A/n: This idea was given to me a while ago by the wonderful kelseyluvs24, and I am a terrible friend bc it took me so long to get this going, but here it is! Hope you love it, girl! (And general teen wolf reading public, I hope you also love it.)
I'm gonna go ahead and straight out say it, I suck at writing the action and the horror/mystery stuff, so we are all just going to pretend for now that in season 3 ep 5 "Frayed" that it's just a nice normal team outing where some of the athletes happen to be werewolves. Basically, I do teen romance way better than mortal wounds and druid murders.
Stiles glared at the back of Ethan's head as the buss ambled down the highway. His best friend had been wondering out loud about something, but he had stopped paying attention to him a while ago. "Dude!" Scott said, snapping his fingers in front of the teen's face.
"Why is he sitting with Danny?"
Scott rolled his eyes. "Probably because they are seeing each other. Seriously, where've you been?" He sighed at the lack of response he got from Stiles, who was ignoring him in favour of pulling out his phone and typing off a quick text. "Tell me you didn't just do what I think you did."
A few rows ahead, Danny's phone beeped. He slid it out of his pocket and glanced quickly at the message.
From: Stiles
Hey
He shot a slightly confused glance back to where the boy was sitting with Scott. He rolled his eyes and turned his head back facing forward. His phone beeped again.
From: Stiles
What's up?
With a sigh, Danny replied.
To: Stiles
What do you want? I'm a little busy
From: Stiles
With what? Entertaining thing 2?
To: Stiles
I really like this guy!
Danny sent a quick scowl over his shoulder.
"You okay?" Ethan asked, bemused. The other teen responded with a tight smile, nodding yes.
At the back of the bus, Stiles groaned. "Scott," he whined pathetically, "He says he really likes him. Stupid muscle-bound alpha. He isn't even that hot."
"Dude, this is pathetic. You should have just asked Danny out when you had the chance." Scott laughed at the sad sound Stiles made in response. "Also, in case you forgot, I'm pretty sure Ethan can hear us talking." In response, the boy in question flipped them off, dropping his hand from his lap to the aisle of the bus so Coach Finstock wouldn't see. "Yep. He definitely hears us."
Stiles shot his friend a withering glare. "Wow, Scott. You are so helpful. I didn't know any of that on my own," he snapped, rolling his eyes.
"Jeez. You don't have to bite my head off," Scott said with a frown.
Stiles sighed. "I'm sorry," he muttered, glancing at the teen before quickly averting his eyes from the sad puppy look on Scott's face. "I know you're just trying to help. I shouldn't have taken my frustration out on you." He looked towards him, offering a small smile with the apology. Scott's face instantly brightened and he grinned in response.
"It's okay, man. I get it. Sometimes love makes people say awful things because they are scared or something."
The gears in Stiles' brain ground to a halt. "I-I…I don't…that's ridiculous!" the teen stammered out. "It's not…I don't…" His voice dropped to a whisper. "Ethan can hear us!" he hissed at his friend. "We are so not having this conversation right now!" He was glaring daggers at Scott who simply rolled his eyes. Stiles groaned. "God I'm tired of this bus right about now." Pulling his phone out, he typed a text to Danny, hitting send.
From: Stiles
Why do you like him?
Reading the text message that had just come in, Danny sighed quietly. He peaked to his left at the boy sitting next to him. Ethan was definitely the type of guy he usually went for, confident and attractive. And he wasn't dumb either, which he always considered a plus. Still, he wasn't sure why how to respond to the message. Really, he wasn't sure why he was having the conversation anyways.
To: Stiles
Why do you care?
He pressed send, already knowing the answer to the question. It wasn't a secret that Stiles was at least a little interested in him. The boy was completely transparent in his affections. Though it wasn't as if the whole school knew, like with Lydia, but anyone who regularly interacted with the teen could figure it out. His phone beeped.
From: Stiles
Way to avoid the question
To: Stiles
I could say the same to you
From: Stiles
Ok, answer my question first then I'll answer yours.
Looking at the small words on the screen, Danny scowled. Against his better judgement he tapped out a short reply.
To: Stiles
Idk I just do. And he likes me so I guess its like why not?
As the message was sending, he typed out another and his send again.
To: Stiles
You're turn
Stiles' response took longer than normal. Danny forced himself not to check the phone until he actually heard it beep, smiling awkwardly at his seat-mate. He groaned internally. This was not how he had imagined this trip.
From: Stiles
I just think you could do better than him
To: Stiles
Oh really?
From: Stiles
really
A second message came in right on top of the last one, causing Danny's breath to hitch.
From: Stiles
I could be better than him
Danny pressed the off button quickly, making the screen go black. He shoved the phone in his pocket and forced the mental images of the various possible situations with Stiles to the back of his mind. His phone beeped again but he ignored it. Three more alerts ignored had Ethan shooting him a questioning look. "It's nothing," he said with a tight smile. The other teen raised a questioning eyebrow, but getting no further response from him, he shrugged. His phone continued to beep at irregular intervals.
"Are you sure you aren't going to get that?" Ethan asked. "It must be important or something."
"Yeah, or something," Danny muttered under his breath. He pulled out his phone and scrolled through the ten missed messages, which ranged from an apology for being too forward to bad pickup lines and everything in between. He typed out a reply quickly before sending a look over his shoulder to the two boys sitting in the back of the bus and hitting send.
A/n: Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed the start of this little story.
Just as a warning, updates are going to be slow because school is crazy right now. I have an assload of assignments to do, plus a bunch of stuff to get done before I head over to England for a semester in January. I wish I had more time to write though! This college stuff is exhausting!