Rules: write the latest line from your WIP and tag as many people as there are words in the line. make a new post, don’t reblog.
I haven’t written any new fanfics for quite a while, I feel so bad... but I’ve been writing a lot of stuff with me and my friend’s OCs, so here’s a little of my main project here!
This is much more than just a line dfjfhkffd I’m proud of this part, but I’m putting it under the read-more because it’s long, so you don’t have to read it if you don’t want to, haha. I’ll tag @ms-enmystic, @dazais-guardian-angel, @gemstoneslesbian, @kyoukalay, @pajcali, @teaofdestiny, and @shocotate if you would like to do this!
Shirley coughs. “I really do… appreciate you giving me that phone call five years ago. Giving me that chance to be your partner. So I’m just doing the same for you. It’s… repaying a debt, of sorts”
“Can we keep doing that?” Onyx doesn’t quite understand why his face is so warm, but he keeps going. “Helping each other like that? It doesn’t have to be about paying a debt or anything. I just… I deeply appreciate everything you’ve done for me, and...” He looks away; his face is growing so hot, it will be obvious if Shirley looks at him. “You really are more than just my business partner. You’re my… my best friend.”
A best friend, a partner, a…
He doesn’t know.
But he wants to find out.
Even out of the corner of his eye, he can see Shirley’s eyes widen. “Onyx…”
Perhaps it was foolish of him to ever ask such a thing. He shouldn’t have said anything. “Of course, I’m… I’m fine with keeping things to a… a business relationship,” he murmurs, stumbling over his own words.
“Onyx, you’re… you’re so funny.”
Onyx blinks, looking up towards Shirley. His business partner--no, his best friend’s smile is the warmest that he’s ever seen before. “There’s no need for a formal confession.” But Shirley’s hand comes to rest on his shoulder. “But of course we’ll keep working together. Just like we always have. And Onyx… I’m not going to say this often. It’s… difficult for me to say things like this. But you’re my best friend, too.”
Onyx probably looks ridiculous right now, sitting here late at night, inches away from his business partner, grinning like a fool. But he’ll be a fool for Shirley, for his best friend, for…
He can’t say it out loud.
But he’d gladly be a fool for the man he loves the most in this world.
