tutor sessions part 3 - megumi x reader!
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content: college au, super smart and academic megumi (he wears glasses), fluff later, use of y/n, kinda smau
you found yourself in the same spot as a week ago, waiting impatiently for your tutor to arrive. you tapped your pen against the table while resting your chin on your other hand. this looked kind of stupid, waiting for your tutor, who you really didn’t want to see, who also happened to be friends with your friends, but you guys aren’t really friends yet— it was all so weird.
you suddenly realized you looked like you were way too eager to see him. you immediately stopped zoning out and quickly moved to plug your earphones in and pretend to look busy. you turned the volume up as loud as you could, convinced the sound was leaking out of your ears, but you didn’t care. if megumi saw you actually waiting for him, it’d be over for you (or you thought)!
you felt a tap on your shoulders.
you whipped around and saw him, moving his own bulky headphones away from his ear. “y/n?”
“oh.” you said. you took out your earphones, and paused the song playing. “hi.”
“hi.” he said. he sat down across from you.
you tucked your earphones away in your bag, but kept your phone on your desk, praying for some imaginary emergency that needed your immediate attention so you could leave this session. obviously, this didn’t happen.
“so, what’re you having trouble with?” he asked, acting as if things weren’t weird.
“chemistry again.” you sighed.
you don’t really know why you were acting like this. it should’ve been fine. he's literally friends with your friends.
megumi nodded and began to help you, working with enviable efficiency and intelligence. he droned on and on, and you tried your best to pay attention, but it was difficult. you spent most of the time admiring his faint freckles and the soft pink tint to his lips. he was so close to you, and you couldn’t help yourself. you were in so deep counting the individual hairs that make up his eyelashes that you didn’t even register the question he asked you until he repeated it again.
“were you listening to deftones?”
you looked him in the eyes. “deftones…?” you questioned in confusion.
“well, i heard your earbuds.” he gestured to his ears. “must’ve been playing really loud.”
you blushed in embarrassment. “you heard that?”
“yeah,” he chuckled. “it’s my favorite band. could’ve recognized it anywhere.”
your personality changed almost instantly. “seriously?! it’s mine too!”
“do you like any other rock bands?”
you paused and thought for a second. “i listen to rock, but i consistently listen to them the most, i’d say. i have a wide variety.”
you said nothing and just slid him your phone to scroll through your spotify. you sat proud, allowing him to admire your superior music taste.
“i like this song.” he commented, pointing at something on your phone.
you took a closer look, and it was an ariana grande song.
you stifled a giggle. megumi fushiguro listens to ariana grande?
you watched as megumi fidgeted around more with your phone, pressing a few buttons. he seemed a lot more opened up, so it made the whole feeling of dread you had earlier subside. he was just megumi fushiguro after all. this seemed like the type of person who’d be friends with yuji and nobara. he picked up the phone from the table and typed a bit.
“i’ll follow your spotify account.” he said. “i also added my phone number to send it, but also for tutoring purposes.”
“it seems like we share a lot of the same music taste.”
megumi returned your phone back to you. “that’s cool. we should go to a concert together.”
you felt your face turn pinker. did your tutor suggest a concert date? you gave him a warm smile. “yeah, that’d be fun.”
when you’d thought you’d go your separate ways when departing, it turned out to be the opposite. you were momentarily alarmed when he followed shortly behind you, but it eased as the two of you just walked from the library together in relative silence. then, he offered an earbud to you.
you found your destination in the distance and politely declined. “sorry, i have to stop by the grocery store. maybe next time!”
you expected him to retract his hand, but he didn’t. “oh, i have to stop by there too. let’s go together.”
you found that a little strange, but whatever. “ah, okay.”
you entered the chilly store. you only had a few things to pick up, and you happily accepted megumi’s earbud. the two of you quickly browsed the aisles for your things and his, which were conveniently close to your goods. you even caught him slightly bopping his head to the music playing in both of your ears.
“i’m finished. want me to wait?”
“no, no, i’m done too. let’s check out.” he responded.
the two of you entered the self-checkout section and paid for your respective products. the two walked out together, not wanting to separate too far for the music to cut off. the two of you basked the late afternoon sun while walking, and the music playing gave the whole scene a nice ambience you learned to enjoy even more. the sun eventually turned pink and orange, and you found it fitting that “bad girls” by blood orange was playing. believe it or not, it was nice walking with megumi.
after a bit, you thought that surely soon, he’d turn some other way so you could give back his earbud. but he didn’t. not until you made it to your apartment building, meaning he still had some more to go. it looked like you’d be the one to cut off the interaction.
“do you live here too?” he suddenly posed.
you were a little taken aback. “i— what?”
“i guess there are a lot of things in common between the two of us today.” he laughed.
many thoughts ran through your head. indeed, there are quite a few things the two of you share: friends, an apartment building, the need to visit the grocery store that day, and of course, the tutoring sessions you’d be having for the next few weeks. how have you never noticed this guy before?
“well, um, what floor do you live on?” you asked.
the two of you stood still for a moment before he said, “well,” and handed you your grocery bag that you didn’t even notice he was carrying until then.
“see you!” you waved and began turning on your heel towards the stairs, until you saw him pointing to his ears. “oh. right.”
you took the singular earbud out and placed it in his outstretched hand, and he stretched his other arm to the back of his head and scratched nervously. “i’ll uh, see you too.”
you walked up the steps, not looking back. finally, you heard footsteps retreating.
i'm not too sure if i like how i wrote this but i hope you all enjoyed nonetheless! <3
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