IN WHICH… Martin finally builds up the courage to ask you out on a date!
authors note - this is kind of like friends to lovers but they’re a little bit shy towards each other so acquaintances to lovers ?? 😭 anyways enjoy!
Martin stared down at his bouquet of flowers. He had decided today was the day he would finally ask you out. he rubbed his sweaty palms on his jeans as he looked around for any sight of you.
Martin wasn’t sure how this crush developed but he knew it happened faster than he could process it. Before he knew it, he would catch himself looking over at you whenever he made a joke to see if you’d crack a smile. Or when he’d catch himself thinking of you whenever he listened to sappy love songs. The feeling was all so strange to him. I mean, yeah..he had crushes before but none of them took over his entire brain the way you did.
MONDAY! Martin sat back in his desk as he watched all of his classmates take their seat. It was unusual for you to be late to class. Martin let out a breath of relief he didn’t know he was holding in when he saw you enter class with your head hanging low. You sigh as you sit down next to him and place your belongings down.
“Hey..” He says coming off more shy than he wanted to sound.
“Hi.” You say with a soft smile.
Martin thinks of things he could say to break the weird awkwardness thats in the air. “Turn that frown upside down man.” He says shaking his head and pointer finger dramatically.
“Shut up.” Is all you manage to say, letting out a giggle you tried to contain. “yesterday, I tried studying for the upcoming science exam but not even my notes were helping. I’m so cooked.” You say with a loud sigh as your hands go up to rub your forehead.
“It’s okay! I’ve been told to be great at science..work.” Martin says with an unconvincing tone.
“I’m good, I don’t want BOTH of us to fail.” you say which leads to both of you sharing a laugh.
TUESDAY! Martin left his class and practically ran to find you. Once he did, he slowed his pace down and walked up to you as if nothing had happened.
“What class are you going to?” Martin said in between heavy breaths. Throwing a smug smile at you.
“Are you good?” You stop walking and wait for him to catch his breath. “Didn’t you have gym before this? Whatever we’re doing in there, I do NOT want to do.”
Martin let out a chuckle, finally calming down. “The crazy part is, I didn’t even participate.” He said shrugging and shaking his head. “What class are you going to right now?”
“Gym.” You say looking over at him. “You?”
“Spanish.” He says nodding.
“Isn’t spanish over there?” You say pointing behind you.
“Yeah, I know. I just wanted to walk you to class.” Martin says, the last part coming out quieter than he wanted to sound.
“Oh.” Is all you can say before turning your head the other way to hide the blush forming on your face. “That’s nice of you.” You say smiling at him before looking straight ahead.
As you two neared your class, you thanked Martin and said your goodbyes before turning around and leaving.
“Is that the boy, you’re always talking about?” Your friend asks, turning her head around to try to get a good glance at martin.
“Shut up!” you say whisper-shouting, hand coming up to slap your friends shoulder.
Martin couldn’t contain the smile plastered on his face as he walked back to his respective class. He hoped that “the boy” was him and not some other guy. He swears up and down it is him, he just can’t prove it…yet.
WEDNESDAY! School passed by slower than usual, Martin swung his backpack onto his shoulders, looking around for any signs of you. He smiled once he saw you walking towards him. Ever since Tuesday it feels like you’ve been more talkative towards him. This morning, you initiated conversation with him a total of three times! And now youre walking up to him willingly? He’s sure life doesn’t get better than this.
“Hey!” You say grabbing onto the straps of your backpack.
“Oh, hey!” He says. “So how was school?”
“It was okay. Boring but okay.”
Martin smiles. “It felt longer than usual, right?”
“bro yes!” you say nodding.
The door opened and you were hit with the cold breeze. You crossed your arms to try to get any sort of warmth. Martin noticed and contemplated on giving you his sweater.
“Do you wanna wear my sweater?” He finally says, cringing at how unsure of himself he sounded.
“Really?” You say looking at him with furrowed eyebrows. “Oh shoot, thank you!” you say grabbing the sweater from his hand. “But now youre gonna be cold…”
Martin just shrugs. “It’s alright, a little breeze won’t hurt me.” It so does tho, he can hardly understand how you survived a whole minute without a sweater.
The walk home was filled with Martin making most of the conversation but he didn’t mind. He was content with being able to talk to you for this long, so when you asked him if he wanted to call and maybe study for the upcoming science exam - who was he to say no?
6:30 PM. Martin stares at the new number in his phone. Awaiting for the sound of your voice to come up on the other line. Nothing. Martin decides to try one more time...TWO more times for safe measures. He sighs before pressing the call button and putting the phone up to his ear. The next try is as unsuccessful as the other. He didn’t know why this whole thing had him so upset. It’s not like he WANTED to study for science but he sure did want to talk to you. Friday was approaching and he stared at his boquete of flowers in the corner of his room. This whole plan to confess his undying love for you felt useless if you clearly didnt reciprocate those feelings.
THURSDAY! You watched as Martin took his seat next to you. A frown evident on his face. You knew why.
“Listen, Im sorry!” You say, immediately folding under no pressure. “I was looking forward to studying with you but I just ended up accidentally taking a nap. I’m really really sorry! And now we’re both going to actually fail the science exam because of me.” you take Martins sweater from your lap and give it to him with your head hung low.
Martin thought it was funny that the reason you thought he was upset was because he wanted to study for some stupid exam. It made forgiving you so easy. “It’s okay..” he says chuckling. “and keep it. you rock it better than me.” Martin shrugged and watched as you smiled at him.
“True.” You say with a playful eye roll.
“Matter of fact, give me my sweater back!” Martin says teasingly as he puts his hand out.
“I was kidding!” you say laughing.
FRIDAY! so here he was, sitting on the ground and leaning back on someone’s locker, bouquet in hand, outside of your class. he wasn’t sure if skipping class for this would be worth it if you said no but he’d find out soon.
meanwhile inside of your class you chat with your friend about all the interactions you and martin have ever had, analyzing every little thing.
your friend looked unamused as she watched you go on and on. “You know who you’re kind of sounding like right now? that one girl who fell in love with her psychiatrist.”
You gasp. “I’m not crazy tho! This is real to me..” you say placing your hands on your heart dramatically. “he wants me so bad..” you say shrugging, laughing as you see your friend give you a playful glare.
You two watch as the teacher calls out student names and gives them heart shaped candy lollipops to students whose friend or partner bought for them. Your name gets called out and you walk over to the teacher to grab it from her, you walk back to your friend and mouth the word thank you to her.
“I didn’t give you that flavor..” she says squinting, taking the lollipop from your hand and flipping the note over to see who got it. her eyes widen. “maybe he does want you.”
“what!” you say, immediately snatching the lollipop from her hand. your hand comes up to your mouth as you read what it says,
P.S: meet me when class is over !!!
you resist the urge to leap out of your seat and start celebrating. “I knew I wasn’t crazy..” you say grabbing your friend’s shoulders and shaking them.
you check the time to see that theres five minutes left until it’s time to go home.
you rush out to grab all your belongings, making an effort to be last just in case he does some big surprise on you. you immediately see him waiting for you at the door with his hands behind his back. you wait for him to say something but he can hardly even think now that the moment hes been waiting for is finally happening.
“So..uhh..” he says coughing. “I was wondering if you wanted to go on a date..or like somewhere to eat..” he says, revealing the flowers he had behind him and taking out a sealed envelope.
“Yeah! Sure! I would love to!” you say smiling from ear to ear as you take the belongings from out his hand and hug him.
Martin can hardly believe this is actually happening, he hugs you back even tighter with the biggest smile plastered on his face.
maybe skipping class for this wasn’t so bad after all.
ENDING NOTE: this isn’t proofread so if there are any errors i’ll fix them later 😭 also this is my first time writing anything this lengthy so be nice plz 💔