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You have always been made fun of or seen as a joke by others. Because of your weight, people never saw you as a person. Maybe you could never keep up in PE, or run from a dinosaur if needed, but you had a faster mind than any of them.When learning, you would beat everyone else in the class. Maybe that was why they were mean to you, because they were jealous of your mind, soaking up information like a sponge. But you would tell them to deal with it.
Throughout the years of bullying and being picked on, you had one friend. Alfred. He stayed forever by your side, taking up for you when bullies came around or just making you feel better.
You never could figure out why.
Every night you would stand in front of the mirror, asking yourself why he would stay with you. Why would he continue to be by your side? Did he feel pity? Or was he waiting for you to feel better about yourself just to hurt you and break you down even worse than you had been before? He was always smiling and laughing, and continuously making you feel better.
You sigh as you sit in your homeroom, waiting for some kind of humiliation just like every other day.
"HEY DUDE!" a rather loud yelled and knocked you out of your trance.
"Alfred, I told you not to scare me like that..." You huff, moving your (h/l) (h/c) hair out of your face.
"Sorry, I was trying to tell you something. You thinking pretty hard and yelling was the only I could think of to get you to notice me, Senpai."
"I'm only letting you get away with it because you called me Senpai. Now what were you saying?"
"Yay! Okay, you're going to town with me tonight."
"But..." You attempt to say something to get you out of your (or should I say Alfred's) plans, but you're cut off by the teacher calling role.
"Awesome! See you tonight, wear something nice!" He called as he left the room without any word.
You groan and stand up, know there are two main reasons you aren't going to get to watch (f/s) tonight; 1.) You don't have any classes with him today to tell him no, and 2.) Once Al has some sort of an intent, he sticks to it.
~time skip cause I'm lazy~
You hear a knock at the door and open it to see Alfred in black dress pants and a blue button up shirt for the first time in your life. Little did you hear was him gasping at you in a charcoal cowl-neck sweater dress* and matching black combat booties*. Your (h/c) hair was straightened and you had on very bold makeup: eye shadow eyeliner* and to pull off a bit of color, bright red lipstick.
After a long series of looking up and down each other, he finally speaks up. "Okay, let's do this!" He took your arm in his and led you into the night.
"May I ask what it is that we're doing anyway?" You asked, very curious as why you had to dress up and go to town with him.
"Nope."
You exhaled defeatedly, knowing there was no way you were going to get anything out of him before actually getting there.
Suddenly the two of you stopped at a fancy restaurant, the sign staying "Gourmet French Cuisine".
"Jesus, man. What are you planning?" You say, looking up at Alfred from your height of (y/h).
He exhaled and slowly began to say,"Look, so my parents keep asking who I'm dating and I know that they like you, so I kinda told them that we were dating but hey guess what! They're off my back and you get free food! What's better than that?" He said in one breath.
"It is true that I'd do anything for free food, but two questions first: Arthur likes me? and Why?"
He shrugs. "You get good grades and have a good personality. Plus you like his cooking."
"Grr... Fine, I'll do it." He gets excited and you put up a finger to signal 'one more minute' and say,"This one time. You'll have to tell them the truth soon though."
"Yeah, of course, sure! Just come on, we need to get in there or Dad will think we stood them up," He mutters and grabs your hand, leading you into the restaurant.
Sitting in the corner is the family you've come to love. Alfred's 'mom', his papa, and his brother. Of course, they've been like a second family to you, being there when your own family wasn't. But this time you seemed terrified by sight of them.
Alfred carefully gliding you over to them and pulled the seat out for you as the two of you reach the table. Suddenly you feel all four sets of eyes on you. "U-um... What's up, guys?" You look around.
Francis, his papa, speaks up,"So it is true?"
You slowly nod, surprised by Francis's unsure tone.
"I always thought the two of you were to be together. Oh! You are the cutest couple!" He squeals, back to acting like a dork.
"I'll admit, Alfred did have the longest crush on you," Arthur says.
"Dad! Don't say that!" Alfred had a giant blush on his face. Nobody saw the growing redness on your face.
"Now that the two of you are dating, should it matter if we tell her?" Arthur questions Alfred and then turns to you,"My dear, he's loved you since the two of you were really quite small. It was adorable when he came home from a play date like a lovesick puppy."
Matthew mumbles,"And he would always talk about you like you're a goddess."
"It's wonderful that you are dating. I know he will treat you very well." Arthur finishes off.
You look up at Alfred, who was looking down at the table. He seemed unable to even look at you. "Wow. Y'know, I think my parents might want me home soon. I should leave." You wipe your mouth with a towel although you haven't eaten anything and go towards the exit.
~Alfred's POV~
Goddammit, why did they have to tell her all that stuff? Yeah, it was true, but still! Even if she did like me back, she won't now! She's beautiful and sweet and adorable and yeah, maybe she's a bit chubby but that adds to her cuteness! She has such confidence even when people make fun of her. She keeps on trying. I need to get her back.
He gets up, running for the door after you.
~Back To The Normal~
You were walking through the park to get home. But as you were walking, you didn't realize that you were going through what you believed to be the best part of the park. The pond. As kids, you and Alfred would always play there. It was your favorite place in the whole wide world.
"(Y/N)!" You hear behind you and turn around. Alfred had been running after you. For you of all people. Why? He was the most popular person in school, plenty of girls liked him. Why did did he like you?
"Why, Alfred?" You said as he caught up to you.
"Huh? What do you mean why?"
"Why did they say all that stuff? Was it true? Do you actually like me like that?"
He stopped in his tracks. He just didn't know what to say to you. Then suddenly he knew.
"(Y/n), I like- no, I love you. You're amazing. You're not pretty, you're beautiful. You're not fat, you're chubby. You're not clingy, you just don't want the ones you love to leave you. You're not stupid, you just don't know some things. You're not embarrassing, you're the one I want to show off to the world. You aren't clutzy, you can't find the right footing. When you hug your pillow, you're adorable. When you watch scary movies with me, you comfort me. When you try to reach the high shelf at the supermarket because you're too short, I help. (Y/n), you're amazing in every way and I love you. I want you to know that for whatever you do, I'll be there."
You had your hand on your mouth, unable to form words. "You really feel that way?"
"Yes! I've been holding it in for as long I can remember! I just never had the courage to tell you because I never thought you would like me back. So do you?"
"Duh! Have you never noticed? I love you too!"
He smiles and pulls you into a hug. You buried your face into the crook of his neck. He pulled your chin upwards and kissed you, softly and sweetly. You had never thought he would kiss like this. He suddenly pulls away.
"I'm sorry I got you into all that. They kinda spill too much detail too quickly."
"I'm used to it. It's kinda funny when they do."
Afterwards the two of you went back to the restaurant, explaining what really happened. They all apologized profusely for their behavior earlier. Alfred seemed a bit more relieved after you said how you feel.