stay with me • albedo

6

"I don't know. But I have a bad feeling about this." You hold your phone in your palms, biting your lip anxiously. Albedo purses his lips as if thinking of what to say, but he ignores you anyways.

Once your lecture was done, you immediately pulled Albedo out of the lecture theatre and out of the main gate. You were anxious, scared of disappointment -- What if the guy you loved for so long loves someone else instead? You knew this day would come, since the moment you started to like him, but you were never ready for it.

Pushing open the door of the cafe, you see the pair sitting at the corner, right next to the window. You close your eyes, taking a deep breath before walking towards the table.

"[Y/N]! Albedo! You're here!" Sucrose chimes -- you can see that she's obviously excited. Her eyes are beaming and her lips is pulled into a wide smile -- For a moment, you feel your heart burn alittle.

"So! I asked you guys to meet me and Kaeya here because we have something to tell you!" Sucrose pauses to look at Kaeya with a knowing smile, before looking at you two to create suspense. You could already feel it coming, but you try to ignore it as much as you could.

"Me and Kaeya.. have started dating! He's my boyfriend! And I'm his girlfriend." Sucrose announces, turning her chair so she could hug Kaeya. Kaeya, on the otherhand, smiles at her so lovingly that it pierces through your heart.

Biting your lip, you glance at Albedo -- who's totally not breaking down on the inside right now. His eyes are wavering and you see him tear up slightly. He stands up abruptly, earning the attention of the loving pair.

"I..!" Albedo begins, but stops. He's trying to restrain himself from saying what he's about to say next. Instead, he looks at you. And something in him clicks.

"I... [Y/N] and I are dating too. Sorry for not telling you earlier." Albedo grabs your wrist alittle too aggressively, pulling you to stand up. You're absolutely confused, but you play along with it. When he turns to look at you, you mouth out a 'Why are you dragging me into this?!'

Albedo purses his lips, ignoring you. Sucrose looks at the both of you suspiciously, crossing her arms and leaning against the chair. "I don't believe it." Sucrose says honestly, and you could see him tense up alittle. "Unless. You kiss each other."

The blonde immediately goes still, his head turning slowly to look at you in fear. He doesn't hesitate to even cup your face, leaning in unwillingly.

You stop him before his lips reach yours by putting your hand on his mouth.

"Sucrose, me and Albedo have been taking it slow. Please don't ask him to do stuff like this when you know he isn't like this." You say taking one of Albedo's hands from your face into yours. "I mean no harm when I say that, of course. I know you didn't force him to. But he definitely felt pressured. Please never doubt our relationship. We are very much in love even if it doesn't seem like it." You finish, dragging Albedo out of the restaurant with you.

After walking quite a distance, you stop infront of the dorms and turn to look at Albedo with a stern look. "Now why would you drag me into this?! Now we have to play lovey dovey infront of Sucrose. I even had to talk down to her just to stop you from kissing me with those disgusting lips of yours." You pipe out frustratedly, while Albedo hangs his head low.

You could tell that he was definitely regretting his actions from earlier and it's extremely obvious. Sighing, you slump against the gate of the dorms, burying your hands into your face. "I don't know what you're thinking, but you never consider how I feel at all. You always make decisions without even thinking. You're so insensitive." Your voice is slightly shaky as you push this sentence out of your throat.

In all honesty, you do not want to deal with this right now.

First, your 3+ year crush just got stolen away by your roommate (You don't bother to rephrase that at all despite how mean it sounds), Albedo lied and now you're in a supposed relationship with the person you clearly despise.

Rubbing your temples, you lift up your head to meet with Albedo, who was kneeling right infront of you. He holds an odd expression, eyes clearly showing that he's sorry. You freeze for a moment, before looking away quickly. "I know that was a really douchey move of me. I'm sorry." He pushes up his glasses before crossing his legs and sitting on the ground infront of you.

"I know I shouldn't have dragged you into this, but I did it on impulse-"

"That isn't an excuse."

"I know."

You lean your head against the brick gate, letting out a huge sigh again. "I..I'll play along with it. Not because I want to, but because I want to see Kaeya more often. I know I should back off since he has a girlfriend now, but its not easy getting over a 3 year crush. I won't get close to him.. I'll just watch from a distance. Like I always have." You smile, but the smile doesn't exactly reach your eyes.

Albedo frowns at that, however, he still nods his head. "In return, please help me do the same. I know I'm asking too much from you, but we could be each other's emotional support." He fiddles with the edge of his sweater, head dropping down low when he realises that you're clearly upset.

You don't reply to him.

He doesn't do anything either.

Standing up, Albedo gives you his hand, gesturing for you to stand up. And you do. You stand up, eyes slightly tearing up from whatever happened earlier. You got your heart broken and now you're in a fake relationship. Great.

You hold back your tears as much as you can. Albedo notices and takes your hand in his, leading you up to his dorm room.

You find yourself sitting on the warm floor of his bedroom -- all of this feels alittle too familiar -- the times you spent here innocently doing the project while Kaeya and Sucrose were flirting their asses off in the other room; you can't help but feel hurt because you had a chance. But you didn't take it.

Wrapping your hands around the teacup that Albedo given you, your hands are slightly warmer now;

But your heart remains extremely cold.

--------------

authors note (pls read)

FIRST SORRY FOR SHORT CHAPTER AND

WHAT WHAT W H A T WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT 700 READS WHATTTTTTT

PLS IM SO OVERWHELMED RN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 700-800 READS NO WAY IT MEANS THE ABSOLUTE WORLD TO ME EVERYDAY I COME ONTO WATTPAD AND CHECK MY READS AND I GO ABSOLUTELY FERALLL

IM SUPPOSED TO BE STUDYING FOR MY QUIZ RN BUT I SAW THAT WE HAVE 700 GOING TO 800 READS RN AND I HAD TO UPDATE IT YALL SEEM TO REALLY LIKE THIS STORY AND THE READS ARE CONSISTENT AS WELL

IM SO SORRY FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO UPDATE REGULARLY BUT I HAVE A 1 WEEK BREAK NEXT WEEK SO HOPEFULLY I CAN START UPLOADING MORE OFTEN!

HOPE YALL LIKEDTHE FIRST CHAPTER OF THE MAIN PLOT! IM SO EXCITED BC I HAVE SOOO MANY THINGS PLANNED OUT SO SO MANY I EVEN HAVE THE ENDING PLANNED OUT AAAAAAAAAAAAA

PLS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ME! IF YOU LIKED THIS CHAPTER PLS VOTE FOR IT <3

ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR READING STAY WITH ME I LOVE YOU ALL I LOVE YOUUUU ALLLLLLL

HAPPY READING!!

-BEL