Charactes- Kaneda Shotarou and yourself (mentions of Yamagata, Kaisuke, Tetsuo)
Headcanons, x fem!reader, fluff, incredibly long, curse words (just a few)
DISCLAMER: There is a description of a backstory and this is to give more depth and personality to the reader and the headcanons themselves
We all know this man underestimates women like completely
Like completely
Probably thinks that they know NOTHING about his area of interests
But of course, he comes across someone who knows about bikes
Enter you lmao
So like he goes into some bike shop that just opened up and he's looking for new tools and he's like looking around and you spot him swinging his head around like a dumbass
"Hey, can I help you?" you call out in mild concern.
And lo and behold, a teenage girl around his age and height is sitting behind the counter flipping through a magazine (of your interest)
Bro just stares at you for a good 3 minutes before you let out a light chuckle and he snaps back to reality.
"Uhhhhhh.....you work here?" he asks in slight hesitation.
Like no way is his fifteen years of life has he ever met a girl who does not work at a cafe or the boutique on the corner run by the batty old lady.
A girl who works at a bike shop. wow. mind blown.
"Yeah I work here. Whatcha lookin' for? I'll help ya out"
The shock's worn off. Dw he's fine now.
After a short conversation abt the best tools to use, materials, ect, he pays for his stuff and leaves.
Your boss comes out from the back room and hooks his arm around your neck putting you in a gentle headlock "Yeah I knew you were into delinquents" He jests, "Shutcha mouth ya old geezer" You retaliate which in turn, elicits a deep chuckle from the man.
A few days pass and the same guy returns but he comes with what looks like his gang.
"Hey! Your back" You acknowledge his presence after detaching from your magazine.
"Uh-huh, the boys needed some new tools so I thought I'd bring them 'round here."
'The boys? Tf-' you thought trying not to laugh. He sounded like some football dad.
"Yeah no problem, I'll take care of it" you walked over to them and stared the tallest of the group in the eyes trying to get one of them to talk.
Clearly they were not expecting a female here.
Yamagata cleared his throat rather loudly and started asking rapid-fire questions about bikes and tools (with a large amount of spelling errors that Tetsuo and Kaisuke had to correct for him) not expecting you to answer a single one correctly
And what was Kaneda doing the whole time?
Staring
Right at you.
He thinks he's developing a crush (he was thinking about you in the days he was not at the shop. He's probably developing some illness or smth)
You could feel his gaze so you turned your head towards his after helping Yamagata to ask if the poor guy was ok.
He froze up for just a second before responding "Oh yeah. Totally fine. Don't worry about me babe" Yeah he's fine-wait- BABE?
You've known the guy for what 2 days? Is he actually fr?
'He's probably a Casanova or something.. yeah that.. I shouldn't get too invested in him' Uh-huh sure. Don't go lying to yourself now
Self-awareness is knowing that you're both falling for each other and self-awareness is knowing that you can do nothing about it.
As weeks pass, Kaneda-or Shotarou- for that matter, (he insisted that you should be on first name basis) is visiting for shop more and more.
At first you assumed that he was just getting the regular tools or even to get his bike looked at by Boss Man
But his visits become more frequent and repetitive so you finally realize whats going on. It took a lot of courage like I mean you have a big crush on the guy (realized after a lot of self-reflection) and he's obviously got a crush on you (words from Boss Man himself)
You two eventually (finally) go out together to this hole-in-the-wall ramen shop which sells the best food known to man.
It's incredibly awkward.
Like no one speaks up.
That is until Shotarou asks about how you got your job and it spirals into this conversation about backstories and how the Boss Man recruited you after he saw you looking at the bikes so intently.
Bros mesmerized at hearing you talk so much. Loves your voice and how it changes depending on how your depict a scene or how your eyes light up when you mention something you love (it's him but don't tell)
After the food he took you to this spot on a bridge where you could see like all of Neo-Tokyo and is so. fucking. quiet...again.
You realize that this may be your only chance that you get so you go for it. You only live once.
"Hey, so um.... I've got somethin' that I wanna say to you...."
"Huh?" He perks up at the sound of your voice
"So like uhh...I like you....um yeah"
So fucking awkward.
You feel like falling into a void that might just open and swallow you up.
"Oh same"
What the fuck
What
hUh-
Testing the waters, you lean you head onto his shoulder and respond "That's good... I'm glad I didn't embarrass myself"
He laughs in response and wraps an arm around your shoulder pulling you closer to him "Lucky you, huh? You've got me as your boyfriend sweetheart. Lucky you..."
Oh yeah your hella lucky now
Best day of your life hands down
You are now two bike nerds in love
Congrats
On the other side of the bridge....
"BRO DID YOU SAW THAT???"
"It's pronounced 'see' Yamagata and yes, we're looking in the same damn direction"
"My bad dude, you don't hafta be six foot up my ass"
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