Just Besties ~ Cater Diamond
Summary: You and Cater are just besties. That's all.
Pairing: N/A
Genre: Fluffy Drabble
Word Count: 623
Warning: N/A
Masterlist
To a lot of people, it looked like you and Cater were dating. Granted, there was a lot of damning evidence. For starters, the two of you had a shared social media account that was always up-to-date. You had a lot of matching clothes and he hardly ever hacked you. The two of you like the same candy and have the same sense of humor.
You must be dating right?
“No, no, we’re not dating. We’re just best friends, that’s all.” You laughed, your arm slung over his shoulders. “Trust me, I don’t think I could bear having him as a boyfriend, as cute as he is.”
He scoffed. “Pssh, you wish you could date someone as cool as me!”
“In your dreams!”
“Like you’d ever be in my dreams!”
If it wasn’t already obvious, no, the two of you are not dating. You’re just very close friends. You have been since you were children. Ever since the day he helped you up from a nasty tumble on the playground, you two have been inseparable. And you preferred it that way.
The rest of Heartslabyul, on the other hand, weren’t all that convinced. While Trey tried to laugh every time you assured him you weren’t dating, he would ask Cater when you weren’t around if he needed help confessing to you. Of course, he shut that conversation down as quickly as he could. As for Riddle, he believed it was some ultimate prank, that you both were secretly dating and telling him you weren’t for the perfect gotcha moment. But that wasn’t the case either.
Although pranking him like that sounded like a great idea, which you filed away for later in case you wanted to try.
You sighed, laying back on Cater's bed, your phone on your chest. You were updating your social media when you got yet another comment asking if you two were dating. You immediately went to tell them that, no, you were just besties, when you hesitated. Glancing at Cater sitting next to you, tapping away on his phone and sucking on a lollipop, you frowned.
Cater was pretty and he was nice to you when it mattered. He was funny and courageous and passionate about a lot of things you liked as well. But when you tried to look at him in the Boyfriend Light, you just couldn’t see it. Cater was your friend! If anything, he was like a brother! He just wasn’t your type at all and a part of you felt guilty. What if he didn’t think that way?
“Hey, Cater?” You asked before you could tell yourself not to open your mouth.
“What?”
“Do you ever think maybe we should date?”
Yep, just rip it off like a bandage. That’ll work.
He paused, moving the lollipop around in his mouth as he thought. “Do you want the serious answer or the funny answer?”
“Serious answer, please.”
There was another stretch of time before he said, “In all honesty, and I hope you’re not offended, but I really don’t. I just don’t see you as my significant other. You’re my bestie, my ride or die, sure, but not, like, the love of my life. You’re just you and I think that’s perfect just the way it is. I’m sorry if that isn’t the answer you wanted-”
“No.” You quickly cut him off. “No, I mean, I feel the same way. You’re not boyfriend material to me. I mean, I hope one day you find someone you could fall in love with, but I don’t think it will be me. I mean, I hope it won’t be me.”
He nodded. “Yeah, we’re just besties.”
“Besties who steal each other’s candy.”
“I KNEW IT WAS YOU!”