you're the best around - (daniel larusso x oc)

ch.5

--playing Break My Stride by Matthew Wilder--

 [It's a hot and sunny California day as Scarlette Sevem and Daniel Larusso walk to Reseda] "Damn, it's hot." [Daniel says as he wipes his sweat on his flannel's sleeve and holds the handle of his bike, walking it. Scarlette chuckles, looking over at Daniel unbuttoning his shirt so far to reveal the white tank top underneath his flannel]

"What? You're not used to the heat, New Jersey boy?" [Scarlette asked as she took off her dark acid-washed jean jacket- that matched her dark acid-washed jeans -and laid it on the seat of Daniel's bike. She still wore her dark reddish-brown hair down, disliking her hair being put up into any variant of ponytail, even despite the hot weather]

"Well, It would get hot in Newark in the summer- But this is just brutal." [He said as he put his hand in his hair, feeling the sweat make it wet. The darkly tan girl nods and Daniel looks over at her squinting in the sun, she can barely see due to the sun and she didn't currently own a pair of sunglasses. Scarlette Sevem had bought many pairs of 'gas-station sunglasses' but they had been broken this time around] "D-do you want to wear my sunglasses?" [Daniel asked chivalrously with the smallest stutter as he removed the slightly oversized aviators from his face and held them out for Scarlette to take]

"Sure-" [She says in an off tone with a small and slow nod] "-Thanks" [She said as Daniel hands her the pair of glasses and she puts them on her face. She felt odd about how Daniel had noticed her being unable to see clearly, once again felt odd about how much he cared. People really didn't do the little things for Scarlette Sevem- she smiles out of relief as she can see well now] "These are rad, Daniel." [She said, still smiling]

"Yeah?" [Daniel says with a tiny giggle as he looks over at the tan and tall valley girl. Her reddish brown hair shimmered in the sun and it made Daniel sweat even more and his face glow red] "They look good on you.." [Daniel smirks, looking at Scarlette smugly- Scarlette bites her lips to hide her smile]

"Where'd you find them? Maybe I could get my own pair." [She asked as she hid her flatteredness]

"I found them on a subway in Newark- I cleaned them, don't worry." [He said, realizing that Scarlette might've thought he hadn't sanitized the aviators after them being on a dirty subway with who knows what kind of disease. The two laughed and he continued] "And you don't have to get your own pair, you can always borrow mine." [He said, smirking at Scarlette as she finally let go and smirked back. They noticed each other's red faces but only believed it was because of the sun]

"That sounds good to me," [Scarlette said as she continued to smirk- but she noticed that Daniel's smile slightly faded, he was thinking about New Jersey. She looks down then back up to Daniel seriously] "Do you miss New Jersey, Daniel?" [She asks, putting her hands in her pockets. Scarlette didn't know what it was like to move somewhere, she had lived in South Seas for her entire life. Her parents had always planned to move out but before they could, Scarlette's mother had died]

"Yeah a lot actually," [He said, he knew for sure that he missed Newark- He had been there for as long as he could remember and every member of his family was there, uncles, aunts, cousins, he even had a girlfriend in New Jersey. But Scarlette's company made him feel a little better] "I lived there my whole life and all of the sudden, I had to leave." [Daniel said as he looked down at his worn down sneakers and shook his head, Scarlette still looked over at Daniel then looks down at her own chunky sneakers]

"I guess it's my fault that his first couple days have sucked.." [Scarlette thought to herself with guilt she's never felt before, she tried her best to hide it because she was unfamiliar with it. Daniel and Scarlette arrive at the Reseda apartment complex and Daniel chains his bike to the front of the complex. The two teens then head up the stairs]