Fred
You looked sorrowfully at a picture of you and Fred; back in high school.
“I wonder where he is now...” You muttered to yourself as you pulled out your sketchbook. You opened it to a page, which was filled with the new heroes of San Fransokyo, Big Hero 6. ‘They’re so cool.’
You thought to yourself as you began to sketch the hero in the Kaiju costume, your personal favorite. You smiled fondly at your drawing and continued to draw. The bell suddenly rang loudly, in a rush you grabbed your things… Completely forgetting about your sketch book.
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Fred took off the head of his mascot costume and looked around the campus. His eyes immediately were drawn to a sketchbook, your sketchbook. He picked it up and turned it over; in search of a name.
“Wait…. (y/n) (l/n)? I thought they moved…”
Fred carefully slipped your sketchbook into his bag after he flipped through the pages. Not long after he did so, the bell rang. He saw you burst through the crowd, searching for any sign of your notebook. As you were searching, you ran into the mascot, you fell to the floor, but everyone ignored you, walking around you. You looked up to see a someone offering their hand, without looking up to see who it was, you grabbed their hand and let them pull you up.
“I’m sorry, I don’t have time to--Fred?” A strand of your hair fell in front of your face, but you were too distracted. Before you could say anything else, Fred pulled you in for a hug. “F-fred? What are you doing?” Fred let you go, a bright, big smiled evident on his face. He kneeled down to the floor and retrieved your sketchbook from his bag.
“Here. This is what you were looking for, right?” You grabbed your sketchbook and held it close to your chest.
“Thank you… U-um, you-you didn’t look at it, right?” You locked eyes with Fred, your eyes held curiosity and worry. Fred rubbed the back of his neck, guilt in his eyes.
“Um, yeah. I couldn’t resist, you know me (y/n)... I’m sorry…” He avoided your gaze. As a reflex, you grabbed his hand.
“Hey, it’s ok…” Fred wrapped you in another hug, you turned a bright shade of red. He lifted you off of the ground. “F-Fred!” He shot you a smile before he gently set you back on your feet.
“So, um. What are you doing here? I thought you moved…?”
“I did, but then I decided to move here to go to school.”
“Why didn’t you ever talk to me.” You looked down at your shoes.
“You were always with your other friends and I didn’t want to intrude.” Fred grabbed you by your shoulders and pulled you closer to his torso.
“You’d never be intruding, (y/n). Look, I need to tell you something-” Fred stopped talking when one of his friends laid a hand on his shoulder.
“Hey, fred. Who’s your friend?” You held your sketchbook closer to your chest. Fred walked next to you and wrapped an arm around your shoulders.
“This is (y/n), an old...Friend of mine. This is Tadashi, Hiro, Gogo, Honey Lemon, and Wasabi.”
“Nicknames by you I assume.” You waved at the group and turned to Fred. “I have to go to my next class. I’ll see you at lunch Freddie.” You turned on your heels and walked off.
“Is it something I said?”
“No, [she’s/he’s/they’re] just a bit antisocial.” Fred watched as you disappeared into the crowd and out of his line of sight.
“Were we interrupting something?” Gogo raised an eyebrow at her nerdy friend. “Dude, you’re totally in love with [her/him/them], aren’t you?” Fred stuttered before he cleared his throat.
“Yeah, I guess I am.”
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You walked out of your class, tired. You looked up from your shoes to see Fred running toward you.
“Hey, (y/n). I really need to tell you something. Before my friends interrupt us agai-” Before Fred could even finish his sentence, Tadashi grabbed you by your arm and led you away from Fred.
“Um, sorry to pull you away from Fred, but you look really familiar…” You shuffled your feet nervously.
“I actually used to go to the Lucky Cat cafe a lot, but I didn’t want Fred recognizing me.”
“Why?”
“Because I lo-” Your sentence was cut short when you felt two arms wrap around your torso and lift you from the ground. “What the h-Fred, put me down!” You squirmed in his arms, but he held you until he was outside of school grounds. Fred gently set you on your feet. “Why’d you do that?” You crossed your arms over your chest and waited for your--obvious--crush to speak.
“Now that there is a very little chance for my friends to interrupt us; I have something I need to tell you… I have been in love with you since high school. You were the only one who-” You grabbed the front of Fred’s shirt and pressed a--overdue--kiss to his lips. You wrapped your arms around his neck and smiled into the kiss when he did the same.
“ I thought that you would never like me.” You mumbled after he pulled away. Fred, of course, heard you.
“ I completely fell for you when I saw you at the comic book store.” You lightly chuckled before you attempted to explain that you only worked there to your boyfriend. “ That’s not the point. The point is that I love you. Come on, I have a secret to share with you.”