Child!Toby x Child!Reader

A Brunette with Beautiful Eyes

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This is it. Your first day in your new school.

You were honestly nervous. You were only a transferee thus you have to face your whole new class to introduce yourself. This happened to you once before. You nervously introduced yourself with a small smile then and were lucky to have a nice class. But you can't say the same for this new one.

It's atmosphere was not all that welcoming. You'd be lucky if you don't manage to gain bullies by the end of the day.

But even so, it's still too early to say something. Don't judge a book by it's cover, right? Perhaps, despite it's atmosphere, it's a really welcoming place.

Your mommy peered worriedly at your nervous face. "Are you sure you can do this, (y/n)?"

You forced yourself to smile at her. "Yes, I'm sure, Mommy. I'm a big girl now, remember?"

Your mom frowned, seeing as you were obviously shaking and were forcing a smile. "Fine then. I'll let you go on your own since you are a big girl now." She looked at you sternly. "But if anyone bothers you, don't hesitate to tell mommy and daddy, okay?"

You nodded and smiled brightly at her. What she said made you calm down. Your mommy's the best!

"Okay. I'll see you later, Mommy!"

She kissed your forehead and hugged you one last time. "Be safe, dear. I'll come by and pick you up by the end of school. Don't cause trouble, do you understand?"

"Yes!"

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You stood outside the classroom, scraping the toe of your shoe on the floor, as you waited for your new teacher to call you in. The nervousness was back even though you were trying so hard to remember your mommy's comforting words. So far, it has not worked.

The excited murmurs and chatters coming from inside, when the teacher announced your arrival, was not helping, as well. It made it even worse.

I hope they won't be mean to me. You thought, regretting not taking Zoe, your teddy bear, with you to at least calm you down. But you're a big girl now so you promised your mommy you won't bring it with you to school. You wish you have not made that promise in the first place.

"(Full name), please come in and introduce yourself."

You flinched.

Here it is. The big moment.

You gulped, trying your best not to run away (it was very tempting and the open window behind you was very inviting), and opened the door. The chatters ceased and you felt a lot of different gazes land on you almost instantly.

"Nice to meet you all. I'm (full name)." You smiled, surprising yourself that you're very calm at the very moment that you dreaded facing. "Please take care of me from now on."

You were waiting for anything to ask questions but they seemed to be more concentrated at whispering about you. They don't look mean or intimidating like you thought and that made you relieved. One problem out of the way.

As you were gazing through the entire class, you met the eyes of a boy who seems isolated from anybody. He has brown hair, dull green eyes, and ducked down form. His bangs were almost covering his eyes but despite that, he manage to catch your gaze.

You tilted your head slightly and gave a closed eye smile at that strange boy, ignoring the questions that were now attacking you.

You were surprised though when he raised his head, staring at you, with his eyes gaining some light in them.

They were more beautiful than you would have thought.

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-- (●~●) -- Lunch Time -- (●~●) --

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The bell rang, signaling the start of lunch.

As other kids filed out of the room (with more than half of them staring at you), you sat there in your seat, staring at the brunette with the crazily pretty eyes.

You were lucky enough to have the seat in front of him and ever since the third period, you have been seating backwards and staring at him with a smile on your face.

You paid no heed to the stares and murmurs of your new classmates (your new teachers were too busy lecturing to even bother with you and your weird behaviour) and just continued on. Pretty sure that if you have Zoe, she would have stared at him with you.

Why you were staring at him with a stupid smile on your face? That's because when you meet people that interests you, you can't help but stare at them for as long as 4 hours straight.

You don't even know why you like doing this as it seems weird to other people. Maybe it's because you like seeing them fidget under your intense gaze? You're not sure.

But you're clearly enjoying this brunette fidget right now (he was making weird sounds as he does so. Something like a 'tic' sound?). You don't have any questions for him seeing as he looks like he doesn't want to talk about any personal things.

Except maybe...

"Hey." He jumped a bit, making you giggle. You went to stand infront of his desk and invaded his bubble with your close proximity. "What's your name?"

You saw his eyes widened. He froze for a moment and stared at you before his 'tic-ing' came back. He ducked his head, his bangs now covering his eyes as well as the upper half of his face.

"...Toby..." You blinked. You thought he won't answer you since he became silent. "It's...T-T-Toby Rogers..."

"How cute." You smiled, ignoring him who flinched. "I'm (full name). Nice to meet you, Toby."

You saw him smile. "Y-You, too..." He looked up and met your gaze. "...(y/n)."

Everyone that was left in class and Toby should've seen you tackling the brunette into a hug out of his seat coming. But they didn't. Just goes to show that they need to know a lot about you, (full name).

"You're so cute!"

Maybe if you weren't busy hugging him, you would have seen his adorably red face.

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-- (●~●) -- ???'s POV -- (●~●) --

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It was getting harder to go to school everyday.

Everyone was mean. They kept teasing and teasing and mocking him just because he was different from everybody.

Weren't everyone suppose to be different from each other? There are suppose to be no one alike.

But Toby Rogers was the kind of different that everyone love to make fun of. With him being numb to pain and being bipolar accompanied by his disorganized speech and Tourette Syndrome, he was a boy with many disorders.

When he first went to school, after a few years of homeschooling, he immediately became the center of everyone's attention. It wasn't even half of the school year, yet, and he already dreaded coming to this place.

The cruel remarks and poor impersonation of him was too much. He wanted to go back to homeschooling. For once in his life, he became insecure about the disorders he have.

But Lyra...

Lyra, his older sister, said to just bear with it for a little while longer as she had a feeling that something good is about to happen.

"Just awhile longer, okay, Toby? Big sister Lyra is sure that something good will happen to you."

She said those things at the day he told her that he wanted to stop atending school. He wanted everything to just... stop. It was hurting him way too much that the grin that he usually wore and his upbeat nature began to fade as the days go by.

He can tell that his sister was worried. She insisted to just stay a little longer for his sake.

Toby listened to her just this one time...

"What's your name?"

"Nice to meet you, Toby."

"You're so cute!"

...And you could say that he was glad he did. You're weird in your own way but you're also the prettiest girl he have ever met.

Maybe he could stay for just a little more longer. Seeing you everyday from now on made going to school and bearing the insults much more worth it.

For the first time in months, Toby had a smile on his face.