This one seriously gave me diabetes hahahaha It's just so sweet and the teenage kind of awkward… Well, I'll let you guys enjoy and tell me what you think :D

Info:

Fandom: Riverdale
Pairing: Sweet Pea/OC
Rating: T
Word count: 1586
Chapter count: 14/15

Two-seater and Chinese

Toni, in all honesty, couldn't watch anymore. If the sheer ridiculousness of the situation kept progressing the way it had the whole night, she was going to smack one of them. Or both. Probably both. They were just… ridiculous! Fangs tossed her a look which made Toni abandon her desire to smack either of the two troublesome people in question, and she brought the snacks and drinks onto the coffee table instead. Then, she plopped down on the loveseat next to Fangs, the only safe option, as the small couch on the other side of the living area of her trailer seemed to be some kind of a bad porn intro… or something.

"Shall we revise from the top or try to solve these and compare notes later?" Fangs asked, trying to diffuse the tension. Sweet Pea and Ruby were sitting on the couch opposite of him and Toni, with a wide space between them. Well, as wide of a space as the small two-seater allowed. They seemed to be looking at anything other than each other. Toni, on the other hand, was ready to smack them, the Serpent knew. She had that look in her eye which was usually followed by a nasty remark or a light slap to the arm.

"Revise," Ruby piped up for the first time since she'd sat down, unusually quiet for herself. She hurriedly opened her chemistry notebook and started skimming through the pages. Fangs looked at Toni, who had a frown on her face. The girl's eyes met with Sweet Pea's and she motioned with her head towards Ruby in a sharp nod. The tall biker widened his eyes but otherwise didn't move from his usual arms crossed position, which got the purple haired Serpent to soundlessly growl at him. Fangs, even the peacemaker, took his notebook and gave it to Toni, hoping to distract her.

The two friends had organized this small study session for Sweet Pea's sake. The boy had it bad. Really bad. First, it had been the longing looks in the hallways. Then, it had developed into Sweet Pea's beautiful form of flirting, which was quite painful to watch – ignoring or bullying. He put his all into being as mean as he could to Ruby, who didn't seem to realize what she'd done wrong, or right, on this occasion. But, Toni and Fangs knew. Sweet Pea had a bad habit of being confused by his feelings, not knowing how to act on them, and ending up being frustrated at the source of those unknown emotions. In this case, it was someone just as hotheaded. It was bound to get ugly. Soon. So, they'd tried to intervene. By the looks of the tension on the other seat, it was backfiring. Badly. Sweet Pea and Ruby seemed to want to be anywhere else but there.

Fangs glanced at Toni, whose eyes were going up from his notebook and towards the troublesome duo every few seconds. She was biting her lip, too. The boy took out his phone and texted her via WhatsApp. Toni instantly looked at the notification and gave him a tiny nod.

"I'm getting a bit hungry," Fangs began, stretching out on the loveseat. "You guys won't mind if I steal our host for a food run?" Sweet Pea looked like he was panicking. To anyone else besides his two friends, it was his usual face of anger. However, they'd known the tall biker for a long time. That was most definitely his 'I crossed my arms and I'm panicking now save me please' look. Neither would save him.

"Not at all," Ruby smiled, not looking up from her notebook. "Are you going to Pop's? Or the pizza place?"

"I'm in the mood for Chinese." Fangs supplied. It was the farthest food spot from the trailer park and Sweet Pea knew it, by the minuscule change in his expression. There was some anger there.

"Oh, that's perfect!" Ruby looked up then and started digging through her pockets. "Here, can you get me whatever you're having?" She extended some cash to the boy.

"Sure, Sweet Pea?" the tall biker nodded in silence. Fangs almost lost it. It was that kind of a panic when his voice would crack or rise if he spoke, so he was keeping his mouth tightly shut. "Alright, man. Toni?"

"Coming. Let me grab my jacket." And, after a few moments of shuffling, the two Serpents left the trailer which was still filled with tension. Ruby kept reading, her posture relaxed and legs tucked underneath her small body. Sweet Pea, on the other hand, kept sneaking looks at the girl, before reluctantly picking up his book to try and study. The attempt failed. Instead, he inched a bit closer to the girl next to him.

"Hey, are your notes any good?" He finally broke first and asked. Ruby looked up at him coolly, her pale eyes like a frozen blizzard.

"Yes." She replied in an even, defensive, tone.

"Can I take a look?" she was making him work for it, and Sweet Pea hated that. The girl huffed but didn't reply or offer her notebook. Sweet Pea's eyes narrowed and his temper spiked. "What the fuck's your problem?"

"My problem?" Ruby dropped her notes into her lap. "My problem?" she was glaring at him then. "What the fuck's your problem? You ignored me. I got the memo there, you don't want to associate with Northsiders," she didn't let him speak but cut him off in the same angry tone. "But, being such a douchebag to me is just plain over the top. I never did anything to deserve that." When she was done, the petite girl took up her notebook again, turning the page and getting started on her problems. Sweet Pea watched in silence, his brain in overdrive.

He knew that he hadn't been fair to Ruby. But, it wasn't fair to him, either. Whenever he saw her, his brain stopped working properly. All the thoughts of normal conversation were jumbled with the ways he could ask her out or flirt with her. Sweet Pea wasn't good at either. There was a reason why he was single all the time, unlike his friends. He didn't have Toni's confidence to take the first step. He didn't have Fangs' humor and wit when it came to asking someone out. He just didn't know what to do with himself, which ended up in him being extra mean and losing his temper almost all of the time. Losing his temper, not because of the person he was interested in, but because he was frustrated with himself.

"Can I copy your notes?" Sweet Pea asked again, in a different tone, his arms dropping from their usual crossed position. Ruby looked up from her notebook, ready to tear him a new one, but stopped when she saw his expression. He seemed… awkward and ashamed. With a sigh, the girl pushed her hair back behind her ears.

"Sure," she told him and instantly Sweet Pea moved a bit closer on the couch, sitting at an arm's length from her. The notebook slid in between them and the tall biker took his own out, beginning to jot down the parts he'd missed during the lecture. "You'll need this part, the one outlined in yellow." When he looked up from the notes, Sweet Pea saw that Ruby had moved closer, as well, her thigh almost touching her notebook. His breath caught in his throat, the deep and rich perfume she always wore invading his senses. He nodded dumbly and focused on properly copying the words, letters still coming out a little crooked.

"We're back!" Fangs threw the door to the trailer open with his foot, making Sweet Pea jump and scoot back towards the edge of the couch. Ruby's eyes followed the motion with a small smile on her lips. She was slowly figuring the angry biker out. "Hope that you guys have worked up an appetite." Chinese food was distributed among the teens, Toni and Fangs dropping together on the loveseat rather snugly. The conversation was pleasant, mostly among the two Serpents and Ruby, Sweet Pea making himself busy with eating. The topics varied, from school stuff, the squabbles with the Ghoulies and Ruby's life back in Maryland and how it differed from her time in Riverdale. Finally, when they were all done, Fangs and Toni cleaned up, declining Ruby's offer to help, and they moved towards the kitchenette. The two kept exchanging their spots as they prepared some easy dessert and drinks, looking out into the living area through the space over the bar.

Sweet Pea and Ruby had settled back into chemistry, sitting much closer than before, talking in hushed whispers. Fangs offered Toni a huge smile and waggled his eyebrows when he saw the two hold Ruby's notebook in between them, the girl pressing into the tall biker's side as they worked on a problem together. It seemed like they'd worked out their issues. Then, the boy turned to Toni and spoke in a hushed whisper.

"Alright, we got them to sit in the same room without killing each other," he nodded. "Now, how do we get them to admit their feelings without anyone losing their head?" Toni frowned, craning her neck to see the situation in her living room.

"And, how do we get them unglued from each other's side?" she giggled, seeing the way Sweet Pea's arm had snuck around Ruby's small form.

And with this, I leave you in sugary bliss :D Awkward Sweet Pea… I live for awkward Sweet Pea… His characterization here is based on a friend of mine who is kinda like that xD It became a headcanon instantly hahahaha

Valerie: Thanks for the feedback! I'm super glad that you enjoyed the drabbles :D A sweeter side of Sweet Pea is what I live for hahahaha Ruby is a personal project of mine, what can I say? I'm glad that you like her :D Sirius says hi right back :D Cheers!

Hope you enjoyed!