| survivors guilt | COLE BROOKSTONE X MALE READER

4- cake.

COLES POV.

I stood up from my bed. it was currently 2:30pm, i'm planning on meeting y/n at a bake your own cake store. he said to meet there at 4pm so it was about time i started getting ready, i already had brushed my teeth and showered a couple hours ago, so i should probably just do my hair, and pick out an outfit, maybe some skin care or shave a bit.

I walked from my bed to the dresser in my room. My room was small, my dad wasn't very wealthy, he was a royal black smith. not a famous one, so in other words, an underpaid singer, but singing distracts him from my moms passing so i can't really blame him.

A buzzing feeling went through my body as I thought of the night before. Me and y/n had stood up till 2am just talking, we ranted and ranted. It felt like we just couldn't run out of things to say to each other. It felt nice to just talk to someone who listens and isn't dry. i believe we're genuinely friends, there's hardly anything we don't know about each other since we're always asking each other questions, obviously i still don't know everything about him though.

i grabbed my hairbrush and hair spray, i did my casual hairstyle in which i slick my hair over to the side, an messy emo ish style i guess you can call it. I like it because my hair is long in front so it keeps it out of my eyes while also being far from basic.

I decided to wear a black compression shirt, seeing as my body was actually well built from being a ninja, so why not show it off? I paired it with gray sweatpants and black vans, I sprayed myself with cologne and used a breath mint. Why do I feel the need to look so clean and smell so good? I don't normally feel like this. Normally I hardly cared.

I looked at my phone, it was 3:20, I'll shave a bit, do some skin care, and put on deodorant before I leave.

3:45, I'm done getting ready. The cake shop is around a 30 minute bus ride so I should be like fifteen minutes late, I hope y/n don't mind much.

y/n <3

hii i might be late by like 15 minutes, okay?

i'm outside

WHAT?
why??

I'll wait, come down stairs when you can.

I told you not to drive me though..
i don't mind taking the bus-

and i told you i didn't want you to

Are you being serious? 🪨

Yes, I am 😭 u ready yet?

yeah- i'm coming down now
🧌🪨

Hopefully my emojis are making me less dry.

My knees feel weak, my hearts slightly thumping and I feel nervous. why? Why does he make me nervous?

I walked down the stairs of my small house, and to the door, I placed my hand on the door knob when a sudden thought hit me.

How did he know where I live?

I shrugged off the thought, I'll ask him later. I twisted the door knob and walked out. The weather was nice, not too hot, not too cold, slight wind, it was perfect. I saw him in the driver's seat. I thought he told me he has drivers drive him to school, what changed?