You were partnered for homework. It was a new lesson and you were supposed to be partnered to do the questions on the board. Just your luck, getting paired with Asano. You were hoping for anyone else, you didn’t care who, just anyone else. It would be easier that way.
“Y/n,” You couldn’t. Not when he was looking at you with those violet eyes. You pulled at your fingers. He could tell you were anxious, that you didn’t want to be near him. Why would you? He messed everything up. But he couldn’t just let you keep avoiding him everytime he got close and not give him an explanation for it.
“There are six questions, you do the first three and I’ll do the last three” You couldn’t talk to him. You’ve been avoiding him all week. It was better you finished your share of the work for math, handed it in, and got it over with.
“Fine.” He could tell from the way you weren’t looking at him that he couldn’t talk to you. Not now. You could easily dodge it and that would get him nowhere.
You couldn’t focus on shit. Not the math as simple as it was, not the tip of your satisfyingly sharp pencil, not the blankness of your page. You could feel his gaze leaving you, your skin starting to cool from its boiling state. You only got halfway through your work.
You couldn’t stop thinking about that time when it was raining and you got sick because you went back into the rain instead of waiting for it to stop, the time you didn’t come to school for a week, and just yesterday when he almost kissed you. That time you made an excuse and went home for the rest of the day. You never cut school until now.
All you could think about was yesterday when he caught you at the back of the school, your chin lifted so all you could look at was him, his violet eyes. You almost wanted to lean into his touch that time, it was so gentle, but your mind raced faster than your heart ever could, and all you could think about was getting the hell out of there. So you pushed him away and didn’t look back, and now your plans to avoid him all day were ruined.
The bell made you jump out of your seat. You packed up your books and left the class. You hid among the people in the halls until you reached your next class. You missed enough school, a lot of it, and there was no way out of any of your classes. You had a truckload to do, even with the hours you spent catching up last night.
The bell for dismissal rang and you finished your scribble of a note as fast as possible.
“Y/n” Shivers crawled up your spine as his voice whistled through your ears. “Did you finish the questions for math? I was going to hand it in”
“Yeah, I did it during my break” You stared at your feet
You wanted to slap yourself. Now you were walking in mostly empty halls with Asano. The only people here were the students going to their club meeting or sport practice. You told yourself to avoid the guy and this is how your day ended up. Alone in an empty classroom with him.
“Y/n,” He grabbed your wrist and spun you around. Boxing you against the wall in one swift movement.
You were panicking. Your heart was pounding in your chest. This was not happening. You were not stuck between the arms of the very person you were supposed to be avoiding. He was not holding you here.
But you knew it was coming, that you couldn’t avoid him forever. He wanted answers, and he always got what he wanted.
“Why are you avoiding me?”
“I know that” You snapped
“Then stop running from me. I won’t let you go until you tell me why”
“You can’t keep me here against my will”
“Watch me.” Your eyes analyzed every part of his face. His hair, his eyes, his lips. You forced your gaze downward. He again lifted your chin up towards him so gently like you were glass. “Why do you keep running away?”
“I don’t know what else to do when I’m scared” You admitted
“...You. That I..feel things?” You were never good at words
“Then say so. Don’t run away from me when it’s raining and get sick. Don’t avoid me for a week. Don’t make excuses. Don’t push me away…Don’t run away”
“What am I supposed to do, then? You tried to kiss me last time.”
“Am I supposed to apologize for it?” Your face got impossibly redder
“Should I ask next time?” Your eyes flickered down to his lips, and then back to his eyes- which had been following you the whole time.
“No running this time” He said before meeting your lips with his.
His hand lifting your chin cupped your cheek, and the other snaked around your waist, holding you close in his arms. Heat pooled in your gut and your nerves were going wild, but you didn’t want to pull away. His lips were soft.
Eventually, you had to let go of each other for air. But Asano still held you and rested his forehead against yours. Violet eyes studying your face. You could tell he was afraid you’d run again if he let you go.
“I’m not going anywhere.”
He always got what he wanted.
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