COBRA KAI | NOW YOU'RE GONNA PAY
season three, episode three

〔 CLOSE TO YOU 〕
━━ gracie abrams                  

❝i'd give up everything
to be close to you❝

             ❝WHERE'S WILLS?❝

               A small smile appeared on Willow's lips as she approached Miguel's hospital room and could already hear his voice, which she really missed. When the other day came, the first thing the girl could do was get ready and then force her father to drive her to the hospital, which he did after some time of complaining. Guess Willow still had the convincing ability in herself.

               "I'm here," she whispered as soon as she stood in the door frame and saw the Diaz boy along with Carmen, who had a warm smile on her face. "Hey, Carmen,"

               "Hi, Willow,"

               When Miguel heard the girl's voice, his head snapped towards her, and a sigh of relief escaped his lips. Carmen stood up from the seat and whispered something to the boy before leaving the two alone. With that, Willow didn't waste any more time and walked towards the boy, then closed him in a tight hug that only showed how much she missed him.

               "Wills, I can't breathe," he muttered after a minute, and she slowly pulled away, understanding what he meant. She nodded her head slightly, and sat on the chair next to his bed, still unable to hide the smile on her lips. She was really glad that Miguel Diaz was back.

               "Sorry, I just — I missed," she explained with a shrug, and then her eyes moved to the desk that was filled with the very familiar pieces of paper. He wasn't kidding. He really saw the letters.

               "I missed you too. How was everything?" he asked, and Willow bit her cheek, not knowing where to start. A lot of things changed past these two weeks.

               She exhaled heavily, "It was . . . tolerable. People are still gossiping and all, but besides that everyone is —"

               Miguel interrupted her before she could even end her sentence, "I didn't ask about everyone else. I asked about you. Wills, I'm worried about you," he declared, and the girl's face dropped at the sudden words that weren't expected by her at all.

               She shouldn't be surprised, though. Not at all. After everything she had written in the letters, it was clear that the boy would start worrying. She was like a younger sister to him.

               "Yeah, I'm worried about me too," she stated quietly, looking down at her hands. She imagined their first conversation a lot different than that. Seeing the concern on Miguel's face, she shrugged, wanting to push away the topic. "But that's fine. I'm getting better by the time," she muttered, wondering if anyone would believe it when she couldn't in the first place.

               And, well, the boy scrunched his nose in focus, scanning the girl's face carefully. He was pretty much finding it hard to believe her that easily.

               "Well, I'm there for you anytime you need it," he reassured her, grinning in support. She gave him a small nod, and then scanned the boy up and down before coming back to his face.

               "Thanks. Now, how are you? Any news already?" she questioned, and with that, the smile slowly faded from his lips. She saw it immediately. "Miggy?"

               He cleared his throat, "The doctor talked with my mom. He said," he took a deep breath before continuing. "He said I may not be able to walk again, Wills. I may not be able to do karate anymore, and —"

               She shook her head, "No, no, wait. They can't be sure about that, right? You're strong. You can fight this. Shit, they can't be sure about that, Miggy."

               "But what if they are? I don't want —"

               Willow immediately cut him off when she saw the tears in his eyes. She wrapped her arms around him again, him being the one holding her tight this time. Guess that was really what they needed. Themselves.

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             WILLOW SPENT A LOT of time with Miguel, trying to cheer him up ( which she ended up doing ). After a few hours, when the others found out about the boy's impending surgery, she was invited by Moon and Blair to the car wash that was raising the money for the boy's surgery, so she immediately agreed, wanting nothing more than to help him. He was there when she needed someone, so she wanted to be there for him as well.

               With that, she found herself standing next to some car, washing it while wearing denim shorts and the top of the matching bikini she had with Blair. She smiled kindly at some woman, who handed her the money, and then drove away with a newly washed vehicle.

               She turned around and suddenly opened her emerald eyes in shock as Demetri accidentally splashed her with some water that was supposed to land on the car.

               "Demetri Alexopoulos!" she shouted and he raised his hand in surrender then came back to washing some car, pretending as if nothing happened. Willow murdered him with her eyes for a second, feeling her hair halfly wet, and then walked over to Blair and Moon, who were laughing together. "Hey, babes," she greeted with a grin, which the two returned.

               "Hey, Wills. Looks like you pulled tons of guys today," Moon elbowed her teasingly, which made her chuckle shortly.

               Blair snorted, also amused, "And the creeps," she added, eyeing another older man, whose car passed by them. Willow rolled her eyes playfully, and then splashed some water on the dark blonde's side. "Hey!" she yelled in a warning tone.

               The violet-haired girl shrugged with an innocent face, then grabbed a cloth, and started wiping down the next car that pulled next to them. She felt some stares at herself, so she slowly turned around and grimaced at the image of some male's checking her and the other girls out. The uncomfortable feeling didn't last long, though, because she watched as Chris started wiping their car, an ironic look on his face.

               When he finally ended his actions and walked away from the creeps' car, Willow approached him and gave him a proud high-five. "Dude, you ate that,"

               Chris smiled in response, "Thanks, Wills," he responded and with that, walked away, so she came back to Blair, who wrapped a single arm around her.

               "I feel like my bisexual ass is gonna explode here soon," she whispered, and before Willow could answer, they heard the sound of an engine, which made them turn around to see some unknown motorcycles pulling out nearby. They were ready to question it, but when they saw the faces of the riders, they felt each other's bodies tense immediately. "Okay, should I even say that I smell another rumble?" Blair questioned after a while.

               Willow didn't answer her, because she bit her cheek and made eye contact with the Moskowitz boy, who then scanned her body up and down. Seeing that, she quickly looked back at Blair.

               "And a sexual tension too, I suppose," the Johnson girl added, elbowing the Froud girl, and waking her up from her instantaneous trance.

               Willow rolled her eyes, and shook her head slightly, "I'm gonna pretend that I didn't hear it," she declared and turned away, trying to focus on washing the cars once again. Blair gave her a quiet snort and then joined her, the two still feeling the Cobra Kai's attention on themselves.

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             SOME TIME HAD PASSED and after Willow finished her 'job' at the carwash, she was walking alone, looking everywhere for Blair's car, because the Johnson girl promised to be her driver once again.

               Unfortunately, the car was nowhere to be found, so a very uncomfortable sigh escaped her pink lips. She pulled her cell phone out of the back pocket of her shorts and started to text the dark blonde, but was interrupted by the sound of a painful moan nearby. She looked around and her eyes widened at the image of Nate lying on the ground, completely beaten and covered in blood.

               "Oh my God," she whispered to herself and quickly ran to the smaller boy, and then crouched next to him, her face filling with a big concern. "What the hell happened? Who did this to you?" she questioned, wrapping her one arm around the boy, and helping him stand up.

               He grunted again, but then opened his mouth to say something, "Cobra Kai, they — they took the money," he explained and those words were enough for the violet-haired girl's face to drop.

               Eli.

               "What the actual fuck," she exclaimed and finally texted Blair a quick SOS. After that she turned her attention to the black-haired boy again. "Blair's going to be here in a minute, okay? We'll help you," she declared and he slightly nodded his head.

               "I'm sorry," he muttered, both guilt and anger drawing on his face.

               Willow shook her head firmly, "No, it's completely fine. They should be the one being sorry. And they will be," she reassured him, and after that, she saw Blair's car driving towards them. "Come on,"

               And when they sat inside the Johnson's car, Willow looked at her hands in silence with lots of emotions mixed together. She felt strange. As if the Eli Moskowitz she talked with the other day was a completely different person than the one from today.

               And that was when she understood. Eli Moskowitz really got her fucked up in the head. She never doubted everything so much as she did now.

✹ —— nat speaks !

ugh one step forward, three steps back again. i really can't wait for hawk to finally sort his shit out and finally stop hurting my girl. she didnt deserve any of this.

also, sorry that this chapter's so short 😓😓

the gif's kinda confusing because i wanted to make them kiss first and then wills would find out about what he did to nate, but then i realized that it would be too much for my poor baby.

she'll kick his ass anyway 😋😋

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