The boy next door

pt. 2

y/n-

When I got inside from when I quickly dodged an interaction with h/n I was so relieved I didnt get to talk to him.

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Some time later

(Still y/n pov)

The current time is 6:38 (golden hour) I was sitting in my bed just scrolling through tiktok when I heard my mom and dad pull into the drive way.

My mom and dad work at the same place basically their whole life, it was actually how they first met.

I go downstairs to greet them and I see they are bringing in groceries.

"Oh mom let me help you guys with that" I say as I started to walk outside to the car.

"Oh no it's fine y/n, h/n's got it." My dad says while him and mom put the grocery bags on the counter.

I then notice h/n bringing in all of the rest of the groceries from the car into the house. I didn't know how to act because of the whole mailbox situation earlier and I didn't want to create another awkward situation.

"Oh, ok." I say with a faint smile on my face.

H/n places the groceries on the table and I am sitting down at the counter looking at everyone with my hand on my cheek.

"Thanks again h/n that was very sweet of you."

"Oh it's no problem at all, anything for you guys." He says with his hands in his pockets with a smile on his face.

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H/n pov

While I was talking to the y/l/n's (your last name) I notice y/n being very distant and just sitting at the counter looking very bored.

I started to have a weird feeling that she might actually hate me, if that's true, I would not know why she would.

As Im wrapping up my conversation with the y/l/n's I see y/n heading into her room without saying bye, but in all fairness I didn't really  expect her to.

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Y/n pov

I knew that once h/n left, my mom would ask me to help put away the groceries but I really didn't feel like doing that, so I just headed up to my room without saying bye.

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The time is currently 10:38 and now I am scrolling through instagram reels laughing because they are actually so funny. As I am laughing I receive I text from.. h/n.

All the text said was "hey.." and I kind of replied immediately.

Y/n
Hi?

H/n
Sorry for texting so late I just kind of wanted to address something with you.

(I was really confused that h/n really even texted me and now I am even more confused that he wanted to "address" something with me?)

Y/n
Umm sure, what's up?

H/n
Ok so today when I was walking to your mailbox you kind of ran away... and a couple hours ago you kind of just walked away without even really talking or even saying goodbye. So I kinda wanted to know if u are mad at me or something..?

(Omg this dude really cannot take a hint can he, but I really am not mad at him, I have no reason to be. I just don't want to get close to him again and get friend zoned.)

Y/n
No of course I am not mad at you, it's just that we haven't talked in such a long time and I really didn't feel like "catching up" at that time.

(That was lowkey kind of mean but it's actually kind of true.)

H/n pov
Oh , ok. It's fine I get it. Goodnight y/n.

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H/n pov

I kind of didn't expect y/n to be that "rude" or that strictly forward. Mostly because we actually haven't had a real conversation since the like 6th grade.

I turn my phone off and go to sleep with y/n's words swirling around in my head.