His jacket

They all walk out—Ivie and Chris still bickering and teasing each other—while Xoey, Axel, and Dean watch them. dean finally speaks up:

"Those two are so alike. Why do they act so dumb around each other?"

Xoey laughs and replies,

"I don't know. Ivie is weird in a good way—she always finds a way to make you smile, even if it's something dumb like what they're doing right now."

Axel smiles and adds,

"Yeah, Chris is like that too. He cares in his own weird way."

In the meantime, Ivie grew increasingly annoyed at Chris for teasing her about her manga, right up until they arrived at the bus station.

"Is this your bus too?" Xoey asked Axel.

"Yeah, it is—only Dean needs to take the next one," Axel responded with a sweet smile.

"Yeah, I need to visit my grandma before heading home," Dean added.

"Great, more time with this stalker," Ivie muttered, hitting Chris’s arm.

He caressed the spot where she hit him and looked up at her.

"Hey! I’m not stalking you—maybe you’re stalking me!"

"Why would I ever stalk you?"

"Because you like me~"

"You hit me with a freaking volleyball!"

"That was ages ago. Get over it!"

The two continued bickering while the others sighed and waited for the bus, occasionally drifting into their own conversations.

After the bus arrived, they all said their goodbyes to Dean as they climbed aboard. Somehow, Ivie ended up next to Chris, with Axel and Xoey in front of them.

"Please try not to kill each other back there," said Xoey.

Axel laughed and chimed in, "Yeah, we want the bus driver to let us stay on this bus—not kick us off because of you two."

"Hey! Tell that to him, not me! I’m an angel," Ivie insisted.

He looked at her, shocked. "Like hell you are. You’re the spawn of Satan."

They began bickering again as Xoey and Axel rolled their eyes, gave up trying to quiet them, and drifted into their own conversation, laughing and smiling at each other—clearly enjoying each other's company.

The bickering slowly calmed down. Ivie was looking out of the window, feeling a little cold and tired. She wrapped her arms around herself, trying to stay warm. Chris noticed and took off his jacket, shyly and slowly handing it to her.

Ivie looked down at the jacket, then back at him.

“Are you sure?”

“Shut up and just take the jacket.”

She rolled her eyes but took the jacket. After putting it on, she leaned back in her seat and gazed out the window.

In the meantime, Xoey was resting her head on Axel’s shoulder as they shared their most embarrassing stories.

Ivie smiled softly and whispered to Chris,

“Look at how cute they are.”

Chris glanced at her, then at the other two.

“Yeah, the cutest. Axel’s lucky.”

Ivie chuckled.

“Yes, he is.”

After they arrived at their stop. They all got up and left the bus. As Axel and Xoey exchanged numbers, Ivie walked over to give Chris his jacket back.

“No need, keep it. It just gives me another reason to stalk you more~” Chris said, smiling.

“Anytime I think you can actually be sweet, you ruin your chance every time,” Ivie replied.

Xoey and Axel said their goodbyes and waited for Ivie and Chris.

“Well, goodbye, stalker.”

“Goodbye, quinn~ The jacket looks cute on you.”

“Shut it, or you might never see it again.”

They all walked in opposite directions. As they were walking away, Chris glanced back for a moment, savoring how cute and pretty Ivie looked in his jacket. Wait—no, he shouldn't think that. Why was he thinking that!? He quickly regained himself and continued walking.

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