I wanna be Adored
Jess Mariano x Reader (My first Fanfic Ever!! Never written like this before, so please leave tips!! Literally wrote this so quick so like don't judge me heh)
warnings: none :)
|| "You really like playing music I was literally listening to this morning."
You first notice it in the small things that he's not supposed to remember.
You were at Luke's Diner for the second time today. The diner is your spot, always the same seat at the counter, always the same order, like the rest of the town knew not to take it away from you.
Jess leans against the counter, eyes half-lidded, expression bored, and yet you still know he's secretly listening to you.
You're mid sentence when you mention something you've said before, something so miniscule you wouldn't expect anyone to catch it.
He does.
"That's not what you said last time" he mutters, like it slipped out before he could stop it.
You pause "Last time?"
He shrugs "Forget it."
But he's already heading towards the dirty dishes, jaw tight.
You let it go for now.
Because what happened the next day is even weirder.
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The next morning, You saunter into the Diner happily. Some would say that you're a morning person. You would just say that you are easily bribed by Luke's Pumpkin Pancakes with Cinnamon butter.
As you start to chow down on your pancakes, you spot Jess making Coffee, you always enjoy rambling to Jess about whatever just to get on his nerves. But just as you open your mouth, he disappears into the kitchen.
You put your wired headphones on instead. Letting I wanna be Adored by The Stone Roses fill the space. Your headphones blasted the music into your ears as you continued to munch on your breakfast, the song blocking your thoughts.
You didn't even notice that Jess came back until you felt a tap on your shoulder.
"Yes Jess?" You ask, a cheesy grin on your face
"The whole Diner can hear your music Y/N." He said flatly "Turn it down"
"Oops!" You giggle "Sorry"
After breakfast, you left for the bus stop. When you left, nothing happened. No comment. No Reaction.
But you swore you felt his eyes on your back longer than necessary.
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Night came back around slower than it should.
Luke's Diner is quieter again. You didn't really have a reason to be there, just somewhere to go to fill the empty hours.
Luke is wiping down the counter as you show up.
"You're back" He says, no surprise in his voice.
"Oh!" You remember, suddenly "Can I go up to see Jess? I need to ask him about the Algebra Homework"
"Sure kid, but don't say I didn't warn you if he's staring out the window and completely ignoring you." Luke Responds, chuckling to himself
The stairs creak under your shoes as you climb the stairs, each step a tad louder than the last.
Then you hear it.
The faint voices of the Stone Roses, "I don't have to sell my soul.." The music isn't playing downstairs, Luke doesn't even have the radio on. The music gets clearer the higher you climb.
Your hand hovers near the door at the end of the hall.
His door.
The song is unmistakable now, spilling through the wood like it was when you played it in your headphones earlier this morning.
You knock once.
No answer.
So You just open it.
Jess is sitting there like he’s not surprised at all, like he knew you’d end up here before you did. There’s a speaker on his desk, the volume low but steady, the same song looping again.
He glances at you.
Then away.
“You really like interrupting people’s nights,” he says.
“You really like playing music I was literally listening to this morning.”
A pause.
“That’s not a crime,” he mutters.
“Well, It’s weird.”
“It’s a song.”
You step further in anyway. Jess pushes up from his chair, like he’s already done with the conversation before it started, grabbing something off the desk without looking at you.
“You done?” he asks.
But he doesn’t move past you yet.
And that’s the problem.
Because for someone who acts like he doesn’t care where you are, he keeps ending up where you are anyway.
The song keeps playing behind them, soft and looping, like it knows something neither of them are saying.
"You adore me" ♫⋆ "You adore me" ♫⋆｡♪ "You adore me" ♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬ ﾟ.
