pre-Off The Wall! Michael Jackson x reader
Summary: A fun night with your best friend Michael at the roller rink leads into a first kiss.
Contents: lots of fluff, kissing, humor, slight praise if you reallllyy squint, Michael being nervous, Michael gaining confidence, reader being clumsy, best friends
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Michael invited you to hang out with him tonight, just to have some fun with no worries.
"I-I don't think I can do this Michael.." Your breath shaky as you hold onto your best friend's arm
Michael chuckles lightly at your nervousness
"Just follow my league okay? I'll be right beside you" Michael says as he guides you to the skating floor.
The feeling in the air at the roller rink was immaculate. Everyone is having a good time skating, dancing, and smiling.
What he didn't know is that skating would be so hard for you.
But he genuinely found it cute.
The moment you two stepped out on the floor, your legs felt like jelly
"Mikey this was a bad idea.." Your grip on Michael’s forearm became slightly tighter
“Don’t worry, I’m right here I won’t let you fall”
Michael held onto you as he began to slowly skate along the sides by the railings with you.
"Just one push after another, look at my skates"
You watch as his skates move from side to side gliding along the smooth rink, and you try to mimic his movements.
"See? You're doing just fine Y/N"
The music playing through the speakers helped you kind of ease your nerves
You started to feel more comfortable skating once you got the hang of it
“Look at you, you’re a natural” Michael smiles at you while he watches you skate beside him
As the energy in the room is empowered by euphoria, you tend to gain some confidence and let go of Michael's arm
You’re able to skate on your own now
Just before you thought everything was going well and singing along to the music with Michael, a group of kids come rushing between the two of you skating faster than should be intended.
This causes you to lose your balance and stumble on your backside
Embarrassment rushes through you as you feel the pain on your butt
Michael stops briefly to lend you a hand
"Are you okay? Those kids were going pretty fast" He glares briefly at the kids who are skating away and giggling, before looking back at you
"Yeah I'm okay Mikey" You began rubbing your back a little as you grab his hand standing yourself back up
"Since they're kids I'll give them a pass" You say to Michael
The two of you burst out with laughter.
After you two go around a generous amount of times, singing every song, and more silly slip ups here and there, both of you decide to leave.
As you and Michael are giggling while walking outside of the skating rink the two of you sit on a bench, enjoying the cool breeze and the beautiful night sky.
"Today was fun" You say softly as you look up at the sky.
“Yeah, it was” Michael replies whilst also looking up above.
There was a brief moment of comfortable silence
“I love spending time with you Y/N, you make me feel like I can be myself, naturally." Michael speaks in a softer tone.
You look at Michael with adoration and smile at him
"I feel the same way when I'm around you too"
Michael looks back at you and smiles, he took a moment to take you in. The way you looked under the moonlight, that pretty pink outfit you had on, and the light blush that showed out on your face. He couldn't help but admire you.
This caused you to shyly laugh a little
"Is there something on my face?" You questioned him
Michael snapped out of it quickly
“Oh n-no! I’m sorry it’s just..”
This new feeling was like a strong wave that clashed over him, his face started to become hot just by staring at you in close proximity.
Michael hesitated, but needed to blurt out what has been cooped up in his head.
“You just look really pretty tonight Y/N..”
A slight blush crept up upon your cheeks, and no it was not the makeup this time.
“Thank you” you replied bashfully
Michael looked down at your velvety lips for a brief second. Then back up at your eyes
You and Michael looked at each other deeply, anticipating, waiting for either of you to say something.
You two were lost in each other
Michael scooted a little closer to you, his breath a little shaky
“Michael..” you said just above a whisper, only he could hear that soft and silky voice of yours.
With the little boost of confidence Michael was granted out of nowhere, he let out another shaky breath before leaning in to brush his lips against yours.
This was his first time ever doing something like this, but it occurred so naturally with you, like it was meant to happen.
You kissed him back, putting one of your hands on the side of his cheek
A small, high pitched sound came from Michael's throat as he deepened the kiss
It was slow, pure, and sweet.
You two pulled back from each other as Michael lays his forehead onto yours, the two of you couldn’t help but be breathless after what just happened
You smiled while looking into his gentle eyes
Michael nervously laughed
“I can’t believe I just did that”
He looks down at the floor smiling sheepishly hoping you don’t see the crimson hue developing on his face
Knowing how Michael was, the shy little kid you knew had grown up, with somewhat more confidence than he had before.
"You should do that more often" You say as you laugh sweetly
Michael chuckles at your reply, rubbing the back of his neck.
Who knows what this first kiss might turn into later on