3. Light (Rei x Reader)

“Rei-kun!” the blue-haired boy turned around at the call of his name to see a very familiar figure running after him.

“(Name)-san! H-how did you know I was here?” He asked, recognizing her as the girl who sat next to him last year in middle school.

“I think anyone can spot you with that flashy green back pack of yours!” You replied patting his backpack. Rei blushed and pushed his glasses up.

“Ehh!? Rei-kun, your backpack isn’t heavy at all! In fact, it’s even lighter than my own backpack!” You continued on, lifting and prodding at his pack.

“(N-Name)-san! Please stop immediately!” You stopped, but clung to the sides of his backpack and looked at him from behind his shoulder.

“Well then explain to me why it’s so light! Since you love your theories and formulas soooo much, surely you’ve got a bunch of books hidden somewhere.”

“It’s only the first day of school (Name)-san…” You completely ignored him, and mumbled about secret hiding places for books.
“Aha! If it’s not in your backpack then it’s got to be in a super hidden place! In other words…your pants!”
“What?” and before the glasses boy could question you any further, you had spun him around and reached for his belt. Until a hand grabbed your wrist.

“You can’t do something like that here, (Name)-san!” He warned and went on about public indecency and the possible consequences.

“But Rei-kun! It’s your fault your backpack’s so light!” Rei paused in his rambling and looked at you incredulously.

“Really. And how so? Please do tell, (Name)-san.”

“Because…because…uh, well…if you don’t have any books then that means that you’ll be going to the library, right? And if you go there then we can’t have lunch together like we used to, right? So uh…”
“That doesn’t even make sense, (Name)-san.”
“I know! Sheesh…I just wanted to ask you if you wanted to eat lunch together again…” You whispered the last part. Rei pushed his glasses again and exhaled.

“That was it? You just wanted to eat lunch with me?”

“W-well I needed an excuse, okay! I’m sorry about my horrible improv!” You shouted back and waved your arms wildly around. Rei grabbed your flailing arms and held them in place.

“Please stop that, it isn’t beautiful at all. Also…I would love to have lunch with you again.”

Your face brightened up into a smile and a bell sounded in the distance.

“Ah…I think we’re late for class, Rei-kun.” The shocked expression on his face was priceless as he dragged you, hand in hand, in a mad dash towards the classroom.