll see her around and said, "Um...yeah, okay. Sure!"
"Cool. See you, Meena." Trevor replied, then taking off to first period.
Meena sees Trevor walking away and she just felt like she was standing on cloud nine and she puts her back against someone's locker and just swooned in content after that and then, Morrison walks by and asked, "How'd it go?"
"He said 'I'll see you around'...Mo, I think I'm in love." Meena said, sighing happily.
Morrison scratched the back of his neck as he heard what Meena just said and he said, "That's...great, Meena."
"You and Trevor are on the track team, right?" asked Meena.
"Well, yeah...but we're not exactly teammates, per se. We just see each other at practice and at Friday night tournaments, even though I don't really care for track." Morrison answered.
"You're like the fastest guy I know, but I also know that you love music. Maybe you should go forward with it." Meena added.
Morrison sighed at that concept and said, "I would if I could, but I'm voted 'Most Fastest Track Runner' like 5 times in a row...and that's just sophomore year. At some point, I'll consider early retirement, but...that's gonna put on hold for now."
"You should think about it." Meena replied, getting herself up to head to class.
Morrison did the same as well and the only thing he's thinking about is how he's gonna express his crush on Meena now and he just took a deep breath and walked through the halls and into his first class, which is the same one that Meena's in. He sits a few rows near her and he just kept staring at her in admiration and hopes that she'll be his first real girlfriend one day.
Not bad for a first chapter! Stick around for more!