*Mercutio POV*

"Huh?" I say, not-so-eloquently.

"Well, people with type one diabetes drink lots of water, so, yeah," The person responds.

I blink, and clear my throat awkwardly.

"Uh, I'm Mercutio." I tell them. The person slides off the doorway and steps closer to me.

"I'm Y/N," they tell me. I give them an awkward smile and a little wave. My heart leaps into my throat, figuratively of course. If that actually happened I would have died.

Come to think of it, I wish I did die, because before I thought too hard about what I would say next, this came out of my mouth.

"Do you want to get out of here? I have to find my friend, and I could use some company."

I'm sure I ascended to another plane of existence with how extremely lame I was, and was about to be rejected super fast.

"Sure, this party is pretty shit anyways. There's no pretty boys inside that house anyways," They said. I'm crushed. I've been called ugly, that's the lowest blow. I think I'll go home and cry myself to sleep. Christ I'm dramatic.

"Wow, okay. Smack down!" I crack. Y/N looks at me, confused.

"What? No, I said inside! You're out here on the porch, loser. Besides, you're pretty gorgeous," Y/N says, winking.

I curse my stupid face for blushing.

"Ha, thanks. You're pretty beautiful yourself," I say, and I'm not kidding. The sight of them makes my heart beat faster, and my palms are sweating.

"I just met you, and you're calling me beautiful. Goodness, are you trying to get in my pants or something?" Y/N jokes. My eyes widen.

"No, no!" I say, forcing a smile.

Y/N laughs.

"I'm just kidding, pretty boy. I called you pretty first, now don't lose your adorable little head." I nod, nerves feeling frayed.

Before I can respond, Y/N grabs my hand. I blush even harder, and they lead me off the porch.

"Let's take that walk, huh?" They say, turning towards me with a small smile on their lips.

Lips I was thinking of kissing.

No. Stop that! I chide myself. I'd just met this person, that was way too early to kiss them.

Even if I wanted to.

God, I wished I could shut my brain up.

"Hey, so why'd you come to this stupid party anyways? You seemed like you really didn't want to be there," Y/N says.

I shrug.

"My friend needed to get over someone, just helping a buddy out, ya know. What about you?" I respond.

Y/N hums, blowing a stray hair from their forehead.

"Just wanted a change. It's almost the end of school, and it feels like nobody's really there. Senioritis, I guess, but still. I just want someone new, a different perspective. Someone more chill. Everyone's just so much!" They sigh.

I turn towards them, smiling.

"I can be that someone," I tell Y/N.

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A/N: Sorry for the short chapter, but that's how it goes!
There may or may not be some little references in there.
:)
Love all of you humans.
Until next time!