A/N: Katie x Reader
Summary: Katie is very sweet and charming while Y/n is very hurt, attentive, and possessive. They're relationship being black cat x golden retriever.
ngl genuinely don't feel good or happy rn
INSPO: girl meets world
here we go!!
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Katie's POV:
I'm sitting at my bay window, on my laptop and doing some homework. Waiting for my person to come home to me, I miss her even though I saw her an hour ago. She's my best friend and my person.
The girl knows me inside and out.
"How ya doin', honey?" I hear her ask me, crawling inside and sitting down beside me.
"Peaches! There you are! Where have you been?" I ask her, looking over at her. She looks at me, confused.
"Uh... walking here."
"The walk from your house to mines is too long!" I complain, crossing my arms, she chuckles and sits beside me.
"I know, I know." Y/n replies, letting my shoulders fall. "What're you doing?"
"Homework."
"Homework?"
"I'm doing homework." I reply, cheerfully.
"You?"
"Yes?"
"Oh, darling, what've they done to you?" Y/n asks me, shaking her head lightly.
"Save me..." I ask her, making my voice sound shrill and as if I was on the verge of death. She leans over, taking my laptop, shutting the screen over and set it down on the bed and she rubs my back, moving my body so I'm leaning into her.
"You feeling saved?"
"Very."
"That's my girl." Y/n replies, which I smile widely at. I love it when she calls me that and looks at me with so much cuteness in her eyes, I just wanna kiss her... platonically.
"All yours."
"Good. I don't want anyone else to have you."
"Then they won't." I say, cuddling into her. She kisses my head and continues to rub my back. "I'm so tired!!! I hate school."
"Me too." She complains,
"Oh, how'd your test go?"
"Oh my god, you're gonna be so proud of me!" Y/n expresses to me,
"Ooh, what'd you get?"
"I got a D!" She says, happily. "I'm getting better!"
"It's an upgrade from an F, well done peaches!" I express to her, smiling up at her.
"Thank you." She replies, blushing and lying down with me, sighing contently. "This year might not be so bad..." She lets out, before both of us fall into a fit of laughter. Her body almost falling off yet I become her saviour and stop her from falling. Before, cuddling into her again as we talk about everything and anything.
*****
Me and Y/n are walking down the corridor and I feel her hand rest on my back as she helps direct me through the chaos, then moving beside me and smiling at me as we continue to talk.
"Ugh, what've we got now?" Y/n asks me as we head over toward my locker.
"Art."
"Ooh, yay. That's the one I like. What's the ones I don't like?"
"All the other ones."
"That's the ones." Y/n hums in reply,
"Hey, Katie." I hear someone say to me, I glance to my left and see a guy, beside me. "How're you?"
"Fine, you?"
"Also fine." He replies, smiling widely. "Can I talk to you? Privately." He asks making Y/n laugh which causes me to laugh.
"Sorry! Sorry, sorry, sorry! I just... Whatever you say, she's gonna know." I inform him, pointing at Y/n and she smiles,
"We're a matching set."
"You want one?"
"You get both."
"We're a duet." I say as we link arms and smile at him, earning a laugh.
"Okay, okay. I dig that." I hear the guy say, "Look, my name's Nate. I was wondering if I could go on a date with you? Tomorrow at 6?" He asks me, I look at him in surprise then look at Y/n, her looking at me, staring at me coldly. I can tell she doesn't want me to go, I look at him.
"Yes." I hear myself say without realising,
"C—Cool! Here's the address and we can meet there! I'm thinking bowling?"
"Love it..." I reply, nodding my head. He walks away and she turns to me,
"Honey..."
"I'm sorry...!"
"—What did you do?"
"It slipped out, Peaches! Now I have to go on a date!"
"Now, I have to watch over you." She complains, letting her shoulders fall.
"Well..."
"Well? What do you mean by that 'Well' Katie Torres?" Y/n asks me, pointing at me and staring at me with her eyebrows furrowed downward.
"I just... kinda wanna try going on a date." I express to her, noticing her shoulders fall and dramatically look away.
"What's wrong with us?" She asks, I cup her face and move my head in front of hers and when she tries to look away, I move her face to looking back at me.
"You'll always be my favourite out of everyone." I assure her, knowing she has bad attachment issues because of her dad leaving and her mother never really being her... mother.
"You promise?"
"Peaches, I promise."
"Can I be in your room while I wait for you?" Y/n asks me, I nod my head and smile widely.
"Of course." I answer in reply, before removing my hands from her face and beginning to shut my locker and then walk to class with her.
***
Y/n's POV:
Where is my girl? She should be home by now. I'm waiting in her bed, trying not to fall asleep but it's getting really difficult because of how comfy her bed is.
I wait and wait and wait, feeling my eyes become heavier and soon, my eyes fall shut and I'm fast asleep.
***
I arrive at school the next day as I woke up and immediately wait home and she wasn't in her room, so, I just left. I didn't even see her when I left and I am completely annoyed. I wanna see Katie and I wanna see her now.
I managed to track Nate down, so once I head toward gym, I see him talking with his friends.
"Nate!" I shout on him, he turns around and heads over to me, smiling.
"Hi—!"
"—Cut the shit, where's my Katie?" I ask him, gripping his t-shirt and pulling him close me. He panics,
"W—What?"
"I haven't seen her all day and the last person who saw her, was you." I pull him closer and he panics even more, "What'd you do with my girl?" I ask, lowly. Noticing him begin to stumble on his words, his eyes filling with panic.
"W—Well, I... I— Uhm, we... bowling and she—she beat me. I was so proud! And I... Mhm, and I— and I took her home. I swear, I did—!"
"Don't lie to me, Nate. Where is she?" I question, becoming to get worried about my love.
"I seriously don't know!" He replies,
"Peaches!" I hear Katie call on me, I look over at her and I notice her skipping toward me, bubbly and smiling. I release his t-shirt, shoving him into the lockers as I glare at him before meeting her halfway. "There you are!" She says, excitedly. Pulling me into a hug, I feel my shoulders fall, feeling a little less worry.
"Where were you? I waited for you." I express to her, noticing her eyes glance between mines.
"I came home a little late and you were already asleep so I got ready and slept beside you. Then, I woke up early and my mom said she was making me some breakfast so I left to go for a shower, then have some breakfast and when I came back, you were just gone." Katie explains to me, which panics me as I never thought about it that way.
"Hm," I let out, looking into her eyes as I pull away. "if that's what happened." I continue onto say, noticing her eyes glance between mines. "Are you okay, though? How was the date? Are you dating him?"
"I'm fine, Y/n. The date was fun and I laughed a lot, and no, I'm not dating him." Katie replies, smiling at me as she holds my hand and directs me to her locker. Away from fuck face. "It was very sweet that you tried to stay up late for me, I'll make it up to you."
"Just... Doesn't matter." I reply, shrugging. Looking away from her.
"I know you're mad..."
"I don't have a reason to be, so, I'm not."
"Y/n—"
"—I'm fine." I state, attempting to assure myself more than anyone. I notice Katie looking at me for a moment before she continues to tell me about her date in further detail.
Making me know every little detail about it that I can practically make a show out of it and not look at the script since I know what's coming.
I hate and love it.
*****
I'm sitting on her bay window as she's talking about Nate and if I'm being completely honest, I'm not listening to a single thing.
Am I still upset about not seeing her till school? Yes.
Am I still annoyed at Nate for taking my best friend away from me? Very much.
Do I wanna kill him? Oh, boy. His murder is plotted in my mind and I'm wanting to execute it already.
"...And he's just so amazing, he's so amazingly funny! I don't think I've ever laughed so much with anyone ever—" I glare at her, "Obviously, I've laughed really hard with you, but with Nate, he's just hilarious!" Katie expresses to me, my face falls and my shoulders deflate. I don't want to hear about Nate anymore.
"Can we talk about something else?" I ask her, my head turning before my eyes and she's still talking. She's still talking about Nate, and I don't want to hear any of it anymore.
How can you talk about a 3 hour date for soooooo long?!
I sigh, softly. Seeing the door open and Katie's dad, Carlos, walk in.
"Hey, girls. Dinner's ready." Carlos informs us,
"Ooh, I'm starving!" I say, going to stand up but Katie rests her hand in mines.
"But I was telling you about Nate."
"But—But I'm hungry..." I let out, quietly. Noticing her begin to pout, I sigh and look at Carlos. I can't argue against her adorable face. "We'll be out in a few."
"Few minutes?"
"Probably hours." I mutter, earning a snicker from Carlos as he leaves and shuts the door. Katie continues to talk and my stomach is beginning to rumble, I know she notices because she even says,
"Jeez, you must be hungry. We'll eat in a moment, lemme just finish this one part." But then she will proceed to talk and talk and talk, then ramble.
*****
You will not believe what I have been up too, I have been slightly avoiding Katie. I don't know why, but I have been. Probably because all she wants to talk about is new "boyfriend". I'm sitting next to her and she will not stop talking, interrupting herself to ask a question about what we're doing then not even do the work.
"...So, we've been talking a lot, like, I've already said. And basically..." I notice her leg shaking so I rest my hand on her thigh and trace shapes on her thigh. Noticing her immediately stop and jolt slightly. I look at her and notice her looking at me, "What... What're you doing?"
"I can tell you're struggling to focus— look, anyway, just try get some work done. I don't want you to fall behind, okay?" I say to her, trying to speak in a softer tone than my normal bluntness. She nods her head, her eyes softening and resting her head on my shoulder as she brings her left leg up and rests it on the seat as she adjusts. She rests the book against her thigh and begins to catch up.
"Peaches." She whispers to me, I hum, "Is this right?" She asks me, looking up at me. I look down at her and then at her work. Should I tell her the way she is looking at me is fucking criminal and making me want to kiss her? Probably not. I look over at her work, glancing between mine and hers. I nod my head,
"Perfect, darling, well done." I reply, glancing at her for a brief moment. I continue to work, bringing my jotter to my lap as I couldn't move to write since she was on my shoulder. Not that I'm complaining. I miss when she's this clingy. "Anyway, Nate?" I ask her, hoping to hear that it was the end of it. She doesn't say anything so I look down at her to see her looking up at me,
"Uh, you know what? I actually forgot." Katie tells me, I nod my head lightly, looking away and trying to hide my smile. I begin to sketch Spider-Man in the corner of my notebook as I wait for Katie to attempt to catch up. She tried at least.
*****
I'm walking down the hall and I see Nate and Katie talking, huh... that's why she didn't walk with me to school today. Fine. I walk past her, I knew she was trying to grab my attention but I didn't give her a single glance.
I have my earphones in, listening to H.E.R. and I head over toward my locker, I open it and put a few things away; I can see Katie coming toward me but because I'm slightly angry at her, I shut the locker, it slamming. I walk away and head toward my class.
"Peaches, wait!" I hear Katie call after me, yet I ignore. I head down the hallway and step into my classroom, ignoring her presence. I'm getting annoyed with this whole 'This Nate, I can't I'm hanging out with Nate'. It's so annoying.
***
I'm sitting at my table, alone - which doesn't surprise me - reading my book and listening to music. Everyone is eating lunch and I would be too, but I really wanna finish this book and I can't put it down.
"Hi." I hear someone say, I look up and see this beautiful girl looking at me. I can't bring myself to say anything, I take my earphones out and see her begin to smile. "I was wondering if I could sit with you? I promise, I'm not high maintenance." She promises making me laugh, I nod my head lightly.
"Yeah, 'course." I say in reply, noticing a book on her lunch tray. She sits across from me and takes a bite of her sandwich, opens the book, put headphones on and begin to read. "What book are you reading?"
"Killing Eve."
"Isn't that a TV show?"
"It was originally a book, then a series." The girl informs me, I hum softly and nod my head lightly.
"Hm, is it any good?" I ask, wondering as I might buy it.
"Yeah! You wanna read the opening scene?"
"Sure. Here, you can read mines." I say, putting my bookmark in, we swap books and I begin to read the opening scene. "Damn, this is really good." I let out, smiling as I glance up at her. "What's your name?"
"Rory. Lovely to meet you."
"Pleasure." I reply,
"Hey, there you are!" I hear Katie greet me, I hum softly, reading. "Peaches, I need to talk to you."
"In a minute." I reply, quietly. "Damn, this is really good Rory."
"I see you're reading Metamorphosis." Rory replies, "Are you into Kafka?"
"Getting into him." I reply, sending her a smile and handing her the book back, she hands mines back. I look at Katie, who's pouting. "Put the pout away, honey." I say, patting her thigh. I turn the page and begin to read.
"Are you two dating?" Rory asks, glancing between us.
"Oh, uh, no." Katie replies, shaking her head.
"No, she has a boyfriend."
"Do not."
"Might as well, you've ditched me most of the week for him." I counter, noticing both become quiet. I look over at the line and see there's barely anyone. "Gonna get a drink, I'll be right back." I say, getting up and leaving. Getting myself a drink.
"Your girl is upset, I can tell she's on the verge of meltdown." I hear Rory inform me, I look over at her and I notice her wipe something near her eyes. I get a drink and look at her,
"Too harsh?"
"A little. She reminds me of a golden retriever puppy." Rory informs me, making me laugh as I nod my head lightly.
"She is, yeah."
"She's the opposite of you."
"Opposites attract, what can I say." I reply, shrugging and paying for the drink, I take it and we walk over. I set my drink down and rest my hand on her back and offer my best smile. "I'm sorry, that was rude." I kiss her head, "Please don't be mad at me?"
"Doesn't matter."
"I'm sorry, love." I apologise, sincerely. Wiping her tears for her. "I really am, it just hurts."
"I didn't mean to make you feel like that, bub." She expresses to me, I nod my head lightly.
"I know, and I'm sorry." I apologise to her, noticing her sigh softly. "Are we okay?" I ask her, she nods her head lightly. "Can I get a verbal response from you?"
"We're okay." She states, resting her head on my shoulder, I smile and kiss her head, going back to reading. Rory becoming part of our duo, us now becoming a trio.
*****
I arrive at Katie's with Rory behind me and we climb in, me in the middle of the two. Katie and Rory, talking and laughing.
"I swear, I'm glad I sat with you." Rory expresses to me, smiling at me.
"You are?"
"Oh, so sweet."
"I know, I am. You should try me."
"Only if you'll let me." I counter, both of us smiling at one another. I feel Katie wrap her arm around mines,
"Peaches, Rory, I need help!"
"With?"
"I wanna tell someone I like them but I don't know how to tell them." Katie expresses to both of us, I smile widely.
"Who?"
"Yeah, who?" I hear Rory ask, leaning close to me and resting her chin on my shoulder, looking at Katie intently.
"Doesn't matter— look, what do I do?" Katie asks us, I think for a moment.
"Well, I'm gonna assume it's about a certain someone who's name rhymes with bait. Uh, I would maybe ask him to meet up, maybe write him a note or just tell him how you feel. Don't people love confidence?"
"Yeah, I guess." She mutters, shrugging. "I just... I don't know..."
"He likes you, Katie. What're you so nervous about?" I ask her, confused.
"Yeah, I mean, I don't Nate very well but I've seen you two together and you'd be really cute—"
"—It's not him." She cuts her off, I look at her confused as she never normally snaps at people and cuts them off. Me and Rory look at her in surprise. "I gotta go to the bathroom." She announces, pushing herself up and storming toward her bathroom, shutting the door.
"I wonder what's going on..." I trail off, looking at the door.
"I wanna talk to you about something." Rory expresses to me, I hum softly, turning my body toward her and looking at her intently.
"What's up?"
"I think you and Katie are overdue for a certain conversation," Rory informs me, making me confused. I go to ask why she thinks that but she continues to say, "I've barely known you or her but I can't think of you without her and I can't think of her without thinking of you. You really are a duet, a perfect duo— heck, maybe even soulmates. But I don't think it's as platonic as you think it is." Rory explains to me, I look at her confused.
"What're you talking about?"
"I said that so she'll snap because I know who she likes." Rory confesses, I tilt my head slightly and look at her confused.
"Who is it?"
"Do I really have to say it, are you that blind?" Rory insults me, I look at her slightly offended.
"W—What?"
"She likes you, you idiot." Rory announces, my shoulders drop and she leaves through the bay-window. I hear the door open as I'm processing what she told me.
"Where's Rory?" I hear Katie ask me, sounding annoyed. I turn to her and offer my best smile that I can manage.
"Had to go home, wanted me to tell you that she's thankful you let her into our safe space." I express to her, noticing her adjust and send me a short smile.
"Oh, that's sweet of her." Katie says, I hum softly and nod my head, heading over toward the bay window and sitting down. I sigh, softly. Her following after me. "You okay?" I hear her ask me, I nod my head and rub my eyes.
"Just a little tired." I reply, noticing her hum softly.
"You wanna go for a nap?" She offers, I think for a moment before shaking my head.
"Nah, I'll be okay. I just need a little energy." I reply to her, sighing softly.
"Are you sure you're okay?" I hear Katie ask me, I look over at her and I notice her eyes looking between mines, I adjust in my seat, turning my body toward her.
"Can you tell me who it is you like? Because Rory... Rory suggested someone and... I don't know, it made some sense." I explain my thoughts to her, noticing her swallow hard.
"Do... Do you really wanna know?"
"Yeah, of course, I do." I answer in reply, noticing her eyes soften.
"You." She states, softly. "I... tried not too, but... but it's you." She informs me, I let my shoulders fall, pushing my tongue against my cheek for a moment before letting out a soft exhale. "It's okay if you don't feel the same, Y/n, I know it already—" I rest my hand on her cheek, pulling her close to me and kissing her. She kisses me back, leaning into me and scooting closer as she does. I feel her lean deeper into me, kissing me with so much intent, I return the excitement. I can't help but feel excited by her lips on mine.
"I... I like you too." I express to her when our lips are apart, she smiles, blushing. I kiss her cheek then her lips again, stroking her cheekbone. When she pulls away, I notice that she is blushing.
"You do?"
"Desperately." I state, noticing her cheeks turn a deeper shade of pink than before.
*****
I walk down the hall, noticing that Katie is by my locker. I slow down for a moment only to sigh softly, letting my shoulders fall. I head over to my locker and Katie is holding a piece of paper for me.
"Now, what kinda beautiful girl is in front of my locker?" I ask, unlocking it and opening it, I put a few stuff in there that is unnecessary in my bag.
"Oh, hush." I hear Katie say to me, making me smile softly. "Anyway, sorry I didn't walk with you this morning, my mom wanted to drive me."
"That's okay, I brought my skateboard." I express to her, showing her the skateboard that was obviously easy to see. I shut my locker over and lock it, resting my back against the lockers. "Hm, I'm bored. Can we go?"
"You just got here."
"And I'm bored, I wanna go."
"Will I have to staple you to a chair? Because I'll do it, Mrs." I hear Rory say to me, making me laugh softly. Looking at her outfit but I feel her hit my shoulder. "Don't look at me like that, L/n."
"All right, sorry, ma'am." I apologise, sarcastically, noticing her scoff and shake her head. I look over at Katie, "See? This is why I wanna do it, first she threatens to staple me into a chair and then slaps me. Can you believe this woman?"
"Yes." Katie states, beginning to laugh as her and Rory high five.
"Teamwork against me, how fun." I state, moving my back off the lockers and walking to my class, seeing Katie jog after me and kiss my cheek.
"I'm sorry, love."
"Hm." I let out, glancing at her.
"I really am."
"If you say so, darling." I reply, noticing her blush.
"Finally you two are together." I hear Rory say, excitedly. All three of us head into registration and sit in our normal seats.
This feels so natural and I love it so much.
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