summary ↝ based on the song ocean eyes and the song please notice. when your crush on otis starts to grow you can’t help but admire him and notice the little things about him. this causes you to continue falling for him, more and more each day.
your crush on otis milburn started in middle school. you two knew eachother well, almost best friends but not quite. you had known him for about a year to the date, three days off.
you and your best friend ever at the time, gwen, had gotten into a heated argument about her starting a rumor about you. that had ended your friendship permanently. your only option was to turn to otis to rant, he welcomed you with open arms and listened to you go on about how you felt. he helped you.
that’s right when you started to fall for him, you would only continue to fall from there.
now that you were both in highschool you were always seen around together, eric had become a good friend of yours too. he was the first one who called you out on your crush on otis.
“so when are you going to tell him?” eric whispered to you during class. the teacher had assigned the seats this semester and you were happy with your seating. same table as eric, the table next to you two was otis and some random boys table.
you shook your head no and rolled your eyes. “no, you know my fear of rejection.” you whispered back. you had told him this more than ten times a week, it became a habit by now.
you heard him sigh in defeat, giving up for the day. since the lesson was almost over and you didn’t feel like paying any attention to the teacher you looked over at otis.
the boy next to him had been talking to him for a while, you say otis clench and unclench his jaw a few times with his eyes glued to the front of the classroom. he was clearly annoyed with the boy next to him.
suddenly, his eyes met yours. a smile tugged at his lips when he saw you were already looking at him. he mouthed to you a quick, ‘help me.’ referring to the chatter box next to him.
you couldn’t help but laugh softly and shake your head. you looked up at the clock that was at the front of the room and pointed to it so otis would look, the bell was about to ring.
he nodded and started packing up right as the bell rang, you packed up and looked over at eric who face palmed dramatically. he then stepped in front of you to walk with otis to the next class, handing you a note.
‘he’d be lucky to have you. if he hurts you in any way if you tell him, you know i’ll take care of it.’
when you read the note you smiled, nodding at him as a thank you. otis took notice of this and questioned eric about it. eric only hushed him and changed the subject.
you snapped out of your little daydream and walked to your next class. after this the school day would be over and you’d get to ride home with otis and eric.
making it to the class room you sat down in your normal seat. this class was first aid and safety, to be honest it had to be one of your favorite classes that you had this year. you learned many things and had a lot of free days since you did the worksheets fairly fast.
this gave you time to write your feelings, adding small doodles to go with what you wrote.
today you had wrote something you called ‘ocean eyes.’ of course it was based around otis. most of your writing and drawing was, he was your inspiration for everything.
‘I've never fallen from quite this high
Falling into your ocean eyes
below those neatly written words was otis with his chin in the palm of his hand, the only colored part was his eyes. the first thing you noticed every time you looked at him.
you were sat in the back of the class so no one could look over your shoulder and see what you were working on, when anyone asked you simply said it was work for an art class. y’know, like a liar.
but no one ever walked up to you and looked at what you were doing while standing next to you. until amiee came along.
“i knew you liked milburn! i thought you were only friends but when i saw the way you looked at him, that changed.” she laughed, leaning against your desk as you scrambled to hide your ‘work.’
your face was flushed red at this point. “you’re not going to tell him are you?” you asked timidly, looking up at the girl with begging eyes.
she just laughed and crossed her arms over her chest, looking down at you. a smirk stayed on her lips before she spoke again.
“i won’t, i swear. i find these types of friendships fascinating, i wouldn’t want to ruin the fun!” she giggled, watching as your face twisted into confusion.
“these types of friendships? what are you on about?” you asked, tugging at your earlobe as you spoke.
“the type where there is clearly more that could happen but the two people are too nervous to do anything about it. and i know milburn won’t make the first move.” she explained as if it was nothing, she tended to do that often.
“you..you’re saying i have a chance.. or something?” you asked in a hopeful tone, eyes practically lighting up at the thought. amiee only nodded and shrugged.
“take it as you wish, but yes, thats what i’m saying.” she winked before making her way back to her seat.
you were going to tell him, tonight. with the words or eric and amiee on your side you felt confident.
you knocked on his front door since he wasn’t answering his texts, kind of odd but you didn’t think too much of it.
his mother opened the door and seemed thankful to see you. “oh thank god, otis has been in his room all day and i can’t get him to talk to me. he trusts you, so please try.” she begged. all of this hit you way too fast, nonetheless you nodded and rushed upstairs before knocking on his door softly.
“mum, please leave..” he spoke, his voice cracked a bit. your heart hurt at the sound of that.
“otis, it’s me. what’s going on?” you asked softly, standing by the door and waiting for a response. you heard shuffling before he unlocked the door and let you in, his head hung low.
before stepping in you wrapped your arms around his body. he needed this, it was obvious.
“otis, talk to me please, what’s on your mind?” you asked, you could see the sadness and thought all over his face.
he took a moment before slowly answering. “i’ve been rejected by every person i have ever had a liking to.. and i’m scared to admit to you that i like you more than a best friend.”
your arms hung loosely around him at this point, your eyes meeting the ones you adored so much. your eyes widened at his words and he stepped away from you.
before he could say anything you did, “otis, thats why i fucking came here. because i have liked you more than a friend since middle school.” you confessed, finally being able to say what you have wanted to for so long now.
“you.. you don’t have to say that y’know..” he trailed off, he felt unsure of himself. how could someone so amazing as you like someone as bland like him?
“are you kidding? otis, this- this crush that i’ve had on you for forever has gotten to the point where i know more about you than me! you fill my thoughts every day! i even dream about you for fucks sake, wondering of you have ever done the same! when you get sad or even slightly unhappy i tend to fall and feel bad knowing that i can’t help as much as i want to! otis, i would even go as far as to say i love you. because i do! i love you otis milburn, and i always have. always will..” you rambled until you came to a close with your rant on your true feelings for him. those words were out now, and they always will be.
he couldn’t take his eyes off of you, he was in awe. he always was when he was ever around you.
he stood and pulled you close, hugging you.
he pulled away a bit only to let out a soft, “i love you too. more than anything. always have, always will.” and with that, he leaned in and his lips met yours. just as you’ve always dreamed of.
hey! hope you liked this. i have gotten so many song request things it’s crazy! i though mixing two would be cool so yeah. i’m running low on otis gif’s so i might just use some normal asa ones. i apologize for this being late and my work coming out slower than normal, i have been having some family troubles and school things. thank you again for your endless support!
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