Wardington Fine Arts College
Entry #9:
Dan Kuso was having a pretty good day thank you very much even though he had called in sick for his classes. Apparently somewhere around last week he had caught a cold for not properly covering himself up whenever he went out in the snow at night. Not that it helped that he would escort Runo back to her dorm whenever they went out and he usually ended up longer time in the cold winds.
It was already the middle of January and he firmly believed that the new-year had also something to do with his sickness. But well, even though he felt the worse at the moment, having a breather from the new semester was really a blessing. He had improved his works at the Human Form class and he had passed the class with impressive marks.
It was all thanks to the beautiful blunette who had helped him all around the semester. As Dan was lying down on his bed, looking up at the ceiling of his room, his lips curled up in a soft smile. Even though he didn't need her as a model anymore, he kept attending her ballet rehearsals and watched her dance and twirl all around.
The next big show of 'The Nutcracker' by the university was just two months away and Runo's schedule was full with ballet practices. He did mind a bit, since he couldn't see her in other place that wasn't the Wardington University Theatre. Besides that, he really enjoyed watching her dance. He felt transported to another world whenever the girl would do ballet. That and whenever she smiled.
He had tried to deny that he had some sort of liking towards her. But after the party back at Marucho's house and finding out that Runo was also a friend of his, Shun had pointed it out to him. After that he would blush whenever he saw her doing something cute or beautiful. And in his eyes it was all the freaking time.
Dan groaned as he covered his face, another blush coming his way at the message he had received from her when he told her he was calling in sick. Never in his life he would've thought that he would feel this mushy and lovey-dovey. It was Shun's fault. Damn him and his perceptive eyes. It wasn't like he was any better. He was head over heels for Runo's friend Alice, but he didn't have enough courage to do something about it.
You got sick?! I'll try to leave the ballet practice earlier and visit you. I don't make any promises though! Haha hope you get well soon!
- Runo M.
He read it over and over again, not getting fed up by seeing the same words over and over again. A small smile was over his lips as he thought of a response for her at the moment. Dan tossed from one side to the other in his bed, trying to block out the music from his mother's yoga exercises and focused on his cellphone. God he wanted to see her.
You better not ditch me kid. I'll be waiting for your visit haha but don't worry about me though, cover up from the cold so you don't end up like this. Good luck at the rehearsals!
-Dan K.
He hit send right away and blocked his cellphone, cheeks burning as he remembered the sentences he had just written. Just when did he exactly start feeling like this around her? He wasn't even sure anymore. If someone asked him, he wouldn't hesitate to admit that it was the moment he had first seen her. But when he really fell for her was when he watched her dance.
Dan remembered it clear as day when he first visited the Wardington University Theatre to watch one of her rehearsals for 'The Nutcracker'. At first he had convinced himself that it was like any other drawing session they had had together, the only difference was that there were a lot of other people and she would be dancing. He was a fool to even think that.
His eyes never left her dancing form for a second. He would shift for a moment to keep on drawing but his eyes were always focused on her. Never in his life had he felt so entranced by someone. He figured he was getting dumber and dumber from just thinking about it. But aside from that Dan felt a peace and wonderful feeling overcoming him whenever he thought about her.
Burying his face on his pillow from the embarrassment, he turned on the phone once again and went to check out his Facebook, finding nothing better to do. Without thinking much about it he started scrolling through his Home and watching every few videos about grumpy cats or what not, along with liking a few posts that peaked his interest.
It was when he was watching a video of the cover of "Closer" by the Chainsmokers that he almost fell out of his bed. Right beneath the tab of the video, there was a picture posted by no other than the girl on his mind, Runo Misaki. His cheeks flushed bright red as he saw the picture over and over, finding no words in his mind to describe how cute the blunette looked in that picture.
Runo was wearing a fluffy ochre yellow sweater over a pair of brown leggings along with brown combat boots. Over her neck she had a blue scarf with the print of red and green leaves, along with her hair up in a messy ponytail. Snow was all around her and her flushed face confirmed it, but over her lips she had the cutest smile in the world.
Dan felt really tempted to jump out of bed at that exact moment to go and see her in that outfit, but a coughing fit made way to his throat. He was sure he would die of either his sickness or from looking at her picture way too much. Instantly he clicked on the 'Like' button and closed the app instantly. Replaying the photo over and over again in his mind, he was really debating on how to properly vent out his feelings for the girl.
An idea came to mind and he didn't even hesitate as he sat up from his bed and debated the idea on his phone. Calling Shun would mean that he would have to admit to him that he in fact liked Runo (which he was pretty sure, just to stubborn to say it to his best friend), but he had no choice but to do it.
With a heavy sigh Dan picked up his cellphone once again and unlocked it, quickly opening up his contact list. Without paying much attention he quickly typed in Shun's last name, Kazami, but not noticing that the only two letters the phone managed to type where "Mi". The brunette brushed a hand through his hair and called the first number on the screen as he waited for the line to pick up.
His insides were churning still debating on how to explain this to his best friend without embarrassing himself, but that would be pretty impossible for him. The phone kept him on hold for a couple of more minutes but his heart was beating wildly over his chest. He felt like it would burst out of his body at any minute. Breathing in and out once again he knew he had to get his thoughts together and go straight to the point, no use in evading the topic with someone like Shun. The phone finally picked and before the person at the other end of the line spoke Dan decided to go out with it.
"Hey Shun it's me," The brunette laughed nervously, before coughing, his sickness getting the best of him "Yeah as you can predict I'm sick, but before you say something I need to vent out with you so bear with me all right?" Before his friend could even respond Dan inhaled and began his rambling "Okay you were right okay? It's your fault I've been thinking about her all this goddamn time and not getting a wink of sleep from thinking about her smile and eyes. God damn it Shun I like her and it's your fault my head's a damn mess, god!"
Dan was sure that Shun wanted to say something back, but for a strange reason his best friend kept quiet after he started rambling. He shrugged it off, not bothering to even check if the raven haired boy was all right or not. The brunette sniffed over a tissue as he continued his talk about how it was all of this was his fault that he's now a flustered and blushing mess whenever he sees his crush.
"And god Shun you can't even comprehend how in love I am with her" There he said it. He did not only like Runo, oh no that had happened way back, he was way ahead of himself for this "But I can't tell her this. And no don't start with your bullshit about that I should do something, because you're not the one to talk either mister. You still have things to resolve with Alice. But really man, if I say something I'm going to screw up the friendship we have together and I would rather not tell her anything about my feelings for her than have her not talking to me at all!"
His best friend was dead silent. Dan couldn't even hear his breathing. The brunette frowned at the attitude Shun was having but he deduced he was letting him vent everything about this love struck situation. He couldn't even remember half of what he had just told his best friend but he couldn't leave out the main reason he was calling him.
"Shun how do I explain it to you that I was a blushing mess after seeing a photo of her? I mean who does that? Where's the logic in all of that?! It doesn't make any sense to me!" He was getting desperate now and he was pretty sure his mom could even hear his nonsense "She looked so cute man in way you can't even comprehend. It's just ugh! She looked so cute in her sweater and god I sound like a teenage girl!" Once again he was met with silence.
"Hey man are you really listening to me or what?!" He demanded in a frustrating tone "I've been pouring my heart out to you and I'm only met with silence! What the hell?!" Another silence. Dan just had had it. He was just about to scream back to his best friend once more until a small sigh caught his ear.
"Hey Dan…" Motherfucking fuck "…It looks like you called me instead of Shun…" He could recognize the voice of Runo any-fucking-where and through the phone was no exception. Dan brought a hand to his mouth immediately regretting everything he had just told her. He had never mentioned her name (it was either a blessing or a curse) but he just wanted the earth to eat him alive. How did you fuck up this badly?
"Dan? Dan are you there?" Concern was laced with her voice and Dan had to blink a few times to even process what had happened minutes before this. Fuck it he was screwed in so many ways he didn't even know how to avoid the topic. He looked down at the screen of his phone and indeed the name of Runo was up there. A coughing fit made way through his mouth and he thought that some sort of signal from up above to just die on the spot "Dan? Are you feeling all right?"
"Hey Runo…" He responded quite awkwardly, how was he supposed to act now anyways? "Sorry about that just now, it seems like my phone only typed Shun's last two letters of his last name and I ended up calling you…" Someone just kill him, this was way too embarrassing and awkward to even think about it. Dan was sure that Shun would even laugh at his stupidity "Anyways sorry you heard all of that, pay it no mind…"
He sighed once again and was very tempted to end the call with Runo, but what kind of person would do such a thing. The brunette passed a hand through his hair, trying to calm down at least. What was done was done and it wasn't in any way Runo's fault. It was his inability to type the last name of his best friend correctly along with the technical difficulties of his stupid phone.
"Hey no worries okay?" Runo giggled a bit, making his stomach fill with butterflies "But hey do you mind me asking who's the girl?" There was another tone in her voice. Something else besides curiosity, but Dan wouldn't dare to even think that was true "I bet she would be very happy with someone like you…" There it was again. That hopeful tone of voice that made Dan question every thought on his mind.
"I can't tell you" He couldn't get ahead of himself, not yet. First he needed to get his thoughts right on track before confessing his feelings to her, and for the moment he wasn't ready. Not only that but a confession through cell phone was the last thing Runo deserved.
"Oh…I see" Was it him or did she actually sound rejected? No, it must've been his mind playing tricks on him. Runo couldn't feel the same way about him. There was no way she would've liked an idiot like him.
"Look Runo-" Dan sighed, scrambling his hair even more "-I'll eventually tell you, I can promise that" He shut his eyes taking in a deep breath "But I'm not ready. I'll tell you who she is but I can't do it just yet"
"Right, I understand" She sighed over the phone, sounding quite saddened after the conversation. The brunette frowned a bit, quite tempted to ask what was wrong but shut his mouth.
"I'm sorry about all of this mess" He apologized once more "I'll let you go back to your activities. Talk to you later" He was about to hang up when he heard a yelp from the blunette from the other side of the phone.
"C-Can I come over to your house later on?" She asked sounding quite agitated after that "I mean-n, you still sound like you're sick and all. I can give you a special soup my mom used to give me when I got sick. But I don't know how are you feeling with me there?"
"YES!" Dan shouted a bit to excitedly. He started coughing all over again, his happiness getting the best of him and making him choke to death. Runo asked over the phone if he was okay and damn he was more than okay, he was on cloud nine for fuck's sake. After chatting some more with the blunette he gave her his address and in case of not finding his house he would pick her up at the Wardington University Theatre.
Around an hour passed by and Runo was standing at his door, with the same outfit she had been wearing in the photo, a big bowl of what seemed to be chicken noddle soup and a bright smile over her lips. Dan couldn't stop smiling at the sight.
Prompt #9: - You posted a cute photo online and I was going to call my friend to yell about it but hey I pressed the wrong speed dial and I yelled at you instead
HEY GUYS! Sorry for my small delay but here I am once again with another one shot, godbless! hahahaha you have no idea how flustered and embarrassed I was for poor Dan, like I try to imagine myself in his shoes and believe when I say that I would've died with all of the sense of the word if that had happened to me (Sorry Dan, it was plot wise) But yeah when I found the prompt I could totally picture this kind of scenario happening with him (nothing against you man, it's just how it goes) So how did you like it anyways?
The next chapter now involves Marucho once more! So long since we heard from the little guy haha the prompt is a sweet one, but until then you guys will have to wait. Anyways as for the other updates, the only chapter I still have to write is the new one for 'Mutant Battle Bralwers' and I hope I'll be able to type it fast enough hahaha my schedule from school now is changed from morning to afternoon, so I'll be even more slower with the updates since I'm soon approaching the end of my academic year (god I don't want to leave yet) but well, what can you do hahaha anyways hope you liked the new prompt and leave a review or PM with a request or any kind of comment! Have a nice week!
PS. All of the prompts I found were on Tumblr and I don't own any of them, neither any of the characters in the story! Also if you want to send me a prompt, feel free to do so!
EXTRA.
. Hey! Thank you very much! haha I'm potentially sure that Mira was left a flustered mess as well (though the girl hasn't even realized her feelings for the boy, poor Ace) but yeah red as a tomato! hahaha hope you liked this chapter and god all of those treats will make me go ballistic hahaha
violet2971. Hope you really enjoyed this chapter! Dan and Runo are basically my favorite couple and yeah it had been quite a while since we heard from them haha I'll try to make more one shots for them. Oh the next one shot for Ren and Fabia is around Entry #13 so, you'll have to wait a bit (sorry!) Don't worry in the next one shot about these two, the matter will be discussed haha
SmileyFlower. Heeeeeeey! Thank you very much! haha I appreciate the kind words, I really do enjoy your stories very much as well! haha hope you enjoyed this chapter!
VeraRaimond1. Oh hello! Don't worry about it, everyone gets used to this site in no time really hahaha thank you very much haha and greetings from Spain!
