Part two to the Heartbreaker AU

Y/n walks out of the park, her bag slinging on her shoulder with her hands stuffed in the pocket of her hoodie. People all around her continue talking in hushed voices. The hushed voices and the stares of the people begin to bother her, as she tries her best to not let those disconcert her. But for how long could she even block all of the hushed voices out? To her luck, y/n reaches her car and sits inside, leaning her head against the steering wheel, her hands clutching the wheel tightly. But before y/n could leave, she hears a knock at the window. She turns her head to see her friend, Andria.

"Andria?" She says, rolling her window down.

"What have you done?!" She says through gritted teeth. Y/n looks at her fearfully.

"What- what did I do?"

"Just, let me in."

Andria walks around the car and sits in the seat next to the driver's seat. Just as she sits down, she looks at y/n, who looks at her with a mixed expression of confusion, anger and fear.

"What did I do?" She asks again.

"You helped Ruel didn't you?"

"Wait Ruel, the guy who I helped because he was hurt?"

"Yes that Ruel."

"What's wrong with that?"

"Oh y/n," Andria groans, bringing her hand up to rub her forehead out of stress, "you are so oblivious."

"Will you tell me what did I do wrong?" Y/n says, almost yelling.

"Okay okay," Andria says, keeping one hand on y/n's shoulder, "Ruel is the biggest heartbreaker around here. Haven't you ever wondered why there are so many cracks and potholes here in Sydney? Yes there are so many cracks around the world, but Sydney has a significant number of cracks all around. Why do you think that is?"

Y/n gazes off into space, thinking deeply. Y/n just moved to Sydney and doesn't know much about the place, definitely not about Ruel and who he is. Turns out if she hangs out much with him, he can break her heart and allow another crack on the roads, among the many others. And who knows how many of the cracks are caused by Ruel alone?

"Oh, I- I didn't know that, that is why people were staring at me." She says, entirely stressed out. She presses her lips together, small sweat beads moving down from her hairline.

"Yes, everyone knows about Ruel and his heartbreaks around here. Everyone keeps their safe distance from him. For now, just forget what happened. You didn't know about it. Don't meet up with him, and don't make any sort of contact with him. There will be another crack if you come close to him, and you don't want that now, do you?" Andria explains, speaking softly. Y/n nods and wipes her hand on her forehead, cleaning the sweat beads that formed.

"I'll make sure," Y/n nods and gives a soft smile to Andria, who acknowledges it and returns it back. "Want to come to my house?" She asks cheekily, and Andria chuckles and nods. Both of them put on their seatbelts and y/n drives to her house.

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Next day:

The wind blows harshly against her body as y/n walks on the sidewalk, her hoodie covering her ears and head properly, and her hands stuffed in the pockets of the hoodies, trying their best to stay warm in this cold weather. Y/n continues walking, breathing out a cloud of white water vapours from her mouth everytime she exhales. Within a few seconds she reaches at her desired place - Coffee Bloom.

Y/n grips onto the handle of the glass door and pushes it, allowing bells to jingle. She walks inside and sits on a table next to the window. Her hand grabs the menu kept on the table and opens it, allowing her eyes to see all the delicacies available, and taking her time to decide what she wants to eat. The waiter of the café comes up to her and asks her for her order, which he pens down as she speaks.

"So do you want a takeaway or you will be eating here?" He asks politely.

"Oh, right here." Y/n smiles. The waiter nods and goes inside the kitchen through the door at the back. Y/n leans back in her chair and shuts her eyes, allowing the soft music flowing from the speakers in the corner of the café calm her down. The music does have an effect on her; pretty soon she has forgotten all about Ruel and is ready to feast on the food which is being prepared for her.

The bells jingle, signifying someone has entered the café. Y/n doesn't open her eyes to see who it is. She feels a huge shadow walk across her and sit on the table adjacent to her. The back door of the café opens and the same waiter walks out, the same pen and pad in his hand. That's when y/n opens her eyes and turns her head to see the waiter taking the order of the person who walked in.

Ruel.

Ruel is the guy sitting next to her.

"... and a latte, got it." She hears the waiter talk to Ruel, and sees Ruel nod at him. Just before the waiter can disappear in the kitchen again, y/n calls out to him.

"Uh... excuse me, but could you provide me with a takeaway? I think I'll eat it later only." She says, careful not to stutter her words.

She can't be in the same room as Ruel.

Not at any cost.

"Sure," The waiter smiles at her, and walks back inside. Y/n lets out a sigh of relief, but she isn't exactly feeling her best, knowing Ruel is sitting right next to him.

"Aaah y/n, isn't it?" Ruel says, grinning at her.

"Y-yes that's me," She says, avoiding any sort of eye contact with him.

"Thank you for helping me," he says, beaming at her, "my leg feels a lot better now."

"Uh.. it's not a problem," she says, still not looking at him. Ruel's beaming look gets replaced with a confused one, as he tries to understand why y/n is being so weird towards him, when yesterday she was completely fine.

"Are you okay y/n? If there is any problem you can talk to me, maybe I can help-" Ruel begins, but y/n cuts him off.

"I'm fine, okay? I just- I think I'll leave now-" Y/n gets up from the table and walks to the counter in front of the café. The waiter hands her her takeaway and she pays him, before walking out of the café. Ruel glances at her silhouette walking out of the café, left all by himself with his thoughts on why she left him with an unusual behavior.

To be continued...

Author's note
Yes i'm being a bitch and not finishing this story *evil laughter*
Don't worry I'll have the part three up soon.

I like creating ✨suspense✨
Am I doing a good job or am I doing a good job? 😌

N e ways, ilysm, don't forget to eat something and drink water. You are worth the entire universe <33

With love through health and sickness
Keziah