Shawn Mendes Imagines

Just a Game (Part 2)

*Y/n's POV*

Shawn lowered his fake weapon. For some reason, I followed his lead and lowered mine too.

He looked a little nervous which made me wonder what was going on. I had thought that if we ran into each other during the game, he would for sure try to tag me. But he wasn't. His eyes were focusing on my face as he bit his lip and stepped forward.

Suddenly, I had the absurd thought that he might kiss me. I looked up at him curiously and without thinking, took a small step forward. Shawn was switching back and forth between staring at my eyes and staring at my lips. He's going to kiss me, I thought, He's definitely going to kiss me.

By then my breathing had picked up its pace. I stepped even closer to Shawn and our chests were almost touching. Shawn leaned down, moving his face closer to mine. But then he hesitated and glanced nervously at me. My heart was thudding loudly in my chest and I could barely control myself. Which explains why in seconds, I had closed the gap between us for him.

Once again, our lips were on each other's, moving in sync. Somehow, it seemed even better than at the party and I could almost imagine that we were a couple, kissing in the middle of a game. My arms traveled around his shoulders and his hands moved swiftly through my hair. I leaned back a little without separating from him and back hit the wall. Shawn's lips began to press in softer, less needy movements against mine, making my stomach flutter.

After a few more seconds, we both pulled away, but our faces were still close with our forehead almost touching. Shawn kissed me one last time, softly and slowly, before stepping back and leaving me speechless.

Shawn looked at me in awe until suddenly, he picked up his laser gun and tagged me quickly. A familiar, cheeky smile played on his face as my vest went dark. It was the same smile that he always had when we were younger and he won something he had wanted forever. Then Shawn turned and jogged down the hall, away from me.

I stood there, feeling shocked, but not only because we had just made out in the middle of a laser tag game. I was mostly shocked at the thought that maybe the kiss had just been to distract me so he could win the game. But it didn't make any sense. Shawn could never in a million years be that mean. Especially not to me, I thought.

Pushing myself off the wall behind me, I stood up straight and tried to brush it off. My vest came back on as I started a new life in the game.

Several minutes later, the game had ended. We all shuffled back through the door to put away our vests. When I had finally hung mine up on its peg, half of our group were already done and had left the room. My eyes wandered over to Shawn who was still trying to get his vest off without much success. I waited. By the time everyone else in the room was long gone, Shawn was still struggling to get his arms out of the vest without breaking the thing.

I shook my head and stomped over to him. I grabbed Shawn's vest and undid a clip before pulling it over his head like it was nothing. Then, ignoring his surprised face, I walked back to the other side of the room, hung it up, and leaned against the wall, facing Shawn. I crossed my arms and gave him a glare.

Shawn gazed at me dazedly. After a couple seconds, he looked like he looked like he thought of something and he started slowly walking towards me. It felt as if the world was moving in slow motion.

It suddenly occurred to me how dimly lit the room was. So dim that I could barely make out Shawn's facial features. A shadow was cast over his face as he moved within two small steps from me.

Before he could do anything more, I put out my hand and placed it against his chest, stopping him. Shawn furrowed his eyebrows slightly.

"Is this a game you're playing with me?" I questioned, without thinking. The words just tumbled out.

"I'm not - what?" Shawn stuttered stepping back. I scoffed.

"You kiss me two times, both of them completely out of the blue, and afterward, you don't even say a word about it to me. You act like it never even happened," I shot, "Did you actually mean it when you kissed me, or am I just a game to you?" I didn't want to raise my voice at him, but I could barely control my emotions.

"Y/n - I didn't mean to - look, I'm sorry," Shawn sighed, "I'm sorry if I came on too strong. I shouldn't have done it without mentioning it to you. I haven't been confident enough to admit my feelings for you until that night when we were drunk. I think when you didn't pull away in disgust like I imagined you might, I realized that I might have a chance." He glanced down at the floor.

"What are your feelings for me?" I asked in a soft, quiet tone.

Shaking his head, Shawn let out a breathy chuckle. "Where do I even begin?" he commented, "I like you a lot. Really. I more than like you. In all honesty, you're the strongest, most independent girl I've ever met and I love that about you. I mean, none of the other girls I've dated would have stopped and confronted me just now. But you did."

For a couple of minutes after that, Shawn peered into my eyes and silently stared back.

"Y/n my heart is beating so fast right now," Shawn said breathlessly, "Please say something."

I laughed lightly at his nervousness and smiled up at him. Then I reached my hand up to his face and booped him on the nose with my index finger. He scrunched up his face playfully. "That's for waiting so long to tell me," I said. And then I cupped his cheeks and pressed my lips strongly against his. I pulled away in practically no time and added, "And that is for being so adorable while doing it." Running my hand over his shoulder, I walked past him towards the door.

"Wait," Shawn stopped me, "Does that mean that we're...a thing? You know, like a dating thing?"

"Is that what you want us to be?"

Shawn started to nod slowly but soon started nodding eagerly.

"Then I guess we are," I told, trying to hide my huge grin of joy. I saw Shawn beam as he followed me out the door.

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So that's the imagine I've been working on for the past month I think. And I know that sounds like a long time, but honestly, I haven't been writing as often as I really want to be. I am way too good at procrastinating. But, I promise about 537053802 times that I am going to start posting more often because I really do want to.

I hope this was good! Let me know if you liked this and thank you all so much for reading!! <3

PS: What do you guys think is going on with Shawn filming something in a freaking tuxedo and Andrew posting a pic with this 🌸 emoji?? I'm pretty sure it is going to be a music video for lost in japan (I swear it better be) but if you have any other theories, go ahead and comment them! :)

Bye y'all! Be back soon!