I grab my tray and nervously look around, fearing that Atticus would back out on his words and leave me. What if he thought that I was some stupid guy who doesn't deserve his attention? My fears are put to rest, though, at the sight of Atticus' warm smile as he waves to me from across the cafeteria. I motion for him to join me at the corner of the room, where all the friendless kids usually sit. Atticus doesn't seem to mind at all, and doesn't hesitate to sit beside me. He's just inches from me. I could easily reach out my hand to take his. I think he's about to when he reaches for me, but no, Atticus was just getting his sack lunch from his bag. I see a cute heart drawn on the bag. It reminds me of the heart I'd carved on the trophy case so long ago.
Atticus blushes, "My moms always drawing stuff on my lunch bags, sorry."
"I don't mind… It's cute, like you." I blurt out before I realized what I had said. Atticus' eyes widened and I quickly averted mine to my pickle and tunafish sandwich.
"Wha-," Atticus starts.
"I mean, like you, like umm your bag?" I try to explain.
Atticus looks amused, "My bag is cute like my bag?"
"Yeaa-ah?" I stutter. Fudgecakes, golly gosh I don't know how to fix this.
"Or do you mean that my bag is cute-like me?"
"…"
"…"
"I-um, how to put this, well I, I may have heard, people have, some other people say that you're cute-not me. Well, I'm not saying that you're not cute, you're extra super cute, but I definitely never said anything like that to anyone. I mean, I have like zero friends, so I listen to a lot of other people. And those people said that you are cute, so I assumed that you'd get that."
"Oh…thanks?" if I didn't know any better, Atticus looks almost heartbroken.
Instinctively, I pull in closer to him, looking deep into his beautiful, crystal clear eyes. Yes, this is the boy that I love so dearly, I move in for the kiss.
The bell rings.
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Guesty Macho-keep in mind that this is a slow burn relationship, but that's not to say that there won't be any smut in the future ;).
Sorry for the wait! Gotta keep up the suspense to make you want any more.
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