You and Reese have been enemies for as long as you can remember. If there’s a way to ruin your day, Reese will find it. If there’s an opportunity to make his life miserable, you gladly take it.
But somewhere along the way, something changes. Maybe it’s the way Reese smirks when he teases you, or how he looks stupidly good even when he’s covered in detention chalk dust. Either way, you realize the unthinkable—you like him. And now, you’re stuck in the ultimate nightmare: trying to fix your horrible relationship without him catching on that you’ve developed a crush. The problem? Reese does not believe you
You try to be nicer? He immediately accuses you of setting up a prank .You’re trying to be nice, you really are. But Reese makes it so difficult.
One day, without thinking, you mutter something like, “Ugh, why do you actually look good today?” And Reese? He freezes. Then smirks, like he had find your trick, “Nice try. What’s the catch?”
You rolled eyes at his confidence and give him a nonchalant reply,"There is no catch, dumbass."
But now he won’t drop it. He starts making ugly faces at you randomly, waiting for you to break character and laugh. You don’t. And that’s when it hits him: something is wrong with you.
You offer to let him copy your homework one day (because dude is struggling, duh!). Instead of thanking you, he refuses.
“Ohhh no, I know this trick. I’ll copy it, and you’ll tell the teacher. Not falling for it.” And once again your geniune gestures were being accused,“Just take it, idiot.” You said, your head aching.
He doesn’t. Instead, he stares at you, suspicious, and copies from some other poor soul—while side-eyeing you the whole time like you’re plotting something huge. You on other hand face-palm. You are seriously questioning your taste in boys and it's definitely not the one with brain.
After days (weeks??) of him treating your kindness like a bomb waiting to go off, you lose it.
“Reese, not everything is a damn prank!”
“Says the person who once put glue on my chair.”
“THAT WAS TWO YEARS AGO. I HAVE CHANGED.”
“That’s exactly what you’d say if you were still plotting something.”
Ok at this point either you will lost it entirely or kill him. He is making you gone crazy. Like what kind of prank requires so much nice gestures for so long dude.
Maybe it’s late. Maybe you’re exhausted. Maybe you’re just done. But at some point, you let it slip.
“You know what? Fine. I like you. Happy now?” Confession is embarassing but if it keep going on any longer, you might lose your senses from all the werid accusation.
“Pffft—okay, sure. That’s the best prank yet. Nice delivery, too.” And you just sit there, staring at this absolute moron as he walks away, still convinced you’re messing with him.
Reese is still convinced this is a prank. Weeks pass. You’ve practically given up, settling into a miserable cycle of “I should just move on” vs. “Why am I so into this idiot?” Meanwhile, Reese keeps replaying every weird moment between you two, and it’s bothering him. It's takes him embarrassing long time to put pieces together.
The time you gave him half your fries (was that flirting?)
The time you called him a dumbass but laughed right after (was that cute?)
The time you waited for him after school (was that romantic?)
At some point, he just has to know it once again. Everything connects, even use Malcolm to verify the situation so only thing that is left is you conform his assumption. (You literally confessed already. bro is on to nothing) He finds you at school, corners you, and goes:
Reese: “Okay. One more time. Do you—do you ACTUALLY like me?”
You: “Yes, dumbass.”
Reese: “…Like, LIKE-like?”
You: “Why are you saying it like kindergartener?”
Reese: “LIKE—LIKE in a way where we could—uh—do something about it?”
If you heard this anything more, you might lose your last brain cell. So you did the final and most obvious gesture to prove your feelings.
You grabbed his shoulder and pulled him towards yourself. Making sure your lips land right on his. Through it was only for moment before you pulled away with an annoyed and flustered face,"Enough proof?"
Reese didn't reply anything and just keep staring at you which at some point creep you out so you have to shook him. He did move after that. Quickly and slowly, falling on ground.
Reese.exe has stopped working. Congratulations, you have successfully broken him.
So guess who rewatch Malcolm in the Middle? Khihi!(≧▽≦) Umm anyways this is my contribution to the fandom after completing devouring rest of content. You know classic: I like it but there is not enough of this, so I am gonna take the matters in my hand Also I don't know how well I written Reese here, it's just based from the scenario I used for sleeping yesterday night.(｡ﾉω＼｡) embarassing enough! Anyways if you like it then happy to know cause I am sure there is more coming.(◍•ᴗ•◍)✧*。
