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Body Swap (Katsuki Bakugou x Reader)

Summary: Training with a partner that you didn’t get along with was never easy, but you were dependent on working with someone else, since you weren’t as trained with your quirk as other students. After failing a training mission you were body swapped with Bakugou and both your worlds were turned upside down after your teacher suggested, that keeping you swapped for an entire week would be the best way of you two finally getting along.

Contains: fluff

Warnings: none

Wordcount: 9,8 K

Enjoy!

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You found yourself on the training grounds of UA with your training partner for the day. As usual both of you didn’t talk cause of course you were paired again with the one person you couldn’t get along with. Bakugou walked right next to you, angry looking as always and scanned the area for danger while you tried to regenerate your energy. Having a tranquilizer quirk was really handy when it came to taking out enemies quick but it took a lot of energy. Since you weren’t as trained yet as other heroes it was still hard for you to control how much energy you use each use of your quirk so you always had to have someone more trained to keep an eye on you. And for some damn reason Bakugou always ended up as that person. You weren’t sure if it was just Mr. Aizawa trying to get you two to finally get along or if he just wanted to test your abilities to adjust to situations where you had to work with people that you didn’t get along with. Whatever it was you were sure that one day you two were going to be at each other’s throats. Bakugou hated having all his tests and lessons with you just as much as you did. He was sick of having to look out for you cause it distracted him from paying attention to his surroundings.

Today’s lessons focus was keeping yourself safe in a fight with a potential villain so both of you were extremely careful while walking through the training grounds. The result of your training was necessary for you to pass your test, so it was extremely important to not fail this.

“Idiot, are you done with regenerating your energy yet?”, Bakugou asked annoyed as he shielded you with his body as he heard footsteps.

“Almost. Just a bit more. Jesus christ”, you spat back just as annoyed about his dumb question.

You knew that he knew exactly how important it was for you to slowly regenerate your energy because otherwise the use of your quirk might make you pass out or weaken you too much.

“Just focus on keeping us safe so we don’t fail this fucking test”, you added and heard him gasp angry.

“If we fail it’s your fucking fault cause you can’t control your quirk properly. You’ll never be a hero at this point. Just a stupid little extra”

You couldn’t believe your ears.

“Are you for real? Do you think I want to have someone constantly stuck to me because I’m not as trained with my quirk yet?”

“Well if you would want to train harder I wouldn’t have to need to keep your ass safe all the fucking time. So just try harder!”

You were fuming at that point. It wasn’t because of the lack of training that you weren’t in control of your quirk. Your body had suffered from some severe consequences some times already because you used your quirk too much and he should know about that if he ever paid attention.

While you continued to bicker with that stupid blond spiky hair you didn’t even notice another person approaching you two. Just as a wave of energy hit the both of you, you turned your attention to the person that had just hit you with their quirk.

“Got you”, they said before they were already out of your view.

“Good job idiot. Now we failed the test”, Bakugou said and as soon as his words left his mouth both of you looked at each other in confusion.

“Uhm…Bakugou”, you said before you continued.

“Why are you in my body?”, you both asked in unison and looked at the other.

It was weird to see yourself right in front of you. You looked down at your body now. Staring at your hands you turned them from side to side before you looked back at Bakugou.

“What the hell are you looking at?”, Bakugou asked and covered his chest (or your chest) with his hand as you scanned him with your eyes.

“First off all that is my body and second of all you sound really adorable this angry with my voice”, you said laughing and took a step forward.

Bakugou must have felt intimidated by you towering over him for some reason since he took a step back.

“Shut up, idiot. You sound fucking stupid with my voice”, he fired back angry with a slight shimmer of pink on his cheeks.

You weren’t sure if that was because he was angry or because your words flustered him. One thing was sure. You were going to definitely enjoy this.

“You know. I actually quite like your voice. It suits me and this body isn’t too bad either”, you said and puffed your chest smiling.

“You…argh…let’s go find Mr. Aizawa”

Seeing Bakugou this angry was way too amusing. You followed him towards the exit of the training grounds and had to laugh as you watched him constantly pulling his skirt down to cover his thighs. As you two reached Mr. Aizawa he already shook his head.

“You both need to stop bickering like an old married couple. If this continues then none of you will pass this year’s test.”, he scolded you both.

“Sorry Mr. Aizawa but I think we have a bigger problem than our bickering right now. He is in my body and I’m in his”, you explained and watched as your teacher couldn’t hide a smile.

“Well looks like you were hit with a body swapping quirk. I could get the student to swap you two back but”, he paused for a second before he looked at the screen next to him.

“I have a better idea.”, he explained and both Bakugou and you looked at him knowing that he was up to no good.

“You two are great in battle together when you actually concentrate on the mission instead of each other. So I propose we need to finally make you two get along so you can both use your full potential in battle. To test that we’ll keep you two switched for an entire week. If you manage to get along during the next 7 days I’ll let you both redo the test after we’ve switched you back.”

You looked over to see Bakugou already fuming with anger. You didn’t really like the idea of being stuck in his body for an entire week but at the same time you really needed to pass this test. Apart from that maybe getting along with the spiky bastard wasn’t as bad as you imagined. Outside of training you didn’t really talk a lot so maybe if you actually got to know each other it wouldn’t be that bad. Bakugou looked at you for a second before he grabbed your arm and pulled you to the side out of reach from Mr. Aizawa to hear.

“Forget it. I’m not doing this”, he said his arms crossed in front of his chest now.

“Come on. It’s just 7 days and he’ll let us do the test again. We both know we need this test”, you tried to argue.

Bakugou rolled his eyes and groaned. He knew just as much as you that this wasn’t going to be easy for the both of you but looking at your face made him rethink his doubts. Maybe this wasn’t going to be as bad as he might have imagined. He let his arms fall to his sides and sighed.

“Fine, idiot. But we have to put up some rules while we’re in each others bodies”

You smiled at his suggestion and nodded.

“I’m listening”

“Rule Nr. 1: We are switching rooms for this week, but we won’t touch the others shit, other than clothes. So no rummaging through drawers or something and if you really need something, we’ll call the other or let them give the thing to us.”

“Alright. I can live with that”

“Rule Nr. 2: You’re allowed to look but not to touch. So no doing weird nasty shit to neither of our bodies. I know we’re both probably curious but for the sake of this not getting extremely fucking awkward let’s just keep our hands to ourselves”

You had to smile at what he just said. Seeing him admit that he was kinda curious somehow made you feel something, you just couldn’t explain what exactly.

“I don’t know what nasty things you were thinking of, you pervert. But I’m fine with keeping my hands to myself.”

Bakugou rolled his eyes at your assumption. He couldn’t believe you just called him a pervert.

“Whatever, dumbass. Then lastly Rule Nr. 3: Whenever one of us leaves campus we’ll take the other with us to avoid awkward interactions with people that might recognize us. We don’t have to let everyone know that we have switched bodies. Understood?”

You nodded. His three rules sounded completely reasonable. Hell you thought this was the first time he actually said something intelligent to you that didn’t involve mocking you.

“Fine by me. It’s gonna be awkward enough for us already.”

“We just need to act like we get along these 7 days and then this is over in no time and we’ll pass the test with ease.”, Bakugou said and for some reason your heart ached a little.

Maybe it was because you kinda hoped to actually get along with him starting from now but it seemed the boy had no intention of that.

“Yeah. I mean why would I want to actually get along with you. You don’t want that either”, you said awkwardly scratching your neck trying not to show too much that you actually felt a little hurt.

“Exactly, nerd. Just know that even if I act nice with you for now, that we won’t be all buddy-buddy when we get changed back alright?”, Bakugou made clear and you nodded understanding.

Guess you really could forget the chance of really being friends with him. You both walked back to Mr. Aizawa and agreed to his suggestion.

“Great. Then get changed out of your hero costumes and get accompanied with each other’s rooms. You’re dismissed for today”, he said before he left the two of you standing there.

“Alright let’s get changed before someone spots us.”, Bakugou said and already started walking to the men’s changing room.

“Katsuki. Wrong room”, you said and smiled as he glared at you.

He stomped towards you and looked up at you pointing his finger at you.

“Rule Nr. 4: No calling me that, alright? I only let my friends call me that and I don’t remember us being friends”, he said and poked your chest with his finger.

“Understood. No friends. No Katsuki”, you mumbled and watched his anger rise.

“Whatever, idiot. Just don’t fucking get on my nerves”

Just as he was about to go into the women’s changing room you heard a familiar voice from behind you.

“Yo, Bakubro! There you are”, Kirishima said and came running at you.

“Wrong person, Kirishima. He is there”, you said and pointed at Bakugou whose face instantly changed from being angry at you to slightly flustered.

Kirishima looked between the two of you confused before you could almost see the lightbulb light up above his head.

“Body swap? Yo that’s fire. So you’re literally in her body now, man. How’s it feel?”, Kirishima asked Bakugou.

“Shut up, shitty hair. I can’t deal with this now. I’ll get changed. Don’t talk shit about me behind my back alright? Or I’ll kill you both”, he said before he vanished in the women’s changing room.

You looked at Kirishima who now walked over to your side. He stopped next to you and leaned against the wall behind him.

“You two still can’t get along, huh?”

You shook your head and sighed. You explained your situation to Kirishima and watched as he smiled.

“So you’re stuck in each other bodies for an entire week? Man, that’s rough. But hey, maybe this will actually get you two to get along. I mean it’s starting to get hard to watch you two bicker day and night. Like damn, you would make such a cute couple if you’d like each other”, Kirishima explained.

Your eyes widened at his last sentence. You and Bakugou? A couple? You couldn’t even imagine that.

“What do you mean? A couple? Us? Never. We can’t stand each other for god’s sake. If the day comes that we become a couple please end me”, you said and dramatically placed your hand in a gun motion against your head.

Kirishima just laughed before he nudged your shoulder.

“I’m just saying what we’ve observed. Your bickering sometimes really looks like that of an old married couple. Mr. Aizawa wasn’t wrong about that. If we didn’t know it better you could even think that you two are flirting with each other in a really fucked up way with all that bickering. I mean there’s definitely tension between the two of you. We just don’t know what kind”, he continued to explain and you noticed your cheeks slightly heat up.

Kirishima noticed that he made you flustered and playfully ruffled your hair.

“I never thought I would ever see what Katsuki would look like with red cheeks. Man, if he would see you right now he would die from embarrassment. I’m sure about that”

“Kirishima stop teasing me, please. I just want these 7 days to be over as soon as possible. You stay here and wait for us. I’ll go change too. And no word to Bakugou about this ok?”

“My mouth is sealed I swear.”, he said and gestured locking his mouth with an imaginary key.

You shook your head before you walked into the boys changing room. You looked around to find Bakugous locker. You rummaged around your pockets and found the locker key. You unlocked his locker and started to change. As you were out of his hero outfit - which was surprisingly easier to take off than you had imagined - you looked at yourself in the mirror on the inside of his locker door. You really had to admit that his body really wasn’t bad and that if you were to see him like this you would probably find him really attractive but of course you would never admit that in front of him. Seeing Bakugous visage smile back at you in the mirror was weird but as you looked at yourself you kinda wished you would see him smiling more often. His smile really was pretty. Before you lost yourself in your reflection you quickly changed into his school uniform before you grabbed his bag and left the changing room. As you arrived outside you already saw Kirishima and Bakugou invested in a conversation. You walked over to the both of them and smiled as you saw how uneasy Bakugou looked.

“I’m done. We can go.”, you said and smiled at them.

“Dude, I have to say. Seeing a smile on your face really in nice. When you get your body back you should smile more”, Kirishima said towards Bakugou and earned a hit to the back of his head.

“Shitty hair. I swear to god you are on thin ice”, he threatened and grabbed both of us.

“Let’s get out of here before someone else spots us like this.”, Bakugou added before we walked towards the dorms.

Bakugou dragged us to his dorm room and closed the door behind us as we had arrived. He walked towards me and held his hand out.

“Phone”, he demanded and I pointed to my backpack.

He rummaged through it, found it and unlocked it with his fingerprint. You really had forgotten that he was able to do that now.

“Wait hold on what are you doing?”, you asked and tried to grab your phone from his hands.

“I’m just putting my number in nerd. What? Are you scared I might find some nudes on your phone?”, he laughed and looked at you.

As your face dropped, he shook his head in disbelieve.

“You’re kidding right? You have nudes on your phone?”, he asked and quickly handed you your phone again as if he was disgusted for some reason.

“No! I don’t! Just don’t do that again without asking.”, you said and looked at what he had saved himself as on your phone.

“’King explosion murder’ really Bakugou? Was there no other thing you could think of?”, you mocked his name and earned a growl from him.

“Just change the name if you don’t like it, idiot. I don’t care.”, he spat and crossed his arms in front of his chest.

Bakugou started to explain to you which drawers you were allowed to touch and which not. After you were done with the tour through his room Bakugou held his hand out to Kirishima, who just looked at him confused.

“Key, shitty hair.”, he said and you watched as Kirishima removed a key from his keychain and handed it to Bakugou.

He then walked over to you and gave you the key.

“I’m not giving you my key so here is the spare key. Shitty hair only has that cause he is my best friend. I’m keeping my key to myself. I promise I won’t come unannounced though”, he explained and you nodded.

“Then let’s go to your room, nerd”

You put the key into your pocket and then left the room with the two boys behind you. You weren’t sure why Kirishima tagged along but you guessed he just wanted to make sure you two wouldn’t bash in each other’s heads. As you arrived at your room you walked past Minas room as she left it.

“Y/N, Bakugou and Kirishima? Together? I never thought I would see this day during this lifetime”, she exaggerated and smiled at the three of you.

“Shut up pinky.”, Bakugou spat at her and her face dropped for a second before she started to laugh.

“OMG YOU HAVE SWITCHED BODIES HAVEN’T YOU?”, she asked excited and ran over to you.

“Yupp. Mr. Aizawa made us promise that we’ll get along the next week while we are switched so we can repeat the test we failed today”, you explained and she smiled at both of you.

“Now that sounds really interesting. So how is it as a woman, Katsuki?”

“Can we please stop talking about this?”, Bakugou asked annoyed and slipped into my room as I opened the door.

Kirishima followed him while you stayed outside with Mina for a little longer.

“He is a hundred percent embarrassed about this situation. He would never admit it though”, Mina said and made you smile.

“He isn’t the only one. This really is awkward. I can’t wait for this week to be over”, you said sighing before you said bye to Mina and joined the boys in your room.

Bakugou stood in front of your closet and looked through your clothes while Kirishima couldn’t stop laughing at Bakugous terrified look. You joined him in front of the closet and he flinched as you suddenly towered behind him.

“Seeing anything you like?”, you teased and watched as the now smaller boy hid his face behind his hair.

“Shut up, nerd. Don’t fucking get so close to me. You’re weird”, he said before he pushed you further away from him to get some distance.

You stepped back and leaned against your desk. As Bakugou finally turned towards you again you began to speak.

“There isn’t really anything you can’t look at. So feel free to rummage through everything. There is nothing I’m hiding.”, you announced and Bakugou nodded.

“Understood, nerd.”, he said before he sat down on your bed.

“You can have my original key. I don’t mind. If I need something from here I’ll just knock.”, you said and placed your key on the desk.

“I’ll be leaving then. I’ll be in “my” room then.”

You left right after you said that. Back in “your” room it felt really awkward. You changed from your uniform into something more cozy and sat down on the bed. You grabbed your phone and checked your messages. Kirishima had texted you asking if you were doing ok. You texted him back that you were still feeling a little awkward but you were gonna be ok.

While you got accustomed to your new room for the next week Bakugou went through your closet with Kirishima.

“WHY WOULD YOU WEAR SOMETHING THIS SHORT?”, Bakugou screamed at Kirishima while showing him a skirt that barely covered anything.

“I don’t know man. Maybe she really likes that. I mean try it on and see how she looks like with it on if you are so curious”, Kirishima suggested and watched as Bakugou instantly put the skirt back.

“What are you implying, shitty hair? I’m not curious about that. So shut up”, Bakugou denied, his face turned away from his friend in embarrassment.

“Yeah, yeah. Sure”

Kirishima was amused by Bakugous reaction. After changing into the only pair of sweatpants Bakugou found he texted you.

Hey nerd. The others are planning a game night in 2 hours so be there. In Dunce Faces room.

As you received the message you had to smile. You knew it was gonna be awkward since you hadn’t really done anything with the entire Bakusquad before but you knew that Denki, Mina, Sero and Kirishima all appreciated as friend so maybe this was gonna be a nice evening. You made sure to be there not to early but for some reason you still got there 10 minutes before the agreed time. You knocked on Denkis door and waited patiently.

“Coming. Just a sec”, you heard him from inside.

You waited a bit until he opened the door. As he saw you he looked confused.

“Bakugou what are you doing…oh nevermind it’s you. Sorry I already forgot. Mina told me. Come in”, he said with a smile and opened the door wider so you could enter.

“Thanks, Denki. I’m sorry I’m too early”, you said as you walked inside and sat down on his desk chair.

“Ah no problem Y/N. How are you feeling btw? Heard swapping bodies can be pretty tough.”

Denki walked over to you and stood next to you.

“I’m ok. Kirishima also asked me that. Are you guys worried or something?”, you asked and watched as he scratched his neck awkwardly.

“Kinda yeah. You know cause of what happened with your quirk we are all kinda more aware of your health. Don’t want any of that happening again”, Denki explained and smiled at you apologetically.

You weren’t aware of that at all. Now you felt even more awkward. You really didn’t want others worrying about you. You were pretty glad that it knocked on the door soon so you didn’t have to continue this slightly awkward conversation. Denki went to open the door and Kirishima and Bakugou came walking inside. As soon as you saw him you had to smile.

“Don’t say a word, nerd. Your clothes are fucking awful. I would rather wear mine even if they are too big but I don’t want anyone spreading rumors so I guess I have to bear with this now.”, he said and pointed at what he was wearing.

“Hey don’t insult my taste in clothes like that. I just wear what I like and think is comfortable. If you don’t like it that’s not my problem”

He rolled his eyes at you and sat down on Denkis bed with Kirishima. It didn’t take long until Sero and Mina arrived with you.

The evening flew by faster as you could even imagine. You played all kinds of games like Uno and Monopoly and had lots of fun with the entire Bakusquad. And even though it was awkward at first for all of you that feeling soon was gone. You went back to your room after the game night was done and fell asleep almost instantly.

You woke up the next day with the strongest migraine you ever had in your entire life. The pain was killing you. But after downing a few painkillers you felt fine enough to attend todays classes. The Bakusquad and you had agreed to keep quiet about the body swap to the rest of the class and Bakugou and you agreed to just act like the other person during the classes. It was pretty easy for you to imitate him but it was hard for Bakugou to act nice. After half the school day was over you received a text from Mina.

You ok? You kinda look like something is wrong

You looked up from your phone to look at the girl who now looked in your direction awaiting an answer. “I’m ok”, you mouthed and she nodded.

You didn’t want her to worry. The truth was that your head was killing you. You really just wanted to get through this day. After the classes were done you walked back to your room and decided to just spend the rest of the day there.

Over the next few days more people started to notice that something was wrong. Not only Kirishima and Mina kept on asking about your condition but even Denki and Sero kept on coming back to you to “check up” on you. Bakugou had caught up with your behavior pretty quickly and decided to speak to you during training.

“Hey, idiot. Not that I care or something but you look pale and you haven’t really eaten a lot these past days. Are you alright?”, he asked and you almost thought you were dreaming as his words reached you.

“It’s nothing. Just a headache”, you explained and tried to ignore the slightly worried look on his face.

“Come on if it were nothing you wouldn’t be acting like this. Idiot we can see something is wrong. You think these are side effects from the body swapping?”

The migraines and pain had started since you body swapped so maybe they really were side effects. But Bakugou seemed to be fine so maybe you just had to adjust some more even if it was already the forth day of you being swapped.

“Maybe. I don’t know. I’m sure it’ll go away again on it’s own”, you explained.

Bakugou didn’t believe you. After you were done with your training he went to talk with recovery girl about side effects that might occur. He didn’t want to admit it, but he really was worried about you. Before he wouldn’t even care that you existed but now that you basically stuck around the entire time he didn’t hate your presence anymore. Recovery girl told him that it was possible that side effects happened especially since you were a person that was already weaker because of the fact that your quirk used your energy to work. What worried him even more was a thing she said to him.

“There is a possibility that the person who is more emotionally involved with the other person might experience far worse side effects. Just imagine being in the body of someone you have strong positive or negative feelings for. It would be really hard for that person to deal with getting up in the morning every day.”

Did you really hate him that much that it made you actually sick? As Bakugou returned to his room that night that thought was haunting him all night.

It was now the fifth day of being swapped. You woke up that morning after having a way too vivid dream and realized that you had slowly started to develop strong feelings for the blond haired guy. The fact that you were always reminded of him cause you were still stuck in his body didn’t make this any better. Besides that you woke up with another really bad migraine, this time this bad that you didn’t want to move out of bed at all. You decided to stay in bed and texted Bakugou that you wouldn’t come to class today.

I’m not feeling so well, so I won’t come to class. I’m fine though

You laid your phone down next to the bed and tried to sleep the pain away. While you were trying to sleep through the day someone started to get really worried about you. Mr. Aizawa had noticed pretty quickly that Bakugou wasn’t really paying attention to the lesson ever since he noticed you weren’t coming and he didn’t know why. The fact that you said you were ok even though you were sick made the boy pretty confused and wreck his brain to figure out if he should check up on you later.

“Y/N. Go check on Bakugou”, Mr. Aizawa addressed the boy and brought him back to reality.

“What?”, he asked still a little confused.

He was still not used to being called by your name in class so your body swap wouldn’t be noticed by the others.

“You should check up on him. I can see you are not concentrating on what I’m saying. So just go”

“Thanks Mr. Aizawa.”, he thanked his teacher and instantly left.

Bakugou instantly walked towards his room hoping that you were ok. He couldn’t understand why he felt so worried but he didn’t care at that moment. He just wanted to know if you were ok. As he arrived at your room he knocked.

“Y/N. Are you there? Can I come in?”, he asked and awaited your response but you didn’t answer.

You always replied instantly when you were there so you staying completely silent made him feel even more uneasy. He really didn’t want to intrude without your permission, but he just really needed to know you were ok.

“I’m coming in now”, he said before he opened the door with his key and peaked into the room to see where you were.

You were laying on his bed wrapped into the blanket like a burrito and peacefully sleeping. He slowly walked towards you and placed his hand on your forehead.

“No fever”, he mumbled quietly before he kneeled next to the bed and watched you for a while.

He didn’t know why but he felt really uneasy while he watched you. He sat there for some time until you started moving. You slowly opened your eyes and saw him sit right in front of you.

“Bakugou? What are you doing here?”, you asked and slowly sat up.

“Nothing. I just came to check up on you”, he said and sat down on the edge of the bed.

“How are you feeling, nerd? You need something?”, he asked and wondered himself why he asked you that.

“Not too well but it’s ok. I’ll just sleep more later.”, you explained and rubbed your sleepy eyes.

“We should talk to Mr. Aizawa.”, Bakugou said and you looked at him confused.

“Why?”

“We need to change back. Your condition is getting worse every day and we can all see that you are trying to hide how you really are feeling. I’ll go talk to him. I’m sure if he hears how sick you have gotten since we changed he’ll agree”, he explained.

“But what about the test. If we change back we wont be able to take the test again”

“FUCK THE TEST”, he screamed which made you flinch.

“Sorry for raising my voice like this but jesus christ. Who cares about the god damn test when you are like this? I’ll try to convince him to let us take the test again. I’ll find a way. You on the other hand should go to recovery girl. You really don’t look good”, he added and got up from the bed.

You looked up at him confused. Why did he care so much suddenly? Bakugou held his hand out for you to take and you grabbed it and let him pull you up from bed.

“I’ll take you to the infirmary and then I’ll go talk to Mr. Aizawa.”

You nodded and let Bakugou help you get to the infirmary. He would have carried you there but sadly in the current body he wasn’t able to. Recovery girl instructed him to lay you down on one of the beds and assured that you were in the best hands before Bakugou left to talk to your teacher.

“You know your body is weaker than others. Why didn’t you come here earlier?”, she scolded you.

“I just didn’t want to burden anyone”, you said in a quiet voice and watched her shake her head.

“You wouldn’t burden anyone. But instead of coming here you made others worry about you. Next time just instantly come to me if you are not feeling well. We don’t want what happened back then happen again right?”

You recalled the previous events in your brain. The last time you overused your quirk your heart had stopped beating and they had to perform CPR on you. Ever since then you had to watch out for your health.

You shook your head as an answer and watched as recovery girl brought you some medicine.

“Good. Now take these and rest”

You downed the pills she had given you and then laid back down.

While you rested in the infirmary Bakugou waited for Mr. Aizawa to finish the class. After class he confronted him about your condition. He accompanied Bakugou to the infirmary and consulted recovery girl about your condition. She advised that a quick change would be the best for your condition. Bakugou listened to the conversion attentively and was shocked as he heard about what had happened before with you. He didn’t know that your health condition was this serious. As he returned to your side and watched you peacefully sleep he cursed himself. Why did he always have to be so mean to you and ridicule you with the fact that your quirk made you weak. If he had known how serious it was he would have never said all these things. He felt bad about how he had treated you before and decided then and there that as soon as you would change back he would never treat you like that ever again. Before he left you he wrote a little note and laid it onto the table next to you.

You woke up a few hours later to a handwritten note next to your head.

“I talked to him. We’re able to change back tomorrow morning and we can redo the test in a few days. Rest until then, nerd. If you need anything, call me”

You had to smile as you read the note and noticed your heartbeat pick up. You really had fallen for him but you weren’t gonna confess to him while still in his body and especially not while being in this bad condition. Recovery girl let you stay in the infirmary over night and had brought you some light food cause you hadn’t really eaten anything the entire day. After eating a little bit you went back to bed hoping that your mental and physical condition would get better til the morning. As you woke up you couldn’t wait to be changed back. You were still feeling sick and for some reason you barely managed to meet up with Mr. Aizawa, Bakugou and the student that had turned you. Bakugou was standing right next to you looking at you with worry written all over his face. He could see that your condition was even worse than yesterday and he really hoped you would get better after changing back.

The student smiled at you two and explained how this was gonna work.

“You just have to hold hands and I can change you back”, they said and you hesitantly held out your hand towards Bakugou.

He slowly grabbed your hand and slightly squeezed it as if he was letting you know that you were ok with him right there. Your heart beating fast in your chest made you feel lightheaded and you were so glad when that wave hit the two of you and you finally were back in your own body. Bakugou let go of your hand and looked down at himself.

“Hell yeah. I’m back in my body. This feels good doesn’t it, nerd”, he said and looked down next to him.

But instead of meeting a happy face you looked at him even more sad than yesterday. You avoided his gaze as you answered.

“Yeah. It’s nice being whole again.”, you said quietly and looked around for a bit.

For some reason the whole world was spinning and you really just wanted to lie back down on your bed and sleep for the rest of the day.

“You’re dismissed. And don’t worry about going to class today. You two just rest for the rest of the day. You deserve it”, Mr. Aizawa said and as soon as his little speech was over you rushed towards the dorm.

But instead of rushing to your room you almost instantly found yourself in front of Bakugous room.

“FUCK!”, you swore and leaned your head against the door before you heard quick steps following behind you.

“Idiot where the fuck are you rushing off to? Are you still not feeling better?”, Bakugou said behind you as he caught up with you in front of his room.

“Just leave me alone Katsuki”, you said and started leaving as he stopped you by your arm.

He was shocked himself that he grabbed your arm but you calling him Katsuki suddenly made him want to not have you leave in that state right now.

“Tell me what the hell is wrong. Why are you avoiding me? Did I do something shitty? I thought as soon as we are changed back you’ll feel better but it doesn’t look like that. Just tell me, dumbass. I just want to help you.”, he pleaded with you and you looked at him confused.

“Why do you care so much? These past few days were all just for show right?”, you asked angry and moved your arm away from him.

Bakugou stood there asking himself why he cared so much. He couldn’t explain why with words. He just had this feeling that he needed to know what your problem was.

“What do you mean just for show? You think I was just pretending to tolerate you?”, he asked and you nodded.

“Are you really thinking that lowly of me? You really think I’d just go and pretend to be your friend and then just change back to how we were before?”

You were even more confused now after hearing his words. So he actually wanted to be friends? He didn’t just pretend so you could repeat that test?

“I don’t understand. You were the one saying once we change back we won’t be all buddy-buddy. Those were your words. So then why do you fucking care about my wellbeing?”,

“BECAUSE I FUCKING LIKE YOU”

You froze right at your spot and slowly turned your head to look at him. Bakugou stood there just as frozen as you.

“What?”, you asked aloud and took a few steps back.

“I said I care because I fucking like you, you goddamn stupid nerd.”, he said this time way quieter.

You couldn’t believe what you just heard. Your heartbeat got even faster than it already was and you suddenly got really dizzy. Bakugou noticed that you were everything but ok right now and acted fast as he noticed your body collapse.

“You goddamn idiot.”, he mumbled as he scooped you up into his arms and carried your unconscious body into his room.

He placed you on his bed and wrapped you up in his blanket before he checking your pulse again. Thank god your heart was still beating. He left to get you some water and came back as quickly as possible. He sat down on the floor next to the bed and reached out to softly caress your head. He sighed and leaned his head against the edge of the mattress.

“Why did you have to faint right when I told you how I felt? God fucking damnit”, Bakugou whispered and lifted his head again to look at you.

After some time you slowly opened your eyes. Your head still felt dizzy and it took you some time to come back to full consciousness. Bakugou had already grabbed the glass of water he had brought and held it towards you. As soon as you noticed that you were in his room again a blush creeped onto your face as you sat up. You were really embarrassed that you collapsed right in front of him.

“Here drink this. You fucking scared me there, dumbass”, Bakugou said and you took the glass from his hand.

You gulped down the water and handed it back to him. He placed the empty glass on his nightstand and got up from the floor and sat down on the bed next to you.

“I’m sorry”, you apologized and were confused when he playfully ruffled your hair.

“Don’t apologize for collapsing. Jeez, I’m just glad you woke up again.”, he said and you watched his cheeks turn a light pink as he kept his hand on your head slightly caressing your hair.

You were so embarrassed you wanted to disappear right then and there. But Bakugou wouldn’t let you. He moved his hand from your head to your back and pulled you against his body.

“You think you’re gonna be ok or do you want me to get recovery girl?”, he asked and softly caressed your back.

“I think I’m fine. I think it was just too much”, you explained and leaned against him shyly.

“Alright. If there is anything I can do for you just tell me ok, nerd?”

You nodded quietly and looked up at him. Bakugou looked directly at you and you noticed your cheeks heat up. You were still trying to process what happened before you collapsed. After some time you spoke up.

“Did you really mean what you said?”, you mumbled and didn’t dare to look at Bakugou.

“About me liking you?”

You nodded and hid your face behind your hands.

“Yeah. I meant every word I said, nerd.”

You looked at him for a second before you avoided his gaze again.

“Idiot, look at me”, he demanded and softly squeezed you.

“I can’t”, you mumbled and hid your red face.

“Please”

You shook your head.

“Why can’t you?”, he asked concerned.

“I’m scared I might faint again if I look at you. I get lightheaded when my heart beats too fast.”, you admitted and Bakugous heart skipped a beat after hearing your words.

Did you just admit that he made your heart beat faster? Did that mean that you liked him too? He needed to know right now.

“Y/N. I just need you to look at me for a little bit. Can you do that?”, he asked in the softest voice you ever heard from him.

You took a deep breath and slowly nodded. As you turned your head to look at him you already noticed your heart racing. But it wasn’t just your heart racing. Bakugous heart was racing just as much as yours.

“Does that mean you like me too?”, he asked and you nodded.

Bakugou couldn’t help but smile like an idiot. He had no control over his face anymore, his cheeks were fire red like yours and he looked extremely happy.

“How long?”

“I actually don’t know. I just noticed yesterday. It’s not like I was swooning over you, I just…I like when you are around. I thought you were a rude asshole but you are the opposite. You were actually worried about me.”, you answered and heard him chuckle.

“What about you?”, you asked.

“Pretty much the same. I never really thought about you any other way than being a damn extra but after I found out about your history and noticed that you weren’t as shitty as I thought I guess I kind of got attached.”, he explained and softly pet your head.

“But don’t interpret too much into this ok? I don’t like you because I pity you or something. Don’t get me wrong. You’re just actually not that annoying”, he added and you had to smile.

Even in a situation like this he was still the same old Bakugou. You wouldn’t wanna change him for a thing. It was quiet for some time until he removed his arm from around you and got up from the bed.

“Uhm…so do you wanna go get something to eat together? We can either go eat out or I could make us something down in the kitchen”, he suggested and scratched his neck awkwardly.

“I’d love to taste your cooking again.”, you said truthfully and watched him smile for just a split second.

“Alright. Let’s see what we have down in the kitchen. I’ll go first. You just come when you feel a little better, alright nerd? Don’t want you fainting again”, Bakugou said and already walked to the door.

“OK. I’ll be right there with you in a bit”, you answered before you watched him leave.

As soon as the door closed you laid back down and buried your face in the pillows. You squealed happily while rolling around on the bed with a huge smile on your face. You still couldn’t believe what just happened. You weren’t sure what both of you confessing to each other meant for your relationship but you would figure that out eventually. As you slowly got up from the bed you noticed that you were getting a little cold. You didn’t want to take a detour to your room so you just walked over to Bakugous drawer as if it was the most normal thing to do and grabbed one of his sweaters. You put it on and wondered how you never noticed that his clothes were this big. You left his room after looking around if someone was around to see you while you made your way to the kitchen.

In the meantime, Bakugou had rummaged through the fridge and drawers to figure out what to make. Since there wasn’t really a lot to work with but he found the basic ingredients for pancakes. As he was preparing a bowl for the dough you reached the kitchen.

“Can I help you with anything?”, you asked as you arrived at the doorframe.

“Nah. Just sit down somewhere and don’t get in my way. I’ll whip up some pancakes for us. You like those right?”, he instructed and turned towards you.

He stopped everything he was doing as he saw you. You were standing there with your hands nervously fiddling with the sleeves of his sweater that was way too big on you.

“Jesus fucking christ”, he just said his mouth still open from surprise.

“I was getting a little cold and I thought it was fine just to borrow a sweater from you. But if I shouldn’t have done that I can take it off. I should have asked first”, you started explaining yourself.

Bakugou walked towards you and as he stood right in front of you he looked down at you. You looked fucking amazing in his clothes and he cursed himself for not seeing you like this earlier.

“Jeez. Don’t fucking take it off. Just…warn me next time, idiot.”, he said and playfully ruffled your hair.

“So you don’t hate it?”

“No I don’t. It looks…fine on you. Just next time give me a heads up, ok? Did anyone see you like this?”, he asked.

“I don’t think so”

“Good”, he mumbled and picked you up from the floor before carrying you over to the kitchen counter.

He sat you down on it and as you locked eyes both your cheeks flushed a beautiful pink.

“Just sit here. You won’t be in the way and I can still watch you, ok nerd?”

You nodded and watched as Bakugou got back to work on making the pancake dough. You didn’t really know what to do so you just grabbed your phone and looked through your messages. You had a new message from Mina asking if you were alright after swapping back. You quickly answered her and looked through the other chatrooms. After Bakugou was done with the dough he grabbed a pan and started making the first pancake. You had taken a few secret pictures of Bakugou and hoped he hadn’t noticed. Bakugous phone made a sound and he checked his messages. He turned to you for a bit and caught you taking a pic. He just shook his head before he began to speak.

“Shitty hair is asking how you are feeling. Don’t know why he texted me and not you but yeah. How are you feeling?”, he asked before turning back to turn the pancake so it wouldn’t burn on one side.

“Oh it’s probably because he doesn’t have my number I think. I’m fine. My head still hurts a bit but besides that I’m a lot better”, you said truthfully and watched as Bakugou gave you his phone.

“Text him that”

You nodded and quickly texted Kirishima. While already at it you wanted to send him your number but as you looked through Bakugous contacts you couldn’t find it.

“Uhm…Bakugou what have you saved me as?”, you asked and he turned to look at you.

“Why do you want to know?”, he asked back and stepped closer to you.

“I wanted to send Kirishima my number so he can text me but I couldn’t find it”

Bakugou smiled before he grabbed his phone and went to his contacts. As he found your contact he handed you his phone again and your face turned into a stupid smile as you read the name for you.

“Stupid nerd? Really? Couldn’t you come up with something nicer?”, you asked and sent the contact to Kirishima who was of course saved as “Shitty hair” in his phone.

“Well you were just a stupid nerd. But if you want I can change it. How about adding “my” to it?”, he suggested and it took you a little to understand what he meant.

As you realized your face flushed and you handed him his phone again.

“Do whatever”, you said as you tried to calm down again.

Bakugou smiled and put his phone away again after changing your name to “My stupid nerd”. While he continued to finish up the pancakes you had a question on your mind.

“Hey Bakugou?”, you asked in a quiet voice.

“Yes, nerd?”

You could hear the smile on his face as he called you that.

“Is it ok if I call you by your name now?”

He chuckled lowly before putting the last pancake on it’s designated plate and turning off the stove. He grabbed both plates before turning around to you again.

“I don’t know if you can. But you can try”, he said and walked past you to place the two plates on one of the tables in the common room.

You had to shake your head at his dorky comment. You still sat on the kitchen counter as Bakugou came back to you.

“Can’t get down alone?”, he asked with a huge smile drawn on his face.

“What?”

Before you could even comprehend his question he had already grabbed you and placed you back on your feet right in front of him. His hands lingered on your hips for a little longer than intended and as he realized he quickly let go of you. He didn’t want to make you feel awkward.

“Let’s eat before the food gets cold”, he said and grabbed some extras to put on the pancakes before you both returned to the table.

You sat down on one side of the table while Bakugou sat down opposite of you. The both of you ate in silence until nothing was left anymore. Bakugou was constantly watching you to make sure you were eating properly since you hadn’t really eaten a lot the past few days.

“Thanks for the pancakes. They were really good”, you said satisfied and leaned back in your chair.

“You’re welcome, nerd. Any time you want to have some I can make them for you”

“I mean if you want me to that is.”, he added.

You had to smile. The way he was acting around you still felt so foreign but it was nice having him talk to you in this nicer way. You were about to say something when your phone rang. You picked it up confused.

“Hello?”, you asked as you picked up the call from an unknown number.

“Hey there, Y/N”, you heard Kirishima on the other end.

“I just wanted to check in and see if you are still alive or if Katsuki has already killed you”, he joked.

Bakugou must have heard his best friends voice since he got up from his chair and sat down next to you. He then grabbed your phone from your hand and held it to his ear.

“Shitty hair what non-sense are you talking, huh? I would never kill her”, he said slightly offended.

“Bakubro, so you still ARE with her, huh? Not wanting to let go I see”

“Shut up, shitty hair. That’s none of your business”, Katsuki said with his cheeks shimmering in a slight pink.

“So I was right. Have fun you two, but don’t go too hard on her if you know what I mean”

Bakugou angrily hung up the phone and gave it back to you. As you looked at him with a questioning look he felt the need to explain himself.

“He was just talking shit again. Nothing important”, he said with a blush still permanently drawn on his face.

You pretended not to have heard the entire conversation anyways and just decided to change the topic.

“So what now? The day still has some hours in store”

“We could go watch a movie in my room. I mean if you’d want to only, of course. If you want to rest more that’s fine too”, he said and awkwardly scratched his neck.

“I can rest more later. I’d rather spend more time with you”, you admitted and shyly smiled at him.

“Alright then let’s go”, Katsuki said and grabbed your dirty dished and put them into the sink.

“I’ll clean them another time”, he added before he grabbed your hand and pulled you up from your chair.

Before you could even comprehend what was going on you already found yourself on Katsukis back being carried back upstairs to his room.

“Katsuki let me down”, you protested for the thousands time already while clinging to him scared to fall.

“Nope. I’ll let you down again once we are in my room. You need to rest more so let me carry you upstairs, nerd”

You finally gave up as you noticed that he wasn’t going to give up. As you finally arrived at his room he gently let you down on his bed. He turned around and smiled at your pouty expression.

“Oh come on, idiot. I was just carrying you. You basically don’t weight anything”

“But I can walk by myself. I’m not made of sugar, you know.”

“I know but in your condition I just want you to rest as much as you can”

After going back and forth slightly arguing like in the old times you finally decided on a movie. Both of you positioned each other on the bed with the laptop resting on each of your legs. Around halfway into the movie Katsuki noticed that you were slowly getting sleepier by the minute. He paused the movie and put the laptop to the side.

“Why did you pause it?”, you asked and rubbed your eyes as you looked at him.

“Because you were basically falling asleep on my shoulder”

You looked at the time on your phone. It wasn’t even 2pm yet but you were suddenly really tired. Maybe these still were side effects from the body swapping.

“You should get back to your room and sleep for the rest of the day. I’m sure you’ll feel way better tomorrow”, Katsuki suggested.

“But I wanted to spend more time with you still”, you whispered and watched as he smiled at you fondly.

He pulled you into a hug and placed his head on yours.

“You can spend more time with me tomorrow. You really need to rest, nerd”, he said and softly stroked your back.

“Mhm…I wanna stay with you though”, you mumbled against his chest.

You really didn’t want to part with him. Katsuki looked down at you as you separated from the hug. The pout drawn on your face was way too adorable for him to ignore. He sighed and shook his head smiling.

“Alright. You can stay here, but only if you go to sleep.”, he explained and you quickly nodded.

He smiled at your enthusiasm. Guess you really didn’t want to leave him today. He grabbed the laptop from the bed and moved it to his desk before he returned to the bed.

“What are you doing?”, you asked as he laid down next to you.

He stopped in his movement and looked at you with slightly red cheeks.

“Oh. Uhm. I assumed you wanted to cuddle, was I wrong?”

Now your cheeks were burning too.

“I-I didn’t think you would…just…You just surprised me. I’d really like to cuddle”, you admitted.

Katsuki was relieved that he didn’t misunderstand you. He laid down comfortably and opened his arms for you. You scooted closer and placed your head on his chest, put an arm around his body and snuggled into him. He put his arms around you cautiously around you and began to draw patterns on your skin.

“Is this ok for you?”, he asked again to make sure you were really comfortable with this.

You hummed happy and snuggled even closer.

“Good. Now get as much rest as you need. I’ll be right here with you when you wake up”

“Goodnight, Katsuki”

“Night, Y/N”

It didn’t take you long to fall into a deep slumber. The sound of his heartbeat and the soft touches on your arm and back slowly made you drift into the land of dreams. Katsuki still watched you for a while before he noticed that the exhaustion from the body swapping slowly started to creep up on him too. Before he closed his eyes, he moved his hand from your arm up to your cheek and softly caressed it before leaning in and placing a soft kiss on your forehead.

“Sweet dreams, my idiot”

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Reunion (Keigo Takami x Reader)

Summary: In a mission with Dabi Keigo was hit with a quirk that turned him back into a child. Besides turning into a child he lost his memories. You, his former best friend are asked to look after him while Dabi and his men look for the person that turned Keigo.

Contains: angst, fluff

Warnings: none

Wordcount: 6,0 K

Enjoy!

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It was a usual Sunday afternoon. You were sitting in your living room watching some show on the tv when your phone rang. You looked at it and sighed as you read the name “Dabi”. You picked the phone up already annoyed.

“What do you want?”, you asked, since Dabi calling this late never meant anything good.

“Woah. That’s some way to greet your friend.”

You heard him laugh on the other line.

“Sorry. It’s just you don’t call at this time if there isn’t something urgent”, you explained and turned off the Tv since you felt this call would probably take longer.

“Yeah. Sorry for the call but we need someone to watch Keigo”

As his sentence was finished you had a confused look on your face. You and Keigo didn’t really get along too well so it was weird that he called you for this.

“Why would I watch Keigo? You know that we aren’t on the best terms”

“The thing is…Keigo isn’t really himself right now”

You were even more confused now. Did something happen to Keigo?

“What do you mean?”, you asked slightly concerned.

You would never admit that you would actually worry about the birdman, too.

“You’ll see when we get to your place.”

You sighed annoyed.

“Dabi explain to me what happened. You know we are not getting along anymore and you know exactly why so why do you want to push him onto me?”

You were getting really annoyed. If he wouldn’t explain anything to you, you would just leave him standing in front of your door if he showed up with him.

“Do I really need to tell you?”

“Yes. Please”

It was quiet on the other line for a while before you heard him speak again.

“He was turned into a kid.”

What? You sat up in a more straight position on the couch and just stared at your reflection in the TV. You didn’t need to ask any more questions. Even though you and Keigo really weren’t on good terms right now you would still watch him if they really needed you to.

“Fine. I’ll watch him. Just please explain to me what exactly happened when you come here”

“I will, no worries. We’ll be there shortly.”

“Yeah, yeah. See you”

You hung up and let a hand run through your hair. Dabi better had an explanation for this. It didn’t take too long until Dabi arrived at your apartment. He rang the door bell twice before you opened the door. As you saw Dabi with Kid Keigo in his arm you understood instantly why he called you.

“What the hell happened to him?”, you asked as you let them both in.

“We were fighting some guys and he got hit with a quirk and suddenly he was a child again. But that isn’t even the worst thing. He doesn’t remember us”, Dabi explained and let Keigo down to stand on his own two little feet.

“So you mean he has no idea who we are?”, you asked and he nodded.

“Oh boy. Then what did you tell him?”

“Well, he knows his name is Keigo Takami and that we are his friends. He just doesn’t know more than that currently. We already have a trace to find the person who turned him into this but we can’t keep him with us so you need to watch him in the meantime.”

You looked at the shy kid that stood next to Dabi, hiding behind the man since he felt a little uncomfortable since you two talked about him the entire time. You got on your knees to be on Keigos level and opened up your arms.

“Come here Keigo. Dabi has to go find who did this to you so you have to stay with me for a while”, you explained and watched as the kid slowly stumbled towards you.

He looked unsure of if he could trust you, but as he reached you and felt your embrace he relaxed. He felt safe in your arms for some reason.

“Seems like he can sense that you two were close”, Dabi said smiling as he watched you lift Keigo up in your arms carefully, so you wouldn’t hurt his wings.

“I guess you are right.”, you said and looked at the boy in your arms.

You hadn’t seen Keigo like this ever since you were his age. You grew up together so you knew basically everything about him but you didn’t remember him ever looking this vulnerable. You softly pet the boys head before you brought Dabi back to the front door.

“So what are you gonna do now?”

“We’ll track down this bastard and hopefully get our beloved Hawks back in no time. But since that might take some time you’ll have to watch him for a few days, maybe even weeks. You think you can do that?”

“Yeah I think we’ll be fine. You’ll keep me updated?”

“Of course. Until then take good care of our boy”, Dabi said and ruffled Keigos hair before he looked back at you.

“I will. You take care of yourself too”

“I will. See you then”

“Bye Keigo”, Dabi said and watched the boy wave at him before he left.

You closed the door and looked at the boy in your arms. You were relatively good with kids so it shouldn’t be too hard to take care of Keigo. The thing that worried you more was that kids were good at noticing when something was wrong and you feared that Keigo would catch up with your slight discomfort too quickly. You just hoped that he wouldn’t notice. You walked with Keigo into the dining room.

“So what am I gonna do with you now?”, you said more to yourself than to Keigo.

“Are you hungry?”, you asked and he shook his head.

“Do you wanna watch some TV?”

Keigo nodded and you carried him over to the living room. You sat the boy down on the couch and turned on the TV.

“You know how a remote works?”, you asked and he nodded again.

“Go look for a channel you want to watch. I’ll be right back”, you said before you left for your bedroom.

You knew that you still had the plushy that Keigo had bought you for your 12th birthday in hopes, that if you ever felt sad and he wasn’t around you had something to cuddle with to make you feel better. You assumed that maybe having a plushy to cuddle with wasn’t too bad for Keigo right now. And maybe he would even remember the plushy when he saw it. You finally found the plushy and returned to the living room. Keigo was sitting where you had left him as if he hadn’t moved at all. You sat down next to him and showed him the plushy.

“I know you probably don’t remember this but you gave me this plushy for one of my birthdays. It always helped me when I wasn’t feeling ok so maybe this might make you feel a bit better”, you explained and watched as the boy grabbed the plushy and pressed it close to his chest with a small smile.

You weren’t sure if he remembered something or if he was just happy you brought him a plushy. You ended up watching TV for a few hours until you noticed that you got hungry. You got up from the couch and looked at Keigo who was sleeping with the plushy in his arms. You kept the TV running on a lower volume and put a blanket over the boy so he wouldn’t get cold. You then walked into the kitchen and made some sandwiches for the two of you. It didn’t take long until you heard small footsteps come into your direction. You looked at the doorframe of your kitchen to see Keigo stand there with the plushy still in his arm.

“Did I wake you?”, you asked and he shook his head.

“Come here.”

Keigo walked over to you with slow steps and let you lift him up to sit on the kitchen counter. He looked like he wasn’t feeling too well. You reached out to feel his forehead to see if he had a fever, but he wasn’t hot. Keigo sat there looking at you with almost sad eyes.

“Are you ok, Keigo?”, you asked a little worried because you didn’t know what was going on.

He shook his head again. You really wondered why he wasn’t speaking with you, but he probably had his reasons. You decided to keep watching him while you finished the sandwiches. Just as you were done you heard a voice behind you.

“You hate me don’t you?”, Keigo said with a sad voice.

You turned around a little shocked. He must have noticed the way you had talked to Dabi before and maybe he had even heard what you had said over the phone. You looked at him with a conflicted face. You didn’t hate him, really. There were just some things that had happened between the two of you that had made you grow apart. You stood in front of the boy and watched as tears formed in his eyes. Oh no.

“Hey, hey. Don’t cry, please”, you said and lifted him into your arms.

He instantly wrapped his arms around you, letting the plushy fall onto the counter and began to cry against your shoulder.

“Please, don’t hate me”, he cried and your heart broke as you heard those words.

“Keigo I don’t hate you. It’s just…we are not on the best terms. You know something happened between us and that changed a lot for our friendship. But I never ever hated you. I promise”, you explained and couldn’t help but shed some tears too.

You never wanted to see him cry like this again. Keigo had experienced enough shit in his life already. He really didn’t need to be hurt by you now, too. Keigo was still crying against your shoulder.

“God Keigo. I didn’t mean to make you cry. I know that you don’t understand what is going on right now because you can’t remember but I promise you that even though we don’t really get along currently you still have a special place in my life. Even if I can’t show you how special most of the time”, you continued to talk hoping that he would stop crying if you reassured him more.

But even your words couldn’t stop the boy from crying. You were lost at what you were supposed to do right now. You turned your face to look at the boy and cautiously placed a kiss on his head.

“I’m here. I’m not going anywhere. I’m sorry if I made you feel unwanted”, you whispered against his hair before placing another soft kiss on it.

You noticed the boy move and watched as he lifted his head and looked at you with teary eyes. Your heart had already been hurting from hearing his sobs but seeing him like this was as if someone was sticking a knife right into your heart. You reached out to softly brush his tears away and watched as Keigo leaned his face against your hand.

“So you’re not gonna give me back?”, he asked with a broken voice.

“No, of course not. I’ll take care of you until we can get you back to your normal form”, I assured and watched as Keigo slightly smiled.

“Can you promise me something?”, he asked and you were ready to promise him anything he asked for.

You nodded.

“If I’m back to normal can you make up with me? I feel like I did something wrong and that I might have hurt you and I don’t wanna see you cry like this”, he said and just now you noticed that your tears were still running.

“I promise”, you said and leaned your forehead against his.

You closed your eyes and the both of you calmed down again slowly. It wasn’t until you had dinner together that you really had calmed completely. To your surprise the boy really had a big appetite after all the crying but you were happy about that. You had feared that he might refuse to eat, but thankfully he was eating just like a young boy should. After you were done with eating you both were pretty tired. You decided to go to bed early and turned off the TV before picking up the plushy from the kitchen counter and then picking up Keigo.

“You look sleepy”, you said and the boy nodded.

“Let’s go get some sleep. Tomorrow is another day.”, you whispered and carried him into your bedroom.

You laid him down on your bed carefully and went to change into your pajamas before you joined the boy on the bed. Before you were even laying correctly he had already snuggled closer to you. You had to smile as you looked at Keigo. You feared that you would get too attached to him in this form and would be disappointed when he was back to normal but you also knew that maybe spending more time with him would result in making up easier after this was all over. Before you laid down completely you messaged Dabi to bring some kids clothes with him tomorrow so Keigo would have a change of clothes and told him that you two were doing relatively well right now. You laid your phone down on the nightstand and laid down next to Keigo.

“Good night, Keigo”, you whispered as you carefully wrapped your arm around him.

“Night, Y/N”, he whispered back sleepy and nuzzled his head against your chest.

You fell asleep pretty quickly right after making sure that Keigo was ok and sleeping soundly. The night was peaceful and quiet. You only woke up once to go to the bathroom and returned to a sleepy Keigo who was already feeling for you on the bed. You quickly laid back down next to him and reassured him that you were there and not going anywhere or leaving him. You both fell asleep quickly after that and slept through til the morning. Your alarm rang around 10am and you wanted to slap it as it woke you from your slumber. You turned off the alarm and laid back down. The sleepy Keigo in your arms was rubbing his eyes with his fists and looked at you with a sleepy face.

“Morning”, you said and turned onto your back lifting him up into your arms.

“Mhmm…”, he hummed and laid his head down on your chest and spread his small wings.

You couldn’t help but smile as you reached your hands out to touch them and he giggles as you slightly tickled his feathers.

“Not fair”, he complained giggling and tried to wiggle out of your grip.

As you were done with your tickle attack the both of you laid there laughing. It was nice to see him laugh wholeheartedly like this. You looked over at the nightstand and grabbed your phone to see if you had any messages.

“Oh Dabi is coming over to bring you some clothes in a bit”, you said as you read Dabis message and texted him that you just got up so it was fine to come by whenever.

“How long will they take to get me back to normal?”, he asked and sat up on top of you.

“I honestly don’t know. Let’s just hope you’ll turn back soon. This city needs its Hero back”, you answered and pat his head softly.

Before the atmosphere shifted even more you decided you should get up. You lifted Keigo up in your arms and carried him with you into the kitchen. You sat him down on the counter and leaned against the opposite side of the kitchen.

“So…any breakfast preference? Toast and eggs? Or maybe cereal?”, you asked and watched the boy think hard.

“Cereal”, he said with a big smile and you had to laugh.

“Cereal it is. Coming right up sir”, you answered which made him giggle.

You grabbed two bowls from the cabinet, grabbed the milk from the fridge, the cereal from on top of the fridge and then grabbed 2 spoons before you brought everything to the table. You watched as Keigo flew over to the table and caught him slightly panicking before he could crash land on the table.

“Careful”, you warned and he nodded understanding.

He sat down on the chair and watched you as you filled the bowl with cereal before pouring the milk over them. You moved one bowl over to his side and handed him a spoon before you sat down opposite to him.

“Thank you”, he said before he began to dig in.

“Mhm…shoooo gooood”, he said with a full mouth and you had to shake your head laughing.

You both ate your breakfast as the door bell rang. Dabi must have arrived already. You motioned to Keigo to keep eating as you walked to the door. Dabi smiled at you and handed you a small suitcase and a backpack.

“Morning, Y/N. Here are some clothes for him in this form, some in his normal size and some stuff I picked up in his office like his phone and a box with photos. Maybe those might help him to remember some stuff”, he said as he handed you the things.

“Thanks Dabi.”

“How is our boy doing?”, he asked and looked past you into the dining room where Keigo still sat eating.

“He’s doing fine after crying last night. He must have heard all the things I said about our relationship and he felt like I was gonna abandon him.”, you explained and watched as Dabi slightly smiled.

“He is a clever kid. He instantly felt that something was wrong. Classic Keigo”, he said slightly laughing.

“Any updates on your search?”

“Not really. We have a hint but that’s all. We’ll have to see what we’ll figure out during our research. Just make sure to take care of Keigo. We’ll do the rest. Did you call your part time job already?”

“Not yet. I’ll call them after this and tell them I wont be coming in this week because I have to watch the kid of a sick relative. That should do it”

“Clever. Just like your loverboy”, Dabi teased and you playfully hit him.

“Shush. What if he hears and I have to explain more awkward things”

Dabi just laughed before he waved at Keigo. Keigo waved back with a smile and Dabi turned towards you again.

“I really hope you two will make up after all of this is over. I can’t go on seeing the both of you ignore each other like this. It’s been almost a year now. I’m sure you both can look forward after what happened”

“If it just was this easy”, you said and looked back at Keigo who had just finished his last cereal.

He got down from the chair and ran over to the both of you. He instantly stood next to you and looked up at you as if trying to telepathically tell you to lift him up in your arms again. You instantly understood and picked the boy up.

“So is Y/N treating you right?”, Dabi asked the boy and ruffled his hair.

“Yes. She is taking good care of me”, Keigo mumbled and nuzzled his head against your neck.

You couldn’t help but smile like an idiot. He was just too cute. Dabi shook his head grinning and looked at his phone.

“Sorry, but it looks like I have to go. No more time for chatting. I’ll come check up on you two again in a few days and in the meantime you two lay low and don’t leave the house. If you need anything just call. We don’t want anyone to find out that Keigo looks like this right now”, he said and you nodded.

“We will be careful. You be careful too”

Dabi nodded and then said his goodbyes before he left. You closed the door and grabbed the stuff that Dabi had brought and carried it into the living room. Keigo instantly climbed onto the couch and grabbed the box with photos. As he opened it you sat down next to him and watched him as he grabbed the pictures to look through them.

“That’s us”, he said excited and held a photo towards you that showed you and Keigo on graduation day.

“It is. That was our last day of school after we graduated. You were so excited that we were finally free from the shackles of school and that you could dive directly into hero work. You had insisted on us taking this picture because you thought that it would look cool in a photo album in the future”, you said reminiscing in the memory of the good old days.

Keigo grabbed the next photo and smiled even brighter. You looked over his shoulder to see the pic and started to laugh. It was a photo from when you two were still kids and in the middle of a mud fight.

“Oh I remember this day as if it was yesterday. Mom was so mad at us. We had completely ruined our clothes with all the mud but we sure had a blast that day”, you explained and Keigo leaned back against you.

“I wish I could remember.”, he whispered before he continued looking through the pictures.

It was nice seeing looking at these again. You really missed these times. Just as you were about to drift back into your daydreaming about the past Keigo brought you back to reality.

“WHOA! Look at this. You look sooooo pretty”, he said and held the next pic into your direction.

It was a picture you had never seen before. It was from one of your birthday parties where you had gone clubbing with friends at the end of the day. You were wearing a tight red dress, your hair was wavy and Keigo had done your makeup that day. It looked like the pic was taken without your knowledge because you didn’t look directly at the camera. You were talking to one of your friends and the light of the club made it look like all it’s attention was only on you. You didn’t know what to say to this picture. Why did Keigo have this picture in his office? And when did he even take it. You still remember that he didn’t go with you to the club that night. But he must have been there otherwise he wouldn’t have that pic.

“Y/N. Are you ok? You look a little pale”, Keigo said and turned around to feel your forehead as you had done yesterday.

“I’m ok. I was just surprised to see this pic”, you explained and softly pet his head to show him that you were ok.

He turned back around and kept looking through the photos. You had left him alone with them for a while as you called your part time job to say that you wouldn’t be coming in all week. Thankfully it was no problem for you to take the week off. As you returned to Keigo you watched him struggle to unlock his phone.

“Need help?”, you asked as you sat back down and he nodded.

“I tried my birthday but that didn’t work”, Keigo said and handed you the phone.

“Hmm…maybe Dabis cause he is your closest friend”

You typed in his birthday but it was still locked. You thought hard what Keigo would use as a 4 digit passcode for his phone. For some reason you thought of your birthday after thinking back to the picture of you he had. You hesitated to type in your birthday. You weren’t sure what would wait for you behind the lock. As you typed in the 4 digits you pressed “ok” and saw the phone unlock. You were even more confused now. Why would Keigo have your birthday as his passcode and what was even more confusing was why he still had a picture of the both of you as his wallpaper. You handed Keigo the phone and got up from the couch.

“Here you go. I’ll be taking a shower so go ahead and look through your phone. I’ll be back in a bit”, you said before you left him alone.

You arrived in the bathroom and stood in front of your sink. The reflection in the mirror didn’t look too good. You really looked pale and you felt like collapsing any time now. You washed your face with cold water before you rid yourself of your clothes and took a quick shower. After you were done you felt a little better and returned to Keigo. He was laying on the couch with the phone in front of him and laughing at something. You leaned over the backrest and tried to take a peek at what he was watching. It was a video of you and Keigo. It must have been from when you started living together after graduation. Instead of helping you unpack Keigo was filming you and commanding you around.

“Stop filming and help me”, you said laughing and threw a pillow from the couch at him.

“Nah. I’d rather watch you”, he said and you could hear the smile on his face.

“KEIGO”, you screamed and ran at him tackling him to the ground.

The camera angle had turned and you both were now in frame. Keigo laying on the floor while you were on top of him. Both of you were smiling and laughing at the other.

You had to turn your eyes away from the video because you felt a sting in your heart. You really wished you would have stayed like that forever. Keigo finally noticed your presence and looked up at you.

“Looks like I was pretty lazy”, he said smiling but as soon as he saw your face it turned into a concerned look.

“Y/N? Why are you crying?”, he asked and stopped the video before he got up and grabbed one of your hands with both of his.

“I just really miss those times”, you said and watched as Keigo climbed up onto the backrest and then pulled you into a hug.

“Please don’t cry. I promise you I’ll always love you”, he whispered and hugged you tighter.

His words made you cry even more. You knew that they didn’t mean what you wished them to. You picked him up and hugged him even tighter.

“I love you too”, you whispered.

You spend the rest of the day looking through old memories. It made you happy seeing how excited Keigo got whenever you told him the stories behind photos or videos he had found of his phone. Besides that he insisted on taking pictures together now so he would also have memories of this moment in the future. You of course had to fulfil his wish after he looked at you with his best puppy dog eyes.

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A few days had passed by in the meantime. Keigo had gotten used to waking up next to you in your bed, eating together, watching TV together and just spending lots of time together. Dabi had called you several times, checking in on Keigo and explaining what was going on with his search. They hadn’t found the person that had turned him yet but met an expert that had explained to him that he should change back to normal after a few days depending on how much of the others quirk he was hit with in the first place. And then after another week had passed you woke up in an empty bed one morning.

“Keigo?”, you asked as you looked around the room as your alarm had woken you up.

The boy was nowhere to be seen around. Just as you were about to get up you spotted a red full-sized feather on your bed. You carefully picked it up and measured it with your hands. It was way bigger than the biggest feather Kid Keigo had in his wings which must mean that he had turned back. You got up from the bed and walked towards the living room. You already heard voices before you quietly entered the living room. Keigo must be looking through his phone again because you also heard your voice coming from the couch. You walked over to the couch and looked over his shoulder. He was looking at the exact video that had made you cry the first time Keigo and you looked through his phone. You sighed before you walked around the couch and sat down next to him. Keigo must have been lost in his thoughts since he just then noticed your presence. He quickly closed his phone and looked over to you.

“You’re back to normal”, you said and he nooded.

“Yeah, looks like it. Did I wake you?”, he asked awkwardly scratching his neck.

“No. My alarm rang and the bed was empty. I was just getting worried about you when I found one of your feathers. How are you feeling?”

“A little drained and tired.”

“Well your body had to adjust to its normal size again. I’m sure you’ll feel better once you’ve slept a little more. You can go back to sleep and I’ll call Dabi, alright?”

Keigo nodded and got up from the couch before walking back into your bedroom. While Keigo desperately tried to fall asleep you called Dabi.

“Good morning, Y/N”

“Morning. Our boy has turned back into a man”, you said and looked over at Keigos phone on the living room table.

“Finally. Took him long enough. How is he doing?”

“He just went back to sleep some more. He needs some more rest but I think he’ll be fine after that again.”

“That’s good to hear. How are you holding up?”, Dabi said a little worry in his voice.

“I’m not sure, but I’ll live. Once he’s back to a better form I’ll talk to him”, you explained.

“You two really should talk. I’m sure you have a lot of questions you want to have answered and Keigo has a lot to explain. But I can guarantee you that you two will be ok”

“I really hope you are right. I’ll go check up on the birdman now”

“Go do that. I’ll make sure to send over some more of his clothes. It would be the best for him to stay a little while longer with you”

“You know we never agreed that I would babysit a grown man”

“We both know that you’d rather have him around you more after all this time. Don’t you dare lie to me about this. We both know how much you love him”, Dabi teased you and you shook your head.

“Shut up Dabi. We both know that he doesn’t feel that way for me. Now go do your work stuff and I’ll go and see if Keigo is ok. Bye Dabi”

“Bye Y/N”

You ended the call and walked back to your bedroom. As you slowly and quietly opened the door you already saw that Keigo was sitting on the bed with his legs pulled towards his chest.

“Are you ok?”, you asked and walked over to him.

“Can you sit down and just listen to me for a while?”, he asked and you nodded as you sat down next to him.

It took him a while to muster up the courage to speak, but as soon as he did the words kept flowing out of him.

“I’m so sorry for everything. I know that a simple sorry wont fix everything but I need you to know that I never meant to hurt you. Fuck I wanted to do the exact opposite. I always wanted to make you happy but I managed to make you hate me faster than I could get the balls to apologize. What I said back then to you about not being my family and being no better than all the other people using me for my fame was so wrong of me and I know I fucked up so bad but…fuck…just give me one more chance. I swear I won’t waste it. I…I can’t say it…shit…Keigo why can’t you just be honest”

You watched him as he struggled to form the right sentences. You had never seen him like this before. He looked vulnerable and almost helpless as he searched for the right words to tell you what was going on inside his brain.

He looked up from his knees and turned his head towards you. Just now you noticed that his eyes looked almost as if he had cried.

“Keigo…”, you whispered and subconsciously reached out to pet his head.

Both of you were shocked at your action. You had forgotten that he wasn’t a kid anymore and that this was really weird.

“Sorry.”, you mumbled before you saw Keigos fire red cheeks.

“Fuck it. I’ll just say it. I love you. I’ve always loved you and when you basically told me to fuck off and just go to my crush if they were so great I almost right then and there wanted to scream that it was you. But I was so sure that you didn’t feel the same way. Why did I have to turn into a kid before realizing that I had all I ever wanted right in front of me but threw it all away? I know I really fucked up but please give me one more chance. I swear I’ll make it worth your while and if you never want to see me again after that then that’s ok”

You sat there frozen in place. Did he just confess his love to you? You were so shocked that you couldn’t even look at him.

“Fuck, Y/N. Just say something. Anything”, Keigo said and scooted closer.

“We are both so blind”, you said before you looked at Keigo.

“What do you mean?”

“I love you too you fucking idiot. Like how could you not see that? I wasn’t even being subtle. You fucking stupid birdman”, you said before you pulled him into a hug.

Keigo needed some time to process what you just said.

“Does that mean I’ll get another chance?”, he asked and you wanted to slap him right then and there.

But instead of that you moved back and pressed a kiss to his lips.

“You’ll get all the chances in the fucking world”

Keigos cheeks were still fire red as he locked eyes with you again. His arms wandered around your waist and he pulled you closer again.

“I wish I could turn back time so we wouldn’t have lost this entire year”, he whispered as he leaned his forehead against yours.

“Me too. But let’s look forward, ok?”, you suggested and he nodded.

“If looking forward means that I can stay by your side then I’ll gladly do that”

You had to smile and leaned in again to place another kiss on his lips. You felt Keigo smile against your lips. Your stomach was filled with butterflies and so was his. He couldn’t believe that you actually felt the same way for him. You two separated again and looked at the other. Keigo couldn’t help but sigh relieved.

“I can’t believe you really love me too”, he whispered.

“I really do and if you want me to say it 1000x times more so that you understand, I will”

Keigo smiled and pulled you onto his lap.

“Then you better start soon, baby.”

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Walk with me Part 2 (Diluc x Reader)

Summary: The day of your “date” had finally come and you were extremely nervous. Since you had a free afternoon, you already decided to walk over to the Dawn Winery. As your walk with Diluc finally came around after waiting for him to finish his work, the weather decided to crash your time together.

Contains: fluff

Warnings: none

Wordcount: 5,7 K

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Part 1

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The next day came faster than I expected. After Diluc had brought me back home last night I struggled to fall asleep for a while since my heart kept beating out of my chest. But as soon as my nervousness had calmed down, I fell asleep pretty quickly. I woke up around 8am, took a quick shower and made some breakfast before I made my way to the adventurers’ guild. Katheryne was speaking to a group of Adventurers as I arrived there. I patiently waited until their conversation ended before I spoke up.

“Morning Katheryne. Do you have any commissions for me?”

“Morning Y/N. There are a few errands that have to be run but those shouldn’t take too long”, she said and handed me a list.

“Great, thanks. I had plans for later anyways”

“Someone looks excited”, Katheryne pointed out and smiled at me.

“Uhm…Y-yeah…Well I’ll go run these errands. See you later, Katheryne”, I said before I walked towards my first stop on the list.

Katheryne had been right. After around 4 hours I was done with all my commissions and returned to the adventurers’ guild to pick up my rewards. After eating some lunch at Good Hunter I left Mondstadt City and started my stroll to the dawn winery. Even though Diluc had promised to pick me up later in the evening, I decided I could just walk over and wait for him to finish his work while I maybe help some people out at the winery. It was a really nice day since the sun was shining and it was peacefully quiet with only the wind and the birds chirping in the air. A squirrel ran over the path in front of me and stopped to look at me as it noticed my presence. To my surprise it didn’t look scared or startled, it looked rather curious. I walked towards it and cautiously leaned down extending an arm towards it. After hesitating for a little while it carefully climbed up my arm and rested on my shoulder as I stood back up.

“Hello there, little friend”, I said towards it and had to smile as it started to nibble on my hair a little.

“I guess you need a ride. I’ll take you with me for a bit”, I announced and continued my walk towards the winery.

As the little squirrel stayed seated on my shoulder, I remembered my grandmas’ words. “Kid you have a gift. Your aura is peaceful and radiates a calm energy. Every creature, animal or human will feel at peace around you”, she had once told me as a little girl. I always loved the nature and used to spend a lot of time at my grandparents’ farm, especially with the animals. I wished they were still around to see that animals still roamed me wherever I was going. Lost in my thoughts I hadn’t even noticed that I already arrived at Springvale. I walked past the windmill and greeted the people I passed, the squirrel still on my shoulder. As I continued my journey I had gathered a little group of little animals that followed me. Some birds were flying above the path while the squirrel on my shoulder was now joined by two more friends that had found their way onto my other shoulder and my arm. If someone saw me right now they would think I could talk to animals. After walking for a little longer I could already see the Dawn Winery in the distance. A smile formed on my face as I approached the astonishing building. As I got closer to the vineyard one of the workers noticed me and stopped his work to talk to me.

“Are you an animal whisperer?”, he asked and pointed at the squirrels clinging to me.

“Not really but I guess I’m some kind of animal magnet”, I said and giggled as one of the squirrels snuggled against my face.

“Looks like they really like you. Must be nice to be surrounded by these cute fluffy fellows.”

“It’s not too bad.”, I laughed and crouched down to the floor.

“The ride is over. Time to walk on your own again”, I said and set the squirrel on my arm back onto the ground and watched as the other two jumped down from my shoulders.

“Wow. They even listen to your words”, the worker said astonished.

“Not always. Sometimes they are really stubborn and don’t want to leave”, I laughed and walked towards him.

“Can I help you with something when I’m already here?”, I asked as I stood next to him.

“Oh no. I couldn’t possibly accept your help. You are here to see Master Diluc, aren’t you?”

I was surprised that he knew why I was here.

“Yes I am. Did he mention me?”, I asked curious.

“He just told the staff that there will be a guest from the city and that we should show our best behavior. Don’t tell him, that I told you that though”, he said and looked around to check if someone heard us.

“My lips are sealed”, I said and pretended to lock my lips.

“Master Diluc is still working but you can go in and wait in the lobby. I’m sure Adelinde will make your wait as pleasant as it can possibly be”

“Thank you for the information. I’m excited to see what the manor looks from inside. I’ve only heard about it from Kaeya so I have no idea what it actually looks like”

“There’s a lot to see so make sure not to miss anything”, he said before he went back to his work.

I made my way from the vineyard over to the front yard of the manor. Two maids were standing outside of the front door and it sounded like they were gossiping about something. I walked past them and carefully opened one of the doors. I cautiously stepped inside and closed the door gently behind me since I didn’t want to make a big entrance. As soon as I turned around I was greeted by the friendly face of a maid.

“Hello, you must be Ms. Y/L/N. I’m Adelinde the head maid of this manor. Master Diluc already told us that you will be visiting the Dawn winery. We just weren’t expecting you this early”, she said and guided me over to one of the chairs by the fireplace.

“Have a seat”

I sat down and she stayed standing right next to me.

“I know that Diluc…um I mean Master Diluc was supposed to pick me up after he had finished his work but I had some free time so I thought I would just take a stroll here and maybe help out with some things if I can”, I explained and watched as Adelindes face lit up a little.

“That’s very nice of you, but you really don’t have to. You are our guest for the day and we shouldn’t make our guest work. Would you like something to drink while you wait?”, she asked in a very polite voice.

“A coffee would be nice, but only if it wouldn’t be too much work for you. I don’t want to be a bother”, I explained and she already shook her head.

“No no Ms. Y/L/N. You are no bother to us at all. A maid will bring it to you in a bit. In the meantime, I will tell Master Diluc that you are already here”, she said and already turned to leave as I stopped her.

“Please tell him that I can wait.”

“Alright. I will tell him that. I’ll be right back”

After Adelinde had left, I looked around the interior while I waited. The room was massive and extremely beautiful. I didn’t even know where to start. I got up from the chair and walked around the room. The manor really was as astonishing as Kaeya has said before. I saw a vase standing in front of one of the wooden pillars and had to smile. It didn’t really fit the interior because it was really colorful but for some reason it also felt like it really belonged here.

“That vase was a gift from Master Kaeya”, someone said behind me and I flinched a little at the sudden voice.

I turned around to see a maid standing there, smiling at me.

“I’m sorry if I startled you. It wasn’t my intention”, she apologized.

“Oh no worries. I was just lost in my thoughts.”, I explained and smiled back.

“So this is the famous vase that Kaeya gifted Master Diluc. I was already wondering why it didn’t really fit the style of the rest of the manor”, I added and brushed some dust off the vase.

“Are you a friend of Master Kaeya?”, the maid asked curious.

“Yes. I’m his best friend actually”

We started to talk for a little while and she walked around the room with me telling me things about the different parts of the manor and about its history. I was fascinated by how much there was to learn about this huge building. We both sat down at the fireplace and continued to talk as another maid joined us and placed a mug of coffee on the table.

“Here’s your coffee Miss. Is there anything else you would like?”, the maid asked.

“No thank you. Btw you don’t have to talk this formal to me. Calling me Y/N is just fine”, I explained and watched her nod.

“You know Miss…I mean Y/N, some of the staff have been wondering about something”, she started to say before she leaned a little closer.

“Are you Master Dilucs date? He never really brings anyone to the Dawn Winery and he sounded really excited as he told us about your visit this morning.”, she whispered and my cheeks instantly turned red.

“I wouldn’t exactly say that I’m Master Dilucs date. I’m just the best friend of his brother”, I said just to get away from this conversation and hoped she would just let it slide.

“Oh. I am sorry if we assumed something. We didn’t mean to”, she apologized.

“No need to apologize. I don’t feel offended”, I assured her and took another sip of my coffee.

Both the maids left me alone again and I waited until Adelinde returned. She had a letter in her hand and held it towards me as she stood next to me.

“This is from Master Diluc. He sincerely apologizes that he still has some work to do and he told me to give you this”, she said and I took the letter from her hands.

“Thank you.”

She stepped back a few steps to give me some more privacy. I opened the envelope and opened the folded paper inside it. It was a message written in Dilucs handwriting.

“If you get bored waiting in the lobby you can come to my office. It’s upstairs the first door on the left. I won’t be able to entertain you since I still have some work to do but it is better than just waiting downstairs, right?”

I had to smile as I read through his message. I drank the rest of my coffee and got up from the chair.

“Thanks for the coffee”, I said before I walked towards the stairs.

As I walked upstairs I noticed that my heart started to pound faster in my chest. I took a deep breath as I reached the in the letter described room and knocked.

“Come in”, I heard Dilucs voice from inside and I slowly opened his office door and stepped in.

I closed the door behind me quietly and turned around to see Diluc sitting at his desk filling out some paperwork. A slight smile was drawn on his face.

“Why are you smiling like that?”, I asked curious and walked over to his desk.

“Oh nothing. I’m just amused that you instantly came upstairs without any hesitation”, he said and looked up from his work for a second to show me a little smirk before he dove back into his work.

“I just didn’t want to be rude. Don’t misunderstand”

“Sure”, he chuckled.

I shook my head in disbelieve. Seeing Diluc in such a great mood was rare and I was enjoying every second of it. Since I wasn’t really sure what I should do to not disturb his work in any way, I just walked over to the window to look outside. It really was a nice day today, perfect for taking a walk if the weather stayed like this. The sun was shining into the room and a single ray of sunshine was shining directly onto Dilucs features. I would be lying if I said that he wasn’t looking extremely handsome today.

“If you keep staring at me like that you might burn a hole in my head soon”, Diluc suddenly said and looked in my direction.

“Oh I-I di-didn’t mean to. S-sorry”, I stuttered and turned away again.

I heard a quiet chuckle coming from him while my cheeks heated up. Getting caught starring was so embarrassing but I just couldn’t help myself. He just was too beautiful for his own sake. I sat down on the couch next to the window and grabbed one of the books from the little table under the window. It was a book about the best ways to grow healthy and profitable wine. I skipped through a few pages before I put the book back down again. I really didn’t want to be a burden to Diluc or distract him, so I just got back up from the couch and opened the window to get some fresh air and just looked over the vineyards. I was able to see the squirrels from earlier run around the vineyard and had to laugh. They still had stayed. Maybe their destination really was the Dawn Winery and I was just the perfect human taxi for them. I whistled to get their attention and waved at them as they turned their little bodies towards me. Just as fast as they had spotted me, they already ran over to the window I was standing at. They gathered on the windowsill and I had to laugh.

“Hello there again. I see you guys are still here”, I said quietly since I didn’t want to distract Diluc too much.

They happily jumped around and I cautiously started to pet them. They were just too damn cute and fluffy.

“What are you doing over there?”, I suddenly heard Diluc asking behind me.

“Oh nothing. Just talking to the squirrels”, I said and continued to give them head scratches.

“You are doing what?”

I scooped the squirrels up in my arms and turned towards Diluc. He had to laugh as I stood there like a kid with its favorite plushies in its arms.

“I’m not even going to question how you did that”, he said slightly laughing and continued to concentrate on his work.

With the squirrels still in my arms I walked over to the couch and laid down. They found their places on my body and snuggled against me. I never thought that I would once find myself laying in Dilucs office cuddling with squirrels while I’m waiting for him to finish his work. Diluc shook his head as he looked over at me once more.

“I’ll be done in a second then we can go and take that walk you want to go on so bad”, he explained and smiled in my direction.

I think I have never seen Diluc smile this much during the entire time I’ve known him. I mean I wasn’t complaining. A smile suited him way better than that constant serious cold face.

“Hey. Don’t say it like that. It’s not about the taking a walk. It’s about the spending time with you, ok? Did I really have to spell that out for you?”, I asked.

“Not really. I already knew that. I just wanted to hear you say it once”, he said and gathered his papers and placed them on one of the stacks on his desk.

Damn he had tricked me. He got up from his chair and walked over to the couch. He gently moved my legs a little closer to the backrest and sat down on the edge of the couch and scanned my body from head to toe. The squirrels had gathered around my neck almost as if they were getting ready to fight Diluc if he were to attack me. He held his hand out and I grabbed one of the squirrels and placed it on his hand. The little fellow looked as if it was getting kidnapped from a scary man. I had to laugh as it tried to get away from him.

“Hey relax little fluffball. I don’t bite”, Diluc said and tried to calm the squirrel down.

It looked towards me as if it wasn’t sure if it could trust the red-haired man. I nodded with a smile and it stopped to struggle. The other squirrels slowly joined and found their places in Dilucs arms. I had to smile at the sight in front of me. Diluc looked happy as the little fellows snuggled against him.

“How do you do this?”, Diluc asked as he turned his head towards me again.

“My grandma once told me I had a gift. According to her I have a calming aura and apparently it works on both humans and animals. It works especially well for animals. It’s almost like I’m an animal magnet”, I explained and watched as the squirrels started to run around both Dilucs and my lap.

“No wonder I always feel so calm around you”, he confessed and I noticed the blood shoot into my cheeks as his words reached my ears.

Diluc must have noticed that he had flustered me since he got up from the couch with a small smile drawn on his face and held a hand out for me to take.

“Let’s get out of here, shall we?”

I shyly grabbed his hand and let him pull me up from the couch. The squirrels gathered once more on the couch before they collectively left Dilucs office through the window again. I followed Diluc through the manor and back out onto the front yard of the Dawn Winery. Adelinde was outside as she saw us leave the manor.

“Master Diluc you should take an umbrella with you. It looks like it might rain soon”, she advised but Diluc shook his head.

“We’ll be back before it starts. So no worries”, he assured her and already walked through the vineyard.

I sent Adelinde an apologetic look before I tried to catch up with Diluc.

“Maybe we should have listened to Adelinde”, I said as I walked next to him again.

“Don’t worry. I’ll bring you back to the winery before it starts to rain”, he assured and smiled at me.

“I hope so”

“Hey! Can’t you trust your tour guide a little more?”, he asked and placed his hands on his hips.

I had to laugh.

“If my tour guide wasn’t you I might trust him more”, I joked and watched Dilucs slightly offended face.

“I will show you that you can trust me. Just you wait”, he announced and grabbed me by the hand and started to run.

“Hey where are we running to?”, I asked but Diluc didn’t answer me for a while.

He just kept on running and pulling me with him. We ran up a hill and climbed up a few walls before Diluc slowed down. It seemed like we were reaching our destination. Diluc let go of my hand and sat down on the edge of the mountain top we had just reached. The view from here was stunning. From here I was able to look towards Liyue, seeing Wangshu Inn in the distance when I looked back, on my right there was Dragonspine and the huge pillar in the sky and in front of us the beauty of the dawn winery was right at our feet. It was the coolest thing I had ever seen.

“Wow”, I said as I looked over the beautiful scenery.

“I didn’t promise too much, did I?”

I joined him and looked down at the winery.

“It looks so small from up here”, I said and leaned forward while pointing at it.

“Hey”, he scolded me and put an arm around my waist.

“Be careful or you might fall over. I don’t want you to get hurt”, he added.

“Sorry.”, I apologized and noticed my skin burning up under my clothes where Diluc was holding me.

We sat there for a little longer until we noticed the dark clouds coming closer.

“Maybe we should head back”, I suggested.

“Yeah. Before we get drenched”

As we were on our way down the mountain it suddenly started to pour. Even though Diluc tried to use his coat as an umbrella we both got drenched quickly. We were already soaking wet as we reached the path to the Dawn Winery.

“Come on let’s go”, Diluc said as he grabbed my hand again and began to run.

I couldn’t even understand how he was still able to run this fast with his coat being completely soaked. As we arrived at the Manor, he quickly opened the door and we slipped in. As soon as the door closed, we turned to each other and started to laugh.

“Good job Mister I-will-get-you-back-before-it-starts-to-rain”, I laughed and helped him out of his soaked coat.

“I’m sorry. I should have really listened to Adelinde”

“You really should have”, we heard Adelinde say next to us.

She scolded us at the entrance about how we should have listened and now we both might be catching a cold because we didn’t listen to her. I felt like a teenager again, getting scolded by my mom when I didn’t listen to her again. Even though what we did was stupid it still was so much fun.

“We will listen to you the next time. I promise”, I assured Adelinde.

“I really hope so. I will get the bath ready and get you and Master Diluc some dry clothes”, she announced.

“No need, Adelinde. I will take care of my guest. You can rest for today”, Diluc stopped her.

“I will at least get you two some dry clothes.”, she added before she left.

“Follow me”, Diluc said before he grabbed my hand again and dragged me into the living quarters upstairs.

“Sit down”, he said and pointed towards one of two couches in what looked like a living room.

“I wouldn’t dare to. I’m drenched. I would soak the couch too like this”, I explained.

Diluc looked around thinking before he turned towards me again.

“Alright then. Stay here and I’ll bring you a towel and get the bath ready so you can warm up again”, he suggested.

“But what about you. You will catch a cold if you stay in these wet clothes”

“Don’t worry about me. I will be ok”, he assured and left the room for some time.

He came back with a towel, unfolded it and wrapped it around me before he grabbed my hand again and guided me to the bathroom. The bathtub was filled with warm foamy water and it smelled amazingly like flowers. Diluc let go of my hand and walked back to the door.

“Take your time and warm up. Adelinde brought you some clothes to wear. Wear them when you’re done. I’ll be waiting in the living room”, he said before he left and closed the door behind him.

I removed the towel from around my shoulders and got undressed before I cautiously laid down in the bathtub. The warmth of the water started to flood my body and I almost fell asleep. I must have been in the bathroom for a long time since it suddenly knocked on the door.

“Are you ok in there?”, I heard Dilucs voice from outside.

“Yeah. Don’t worry I just forgot the time. I’ll be with you in a bit”, I answered and got out of the water.

I dried my body and got dressed in the clothes Adelinde had brought. They were a little big but at least like this I was warm. I quickly dried my hair with a towel and threw one last look at the mirror. As I left the bathroom I almost ran right into Diluc. He had changed into dry clothes in the meantime, but his hair was still wet. Seeing him wearing something other than his usual more formal clothes was weird at first but it was really refreshing. He was wearing a dark pair of pants paired with a black button up shirt. I took a step forward and subconsciously reached out, touching one of his wet strands of hair that had gotten lose from his low ponytail.

“You should dry your hair or you really might catch a cold”, I said and watched as Diluc slowly grabbed my arm, before he looked back at me.

“Will you help me with that?”, he asked and moved my arm to the back of his head.

“Uhm…I mean if you let me…s-sure”

As he let go of my arm I cautiously found the hair tie in his hair and slowly removed it. My jaw almost dropped to the floor as I saw his luscious hair fall over his shoulders and back. It made him look even prettier than he already was, even though his hair was wet.

“So pretty”, I thought to myself and suddenly noticed a light blush creep onto Dilucs face.

Oh god. Had I just thought out loud?

“You think I’m pretty?”, Diluc asked in a quiet voice, confirming my suspicion.

I quickly nodded and watched as a fond smile appeared on his face. I noticed my face heat up a little as I grabbed his hand and pulled him with me back into the bathroom. I pushed him to sit on the rim of the bathtub and grabbed a towel and gave it to him.

“Dry it a little with this towel. Then we’ll blow dry your hair”, I announced and watched him nod.

“Yes Ma’am”, he said which made me laugh a little.

After I had finally found the blow dryer, I plugged it in and grabbed the towel from Dilucs hands. I started to dry his hair and kept on brushing my hand through his hair to get rid of any knots in it. It looked like Diluc was enjoying it, since he had closed his eyes and a soft smile was drawn on his face. I couldn’t help but stare at his pretty face. I turned off the blow dryer and watched as Diluc got up from the bathtub and stood behind me, his gaze focused on the mirror in front of us.

“Good job”, he praised me and playfully pet my head.

I watched my face turn red in the mirror and couldn’t help but notice the smile on Dilucs face. God if he didn’t stop smiling like this I would go crazy for sure.

“Can you hand me my hair tie again?”, he asked and looked at my wrist where the hair tie was still resting.

“Nope. I like your hair like this”, I said and turned around to look at him.

“Well I guess I have to get it myself then”, he said and shortly after that started to attack my sides with both his hands.

I tried to get away from his tickling but since the sink was right behind me and Diluc was towering over me I couldn’t really escape. So the only thing I could do was either give in and give him his hair tie or try to fight through.

“Stop. I can’t”, I laughed.

“Give me my hair tie and you’re free”, he said smiling.

“Never”

As I saw an opening in his attack I moved forward and instead of trying to run, I went for a hug. Diluc stopped abruptly and looked down at me.

“Are you surrendering?”, he asked with a slightly confused face.

“Nope”

I heard him sigh before he wrapped his arms around me and hugged me back. My body was instantly flooded with his warmth. Dilucs arms around me felt so good, that I almost didn’t want to separate from the hug.

“How about I let you play with my hair and in exchange for that I get my hair tie back?”, he suggested and looked down at me.

I moved my head so I could get a better look at him and thought about his suggestion. It did sound really tempting.

“Deal?”, he asked and I nodded quickly.

He chuckled before he moved out of the hug. I instantly noticed the loss of body warmth from him since a cold shiver ran down my back. I gave him his hair tie again and watched as he shook his head in disbelief.

“You are really easy, huh?”, he asked more to himself.

I began to pout and crossed my arms in front of my chest. I wasn’t easy. I was just weak when it came to anything he did. He probably could have suggested to open a door for me and I would have said yes. Diluc smirked and playfully pat my shoulder.

“I’m kidding. I was just teasing you. Seeing your reactions is really interesting, you know?”, he explained and put an arm around me and guided me out of the bathroom.

“Is it?”, I asked laughing and followed him into the living room.

“Yeah. Your cheeks easily turn red whenever I tease you. It’s adorable”

We sat down on one of the couches and I looked at him with red cheeks.

“See. You’re instantly flustered”, he said and smiled at me.

How was I supposed to not be flustered when he kept on smiling and complimenting me out of nowhere? This side of Diluc was new to me and my heart could barely handle this. Especially since I had a lot of fun today with him. I leaned my head against the backrest and reached out with my hand to play with his beautiful red hair.

“Trust me, I would love to not turn red but I can’t help it”, I mumbled while I brushed my hand through his hair.

He turned his body towards me so he was looking right at me and leaned his head against the backrest too. He looked so damn pretty, I couldn’t help myself from softly stroking his cheek before I continued to softly comb his hair with my hand. I could continue to play with his hair and sit here in silence forever. Diluc closed his eyes and a soft smile was painted on his face. He seemed to really enjoy this. I moved my hand to softly scratch the back of his neck.

“Oh that feels nice”, Diluc said and scooted a little closer to me.

I had to slightly laugh and moved my other hand to the back of his neck too. Seemed like his neck was one of his weak spots. After some time of massaging his neck he opened his eyes again and carefully grabbed both my arms as I tried to retreat them. He held both my hands in his and began to speak.

“Thank you for gifting me your time today. I had a lot of fun and I hope I get to spend more time with you in the future”, he explained and softly squeezed my hands.

“I have to thank you for agreeing to my stupid request last night.”, I said and looked down at our hands.

“If you hadn’t excepted, I would probably sit at home right now eating ice cream and watching sad romance movies with Kaeya”, I laughed and heard Diluc slightly chuckle.

“Well, then I’m even more glad that I accepted. Spending time with me sounds a lot better than spending time with my brother, doesn’t it?”

I nodded and watched as Diluc lifted one of my hands up to his face and placed a soft kiss on the back of my hand. My cheeks heated up again and our eyes locked.

“I’m happy to hear that. I hope we’ll be able to spend a lot more time together from now on”, he admitted and scooted a little closer.

“I hope so too”, I answered and averted my gaze since I got a little bit too flustered.

He noticed it, let go of one of my hands and softly turned my face towards him before he started to carefully cup my cheek. He was so close to me that I was able to see my reflection in his beautiful eyes. It really was unreal how pretty this man was.

“Can I kiss you?”, he asked in such a soft and loving voice that I almost melted on the spot.

I slowly nodded and closed my eyes. My heart was beating out of my chest as I waited for something to happen. Diluc softly connected our lips and my breath hitched as he carefully pulled me closer to him. His lips were so damn soft that I couldn’t think straight. All I could think of right now were just his soft lips and the fact that I was currently kissing one of Mondstadts most adored men. The kiss didn’t last long but it was still the best kiss I ever had in my entire life. I slowly opened my eyes again to see that Dilucs cheek were painted in a light pink just like mine. He couldn’t hide the excitement on his face, as he was grinning like an idiot.

“I always wanted to do this”, I admitted and watched as Diluc shook his head while still smiling.

“You really don’t know when to shut your pretty mouth”, he said before he pulled me onto his lap, wrapping his arms around my waist.

“You just make me want to never let you go ever again.”

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I am Manifesting

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“Don’t you think The Balladeer’s a bit of a walking contradiction? He’s always talking back, but he seems to listen to what you say…” - Paimon  He basically acts like a cat it’s so funny

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ittoscara based on their livestream together!

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Happy Birthday (Cloud x Reader)

Summary: Your birthday was around the corner. You didn’t know that your friends had planned a surprise party and that a certain someone had a very special gift for you.

Contains: fluff

Warnings: non

Wordcount: 3,4 K

This story has been sitting in my drafts for over a year now and I finally got the motivation to finish it. Hope you like it.

Enjoy!

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You never thought this day would come where you finally managed to celebrate your birthday with your closest friends and members of Avalanche. When you first arrived at the Sector 7 Slums you weren’t quite sure what life had in store for you. You didn’t have enough money to pay for the bare minimum and you definitely had nothing or no one you knew in this part of Midgar. The first few weeks you had spent with a family that had met you the first day when you were lost and didn’t know where to go. They let you spend your time in their guestroom while you went out to search for a job and then for an affordable place to live. To your luck you found a part-time job at Seventh Heaven where you got to know Tifa, Barret and his daughter Marlene. You actually had to thank the little girl for dragging you into Seventh Heaven one day when she saw how beautiful your hair looked, decorated with little accessories you had made yourself and wanted to know if you could show her how you made your hair look that nice. Barrett had apologized for his daughters behavior but you just thought it was cute. Tifa was the one who suggested you to take the job offer at Seventh Heaven since you were searching for a job and they were searching for someone to help out. And since Merlene had already approved of you there was nothing standing in the way. After working there for about a month you managed to leave to live on your own in one of the rooms that Marle was renting to people around the city. To your surprise someone had moved into the room to your right shortly after you, but you had never seen them before. You were working your shift when Barret, Jessie, Bigs, Wedge and a blond-haired man walked into the bar. Barrett instantly went to check up on Marlene and while Tifa was walking over to Jessie, Bigs and Wedge you stood behind the bar and looked at this new person that you had never seen before.

“Hi. I’ve never seen you here before. Are you a friend of Tifa?”, I asked as he kept staring at the counter.

“Kinda.”, was everything he answered.

The atmosphere was really awkward and you really hoped that someone would help you out in this situation. It was your luck that Tifa came back behind the bar just after exchanging some words with the others and saved you from the awkwardness.

“Cloud are you making our Y/N uncomfortable?”, she asked laughing and watched as the blond haired lifted his head to look at her.

Just now you noticed his beautiful blue green eyes. He must be a soldier since his eyes looked just like the ones of soldiers affected by the mako. Cloud had this deadpan look on his face as he looked over at you before he turned to Tifa again.

“I didn’t do anything”, he mumbled and looked back at the counter as if he didn’t want to be here.

That day the bar was filled with a really awkward atmosphere and it didn’t get better when you left the bar and noticed that you and Cloud were walking in the same direction, towards the apartment block Stargazer Heights. Just as he stopped at the room right next to yours you realized that he was the new neighbor that you had never seen before. After that day Tifa tried to motivate Cloud and you to talk to each other at the bar. Most of the time it just ended up with Cloud listening to you as you rambled about something while he just watched you with his usual expressionless face. You didn’t really mind since you had gotten used to his presence at the bar and it even felt a little bit weird when he wasn’t there when you worked. Even though Cloud didn’t really talk to you, you had gotten to know a lot about him. Tifa told you about how they grew up together and how Cloud was an ex soldier. You also heard that he wasn’t actually as cold as he looked but that it just took him a long time to open up to someone. It almost sounded to you as if Tifa tried to encourage you to talk to him more.

Somehow you two once ended up at the bar alone and since no one was there to drink since it was the middle of the day, you had watched as Cloud walked over to the dart board and started to throw one perfect dart after the other without even thinking about the next move. Cloud had noticed of course that you were watching him and for some reason he hoped that you would just walk over and ask him how he was throwing those darts so effortlessly. He had noticed that he wasn’t actually feeling too bad when you were around and if that wasn’t enough already he had also noticed how he would just unintentionally walk into the bar when he knew you were there. He was lost in his thoughts when he suddenly noticed that you were standing right next to him staring at the dart board with a wide open mouth.

“How?”, was everything you could say as you picked the arrows from the board, all stuck in the triple 20.

“I guess practice”, he said trying to keep his mouth from curling into a smile since you looked cute as you looked at him completely fascinated.

“Can you show me? I’ve never played darts before”, you admitted.

“Sure”, he said and showed you how you had to throw the darts to hit exactly where you wanted them to land.

It was really hard for you and it made him slightly smile as he watched you fail over and over again just to grab the darts and walk back over to him and try again.

“You really are bad at this”, he said which made you scoff.

“I can’t help it. I’m not made to throw darts, I guess”

“Or you’re just getting distracted”, he added and watched you turn towards him.

“And whose fault is that?”, you asked and regretted what you said after you saw his slightly shocked face.

Your heart was suddenly beating out of your chest and even though you thought it was only you who suddenly felt nervous, Cloud felt the same. He usually didn’t let anyone get near him but somehow he couldn’t even go one day without seeing you. Maybe he had just gotten used to your endless rambling and getting distracted mid-sentence when he suddenly locked eyes with you. He thought that maybe he was feeling that way about you just because he was getting to know you slowly but he started to realize that there was much more to it than he wanted to admit. Before your birthday was coming up he had already thought about what he should give you as a gift. He somehow felt the need to have something meaningful that would make you smile and happy. Since Tifa had planned a surprise party for you she had also called up Aerith to join you at the bar. That was the perfect opportunity for him to get you the perfect gift. He had asked her to bring a beautiful bouquet with her so he could gift that to you after the party was over. He had planned everything from start to finish but everything somehow turned out different. You weren’t aware that your friends had planned something so you were confused when you entered the bar and everyone was there.

“Happy birthday Y/n”, everyone said in unison making you smile like an idiot.

“Tifa…I told you no surprises please”, you scolded her as she walked over to hug you.

“Sorry but I couldn’t stop myself. Also I thought you might want to see Aerith so I invited her, but she said she might be a bit late.”, Tifa said smiling, her arms still around you as you looked at her.

Cloud noticed how something began to sting in his heart and it didn’t take him long to figure out that he was jealous that Tifa was hugging you this close while he was refraining from doing anything embarrassing in front of the others. While everyone congratulated and showered you with affection and small gifts Cloud hoped that Aerith would get here soon so he could borrow you for some minutes to give you the flowers without everyone knowing about it. But of course it couldn’t be that easy. While you unpacked your gifts Cloud received a message that Aerith would be later than expected and that she would stop by his room to take the flowers there before coming to the bar. Maybe it was the best idea to give you the flowers after the party when it was just the two of you. Cloud sat at the bar while you had sparkling eyes as you unpacked your favorite card game from your childhood that Jessie had gifted you.

“Oh my god. I didn’t know you could still buy this. Where did you find this?”, you asked excited as you pressed the card game to your heart smiling like a child.

“I have my ways. You talked about it so much that it wasn’t too hard to find after all. I hope you like it”, she said laughing and ruffled your hair.

“Thank you so much I love it. Hey everyone let’s play this together!”, you said in a loud voice so everyone would here you in the bar.

Cloud already internally rolled his eyes. He wasn’t the type to be into card games, especially when he had to interact with the other players so he’d rather just stay seated at the bar and not have to deal with the game. But of course you were determined to get him to play with you.

“Hey, Cloud. Will you play the game with us?”, you asked as you had walked over to him.

“I don’t really like card games. I’ll pass”, he said with a cold voice.

“Oh…come on. It’s my birthday after all so you have to play with us. Pleeeeaaaase Cloud”, you begged showing your most effective puppy eyes so he would fall for it and play with you.

But to your surprise he stayed cold and shook his head.

“Sorry”, was everything you received from him before he turned to Tifa who was standing behind the bar and watched the two of you.

You had already gone back to the table where the others sat waiting for you to explain the game to them as Tifa started to talk to Cloud.

“Come on Cloud. If you can’t even fulfill a simple wish like this on her birthday then when will you ever.”, she tried to reason with him.

He knew that she was right. He stood up from his seat and walked over to the table where you were sitting.

“It there still a spot for me?”, he asked as he stood right next to you.

You were confused about why he suddenly wanted to play too but at the same time you couldn’t wish for something better.

“Of course. You can sit here”, you said and pointed to the chair right next to yours.

While you started to explain the game to everyone Cloud couldn’t take his eyes off of you. He had never seen you talk about something this passionate and it made him really happy to see how you were basically glowing. The game wasn’t too complicated and after a few test rounds to see if everyone had understood it you were actually having a lot of fun. Even Cloud looked like he was enjoying it. You couldn’t help but sneak a glance at him from time to time. It was really rare to see him this concentrated on something and even though he did it unconsciously there sometimes was a little smile painted on his face that made your heart flutter. You were about to start the next round when the door opened and Aerith walked in.

“Am I too late?”, she asked smiling as you stood up from your chair and rushed over.

“Aerith. You made it. I’m so glad to see you”, you said as you hugged her tight.

While you were busy hugging her Aerith showed a thumbs up towards Cloud. He sighed relieved that everything was somehow working out in the end. She smiled at you as you separated from the hug and pulled out a single yellow flower from behind her back.

“Since I didn’t want to come empty handed I thought maybe you’d like this one”, she explained as she placed the flower in your hair.

You slightly blushed since everyone was looking at you right now and you weren’t exactly the person that liked to be the center of attention.

“Thanks Aerith. I love it”

She smiled at you satisfied before she walked over to Tifa. You walked back to the table were Cloud and the others were already waiting for you. The more you played, the more you forgot the time and it somehow was past 3am when you finished your last round. You were pretty tired, so were the others. While Jessie, Bigs and Wedge had already left and only Tifa, Aerith, Cloud and you were left you decided to help cleaning up the mess you had made throughout the evening. But as you attempted to do that Tifa had stopped you.

“It’s late already. You should go to sleep. Cloud will take you home”, she said as she looked over at the blond standing there as if he had already been waiting for you.

“But”, you started to say but were stopped by Aerith pushing you towards the exit.

“No buts. Tifa and I will clean everything and you go to bed and get some rest”

Since it looked like there was no way to convince them you just gave up and left 7th Heaven together with Cloud. You both were quiet throughout the whole walk back to the apartments. Just before you arrived at your room Cloud spoke up.

“Could you come to my room for a moment? I have something for you”, he asked.

“Uhm…s-sure”

You were a bit confused but followed Cloud into his room. You closed the door behind you and waited for his next move.

“Close your eyes and don’t move”, he said as he grabbed the bouquet that Aerith had prepared for you.

You were getting nervous as you heard him walk closer to you again. Cloud stood right in front of you with the bouquet in his hands as he thought about what he could say to you. He was noticing how he was getting nervous.

“Open your eyes”

You slowly opened them just to see him standing there with a bouquet of yellow and white flowers, just like the one that Aerith had brought you before.

“Happy birthday”

“Cloud”, you said in a confused voice as he gave you the flowers.

You couldn’t help but smell them before you looked at him again. You noticed your cheeks heat up as Cloud stood there fiddling with his hands.

“I didn’t know what I should get you but I remembered that you once told me you liked flowers. I hope you like them”, he explained, his cheeks blushing a little bit too.

“Thank you. I love them. They are beautiful”, you answered and noticed a single tear of joy leaving your right eye.

Cloud looked at you a little bit concerned. He didn’t want to make you cry with his gift. He mindlessly reached out to brush the tear from your face until he realized what he was doing. But instead of letting him pull his hand away, you grabbed it quickly enough and pressed your face against it. Cloud was a little confused at your action but still went with it. He brushed the tear from your face with his thumb and stepped closer to you. You couldn’t help but look up at the taller man in front of you who was secretly admiring your beauty, cursing himself internally that he couldn’t muster up the courage to kiss you. You closed your eyes and enjoyed the soft strokes of Clouds thumb running over your cheek.

“I like you”

The words slipped from your lips so easily and went straight to Clouds heart. He stopped his movements and just looked at you. Your eyes slowly opened again and instantly met his. Clouds lips were slightly parted as he leaned closer, making your noses touch.

“Me, too”, he whispered before he grabbed the bouquet from your hands and placed it on the nightstand without moving away from you.

He slowly wrapped an arm around your waist and pulled you closer with one gentle pull. Your bodies slowly pressed against each other and his body flooded yours with warmth. Cloud looked down at you, both your hearts hammering against your ribcages as he leaned down to your ear.

“I like you, too”, he whispered and placed a soft kiss on your cheek.

A shiver ran down your spine as his words reached your brain. You were at a loss for words. Your brain felt like mush as his words repeated in your mind over and over again. Cloud brought you back to reality when he wrapped his arm tightly around you, pulling you into a tight hug with him burying his face in your neck. It took you a little while to process what was happening before you wrapped your arms around him too, keeping him as close to you as possible. Both your heartbeats were still racing and Clouds thoughts were all over the place. He wanted to let go of the hug and kiss you but at the same time he feared that if he would let go of you, you would just disappear.

“Cloud?”, you asked as he moved away from you.

“Yes?”

“Can we stay like this a little bit longer?”

Clouds heart almost dropped from his chest as your words reached his ears. You didn’t want to let go of him and that made him extremely happy.

“Of course”, he whispered with a huge smile on his face.

You closed your eyes and once more pulled him closer to you. After what felt like ages you separated from the hug, both of your cheeks a light pink as you looked at each other. What both of you wanted was to kiss the other, but both of you didn’t want to rush the other. Your eyes wandered from his eyes to his lips and back. Cloud noticed that and softly placed his right hand on your cheek, while his left hand wandered to the small of your back.

“Can I kiss you?”, he asked in such a soft voice you felt your heart melting.

“Please”

Cloud pulled your body closer before he softly placed his lips on yours. You both closed your eyes and your arms found their place around his neck keeping him close to you. Your heart was beating so fast you feared it would burst out of your chest. Cloud didn’t feel any different than you. His heart was just as fast as yours and if it wasn’t for you holding onto him so tight he would think he was dreaming. The kiss lasted for what felt like an eternity before you separated from him. Your eyes locked with his and a smile crept onto your face.

“This is the best birthday ever”, you said smiling like an idiot.

Your words made Cloud let out a chuckle and he leaned his forehead against yours.

“You are so cute”, he said before he wrapped his arms around you and lifted you up.

You looked down at him laughing and wrapped your legs around his body. Cloud looked up at you and smiled. He swore to himself then and there that he would never let you go ever again and that he would protect your laugh until the day he died.

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🍃 Scholars and Scaras 🍃

For this week’s video I drew some of Sumeru’s finest fellas! ✨🍃 (here’s hoping it manifests some luck for Al Haitham’s banner so I can complete this set in-game 🙏💦)

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[DO NOT EDIT OR REPOST TO OTHER SITES / ACCOUNTS] ♻️reblogs are lovely tho!♻️

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visions

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*shoves him into my mouth like a ravenous squirrel and runs*

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the wanderer, or should i say… scarameowche

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Let’s goo my son is playable let’s goo