"Just A Side Character" [ TokRev x F.reader ]

[22] Valued Feelings

Mitsuya's response caught me off guard. His words echoed in my mind, the weight of his statement sinking in. As I leaned against his back, I felt a mixture of both confusion and a strange sense of warmth.

"I'm...dear to you?"

I repeated the words softly, still trying to process what he meant. I couldn't shake off the feeling of surprise, but there was something else there too. A faint spark of hope blossomed in my chest, but I quickly squashed it down.

"How am I dear to you?" I asked, my voice a little too vulnerable for my liking.

"-I don't see why it isn't obvious..."
"-Just tell me!"

"So stubborn..." He had muttered just before disclosing the actual reason.

"Ever since, I've always thought of you as a nobody, someone who's a grade lower than me" He started.

"Until that one morning when you had just greeted me as if you didn't know me, and you had that shy and troubled face that made me laugh" I hit him lightly, "Mean"

"Sorry! What I'm trying to say... Ever since we've started getting close and being friends and all that... I've developed these feelings of valuing you just as I would with the others" He added.

"You're dear to me just like everyone, and I don't... I don't want anything happening to you" He said softly, making my heart skip a beat.

"I don't value you just because you benefit to our gang, nor is it because we need to protect you, but I value you- no- we value you because you are our friend"

My eyes widened as I absorbed his words. The truth behind his feelings was finally laid bare, and my heart felt like it was about to burst from my chest.

But there was something else too – a hint of confusion mixed with the happiness.

"So, you value me...like the others?" I tried to keep my voice steady, hiding the hint of disappointment that crept into my tone.

"Of course I do, we're friends, aren't we?" That hit me like a ton of bricks. I nodded in response, letting myself absorb the indirect friendzone I had just received from him. Wait... I don't care...! I don't like him like that anyway...

As soon as we arrived at his apartment, he helped me get off, taking off my helmet. "Just reminding you, I won't stay over the night okay, I have my mom waiting for me...-"

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"Are you Y/n's boyfriend! Oh! You can have her stay over at your place, I trust you well enough. You're Takashi-kun, right? Y/n always talk about you whenever she got the chance! I hope I get to meet you in person!" Mitsuya ended up having to call my mother for permission, and he was bombarded by my mother.

He hanged up the call after thanking my mother, promising he'd take care of me, and of course, emphasizing that he is not my boyfriend.

"Well she's a talkative one..." Mitsuya chuckled lightly. "S-sorry... And you didn't have to call her you know"

"It's okay... why is she awake at this time though?" Mitsuya asked as he tended to my injuries.

"I believe she has her night duties right now, so maybe that's why" I replied, but he only grinned. "About earlier... Your mom said you talk about me a lot?"

I only blushed at his statement, not knowing how to defend myself. "Well!- I only told her how you've been of great help... Which is true..." He chuckled.

After minutes of endless pain, He had finished tending to my injuries. "Thank you, Takashi..."

"Im happy you're continuously calling me by my first name now" He smiled, to which I averted my eyes to.