forum Romance Roleplay (Closed O/O)

Started March 02, 2020 by @Rainy_day_artist_classic group

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Lucas stuck his tongue out playfully. "Can't help that, Mel. Coach says they need me." He grinned. "I guess I'll need other friends for when you're not available as well. I used to just sorta sit at home, which is obviously bad."

"Try and hang out with the guys on your team. I'm sure they'd love to. Whether it be for baseball, or just hanging out." Melissa smiled, copying him by sticking her own tongue out. "I try to be as available as I can be."

"Yeah… I mean, obviously we hang out during practice, but we don't really get together outside of school." Lucas shrugged. "Socializing is… not my forte."

"I can be there too if you want. I'm free for the next couple of Saturdays." Melissa offered, taking his hand in her own. "I could bring Laura, just so it isn't awkward."

Lucas nodded. "Y-Yeah… that might help. You're better at talking to people than I am." He laughed weakly.

"Though we don't have to. You don't look too up for this." Melissa hummed, holding his hand loosely. "If you're not, just say so."

"Um… it makes me really nervous, to be honest." Lucas admitted. "I've tried to ask before, but I always freeze up for some reason."

"Like I said before, I can go with you. Or there's a much simpler solution. You don't even have to come face to face with them." She hummed a light smirk on her lips.

"How do you mean?" Lucas asked, confused. "How else am I supposed to ask them, then? Other than in person, that is?"

Giving him a teasing look, she readjusted herself so she was facing out towards the street. "It's very simple. It's called a cellphone, and on that cellphone, you can text people. Just like how I invited you over yesterday."

Lucas blushed a bit. "Oh, right… you know I'm kinda stupid, Mel." He laughed weakly. "I don't know all of their numbers, but I should be able to get in contact with some."

"You could always exchange numbers the first week of practice. You are the captain… if that's the right term." Melissa laughed back, with a slight flush. "Anyways, you can always use that to your advantage. Just so you can check up on your teammates."

Lucas flushed harder. "Y-Yeah… I forgot about that. I don't really know what the role of captain entails, but hopefully I don't need to really know anything beforehand…"

"You'll be fine Lucas. I've seen you play, there's a reason the coach picked you. You make up for the lack of social skills with how well you play." She chirped, bumping his arm with her elbow lightly.

"Here's hoping." Lucas sighed softly. "I'm hopeless at talking to people, but at least I've got baseball, right? I can throw things and I can hit things, so that's something."

"That sounds really bad out of context." Melissa snickered, leaning on her hand as she watched the sun finally set behind the houses. It was officially dark outside. "But yeah, you've got talent."

"Mm. If you say so, Melissa." Lucas sighed, leaning back a bit to watch the sun sink below the horizon.

"You've got more talent than me. All I can do is play piano. You can play baseball, and draw, and sing." She listed, letting out her own soft sigh.

"You don't even know that I can sing. I could be lying." Lucas replied pointedly. "And you're really good at piano."

"You wouldn't lie to me, not for something as silly as that. But I mean, I could insist you do." She hummed, still tracing things into her jeans. "Though thank you for the compliment."

"Mm… I don't think I've ever actually sang in front of you. Except maybe when we were in choir in elementary school. I was pretty bad at that point, though."

"Then sing now. If you're going to be Mr. Difficult." She hummed, sticking her tongue out at him. "If you're so insistent that you're lying to me."

Lucas blushed again, his heart starting to race. "B-But I dunno what to sing!" He whined. "You put me on the spot here!"

"You shouldn't have argued with me then," She smirked, poking his shoulder. "You don't really have to right now, but you've got to sing for me some day."

"Um… I… I think I can try now… maybe…?" Lucas said nervously, trying to decide on a song he could sing.

"Don't make yourself do something if you don't want to." Melissa said softly, resting his hand on her arm. "I'm not going to."

"No, no… I… I can do it. Just gimme a sec." After a few seconds of consideration, Lucas slowly began singing Fly Me To The Moon. His voice was very shaky at first from nerves, but he gradually became more comfortable. He actually sounded really nice once he wasn't literally shaking; his voice was smooth and settled somewhere between tenor and baritone.

Rather surprised at the sound of his voice, she gave him a soft smile. The song choice was interesting, though she didn't mention that. She just enjoyed the sound of his voice, any tension she had left seeming to fizzle.

Lucas was flushed red again by the time he finished the song. He fell silent and stared firmly at the horizon, afraid to meet Melissa's eyes.

Watching his face flush, she gave him a soft smile. Wrapping an arm around his shoulder, she leaned into him just slightly. "You sound absolutely stunning." Melissa whispered to him.