What I'm Thankful For During Thanksgiving
Hayner x Olette
ONESHOT/Drabble
"Hey Hayner, are you going anywhere for Thanksgiving Break?" Olette asked him during break period.
The blonde looked at her with boredom in his eyes and shook his head dully. "Nope; we're just inviting some family over and having a family dinner", he replied. He then grimaced, "Ooh God, I can see Aunt Sophie now... 'Haaayneer, why is your hair such a mess? Haaayneer, why are your clothes so wrinkly?' Ugh!" he moaned, rubbing his temples.
The brunette girl laughed out of sympathy and Hayner chuckled himself. "Hey, if you have time, you should come over. It'd be nice to see a friend on Thanksgiving Day", he suggested, pointing his pencil at her.
She shrugged. "I'll think about it. Maybe for an hour or two", she told him with a smile.
The boy smirked. "Better than nothing I suppose. I'll be right back Olette. I think I saw Seifer just now", he said, his eyes now ablaze and his voice faintly laced with excitement to start up another argument with the elder boy.
Olette shook her head in disbelief and waved him goodbye. She was about to return to her seat when she noticed her name scrawled in Hayner's notebook. Normally she wasn't someone who cared about what people thought or wrote about her but if it was Hayner, she couldn't help but be curious. She took a seat in his chair and began to read.
The title written messily at the top was "What I'm Thankful for During Thanksgiving", the exact same words written on the blackboard. Since their literature teacher had nothing academically planned for their lesson today, he simply asked his students to write out what they were grateful for this year.
The list went like this:
"Number One: NOT SEIFER."
She chuckled slightly. That was pretty obvious.
"Number Two: Sea salt ice cream -- Which reminds me, I have to buy more."
"Number Three: Thanksgiving Break -- Today's classes were totally pointless."
"Number Four: NOT SEIFER."
"Number Five: Roxas and Pence -- Because guys are totally allowed to have best friends."
"Number Six: Olette – Because she's cute and forgiving, no matter how angry she gets at me."
Olette blushed slightly at this; mostly because Hayner had devoted a whole sentence to her rather than combining her name with Roxas' and Pence's. She wondered if Hayner always thought of her separately from the two boys. Up until this very moment she believed Roxas, Pence, and herself were just one big lump in his mind.
She was... highly flattered by this thought.
Before she could continue to dwell, loud crashes and yelling could be heard outside the door. And not a minute later did Hayner come bursting through the door, laughing with a devilish smirk on his face and tears in his eyes. He ran over to Olette who had gotten out of his seat and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Ooh man Olette, you should have been there! Seifer totally got owned just now!" he boasts, still laughing.
Olette can only sigh at her friend. "Geez Hayner, all of these dumb tricks you play on Seifer are just going to bite you in the butt in one day..." she lectured.
The blonde straightened up and smiled. "Hm, maybe, but as for as long as I live, I'm going to make Seifer's life a living hell", he smirked, teeth bearing.
She only smiles at him slightly. She glances back at his notebook for a second and peered down at the floor before looking at him straight in the eye.
"Hey Hayner, I think I can come to see you on Thanksgiving Day."