#THANK GOD I GOT THIS COMMISSION WHEN I DID BC MY LIGHTS GO OFF TOMORROW NIGHT

[maggot-baggage]

[jungshookz]

ok anyway build-a-bear employee!jin who meets y/n bc she comes in to make a new friend after a breakup and he teases her for being an adult by herself in the store and after she starts tEARING UP he’s like okok no!!!! and helps her make the cutest lil guy and records a cute message to put inside

➺ pairing; kim seokjin x reader

➺ genre; employee!jin, i brought you to build-a-bear so obviously this is going to be very floofy (sfw!!) 

➺ wordcount: 4k

➺ what to expect; “…turning twenty-two soon and you’re buying yourself a teddy bear?”

➺ note; when i told u guys that jin always gets the cutest drabble requests i wasn’t LYING!!! i have my own bear from build-a-bear named blu (he’s dark blue with white stars!! at the age of eight i was not very good at coming up with creative names) so obviously i had to write something for him and his homies

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jin has a love-hate relationship with his job

you would think that working at build-a-bear would be pretty fun - and it can be, sometimes! - but jin can confirm right here right now that it’s not aLL that great

on one hand, he loves the dramatics of build-a-bear because he’s given the chance to act like the whole store is whimsical and that the tiny little heart that he stuffs inside of the bear is full of magic and hope and happiness (he majored in acting in university so his degree is surprisingly very useful here)

but on the other hand… he works at build-a-bear.

this isn’t where he thought he’d be!!! not at all!!! 

he’s basically almost thirty and he works at a frickin build-a-bear

this wasn’t part of his plan!!!

his plan was to graduate from university, get famous from acting in a small commercial because of his devilishly handsome face, and then immediately get signed onto some fancy hollywood acting deal and become internationally known

but, no!

he graduated from university, didn’t get any roles in any small commercials, and had to find a way to make money so had no choice but to find work at his local mall

and to make things worse, his boss is literally five years younger than him

he has this bratty little twenty-two year old constantly up his ass and he haTES it

“you forgot the whipped cream on my frappuccino.” jungkook looks up at jin from where he’s sitting behind the counter before raising his drink, “am i blind or are you just bad at listening to instructions? where is the whipped cream, seokjin? WHERE?”

jin clenches his jaw before leaning forward, “they were busy, i guess they just forgot. and i’m not your slave. i only got you that drink so you’d give me a day off tomorrow.”

“well, since there’s no whipped cream on it, you don’t get a day off.” jungkook kisses his teeth before shrugging

“wha-“ jin resists the urge to reach down and wrap his hands around jungkook’s neck, “are you kidding me right now?? i spent forty-five minutes out of my fifty minute lunch break lining up at starbucks to get that for you! forty-five minutes!!!”

“i don’t know what to tell you,” jungkook hums as he kicks his legs up onto the counter and leans back against his chair, “now get back to work. and remember to smile! after all, build-a-bear is where best friends are made-“

“the new slogan is ‘the most fun you’ll ever make’.” jin raises a brow, “you don’t even know our slogan! how did you become the manager?”

jungkook takes a slow sip of his drink while maintaining direct eye contact with jin

sChLuuUuRrRRRr

jesus christ

his life sucks

jin rolls his eyes before turning on his heel and heading back to the main area of the shop

today’s saturday, so the store is a little busier than it usually is - which is great, because jin works off commission and he thinks he’s pretty good at selling teddy bears

on his best day he managed to sell thirty-eight bears in one day

he also convinced most of the kids that their brand new furry friends needed new clothes and a personalised recorded message in place of the usual little red cloth heart

he doesn’t like looking at the parents whenever he’s egging their kids on to buy even more things because they always look at him like they’re going to kill him

anyways

he could’ve ordered like forty frappuccino’s from the money he made on that day

before he left for lunch today he sold eight which really isn’t that impressive

but, to be fair, the mall usually gets busy after lunch, so now is the prime time to make some sales

jin lets out a breath as he scans the store for any newcomers or anyone who’s noT already being bombarded by his co-workers

he can’t help but snicker to himself when he notices yoongi at the stuffing station conducting a heart ceremony

“-and now you can go ahead and give your heart a little kiss-“

he looks up for a split second and jin takes the chance to blows a sweet little kiss at him

he snorts to himself when yoongi’s eye twitches

yoongi hates giving heart ceremonies but he’s actually pretty good at it!

he’s good with children whether he wants to admit it or not

alright, enough making fun of yoongi >:-)

time to hunt down a new customer…

jin sucks his bottom lip into his mouth as he walks around the store slowly

ooh, a little boy and his family just walked i- aaand they’ve been swept up by jimin

okay, no problem!

how about those twin gir- nope, too late, taehyung’s approaching them

damn

that would’ve been a good sale, too

it’s fine

he’ll get someone!

oh, wow

build-a-bear has really upped their game since the last time you were here

to be fair, the last time you were here was like more than ten years ago, so you’d hope that they make some changes to the store

…are those star wars themed teddy bears??

that is most definitely a princess leia teddy bear

and she even gets her own little light sabre!

wow

this is a whole new world

“excuse me, sorry…” you manoeuvre your way through the crowd as you continue looking through your options

is it weird that you’re in here by yourself?

the thought of trailing behind a random child in order to blend in with everyone else crosses your mind for a split second

although… a grown woman creeping behind a child they don’t know probably isn’t going to sound good to the judge when you’re standing in court, so maybe you shouldn’t do that

okay

you know what

it’s fine

it’s totally fine that you’re in here by yourself!

stuffed plushies are for people of all ages!!

it’s not just a kiddie thing

you’re FINE

and you have a perfectly legitimate reason to be in here

the only reason why you’re even in here is because…

well, the short and sweet version is that you got dumped two weeks ago.

which means that you’ve been cooped up in your apartment for the last fourteen days

which means your bedroom was starting to smell a little ripe so you thought it’d be good to air out the place and give your poor bed a break  

(also, please, for the love of god, remember to wash your sheets when you get back home later today.)

anyways

you thought that a trip to the mall for some retail therapy would make you feel better!

so far you’ve only been the food court but you helped yourself to a cheeseburger, some onion rings, and a vanilla milkshake

food always makes you feel better

you could honestly go for another round of onion rings right now

there’s nothing quite like the pain of having your heart broken nudge you towards the direction of binge-eating the pain away, is there?

you were about to head into a victoria’s secret to splurge on pretty panties (that no one but yourself will be seeing for a long time) but this build-a-bear caught your eye

a cuddle buddy you could ugly-cry into for the simple price of $35?

obviOUSLY you had to come in

the only issue now is that there are way too many options to choose from

who do you want to take home??

pawlette the bunny?

toothless from how to train your dragon?

you could even take pikachu home if you wanted to

“timeless teddy…” you mutter to yourself as you dig out a teddy bear skin (also, it’s very unsettling that they’re called ‘skins’. like, you know that’s what they technically are, but the phrase ‘i’ve picked out my skin!’ just makes your skin crawl.)

you lean forward a little to read the label on the wall

teddy bears are a timeless way to share love with every hug! timeless teddy is a classic teddy bear with shaggy brown fur and an adorable smile. personalize this classic teddy bear with outfits, sounds and accessories for a huggable gift they'll cherish forever!

hm

perfect!

a classic teddy bear sounds perfect

there’s nothing wrong with going back to basics

also, you’re assuming the ‘they’ll’ they’re referring to here is a child

…

nO

you are doing this

you will buy this teddy bear!

your other option was to go and adopt a cat from the shelter but you can barely take care of yourself right now so that wouldn’t be a good idea

“hello!” you jump three feet into the air when you’re suddenly being greeted by one of the bright-eyed workers, “can i help you find anything?”

you turn around quickly while clutching your teddy’s skin (gag) to your chest with wide eyes, “h-hello!”

oh

hello indeed

you feel your heart drop a little when you realise that you probably look disgusting right now

you weren’t expecting to bump into a veRY attractive super handsome boy today!!!

very attractive super handsome boy with sweet brown eyes and soft-looking hair and the poutiest lips you think you’ve ever seen in your entire life-

thank god you decided to wear the sweatshirt that doesn’t have any stains on it, right?

the one thing you remember from your previous build a bear experience (once again, 10+ years ago) is that the workers here are usually overly perky sixteen year old girls

this guy is not an overly perky sixteen year old girl

well

maybe he’s the perky part

but everything else??

wowie

he smiles brightly at you before tilting his head, “hello. i’m jin!” he points at his name tag, “i’d love to help you out today. were you looking for anything in particular?”

“hi! hello, jin. i’m, um, i’m y/n. i was, uh-“ you clear your throat, “i was actually just browsing, so…”

“oh, perfect!” jin claps his hands together, “let me tell you all about our collections. there’s the summer fun collection, the rainbow friends, the promise pets, the heartables, the classic build-a-bear collection-“

yeah okay

he’s definitely nailed the perky part of the job

“-DC comics, dr. suess, marvel, my little pony, how to train your drag-“

“you know, i-“ you smile sheepishly after interrupting jin, “thank you so much, but i’ve actually already made my decision, if that’s alright.” you hold your teddy’s limp, hollow carcass up before pressing your lips together

“of course that’s alright!” jin takes the skin from you before shrugging lightly, “i figured i’d just let you know of all the other options in case your younger sibling wanted something more extravagant than just our timeless teddy. follow me to the sound station!”

you don’t get a chance to say anything before jin spins around swiftly to head to the back of the store

he thinks this bear is for your younger sibling

okay, you can work with that!

you can pretend like you’re in here for your non-existent younger sibling and certainly not for yourself

“you can choose a pre-made sound from here,” jin gestures to the bins of plastic hearts (there’s a sound option for an ‘into the unknown’ snippet from frozen 2 which is insane), “or we can go ahead and record a personalised message. what’s your sibling’s name?”

you look up at him immediately

“wha- um, why… why do you need to know my sibling’s name?”

“oh! i was just asking so i could give you an example.” jin hums as he tosses the skin over his shoulder and places his hands on his hips, “like, you could say, hey there… sibling’s name, it’s me, your big sister! i love you! or something like that.”

“ah, right!” you nod to yourself, “that makes sense! my sibling’s name is totally normal information that i have no problem giving to you.”

jin raises a brow when he notices you continuing to ramble about how your sibling’s name is something that you will be telling him soon because you definitely know the name of your younger sibling whomst’ve this bear is for

hm

you’re cute but you’re a little odd

“-my younger sibling’s name is… paulette!” you catch a glimpse of a pink pawlette bunny being stuffed before looking back over at jin, “yep. that’s her name. sweet, sweet paulette. sweet little angel.”

“hey, our iconic bunny is named pawlette!” jin beams, “wouldn’t you want to get paulette her own pawlette? instead of a bear?”

the smile immediately drops from your face

oh god

you’ve never been very good at lying

one time in middle school when you wanted to get out of PE you told the teacher that you were in pain and that’s why you couldn’t do anything on that day

and when he asked you what hurt, all you said was ‘…bleeding out of my butt?’

you don’t even know why you said that!!

you could’ve told him you had a headache or something but nO

you told your teacher your asshole was BLEEDING and that’s why you couldn’t participate in baseball

so yeah

lying has never been your forte

but you don’t want pawlette!!

you want this bear!!!

although, it would make sense to get paulette her own pawlette because that’d be an adorable coincidence…

what are you-

what are you even sAYING

PAULETTE DOES NOT EXIST

“okay, you got me!” you raise your hands in defence and jin’s eyes widen in surprise, “paulette isn’t a real person. i don’t have a younger sibling. i’m in here for me. the bear is for me. the timeless teddy is mine.”

“oh…!” jin purses his lips before nodding slowly, “alright! totally get it. the bear is for you.”

why has everyone he’s ever been attracted to turned out to be a little cuckoo?

the expected demographic of build-a-bear are children aged 3-10 (a child aged below three isn’t interested in stuffed teddies because they don’t really do anything but sit there and a child aged over ten isn’t interested in stuffed teddies because… they don’t really do anything but sit there.)

and you… well, unless you’ve experienced some kind of insane growth spurt, you certainly don’t look like someone aged 3-10 years old

“phew! it feels good getting that off my chest.” you breathe out as you lean over and place your hands on your knees, “there was a lot of pressure there to keep lying to you but-“

“how, um, how old are you, by the way?”

jin doesn’t mean to sound like a judgy bitch

he’s just genuinely curious as to why a 21-23 year old would willingly go into a physical build-a-bear store to buy themselves a stuffed plushie

you could’ve purchased one off the online website

also, aren’t there better things to spend your money on?

like… literally anything besides a stuffed plushie??

“turning twenty-two soon!” you get back up onto your feet, “why do you ask?”

“…turning twenty-two soon and you’re buying yourself a teddy bear?” jin snorts before raising a brow, “i mean, really? didn’t you graduate this year?”

“ah, well…” you reach up to scratch the back of your neck as you feel the tips of your ears beginning to heat up, “i mean, yeah, but like…”

“i’m not judging! some people go on grad trips to party and get wasted after they graduate, and other people go to the mall to build themselves a $35 teddy bear-“ jin laughs to himself before turning around to plop the skin down on little counter attached to the stuffing machine, “anyways, were you thinking about choosing a sound or recording something?”

he spins back around and his eyes widen when he notices that your eyes have gotten red and are starting to water

oh

uh oh

what’s going on?

what’s happening??

are you…

are you crying??

why are you crying??

he was totally kidding!!!

that wasn’t supposed to be mean!!

that was supposed to be playful banter!!!

“oh- oh, god no- wait-“ jin immediately walks over so that he’s standing in front of you and jungkook won’T be able to see that he just upset a customer, “don’t cry!! i was kidding!! i have, like, ten plushies on my bed! i’m twenty-seven and i work at a build-a-bear, if anything, i should be the one crying-”

“i just-“ you reach up to wipe at your eyes as you begin to blubber, “my boyfriend of one year b-broke up with me two weeks ago and i- i just th-thought that a teddy bear would make good company because god knows i’m not in the right mental state to be taking care of a real animal-!”

jin winces when you let out a particularly loud sob and he quickly drags you over so that the two of you are behind the stuffing machine and out of sighT from everyone

crap

he doesn’t even have any tissues on him!!!!

maybe he can pull some fluff out from the machine and you can dab at your tears with that

actually, the cotton might stick to your cheeks if you try wiping your tears away with a fistful of stuffing, so maybe not

“i-i know it’s stupid and humiliating for a grown-up to be in here buying a stupid teddy bear for herself but there’s so much in my life that’s just out of my control right now a-and making this teddy bear seemed like the only thing i could control and i just-“

“y-yes, of course!” jin pulls you into a tight hug (your sobbing is getting a little loud and people are starting to notice so this is the only way he can think to muffle your crying) and strokes the back of your head comfortingly, “i’m so sorry, i had no idea! that makes total sense, of course you can get this teddy bear for yourself…”

he continues to hold you until your sobs reduce to little hiccups and gives a warning look when yoongi mouths whether or not they should call mall security on your ass

when you pull away your eyes are a little puffy and the tip of your nose is red

if jungkook asks, maybe jin can get away with saying that your allergies acted up in the middle of the store

you don’t look like that because he made you burst into tears

not at all!!

“how about we… record a special message for your new friend?” jin digs through the tub to pull out an electronic heart

“i-“ you hiccup, “i don’t really h-have anything i want to say…”

jin purses his lips in thought

hm

stuffing the bear with a heartbeat heart seems way too basic

this is an important bear!

ah!

“why don’t you let me take care of it, okay?” he reaches over and rubs your shoulder gently, “you wait here and i’ll take care of everything. for his stuffing, would you like a soft cuddle bear or a plump one?”

your bottom lip starts to quiver again and you let out a light laugh, “a soft cuddle bear sounds really sweet.”

“then a soft cuddle bear it is.”

“and this is for you.” jin hands you the box over the counter and you take it from him with a grin, “thank you for your purchase! and… sorry about making you cry-“

“oh, god no-“ you snort, “i’m sorry for bursting into tears and loading all of that on you-“

“it’s totally fine!” jin shakes his head, “you’re definitely not the first person to start crying in a build-a-bear, so there’s absolutely nothing to feel bad about.”

“right! right, of course.” you nod and press your lips together, “anyways, thanks for helping me out today, jin.”

“of course! it was a pleasure.” jin clears his throat

it’s pretty clear that the two of you want to continue talking to each other, but…

jin doesn’t usually practice his flirting skills when he’s at build-a-bear, so pardon him for being a little rusty

“so… see you around!” you chirp, “i’m just gonna-“

“wait, uh-“ jin wipes his hands down on the back of his pants, “i… i don’t know if maybe this is a little too soon for you or… and it’s totally fine if you don’t want to, but… maybe i can treat you to an apology corndog or something sometime? i don’t know. this mall doesn’t really offer fine dining, so a corndog is really all i can-“

“yeah, i would love that!” you nod enthusiastically, “an apology corndog with you sounds great. i mean, a regular corndog would be fine too, but- d-do you… want my number?”

also

this isn’t you rebounding or anything

this is the first time in two weeks where your mind hasn’t been clouded with thoughts of your ex-boyfriend

this is the first time in two weeks that you’re actually happy

jin seems genuinely sweet and you wouldn’t mind getting to know him :-))

also you’re glad that hE was the one who asked

because if you were the one who asked, it’d probably make you look that much more pathetic

and you’ve already made a fool of yourself once today!!  

you sigh happily as you slam the car door shut

you’re about to shove the key into the ignition when suddenly you remember that your bear has a personalised message inside of him

“oh, right!” you reach over to open up the cardboard house that he’s been shoVed into

!!!

you wonder what soundbyte jin picked out for you!!!

you pull him out and smile fondly at the sight of his chubby arms dangling over your hands

cute :-))

this was money well spent for sure

okay, now how do you activate the sound…

there’s a bit of squeezing and poking but you manage to find the little heart inside of him

you perk up when you hear a muffled crackle

“hi, y/n! it’s me, your furry friend… uh… jin bear! if you’re listening to this, it probably means you’re super sad… cry into my stomach to muffle the sound of your violent sobs! …oh, god, probably shouldn’t have said that- anyways, um, i hope you feel better soon! and remember to give me plenty of cuddles - i promise it’ll make you feel better!”

hA

that was actually a pretty good message

(you hope jin texts u soon)

“okay, jin bear.” you murmur quietly as you buckle him into the passenger seat, “time to take you home.”

help me help you make your wishes come tru (aka send me a request)

requested drabbles masterlist

[elvensemi]

Y'all know me. I work hard, I buy a BTS ticket, I go, I die. It’s my cycle. I had a great time at the MetLife concert (wish I had time to go to the second one, real glad I’m not putting my very patient friend Skylark thru that again), despite a few uuuh snafus. At the end of the day, BTS had a great time and that’s what matters.

And also I was like ten yards from superheroes and that is also what matters.

But first, let’s have an injury sound off! I’ve got sun poisoning (which I didn’t get in SF despite being there in September with no sunscreen), wickedly painful sun burn, a scraped knee and bruised knee cap, back pain that can only be described as legendary, and every single muscle in my body aches (including muscles in the front of my shin where I did not know I even had muscles). I currently walk like a disabled penguin. I also definitely caught something (or am allergic to something in Sky’s house) so I’m gonna be real careful on the plane tomorrow.

All in all, pretty good. My knee came out TWICE at the Oakland concert and we wound up having to get security golf cart driven to our pick up point. I was in better health for this one, and thank god.

So how, you may ask, did I manage to get sun poisoning? Well! That’s kind of the staff’s fault, or whoever planned the BTS studio’s fault. See, they had us waiting on black asphalt in direct sunlight for SEVEN HOURS, almost completely unmoving. Everyone standing near me wound up pretty sick and extremely burnt, dehydrated, and malnourished. At one point over 200 people (hence the problem, I suspect) were just flat out sitting and laying on the black top. You could practically hear us sizzling.

So the problem was definitely that they gave out WAY too many QR codes for the BTS studio. There was supposed to be enough time for all the QR codes and the first 200 people in line. A line which started when gates opened at 10am. But QR lines took priority, so we had hundreds and hundreds of people zooming past us while we sat almost completely unmoving for hours. They also just sort of kept letting people in because their friends were in line so the damn line probably went from 200 to about 250-300.)

Credit to the staff of the booth itself, who I believe were given way too many people to process in 7 hours. They did let us leave to pee and come back, which everyone used to go to the merch line instead (lol).  Despite how busy they were, they threw no one out and processed all of us even tho they were working right up to the wire to do so. And after about 5.5 hours of line, when multiple people were actively passing out a bit, they got frantic and figured out a way to move the remaining, shorter line into the back of the tent. It got us out of the sun and was honestly an indescribable relief. They also gave us cold mediheal face packs to put on our faces and cool off some.  

But despite that, I got all the merch I wanted, a picture with Jeon Jungkook: Hologram AU (a story which someone has probably written), and a concert seat so close that I made direct eye contact with Taehyung and survived. Other highlights include all the amazing people I met, especially the guy in the seat next to mine who let me use his portable phone charger; seeing 90% of Jimin's entire nude chest from about 20 yards away at direct eye level (I SAW HIS TATTOO IRL GUYS, THIS IS HOW CLOSE I WAS AND HOW MUCH SKIN WAS ON DISPLAY), at the end of the concert when Suga had us scream as loud as we could and just took his ear piece out and closed his eyes and basked in it and looked like he was having an absolute soul-changing experience (permanently seared in my mind, what I see when I close my eyes, hope it stays forever lol), Jin crying (how is he so BEAUTIFUL) and his emotional speech which RM kindly translated for us, briefly meeting the woman who designed the BTS light stick (holy fuck holy fuck holy fuck also she gave me a new one for free bc mine was defective), and also a million details I can't think of right now and would take too long to type anyway.

Tomorrow I'm hopping on a plane. I'll be gone until Friday! There will be a Curious update 5/25, a sneak peak posted that same day hopefully, and a KS chapter posted on 5/31.

Thanks to every single one of you who sent in commission money, it was because of you that I was able to do this and it was one of the best days of my life.

[julesthxmas]

hiii i have a prompt for chetty if you are still accepting them that is! it's super simple and cute it's just Betty carrying Cheryl bridal style!!! bc god help me i can't get it out of my head! it could be cheryl twisting her ankle durig vixens practice or the scooby gang snooping around somewhere and she missteps idk I JUST NEED IT. sorry this is probably very messy. whether you do it or not you are awesome and i love your blog and writing very much! have a nice day! :)

umm thank u so much???? i love writing for these two assholes and like,,literally send me anything you want for them because my god i love it. also im always accepting prompts so like never hesitate. i hope this is what you wanted, if not, let me know and ill see what i can do! thank you again for the sweet message and prompt!:))))

Cheryl Blossomprides herself on being The Queen ofRiverdale High.

She pridesherself on the way a whole hallway can separate within seconds so that she canwalk through with ease, how people will dive out of her way so they can bespared from her famous tongue lashings, how she carries herself with such graceand poise that people question whether or not she’s human.

(meaning for asolid three years in elementary,Jughead and Archie were convinced she was a robot that that Blossoms hadcreated so Jason wouldn’t get lonely and that only stopped after they saw hercry after Jason fell down and broke his leg in the second grade)

So when she fallsone day on the field as all of her little minions (read: the River Vixens) arefiling out, she can’t help but feel a hot shame fill her as relief that no onesaw her actually fall battles that shame. She attempts to get up but as soon asshe puts weight on her right foot, she hisses and falls back to the ground,slamming her left knee against the grass.

“Cheryl?”

The redhead whipsaround to see Betty, still dressed in her yellow tank top and black shorts,walking towards her with concern etched on her face. Cheryl huffs as she sparesa look up at the sky–whoever is up there sure likes fucking with her wheneverthey can.

“Are you okay?”

“Do I look okay?”she snaps back, a reflex if anything because while it’s been a year since Jasondied and she’s become a little warmer since her nephew was born a mere fewmonths, she’s still Cheryl Blossom; and someone seeing her hurt and unable tohold herself up is something that taps back into her biting words and harshlooks.

“I–” Betty sighsand looks around to see the field nearly completely empty save a few footballplayers still running around and the band practicing on the other end “Do youwant me to help you to the nurse's’ office?” she asks, softly like anythinglouder would startle Cheryl and cause the redhead to claw her face off.

Cheryl sighs andpresses her lips together as she considers her options–she could a) try to getthe office herself, b) call over one of the football players and demand theytake her or c) let Betty Cooper help her to the office.

A, is probablythe least likely being her right ankle is completely unable to hold any weighton it and her left knee now feels like it’s not going to hold anything eitherbeing it’s fucking pulsing with pain. B, is striked out as soon as she realizesthat the few of the football players left on the field are most likely drippingin sweat and smell like it–she doesn’t see how vomiting all over a footballplayer is going to help her case so she’s left with C.

Cooper.

She huffs andnods, a little stiffly “That would be–” she swallows “appreciated”

The blonde’s nosescrunches at Cheryl’s tone but drops her gym bag and crouches down “Which foothurts?”

“My right but–”she sighs “my left knee feels like it’s not going to be of much use right noweither”

Betty touchesCheryl’s angry red knee, softly causing the redhead’s pulse to jump a littleand not out of pain “yeah, leaning against me isn’t going to do much”

“Well what do yousuggest?”

The blonde lockseyes with Cheryl and the redhead refuses to acknowledge just how pretty Betty’seyes are “you’re gonna have to trust me”

“Not likely”

“Then you’regoing to just have to get over it”

Cheryl opens hermouth to ask Betty just what she’s going to have to get over but doesn’t get achance before Betty’s arms are around her and plucking her off the ground likeit’s nothing. The redhead shrieks a little before she can stop herself and doesher best to not blush at that “You better not fucking drop me, Nancy Drew”

“Don’t worry, Igot you Cheryl”

Why Cheryl feelsher heart trip a little at the words, she doesn’t know.

Okay that’sbullshit, she knows it’s because her feelings towards Betty Cooper haveconfused her since they were in middle school because they aren’t negativefeelings.  They’re the warm fuzzyfeelings that everyone talks about when they talk about their crush–Jason hadonce said ‘The Coopers and the Blossoms,there’s just something about that combo, huh?’

She snaps out ofher thoughts just in time to peer down out of Betty’s arms to see the blondeabout to walk down stairs and out of reflex (and reflex alone, is what shetells herself later) she wraps her arms around Betty’s neck. She feels Betty’spulse jump a little against her wrist and raises a brow–the nurse’s office isacross campus, she has some time to dip her toes into the whirlpool that isBetty Cooper.

“So” she studiesthe side of Betty’s face as she keeps her arms locked around Betty’s neck“How’s Noah?”

Betty smiles andCheryl inwardly curses herself a little because she’s immediately taken by it,she’s taken with how Betty’s eyes crinkle and her dimples come out “He’s sogood. Polly says he’s sleeping through the night for the most part already andthat he’s looking more and more like Jason everyday”

Cheryl nods“that’s good, I should go visit him soon” Polly had moved out of Riverdale andinto Greendale about a month after Noah’s birth–not too far but far enoughfrom the Cooper and Blossom parents.

“He would likethat, I think”

Cheryl goes backto silently studying Betty’s face, she looks at the skin with nearly noblemishes and blonde hair pulled back into a nearly painful looking pony. Asher eyes travel south, her breath catches just a bit as she sees how Betty’schest is covered in a sheen layer of sweat. She lets out a breath and tries tocontrol her heart rate because as much as her emotional attraction towardsBetty confuses the ever loving fuck out of her, her physical attraction to theblonde is something she understands very well.

“You okay?”

The redheadshakes her head “I’m fine” she shifts in Betty’s arms and winces “Just–ithurts” she sounds pained at both her actual pain and the fact that she’sadmitting she feels it but better than admitting what was actually going on inCheryl’s head.

“It looked badbut I’m sure you’ll be right back on your feet by tomorrow, you’re CherylBlossom. Nothing keeps you down, right?”

Cheryl swallows alittle harder than usual and forces herself to nod “Of course” she feels offbalance as she moves her arms so one is gripping the back of Betty’s neck soshe decides to try and get her upper hand back even if Betty doesn’t see thatshe currently has it. She uses her free hand and reaches back and grabs theelastic keeping all her blonde hair together and pulls it off swiftly, lettingit fall to the ground.

“What–” Bettystops walking and turns her head to look at Cheryl who is now running her handsthrough Betty’s blonde locks, helping calm it down “What are you doing?”

“Saving yourscalp–it’s causing me pain to just look at it”

The blonde letsout a puff of air, a little laugh and returns to walking “I don’t even noticeanymore”

“You should wearit down” Cheryl forces herself to stop carding her hands through the goldenhair “it looks nice down”

Betty smiles,mostly to herself “I think that’s the closest thing to a compliment you’ve evergiven me”

“Yeah, well,don’t get used to it”

Betty laughs andit’s light and airy and it makes Chery’s stomach feel all fluttery and warm“fair enough, I guess”

Cheryl sighs andtries to not focus on how nice to feels to be just–held by Betty Cooper. Tries to not focus on how she’s surprisinglystrong and how her arms don’t ever quake and how if Cheryl just lays her headdown she’ll be able to hear the strong ‘thump’of Betty’s heart.

“Well, we’realmost there”

Betty voice dragsCheryl out of her inner thoughts to see the nurse’s office coming into viewand, not too surprisingly, Cherylfeels a little miffed that her time with Betty Cooper is almost up “thank you”she says softly, deciding that saying anything in front of the nurse would beawkward for herself “Who knows what kind of stench I would inhaling if one ofthose football douches grabbed me”

“We’re–” Bettypauses for a moment “friends, kind of. It’s no problem”

But it is. A hugeproblem because Cheryl is almost happy that she hurt her ankle and knee becauseshe got to be held by Betty freaking Cooper and what? Who is she? BecauseCheryl Blossom would never be happy to be probably be out of commission for afew days.

Yet here she is.

They walk intothe nurse's’ office to see it empty and Betty gently lays her down on the old bed that thenurse has in her office. Cheryl bites down on her bottom lip to keep frommaking any noise about the loss of contact between the two.

Betty stands bythe bed for a second before she looks down at Cheryl “did you want me to stay?”

Chery’s temptedto say ‘yes’ but decides against it “You can go” she waves the blonde off “Yougot me to where I needed to be”

A nod and then“See you later, Cheryl” Betty disappears from sight causing Cheryl to release ahuge sigh–god what is this girl doing to her?

“Hey, Cheryl” theredhead nearly yelps at Betty’s sudden reappearance, she looks up to see herhead peeking into the office “I was wondering–” a beat passes “Do you wanna gowith me to Greendale this weekend? To go see Noah and Polly?”

Cheryl’s chestwarms and she does her best to not smile like an idiot “I–” she nods “Yeah,yeah I would like that”

Betty beams ather “great. I’ll text you later about it” and then she’s gone again.

Cheryl waits asecond later to make sure the blonde isn’t going to pop back in again and giveher a heart attack and when she’s sure she’s not coming back, she allowsherself to smile a little widely. Maybe being out of commission for a few dayswould have a nice payoff.