Andi Mack Gift Exchange 2024
surprise bonk @sapphosclown!! I got you for the andi mack gift exchange!!
you mentioned wanting to see the gang in high school, so have some pre-prom shenanigans featuring established tyrus and mutual pining ambi!! hope you like it :)
and thank you thank you thank you to @paracosmicat for organising this! it was so much fun revisiting these characters!
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« Do you think I should ask Andi to prom?”
Cyrus found TJ’s eyes easily, the two of them exchanging an amused look as Amber looked around the cafeteria table imploringly. Across from them, Buffy rolled her eyes, while Jonah tilted his head, confused.
“Didn’t you already ask us this yesterday?”
“And the day before?” TJ offered.
“No,” Amber said. “I asked if you thought we should get Andi to come even though she goes to a different school. This time I’m asking if you think I should ask her. As my date.”
She looked around the table with a mix of vulnerability and expectation, like she was waiting for them to burst into shocked exclamations and follow-up questions at the revelation. Instead, Jonah nodded as if that were a given, and TJ turned back towards Cyrus, shaking his head at him in amusement.
“Go for it,” Buffy said; Cyrus was pretty sure she was just barely refraining from rolling her eyes again. “You know she’ll say yes.”
Amber’s eyes widened. “You think so?”
“Yeah,” Jonah said as if it were obvious, “why wouldn’t she?”
At that, Amber seemed to deflate a little, her mouth opening and closing. “Well,” she managed eventually. She glanced around the table, still looking a little taken aback at their lack of reaction. She worked at her jaw for another moment, then said: “You know I don’t mean just as friends, right?”
This time, Cyrus couldn’t help the small laugh that escaped him. “Yes, Amber, we’re all fully aware.”
Amber looked at him, then at the rest of their friends, then leaned back into her chair. “Huh.”
Buffy took pity on her after a moment. “I hope you didn’t expect us to be surprised.”
Amber crossed her arms, pouting a little. “A little bit of surprise would be nice,” she mumbled.
As one, Buffy and TJ pretended to gasp, while Cyrus threw his chair back, his face going slack. “You like Andi?” he asked, clutching at his chest. “I never would have guessed!”
A sheepish smile broke onto Amber’s face. “Okay, okay, I get it,” she said. “I guess I’ve been a little obvious.”
“You’re not the only one,” TJ muttered. Cyrus elbowed him.
The conversation was interrupted by Marty’s arrival, slamming his tray down on the table next to Buffy and making half of them jump. On the other side of the table, Iris dropped into the seat next to Amber’s much more quietly.
“Hey, guys,” she said. “What did we miss?”
“Amber’s angsting about asking Andi to prom,” Cyrus said.
Marty’s face scrunched up in confusion. “Yeah, I thought we went over this yesterday.”
“No,” Amber hissed, exasperated. “We didn’t.”
Marty exchanged a puzzled look with Jonah, then shrugged, picking up his apple.
“Well, answer’s the same. You should do it.” He took a bite out of his apple. “It’ll be a cute second date.”
Amber almost choked on her drink.
“Second date?” she spluttered.
“Yeah, what are you talking about, Marty?” Jonah said. He grinned innocently. “They’ve been on at least six dates by now.”
“We’ve what?!”
Cyrus burst out laughing, burying the most of it in TJ’s shoulder for Amber’s sake – not that it did much to hide it, considering TJ was also laughing. Across from them, Buffy was pressing her lips together in an obvious attempt to stop herself from doing the same, and even Iris had hastily hidden her face away behind a large gulp of coffee.
“I’m sorry,” Amber started, her voice a little strained, “what do you mean by six dates?”
“Yeah, I’m also confused,” Marty said, looking between Amber and Jonah with only the slight twitch to the corner of his lips betraying him, “I thought you and Andi finally got together last week. Didn’t you go to that art museum this weekend?”
“Wh – what?” Amber’s head swung wildly from side to side as she looked between all of them. “Yes, we did, but that wasn’t a date.”
“It wasn’t?” Jonah asked, still looking politely bewildered. Cyrus was tempted to believe he was genuinely surprised, with how oblivious Jonah could be, but – Jonah met his eyes across the table, the barest flicker of amusement betraying how funny he was finding this. That realization was enough to send him into another fit of giggles. “What about all those times you get coffee, just the two of you? Or that time you went to the flea market together? Those weren’t dates?”
Amber gaped at him. “… Not as far as I’m aware. Did Andi think those were dates?”
“She hasn’t said anything to me,” Cyrus quickly said, because the last thing they needed was Amber beginning to spiral. “I guarantee you I would have heard if she thought you guys were dating.”
“Yeah, same,” Buffy said. “Even though you kind of have been dating.”
TJ shrugged. “Guess it’s a good thing you’re both just as oblivious as the other.”
Buffy narrowed her eyes at him. “Okay, Smitten Kippen.”
TJ’s cheeks went red. “Don’t call me that.”
“Aww, but I like it,” Cyrus cooed, running a hand through his hair. “I called you oblivious to your face and you still didn’t figure it out.”
“Like you were any better,” Jonah said, and – ouch. It was a low point if Jonah Beck was the one to call you oblivious.
“Okay, okay, that was three years ago, though,” Amber cut in. “Can we go back to my thing, which is happening right now?”
“Listen, it’s not our fault if you and Andi can’t figure out you’re going on dates.”
“We haven’t been going on dates!”
“You kind of have, though,” Iris said – gently, because unlike the rest of them she was kind enough to actually try easing Amber into the realization. “You’ve basically been dating Andi for at least two months.” At Amber’s disbelieving look, she shook her head. “Come on, Amber, that trip to the bookstore two weeks ago? When you each picked out books for the other? That was the most middle-of-the-rom-com-cute-date-montage thing I’ve ever seen.”
“Iris, you were there for that.”
“Yes, and I’ve never felt more like a third-wheel in my life than then. And I’ve crashed dates with TJ and Cyrus.”
“Hey,” TJ said, sounding offended, “I resent the implication that Amber and Andi are cuter than we are.”
“Uh, we’re so much cuter than you guys,” Amber said.
“You didn’t even realize you had a girlfriend until ten seconds ago!”
Amber’s face froze. “Oh my god, is Andi my girlfriend?”
TJ threw his hands into the air. “See, this is what I’m talking about!”
“Yeah, I gotta go with Teej on this one, Ambs,” Marty said. He smirked, wrapping an arm around Buffy. “Besides, if we’re talking cutest couple, me and Buffy win, hands down.”
“No you do not!” Cyrus said, affronted. “TJ and I went on a stargazing date last night!”
“Iris, what have you done?” Jonah whispered. “You’ve created a monster.”
Iris nodded grimly. “No, Jonah. I’ve created five monsters.”
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