1. Dance (1/2)

ayyyee, so i'm about to do some of my gcses and i wanted to do some writing but didn't want to do any of my other fics because plots ugh

so, whilst searching for some writing inspiration from tumblr, i found this 100 writing prompts challenge by sunshockk on da and i was sold haha

its a tsunaxoc because i miss writing a nice, lovely tsuna and ocs are fun to write :) i've written about ten of these so far so i'll upload the rest soon.

-dance-

he's clumsy.

honestly, it's awful really how uncoordinated a human he is. his limbs just don't seem to want to obey what his mind tells them to do, don't allow him to be the shining example of poise and grace he desperately wants to be.

it's only worse that his friends, gokudera and yamamoto, are practically exuding professionalism, partners held confidently by the hand as they slide effortlessly across the hall floor. almost every girl swoons at this-especially the ones who have been paired up with the two. and he's stuck with his partner squawking again about his feet slamming onto theirs and muttering about being stuck with such a 'no good partner' whilst he stutters out apologies, red faced and hoping the school idol doesn't see all the horrible mistakes he's making.

he hates it, hates how he can beat down all his enemies and protect his friends with skill and confident movements but he can't make his feet step in a simple sequence in time to the music almost entirely eclipsed by all the chatter from the students.

again he steps awkwardly and stamps onto his partner's foot, apologies immediately flowing from his mouth but quieter this time from the shame of having said these same words a billion times over (i-i'm sorry, i'm so sorry).

he tries not to outwardly cringe too much at the girl's rapid flow of complaints laced with savage insults that chip a little at the resolve he's made not feign illness to get out of class. he wants to be better than that, better than what he was like once before, but it's so difficult to stay so strong when all he hears and sees is him being a failure.

more glances from his friends make him wonder when they'll catch on to the lies in his reassuring smiles (he doesn't want them to worry, especially when they're doing so well). he himself decides to steal a glance at his crush (his hopeless, hopeless crush) when his attention is stolen by two figures zipping around the hall.

the two are moving energetically, far more energetically to anyone else in the vicinity since this was a waltz they were meant to be dancing, wasn't it? their legs look as though they're kicking at the air, at times almost at each other, and their bodies are spinning constantly. surprisingly, it's the girl the looks as though she's leading the two, laughing