─── YOU'VE GOT MAIL .ᐟ
...or reader going to a football game.
★ pairing.ᐟ frat!rafe x nerd!reader
★ summary.ᐟ rafe cameron is the golden boy of kildare university; certified frat boy, captain of the football team, relentless party animal with lines of girls to sleep with.
reader couldn't be more different; while she has the best grades in the whole school, she suffers from social anxiety disorder, and her social life is limited to her three best friends and the cat she secretly snuck into her dorm room.
both of them decide to join the anonymous chatroom for their campus, and start talking to one another, a friendship starting to form between the two; but neither of them know how different the other is.
★ author's note.ᐟ and we’re back!! hi hi hi. sorry for no new part last week, i was busy as hell. ANYWAY we’re finally meeting reader’s friends !! also guess who managed to finish three different fics today… whew.
YOU'VE GOT MAIL!
for the next two weeks, not a day went by that you didn't talk to MalachiConstant; the screen time on your phone almost having doubled. most of the time it was just surface-level stuff; talking about your days, about your interests... but at night, it... changed. it became genuine. real. like you were sitting under the stars together, talking about things that actually mattered.
MalachiConstant: y'know
MalachiConstant: sometimes i kinda worry that i'm disappointing everyone around me
YOU: how come?
MalachiConstant: idk
MalachiConstant: i feel like i'm fucking shit up all the time
MalachiConstant: like i'm a screw up and disappoint everyone
YOU: well, i don't know if it helps, but..
YOU: you haven't disappointed me :).
MalachiConstant: knocking on wood
now, you were sitting with your friends at lunch, occasionally glancing down at your phone screen as if beckoning for the stranger to message you, your lips pursed in thought as the group around you kept chatting, wondering why the boy hadn't texted you all day.
"hey, everything okay?" one of your friends, zainab, asked, looking at you with widened eyes, startling you out of your little reverie. you turned to the girl sitting next to you, feigning a small smile, "yeah, everything's okay."
"she's being ghoooosteed." vivian teased you, causing you to roll your eyes.
"ghosted? by who?" emilia asked with excitement, vivian's statement clearly having piqued both her and zainab's interest.
"it's no one."
"she's lying." vivian grinned, drinking some of her iced latte, "she met someone on that website i recommended. kildareuchats. she told me they've been talking for a few weeks now."
"viv, i told you not to say anything." you groaned, hiding your face in your hand, feeling your cheeks warming up, your next words coming out in an awkward mutter, "only reason i told you was because you saw me text him in the first place..."
"whatever. the important thing is," vivian grinned widely, "our friend here thinks that he's a member of the football team."
"how do you figure that?" zainab asked, and you threw your hands up in slight frustration, "well, i don't know it for sure!" you said, "but he keeps talking about how he has practice, and... he does know a lot about football."
"hot. you're e-dating a football player. who would've thought?" emilia snorted, making you throw a singular fry her way. "i'm pretty sure they have a game tonight."
"oooh, we should go support your boyfriend." zainab squeezed your shoulder and you could feel your face turn warm with embarrassment, "we're not going. and he's not my boyfriend..."
"i can't believe i let you three talk me into this..." you grumbled under your breath, pulling your coat closer to your body, feeling the chilly autumn air in your bones as you sat on the bleachers, watching the game you understood nothing about; when you were younger, your father tried to get you into sports, but most of the time you simply snuck in a book so you wouldn't actually have to focus on it.
"don't try to play pretend." vivian nudged your shoulder and drank out of her slushie, "we all know you're dying to see your cyber-boyfriend."
"again, he's not my boyfriend."
"but you wish he was. bet you've already made him in the sims, and you two have a brood of pixel-kids."
"i don't even know what he looks like."
"well, if it is someone from the football team, he's gotta be at least semi-attractive. have you seen their group picture?" emilia snorted, "everyone is somewhere between seven and ten."
"it's definitely not thornton." vivian snorted, "dude has the emotional capacity of a slinky."
"viv, you do know that that's a dig on yourself?" you raised your brows, "don't think any of us forgot what happened between you two."
"jokes on you." the pink-haired girl stuck her tongue out at you, "i've already forgotten all about it."
"that's what happens when you spike your slushie with vodka."
"don't act like you could focus on this shit sober. besides, this is not about who i've slept with. this is about who you're dying to sleep with." vivian winked and took another sip of her slushie.
"well," you pursed your lips in thought, "he's in a fraternity."'
"that does narrow it a little bit..." zainab mumbled, "maybe maybank? i mean, you did have a crush on him for like, the entirety of freshman year."
"it wasn't a crush!" you held your hands up, "it was... a mere fascination. he had nice hair."
"ah, yes. you were having wet dreams about his hair." vivian snorted, and you smacked her forearm, pursing your lips into a pout as you looked at the field, "how about... mason? he's got that whole broody, mysterious smart guy vibe going for him. he definitely reads vonnegut."
"dodge is a pretty valid option. though, i don't know if chatrooms are his style." emilia tsked, "what about the captain? cameron?"
that suggestion caused vivian to snort and smack the other girl's shoulder, "rafe cameron? yeah, he definitely isn't the type to do that. i think his longest relationship was when a girl accidentally fell asleep in his bed after they hooked up, and he was too drunk to kick her out."
your eyes went to number 9, the name 'cameron' written above his number, making you shake your head and look away before you spoke quietly, "this is stupid. i don't need to know who he is. i don't want to know who he is." vivian wrapped her arm around your shoulder, tugging you close in a comforting gesture; you knew there was truth to your words, but you also knew that the reason you didn't want to know the identity of MalachiConstant was that you knew he'd be disappointed to know who you truly are. to know, that the girl he'd called witty and funny several times actually couldn't tell a joke without stuttering.
after the football game ended with your team winning, the four of you were making your way away from the field, only to hear someone calling out behind you
"viv! vivian, wait up!"
you turned your head to look at who was so eager to talk to your friend, a small snort leaving your lips, nudging vivian's side, "viv, it's your slinky." your friend looked at you with furrowed brows, following your line of sight to topper, the girl letting out an exasperated groan, "is it too late to hide?"
"hey, viv." topper gave the girl a lopsided grin that he surely thought was charming, his face slightly red from the game, "you came."
"most of the school came." vivian gave the boy a narrow, feigned smile before taking another slurp out of her slushie, "whatcha want, thornton?"
"well," the blonde scratched the back of his head while emilia, zainab and you grinned at one another, a strange contrast to the unamused expression on the pink-haired girl's face, "we're having a party, at our frat house. you should come if you feel like it."
"i'll think about it."
"you can bring your friends." topper glanced at the three of you briefly before his focus was fully on vivian once again, "hope to see you there."
"maybe." vivian said, turning around and continuing to walk away, the three of you following behind her, trying your best to control your laughter, "don't say a thing." she warned.
"come on, you've gotta come with me." vivian pouted, spinning around in your office chair, "i can't go alone, z doesn't do parties and em has an essay to finish."
"you know i don't do parties either." you mumbled, absentmindedly stroking angel's soft fur while shopping online for a birthday gift for vivian, "i think i'd suffer a stroke if i even tried to go to a frat party, of all things."
"please! i can't go alone, because then i'll end up hooking up with topper again."
"then just don't go."
"but then i'll have fomo! you know i love parties, i live for-"
YOU HAVE RECEIVED A MESSAGE ON KILDAREUCHATS FROM MalachiConstant. CLICK HERE TO OPEN.
you tuned out everything vivian was saying, instantly clicking the pop-up.
MalachiConstant: whatcha up to?
YOU: nothing much.
YOU: trying to stop this annoying wasp from buzzing in my ear
MalachiConstant: a... wasp?
YOU: my friend.
YOU: she's trying to get me to go to a party with her.
YOU: it's essentially a babysitting gig, though.
MalachiConstant: one party won't hurt you
MalachiConstant: wallflower
YOU: how do you know?
YOU: what if i have a stroke the moment i step foot into that place?
MalachiConstant: c'mon
MalachiConstant: what do you have to lose?
YOU: my dignity.
MalachiConstant: ah, yes. the dignified grandma.
MalachiConstant: hey, if the party sucks you can just stand in some corner and send me messages
MalachiConstant: might not answer immediately cause i also have a party
YOU: oooh, another frat party?
MalachiConstant: you know me so well
MalachiConstant: i dare you to go, poe girl
YOU: this isn't elementary school.
MalachiConstant: i triple-dog dare you
you pursed your lips in thought, looking to vivian and narrowing your eyes at the girl, a pleading look on her face. you groaned, shaking your head in defeat and rolling your eyes, "fine, i'll come with you. but i have nothing to wear."
"don't worry." vivian jumped up from her seat with a victorious smile, ruffling your hair, "you're lucky i'm your fairy slut-mother. with piles and piles of slutty dresses and skirts. i'll go get us something to wear!"
you watched as the girl made her way out of your dorm, her long hair bouncing along with her "nothing too slutty!" you called out after her, before turning back to your computer.
YOU: if i die, i'm blaming you.
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