The music was too loud or maybe it was just your head.
Everything blurred together—the flashing lights, the laughter, the warmth spreading through your chest that felt a little too heavy to be fun anymore. You didn’t even remember how many cups you had, only that someone handed you one, then another, and suddenly walking felt like trying to balance on air.
“Hey… hey, easy.”
A familiar voice cut through the noise. Firm, steady.
Yuta.
You barely registered how he got there, but his hands were already on your shoulders, grounding you before you tipped forward. Your vision swayed, and when you tried to focus on him, his face doubled.
“Yuta…?” you mumbled, words slurring together. “I’m fine… I think. The floor just… moved.”
“It didn’t,” he said quietly, chuckling slightly at your current condition, his voice already sounding tired in that gentle way he got when he was worried. “You did.”
You laughed weakly at that, but it came out more like a breath. The room spun again, sharper this time, and your stomach dropped.
“I don’t feel good.”
“I know.”
Before you could say anything else, he crouched in front of you slightly. “Come here.”
“What—?”
Your words dissolved into a small noise when he lifted you with ease, one arm under your knees, the other steady at your back. You instinctively grabbed onto his hoodie, clinging without thinking.
“Yuta—!” you whined, voice soft and embarrassed. “People are looking…”
“I don’t care,” he replied, already moving.
And he didn’t.
What mattered more was you're in his arms.
—
The night air was cool, but everything still felt warm.
Too warm.
Your face pressed against his chest, cheek squished against the soft fabric of his hoodie as he walked, steady and careful.
Each step was even. Controlled.
Like he was afraid you’d fall.
“…Yuta,” you murmured, voice muffled.
“Yeah?”
“You smell nice.”
He nearly stumbled.
“…It’s just detergent.”
“Nooo” you dragged out, shifting slightly in his arms..too much that he had to tighten his hold on you. “It’s you. You always smell nice.”
A pause.
“…Thanks,” he said quietly, ears and cheeks feeling warmer than they should, clearly not knowing what to do with that.
You hummed in satisfaction, fingers absentmindedly rubbing against his chest through the fabric. Not really thinking. Just… feeling.
His shoulders tensed.
“Hey—don’t move too much,” he muttered, adjusting his grip again. “You’ll fall.”
“I won’t,” you insisted, even as you leaned closer, practically melting into him. “You won’t drop me.”
“…I won’t, never” he admitted.
Your head tilted up just enough to look at him, though your eyes barely focused. “I trust you.”
That made it worse.
Yuta looked away quickly, jaw tightening just slightly. “…You’re drunk.”
“Mhm,” you agreed easily. “And honest.”
“…That’s not how that works.”
“It is,” you said, nodding like it made perfect sense.
Silence settled for a moment, broken only by his footsteps.
Then—
“I like you.”
He froze.
Not completely.. but enough that his next step faltered.
“…What?”
You frowned slightly, like he was the confusing one. “I said I like you.”
“Yeah, I— I heard you,” he stammered, grip tightening instinctively. “You’re just— you’re drunk. You don’t mean that.”
“I do,” you insisted, louder this time.
Too loud.
A couple passing by glanced over, and Yuta’s ears went red immediately.
“Hey—shh,” he said quickly, lowering his voice. “Not so loud.”
“But it’s true,” you argued, pouting slightly as you shifted again, pressing closer. Your arms slid more securely around his neck now, clinging. “I like you a lot.”
His face was burning now.
“You— you don’t have to say this right now,” he muttered, clearly flustered. “We can just— talk about it later, okay?”
“Nooo,” you whined softly, shaking your head against his shoulder. “You always avoid it.”
“I don’t avoid it!”
“You do,” you insisted, poking weakly at his chest. “Every time I get close, you act like you don’t notice.”
“That’s not—”
You shifted again, this time rubbing your face lightly against his shoulder, nuzzling into him without thinking. “You’re so warm…”
He went completely still for a second.
“…You’re making this really hard.”
You blinked slowly. “What’s hard?”
“…Walking,” he said quickly.
You giggled, completely unconvinced. “Liar.”
His grip tightened again when you shifted, your knee brushing slightly as you adjusted yourself in his arms.
“Stay still,” he said, voice a little strained now, shyer than ever. “Seriously.”
“Make me,” you mumbled, clearly not helping.
“…I am carrying you.”
“That’s not making me,” you argued, though your voice was already getting softer, heavier.
Another few steps passed in silence, though it wasn’t comfortable for him.
Because you didn’t stop.
“I like you,” you repeated, quieter this time, almost drowsy. “You’re always nice to me… even when I’m annoying.”
“You’re not annoying.”
“I am,” you insisted. “But you still take care of me.”
His steps slowed slightly.
“…Of course I do.”
“Why?” you asked, tilting your head again to try and look at him.
He didn’t answer immediately.
Your fingers curled tighter into his hoodie. “Is it because you like me too?”
That did it.
Yuta nearly stopped walking entirely.
“…You should sleep,” he said after a moment, voice softer now, but somehow more affected. “We’ll talk when you’re sober.”
You stared at him for a second longer… then smiled faintly, eyes fluttering.
“…Okay,” you whispered.
But even then, you didn’t let go.
If anything, you curled closer, face tucked into his neck now, breathing evening out as sleep slowly started to take over.
Yuta exhaled quietly, adjusting his hold one last time.
“…You’re really unfair,” he murmured under his breath.
But he didn’t put you down.
Not once.
Maybe Yuta is forgetting that drunk people are the most honest.
Sum It’s been awhile since you’ve seen your nerdy friend Yuta. After taking a semester off you come back to college and he’s changed a lot since you’ve last seen him.
Warnings predatory frat guy (SA hinted at BEWARE),Fem reader, She/you are a sexy self aware baddie, Headcanons into story format, Drunk speech aka awful typing and spelling, Mentions of high school bullies, The instant friendship between women when drunk, A bit ooc due to the AU, Ageup! Early 20s, Possible Texanisms, Spelling and Grammar.
A/N Thank you guys so much for the insane amount of love on my last post <3 I plan on making a part two so don’t think I've abandoned that! I just felt very inspired to do a college AU after finishing my finals. Also been reading through collage AUs to try to find an official name for the jjk frat and didn’t see one so I made them up. I checked and I don't think there are any frats with these names and if there are I’m sorry.
Nerd!Yuta who you hung out with all the time in college despite all the rude comments and rumors about him being ‘weird’ and ‘creepy’. If they truly got to know him they’d be regretful to ever call such a sweet person such awful things.
Nerd!Yuta who pulled an all nighter to help you study for an exam you were stressing over just because he’s that kind. He even made you fancy coffee in your dorm for the occasion and you two went to a donut shop at 4 in the morning when it first opened to get first pick before other people got there and buying way too much, using it as an excuse for a break.
Nerd!Yuta who's sweet and was always so patient with you and never made you feel dumb for asking stupid questions. He’d explain something over and over again until you understood it, never even once getting agitated.
Nerd!Yuta who flushed and tried to hide his smile anytime someone mistook you two for a couple. It was bound to happen after all you were always together.
Nerd!Yuta who’s sweet and would bring you breakfast when you two would walk to morning classes together. He’d even run across campus in the middle of the day just to catch you and bring you to your next class so he could hear about your day so far and tell you what he learned in class.
Nerd!Yuta who looked broken when you said you were going to take the Spring semester off because your life was already chaotic and University on top was too much but you promised you’d be back in the Fall.
Nerd!Yuta who contacted you regularly but slowly the conversations started to fade…..
It was now fall and you were nervous to be back on campus after having a semester and summer off. You were hoping you’d remember what you learned previously and felt a bit lonely being back on campus.
You knew Yuta was still going here but felt guilty. He had reached out to you over your absence but as time went on your texts to one another faded away. You’d feel like an ass reaching out to him now that you're back on campus. You were a bit worried maybe you were using him only to keep yourself from realizing how alone you were when at school.
You felt even worse for leaving him here because he was just as lonely as you were and he had to be alone for a semester by himself. The week before you got back you had been debating on even reaching back out feeling like the biggest duchebag for only contacting him when it was a convenience for you.
After two extremely lonely days being back on campus you couldn’t take it anymore. Everywhere you went people were in groups or with friends and it made you feel even more lonely. You were in your bed crying softly when you finally found the courage to pull out your phone and text him. “Hey. sorry for being so quiet the past few months, but I’m back on campus” and you immediately put your phone under your pillow in shame and pressed your face into the pillow to let out a muffled scream. He would probably ghost you or be upset at you for not talking to him the past few months.
You felt a buzz a minute later and pulled your phone out to see you had a notification from Yuta. You felt a smile creep on your face as your tears and embarrassment slowly started to disappear. You should have known he was too nice to turn you away. “Y/N! I’m happy you stayed true to your word of coming back. I was starting to worry if I’d ever see you again” you felt some of the guilt creep back up from his response but you couldn’t let your sadness get to you so you texted back instead of pondering on the message.
“Do you want to meet tomorrow and catch up?” You watched text bubbles appear then disappear and felt your heart drop. You really should have been better about keeping contact. “I’m actually kinda busy tomorrow but I’m going to be at the Alpha Kappa Tau party. You should meet me there.” Now you were confused. Yuta? Your Yuta at a frat party? He was going to be eaten alive.
You typed frantically “Ummm Yuta you wanna meet up…..at a frat party?” He was joking right? “Yeah. I got to know this one guy named Gojo who’s part of it last semester and we really clicked! I joined it this year” your guilt had now tripled. While you were gone these frat boys must have started talking to Yuta secretly making fun of him and he genuinely thought they were friends. Just like those weird girls in high school who treated certain students like they were their pets.
He was 100% these frats nerdy jester and was too oblivious to notice. Yuta had told you he was bullied in k-12 so you figured he’d realize people like these frat guys treating him kindly was strange. Maybe this was a more common tactic for girl bullies so Yuta didn’t know. “Yuta you joined a frat?” you typed not sure what to say yet. “Yes the guys are really nice to me. I started helping them last year with stuff and they begged me to join this year although they didn’t need to do that. I had already been planning on joining this year” oh my god they brain washed him too. Maybe telling him over text that they are picking on him isn’t a good idea. At this stage you might need an intervention.
“Yuta is there any way we can meet up before the party and talk?” you stared at the read receipt for a bit before he finally responded “I’m sorry but I really don’t have time. I'm going to run errands all day for the party then setting up. We’ll for sure see each other at the function though!” you let out a big sigh trying to think of what to do or say to save him from humiliation when suddenly you had an interesting thought.
“Ok I’ll see you then :)” you had a plan on what you were going to do to stick it to these frat guys who were taking advantage of your friend. Not to sound self centered but you knew you were attractive. You often caught stares and got compliments when you dressed to the 9s and had your hair and makeup done. You were going to wear your best outfit and do a full face to meet Yuta at the frat party so these frat guys would see him with a pretty girl and hopefully stop picking on him. He had told you before people always treated him more kindly when you were around.
The next day you spent your whole evening getting ready. You took a long time on your hair and make up to make sure both were as close to perfect as they could be. After that you went through your wardrobe and picked through your clothes trying to find something sexy but didn’t make you look like you were trying too hard. As you were sifting you pulled out a skirt you remembered Yuta telling you looked cute on you and you smiled thinking about it before shaking your head. “Why am I thinking like this? I'm on a mission” you put it back and continued to look til you put together the perfect outfit.
You stood in front of the mirror admiring yourself for a bit “Damn, I look good” a good fit and make up are truly magical. You pulled out your phone to look at the time “Oh shit!” The party started 45 minutes ago. You needed to get going fast. Hopefully being there an hour after would be considered fashionably late, but you hoped Yuta was holding up ok all on his own. You speedily put on your expensive perfume you saved for special occasions dying a bit inside it was being wasted on a disgusting frat party and quickly darted out the door.
As you got closer to the frat house you could hear loud music blasting and saw some people standing outside against a tree making out. As you approached the door there was a guy standing there greeting people “Ladies get in free especially the pretty ones” He smiled at you and you just giggled everything was going according to plan. “Drinks are in the kitchen in a cooler” you just nodded as he moved out of the way of the entry “Thank you”.
As you stepped in the music instantly became louder and suddenly you were surrounded by strangers. There was a group of guys in a corner holding beers and talking, some ugly old guy who somehow got in who was trying to flirt with some girls but was not having any luck, and a group of girls drunkenly dancing in the middle of the room. No Yuta in sight. You were scanning to see if you missed him when a guy with pink hair walked up to you and shounted so you could hear him over all the noise.
“Are you looking for something?” he asked and stepped a bit closer “Yeah. My friend Yuta asked me to meet him here. I don’t know if you know him though” The guy instantly got a huge smile on his face “Of course I know him! Yuta’s cool as hell! Who are you?” you gave him a shocked look then continued to scan your surroundings for Yuta as you responded. “I’m his friend, Y/N” The pink haired guy instantly got excited. “Oh shit you’re THE y/n. We’ve heard so much about you!” He instantly stood beside you and started to guide you out of the room towards Yuta. “He wasn’t kidding, you are really pretty!” You looked up at him caught off guard and felt your face heating up. Yuta talked about you often? Then you looked down and smiled. He also told other people you were pretty? “I’m Yuji by the way. It’s nice to meet you! I’m pretty sure I last saw Yuta with Gojo”
Yuji guided you to the backyard which was filled with the stench of alcohol and a ton of voices chanting “Chug! Chug! Chug!” Yuji pulled both of y'all through the crowd to see the main attraction and your jaw dropped. You closed your eyes hard and opened them again believing what you were seeing would disappear when you opened them back up. Yuta was doing a fucking kegstand?! Yuji joined in the cheering “GO YUTA!” You were frozen in place watching in disbelief as Yuta fucking Okkotsu did a kegstand. Was this even the same Yuta? You were dreaming or in an alternate dimension right? The two guys holding him in the air lowered him down as he wiped his mouth. He let out a laugh and a white haired guy patted him on the back. He looked so different too. His once spiky hair was now parted on the side and he stood tall with confidence.
Yuji shouted “Perfect time to show off Yuta! You have a visitor!” Yuta turned his head towards the two of you and instantly smiled when he saw you. “Y/N! You look very nice.” he stepped towards you with pink cheeks and you weren't sure if it was because he thought you looked ‘very nice’ or if it was because he was inebriated. You continued to stare at him in disbelief “Yuta you-” You were cut off as the white haired man grabbed Yuta “Bro, we need to go to the attic. I got a text that the sorority girls are complaining that there's only beer left in the cooler. We need to get the Trulys and Smirnoffs real quick or they will kill me” Yuta nodded. “I’m so sorry. I’ll be right back ok?” then they both headed inside.
You waited outside for a bit but after a while got tired of waiting and headed back inside. As you stepped in, a girl with brown hair walked up to you and grabbed both of your hands “Oh my god girl you are so beautifullll!” she swayed a bit as she continued to look deep into your eyes and alcohol wafted from her breath. “I’m Nobaraaa!” wh- who are you?!” You giggled “I’m Y/N. Nice to meet you” She jumped up and down “even your name is pretty. You know i onc-” She let out a loud gasp and jumped towards you “I love this song! Let’s go dance Y/N!” She pulled you by your hand to the living room where the speakers were and you both started to dance and laugh. After three songs you had honestly even forgotten why you were here in the first place. You were having so much fun dancing til you caught a glimpse towards the couch and saw Yuta sitting there and a really pretty girl sitting super close to him. They were both laughing and smiling at one another and you felt your heart start to sink and your confidence shatter. You were pretty but she was ethereal.
Nobara caught your gaze. “You think he’s cute? I know a lot of girls in my sorority think so too” she shook her head “Fuck him girl. Don’t worry about him let’s dance” she continued to dance and you finally spoke “He’s my friend. I came here because I was worried for him.” Nobara immediately stopped dancing “Oh shit. So you actuallllly like him not just an admir from afar situationnn?” You shook your head and put your hands up “No I don’t like him like that” She shot you a puzzled look “Then whyyy do you seem bothereddd that he’s talking to thattt girl?” You stared at her like a deer caught in headlights and she smiled knowingly “Let’s go debrief in the bathroomm. I’ll help you figure this out giiirl!”
as she grabbed your hand and started to pull you to the hall you saw the girl next to Yuta put her hand on his chest and kiss him on the cheek. Ok now you were actually going to die right here in this disgusting loud frat house in the middle of everyone. You felt your eyes start to water and you escaped Nobara’s grasp and darted outside to cry away from all the people here. You stood against the exterior of the house and started to bawl. Everything was so different. Yuta was so different. He was in a frat hanging around guys that would have made fun of him over a year ago. He was doing kegs, he was more confident, and he was getting kissed by a really pretty girl at a frat party! The sorority girls talk about how they think he’s cute? You know what? Fuck it. Fuck it all.
You stood up, wiped your face and walked back in. You headed straight for the kitchen and opened the cooler and chugged a smirnoff. It wasn’t strong enough so you started to open the pantries and found the frat’s vodka and poured it into a cup and chugged. Gojo walked in there and caught you “Thats not for guests, thats for frat brothers only.” You shot him a look then chugged your drink “Damn nevermind clearly you need it. If you're going to steal our alcohol at least steal the good stuff not the cheap shit the freshman buy” he laughed and you walked out into the living room to dance.
The next hour was a messy blur of dancing with girls and playing cup pong with and beating Yuji. Next thing you know you’re outside in a beach chair feeling the night air against your face when you hear a voice. “Hi there pretty” you turned your head and saw the creepy dude you had spotted flirting with girls when you first walked in. You didn’t respond, instead turning your eyes back to the stars in your sad drunken state. “You’re really going to ignore me huh? Or are you just super drunk?” he asked as he stepped closer “Ignoreeeeeeinggg” you said in a singing voice giggling to yourself. “Come on baby, give me a chance.” you looked him up and down and laughed “ewww noo.” This seemed to set him off “What the fuck are you saying ‘eww’ about bitch?” you just stared at him feeling a bit startled.
He stepped closer “Who the hell do you think you are?” you tried to sit up straight but kept wobbling and coulding get up. His tone shifted and he smirked “What? Too drunk? Don’t worry I’ll help you” He started to bend down to pick you up when a voice stopped him. “What the hell do you think you’re doing?” Yuta stepped out with a pissed look on his face you've never seen before. The guy backed up with his hands in the air “calm down dude she asked me for help” Yuta looked at you then back at him “I know you’re lying. Now I asked you what the hell are you doing?” The guy put his hands up “I was just going to help her get back to her dorm! Calm down!” Yuta shook his head “Drunk girls don’t ask men they don’t know for help in their dorms. Who are you?!" The guy kept stuttering and Yuta walked up and decked him and the guy was knocked out in one hit. He slammed into the ground and Yuta walked towards you. He bent down to be eye level with you. “Are you ok, Y/N?” he asked softly looking you in your eyes for confirmation and you nodded “That was reallyyy hot. I didn didn’t know youu could do tha”
Yuta looked at you wide eyed and his face flushed. He cleared his throat. “Let’s get you elsewhere it’s getting late” He picked you up and carried you out of the frat house and back to your dorm. You kept giggling the whole way there, absolutely thrilled to have him carrying you. He set you on your bed and handed you a glass of water. “Drink this please. Actually chug this right now and if you drink three I’ll doordash you anything you want. Preferably something greasy.” You laughed at him and drank your water as he ordered you food and got you another glass ready. He looked over at you. “Why were you pissed at me all night? Did I do something wrong?” You looked at him confused “Wha arrre you talking about?” he threw his phone down and looked at you “I was looking for you all night after I went to get those drinks and when I finally found you, you were plastered and kept telling me to go away every time I tried to talk to you” you shook your head “I don’t remember”.
He sighed and flopped down beside you in your bed as you sat up slowly working on water number #2. “Can you please tell me what I did wrong Y/N? Clearly I did something.” You shook your head no and he looked at the ceiling “Was it me not talking to you as much while you were gone?” you set your glass down. “I- I saw youuu!” you pointed at him and he raised a brow “saw me do what?” you turned away from him and let out a huff “I saw that girl kisssss you. ON THE CHEEK and rub her filthyyy hans on your chEST! I should have hittt herrr!” He sat up shocked “Are you Jealous?” he asked with a slight smile. In your drunkenly honest state you turned to face him and shook him back in forth by his collar “yesss! I cried” he grabbed your hands holding his collar and removed them. “I didn’t know you felt that way about me” he said softly with a hint of regret in his voice.
You pulled your hands away from his and looked at the wall “I wenttt there to save you from being bulliedd but nooooooooo! Yuta does keggs, Yuta is confidentttt, Yuta is a heartthrobbb, Yuta is coooool. YeAH Yuta is tooo cool fur meh” He scooted closer with a confused look on his face. “I’ve changed a bit but you’re still way cooler than me. And what in the world do you mean you went there to save me from being bullied?” You huffed and faced him again “I figureddd THEres nooooooo wayyyy MY Yuta would be in a frattt. Lesss be honestttt hereee They look like the guysss who were meannn to you lat yearrrr. You wer def being picckeddd on. I HADDD to save you” He tilted his head in amusement “how very noble of you” he said with a smirk “None of the guys from Alpha Kappa Tau have ever been rude to me though. You’re thinking of guys from the other frat. Sigma Omega Gamma. They are all assholes. No one likes them except for themselves” You stayed quiet and he suddenly looked down and let out a laugh.
You interrogated him “Wats so funny?” He got up to fill your glass with more water “I was really confused earlier. When that girl kissed me on the cheek I told her I wasn’t interested and I didn’t mean for it to come off like I was in any way. Maybe 15 seconds later this sorority girl with short brown hair came and threw her drink on me and told me I couldn't kiss anyone there or she would kill me. Then she strangely asked me for your instagram. I was so confused how any of that correlated together but I guess she was with you when you saw me get kissed” You looked at his shirt and noticed a dark drink stain on it. “Soooo you don't like thad girl? Like…not even a little?” he handed you your 3rd glass of water “No, not even a little.” you set the glass down and flopped yourself at him into a hug. He whispered against you “I’m so sorry I hurt you. I’d never want to make you cry” You two stayed like that for a bit til his phone buzzed and you released him from the embrace and he walked towards the door, opened it and grabbed your food. He talked in a stern tone but had a huge smile on his face as he enforced his earlier statement “I'm not giving you your food til that glass is empty!”
He may look different and stand a bit taller, but Frat or not he’s still your kind and caring Yuta that you remember.
Thank you for making it this far if you enjoyed this story please like it or leave a comment I love reading them <3 Thank you guys so much for all the love on my last post! I know this is a bit different but i hope yall enjoyed it
