Mekonnen Knife
โโจโ๐๐ธ ๐จ๐ธ๐พ ๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ท๐ช ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ท๐ญ๐ผ?โโจโ
โโจ๐ ๐ญ๐ธ๐ทโ๐ฝ ๐ด๐ท๐ธ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ท๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ผ, ๐ข๐ธ ๐โ๐ต๐ต ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ช๐ ๐ธ๐ท ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ท ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ท ๐๐ธ๐พโ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ท๐ธ๐ฝ ๐ธ๐ท ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ป๐ผ, ๐โ๐ต๐ต ๐ฝ๐ป๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฝ๐ต๐, ๐๐ท ๐ฌ๐ช๐ผ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฝ ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ป๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ช ๐ซ๐ธ๐พ๐ท๐ญ๐ช๐ป๐, ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐พ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ซ๐ป๐ฎ๐ช๐ด ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป๐ฎ, ๐๐ท๐ญ ๐ผ๐ธ ๐โ๐ต๐ต ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ป ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฏ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ท๐ญ, ๐ข๐ฒ๐ถ๐น๐ต๐ฎ ๐ช๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ, ๐๐ท๐ญ ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ท ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐น๐ต๐ช๐ ๐น๐ป๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ท๐ญ, ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ๐ผ ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ, ๐ ๐๐ธ๐ทโ๐ฝ ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐ฝ ๐ซ๐ช๐ฌ๐ด, ๐๐ธ, ๐โ๐ต๐ต ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐บ๐พ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ถ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ท๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ, ๐ ๐๐ธ๐ทโ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ต๐ต ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ช๐ซ๐ธ๐พ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐น๐ช๐ฒ๐ท, ๐โ๐ต๐ต ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ต๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฝ ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ท ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ฎ, ๐๐ท๐ญ ๐ช๐ผ๐ด, โ๐๐ฎ๐, ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ช๐๐ช๐ด๐ฎ?โโจโ
MK is your best friend in the whole world. Unfortunately, you fell prey to the oldest clichรฉ in the book, and you're hopelessly in love with him.
You had no idea how to approach it because you thought he might feel the same at first. Then you saw him with your other girl friends and confirmed you weren't special. But then there were a few things that were.
You were the only person who he chose to partner with for dances. When he was going on the World's Collide tour, he begged you to audition so you could be with him the whole time. When you guys were put into Hotel rooms, he begged you to sneak into his so you could spend late nights together.
Right now, you and the rest of the tour extras are practicing outside in the heat due to being locked out of the reserved studio by Malachi on accident. He and the rest of the leads went to get help while Mekonnen ran dances with you all.
You guys are taking a break and MK hands you his water bottle so you don't pass out and when you thank him, he shrugs and wraps his arms around your waist.
"Don't need my little dancer being dehydrated."
You didn't react outwardly. You'd figured that he was just flirty and learned to deal with it, pushing your feelings down to remain professional.
"You want to grab lunch later? I saw a nice diner on the ride over here."
"Who's driving?" You ask, handing him his water bottle as you untangle yourself from his arms.
"Me? We're going together."
"Oh, the others aren't coming?"
"Nah, I was thinking just us today."
You nod and return to stretching, trying to ignore how tight your chest feels. It's all platonic. And that, honestly, might be the death of you at some time.
You'd resigned yourself to silence. You resigned yourself to this painful cycle, It wasn't his fault he didn't know. It wasn't his fault you loved him. And it certainly wasn't his fault he didn't love you back.
At the end of rehearsal, one of the extras wanted a group picture and a fellow dancer, a guy, put his arm around you for the picture. You hadn't thought of it as a thing because you only had eyes for Mekonnen, despite him not even noticing you in that way.
"So, Johnny seemed to like you a lot," Mekonnen states as you two eat.
You tilted your head, giving a confused look. "Does he?"
"Uh, duh. Do you not see the way he looks at you? Well, I mean, most people look at you like that, so, maybe you hadn't noticed, but the guy is in love with you. Are you gonna go for it?"