#josuke drabble

how did this happen so suddenly? you were always one of the quieter kids that just liked to hang around in the background. yeah, you had friends, but you were nowhere near “popular”. but ever since you came back from summer vacation, everyone has been all over you.

josuke had always had a bit of a thing for you. he had hundreds of girls throwing themselves at him every day, but none of them ever interested him. he liked you because you didn’t try so hard to catch his eye. you didn’t have to. he adored the way you did your hair, the way your voice sounded, the way you walked. everything about you was perfect to josuke. although he would never admit it, he liked the fact that you weren’t popular. it meant that guys wouldn’t be all over you, and girls wouldn’t try to give you any problems.

but now that had all changed. he had no idea what had happened over the summer, but somehow you had managed to get even more beautiful than before, and people obviously were starting to notice. especially the boys. he watched as you made your way through the hall, surrounded by male classmates desperately trying to talk to you. he heard them making comments about how pretty you looked, some of them asking if they could take you out sometime. he felt his face get hot at these remarks. how dare they speak to his shy, quiet little y/n like that? he had never admitted his feelings to you, and now he was beginning to regret it. but the truth is that he was just too scared to ruin the friendship the two of you had started. he really did enjoy every second he spent with you, even if it was just exchanging a few words in the halls at school. he didn’t want to push you away or ruin the friendship if you didn’t feel the same.

you tried your hardest to ignore the boys gathered around you. all of their voices seemed to blend together, and eventually you toned it out. out of the corner of your eye, you saw your friend, josuke standing off by himself. it was a rare thing to see him alone, he usually at least had koichi or okuyasu hanging around him. you managed to snake your way out of the crowd of boys and run over to him, a smile on your face.

“hey, josuke!” you said, cheerily. when he looked up, the angered expression on his face softened into a smile.

“hey, y/n. what’s up?” he said, rubbing the back of his neck. his cheeks were stained a light pink and he looked like he had been upset about something, but you weren’t sure what.

“so, uh, listen,” he said, still rubbing the back of his neck. you widen your eyes to look up at him, wondering what it was that he needed to tell you.

“what’s up with all those guys hanging around you? what do they even want?” he said a little too quickly.

“huh? those guys?” you said, looking back towards the group of boys. “oh, i don’t know. i guess they just need a date or something,” you laughed nervously, not sure how to handle all the new attention.

josuke’s face turned redder and his eyebrows furrowed. “creeps. why can’t they just leave you alone?” 

josuke was never serious, and rarely got angry like this. what was his problem? normally he would have just laughed with you or made fun of the boys. 

then, it finally clicked. “josuke,” you started, “are you jealous?”

he turned to you, eyes wide and face a dark crimson. “j-jealous?” he stammered.

“i am NOT jealous. why would i be?”

“i don’t know. maybe you’ve got the hots for me or something,” you teased, causing his eyes to widen even more. “do you wanna go get lunch sometime, josuke?”