I walk into school with thoughts of y/n in my mind. I just.. Can't stop thinking of her. Her amazing personality, friendship with the kids... plus her cute face is a nice bonus. I've been wanting to ask her out for a few days but.. Fuck, i'm too nervous. What if she rejects me..? Or worse, calls me 'buddy'. I can't help but sigh out loud as I think to myself, i've never had this much of an intense crush. I mean... Nancy... yeah... but, y/n is different. I've known her for a while now, and I've been crushing on her for a while too. I can't stop thinking about her, she's all that has mattered to me recently. Suddenly I feel a hand grasp onto my shoulder and hug me from behind.
"Wha-!" I turn around quickly and see the smiling face of... her. y/n, as beautiful as ever. My heart felt like it was going to burst every time that I saw her. Her eyes seemed to shine, her hair fell perfectly, and... god that smile of hers.
"Sorry for scaring you, Steve. How are you?" she said happily with a happy smirk on her face.
"I was doing alright, but now i'm feeling.." I bring my hand up to my chin and act as if i'm thinking intensely. I hold up a few fingers, "three times better, thanks to you showing up"
She widens her eyes slightly, "Aw! I didn't know a walking can of hair gel could be so sweet!"
"Hey!"
"I'm just kidding~! That was super.. Super sweet, Steve" she says joyfully, I see her cheeks swell up with a light pink.
My heart is going to erupt. That's the first... first... ANYTHING i'd ever said to her that didn't come out completely awful. I feel myself start to sweat, and quickly wipe my forehead. I turn around quickly, "Aha! Well- y/n we better get going, right?"
"Oh- oh God, yeah, I didn't see the time"
"Pfft. Alright, let's go" I say as calmly as I can. I.. I've made my decision.. I'm going to ask her out tomorrow after school! I just have to before some undeserving hound-dog of a boy asks her out. I can do this!
I walk out of school, the thought of y/n still clinging onto my thoughts. I look around the sea of students leaving to see if I can find her. I quickly find Dustin and y/n chatting it up near the parking lot. Mike, Will, Lucas, and Max behind him. I smile when I see y/n, and start jogging over to them. They all quickly turn to me, Dustin giving me a weird.. Glare?
"Hey, you guys" I say as I step up to them, smiling even bigger as I see y/n's face. y/n blushes and turns to Dustin,
"Ok, Dusty, I've gotta go now~" she says waving her hand a little bit, she looks to me for a split second, "Sorry Steve, we can talk tomorrow!" she quickly runs of not saying another word.
Wha..? What was that about... Did I do something wrong earlier? I look over to Dustin whose glare hasn't failed to weaken. "Hey bud..?" I say quietly. He steps closer to me and pats my arm gently,
"Hey.. pal' he says smiling
"Uh..? What's up with the smile?"
Max chimes in with a smug smirk on her face,
"y/n told us about how you've been acting lately! Do you have like a crush on her or something?" she steps closer "She said you've been acting kinda off! And she told us what you said earlier this morning! Gosh- she said it so calmly too! Like she doesn't see what that means~" Mike pats her shoulder
"Max, calm down on lover boy" he says quietly.
I feel my heart stop. Have I SERIOUSLY been acting that obvious lately? I open my mouth to defend myself but Dustin speaks up before I can,
"Steve.. How about you come with us back to Mike's house. We were going to play some games. But I think we have something else to do now" I look behind his shoulder and see the other three chattering with excitement behind him, I sigh and nod. It's not like I can just not go with them. Knowing the four, one of them would probably blab to y/n about my feelings by tomorrow afternoon if I don't oblige.
"Ok-ok but, you can't tell y/n. I can't let her know yet—" Dustin hushes me and purses his lips.
"Shh.. I know you've got a mega boner for y/n"
"DUSTIN"
"A MEGA HEART BONER" lucas says loudly. I see some weird stares come from some ongoing students, I step closer to them.
"Okokok- shut up, you guys" I say with panic in my voice. "Let's just go" I see all their eyes light up, and they all begin simultaneously giggling. I sigh yet again, and start stomping over to my car.
"Wait!" Mike yells out to me, I turn around and stare at them like they're insane.
"What..?"
"What about our bikes!" he said with an annoyed tone in his voice
I stop for a second, looking at my car then back to the four bikes.
"Grab my rope from the trunk"
"Why the hell do you have rope, Steve" Dustin asks
"To tie things to the roof"
I park the car in front of Mike's house, "Alright, we're here" I grumble as I hop out of the car. They all jump out almost immediately, and they all start heading towards the house. Dustin stops and turns to me and looks at the car. There are three bikes being held onto the roof of the car by two ropes. Barely.
"Are the bikes gonna be alright?"
"Yeah. Mike's is in the trunk. We can come back out and get them later.. I guess"
Dustin shrugs and guides me into the house. We're greeted by Karen, AKA Mike's mom, who's starting dinner. She smiles at the kids and greets then and turns her head at me.
"Steven? What are you doing here?" she says tilting her head to the side.
I chuckle nervously, slowly following the kids. "Ha.. Just dropping off the group.. Lucas' bike was actin' wonky so they asked me to just pick 'em up." I give her a cheesy grin. "So now i'm just gonna hang out with them for a bit because they invited me to play dungeons and dragons!" She narrows her eyes at me.
"Oh..?" she looks out to my car and stares at the bikes that are being held onto the roof.
"O..kay" she nods "Oh- and Hopper dropped off Jane a little bit ago."
"We still call her Eleven" Mike mumbles to himself as he starts going down the stairs into the basement.
I start following Mike down to the basement. They all start chatting away as I sit down uncomfortably in the corner. I see them greet Eleven, she's just hanging out in the corner alone. Suddenly, she looks over to me and then over to Mike.
"Why is he here..?" she says quietly to the group.
"MEGA BONER" Will half yells, a playful punch quickly coming from Lucas.
"Steve-man here, has a crush on y/n!" Mike says proudly, as he delivers the 'exciting' news to her. Elevens eyes widen as she looks over to me quickly,
"Lucas explained to me what 'Crushes' are, once." she says looking over to Lucas and Max. "Lucas your crush is M-" Lucas hushes her almost instantly and looks towards me.
"Yeah! Steve has a crush on y/n" he says, changing the subject. All of them except for Dustin start cackling quietly at the words.
"Come on guys, stop! We need to talk business" Dustin says silencing them.
"Business?"
"Yes, Steven. Business" Dustin whispers as he steps towards me. He motions for the others to come sit down and they do. Dustin clears her throat,
"So you gonna ask her out?" Max says leaning into the table, staring me dead in the eyes. I feel myself start to sweat waterfalls. Hell. I clear my throat in a panic and put my elbow onto the table.
"No-"
"What do you mean no?" Will asks leaning into the table, as Max did a few moments ago.
"I mean- I.. I just don't know?" I say pathetically as I slump back into my chair. "I wanna but.. I don't know if i'm going to.. I just have so much to th-"
"Stop with this bullshit, Steve" Dustin says, the others quickly turning to him.
"Bullshit" I hear Eleven whisper under her breath.
"You know you like y/n. You know you want y/n. You gonna GET y/n" Dustin runs his hand through his hair and sighs dramatically. "Ask. her. Out" he says tapping his finger onto the table with every word. The others all nod in agreement and shoot daggers over to me after a few moments.
"Come on! She's so awesome!" Max shouts, nearly jumping out of her chair. "She's super cool! And so are you! She can settle for a guy like you! Hell- she's out of your league, even!" Dustin nudges her shoulder, silencing her.
"Nice way to give him that confidence, Max" he mutters, she sits down and sulks silently. Will leans forward and attention is guided to him.
"I agree with Dustin. If you want her, you've gotta go after her, Steve" his eyes are lit with ambition, a look I haven't seen from him in a while. "You don't have much time, anyways"
"What do you mean.. time?" I ask
"I mean. Isn't y/n one of the most praised girls at the high school? Pretty, smart, good personality, AND gets along with us? Like.. a total-"
"BABE" I nearly shout
"Steve. Shut up." Dustin huffs as he looks back over to Will.
"... a total catch." he finishes. The whole group lets out a series of 'Oh's as he concludes.
My mind has ten million thoughts crashing around, and they're all screaming at me. I know I have a crush on y/n, I don't need a group of middle schoolers telling me to act on it. I will... once i'm mentally prepared.
"Steve- if it helps you ask her out quicker..." lucas leans closer into the table, and whispers. "I saw a few guys checking out y/n as she left." An exaggerated gasp comes from Dustin almost immediately after.
"STEVE. Did you hear that?" Dustin yells, slamming his hand onto the table. "Other men were checking out y/n!" he sits back into his chair and looks at the others like they're insane for not reacting the same way. "Steve- you HAVE to ask her out tonight" he proposes, surprising me and the others with his the idea.
"Dustin- maybe tonight is too soon?" Mike says leaning closer to Dustin, Dustin rolls his eyes in response.
"No. The ladies LOVE romantic and out-of-the-blue gestures, Mike"
"I'm not sure if that's always true, love-expert-Dustin" Max says with a smug expression.
"Pfsh.. Listen. I have a game plan.." Dustin stands up and looks at each of us for a moment, "Mike has an old boombox. We have some good ol' you know.. 'Foreigner'.. To romance her" he says while motioning towards a boombox that's sitting in the corner with a bunch of crap thrown around it. Wait.. Wait a minute..
"Wait a minute Dustin- What says I want to do this? And- and a boombox? Foreigner?" I sigh with an annoyed tone in my voice, "I guess it is a good song.."
"Yes, Steven, It is a good song" he starts walking over to the boombox, "Your gonna show her what love is" he mumbles under his breath. He picks it up and stomps back over to the table, nearly slamming it onto the table. "Even if you don't wanna go through with this plan, you're gonna" he sits down again. "Just play the song, get into her house through the window, then.."
"Then?" Eleven asks as Dustin's plan seems to crumble
"THEN.. you tell her.. 'y/n.. Can you show me what love is?'.. She'll be yours"
The whole group seems to gag in sync. Dustin groans, "Fine, fine. Then.. you just.. Do whatever seems right?" he grumbles. They all nod and then look over to me, as if they want my criticism.
"Uh.. ok.. Ok..ok..okok.." I say anxiously, "But i'm only doing this because I know for a fact if I don't you're all gonna go running to y/n's house and blab about it" they all seem to light up at my words.
"Ok! Let's all get going the-" Dustin starts but I quickly stand up and grab the boombox
"No, Dustin. I never said you could come. This is my moment, alright?" I say sternly, looking Dustin in the eyes. He sighs with a hint of disappointment within it, and nods. They all start whispering to one another and I stand up shakily to go confess to.. Her. Just the thought of asking her makes my heart skip a beat, not only because of the thought of her accepting. Because i'm also so damn worried she'll reject me.. That she'll feel awkward around me if she rejects me. I hear the kids yelling shouts of encouragement as I leave. I wave goodbye to Karen, and walked out to my car. Shit the bikes. I take about ten minutes to get the bikes off and out of my car, leaving them at Mike's door.
I stomp back over to my car, grabbing the boombox off of the roof of the car, and speed off to see y/n. My heart is racing miles per minute, and I feel my head fill with excitement and unease as I get closer. I pull into her neighborhood and stop a few houses down from y/n's. I grab the boombox and run to her house, sneaking around the back. I set the boombox down into the wet grass and look up to her rooms window. The light is on.. I take a deep breath and look down to the boombox. I pick it up gently... and toss it a few feet away. I don't need foreigner to intrigue y/n. I look around and see a small pile of pebbles near the back door.. Perfect. I go and pick a few up, and glance back over to her bedroom door. It isn't that high up... I think? I toss a pebble up to her window and wait to see if she heard it, and she doesn't. I toss a few more, and I finally see a shadow appear at the window. Shit. Should I REALLY have done this tonight..? God..
"Steven~?" She says in a surprised tone as she looks down to me. "What are you doing here..? It's like.. Nine now" she looks around me and tilts her head as she makes eye contact again. I take another deep breath and take a step forward,
"y/n.. I really need to talk with you. Now" I say as confidently as I can possibly manage. She gives me a concerned look and nods a few moments later.
"Okay.. we can talk but.. I don't have any rope or anything. I don't even know if we own a ladder.." She leans out of the window and looks towards the back door. "Oh! You can sneak through the back door. The stairs are right next to-" I immediately begin striding towards the door, I'm determined to tell her how I feel. It didn't hit me as intensely as it did now but... she really is something amazing. I just can't wait and expect for other guys to not ask her out, and I know that eventually she'd accept one of them. I can't let that happen; I can't let this opportunity slip out of my fingers. I open the door, surprised its unlocked, and step in quietly. I sneakily step towards the stairs... and begin sprinting up them as silently as I can. I reach the top and head towards the door at the end of the hall as quickly and hushed as I could. I quickly open the door and close it softly behind me, y/n walks over to me with a puzzled expression plastered onto her face.
"Steve- can you please explain to me now why you had to be here so.. Unexpectedly?" she says with deep concern within her words. I take a deep look into her eyes, and walk over to her bed to sit down. She follows me and sits beside me, never taking her eyes away from my gaze.
"y/n.. I.. i've really been wanting to talk to you about this for months now.. And- well.. A group of munchkins gave me the courage to talk to you about this earlier.." I gently take her hand and hold it softly. "y/n.. You've helped me learn so much over the past months we've known each other. You're kind.. Brave.. Smart.. Creative.. And so much more. And I just.. Feel like you should know something"
She stares at me silently for a moment, before gasping and gripping my hand tightly,
"Steve- are you dying?!" she says with anxiousness swelling in her voice and gleaming eyes. Wha.. what? I tilt my head and raise one of my eyebrows,
"y/n, i'm not dying. I.. I think I love you" her eyes widen and she loosens her grip on my hand.
"Steve..?"
"y/n. I love you, so much. I need you to know that, and I need you to know that now. Tonight, so that even if you don't return the feelings i'll know that I at least told you" I lean closer to her, and grab onto her hand with a slight grip. "I wanted to ask you.. If-" I feel myself choke for a moment. I want her to be mine so badly, I want her to return these feelings and to let me protect her. I gulp down my nerves, "I wanted to ask you if you'd be okay with going on a date with me..?" I see her expression relax and her shoulders slump down, she gives me a warm smile.
"My walking hair gel.." she chuckles and rolls her eyes playfully, "I mean- Steve.. Of course I'd go on a date with you"
I feel my heart skip a solid 3 beats. I smile brightly and grasp onto her hand tighter, "Really?" I ask, with disbelief. She laughs and nods, God, that beautiful laugh.
"Yes, Steve. I'd love to.. I actually can't believe you'd ask me.." she says, blushing an intense shade of pink. I smile and practically feel the joy oozing out of me, I lean closer to her and bring her hand up to my chest.
"y/n.. Can.. can I kiss you..?" I brush loose strands of hair away from her eyes. She smiles and nods a small nod. I lean closer to her and kiss her gently. Her face is warm and I feel my heart burst at the seam with pure joy. She leans away after a moment and smiles warmly,
"y/n.. I love you"
"I love you too, Steve. So... does that mean you'll buy my popcorn if we go to a movie as a date?"
"What?" I raise my eyebrow and smirk, "is that all this is to you? You only want my popcorn money?" I say acting as if i'm offended.
"Pffft! No~ Steve I was kidding stop~"
I chuckle and kiss her forehead, "I know.. y/n... I love you"
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