#kms asks

“Ma’am, I didn’t pay to be stared at,” he said, both amused and visibly humiliated.

“Of course.” You ran a soft towel under lukewarm water, trying to hide your laughter at this whole setup—Rafe Cameron being pampered like a princess by you. “Please close your eyes now and try to relax.”

You took a seat on a nearby stool and leaned slightly forward to gently dab at his skin. “We are now preparing your skin for the cleansing by opening your pores and getting the blood flowing.”

As you laid the warm towel over his face for a few seconds, Rafe let out a soft groan, his shoulders visibly relaxing. “Fuck, this feels good.”

ANOTHER GROAN, HOLY FUCK.

UMMMMMMMM. MAYBE YOU’D NEED A BLANKET OVER YOUR LAP AS WELL SOON.

“Good. That’s the point,” you said, heat rising to your cheeks as your voice cracked. You quickly cleared your throat and told him to keep his eyes closed while you set the towel aside, and squeezed a small amount of cleanser onto your fingertips. “Now I’m going to massage in some cleansing foam. It’ll clean your pores and remove dirt and oil.”

Rafe chuckled. “Dirt? I’m not a fucking blue-collar worker.”

“Language, Mr. Cameron,” you said sharply, making his smile fade.

“Sorry, Ma’am.”

and this one to cause some confusion

You snorted, activating the triple banana shells. “Who says I wouldn’t be the one bending you over with my girl dick?”

“Okay, how big is yours?”

“Seven.”

“Seven what?”

“Feet.”

Rafe scoffed, amused, smacking one of your bananas with a red shell (HOW THE FUCK DID HE MAKE IT TO 2ND PLACE ALREADY). “Yeah, no thanks. Makes way more sense if I’m topping. You’d rip my whole asshole apart.”

“I could give you a little bit of mine,” you chuckled, dropping another banana behind you in hopes Rafe’s kart would slip. “Sharing is caring.”

Of course, he dodged and got even closer with his fucking mushroom boost. “Nah, keep it. I’m very content with my own seven.”

And did you kind of weirdly reject a kiss by turning it into an awkward hug when he helped you out of the passenger seat, still holding your hand, deep blue eyes locked on yours, leaning in while his other hand came up to cradle your neck?

You did.

And did he look startled—genuinely confused—when you pulled away, half-squeezing, half-shaking his hand like a FUCKING BUSINESSWOMAN CLOSING A DEAL—

i picked the two excerpts out that kinda summarize that:

Especially not on one who'd never really caught his attention in all the years at Kildare Academy. Sure, somewhere in the back of his mind, his subconscious had probably registered your presence. He knew you existed—your last name was recognizable, after all.

But as a person? You were more of a fleeting thought, like Oh shit, she actually talks? whenever you spoke up in class every few weeks, or Huh, cute chick in that corner, when you were tipsy on some random couch, laughing loudly with your friend at a party.

so the question is indeed whether they’d gotten involved with another without the art project forcing them to work together.

kms!reader is characterized as a rather laidback person, someone who likes being in the background and isn’t actively trying to get people’s attention.

but i think because of her years-long crush on rafe, and the end of high school year looming ahead, she would’ve panicked about not shooting her shot already. cause after high school, everyone parts ways, she might not ever see him again or get a proper chance at getting to know him.

and i think solely due to that kind of thought—having to live with the regret of NOT knowing if he could be interested in her, and being tied to ‘what ifs’—SHE would be the one to initiate a move cause the fear of having to overthink that topic for the rest of her life would outweigh the idea of approaching her crush, as intimidating as he might seem.

not a straightforward one like “wanna go on a date?”, that’s absolutely not her style, but something subtle, probably planning some sneaky move with cara to at least get his attention. maybe cara would link with topper or kelce at a party, drag reader along, get her tipsy to open up, and with rafe being there they’d possibly get into a conversation somehow.

or maybe she’d “accidentally” text rafe about homework and pretend she picked the wrong number out of the class group chat (also cara’s great idea ofc), and rafe would be irritated naturally cause NOW he’s actively noticed her and it’d definitely kinda piss him off that she’d dismiss him easily (especially cause he thinks she’s cute) and so his inner need to chase after her would be ignited and he’d keep texting her and vice versa hihi