Anon - Thanks for requesting! 😊 Hope you all enjoy this 🙈💕
Pairing: Eventual You x Barry
Warnings: Fluff [and a shitty ending.]
Drabble challenge: #41 “You’re going out dressed like that?”
“Hm – turn around.”, Barry ordered you for the third time; gesturing a spin with his index finger.
You sighted and rolled your eyes as you did another spin for him, thus taking away the chance to see the pure admiration in his eyes as you turned away from your friend.
“I know you’re rolling your pretty eyes, (Y/N) – but remember who asked me to help you pick an outfit for – you know what.”
You bit your bottom lip to keep yourself from letting out a bitter remark. Barry, your so called best friend, had been acting especially feisty since you had told him about this guy, James, who had asked you out on a date just a couple of days ago.
“Nu-uh. Definitely no. That’s awful.”, he judged while wildly gesturing around with his hands.
In any other situation, you would have paid more attention to the fact that he always gestured around like that whenever he was nervous, but this time you didn’t. You were too busy feeling extremely insecure about your appearance all of a sudden.
You stared at him for a short moment, shocked by the boldness in his voice; shocked by the fact how much that sentence out of his mouth made you blush.
He stared at you, one of his eyebrows raised in question as he noticed your crimson cheeks. “I, err, I mean this doesn’t look –“
You quickly cleared your throat. “Yeah, I know what you said. I look like shit. Thanks, friend.” You made sure to underline the word friend with quotation marks. You turned around swiftly and disappeared into the bathroom, yet again.
“I didn’t mean it like that, (Y/N)!”, you heard him yell, but chose to ignore it as you tried to unzip the tight dress. The dress you had barely managed to close by yourself in the first place.
“Hey, c’mon, you know I didn’t mean it like that!”, Barry tried to reason with you from the other side of the door. Now he was standing right in front of it. “Of course I want you to –“ He sucked in a deep breath and forced himself to say the next words without sounding sarcastic. “– I want you to look good for James.” He grimaced and ignored the urge to tell you, his best friend; his only friend, the truth.
You let out a soft grunt. A muscle in your neck cramped as you struggled to open the small zipper.
“(Y/N)? Are you alright? – What’s wrong?”
You cursed under your breath. “(Y/N)?”
“I am stuck, Barry! Goddammit!” You looked at the small black object in your hand; a part of your dress only seconds ago. Frustration spread through your body; the kind that made you want to scream from the top of your lungs.
Without any further word, you yanked the door open – and were greeted by your friend, almost falling on top of you as he had previously leaned against the doorframe. He managed to uphold himself and save you from stumbling by grabbing your waist and pulling you towards him.
You stared at each other; chests almost touching.
Barry opened his mouth to say something, but closed it again. He couldn’t say that, even when people like Jade and Ansel were urging him. Instead, he tried to distract them from the fact how nicely your bodies fit together; the warmth that radiated from you and the smell of your decent perfume that always seemed to lighten up his mood.
“You’re going out dressed like that?”, he asked and let out a fake, slightly nervous snicker.
You smacked your lips together and let out a faint snort as you attempted to push his hand from your waist halfheartedly. You knew you looked like a mess. Hair tousled from the fight against a piece of clothing – which you lost; said dress broken and one strap hanging off your shoulder while the zipper was left almost completely ripped open on your back.
Now you were the one to open your mouth for an answer; just a sassy remark to ease the tension, but you were interrupted by his tightening grip on your waist and a pair of soft lips on yours as he suddenly kissed you.
It was sweet, full of oppressed feelings; way too briefly and yet it managed to take your breath away.
You gasped when he pulled back with a smile.
“Cancel your date, – please.”