#Ruggie Oneshot

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Doughnut Queen ~ *Ruggie Bucchi*

Summary: You’re visiting Ruggie’s hometown on holiday. You’re excited to meet his grandmother and the people he grew up with. Somehow, you get roped into making doughnut for everyone?

Pairing: Ruggie Bucchi X Fem!Reader

Genre: Fluffy Oneshot

Word Count: 1641

Warning: N/A

Masterlist

Taglist: @savanaclaw1996 @goseew

You couldn’t stop the smile on your face, even though Ruggie couldn’t stop snickering at you. It wasn’t everyday that your boyfriend took you back to his hometown. Any chance you could go to the Sunset Savanna, you jumped on the opportunity.

“Are you going to stare with your mouth open like a carp the whole time?” He giggled.

“I can’t help it! The Savanna is so beautiful! I wish I could stay here forever.” You heaved a lovesick sigh.

He shook his head, his fingers brushing yours. “You’re so silly. It’s not like you’re never going to see this place again. Besides, you’re visiting for the whole summer and the break just started! We’ve got time to enjoy everything the Savanna has to offer.”

Your smile grew impossibly wide. “You’re right! And you get to show me everything, and I mean everything!”

Ruggie laughed. “Yeah, yeah, you’re right. I’ll be a better tour guide than Leona.”

“Sounds good.” You pecked his cheek. “But first, you promised I’d get to meet you grandma. I want to meet her first.”

He seemed to pause for only a millisecond. “Ah, yeah, you’re right. We’ll go there first.”

With your ever present bright smile, you tugged your boyfriend along as you made your way into his home village. It was small, but charming. It also gave you a pang of homesickness, but you didn’t dwell on those thoughts. You were more concerned about meeting your boyfriend’s grandmother for the first time. Whenever you managed to get him to talk about her, he spoke fondly of how she took care of him and all the other children in the village. You were determined to meet the wonderful woman who shaped the amazing guy you were absolutely in love with.

When you reached his house, he stopped you. Scratching the back of his head, he took the chance to explain, “Hey, just so you know, my grandmother, she can be a bit much sometimes. So if she’s a bit demanding or rude, that’s just who she is. She’s old-school, you know? So just, be prepared.”

You squeezed his hand, ignoring his blush for the sake of his pride. “Ruggie, I’m sure she’s just fine.”

Before he could protest, you knocked on the door. When the door opened to reveal his grandmother, she lit up. Pulling your both into a hug, she squeezed you tight.

“Ruggie! You’re here! And you brought your girlfriend! Oh, and she’s absolutely lovely! I can see why you fell in love with her.”

While you laughed, he groaned in annoyance. “Grandma, please-”

“Oh, hush!” Pulling you closer, she gave you a once over. “Let me get a good look at you. Yes, yes, you’re perfect for my Ruggie. Now come in! Come in! Tell me all about school and how you two started dating.”

“Grandma!” Ruggie barked out, his cheeks a deep shade of red. You still continued to laugh. At least you got her seal of approval. You could breathe a little easier now.

The three of you talked for hours over watery tea and biscuits. You had to admit, his grandmother was a phenomenal baker. When you mentioned this to her, she thanked you and told you she would give you the recipe so you could make them yourself. Of course this led to a discussion all about baking. And since Ruggie knew more about eating pastries than making them, he kept quiet and watched with both relief and joy to see his two favorite people getting along so well.

As he was about to make some more tea, there was a knock at the door. Upon answering it, he saw a couple of the neighborhood kids. He smiled, crouching down so he was eye level with them.

“Hey guys. How can I help you today?”

The boldest of the three took a step forward. “We saw there was an outsider in town. We’re here to check it out.”

Ruggie laughed as you walked up behind him. “Looks like the whole town knows you’re here. Y/n, meet Ayden, Isaac, and Yesenia.”

You nodded and held out your hand. “Nice to meet you three. Thank you for stopping by. I promise I’m not here to cause any trouble.”

Ayden crossed his arms over his chest. “See that you don’t. We’ve got enough problems here already.”

Yesenia tugged on his sleeve, a small pout on her lips. “Ayden, hush. Mama said not to talk about stuff like that.”

You winced a little. “Ah, well, is there anything I can do to prove I’m here as a friend?”

“Can you cook?” Isaac asked.

“Of course I can! What would you like me to make?”

The three children glanced at each other before coming to a consensus.

“Doughnuts!”

You laughed, ruffling Ruggie’s hair. “I see where you get it from.”

Swatting your hand away, he whined. “Oh c’mon!”

Shaking your head, you slipped back into the kitchen. “Grandma Bucchi, do you mind if I make doughnuts for some of the kids in town?”

She grinned. “Why, of course! Help yourself! I can even go get more ingredients if you need it. I will tell you, these kids have bottomless stomachs, just like Ruggie. One won’t be enough to satisfy them.”

You nodded. “Of course. I’ll do the best I can.”

After that, you got to work. It’s been a while since you last baked. But the process was just like riding a bicycle. It didn’t take too long for you to get back into the swing of things. Before too long, you had made a few dozen doughnuts for the kids to try.

With the goodies on a tray, you went back into the living room, where Ruggie and the kids were roughhousing. Smiling, you set the tray down on the coffee table. All four of them scrambled over, practically drooling. 

“Alright. Tell me how I did.”

All it took was one bite and they were in love. The doughnuts were gone in no time and they were begging for more. You simply patted them on the head and promised you would do your best.

As you started to head back to the kitchen, Yeseniya tugged at your shirt.

“You should go to the community center. They have a bigger kitchen and more supplies so you can make even more doughnuts!”

Almost choking on nothing, you blinked owlishly at her. You didn’t think your doughnuts were that good! But her pleading eyes were making you melt. Besides, you were making these kids’ day by making them doughnuts. Who were you to deny them?

“Oh, I don’t know. We’ll have to see if it’s okay-”

“It’ll be more than okay.” Ruggie’s grandmother interjected. “We have people who come in to cook for those who can’t afford it all the time. Besides, the center is always open and fully stocked for whoever needs to use it. Money is hard to come by in these parts, so we’re always lending a helping hand to those who need it.”

A pang of empathy hit your heart as you thought about what she had to say. Well, if it was for a good cause, you had to do it now! So with a smile, you nodded.

“I’ll do it.”

“Yay!” The kids started tugging at you, dragging you to the community center. Ruggie just laughed and followed along.

Before too long you were cooking up a storm in the community center. Ruggie was acting as your faithful assistant, plating the warm doughnuts and setting them out for people to take. The three kids had raced around the town, telling people that there were free doughnuts at the community center. Ruggie’s grandmother was helping you keep up with all the hungry people. You had it all down to a system, making sure everyone got more than they needed.

While this wasn’t what you had in mind when you came to the Sunset Savana for holiday break with Ruggie, you were happy with how it turned out. It makes you feel good to help others and put a smile on people’s faces. You were swapping stories of home with Ruggie’s grandmother, and learning all of his embarrassing stories from when he was a little kid. It felt like you really had joined the Bucchi family and become a part of his home.

Little did you know that Ruggie was so happy he brought you home. Seeing you get along with his grandmother and his hometown made him swell with pride and love. He didn’t believe it was possible to fall in love with you more than he already was. Yet here he was, falling in love with you all over again. You were absolutely perfect, not just for him, but for his family as well. It was then that he made a vow to himself that he would never let you.

By the time the last plate of doughnuts were taken, the sun was setting on the horizon. You and his grandmother were out of breath, practically collapsed on kitchen chairs. He smiled tenderly at the sweet scene before him.

“Don’t worry about dinner tonight. I’ll take care of it. It’s the least I could do for all your hard work today.” He said.

You smiled gratefully at him. “Thank you Ruggie, that would be wonderful.”

“Think you can help your old granny home?” His grandmother asked with a breathy chuckle. “These old bones ain’t what they used to be.”

He chuckled. “Of course. Then you can tell me what you want to eat tonight.”

“Not doughnuts, that’s for sure.” She muttered as Ruggie helped her onto his back.

As the three of you walked back to his grandmother’s house, he smiled while listening to his grandmother go on and on about what she wanted to eat, your hand in his.

[snek-disappearedagain]

Hii :) would it be possible to request a Ruggie x Reader? Maybe where Ruggie is sick or something and he acts super needy? Anything would be appreciated....thank you!

Ofc!! I made this a oneshot because I feel like it'd be better written as one, hope you're okay with that!

Notes; Fluff, Gn!Reader, Reader isn’t referred to by any name. I haven’t written or read much Ruggie content, so sorry if I don’t really capture his character all that well! (I also finished chapter 2 in like 1-2 days so I hardly remember anything lol) Reader has no specified dorm

Character; Ruggie

Warnings; There is *one* swear word at the very end

Writing under the cut!

What if Ruggie was Sick?

When Ruggie didn’t show up to class, you just assumed he was either skipping or taking care of something (rather, someone). What worried you is when he didn’t show up to lunch, and he didn’t come and find you once school was out.

Concerned, you decided to visit him in his dorm. You lightly knocked on his door- just in case he was sleeping.

“Come in,” Ruggie answered, his voice sounding more raspy than usual. You came into his room, only to find the hyena curled up in bed- looking very pale. You shut the door and went over to Ruggie, sitting at the end of his bed.

“Lemme guess, you’re sick?” You asked, although it was more of a statement than a question. Ruggie nodded, looking up at you with tired eyes. You sighed, getting up to go get him some tea.

“Wait! Please don’t go, I want you to stay.” Ruggie asked, coughing. You were a little confused, usually Ruggie was pretty independent. Right now though.. He acted as if he wouldn’t live if you left him. It was kinda cute, so much so you let out a small chuckle.

“I love you Rugs, but I need to get you something for your sore throat. I’ll be back really soon though, don’t worry.” You said in a reassuring tone. Thankfully Ruggie was reasonable enough to realize that yeah, maybe you making him something for his throat is a good idea.

You jogged back to your dorm, knowing you had saved some nice tea bags for whenever your friends (or in this case, your boyfriend) were sick. After arriving, you found your stash in the kitchen and chose a lemon tea bag. You made the tea as fast as possible, then put it in a container and jogged back to Ruggie’s room.

When you arrived with the tea, you watched Ruggie’s face light up with joy. You smiled, too, because seeing him smile had that effect on you. You grabbed a cup and poured the lemon tea, the smell was so strong it immediately filled the room. That would probably clear up Ruggie’s sinuses, you thought, handing Ruggie the cup.

Ruggie took the cup with shaky hands, so to avoid him from spilling it you didn’t let go. Guiding the cup towards his mouth, Ruggie took a sip of the hot tea. He smiled.

“Tastes good, you’re good at making tea.” He said, coughing shortly after.

“Thanks, now why don’t you go back to sleep for a bit- And I promise I won’t leave!” You added when Ruggie frowned. He pulled you into a hug, surprisingly you.

“Snuggle with me.” Ruggie asked in a whisper, although it was more of a demand than a question.

“I love you Rugs but I’ll get sick.”

“Please?”

“Ruggie-“

“Pretty please?”

“Fine.”

And so, you slipped into Ruggie’s bed and hugged him, making sure he didn’t cough or sneeze on you. Soon after, Ruggie fell asleep. Afraid you might wake him up, you didn’t leave the bed. You also ended up falling asleep however, a smile on your face.

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Bonus:

You laid in bed, looking pissed as Ruggie poured you some tea. You were now sick after laying with Ruggie while he was sick, which angered you beyond belief.

You told him you would get sick, but he just had to insist. Curse him for being cute when sick and curse you for having such a soft spot for him.

Thanks for reading!! I know this is incredibly late but I was a wee bit busy- Hope you enjoy nonetheless :D

[ruggiethethuggie]

Under the Mistletoe

Summary: You are hosting a Christmas party at Ramshackle, full of different faces from NRC. Ruggie has a gift for you.

Word Count: 912 tags: fluff, gn!reader, one shot, drabble, not proof read, Ruggie Bucchi x Reader

The chatter of your guests was warm, it wasn’t often that Ramshackle wass full of this many people. It almost felt like all of Night Raven College was attending. You smiled as you looked around the room, seeing your friends and classmates happy and enjoying themselves.

Your raggedy dorm cleaned up nicely, thanks to the help from Ace and Deuce earlier that day. They had been helping you clean up the dusty cobwebs around the place the past few days, coming early today to help decorate. The two of them were funny when they had to work together, you couldn’t help but laugh at them half the time. They argued back and forth about what Christmass tree topper would be used. You chuckled at the sight of two toppers upon your tree as their final decision.

You walked into the kitchen, eyeing the foods laid out as a buffet for your guests. Peppermint bark, sausage balls, charcuterie boards- there were so many different things on the counter. You had asked that the guests bring something for the party, just small finger foods or something easy to make so you didn’t have to do it all yourself. You were impressed by what all they had brought.

“‘Scuse me, just want to put this here,” you heard someone say as they lightly pushed by you to put their food onto the counter. The plate was full of fluffy, little donut holes. An array of different flavors covered the plate by the looks of it. “They look tasty, don’t they? Shishishi,” Ruggie said as you looked at him. “Yes! They do, did you make these yourself?” you asked joyfully. Ruggie gave you a wink. “I don’t tell people my secrets.”

You took one of the powdered donut holes and popped it in your mouth. It was so light, it melted in your mouth almost. “Woooow, that is freaking fantastic,” you said, trying to savor its flavor in your mouth. Ruggie laughed at you as he watched. “Don’t eat them all, everyone else wants some too.” You stuffed your mouth with another, your cheeks looking like a chipmunk’s. “Yeah, well this is my house,” you tried to say.

Ruggie shook his head at you. “Why are you like this?” he asked playfully. You heard Deuce from the other room yelling, but not really able to make out what he was saying. With a confused look on your face, you looked to Ruggie, hoping he had heard Deuce’s words. “He said it’s time to do the presents,” he said as he walked to the archway between the two rooms, gesturing to you to come with him.

Deuce was at the tree, in a Santa costume, playing his part and handing presents to Ace to give to the guests. Ace was basically Santa’s little helper, you could say. You had gotten little things for your friends, small gifts but something to show them how much you appreciated them and their friendships. Ruggie looked around the room as the gifts were distributed. “Nothing in your stocking this year?” he turned and asked you.

“No, no. These are all gifts for everyone else, not for me,” you said with a laugh. Ruggie gave a “hmm” and nodded his head. “I’ll be right back, don’t move,” he politely ordered you. You watched him walk over to the coat rack, fumbling in his coat’s pockets. “AHA,” you heard him say as he pulled a small box out of his coat. He made his way back over to you, being stopped halfway by Ace handing him his gift from you.

“Thank you for the gift,” he said as he handed you the small box. “I got one for you, too.” You were stunned, you didn’t think you were special enough to get a gift from someone. “Wow, thanks Rug. I wasn’t expecting anything,” you said with a smile. He eagerly awaited you to open his gift. You could tell he wanted you to open it by how he looked at you. His ears lightly perked, eyes starry with excitement, his tail lightly swishing behind him.

You slowly opened the box, seeing two shiny earrings inside. They were gorgeous! The earrings were just pearl studs, simple but very elegant. “Rug, these are so nice?! Why would you get me these?” you almost shouted to him in your excitement. “Shishishi, I promise it wasn’t expensive. I know a place with good deals. But it is just something nice, from me to you,” he said with a grin.

You took one of the pearl earrings and held it up, trying to look at it better in the light. Your gaze went past the earring to see the mistletoe hanging in the archway. Ruggie saw your vision move, him looking up to see what caught your eye. You both looked at each other, knowing what the usual tradition is under the decoration.

“Well, uh, that’s something alright,” Ruggie said with a laugh as he looked to you for your reaction. “I mean… it is a Christmas party, I think we kinda have to,” you said shyly. Ruggie’s tail swished behind him again, looking at you with the same starry eyes as before. Without saying a word, he leaned in to kiss you as you met him halfway. His kiss was warm and tender, a better gift he gave to you than the earrings. He pulled away, smiling back at you. “Merry Christmas, [Y/N],” he said cheerily.

[mayullla]

Title: Little henchman!

Character(s): Leona, Ruggie (Twisted Wonderland)

Summary: You always followed Ruggie where ever he went. He was like an older brother to you and he too also adored you like a sister. So when he went to the night raven academy he couldn't help but whine, missing your presence to Leona.

Warnings/tags: Fem!reader, reader is around Cheka's age, Reader also has the same hyena ears as Ruggie, Ruggie is like a self-proclaimed brother(?), platonic yandere but it really just fluff till like the very end

You were one of the children that Ruggie took care of before he had to leave for Night Raven Academy. You were the one whom he worried about the most before he stepped into the carriage. You were a mischievous one, but not as much as the other kids, you were much more docile and listened to his words compared to the other troublemaker ruts.

You were just the same in a sense.

While he took care of you the most and people would often talk about how you were like his baby sister seeing that whenever he was home or even outside with a task to do you would be following him whereever he went. You were so insistent when you followed him. While it was troubling to him at first, seeing that you don't place yourself in trouble often and were well-behaved, he let you do so. Ruggie would often order you around for half of his food the next meal.

It was something that Ruggie and you had grown used to so when he called you at the dorms unable to hear the small steps of a small hyena he felt out of place.

Yet it seemed that he learned how to deal too busy dealing with Leona with his demands and messes. He tried to send you a letter, something that his grandmother commented talking how your ears would always be down saddened that he wasn't there. But no matter what he wrote he couldn't seem to write anything.

Leona heard about you from Ruggie when the boy became his henchman. At first, when the relationship was still new Ruggie would often complain about how he missed his little henchman as he cleaned Leona's room. As this went on and on Leona soon asked (in a quiet annoyed tone) who she was.

Ruggie who was given the chance to talk about his little follower took it.

"Kids are too noisy... they are annoying," Leona stated cleaning his ear with his pinky finger as he yawns bored.

"Shyehee hehee hee! You will understand when you see her, she can be quite useful if you hand her some food or money." Ruggie told him.

"Hmmmm...." Well, you certainly didn't sound like his own nephew even though you were about the same age.

The first time Leona meet you is when he visited Ruggie's home. After calling it a dog's house Leona and Ruggie were quickly bombarded by kids who were waiting for Ruggie to welcome him back but also curious as to what he was bringing.

"It's food!" "Give me!!" "I want some too!!"

The sounds of the children pained Leona's ear as he quickly backed away from Ruggie who was dealing with some children climbing all over him. Backing to a safe place from the crowd he flinched when someone tugged his shirt and looked down to see a small girl with hyena ears tugging his shirt.

"Did you come with Ruggie-nii?" You asked.

Leona grunts finding everything a hassle but answers when you pulled his shirt again asking him the same question. "Follow me!" You told him not letting go of his t-shirt, pulling him to Ruggie's home to hide from the people's eyes.

There you two stayed, waiting for Ruggie to come home.

"So this is where you were. I have been searching everywhere for you." Ruggie panted trying to catch his breath he had been trying to search for Leona after he was finally able to get the kids off his arms. "This kid helped me out a bit." Leona pointed at you. "Ehhh then why did you tell me." 

You giggled as Ruggie pinched your cheeks, giving you a little hug he gave you some food that he saved specifically for you. "Welcome home!" "Yeah yeah, Shyee hehe."

"So this is the kid you were talking about?" Leona asked.

"Shyeehehe yeah, she is." "Hmmm, she seems very efficient and less noisy than the brats that jumped on you."

Leona had offered you and Ruggie to follow him to the palace unable to sleep at the old run-down place Ruggie glared as he told you to pack your bags. "I understand why you would want me to boss me around and all but why did you invite her?" Ruggie was on guard as to why Leona would invite you with a knowing smirk on his face, he stated that you could eat as much as you want if you follow him.

"You will see."

True to that, while he worked Ruggie to the bone he also asked you to do a few things. Asking you to spy on some people within the palace and a few other errands because he also found out how sneaky you can be and if you were caught many people won't be able to touch you knowing that you were invited by the second prince.

And when Leona's nephew shows up he would toss you a small bag of money telling you to play with his nephew. You would when you looked at the money bag already trusting that he put the usual amount inside the bag.

Ruggie was super annoyed that he didn't have much time to spend with you with Leona just stacking multiple errands on him. C'mon, let him rest a little...

So imagine his surprise when he saw Leona's nephew sleeping on the floor while he was on the bed snoring. But he just could not find you anywhere as he moved around the room searching for you whispering your name scared that he would wake up the 2 lions who were taking a nap.

Ruggie was mildly panicking that he wasn't able to find you and was about to run out to find you till he found you sleeping right beside Leona softly snoring. You must have been tired and seeing the two lion sleeping must have made you sleepy too.

BUT why crawl into Leona's bed of all places!!

You were adored by the two boys, Ruggie ever since you started following him a long time ago and who watches over you like an older protective brother while Leone at first used you to get out of his nephew's hands, he didn't mind you sleeping right beside him.

Seeing that you started trailing around following Leona as he had ordered you to do just in case of any surprise visits from his nephew. Leona's brother was curious about who this little girl that Leona had right beside him was. He had heard that he brought a friend and the friend's sister to the palace but he can't understand why the sister is following him.

"Don't worry about it. Ruggie is just too busy to watch over her so she is with me right now." Leona casually explained, ignoring when Farena compliment him about it seeing that he was worried that Leona didn't like children but it seems that he didn't have to worry about him anymore.

You and Ruggie were really useful to keep by his side.

So imagine when Leona woke up unable to see anyone in his room, he looked at the time and noticed that he slept a little more than usual. Ruggie had told you to always wake Leona up when he sleeps too much in his naps and while you always followed what you were asked to do to a T you didn't come to wake him up.

He yawned a little satisfied that he was able to sleep a little more and tried to call you but you didn't answer. Maybe you went out to get something to eat, he didn't ask you to do any errands today besides to watch out for his nephew. Yet as time passed, you didn't come back...

Strange... He thought to himself wondering what had happened. He can't help but feel like something bad has happened.

Getting up from his bed he headed to the door in order to look for you, only to see one of the servants outside his door jump in surprise. "Hmm, what are you doing here," Leona asked the servant, who looked anywhere but him fidgeting under his gaze.

"Ah- uhh..." 

"Spit it out already, I have other matters to attend to." Unable to wait anymore he was about to leave before the servant stopped him. "Well, you s-see..."

His heartbeats thundered in his ears as he briskly walked to one of the guest rooms. The aura he was excluding was angry, which made the servants and other guests flinch when they saw the second prince stomping past them.

Slamming open the door, ignoring the shouts and yelps of surprise he stopped when he saw you all bandaged up sleeping on the bed with a doctor right beside you. The smell of blood was strong in the room.

It was your blood.

"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE!" Turning to his side Leona saw the shocked face of Ruggie who was right beside him. His eyes shaking, of concern and anger. "WHAT HAPPENED!" Ruggie shouted again when nobody answered him and ran to your side.

Leona didn't move from his place in front of the door yet others could feel the bloodlust emitting from the second prince. "Tell me what happened here and leave no details out. Unless you want to be turned to dust." His voice was calm but it promised pain to those who think they could lie their way out of this.

It was the doctor who explained what had happened.

It seems that many were jealous of you a hyena who looked to be taken care of by Leona. They were jealous that you were beside him when he pushed many others away from him, especially kids who looked fondly to him. While there were a few others who wanted to become friends with Cheka yet were unable to. Seeing you a lowly Hyena who wasn't even royalty so close to his nephew... it seems everything was done out of jealousy. 

When they saw walking alone to the kitchens they thought that this was the chance.

"They are only just kids Leona. You should forgive them-" "Who are you to order what I should do doctor." Leona's eyes were glaring as he pushed his hair away from his face. The doctor flinched and looked down.

When you woke up you were in Leona's room, Ruggie was right beside you sleeping. You saw the dark circles under his eyes, and everything hurt but you tried to reach out to him to somehow rub those eyebags of when a voice suddenly stopped you.

"I wouldn't do that it I were you. The runt didn't sleep at all watch over you." You looked to see Leona on the other side of the bed standing and looking down at you. You looked at him hesitantly as he takes a seat beside you.

"Did you know?" He asked, "That a few runts hated you?"

Understanding showed in your eyes as your mind quickly connected everything that was at the moment fuzzy. Slowly you nodded your head. Slowly you nodded your head thinking that Leona would get angry at you instead he did the opposite flicking your forehead as he lay down on the bed.

"Sleep kid. I didn't get any sleep cause of you last night so don't you dare wake me up this time." He threatened you while lightly grabbing your shoulder so as not to hurt you and pushed you back to bed, Ruggie grumbled at the sudden movement, his sleep disturbed but didn't wake up as he called your name.

You looked at Leona and then Ruggie unsure what to do when Leona spoke again. "Don't worry, they won't be coming back. I and your brother dealt with them. You will never see them again." You didn't understand what he meant by that, did he kick them out of the palace or something?

Leona yawned tiredly and soon fell asleep. Looking at the familiar sleeping face you smiled, grabbing your brother's hand with yours you looked up at the ceiling and closed your eyes.

Your brother Ruggie and Leona would protect you that much you knew. You just didn't know to what point they would do so.

Note: Please do not copy or repost my writings!

[zgvlt]

celebrating your birthday with the twst boys hcs part 1, ft. heartslabyul and savanaclaw x reader (separate)

read part 2 here read part 3 here read part 4 here

author's note: I wrote these both to celebrate my own birthday today, as well as to celebrate the Birthday Greeting feature added to TWST EN yesterday!

general tags: gender neutral reader, sfw, hcs for both prefect and non-prefect reader, platonic and romantic hcs, food mentions, runs on the assumption that reader wants to celebrate their birthday, not beta read

total wc: 5.8k+ words (500-900 words each character)

RIDDLE ROSEHEARTS

His initial reaction depends on how long it took you to inform him about your birthday. If you tell him at least a week in advance, he’ll thank you not only for extending an invitation, but for giving him a warning—it would have been troublesome if an Unbirthday Party were to be held on the day of your birth. 

If you tell him about your birthday late (or worse, inviting him to celebrate the day of it), Riddle’s face reddens on the spot, aghast and momentarily speechless, before diving into a series of complaints.

On the surface, it might seem like he’s scolding you for neglecting to inform him about your birthday in advance. The dorm’s already made preparations for the Unbirthday Party! They’re going to have to scrap all of those!

Inwardly, however, Riddle is incredibly troubled. You’re someone dear to him, so shouldn’t he have known such a special day was coming? Have you told him before? Impossible, there was no way such vital knowledge would have slipped his mind…

If he’s your friend or dorm leader, he feels terrible, and even worse if he’s your best friend or significant other. 

Still, Riddle knows that he should make up for it the best he can. If there’s really no time, the gift can come later—what was important was the celebration itself.

(If you’re the Ramshackle prefect, or someone who happens to be close with Ace and/or Deuce, expect Riddle to tell them off for not telling him to halt the Unbirthday Party preparations. They should have known better!)

It also doesn’t matter whether you’re a Heartslabyul student or not—birthdays should be celebrated as that—birthdays.

If you’re a Heartslabyul student, best know Riddle is making extra sure that everything is perfect. The Rules of the Queen of Hearts state that you can eat whatever you like on your birthday, so request anything you want… 

But, did the Queen say you could drink whatever you want? Would coffee still be banned? Would tea not be allowed due to that one stipulation? There’s the rule about parties and formal attire, too... Riddle thinks of all of this, seemingly stressing about your birthday more than you.

(Well, if you ask just politely enough, maybe bat your eyes for good measure, he will make an exception regardless. He’ll have the menu, the dress code, and even rose colors adjusted to your liking)

If you’re the Ramshackle Prefect, he gives you the option to celebrate your birthday in the Heartslabyul Dorm. You already spend so much time with them anyway, always a guest at their parties, always in the lounge hanging out with Ace and Deuce, so isn’t it natural to just spend your birthday with them? You can even invite your friends from other dorms if you wish to do so! 

If you choose to hold it in Ramshackle, or even another dorm, well, he’ll be a tad disappointed if he’s someone close to you, but he doesn’t throw a fit over it. He can just show his appreciation for you some other way—through a gift that he certainly, most definitely did not overthink about before purchasing, or perhaps something he can do for you, like creating study guides for you or taking you for a horse ride (Vorpal, his preferred horse, would like you… he thinks).

Most importantly, he’ll be there and present for your party for as long as he can afford to be.

If you’re a Heartslabyul student, he’ll even choose to simply look away from any rule offending this one day! 

If you’re his partner, he dotes on you especially so, knowing the importance of spending time with your significant other during these types of occasions. He might even ask if he can celebrate with dinner later tonight, just the two of you. He takes the chance to show how seriously he takes your relationship, and that he doesn’t see you as just a school romance thing.

Basically, expect Riddle to pay extra attention to you on your birthday—all good, of course. If there’s anything crooked in your uniform he’ll still point it out, but he’s a whole lot gentler with you. A wonderful guest.

ACE TRAPPOLA

The type to pretend he knew all along, but inwardly he’s that one meme/audio clip going “BITCH WHAT THE FUCK”. Especially if you only tell him in passing once some months ago, where he doesn’t have the capacity to put it in his calendar or notes app or something, or if you choose to surprise him on the day of (or close to the day of) your birthday. 

If you have the decency to tell him in advance, he’s eagerly talking about all sorts of things you can do for your party—the different food you can serve, the drinks, the music, the party games. Ace can appreciate a good party, and there’s no way he’s letting you host one just for it to flop! Let Ace help you deal with it! Whether it be platonically or romantically, ain’t he your guy?

Hey, if you need some quick entertainment, just let him get his pack of cards and he’ll go do it! Hell, he’ll even practice some of the more difficult card tricks just to amuse you.

Ace is quite good at filling your head with all these thoughts about planning, and he’s just being so helpful without you even having to ask, that you might fail to notice the planning he’s doing behind your back. Real mischievous, he is. He’s very insistent on giving you a proper surprise, especially if you’re the Ramshackle Prefect and/or his significant other.

(And most especially if you’re the Ramshackle Prefect. With all the shit you have to put up with? You deserve it, honestly. Sure, he teases and insults you a healthy amount, but he’s just as easily a prime witness at everything you’ve been through)

If you’re the observant type, you might notice the strings he’s trying to pull—especially if he’s chosen to coordinate with Deuce and the other first years. You can leave it be, but if you call him out on it expect him to not go down without a fight. Ace is terribly good at deception and lying on the spot, so you might find yourself convinced that no, he’s totally not doing anything that special for you. Does he look like the type?

He really is, deep down, but he’d prefer to just show it and not talk about it. 

However, if you tell him late, it’s far easier to see through the cracks of the façade he’s putting up to hide his shock and, quite honestly, panic. It’s difficult trying to stay cheerful when he’s quickly thinking about all the things he needs to do to prepare, and—in the Queen’s name, if he doesn’t know, then he’s betting on his life that none of the first years know too!

If you’re the Ramshackle prefect, he’s shaking Grim for not telling him anything! 

You could probably catch him in Mr. S’s Mystery Shop buying party goods and presents, with him doing the haggling, dragging Deuce and Jack to do the lifting.

He’s also starting a competition over who gets you the best present. If you’re his partner, everyone rolls their eyes because isn’t it obvious? But if he’s one of your best friends along with the rest of the first years, the competitiveness does get to them. Ace has his ways. Deuce might be the number one sucker, followed by Sebek.

If you’re a Heartslabyul student like him, he contemplates when to tell Riddle about your birthday. He’s not that much of an ass to have a whole Unbirthday Party prepared the day of your special day, but he still wants a chance to poke fun at Riddle. Just a bit.

The day of, he’s definitely giving you at least one prank. He knows you well enough to know which ones you’d actually find funny, and up to what extent you can take. 

Gives you a joke gift in front of everyone, and then his actual gift in private. 

If you’re his significant other, Ace probably has his moment of reflection—after he told himself he’d swear off of any serious romance until a little later in life, here he was, not only in a relationship but actively making the effort to make your day the best it could be. If the mood is right, maybe he’ll tell you about it once the both of you are alone. 

Maybe. You’re going to have to work hard to get it out of him, to get him to talk for just long enough without him succumbing into embarrassment. Having the tables turn when it comes to teasing is still an experience he’s unused to.

Overall, you can count on someone like Ace to give you a fun birthday. With how much time he’s spent with you, he not only has enough verbal confirmation, but lots of information regarding the things you liked and didn’t due to his observant nature.

DEUCE SPADE

This boy… regardless of whether you tell him about your birthday in advance or too close to the date itself, he has rather… dramatic and explosive reactions. Panic being the most prevalent.

If you have a heart, please tell him early; give him the time to prepare. He would still be able to work under pressure since it has to do with you, but on the day itself he wants to be focused on you and not if everything is going well and if he’s a good enough (boy)friend.

Deuce is well-meaning, so it’s very plain to see how he not only wants to give you a nice present, but how he even wants to help you in planning and setting up your celebration, regardless of where it’ll be held. He can be a bit disorganized, but with some help from you (and possibly the other first years), his dedication and hard work when it comes to making you happy really shines.

Deuce messages his mom constantly when it comes to your birthday, regardless of whether you’re BFFs or partners. Everyone thinks it’s cute, though Ace does tease him once or twice about it. 

(Sebek, who admires his own mother, finds nothing funny about it. He gives a serious nod of approval)

You’re someone important to him, someone helping him on his journey to become a model student, so obviously he wants to make sure everything’s right! Because of his delinquent days, the whole preparing for birthdays thing is still new to him.

If Deuce either has a crush on you or the two of you are already together, Deuce is definitely on the receiving end of lighthearted teasing from his mother. It’s very well-intentioned, with lots of genuinely good suggestions thrown in, but he really can’t help but blush. 

Anyone who can see him talking on the phone probably knows the conversation is about you due to his reaction. His Heartslabyul seniors find it quite endearing, offering their own advice as well.

(And, well, the seniors are the ones who inform either Trey or Riddle about an upcoming birthday, of which Riddle cancels not just an Unbirthday Party, but any other occasion happening that day)

Money isn’t really an abundance for him so his gift options are a little limited, but he does use up a decent portion of his allowance getting you something nice. 

If he doesn’t have the time to get you anything outside, he’ll buy you something from the cafeteria. However, the closer you are to him, the more likely he’ll get you something that you can keep as opposed to something consumable. He might also have a matching one, tucked somewhere in his room. 

Deuce likes to think about the future, and he does think about how, when he gets a job and has more money to spend, he’ll go gift you the things he saw through the shop windows, things out of his budget but he figures you would like.

If you like eggs, he can always make you breakfast! The two of you could even eat it together… if you want.

If you’re a fellow Heartslabyul student, or if you just decide to celebrate your birthday with them, he’s the one trying to serve you—he pours you your drink, makes sure you get the first choice of flamingo, anything to make your life more convenient. He’ll stop if you tell him to not treat you too specially, but you know he means well.

If you’re his partner, he’s like Riddle in the sense that he takes the occasion as an opportunity to prove how serious he is about you. It’s most obvious through his time and his effort, and he swears he’ll always find ways to be around you, but even more lovely is how he actually tries to voice it out.

It’s so obvious he’s embarrassed. He’s unsure if the things he’s saying are coming out the right way, if his words are romantic, if you even believe him—but you do. You should reassure him of that much. 

Overall, Deuce might not be the best at actual party preparation, nor is he the absolute life of the party on the day itself, but it’s incredibly easy to look past that when you actually see not just the fruits, but the efforts as well.

(Also, he tells you his mom greeted you with a Happy Birthday as well. Most kids don’t relay their parents messages to their friends and vice versa, but the fact that he does is sweet)

“And she says you, um, can come over to our home if you want! Over the holidays!”

CATER DIAMOND

There is only one way to hide your birthday from him—if you don’t have it set on any of your social media profiles or you lied about it online, and you refused to tell him. Cater does ask about your birthday after all, especially if you’re close.

So unless you’re a particularly secretive person, Cater is more likely to find out about it early, have it stored on his phone, and the notif reminds him a good week before, allowing him ample time to prep.

Cater will also eventually tell everyone (that matters to you) about your birthday, and for some he will be the first source of news. If he’s the first you’ve told, however, expect him to keep that piece of information to himself just for a day.

Unless you’re telling him the day of, the day before, or even while he’s in the middle of doing chores for the upcoming Unbirthday Party. He’s telling everyone—in the DMs, the GCs, in the Heartslabyul lounge, you name it. He’ll be jittery in his seat during class to the point that even Idia will be compelled to ask what’s going on with him. 

He’s messaging Trey something along the lines of, “So how fast can you make a cake?”

That aside, his Unique Magic (Signature Spell) is perfect when it comes to doing the preparations, no matter where you want to have it. Cater may not have as much brawn as some other students, but he more than makes up for it with his eye for design. Not only does he tailor the party based on what he knows you like, everything is designed to be as aesthetically pleasing as possible, both to the eye and on photo.

He does get you involved in the preparations, it’s certainly more fun that way! The Cater clones, and Cater himself, are bouncing ideas off of you, constantly asking for your opinions, and of course, taking many, many pictures with you. The pictures increase tenfold on the day itself. He won’t post them if you seem uncomfortable, but, especially if you’re a close friend or significant other, he wants the memories. 

(Even more so if you’re the Ramshackle prefect in addition—the uncertainty of your stay…)

While his clones happily discuss their ideas amongst themselves, Cater pulls you away from the hustle. Alongside talking about the party, he’s definitely trying to get information of what you could want—and, of course, casually looking through your room to make sure he doesn’t get you something you already have (and don’t need more of).

Cater also has pretty good investigative skills. If made available to him, he goes through your online shopping cart/wishlist to see what things you happen to want. Of course, he already does have a vague idea based on your social media likes, posts, and following.

He’s an excellent and extremely thoughtful gift giver. He’s not the type to just give based on aesthetics. Due to the presents he used to receive from his sisters during his birthday, he understands how important it is to really put the thought in the saying, it's the thought that counts.

The day of, he’s getting his club to play some music live for you! Wherever you are, it’ll be a mini concert! Some of the song selections are chosen to keep the energy of the party up, but there are some songs that are definitely chosen with you in mind. These could be songs from a genre you like, but, in particular if you’re his partner, there could be a song or two to hint at the extent and depth of his feelings for you.

If you’re close friends or his partner, he’s definitely more attached to you on the day of your birth. He’s being incredibly affectionate—physically through hugs and kisses if you’re comfortable, considering touch is definitely a love language of his, and just through spending time with you in general.

In general, Cater is a total blast to be around for your birthday. He’s incredibly good at shaping your day to be how you most like it—whether it be a party going all night, full of energy and music, or a short but meaningful one with the people you care about—it’s so clear to see every decision was deliberately made with you in mind.

TREY CLOVER

Trey goes through so much shit please, please tell him about your birthday early. He’s going to go grey early at the rate things are going in Heartslabyul, and just NRC in general.

In the case that you tell him late, he’ll understand if it’s a case of it slipping your mind, or even something about not wanting to cause a fuss about it and wanting to either do the preparations yourself or wanting something simple, but…

If you’re just a little bit cruel and you want to play a prank on him, you can ask him to help you bake a cake, or some other dessert of choice, and if you have a good enough cover story he probably will help you. When you eventually reveal the truth to Trey, he’s gobsmacked, jaw on the floor, drops a plate—

“We were baking your birthday cake?!”

Regardless, even if you tell him upfront about it he’s still going to try to make whatever you want, for as long as he deems it in his skill level. He’ll accept the help, but you can notice he’s definitely a lot more conscious with you around. He definitely can’t afford to mess up with you watching him…

If you and Trey are close he’ll let you play around with the ingredients, whether it’s throwing flour at him or smearing cream or jam on his nose (what is he, a dormouse?), but expect him to do the same to you. It won’t become a full on mess or food fight, but just enough to require your uniforms to be washed later.

If you’re together, he’ll be extra sweet on you, especially with no prying eyes in the kitchen. He’s the one tying your apron around your waist for you, spoon feeding you everything to make sure you like the taste. 

If you’re bold, feel free to pull a line about how you want him to get a taste as well, before kissing him!

Trey’s the one who panics the least among the Heartslabyul members. He’s already used to rush orders from all the times he’s helped his parents, and while he would prefer to not work under stress, whether it be cooking or baking or helping set up the place, it’s easy for him to settle in the zone.

If you’re the Ramshackle Prefect or a Heartslabyul student, best know that the Unbirthday Party? Cancelled. Tea party? Cancelled. Trey doesn’t always use his Vice Dorm Leader privileges, but he uses it to convince Riddle to have your birthday party made to your liking instead. Riddle agrees, but it’s more to do with Trey (and perhaps you) being his friend as opposed to the leadership positions.

Even if you’re not the Ramshackle Prefect or from Heartslabyul, Trey is pulling strings to have other parties moved to another date. He’d want to be able to spend time at your birthday party instead of running back and forth between Heartslabyul and wherever you happen to be.

Definitely makes use of Doodle Suit (EN: Paint the Roses) on demand for you.

It’s a given that Trey will give you something he’s baked himself, taking note whether you preferred savory or sweet, what textures you preferred, as well the foods you loved and those you avoided, but if you’re close he wants to get you something you can keep as well. 

If you told him about your birthday early, he might have taken the time to shop in his hometown for something to get you. If you’re together or he has feelings for you, his parents and siblings probably side-eyed him like What’s going on? Who’s this for?

He’s not particular about being secretive so he does ask you what you want to receive. If there’s something you like, just tell him and he’ll try to get it for you!

Funnily enough, the best part of the gift would probably be the little card he wrote a note on. Trey’s not known to be the best with words but it’s just so Trey that you can’t help but treasure it.

Overall, Trey is an absolute sweetheart. Compared to the others he’s definitely more of a behind-the-scenes type when it comes to preparing for your birthday, and he’s not going to be the life of the party or getting you involved in all sorts of party games, but you recognize how the party would not have been possible without his help in the first place.

LEONA KINGSCHOLAR

If you tell him about your birthday early, it might seem like he doesn’t give a shit, considering he just closes his eyes and goes to sleep. However, the piece of information is stored at the back of his mind—he’s very conscious of it, and you wouldn’t even know that he’s already had everything prepared—the greeting he’ll give you, the gift he’ll give you, all of it is prepared even before the day itself.

If you tell him on the day of, well, he’ll be a little pissed if he’s the last to find out, but what are you waiting for? You have to celebrate, don’t you? Go lead the way now, herbivore.

He gets a headache if you tell him you have nothing prepared, or have no idea on what you want to do, or how you want to celebrate.

Planning is a no… on the surface. He’s not going to be getting up to do the work himself, but the gears in his brain are oiled and working. He’s spewing out ideas based on what he already knows works best for parties, as well as what he knows you like.

Ruggie and the rest of the Savanaclaw students will be the ones doing the brunt of the work, but you can’t deny that even the lazy lion is helping in his own way.

Of course, particularly if you’re close friends or his partner, the funds for everything come from his designer wallet.

If you choose to ask Leona for help to prepare, while he (and the rest of his dorm) does deliver, the one thing you shouldn’t expect is for it to be formal and stuffy. If you want something like that, go ask someone like Vil or, ugh, Malleus instead.

If you’re together, Leona is the first to greet you (in person. He can’t beat out the rest of your friends who have their finger hovering above the send button at 11:59 pm, trying to be the first to greet you). When you wake up, you’ll find Leona somewhere in your room—maybe he’s sleeping on a chair, maybe he’s beside you on your bed. Regardless, the shuffling of your blankets will wake him, and he’s there to give you your greeting and your gift(s).

(Even though it’s your birthday, still wants to be thanked with some form of physical affection in return, likely a kiss or getting to cuddle with you and sleep in a little longer)

Leona can and will pretend to not have put too much time thinking about not getting you, not in the sense that he just got you whatever but more in the sense of, “The perfect gift just popped up in my mind naturally. I just knew what to get you from the very start.”

However, he does spend a good amount of time thinking about it. You’re one of the few people in his life he finds important, so it’s important to him that you’re happy with whatever he gets you. Expense is not at all a problem for him, thus he has way too many options to filter through.

If you’re the Ramshackle Prefect, his mind probably automatically goes to things you might need to make your life living there easier. He’s slept over there a few times, it’s nice and quiet, so he knows what you lack, what could be better.

Whether you’re the prefect or not, Leona thinks about giving you a gift based on your hobbies. During his birthday, his dorm members were a little (too) focused on his hobby of playing chess, so that probably gave him the idea.

If you’re into art, he’s going to buy some nice quality paints or pencils. Athletics, maybe dance? A nice pair of sneakers so you don’t hurt your feet while training. Do you like video games, idols, or anime? Idia gets jumpscared by Leona, who asks him where to best buy the merchandise you like.

(Idia goes, “A normie, tho an SSS tier one, who buys merch for his cultured s/o… isn’t this every broke fan’s fantasy???”)

As a friend, his gifts aren’t the most customized or unique, but you can tell he actually thought of you while picking them out.

It’s a little different if the two of you are together, though. If you’re together and the two of you are already serious about each other, well, expect not only gifts from Leona, but his family as well. He might get you something from the Afterglow Savannah in addition to the things he’s already given you—maybe an accessory or article of clothing with cultural and romantic significance.

Also, you know, you could say the Savanaclaw members being overly respectful to you is a gift in itself.

Overall, Leona’s the type who seems like he’s being very laidback about celebrating your birth, but on the day itself you notice not only the gifts piling up from everyone, but how everyone’s really treating you like you’re the star of the show, and it becomes clear Leona has a lot to do with that. This one day, he’ll spoil you openly.

JACK HOWL

Jack doesn’t seem like the type to panic over how soon a birthday is, though he would prefer knowing in advance. The most he would do is scold you if you waited until the day itself (mostly because you narrowed down his choices in gifts, and because he’s going to cancel a bunch of his plans to spend time with you. Whatever he slacks on with his workout regime for the afternoon, he’ll just have to make up for the day after)

Given his good memory, definitely remembers your birthday even without writing it down somewhere. 

While Jack doesn’t outright pretend to not care about your birthday, you also won’t catch him fussing about it. If you choose not to involve him in the party preparations at all, you’ll be surprised with how he just comes up to you when you’re alone to give you your gift. Isn’t he a little too caught up with this lone wolf thing? It’s kind of cute.

When it comes to Jack, it’s far more interesting to see how his reactions differ based on your relationship to him.

If the two of you are friends, he’ll offer his help if you need any heavy lifting (or need help with any physical task) for the party preparations. It’s a good use of his strength, and he’s able to help you out—it’s a win-win for him.

He’ll try to be more involved in the planning process if you’re close—especially if you’re the Ramshackle Prefect and/or one of the first years he spends a lot of time with. To have a good celebration, everyone needs to put their best efforts, so Deuce says, so you’re all pitching in ideas on what food to serve, what music to play, and who to invite. 

He’s got crazy good endurance, so if you need him to run around the place either handing out invitations, or retrieving things from the kitchen, or be your errand-runner to buy things from Mr. S’s Mystery Shop, he’s got you covered.

If he’s your boyfriend, expect him to really want you to sit back and relax. This is how he knows how to spoil you, so let him. 

A typical gift from Jack would be buying you a meal either from the cafeteria or Mostro Lounge, but the closer you are to him the more he wants to get you something with a little bit more sentiment. Food is still an option, though if that’s the case, it’s more likely he’ll go out to town to look for a certain brand of snack or sweet you happen to like. 

(Jokes about getting you protein powder)

For a non-consumable gift, unless you tell him (or give a hint) about something specific, Jack wants to get you something practical. Maybe he’ll get you socks themed around an animal you really like (he’ll get a little flustered if you tell him wolves are your favorite, and raise his eyebrows if you say something like a lion or hyena). Other options include a scarf, or gloves, or…

You notice how he seems to be preparing you for the cold, and you can choose to point out that it looks like he wants you to visit him in his hometown. He’ll definitely deny it, but you can rely on his tail to tell you the truth.

You realize you can get away with a lot with having Jack as a close friend or significant other. Meaning, the wolf form—as long as the both of you are away from the public, he’ll use his Unique Magic for you. Being called fluffy and cute is a lot for him to process.

You might say the best gift of all is getting Jack to cuddle with you—wolf form or otherwise. It’s your birthday, your word goes. It’s embarrassing for him either way, but because he cares for you he pushes it aside and pretends he’s really not that affected by it at all.

To conclude, Jack may not be the most honest, but you can tell he’s pushing past his comfort zone to give you a good birthday.

RUGGIE BUCCHI

Another one you should have mercy on. Tell him in advance! He’s always running around all over the place, doing this for Leona and some other responsibilities that he needs time to prepare.

If you’re a Savanaclaw student, he’s already going to get everyone (execpt Leona, clearly) to set up the place for your birthday. He says it’s Leona’s orders and everyone believes him—the privileges of being his assistant.

If you’re not, he’s coming over to your dorm to help when he finds himself free—especially if you’re from Ramshackle. He doubts the capabilities of ghosts to help you.

Hey, if Leona’s in a particularly good mood (or if Leona happens to like you as well), Ruggie’s going to have a day off to help you out, and just hang out with you in general.

He jokes around that because you’re already getting a lot of love from people, you totally don’t need him to get you anything, right?

Even if you insist otherwise, Ruggie does want to get you something tangible as a present, so he probably works an extra hour at the Mostro Lounge to buy you something from Sam’s shop (or somewhere in town, if he knows a place). It won’t be pricey, but you can tell he knows you well enough to be able to get you something you’d like.

At the party itself Ruggie is extremely energetic. Yes, he alway enjoys them for the food, but getting to celebrate someone like you is what makes this particular party special. 

He’s no Kalim or Jamil when it comes to dancing, and he’s got no formal ballroom skills to date, but he can still show you a fun time on the dance floor (which is just the floors of the dorm of your choosing). Ruggie is certain to get you laughing along with him as the two of you pull out a bunch of wild and incoherent movements.

If you’re close friends or in a relationship with him, he especially wants to hog as much of your attention as possible. Is everyone’s attention on you? That’s great! But he’s more special to you than them, isn’t he?

If you’re in a romantic relationship, he’s using his time to show some PDA. He’s the type who thinks he really lucked out when it came to you, so he also wants to show that not only is he a good boyfriend, but there’s no way he’s giving you up—ever!

Though even if the relationship is completely platonic, Ruggie might still take the chance to give you some physical affection. Maybe it’ll rile up someone you like or someone who likes you! Maybe it’s to ward off someone with bad intentions—he might not be Leona or Jack… but he knows Leona and Jack, so they better be careful. And, well, Ruggie and his UM can be scary in their own right.

And, you know, you’re a comforting presence, so there’s also that!

Overall, he definitely shows his general appreciation for you through his actions, and he’s working extra hard to make sure you have a great birthday. Praise him, smile at him, and most of all enjoy yourself—he’ll appreciate knowing his efforts aren’t for naught!

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SLEEPING BEAUTY !?

an alchemy experiment with grim and the heartslabyul duo goes wrong and causes you to go in a deep slumber and the only way to wake you up is with a trues love kiss! but who is going to be your Prince Charming in the situation to save you from this distress!?

“ uhm guys.. I don’t think this is how the spell is supposed to go-”

“shush henchmen! once I create this new spell that will completely have everyone swayed , I’ll be on the news everywhere! and be loved! - ” grim proudly began exclaiming—

he placed his paws in his hips and gave you a grin, before ace came in ; “ahem, I think you meant to say us. ” ace gave grim a small glare before grim completely ignored him and went back to stirring what rest inside the cauldron.

suddenly a sweet intoxicating smell started coming from the pot, “ it’s almost done, heheh” grim said before taking in a big whiff of the scent which start descending from the cauldron. “ good! now we need someone to taste test this before proceeding to plan.” ace said, his goggles began fogging up with steam and he just used forearm to pushed them up.

“ y/n! would you mind taste testing this before we drink this up?”

“ excuse me? why not ask deuce!? ” you cried out, taking a few steps back before feeling something below bump into you. swiftly turning around you saw deuce spread out on the floor asleep.

“ I would but as you see he’s been drained like that from painting the roses ever since last night… thanks to our beloved housewarden. plus surely this shouldn’t effect you since you have no magic " stirring more profoundly than the last time, ace brought up a big spoon of what was the ‘spell’ and placed the spoon on your hand carefully.

“ c’mon, no need to be scared! or else you’ll be more of a scaredy-cat than grim!” he watched as you brought the spoon closer to your mouth, and you just nervously looked back at the weird substance which laid in the spoon.

“ hey! i heard that, ace!” grim said, as he began taking over of the stirring of the pot, but still keeping an eye on you as you were about to put the spoon in your mouth.

suddenly you found yourself gulping it down and you slammed the spoon on the table, gasping for air.

“ as much as how sweet it smells, it’s horrendously bad in taste.” you continued, but a few seconds later your head started getting fuzzy and you found it hard to stay up and still.

“ y/n!” the voices you heard calling out your name soon became too quiet too hear and everything went black.

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“ yes, yes this is certainly indeed very bad. ” crowley said nodding, he observed your sleeping body closely before clapping his hands together. the sudden clap, made the two boys and the cat jump in fear.

“ did they kill her..?” deuce asked, still frightened by the sudden chaos which awoke him from his sleep.

“ us? this is completely grims doing! he wanted to create a new spell!”

“ argghh.. you were in it too ace.” grim yelled back at ace, while the two boys kept arguing the headmage just shook his head.

“ you didn’t create a new spell, by all the things you’ve said you put in it; you created a sleeping spell; which can only be cured by a true loves kiss.”

earning the attention from the three, they all looked at each other before replying; “ s-so you mean a kiss can fix all of this..?” ace questioned again, flustered he couldn’t help but look back you, sleeping peacefully in the bed.

“ you two better be glad there weren’t no injuries involved. even if it’s completely harmless spell, I expect you three to fix this mess. now if you excuse me.. uh I have important matters to get back to in my office.. I suggest you all should come to an agreement soon.. ” crowley coughed a little after mentioning his ‘busy’ schedule before soon making his leave.

leaving the deuce and ace duo and grim in shock standing.

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by the time lunch time came around, the three say quietly without saying a word at the table.

“ so about y/n.. uhh, what’re we gonna do?” ace then placed is head down in the table while staring back at the other two waiting for a response.

“ you heard the headmage.. we have to give her… a.. a-” deuce struggled to say the word, his face began turning a shade of red almost resembling their own housewarden’s hair.

“ oh come on. it’s just a kiss! how am I suppose to keep up with my school work without my henchmen-.. uhm, I mean how lonely it’ll be without her at the dorm..?” grim gradually got quiet after his change of words and again silence made its way again.

grim suddenly stood up in his seat , “ wait, don’t tell me you two haven’t kiss a girl which why you’re too embarrassed to kiss y/n!” grim stated, no response came from the two boys and suddenly grim began laughing.

“ h-hey! i have totally kiss a girl before-”

“ in your dreams!” grim couldn’t keep his laugh in any longer which made ace feel flustered before taking a bite out of his sandwich.

“ well! if you won’t be any use of getting my henchmen back and at it again, I’ll find one someone who will.” grim began marching out of the lunchroom ignoring the two boys who were speaking out to him across the room

then the two boys got up and rushed after to find grim before he told anyone anything.

..

“ my my.. floyd, would you look at that?” Jade said, watching the scene unfold infront of them.

“ awww~ something must’ve happened to shrimpy if she needs saving with a kiss..” a smile creeped up on the boys face which received a chuckled from Jade.

“ I’m sure Azul would love to hear these beloved news.”

“ why can’t we just keep this ourselves..?” Floyd frowned in return to his brothers words. watching Jade stand up, he did so as well.

“ Because it’ll be fun this way..”

Jade smiled while making his way out of the cafeteria with Floyd right behind him.

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“ GRIM! YOU DONT NEED GO FIND SOMEONE ELSE. IM THE PERFECT FIT FOR THIS.” ace yelled across the hallway, deuce only trailed behind him; still flustered to speak out about the matter.

“ eh?! even if I wanted to, you two would take decades before even kissing y/n” grim shouted back at them, huffing before continuing making his way across the long halls of NRC. suddenly he came to a stop and felt himself bump into something.. someone.

“ what’s this about kissing my dear potato, you say?” a voice spoke, grim rubbed his head where he hit himself while bumping into the stranger.

grim than looked up and saw the dorm leader of pomefiore standing before him. “ hey, you almost stepped on my tail!” grim said, before taking a few steps back to meet vil’s gaze.

“ do continue speaking-”

“ as if! I’ll find some other non tail stepping prince to awake my henchmen from slumber!” grim huffed once again before taking his leave.

“ oh? slumber you say..”

..

“ hmph, as if I’ll let that self centered pretty boy kiss my henchmen. but still, no worries.. the mighty grim is here!” grim said, puffing his chest out a little proudly.

being interrupted by his own yawn, he paused. “ eh.. y/n could use saving tomorrow.. I’m worn out from all the chaos.”

he found himself turning and heading back to ramshackle for the day.

unaware, he went to sleep not knowing the news of y/n’s deep slumber spreading throughout campus.

..

“ GRIM! ” a voice in the background could be heard screaming.

“ ngh… tuna-"

“ GRIM! OPEN UP!” the knocks only seemed to get louder as time slowly went by

letting out a small growl grim made his way up and walked to the door, pulling on it to open it. just to see the heartslaybul duo standing there

“ .. ace.. deuce.. what to you want-”

“ EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT Y/N! THEY’RE TRYING TO FIND HER TO GIVE HER THAT KISS!” ace technically yelled at grim who was quickly awakened properly at hearing the news.

“ HUH?! how did they find out!?” a group of footsteps could be heard making its way closed towards them and they turned back to see—

“ well that would be my doing..” before them stood Azul, who was accompanied by Jade and Floyd, a smug look was on Azul’s face as he gave the three a smirk.

“ so.. now that the fish is outa the net. mind telling us where I can find my precious y/n..?” azul asked, still having the same look on his face; waiting for a response which was interrupted by another group.

“ pardon the interruption but I’ll need you to move aside, azul. ” that voice belonged to no other than the house warden of heartslabyul.

“ h-housewarden!” both deuce and ace said in unison as they nervously lowered their faces from their superior. “ I’ll be needing you two boys to show me where y/n lies, or it’ll be off with your heads.” riddle said as he waited for the two boys to reply. grim still shocked by the sudden appearances then closed his eyes and sighed.

“ there is only one thing we can do now..” grim said in a fake sigh.

both the heartslabyul duo looked at grim while both housewardens stared back at him as well waiting for a response.

“ RUN!” grim suddenly shouted, as he was quick to shut the door on the faces of azul and riddle who were merely almost hit by instead were greeted by the floor.

while the other two boys were still in the ground, shocked by the impact. Jade and Floyd were quick to act, opening the door by force and running behind the duo and cat who had escaped from the window..

unknown to everyone’s behalf, someone was already on the way to see you. as they’re the most powerful person who lies in the school, it was child’s play to find you.

just the most powerful fae there is..

..

making it back to the grounds of nrc, they made a stop to catch their breath.

“ w-well, good bye to being an honor student..” deuce manage to gasp out, still panting from the run they made.

“ grim! ace! deuce! ” a rather cheerful voice called out to the three. gathering strength to look up, they were met by no other than the housewarden of scarabia, who of course was accompanied by jamil viper.

completely forgetting the situation, grim was rather happy to see the two.

“ kalim! agh, can you believe what just happened to us!?” grim exclaimed but no reply came from the two.

“ snake charmer ” a calm voice said. grim quickly widen his eyes and saw that both of his friends were under jamil’s command.

“ huh!? ” grim suddenly shouted as he gathered himself and stood up on his paws.

“ ah! sorry grim, but when it comes to y/n.. there’s no holding us back” kalim just smiled back at the cat. not waiting any longer grim ran out and left his friends behind.

right now, his only goal was to reach the nurses office before anybody else tried something.

as soon as he was getting close to the room, he found himself bumping into yet another person.

“ well, just the person we were looking for..” grim recognized the sly voice and just as he expected. he found himself between both leona and ruggie.

“ just go ahead and tell us where’s she at” leona told grim, the expression on his face told grim everything.

“ as if! I won’t tell ya!” grim said, as he launched forward to make an escape he almost was caught by Leona’s strong grip.

the hairs on his body stood in fear. just as he reached the nurses office he heard someone scream “ she’s in there!” and tons of footsteps were seeming to be approaching him.

grim stood on guard at the door. a bit intimated by everyone’s presence.

seeing everyone was just gonna knock right by him and make themselves go in by force grim said what he thought were his finals words.

“ m-maybe in another life I’ll be the most powerful creature to exist..”

he leaned back and close his eyes waiting for impact, but suddenly the door behind was opened. he looked up from the ground as his back still lied there on the floor.

“ thank you very much.. malleus.” suddenly a familiar person’s voice spoke softly.

grim’s eyes widen along with everyone else’s as they saw both malleus AND the prefect at the doorstep.

“ oh- huh?” you were confused by everyone’s presence who’s expression’s still were in shock.

“ d-did malleus draconia end up kissing her !?” someone cried out as everyone waited for a response. “kiss? what’re y’all talking about?” you questioned, your faces expression was enough to have everyone else confused like you.

“ no kiss was needed. a little bit of magic was used to awake her from the slumber she was placed in.” malleus finally spoke, as you just nodded along with him. “ yeah no kiss was needed.. can someone explain?” you asked, tilting your head in questioned. though before anyone proceeded to say anything, tons of sighs were let out.

malleus took your hand and started walking, as everyone still laid in shock. the words that came out his mouth was enough to set realization upon the people there.

“ just keep in mind that, I was the one to wake the sleeping beauty. i feel more than accomplished to have had the chance to have such feeling bestow my lips..” a small but sly smirk arose from malleus as he made his leave.

little did everyone know, the magic to awaken the sleeping beauty from her slumber did lye between a true loves kiss.

valentine

[angelgarden-posts]

Hello 👋, can u do yandere!Ruggie finding out reader is a girl like u with floyd (with fever and deep sleep scenario)

Yandere Ruggie Finding Out Reader is Female

TW/CW: obsessive/possessive behavior, power imbalance, Ruggie feels things bc of reader 😧

Admittedly, Ruggie was worried about you because you hadn’t come to your classes this morning.

While serving Leona and managing his classes like any other day, he felt especially pressed today because he needed to know how you were doing.

Maybe it was because you frequently hung around him. Maybe it was because kept him company. Maybe it was because you actually cared about him and the people around you while also being an outsider at NRC.

But he was dying to get back to your side.

He bolted out of the classroom as soon as the bell rang for lunch, ignoring the rising terror invoking Leona’s wrath. He had his priorities straight, and making sure you were okay was at the top of his list.

His normally stealthy approach was far from his mind as he neared Ramshackle, and he paused to catch his breath before opening the door with excessive amount of force from his nervous energy.

His ears swiveled to the door from which sound of your heavy breathing was coming from, and he tiptoed gently towards the door. A foreign, giddy feeling washed over him as he realized that he’d be by your side and watching you, if even for a moment.

Ruggie slowly opened the door and peaked his head inside, worry immediately springing in his chest as he noticed that your face was flushed and you were shivering despite being under the covers.

He whisked inside and plopped down onto the bed next to you, berating himself mentally when he realized that you were still out cold. He rested a hand on your forehand and cringed from the heat.

As he removed his hand, Ruggie noticed that your hair looked different from what he was used to seeing, and his eyes wandered to your chest, taken aback because of their size as compared to before. His nose picked up on the underlying scent of estrogen and progesterone within the smell of sickness that was definitely not present before.

Sure enough, you were a female.

Now, on top of his worry for you, a feeling of inferiority and hesitancy surged through his veins.

Hyenas live by a matriarchy, and males were always at the bottom. Just when he thought that he could be your equal—your friend, he stopped himself short because it’s obvious that you born to be above him.

Undoubtedly, he’ll take care of you through your fever. He cursed himself for not grabbing something from the cafeteria to give to you.

With him taking care of you, you wouldn’t need anyone else. You wouldn’t replace him and you could be his and he, yours.

It fills him with an indescribable rush, knowing that you’re better than him and he’s touching you and nursing you back to health because you can’t do anything about your predicament.

All of his life, he lived in uncertainty, never being the best, but getting the job done. He was the throwaway, always working the hardest to make sure that he got the bare minimum of his fill.

Well, now, his needs were being supplied by the school, and all that was left were his wants.

The only thing he could ever want is you.

And maybe this once, he could be the one you needed most.

[weaver-of-fates]

Hey there! I saw you asking for twst oneshot ideas, so here's one I can think of:

What about Leona using his endless supply of money to help out the prefect/reader every once in a while? Like, after asking the reader to do some menial task for him he just slides over a wad of cash and calls it a "tip" because you KNOW Crowley is not paying them nearly enough for all the trouble they get into

Obviously, no pressure though!

-☀️

I rubbed my little hands together for this and came up with a short oneshot. Here it is! -Shy

Oneshot Stats

Title: Prefect's Compensation

Written By: Shy

Word Count: 1076

Characters: The Prefect, Leona Kingscholar, Ruggie Bucchi

Other Notes: N/A

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The prefect found themself trudging through the mirror to the Savannaclaw dormitory. Why were they doing this again? They couldn’t remember at this point. Something about… about what? Whatever, that wasn’t important anyway. The fact of the matter is, the prefect now stood in the Savannaclaw lounge, looking around for any signs of one of the trio they were most familiar with.

“Hey prefect!”

They turned to look to see Ruggie approaching them. They smiled and waved back at him. Ruggie had both of his hands behind his head, a crooked grin on his face as he looked at the prefect.

“So, what are you doing here at this time?”

The prefect shrugged. “I don’t quite remember. Something something Leona.”

Ruggie snickered. “Leona is in his room sleeping. You sure you wanna wake him up?”

They paused for a moment. “You got a cup of water anywhere?”

“You sound like you want a death sentence.”

The prefect smirked. “What if I told you I did?”

“I wouldn’t believe you. You know where you can find a cup of water, you’ve been here enough times.”

They nodded. The prefect hurried off to fetch a cup of water before making their way to Leona’s room. They opened the door up not so subtly. Inside, Leona slept soundly on his bed, turned over to the side with his back towards the door. They crept up to his back, quickly dumping the water on his face and attempting to make a quick escape. The quick escape did not go as planned as the prefect quickly found themself yanked back by a hand on their wrist while giggling away.

“If it was anyone aside from you, I would have already thrown them out by now.”

“I know, I know,” the prefect responded through their giggles.

Leona sighed and let the prefect go. The prefect didn’t try to run off this time, their giggles dying down. The prefect then looked at Leona, handing over a flavoured soda.

“Here, your stupid soda. Anything else you need me as a gopher this evening before I leave you on your own?”

Leona smiled lazily. “Nothing at all. Hold your hand out.”

The prefect held their hand out, confused, until Leona pulled something out of his pocket and placed it in their hand. They blinked in surprise at the cash folded up in their hand.

“Why are you giving this to me?”

“It’s your tip. What, you don’t want it?”

The prefect quickly shoved it into their pocket. “Too late, it’s mine.”

“Well, go on then.” Leona flopped back down onto his bed. “I’m going back to sleep.”

Leona was soon out again, back asleep. The prefect took the opportunity to leave the room, closing the door behind themself. Once back in the lounge, the prefect flopped down onto the floor.

“So, what happened with Leona?” Ruggie asked nonchalantly, having watched the prefect flop.

“He gave me money.”

Ruggie’s jaw dropped. “You’re kidding.”

The prefect sat up, grinning. “You wanna split the goods?”

His eyes widened in response. “You’re really offering me some of what you’ve been given?”

“Of course. Get over here, you deserve some compensation for dealing with Leona’s bullshit all the time.”

Ruggie scrambled over, holding his hands out to the prefect as they set half of the cash they got into his hands. He quickly stuffed the money into his pocket before looking at the prefect again.

“Thanks prefect! I’ll remember this. You’re not going to make me have to fulfill a favour for you later, are you?”

The prefect snickered lightly. “No, I won’t betray your trust like that. I’ll see you around Ruggie.”

—

Leona had paid the prefect several times at this point, each time not giving the prefect anymore of an explanation as to why other than a tip. The amount he would tip each time was certainly enough to last the prefect quite some time, which startled them. Sometimes they would take it all for themself, though if Ruggie was around they would share the goodies with him, expecting nothing in return. Though Ruggie still did some things for them such as fetching things for them.

The prefect was now returning a newly fixed vest that had a rip in it. Leona painted a smug grin on his face as he took his vest back, simply tossing it off to the side.

“Hold out your hand herbivore.”

The prefect did, but right before he could set any cash in it, they grabbed his wrist and yanked him forward, causing his eyes to widen in surprise. He regained his composure quickly after stumbling forward, raising an eyebrow at the prefect.

“And what’s this herbivore? Do you not want your tip?”

“Oh I want my tip alright, but I want to know why. Why are you compensating me? Are you trying to make me indebted to you?”

“And why would you think that?” Leona asked, frowning. “I’m not the same as that octopunk.”

“You come up with your own schemes though,” the prefect mumbled, to which Leona grinned.

“Aw, I would never do that, herbivore.”

“Alright, cut the crap and answer the question Leona,” the prefect interjected sharply.

“Alright alright, since you’re so insistent, I’ll answer your question,” Leona sighed. “Let me go first though.”

The prefect let go of Leona’s wrist, who rubbed at it a little afterwards with a grimace. He then turned back to the prefect.

“That useless headmaster is paying you for your work, right?”

The prefect nodded.

“There’s no way that stingy bastard is paying you enough for all the things you’ve done for him that he should have been doing himself. So, in return for doing these small tasks for me, I’m giving you the compensation he should be providing himself.”

“Oh wow, you’re actually doing something out of the kindness of your heart for once.”

Leona chuckled. “No, I simply know when someone deserves proper compensation for what they’ve done.”

“Is that why you haven’t paid Ruggie like you’ve been paying me.”

“Ruggie gets his payment through what he steals from me.”

The prefect blinked for a moment. “Yeah that sounds in character for him.”

“Now come here so I can give you your tip.”

The prefect went over and held out their hand again, receiving their compensation this time instead of pulling any tricks. They then turned and went to head out the door, only to pause for a moment.

“Thanks, Leona.”

[thesunshineriptide]

Arms Tonite (part 1)

Who needs therapy when you can work yourself to exhaustion? Not these boys!

Characters: Riddle, Ruggie, Azul, Jade, Crewel (mentioned)

CW// exhaustion, passing out, illness, implications of disordered eating, food mentions, vomiting (not related to the disordered eating), hurt/comfort

Riddle

“I’m perfectly fine.” Riddle had insisted, standing up straight, “I understand the importance of sleep, but I have to finish this. It’s the last thing I have to do, then after that I’ll rest.”

In a rare occurrence, Riddle managed to be breaking not only his own rules, but also his mother’s rules and the queen of hearts rules, all for a paper. The paper in question? Headmage Crowley asked him for a semester’s report of not only the Heartslabyul dorm, but the overall management committee (consisting almost entirely of Riddle)

“Please, you look exhausted.” You begged, grabbing his shoulder, “You won’t put your best work in if you’re tired.”

“It’s due in three hours, Prefect. I can’t simply abandon the task. And like I said, I’ll rest once it’s finished.” He sighed and shoved some papers around before pulling out his pen because, yes, he is handwriting this report in his delicate cursive. Every letter nearly penned to perfection.

You sat near him in the library, cradling a to-go cup of tea. You had managed to get him to eat, at least, and have some tea of his own to drink, but it seemed very little else was going to make him budge. The only thing that could stir him from his task was maybe the dorm getting set aflame.

After sitting quietly and playing on your phone for a solid two and a half hours, Riddle finally stretched and let out a sigh. “Done.” He murmured, standing up, “That complete’s this week’s tasks. I’m finally….” He blinked, staring into the distance for a moment before shaking his head as if too clear it, “I’m finally done.” He smiled, “Thank you for keeping me company, Prefect.”

“Of course,” you responded, standing up and stretching as well, “It’s not every day you break the rules, much less pull an all nighter and a half.”

Riddle hummed, attention solely on fixing his appearance. He fussed and fussed with his tie before sighing and simply taking it off, earning a surprised reaction from the Ramshakle Prefect.

“I believe it’s time for breakfast about now.” He said, taking a shaky step around the table, “Would you like me to escort you?”

You shook your head, eyes narrowed, “Riddle, you said you’re going to rest now.”

“I have to deliver this to the Headmage-“

“You need to rest.” You insisted, looping an arm around his bicep, “You’re not used to this, and you’re not really built to be off your schedule. You need to sleep.”

“I’m fine.” He snapped, making a weak attempt to snatch his arm back, “I’ll be fine.”

“You’re not fine.” You said sternly, forcing him to look at you, “What’s going on? You’ve been acting weird for like, a week.”

“It’s nothing.” He insisted, refusing to look you in the eye, “It’s…”

He suddenly went very still, then began to sway on his feet. He shook his head again, rubbing at his eyes with his free hand, “I’ve been having nightmares.” He finally admitted, still not looking at you, “About my…”

You nodded, finishing for him, “Your overblot?”

He nodded, his grip tightening on you for a moment, like he was worried he may fall, “I don’t wanna hurt you.” He mumbled, sounding like a scared child, “You’re my friend, I don’t wanna hurt you.”

You frowned and pulled him a little closer, “You won’t hurt me. Everything’s okay, it’s alright. C’mon, you need to-“

Suddenly, Riddle’s eyes rolled into the back of his head and he became dead weight in your arms. He slumped into your grip, head thudding gently against your chest.

“Riddle!” You yelped, adjusting your grip before carefully scooping him up, “Holy shit. Riddle? Riddle?!”

Your yelling did not stir him, but it was clear he was still alive. As you carried him bridal style to the infirmary, he began to wake.

“H…huh? Wha’s going on?” He slurred, blinking at you blearily.

“You’re going to the infirmary.” You said firmly, “You passed out. Something might be wrong.”

He shook his head and tried to squirm in your grip, but his attempt as escape was stopped with the stern look on your face. Instead, he ended up shrinking back, going frozen in your arms. “I-“

“If you try and say ‘I’m fine’ again, I’m going to tell the medic to keep you locked in there for a full day. You’re not okay.” You said, turning the corner toward the infirmary. “It’s okay that you need help, but you really scared me.”

He was silent as you carried him inside, laying him down gently on the bed before running off to tell the nurse what happened.

He didn’t bother a third escape attempt, as he knew that it would do nothing but serve to frustrate you further, and he wouldn’t make it far.

He felt helpless as you looked over at him worriedly,but simultaneously felt warm and soft. His mother was never one to coddle him, instead simply handing him medicine and a book to read if he was sick. His father was much the same, pushing him further and further to simply power through it.

The act of simply accepting someone else’s care felt more taboo than the rules he’d already broken, but with his eyelids weighing lead and his limbs heavy as molasses, the fear of punishment had no room to occupy his head.

He felt your hand grazing against his forehead and a soft whisper against his ear. He heard you settle down beside him in a chair, fingers lacing with his own in a steady, warm, comforting motion.

He fluttered his eyes open to see you on your phone, texting someone with one hand, the other holding his. He flushed a little, less from embarrassment and more from a warmed heart.

“Thank you.” He said softly, eyes drifting back shut.

“Of course. Sleep well, Riddle.” Came the soft reply. He felt your hand slip from his, but then soon after felt the covers of the infirmary bed being tucked in close around his neck, cradling him in the heavy weight and the soothing smell of antiseptic. He soon found rest, dozing soundly in the quiet.

Ruggie

Ruggie is a busy man. He has chores on chores on chores, and commitments even further than just that. Spelldrive practice, laundry duty, cooking, cleaning, running errands for Leona, classes…

The bags under his eyes only grow each time you see him throughout the day, zipping from task to task with the speed of a cheetah.

“Ruggie!” You call, “Hey, it’s almost dinner. I’m cooking up something tonight, wanna come and have some?”

“Eh?” He jumped, eyes wide, “Oh, wait- food? Huh?”

You laughed a little at his frazzled response, gripping his forearm gently, “I’m making some Jambalaya. Sam gave me the recipe, so it’s bound to be good. Do you want some?”

Ruggie opened his mouth to say something, only for his stomach to begin growling at that exact moment. He would have been embarrassed, but simply played it off, “I think my stomach says yes.”

You grinned and gave him a gentle pat on the head, earning a glare and a swat at your hands from him. You laughed, “Meet me there when you’re free, alright?”

You dismissed yourself and went back to the dorm and got to work in the kitchen, all while Grim complained about who-knows-what. Well, the food was ready in about a half hour. You waited for Ruggie, who was rarely late to a free meal. Waiting ten minutes turned into twenty minutes, which turned into thirty minutes. Thirty minutes turned into an hour, then into two, and then Ruggie finally showed up, looking worse for wear.

As you opened the door to invite him in, he mumbled something incoherent before dropping directly into your arms.

With a yelp you caught him, arms firmly around his waist as you hauled him inside and laid him on the ramshackle sofa.

He woke up about a minute later, groaning and trying to sit up.

“No!” You yelped, “Lay down. Jesus, what happened to you?”

He laughed weakly, turning to look up at you, “You almost seem worried.”

“I am worried, Ruggie. You showed up way after dinner time and passed out immediately. What happened?” You demanded, smoothing the hair from his face.

His eyes fluttered shut and he hummed under the touch, leaning into it slightly before he realized what he was doing and recoiled. “I just had a long day. I’m fine, it’s not to bad this time.”

“This time?” Your eyebrows shot up as you looked at him, “Does this happen a lot?”

He shrugged, giving an almost guilty smile, “I work a lot and I work hard. It happens a little more than it should, but this one wasn’t too bad. Didn’t mean to scare ya,” he said, finally sitting up, “I’m lucky you caught me. You’re pretty strong, have you considered the spelldrive club?”

“Ruggie.” You said, a little too softly for his liking, “You shouldn’t work to the point of passing out.”

“It’s work or starve.” He said plainly, stretching. “Speaking of, do you have anything to eat?”

You sighed a little, leaning down to kiss his temple, “I’ll heat it up. It’s been ready for a couple hours, since I’ve never seen you this late to a free meal. I think it turned out pretty good. Stay here, I’ll bring it over.”

He looked ready to argue, but then just shrugged and mumbled a ‘thanks’.

When you returned with two plates, he raised an eyebrow. “You didn’t eat?” He asked, blatantly surprised.

“I was waiting for you.” You replied, shrugging, “Bone apple teeth or whatever.”

He let out a laugh, said another quick thanks, then tucked into the meal. He started out politely eating, but by the end was shoveling food in like he was filling a black hole.

You watched him and snuck little bit of andouille to Grim, who happily ate it despite the fact that he burned his mouth from the spice.

“That was amazing. Thanks, Prefect. You really look out for me…I appreciate it a lot.” Ruggie said, eyes nervously looking anywhere but your face before he sighed and finally made eye contact, “You’re a really good person.”

You laughed and shrugged, “I know. Now,” you hummed, wandering off to grab a blanket, “You’re stuck here now.”

“Eh?! Wait-“ Ruggie tried to protest.

“No. You’re staying the night. You passed out on my doorstep, you’re staying and you’re sleeping here tonight. No more chores or duties. You can leave in the morning. I don’t want you making yourself worse.” You say firmly, walking over to toss the blanket directly on his head.

He let out a grunt in surprise, ears making little mountains of the blanket as he pulled it off his head. “You’re just as bad as Leona with all that bossiness. Time is money.”

“Time is time, money is money.” You said, “And if you’re short on food money, come to me. I’m not much better, but I’ll always share.”

Ruggie’s eyes went soft as his ears twitched. He sighed and settled down on the couch, wrapping himself in the blanket. “Fine. If it’ll make you feel better to know I’m here, I guess I can stay the night.” He muttered, trying to hide the pink tint to his face.

“Thank you, Ruggie.”

Azul

“Hmm? Oh, hello Prefect. What brings you here at such a late hour?” Azul asked, eyebrow quirked somewhat as he stared.

You sighed as you entered his office, walking right up to him, “Azul. It’s four am. How long has it been since you last slept?”

He hummed, eyes flicking back to the spreadsheet before him, “Three days? Four? I’m not positive. Regardless, that doesn’t answer my question. Why are you awake right now?”

“Couldn’t sleep. Nightmare.” You responded simply, picking up some papers near him.

He eyed you warily as you read them, poised to snatch it back until he recognized them as just invoices he had filled out an hour or two prior. “And you came to visit me?”

“I saw the VIP room’s light was on, figured you were either asleep at your desk or still awake.”

“Doesn’t explain why you trekked across campus to see that particular sight.” He responded in a lightly teasing tone, “You missed me, didn’t you?”

You looked up from the invoices you were pretending to read, grinning a little, “Who wouldn’t want your company? But, regardless…” you hummed, putting his papers back down on the desk. He was rather quick to line them back up in order and place them in a stack off to the side.

“You’ve been awake too long.” You said simply, “Three days isn’t a healthy amount.”

He waved a hand dismissively and rolled his eyes, “Truly, it isn’t too bad. I get less sleep in the Coral Sea.”

“See, that’s not comforting in the slightest.” You replied, crossing your arms. “Jade and Floyd aren’t twelve feet long on land. And I’m pretty sure bedrooms in the Coral Sea don’t have locks.”

“How would you know? You aren’t merfolk.” He mumbled, attention back to his task, “If you simply came to chastise me, I’d request that you leave. I have a lot more work to do.”

You sighed before slowly, ever so carefully, closing his laptop directly onto his typing hands.

He looked up with an icy glare, lips in a firm line. “Prefect.”

“It’s time to sleep.”

“I’m not a child you can simply put to bed.” He scoffed, retracting one hand to open the laptop again.

You continued pushing it down, eyes fixed on his, “Azul, please. I know you’re not a child, but you need to rest. You’ll pass out.”

“Leave.” He said firmly. “I don’t want to hear your pity. I’ll see you in the morning. Have a good night.”

You stared at each other for what seemed like forever before you sighed, removing your hand from the laptop. “Fine. I’ll see you tomorrow.”

Tomorrow came, and it was evident rather quickly that Azul should have listened. His normal grace and poised was replaced with unusual clumsiness and accidents that raised the eyebrows of even the teachers.

Alchemy class had a joint session between your group and Azul’s, and by the fates you were assigned as partners.

An awkwardness hung in the air as you worked. Azul seemed determined to pretend everything was fine while you shot worried glances at him.

It was clear something was seriously wrong beyond just uncoordinated behavior when Azul began to sweat excessively. Like, he doesn’t even sweat that much in PE. He nearly tripped over air and tried to catch himself on the rim of the cauldron. Luckily, the ever talented you caught him by the back of his lab coat just in time, pulling him back to standing.

“A-ah, thank you.” He stuttered, eyes glancing about, “I was…testing gravity.”

You looked at him completely unimpressed, “Azul, did you get any sleep last night?”

He scoffed, “This again? How many times do I….do…do I need to….” His expression went lax and he stood completely still for a moment before he suddenly twisted and dropped to the ground.

The surprise of him actually passing out caught you off guard, but you were quick to react, managing to tug him away from your cauldron and force his lab coat off.

“What happened over here?” Crewel asked, walking up close behind, “Ashengrotto-“

“He’s okay.” You assured, listening to his heartbeat, “He just passed out. Hasn’t slept in days, the heat must have gotten to him. He should to go the infirmary-“

“I’m fine.” Came a sudden voice from below you. Azul looked…terrible, honestly, as he blinked at you, “I’m alright. Sorry for the fright.”

“What? No, you’re not fine!” You yelped, only to be cut off by Crewel.

“Ashengrotto, I think it’s best that you take the rest of the day away from working.” It was…uncharacteristic of Crewel to be so gentle, but Azul was one of his best students and everyone knew it. There was an evident amount of concern in his stern words that made everyone freeze.

“Professor-“

“You evidently need to rest. And you’re already light years ahead of these Pups.” He said, staring at Azul with a look that read ‘I dare you to challenge me’. “Prefect, will you keep an eye on him?”

“Yes, Sir.” You responded, nodding. You looked back to Azul, who looked both shocked and ashamed. “C’mon. Let’s go.”

“B-but-“

“Sorry, what was that?” Crewel asked, eyebrow raised.

“Nothing! Thank you, Professor.” Azul said, slowly rising to his feet.

As the two of you shuffled slowly out of the classroom, you could sense Azul’s embarrassment.

“Hey,” you said gently, “I think it’s time for you to rest. You work harder than anyone else in this school.”

“That’s not the….never mind.” He mumbled, “You may return to class, if you wish.”

“What? No.” You gently smacked the back of his head. “You’re my buddy. And isn’t there some sort of simile about coin collecting and polish or something?”

He hummed, mind wandering deep to try and think of one as you walked him back to his dorm. He didn’t even notice you had done so until you asked, “Hey, where’s your dorm room?”

“Huh?” He blinked at his surroundings, “H…uh, it’s…um.” He rubbed his cheek and fixed his glasses, “Down the hall to the left. Third door.”

He felt his legs wobbling and growing heavier with every step as you guided him to his room, arm holding him a little closer than normal. For a moment, his mind blanked and he genuinely thought he was turning back into his Merform, eyes wide as he looked down and shrieked.

“Oh my god, what?!” You panicked.

“M-my- I took my potion this week, didn’t I?!” He yelped, almost tumbling over as he looked at his legs.

It took you a good minute before you realized what he was talking about, and another one before you realized what was going on. “Azul, I promise, you have legs.”

“No, they feel like-“

“You’re about to pass out again. Unlock your room door so we can get you to bed.” You said, holding him by the shoulders, “Your brain is shutting down from exhaustion. You’re running on fumes.”

He didn’t have it in him to keep arguing, instead just doing what you told him to.

When he finally got inside the room, he practically collapsed onto the bed, landing with a big fwomp. He had half a mind to kick off his shoes and labcoat, and take off his glasses, but the feeling of cold sheets made his mind flood with melatonin.

“Azul,” you gently said, “C’mon, just a little longer and then you can sleep.

He whined, then caught himself and tried to cover it with a cough and a, “You’re right, thank you.” As he toed off his shoes.

The glasses were easy to take off and set aside, but managing to get him to squirm out of his labcoat turned out to be more difficult since he couldn’t exactly stand.

When finally somewhat undressed, he settled down on his bed, eyes drooping with every passing second.

It was up to you again to get him under the covers, since he was practically asleep already.

As you were about to stand, one of Azul’s eyes opened and he murmured in a croaky voice, “Prefect? Will you do me a favor?”

“Hmm?” You turned to look at him, “What is it?”

“Will…” he looked ready to change his mind, but instead took in a deep breath and continued, “Will you stay?”

You smiled, coming to sit beside him again. “Yeah. I can stay.”

Jade

Jade Leech is someone you would never know was sick until he was dying. Every perfectly practiced mannerism lead him to being able to cover even the strongest of urges to crawl under the covers and hibernate for the winter. Nothing seems to rattle this guy. There’s no startling him, at least not on purpose, or sneaking around him. He’s a complete machine.

Except for the one time he caught the flu.

Like I said before, you’d never know he was sick until it’s a dire emergency, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t prone to a slip up every once in a while.

“Ah, Prefect. How may I assist you today?” Jade asked pleasantly, gloved hands crossed neatly in front of him as he smiled lightly.

“I just came for a drink or two.” You responded with a smile. “How are you today?”

He hummed in contemplation as he got to work on your usual, “I’m doing well, I believe. And you?” He was, in fact, not doing well. He had been running off every thirty minutes to frantically puke, but Floyd was at basketball practice and Azul was in his office, so nobody was around to say something about his little white lie.

“Eh, I’ve been better. Grim got detention again, Ace got collared, Deuce blew up a potion again. So, yknow, the usual.” You grinned, leaning toward him.

Jade nodded, though his normal smile was replaced by a look of extreme concentration as he finished your drink. It took him a second to respond, “That sounds like quite the eventful day.”

You took a moment to look over him, noticing the slightly pale tone to his skin and the look that seemed more clammy than usual. “Are…are you alright?”

He raised an eyebrow, and his practiced smile returned, though it looked uneasy. “Prefect, you’ve already asked that.”

“You…” You hummed, frowning, “Ah…you’re right.” You settled, smiling back. “Anything interesting happen here?”

“Hmm.” Jade pressed his hands flat against the counter, trying not to dig his fingers in, “Ah, well, this morning Floyd…” he stopped, covering his mouth before he could think twice, “E-excuse me a moment, Prefect.” He managed to say before speeding off toward the bathroom.

Despite his clear intention to be alone, You’re The Ramshackle Prefect, which means it’s your obligation to follow him.

Upon entering the bathrooms of Octavinelle, you frowned. You managed to find Jade (well, you found the stall he was kneeling in) wretching.

Unsure if you should stay or not, you didn’t approach, but it didn’t take long for Jade to flush the toilet and emerge from the stall, notably gloveless.

He looked surprised to see you there, eyes going wide for a moment as he wiped away spit from the corner of his mouth.

“Jade?” You asked nervously.

He brushed past you, walking over to the sinks. “Ah, Prefect. Needed to use the lavatory as well?”

“You we’re just throwing up.” You stated plainly. “Jade, I….You’re sick, aren’t you?”

He paused a moment before he went back to lathering soap on his hands, “What lead you to that impression?” He asked cooly, but his scratchy sounding voice wasn’t exactly convincing.

“You look pale, and clammy, and you were just throwing up.” You say with wavering confidence. “If you’re sick, you should probably just take a break.”

Jade grit his teeth, took in a deep breath, then plastered a smile on his face. “I appreciate the concern, Prefect, but I assure you that I’m fine.”

You weren’t convinced, but an irritated Jade is ten times scarier than an irritated Floyd, so you decided not to push it and instead murmured an apology to him.

Jade honestly couldn’t stop himself from feeling a bit bad at shutting you down, but he pushed down that feeling and instead offered you a newly gloved hand. “If you merely came to chase me down, then it would be my honor to escort you back to the bar.”

You took his hand with a nervous smile as he guided you both back to the bar, eyes trained forward. His movements were perfect, as always, though a bit sluggish.

As you sat and chatted with a few nearby people and Jade continued to play bartender with mysterious disappearances every half hour, it overall seemed like maybe you had imagined it. Jade didn’t seem distressed, he wasn’t sniffling or sneezing or anything, so maybe he really was just…

Crash

One second ago, Jade was standing behind the bar, pouring a drink for some rando nearby. The next, the eel was laying on the ground with glass shattered around him. And the second after that, you had jumped over the bar to get over to him.

“Go get Azul.” You ordered the Octavinelle student that had rushed over at the same time. As you slid off your jacket and tucked it neatly behind Jade’s head, you heard footsteps rushing off and a bit of panic from the patrons nearby.

You checked Jade’s pulse, loosened his bow tie, and gently tried to wake him up.

“What’s going…on.” Azul approached you, voice in a whisper, “What happened?”

“Not sure. I saw him throwing up earlier, but he said he was fine. He’s sick.” You said simply, mind wracking for other information.

“Oh, Jade…” Azul muttered. “Okay, I’ll carry him to the VIP room. You make sure he’s okay, I’ll take over the shift at the bar. Come find me when he wakes up.” He said, pulling out his pen.

He lifted Jade into the air with a simple levitation spell as you three disappeared from the main area to Azul’s office. You think you saw someone step behind the bar to clean up the glass, but that wasn’t the most important thing.

The most important thing is that Jade Leech is currently unconscious and ill.

Azul set him down on the couch. Jade’s long legs dangled off on side slightly, and he looked a little scrunched, but anything is better than the floor of a bar.

“He appears fine.” The dorm leader confirmed after he looked over Jade, “He has a fever, though he’s sweating so it isn’t too bad. It seems he’s mostly just tired.” He shuffled around some papers on his desk before slipping them into the vault and locking it. “I’m trusting you alone in here. Don’t make me regret it. Keep me updated on his condition, okay?”

You nod, eyes wide as Azul lets out a semi-pleased hum and leaves.

After three hours of no updates to his condition, Jade finally opens his heterochromatic eyed. He lets out a quiet groan, sitting up from his uncomfortable position on the couch.

“You’re awake.” You breathe out, relieved, “I was starting to get seriously worried.”

Jade blinked, rubbing at his eye and pushing his hair from his face as he croaked out, “What happened?”

“You’re sick.” You say, “You passed out. Speaking of, I need to tell Azul you’re alright.”

“H…” he paused, blinking, “I... I couldn’t have passed out.” He says, “How could I have passed out?”

“I don’t think you can gaslight yourself out of being sick.” You say. “Listen, I don’t care if it fucks up your scary reputation, you’re going to attend to the fact that you’re sick. You could have gotten seriously hurt, Jade. You almost fell into glass shards.”

“Glass shards?” He asked, tilting his head to the side.

“You dropped a glass before you passed out. I was really worried.”

He laughed a little, “You and your tender disposition.” He sat up properly, motioning for you to sit near him. “I suppose, though, I must thank you. Perhaps your tenderness is an asset unaccounted for.” He said. He tried to stifle a yawn, but his lack of energy got the better of him. “I deeply appreciate you, Prefect.”

You patted his head gently, earning a momentarily shocked look from the eel. “I’m glad you’re okay, Jade. Take a break. I’ll tell Azul you’re awake and grab you something to eat, okay?”

He laughed a little, something soft on his face, “Will you be playing my nurse today?”

“You got a problem with that?”

He hummed, smiling in a sweet, genuine way. “Not at all. Thank you.”

[munv]

HIP HOP!

Twisted wonderland writing event!

Will be open soon, make sure to put in requests for the series before it closes! Characters are basically turned into lil bunnies

LATELY at night NRC students have been seeing little bunnies around the campus, some have reported stolen personal items as well!

Crowley has taken it upon himself to assign you to investigate the matter with your trusty partner grim, now as detectives it’s truly a surprise as to what you find out!

Your friends have become little bunnies! How will you take care of the matter??

HEARTSLABYUL

001 . RIDDLE

002 . TREY

003 . CATER

004 . DEUCE

005. ACE

OCTAVINELLE

006 . AZUL

007 . JADE

008 . FLOYD

SCARABIA

009 . KALIM

010 . JAMIL

SAVANACLAW

011 . LEONA

012 . RUGGIE

013 . JACK

POMEFIORE

014 . VIL

015 . ROOK

016 . EPEL

IGNIHYDE

017 . IDIA

018 . ORTHO

DIASOMNIA

019 . MALLEUS

020 . LILIA

021 . SEBEK

022 . SILVER

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[luminous-letters]

If you comfortable with this request what about

Yuu massageing ,Leona, Trey,Ruggie since they work so hard and the back is sore.

"I had a long day. Can you watch Leona for— oh oh... Damn that feels good."

Your hands worked on his shoulders, kneading on them. Much to his delight, your palms moved to his lower back.

"Yeah, that hits the spot."

A well-deserved treat for one of the most hardworking people you know. Ruggie didn't have too much muscle on him, he was lean.

"Why do I smell coconuts?"

"Oil, for your massage...?"

"It feels like one of those expensive spa things now," Ruggie laughed.

He fidgeted while you were busy doing circular motions along his upper back. You were worried that he might not be enjoying it, but his occasional sounds of delight say otherwise.

"I better feel like a whole new person after this..."

"You will, you will," you chuckled lightly.

After a few more minutes, Ruggie was soundly dozing off, a content look settled on his face.

"You're offering me a massage? That's thoughtful, thanks a bunch."

Trey was all muscle. You remembered a couple of times when he told you about his work back home. No wonder he was so muscular, carrying bags of flour was no joke. You made the mistake of carrying those yourself once.

"Can you go a bit lower? Oh— yeah, that's the... You're pretty good at this," Trey sighed.

From circular motions to kneading, you were concentrated on your work. Dutifully untying the knots from a day's work. Massages... It was art and a treat you could give your friends.

And you spared no effort to make sure Trey gets a nice little spa session to himself.

"I'd say I had a pretty productive day today. So, aren't you gonna reward me with some massages?"

For someone that sleeps almost all-day everyday, Leona's muscles were hard. Your hands were beginning to get sore from all the work.

Your well-oiled palms travelled from his broad shoulders to the arcs of his back. You made sure that every square inch of his body was tended to.

Flicks of his tail were an indicator of his mood, and this time's movements were of relaxation. Slowly swishing back and forth, and tingling lightly. That's when you knew you hit the right spot.

"That's it, right there..."

You put more pressure into your palms, focusing on the points you've marked to be the ones that needed the most attention.

"Mind if I sleep a little?"

"You sleep all the time. But sure, go ahead."

[somany-fandoms-solittle-time]

In A Sentimental Mood: A Ruggie/Yuu Oneshot

Some quick Housekeeping! This was originally meant to be a song-fic but the only time I remembered to/felt inspired to write was nearly the middle of the night (as writers do lol) so I didn’t have enough mental energy to splice the lyrics together into the story. Instead, I listened to the song on repeat while writing, like, HALF of the fic but I thought it was cute enough to fit the vibes. The narrator's voice and descriptions were hard to keep consistent as well as concise, but whatever. I don’t think I properly matched Ruggie’s speech pattern but I think it’s close enough to ‘random, working class teenager’ for now.

Also! It’s an X Yuu but I’m pretty sure I used all GN! Pronouns so please feel free to read it as an X Reader (who’s the Ramshackle Perfect). It felt kinda awkward to not describe the character or use open descriptors (like Y/N, HC, etc.) but feel free to add any notes or styles to try out for an open reader audience. Honestly feel free to comment or message any feedback lol! I don’t have a beta reader atm (I might ask either my gf or my IRL friend who’s also into TWST) but it could be fun to have a random stranger react to my writing so they’re disconnected from personal feelings and whatnot.

 I have a fic introducing my oc a little interacting with the Pop Music Club, but it’s making out to be longer than expected so between writing for my own AU/ocs story I’ll be posting cute lil song-fics as well as crackhead interactions lol! Maybe a few headcanons as well. I’m not sure if I would have ever actually started writing fanfics (or writing in general) instead of simply daydreaming about it if it wasn’t for @twst-beam and @krenenbaker , so a quick dedication for them for lowkey lighting a fire under my ass. Not only have you opened the creative floodgates, but actually gave me the motivation to actually TRY and put it into action. Anyway…. ON TO THE STORY BITCHES!!! ENJOY THE THE SWEET HYENA BOY (who weirdly looks exactly like my Boyfriend, lol) AND COME REALISH IN THE CHAOS~

In A Sentimental Mood:

A Ruggie/Yuu one-shot

It had been a long day. Scratch that–it had been the longest year of Ruggie Bucchi and Yuu’s life! However, there was something especially trying these last 24 hours. Maybe it had something to do with how this was the first day off the both had (that lined up) in w e e k s and they STILL BOTH got called in to run some nonsensical errand. Or maybe it’s because when the First Year Squad were supposed to be babysitting Grim the entire first floor of Ramshackle got absolutely trashed. 

Something about stupid bets, idiotic magic competition, and a prolonged chase. Afterwards, Rugs and Yuu had to help clean up! The aftermath of the wreckage was too much for the Hodge Podge group of freshmen.

What really topped the day off was the mission impossible scheme the couple failed to pull off. Originally, the two were simply planning to “borrow” on one Leonas (numerous) credit cards while the latter was passed out for an all-expenses-paid date out. It’s not like they were about to rob the second prince blind! Just a few trips to their usual thrifting stops, maybe hassle with a local boutique and then some semi-fancy free grub. 

Instead they got caught two shops in when they decided to grab some food before being totally weighed down by paper shopping bags. Since they had a later start, Yuu suggested getting dinner to the new uppity wine-and-dine.

“C’mon Rugs~ When are we gonna have another chance to dine like Kings? And on a Royal Dime at that!” they foolishly (but successfully) tempted the poor Hyena into a little more Mischievous than the two realized.

Too bad their Dinner Date got cut short from one of the waiters recognizing the Sunset Savannah Royal Seal on Leona’s card. It took an hour and a half of being corralled into a backroom, 3 ominous threats of calling the police, snarky back talk and just general arguing before Leona strutted into the Restaurant and vouched for his underclassmen. Seeing the lazy Lion not only WAKE UP, but come off campus was a bit of a surprise for the thief couple. 

What wasn’t as surprising was his smug, diva face while declaring that they would need to pay him back for disturbing his nap. After hasty, and admittedly sheepish, promises to the Prince, he collected his missing card and strutted back to campus. Luckily, he was secretly a bit of a softy towards his unofficial Vice and the magicless Perfect that saved his life (and probably his status for not ratting him out to his older brother). It’s safe to say while making the switch a decent stack of Thaumarks was placed in Ruggie’s wallet.

So yeah, in a word, the day had been a bit of a shitshow. A clusterfuck of misfortunate events (and if it weren’t for Leona, Yuu and Ruggie would not only be in some kind of jail but also flat broke). 

But finally–finally–this hardworking hyena Beastman and the Ramshackle Perfect were about to have some peace and quiet! A moment for just the two of them. A small, precious moment late at night. After the longest night of their collective lives, the two were able to cuddle up and appreciate what they had. Even if all they had was encompassed by long, tiring days and horrendous luck… and having the bend to the whims of some of the brattiest Divas of NRC.

Regardless, this time isn’t about them. It’s about Ruggie Bucchi and Yuu enjoying what left they had of their day off, Damnnit!  

“Ya’ know,” Yuu hummed into where their face was buried for max comfort; Ruggie’s chest. “Today wasn’t a total bust.”

Ruggie snickered sarcastically as his left hand paused its petting motion through his significant other’s hair. He was clearly only humoring his lover's thought process, yet paying attention all the same.

“I’m just saying it wasn’t a total loss,” they began to half-jokingly argue, “I still got to spend the day with you. Besides, you gotta admit it was pretty funny watching that stupid manager’s annoying face drop when Prince Grumpy strutted in all pissy!”

“Shee Shee Shee! Fair enough, Sugar! Good thing he didn’t realize Leona’s always cranky… or that His Majesty~ was mostly just pissed he had to wake up.” Ruggie answered playfully.

“It was kinda sweet of him for letting us, mostly, off the hook though. He even let us keep our goodies along with that sneaky bonus,” Yuu mentioned while lazily motioning towards the small mound of shopping bags and the miscellaneous items inside.

“Pleeeease~ He probably spends more on a single earring than we did with his card and cash combined,” Rugs pouted enviously. To emphasize his pout, he completely encircled Yuu with his arms and clutched them tightly. He was hanging onto them tighter than a swiped snack from the cafeteria on Doughnut day.

“I don’t know,” his partner giggled in response, “Leona’s been such a softy lately… but his whole dark and brooding reputation gets in the way a bit.”

“Dark and brooding?” Ruggie snorted, “Dunno if Leona’s habits of lyin’ around counts as dark and brooding.”

Yuu tried to suppress their elated smirk at feeling the slight tremor of quiet laughter. “True, that’s more of Mal’s stick isn’t it? Angsty and depressed?”

“Nahhh, that’s Idia’s thing! Also, I still can’t wrap my head ‘round you calling Malleus by some nickname.” His laughter died down as he scrunched his nose at the thought of his partner so buddy-buddy with one of Twisted Wonderland’s most powerful mages. And a crown Prince… with servants and castles and-

“You do realize that Malleus is like a GIANT kid right? I mean, yeah he’s some super powerful wizard-”

“Mage!”

“...whatever. He’s an absolute beast when it comes to magic and whatnot, but he’s got this whole ‘homeschooled only child’ vibe going on and honestly? It’s a little pathetic, in a cute stray way.”

Ruggie didn’t really know how to feel about his partner’s revelation. On one hand, he knew they were just friends and had befriended each other longer before Yuu realized Malleus’ status. That didn’t necessarily make it any easier to cover up the inherent inferiority or the slight unsettling fear. Good thing they didn’t feel the usual pressure of this world’s social ladder… but that doesn’t mean they won’t start worrying if he stayed lost in thought for too long.

“.......what was your world like for you to turn out so weird?” 

“Hey!”

Ruggie continued to laugh, but it came out a little bit strained. Yuu finally glanced up in order to catch a glimpse of their boyfriend’s adorable pout.  His lightly scrunched eyebrows and the way his ears seemed to fold-in on themselves made him look like a grumpy puppy. Absurdly cute, but clearly bothered, and they both had had such a long day t wouldn’t be right not to cheer him back up!

“Oh, c’mere!” the Perfect said through teasing giggles as they flipped Ruggie over to switch positions.

Rugs was currently (and quite contently) snuggled face first into his lover's chest; enjoying the sound of their heartbeat along with the comfortable extra cushioning. His arms reached slightly down to wrap around their waist snuggly as the two pairs of legs naturally crisscrossed at the joints. The moment he fully relaxed was when Yuu started to softly pet his bushy hair and scratch along the base of his ears.

Pure Heaven.

“Were you getting grumpy because I kept mentioning Leona and Malleus?” the Perfect lovingly taunted now that he was trapped and attacked (with euphoric head scratches) in his weak spot. Truly, an idiots mirage of paradise.

“C’mon Sweet Cheeks! Ya Couldn’t’ve least let me keep my pride?” Rugs whined, quickly going back to frowning deeply but unable to hold it for long. There was no chance in all of Twisted Wonderland he could stay “upset” while his precious Dandelion Fluff’s fingers softly caressed his sensitive ears. At least he could cover-up the way he melted, burying himself further into their figure. Luckily, Yuu was already squeezing him closure with a burst of affection,

“Don’t worry, my silly Hyena, the only one I was focused on today was you. The only one I wanted to spend time with was you. And the only person I think of from dawn till dusk, and dream about the whole night through, will always be you, Ruggie Bucchi.” Yuu declared playfully, then slowly breathlessly serious with a sappy amount of affection as they watched Ruggie's tail wave faster and faster.

“Shee shee shee,” Rugs bashfully replied, “where did all that come from outta nowhere?”

Yuu wistfully sighed, “I guess I’m just in a sentimental mood.”

The two shared some playful hushed whispers until Ruggie had to turn his head to hide a yawn. His attempt was futile however, as Yuu caught it–but instead of teasing him over it they simply snuggled him closer and quietly sang an old, sweet crooner love song from their home world. Despite the long day, it felt blissfully short as the two peacefully drifted off to sleep in each other’s arms. 

[literally-inlove]

★ Perfect Date

Ruggie Bucchi x GN!Reader

Reader will be referred to as MC.

Genre: Fluff oneshot

Summary: Ruggie and MC are cleaning Leona's room together, and yet still count it as a "date".

WARNING// I didn't proof read this. That's the only warning.

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"I don't ask for much! The least he could do is say thank you!" Ruggie had a little melt down as both him and his s/o, MC, cleaned Leona's room.

MC folded the housewarden's clothes whereas the heyena boy sweeped the floor below. Dust flew everywhere as the bristles of the broom brushed across the ground. "Honestly. This place is a mess! Filthy!!"

"Perhaps he purposely makes it messy to spite you?" "He better not be doing that because I swear...."

The human chuckled softly at their boyfriend's reaction at the adult man. They watched as his ear flicked at the dust touching it. "I feel like I may end up graduating before him at this rate. He's 20 years old and still in high school!"

Leona wasn't the best housewarden, but he definitely isn't the worst.... A lot of the students at NRC consider Riddle to be the worst with his strict and mean attitude.

"You're so sweet, Ruggie...." "I am?" "Mhm. You'll make the perfect husband one day."

MC turned to see the sophomore's ears straightened and his tail wagging. His tanned light-skin face was flushed with a soft red. The teen looked down at his feet and poured while saying, "Yeah.... Well.... I'm sure you'll make a wonderful spouse as well...." "Really? How so?"

Ruggie stopped sweeping for a moment to think. He sucked at his teeth to look up at his head, almost like he was trying to talk to his brain. "Well you're a good listener. You're sweet, caring, and you've saved all our butts maybe once or twice. You're someone to look up to and I really like that.."

It was MC's turn to blush now, stopping what they were doing to look at their boyfriend with wide eyes. When Ruggie saw their reaction to his words, he gave a toothy grin. "That's in my eyes at least. You're just... Perfect...." He went back to "his" chore, almost acting as if that didn't happen.

They finally finished cleaning Leona's room, knowing it'll be messy again in less than a week. MC sighed before stretching their arms. "Well this date was half decent."

"Date?! You considered this a date?" Ruggie flinched at MC's words, turning to look at them. They had that soft smile that he was so familiar with. It felt like he was falling in love again.

With a close-eyed smile, MC said, "Well of course. Anywhere by your side I'd consider a date. Whether that's at school or doing work around the dorm. I just need you next to me."

Ruggie didn't know what to say.

He will admit, their first official meeting wasn't the greatest. They caught him in the act of ruining the Magift Tournament and they were instant enemies. Back then, he would've never have seen himself end up dating the person that once hated him.

Well.... MC didn't hate him. Just was more disappointed in his actions. But they're all fine now.

Once again, his tail started wagging. He couldn't help but leap into his s/o's arms with joy at their words. They laughed for a moment, only to have the moment ruined by a gruff voice saying, "Move it, lovebirds..."

They both separated to step aside and out of the way for the tall man to walk past. Leona then flopped on his bed and immediately got comfortable. MC grabbed Ruggie's hand and pulled him away with a goofy grin on their face.

The boy tripped over his own feet for a moment out of surprise, but picked himself up and walked at the same pace as them. "Let's get some donuts for you. Okay, Ruggie?" They turned back to show another smile of their's to their boyfriend. Both teens gripped on to each other's hands tighter almost afraid that the other was going to let go.

Yeah. It didn't matter where they were in that twisted wonderland.... They needed each other. That was something both of them knew for a fact.

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I rise again from the dead to bring this wonderful Ruggie x Reader, requested by my good friend. Yes. It's fluffy. I hope it is to your liking, my friend.

Yes. This was a request from my friend. I will only be taking requests from my friends, I'm sorry. It's only to calm myself down. Thank you.

I may end up dying again. Who knows.

@ruggies-donut

[ruggiethethuggie]

Bonfire at Savanaclaw

Summary: Ruggie takes you to Savanaclaw and introduces you as his significant other to everyone. It was your first time at the dorm, really getting to see the members outside of class.

Word Count: 3072 Tags: fluff, one shot, gn!reader, ruggie bucchi x reader, jack and leona cameo, ruggie is soft for you, not proofread shh © please do not copy and or repost my work as your own, my brain is massive and these are my thoughts.

The three small taps on your front door were quiet. You looked over across the room, checking on Grim and seeing if he heard. He was sound asleep, splayed out on the recliner and dead to the world it seemed. You quietly chuckled at the sight; he was much cuter when he was asleep and not giving you attitude. You felt bad for not inviting him out with you, but this was the night that you wanted to enjoy- without a pet cat trailing behind you every step.

You quietly opened the door, peaking through the crack outside. Ruggie stood there staring up at the night sky, not noticing you opened the door yet. His messy bangs were pushed back from the Savanaclaw bandana he was wearing. He was wearing a yellow hoodie with a denim jacket over it to double layer for the chilly autumn night. His hands were tucked into the pockets of his dark joggers; his black and white Adidas completing his attire for the evening.

His ear twitched as you opened the door more. His gaze turned to you with a grin, his fangs almost glowing in the moonlight. “Are you ready to go?” he whispered to you, trying to peek around the door to check for Grim. “Yes, we can go. He’s knocked out,” you whispered back as you were coming out the door. Ruggie politely stopped you with his hand, looking you up and down. “Go grab your jacket, I don’t want you to be cold,” he said quietly. You looked at your clothes. You had just thrown on a raggedy tee shirt, jeans, and sneakers. You forgot that the weather might get too cold. 

“Right…” you said coyly. You turned around slowly to go back in Ramshackle, trying to avoid the places in the floorboard you knew would creak. Your eyes widened as you saw where your jacket was- under Grim. You turned around to look at Ruggie, a terrified look on your face. You mouthed the words “it’s under Grim” and pointed at the recliner. Ruggie held back a laugh, putting up his hands as if to say “hold on” as he came inside.

Ruggie’s footsteps were light, you couldn’t even hear him as he walked across the room. He grabbed your jacket, slowly pulling it from under Grim. “nnyyyaa…,” Grim mumbled in his sleep as he stretched, moving enough for Ruggie to get the jacket with ease. Ruggie walked back over to you, handing you your jacket. “Easy peasy,” he whispered with a smile.

You both made your way outside as you threw your jacket on. Ruggie had invited you to Savanaclaw for a bonfire they were hosting. You had never been to the Savanaclaw dorm yet. You weren’t sure what to expect, but you were with Ruggie which made you feel better. He always knew how to make you feel better.

You two walked holding hands on your way to his dorm, his smile never fading from his face. “What are you grinning about, Rug?” you said playfully as you bumped your side into his. Ruggie laughed as he looked at you by his side. “I’m just excited to be able to show you off; the guys only ever get to hear stories about you. But tonight I get to show them all who is mine,” he purred, his smile beaming in the lowlight.

He looked so happy to have you by his side, you had never seen him this excited for something. You two had been officially dating for a few weeks now after Ruggie told you he finally had approval from Leona. He had told you before how strict Leona was when it came to him picking a partner. Leona acted cold and distant, but he did actually care about the ones around him. He didn’t want Ruggie to be with someone he thought was a lunatic. You would’ve never been invited to this bonfire if Leona wasn’t okay with it.

Ruggie said he wasn’t sure what made Leona become so approving of your relationship, but you had an idea. Floyd had casually mentioned that he was looking into you for Leona before changing the subject to something else. You assumed Leona had recruited the Octatrio to find out more information about you. Lord knows that between the twins and Azul, it wasn’t a hard feat to accomplish.

You thought the strictness was weird. Why couldn’t Ruggie date who he wanted? Why did Leona care so much? But you also appreciated it. It made you feel a little different about the coarse, lion prince. 

The two of you got to the Hall of Mirrors. What a sight, you thought to yourself. It was rare you got to come into the Hall of Mirrors; you didn’t exactly visit the other dorms that much. Your few friends you had made at Night Raven College always ended up at Ramshackle with you it felt like.

Ruggie led you to the Savanaclaw mirror. He turned towards you, taking steps backwards into the mirror. He smiled at you as you both found your way at the Savanaclaw dorm. The light from the bonfire in a side yard was visible from the dorm entrance, you figured that was one big fire they had going back there. The smell of food being grilled filled the air, exciting your senses. “You guys are grilling food, too?” you said as you sniffed the air.

Ruggie took a whiff of the night air as well, you could see his ears flick as he inhaled. “Yeah, it smells like ribs and steaks. We always have grilled meats and veggies on bonfire nights,” he laughed as he started pulling your arm in his direction. Getting closer to the side yard, you could hear the sounds of people laughing and talking. It seemed like everyone was really enjoying themselves.

Voices shouted as Ruggie and you walked through the gate into the yard. “Ruggie!!” they all chanted, excited for him to finally arrive at the bonfire. Ruggie smiled and waved to them all, as he still held your hand tightly. “Ruggie!” you heard someone say in an assertive tone. You saw Leona standing by the grill, his outfit almost comical. He was standing in jeans and a Savanaclaw tee shirt, but wore a pink apron that said “Grill Daddy'' across the chest. You wanted to laugh but the look Ruggie gave you told you not to even think about it.

You shaked off the laugh, looking around the side yard. All the Savanaclaw members were playing games, laughing and chatting, making s’mores by the large bonfire. You could make out a few familiar faces of some of the members who were in your classes. You recognized Jack by the bonfire, seeing his ears and bushy tail silhouetted in front of the fire’s light.

“What’s up, Leona?” Ruggie said, giving your hand a light squeeze as he pulled you a little closer to him. “This is [Y/N], my other half,” he said as he smiled looking at you. His smile reminded you of one a small kid would have when he shows off a coloring page to someone, it was nothing but a smile full of innocent pride. “Jack needs help at the fire, hop to it,” Leona grumbled to him. Ruggie looked at you, still holding your hand as he started to walk towards the fire. 

“Hold on now, [Y/N],” Leona said, stopping you. Ruggie looked at Leona, eyes wide and begging him not to be a shithead to you. “Do you want ribs or steak? We can bring you a plate,” Leona said in a sweet tone. It was the first time you ever heard him say anything in a nicer voice than barking orders at someone. “Uhh, steak please, I like steak more,” you said quickly, feeling like all eyes were on you making you feel pressured to answer.

“Haha, okay. I will get right to it. I’ll have one of the guys bring it over to you. Ruggie, do you want your usual?” he said, his fangs peaking through his smile. “Shishishi, yes, please and thank you,” Ruggie said as he pulled you towards the fire. “Does Leona always grill at the bonfires?” you asked. “Yeah, he does, he thinks no one can grill as good as him and no one complains,” he laughed. “Does he..,” you started to ask. Ruggie shook his head, smiling as he looked over to you. “Yes, every time. He doesn’t grill without putting it on.”

The fire was huge, but not as big as the light around it made it seem. You could see Jack moving the firewood around the fire, chucking hefty pieces into it to keep it burning and tossing other pieces to the side. “Jack, hey,” Ruggie waved him over as you both approached the fire. Ruggie wrapped his arm around you, giving Jack a huge grin as he spoke. “Jackie boy, this is [Y/N]. The love of my life,” he said beaming. You turned quickly to look at him as he said the love of my life. You sighed as you looked at Jack and gave a friendly smile.

“Ruggie.. I know who they are, we have like two classes together, you doof. Did Leona tell you to come over here?” Jack said with a grumble. Ruggie took his arm from around you. “Yeah, he said you needed help. What can I do?” Ruggie asked sincerely. He was always willing to help, whatever it may be that was needed. You knew he would do anything for his dorm members; he always told you they were basically his family since he didn’t really have anyone besides his grandmother growing up. He thought very highly of his dorm mates.

“There are all these damp wood pieces, so I can’t use them for the fire. Can you go get more cut wood from the back while I keep the fire from getting out of hand?” Jack huffed. “I mean sure, I can man the fire if you want to go get them instead?” Ruggie suggested. Jack immediately came back with “No.” Ruggie was taken aback by his abrupt response. He turned to you and gestured to the log on the ground, the one they used frequently to sit around the fire. “Wait here, I’ll be right back,” he said to you as he patted your head. 

He turned around and glanced at Jack, a harsh expression on his face. “Don’t worry, he’s not actually mean. He just looks scary, he’s like a puppy I swear,” he said reassuringly. You had classes with Jack, that was true, but you always felt like Jack hated you. He never cared for your silly jokes and was pretty straight forward, which made him come off as an ass sometimes. But Ruggie wouldn’t lie to you, maybe under Jack’s hard exterior was the giant puppy Ruggie said there was.

You watched Ruggie leave you alone, your eyes wandering around to everything around you. Jack was pushing blocks of wood in the fire around with a thick stick. “I’m glad Leona finally let Ruggie and you officially date,” Jack said as he turned back at you. He gave a soft smile, something very different from his typical scowl you saw every day in class. “I am glad too,” you said quietly, fidgeting with the bark on the log you sat on.

Jack gave a hearty laugh. “No seriously, you should have seen Ruggie when Leona first told him it wasn’t happening. He was so sad, just moping around through the dorms every day until Leona told him it was okay.” You thought about Ruggie being sad because you two couldn’t date, all because Leona said so. Jack continued to push the blocks around, adding another into the fire this time. “I can tell he has been much happier with you by his side. I know I’m a year younger than him, but I still want the guy to be happy. He is way more tolerable when he is cracking jokes and playing pranks than when he is sad and depressed all the time.”

You looked at the ground and smiled. It was nice being told that the happiness you gave to Ruggie was noticeable to other people. About that time, you heard Ruggie call out to Jack from behind you. “You think this is enough wood or what, shishishi,” he said jokingly. You and Jack both turned around to see Ruggie’s arms full of chopped wood. Ruggie’s wide, fanged grin coming across his face as you looked at him.

“Yeah, lover boy, that’s enough,” Jack said as he grabbed the wood from Ruggie’s arms. Ruggie plopped himself beside you, rubbing your thigh with his hand. “Hey-,” he almost screamed. “Do you like s’mores? We have all the fixing’ for ‘em.” You did love s’mores, a lot actually. It was your favorite fall treat back in your world. “I looove s’mores,” you said with a big smile. Ruggie’s ears flicked again as you responded excitedly. You could feel Jack’s eyes on you both, watching how you both interact with each other. You heard him chuckle under his breath as Ruggie rushed to grab the s’mores stuff that was on the other side of the fire.

Ruggie came back and handed you a metal skewer with a handle at the end. You held it by the handle, watching him happily stick two marshmallows on the pointed end of it for you. He gave you a cheeky smile as he stuck two on his own skewer. The log was close enough to the fire that you both only had to extend your arm out a little bit for the marshmallows to be in the fire. 

You scooted closer to Ruggie, wanting to just be as close to him as possible at all times. The fire may give off warmth, but Ruggie’s personality was like a heater. He made you feel warm inside just by being in the same room as you. You were lost in your thoughts about him, daydreaming about his gray blue eyes lovingly looking at you. “Woah, woah, woah~” Ruggie shouted as he grabbed your skewer out of your hands, your marshmallows burning to a crisp and crumbling into the ash of the fire.

You forgot all about them, you didn’t really know how to explain yourself so you just apologized. “I’m sorry, I was lost in my thoughts.. Can I get two more? Please?” you said with a fake smile, sad you just ruined two perfectly good marshmallows. “How about,” Ruggie said, handing you his skewer with his perfectly roasted marshmallows. “You take one of mine and I’ll make two more for us to share?” He offered. You obliged, grabbing the graham crackers and chocolates to make your s’mores. You figured you would make the two on his skewer while he roasted the ones on yours for you.

“Do you want regular chocolate or the cookies n’ cream chocolate?” you asked, holding up a small bar of each one. Ruggie made a thinking face, raising his brow like he was contemplating the answer as if his life depended on it. “Let’s go with cookies n’ cream, very tasty, shishishi,” he laughed. He pulled the other two marshmallows out of the fire as you arranged the cookies n’ cream s’mores. “How’d you get them so nice and golden? I always mess it up,” you pouted.

Ruggie looked at you in amusement, raising his eyebrows at your pouting. “I have you know, you are dating the best, NO, the greatest s’mores maker in all the land,” he snickered. “Oh? Am I?” you said in disbelief. Ruggie hummed softly as he stacked the regular milk chocolate bars on the marshmallows. “Yeah, you are. My gram taught me all the secrets of making good s’mores. She used to make them for me all the time in the winter.”

You traded him a cookies n’ cream s’mores as he handed you one with a regular chocolate bar. As much as the other cookies n’ cream sounded, the warm chocolate melting on the freshly roasted marshmallow was more enticing. The moment the gooey treat hit your taste buds, your eyes widened. “This is actually better than any s’mores I’ve ever had,” you said, confused as you stared at the sandwich in your hand. 

Ruggie ate his s’mores, licking his lips and fingers as he finished them both. “I told you, my gram taught me everything. I used to make s’mores and bring them to her all the time, and she would always say they were good but could be better,” he said, reminiscing on his memories as a kid. “Every time she made the s’mores, they always tasted better. It was crazy, I could’ve sworn she had a secret ingredient she was using or something.”

“So what was she doing, why were they so good then? Cause if they are anything like this one you gave me, then I think I would die from happiness eating one,” you giggled, trying not to get your melting marshmallow all over you. “Oh, she told me why they tasted so good,” he said. You continued to munch your treat as he spoke, his gaze on the fire as he smiled.

“She said I just needed to make them with love, and that I would find out how to do that when I’m older,” he said with a cheeky grin and scratching behind his ear. He opened his eyes, finding you staring back at him with a content look on your face. His ears perked up at how flustered you made him feel in that moment. You felt flattered hearing his words. “Is that so?” you said as your face gave a blissful expression looking at the fire.

Ruggie leaned over at you, grabbing your face and taking you by surprise as he gave you a soft kiss on the lips. You could hear Jack still trying not to laugh too loud under his breath in the background, but you didn’t care. You would cherish this night and your first kiss with Ruggie.

"Get a room," you heard someone scoff behind you two. It was Leona, standing there holding your plates of food that were ready. "Thank you," you said, grabbing the plates. Ruggie gave an embarrassed smile as Leona ruffled his hair before walking away.

[mayullla]

Title: Little follower! (Part 2 of 'Little henchman!')

Character(s): Leona, Ruggie (Twisted Wonderland)

Summary: At the end of the holidays you thought you would head back home and say goodbye to your brother like Ruggie and Leona. Packing your stuff you expected to leave today when Leona scooped you and told you he was taking you to the Night Raven academy.

Warnings/tags: Fem!reader, reader is around Cheka's age, Reader also has the same hyena ears as Ruggie, Ruggie is like a self-proclaimed brother(?), platonic yandere no romantic stuff here

Read Part 1 'Little henchman!' here!

It was through connections, a sob story, and a bit of money that Crowley allowed a child like you to come to the school. Bullied and hurt truth but exaggerated talk. Stuff like Leona would not be able to sleep at night without knowing you were always safe. Which nobody believed.

Tho it would rather be funny that it was all true.

Packing your bags, you were getting ready to head back home to where you lived with Ruggie's grandmother when Leona scooped you and tossed you onto his should like a potato sack. "Eh..." you blinked surprised at the situation as you looked at the back of Leona's head wanting an explanation. "You are coming with me, kid." He told you grunting as he adjusted you on his shoulder and took away your bag.

"The headmage had given Leona permission to take you with us after what had happened. Shehehehe... Leona told him about what happened but I am sure he pulled a few strings and stuff to get you in." Ruggie snickered his hands full of stuff most bags stuffed with food that he was planning on sending back to his home later.

You must have made a face when Ruggie started to snicker again looking at you. "Aah.. you are gonna be staying with me or Ruggie at all times alright," Leona told you after a yawn still didn't change your face.

"There will be food there. A buffet that you can eat to your heart's content." Immediately upon hearing that you accepted your situation, relax on the prince's shoulder. Leona smirked satisfied with your attitude as he headed to the portal that would take them back to the academy only this time when he used to have nothing but his phone and wallet, he now had you on his shoulder.

Almost everyone had their eyes on Leona and Ruggie the moment they step foot onto the school grounds. And chaos ensured much to his dismay.

You looked at your clothes, the fabric much more nicer than what you wear at home which was for the most part obvious since it was Leona who had everything ready for you. The yellow vest made you look at them curiously wondering why? Ruggie had told you that most students were actually sorted by a mirror and if you were to stay should you also be sorted by it? At least that was your logic.

"You are really naive with this kind of stuff huh." Leona looked down at you, his eye sharp it was as if he was mad, angry about something that you weren't sure of. "Kid you belong here, do not question such useless things." Immediately after you were greeted with a big hand on your head, Leona started messing your hair before leaving yawning stating that he would take a nap before the next class.

Clean-up has always been Ruggie and you but there are days when Ruggie would be out with other things to do and you would clean Leona's room yourself. Most things you could handle by yourself really well but it was still weird for the older students to watch a small kid cleaning up their leader's room. Yet when they try to get close to you, they would hear a growl at just the right timing as they turn back to see Leona glaring daggers at them to scram. Leona made sure that nobody was supposed to go near you without his or Ruggie's allowance.

However, there were always the dumb ones, the more dense or dull ones. There was a moment in time when a few of the students in the dorm became too cocky. As Leona was always ordering you around they thought that they would do the same. Well, Ruggie cuts in with a small threat at hand asking the guy if he should really pay up if he wants to get his stinking ass room cleaned up just because his own mother isn't there to throw the boy out the window. If it was Leona tho, that student would be leaving the room with bruises.

There were many times did Leona take you away from everybody, without a word. Quietly you stayed in one place maybe making something or daydreaming only to be scooped up by Leona. You wouldn't even make a sound, unsurprised by what was happening as you glance at the man's face. "Can't have you up and telling Ruggie where I am. Stay still so that I can catch some sleep." Leona grumbled laying on the side of the grass holding you down. He was way too powerful compared to you, something that you have realized after that "incident". There were many days he would just hold you like this and snore as if you were a doll of a small kid who can't live without it.

The kid being Leona of course.

You told him about it one time without much thought, Ruggie burst out laughing while the others who by chance heard it or eavesdropped tried to hold their laugh only to be quickly silenced by Leona's glare. You were given a hard flick on the forehead and then an aggressive head pat as you wallow in pain in your forehead. Your hair was a complete mess, 'a birdnest' as Riggie would often call it.

Looking at the grass feeling it poking your skin, and then at the clear sky and stuck you can't help but also doze on with Leona unable to keep your eyes open for long. Well till Ruggie finds you guys, nagging Leona and you to wake up and asking why the heck did you not do anything and that you were supposed to be his little helper.

What you didn't like tho were Leona's head rubs and when he licks your hair and ears. Maybe a form of maternal instinct or when you have become too messy from jumping around bushes. It usually happens when he was drowsy as he would occasionally do it to his nephew who would laugh affectionately already used to such showings of love and care. You weren't.

Trying your best to avoid them as much as possible yet unable to when Leona would glare at you and tell you to stay still as he would wake up if you moved so much. Pouting you stayed still till Ruggie finally comes along and tells Leona off not to tease you so much, but by that moment the guy was already asleep. (There was this one case when right after a small grooming section did you leave when you bumped into some students. Strong nose it was almost immediate when they all reacted shock voices asking you if you were perhaps the daughter of Leona. Leona woke up by then and did not give them an easy punishment.)

Leona wasn't sure when it started maybe a little before that incident did he realize that he grew attached to you. But he had grown to care a lot about you. He wasn't sure if it was similar to Ruggie who looked at you like his own little sister but maybe something like a daughter in his eyes. Maybe that was why he didn't necessarily deny the students who woke him up from his nap that he might be the father even if he knew that would start thinking that Leona had "become" a man at the age of eleven. Really it is dumb.

Tho he was also sure you and he would never have that traditional father-and-daughter kind of bond. Leona was sure he would never be the traditional kind of dad, nor a good father all of a sudden at the snap of a finger not that he ever thought he would ever even marry right now. He already has his hand full with napping, eating, being a prince and caring for his subjects, those who choose to follow him. And you too, the only time he ever sees you soo displease were when he tries to show you affection like this. The pout on your lips as if the world has forsaken you looks so amusing to him.

Ruggie has done the same sometimes, not as often as Leona before well till after that incident but can you blame him? He was the one who took care of you the most, so you need to stay still. Special treatment Leona would occasionally jokingly accuse you of not that you would care much. The only reason you would even stay still here with Leona much to your displeasure was that he was the one paying you. Sometimes you think of yourself as some sort of therapy for this guy when he grab you all of a sudden placing you in his lap as he continued to poke your cheeks. Pulling them mumbling how you should eat more, or how you were more of a squirrel than a hyena when you pout.

Ruggie made absolutely sure you would not be alone.... when he can. He didn't want you to be alone at all, and on days when you and he have some free time for yourselves, he will keep you by his side. Sometimes it frustrates you to no end and he knows that, but you could not stay angry at him for long as he always knew how to make you smile.

"Ne~ ne~~ who is that flower crown for?" Ruggie asked you, under a tree a little far off from the academy the two of you finally had some time for yourselves. As Riggie lay down on the grassy floor you took the chance to start plucking flowers and weeds slowly building a flower crown with it. It was something that Ruggie had taught you how to make when you were younger. Looking at Ruggie who was lying down right beside you, you looked at the flower crown that you make then him again.

"Hmmmm...? Hey!? Oof-!"

Suddenly placing the crown on his head you moved yourself and not so softly placed your head on his belly. You too also want to take a nap. "Easy kid. You gotta figure out how to control your strength." Rugguie wheeze, but you knew that he was fine and just exaggerating when he laughed and ruffled your hair. You stayed like this for a little while more, till the world called for the two of you did you return to the school carried on top of Ruggie's shoulders.

People asked why Ruggie was wearing that flower crown asking if he was some sort of princess. Ruggie would only vaguely answer from there but refused to take the crown off his head. You found them in his bedroom withered but carefully tucked somewhere safe. Maybe you would have realized it, maybe you didn't but Ruggie had missed you a lot back then when he first arrived at the academy.

Ruggie and you would always eat together, and more often than not you would share together deserts both in the cafeteria or when you had a job of getting something in the school shop from Sam did Leona always make sure to give an extra more telling you to buy some food for yourself. More often than not you would buy pocky. One in your mouth, the box open you would always share your sweets with Ruggie. Ruggie would come back from doing something that Leona had ordered him to finish, and casually open his mouth asking for a pocky stick. One pocky stick and you will get a small hair ruffle as thanks.

It wasn't obvious and maybe it was something you would have noticed more easily if you were older, that something about your situation in the dorm was odd. How you never have been able to interact with other dorms much ever since you came here unless Leona or Ruggie let you do so. It wasn't like you would go out to look for them so maybe you didn't notice but Leona and Ruggie made sure that you would not go near the other dorms.

While some were dangerous, Leona would never trust you in Octaville or where that Malleus guy dorm was. Trey had asked a few times to invite you to the Heartsabyul dorm saying that he would make you dessert and sweets much to your delight.

There was a certain kind of emotion, a kind that is mixed with everything. The two men were prideful in different ways, they doubt that you would ever leave them. Yet at the same time, they do not want to create a situation where you can leave or be taken by someone else. There was a mix of obsession and possessive feelings but nothing romantic. They considered you as a family but even they know that their obsession was out of line.

You didn't care notice or maybe you were blind in some sort of way. And they do believe that you would never truly leave them, but there was this fear that they would never admit was still there.

[otomes-world]

"Under fantasy disguise" part Savanaclaw

Okay, new chapter! It is slightly shorter than the previous one as there is almost no yandere theme at all.. unless, of course, you count the petty Leona as well.

You let out an excruciatingly drawn-out moan, feeling the touch on your face. Opening your heavy eyelids, you tried to focus on the huge gray patch above. After a while, you realized that this blob was Grimm, who all this time was trying to bring yoursef to your senses.

"Henchman, you're awake!" The cat's voice rang in your ears, making you wince.

"...how long?.."

You would be surprised at how quiet your voice sounded if it were not for dryness in throat. However, the cat understood you, "After Riddle went into berserk mode, the sun went down and only recently rose."

In other words, it was about a day since you'd reached your conclusion. You didn't know how high you fell from, but because of the pain in your whole body, it was enough to unsettle you. Closing your eyes, you tried to recall the recent events. In general, you did not remember anything new. More precisely, it could be said that you had completely ceased to navigate in time.

"..water.."

Luckily, Grimm, while you were unconscious, filled a bottle of water somewhere, which you managed to grab from Heartslabyul. Wetting your throat, you held it back and then tried to sit up. The whole body protested against this, but with your efforts and the efforts of the cat, you were able to do it. Not for long. Your strength left you and you collapsed. Looks like Ace wasn't kidding when he talked about the area between the lake and the desert. When going forward was not an option and returning back wasn`t either. Who knew that this problem would overtake you at the very beginning of the journey.

However, you had no other option but to move forward.

After taking a few deep breaths, you reached for the bag, which held its shape by only miracle. Not a single whole cookie was left inside the jar, although the fact that it did not turn into a sweet crumb was already luck in itself. The most important thing - the map - remained intact, though not unscathed. The paper was torn and hung at the folds, but with careful handling you could still use it. At least the image itself didn't suffer that much.

Grabbing some snag that used to be a flowering bush, you rose to your feet and immediately bent at the knees. Hmm.. it was not how you imagined your life in the future to be. Taking a rather long and dense stick in your hands as a support, you again sank down to catch your breath and look at the map.

With trembling fingers, you carefully unfolded it on the ground and, together with Grimm, tried to combine what you saw with the stories of the guys. Pale blue around you described as water, and something incomprehensibly marsh-colored as forest. To be honest, it tell you absolutely nothing. You had no idea where you were. Sighing, you folded the map again and tucked it back into your bag. It could still be useful.

Suddenly you caught a sound out of the corner of your ear, as if someone was coming right up to you. As if someone was simultaneously testing you, but at the same time not trying to hide. Remembering a brief description of the locals, you tensed. After everything you encountered before - in a beautiful garden - you were scared to imagine what could await you here. Holding the bag close to you, even though there was nothing useful in it, you and Grimm, who did not understand the reason for your change of mood, prepared for the worst.

This `worst` was a huge wolf.

Perhaps he was a normal size, but this fact did not brighten up the situation. You forgot how to breathe without taking your eyes off the beast, which in turn looked back at you in the same way. At some point, it seemed to you that his eyes were just like human ones. Rave, you thought. Wolves were smart animals, but not that...

"What are you doing here?" The wolf asked... the wolf asked? You doubted your adequacy, but no, the same voice was heard, although the mouth of the animal did not open. However, you could have sworn that the voice was not in your head. "Who are you?"

"Nya! The w-w-wolf is talking!" Your thoughts were voiced by a talking cat, whom you allowed to negotiate instead of yourself.

Just when you thought it couldn't get any weirder, the next moment a tall, slightly disheveled young man with hair the color of a wolf's fur was looking at you. He was wearing a bright yellow T-shirt, over which was a gray vest and a necklace of large beads, regular pants and high boots. Everything would be fine if animal ears didn’t flaunt on his head, and a tail flashed from behind his back.

Seeing that you were unable to get up, he sat down, but even so he continued to tower over you. Still his action calmed you down a bit. Apparently he didn't mean to hurt you. Not now, at least. It gave you some confidence to try saying something.

"..where are we?" You had a hunch, but you still asked the obvious question to confirm your guess.

"In Savanaclaw"

Just as you thought, so the answer didn't surprise you as much as it could. However, you didn't think that territories were so close to each other, since one fall was enough to cross the border. It was exhilarating and stressful at the same time. On the one hand, the journey became a little easier, but on the other one, you still had to solve the problem, patiently sitting next to you and waiting for an answer.

There was nothing to do, so you decided to briefly tell your story, hoping that this would be enough.

"My friend and I are traveling.." you thought for a second. "..for various reasons. Before that, we were in Heartslabyul, but something happened, so we had to hastily continue the journey. We don`t intend to harm anyone or wish evil" You could even say that everyone around you wanted it to you. "If you just tell us which direction to go, we won't stay longer then necessary. Just don't send us back."

He was a silent for a moment, but contrary to your fears, he did not refuse you, "We do not interfere in the affairs of other territories. As soon as you left the land, you ceased to have anything to do with it." Despite the roughly chosen words you coud feel notes of understanding in them. "Jack," seeing your confusion, he added. "Jack Howl. That's my name"

You nodded, "It's a Grimm, and I-..."

"How do you do it? Are you a wizard? The Great Grimm wants to know!"

You didn’t have time to finish, you were interrupted by a cat who suddenly showed interest, as soon as the wolf guy stopped showing hostility. He jumped out of your hands and proudly, propping up his furry sides with his paws, looked at Jack. However, young man was not very impressed by the actions of the cat, so he looked at you again.

"You can't cross the border alone," he said simply, as if stating a fact. "Others don't like strangers."

"And you?.."

"I prefer to trust my intuition. You're not dangerous, so you can't survive here," after thinking for a moment, Howl added. "Ruggie knows more, but he won't help, not just like that. I can take you to him, but you will negotiate yourself."

You didn’t need more, so you hastened to agree.

Looking at you once more, Jack left and returned with a stronger and straighter stick, which was easier to walk on. You noticed that despite his great height and formidable appearance, he was kind. Like a nasty older brother, with whom you constantly quarrel, but despite this get along very well. Grimm, by the way, liked the new acquaintance, he kept trying to find out the secret of the transformation, but could not. You, too, were interested, you did not bother Jack. You didn't want him to change his mind about helping you, because he was right about one thing: you couldn't survive on your own.

The sun had just risen, but you could already feel the rising temperature and the harshness of the climate. You constantly wanted to clear throat and drink water, which you hadn`t much. The bottle was already half empty, and there was still a long way to go. Who knew where you would be able to restock. Reality once again reminded of itself, repeating, this was not a dream. Pain in the body after the blow, scratches on the hands - if this was not sufficient evidence, then what was.

You slowed down. Walking leaning on a stick was difficult, especially in your current state. The ears on Jack's head twitched slightly, and he stopped. Was the young man really listening to your steps and adjusting his? Turning around, he held out his hand without a word. At first you didn't understand what he meant until he looked at the bag. Guessing right, you took it off your shoulder and put it in his outstretched palm. Seeing with what ease he picked it up, you became envious. NIt was nothing, you reassured yourself, you need to rest a bit and you could do the same.

Continuing on without a burden, you allowed yourself to look around. Everywhere were yellow, in some places cracked earth from lack of moisture. Stones, as if scattered around, were here and there. Bushes and trees, although not as lush as you had seen them before, diluted the picture, attracting a tired look. At some point, you noticed that instead of one plant you see two, then three. Turning your head to Howl, you noted that there were two of him too.

Losing consciousness, the last thing you remember was his surprised face.

Hot.

It was unbearably stuffy. You fidgeted, trying to catch breeze to take a deep breath, clearing the dust from your lungs, but instead you felt something cold and wet land on your forehead. This cooled the heat inside a little, and you fell back to sleep.

When you opened your eyes for the second time, you realized that the veil had fallen, and the usual clarity returned to your thoughts. Raising your hand to your face, you touched the rough fabric on your forehead, which had already become warm. As you removed it, you turned your head, trying to figure out where you were. Apparently, you were in some kind of room: gray stone walls, a wooden ceiling and a small window as a light source. A small table with a chair on which stood a warthog. Another familiar analogy with your world.

Pulling off the blanket you were covered with, you lowered your legs and stepped on the floor, trying to reach the door. Carefully turning the handle, you were surprised to find a whole system of passages and wooden suspension bridges. As soon as you stepped outside, it became easier to breathe, or so it seemed to you, because the stuffiness and dryness in the air did not disappear.

Approaching a kind of fence in the form of an ordinary rope, you looked down and felt dizzy again. You didn’t fly down, someone grabbed you by the collar from behind and pulled you back. Landing on the floor, you cleared your throat. Blinking back tears, you noticed pairs of feet. Raising your head, you saw a blonde of small stature, who, propping up his side with one hand, looked at you with a mockery. His clothes were similar to those worn by Jack. The only difference was a yellow scarf.

"Aah, the kitten decided to volunteer to be prey? Kshi-shi-shi," the youth raised his hand to his mouth and characteristically laughed.

You were slightly offended by his attitude, but then you remembered Jack's words, "Could it be that you...Ruggie?"

"So you know me, so be it," he spread his hands. "Go back before someone else finds you. I'll call Jack."

Perhaps you were still under the impression of a possible fall that you silently nodded and obediently returned to the room. Who would have thought that space could be so scary. It always inspired you with a sense of freedom, but here, on the contrary, it put you at a disadvantage.

Luckily, you didn't have to wait long. The door soon opened again and Jack showed up in the doorway, carrying your bag, with that rude guy Ruggie. Gratefully taking it and placing it on your lap, you looked at the wolf in anticipation. You didn't know exactly what you wanted to know, or if you wanted to, so you just left the choice to Howl. He sank down next to a colorful small carpet in front of the bed on which you were sitting, and, after thinking a little, began to speak.

"You got a fever, and I brought you here. Ruggie," the young man looked at the blond who was leaning against the table. "Take care of you. He understands this better than I do. We are in the heart of Savanaclaw."

Waving hand, "Under Leona's very nose. It's amazing you hadn't been caught yet, but it's only a matter of time. And since you're conscious," he suddenly extended his hand towards you in a significant gesture. "Jack paid me to take care of you, but he mentioned that you need a guide. My services aren`t cheap."

Well, you didn't expect someone to help you for nothing. However, that didn't mean you had anything worthwhile. You opened your bag and started rummaging through it, trying to find something. Pens, a pencil, an eraser, a notebook, a few candies that sank under the weight of other things, scissors, a bottle and a jar of cookies. Wait. It looked stupid, but you had no other choice. You took the jar and held it out, improvising as you went.

"These cookies are made by the best chef in Heartslabyul!" At least it wasn't an exaggeration. "...will it be enough?"

There was a silence, and you were already beginning to regret what was said, as the blond grabbed the jar and, weighing it in his hand, put it in the table locker.

To your uncomprehending look, he shrugged, "It doesn't look like you have anything more valuable. I already checked," before you put two and two together, he continued. "Disguise and you might even pass for a local." With these words, Ruggie went to the closet and pulled out another set of clothes, similar to the one he wore himself. Throwing to you pants, the same shirt and necklace that everyone here apparently wore, he left with Jack. "Get dressed and go out. We'll pick up your cat along the way and you could get out without becoming anyone's lunch."

After changing into a new outfit, you felt better, as it had become much easier to endure the heat. The fabric turned out to be pleasant to the touch and comfortable to wear, now it became clear why the locals preferred this style. You hugged yourself for a second and tried to calm yourself a little. You'd learned from past mistakes. No matter how peaceful everything around looked, now you knew how quickly things could change in the opposite direction. So, no matter what happened, you weren't going to stay anywhere longer than necessary.

It was a little stressful that you hadn't met the head of these lands yet, but if your meeting didn't take place, you wouldn't be too upset. Or rather, never at all. However, you were the winner in life, since of all the people in the world you won a ticket to the Other World. That's why you weren't surprised that when you went outside, you saw an unfamiliar figure, different from Ruggie and Jack. His skin was slightly darker, but the style of clothing was exactly the same as the one you were now wearing. However something was different, but you couldn't tell what it was. Might be it was the quality of the fabric, or might be it was the piercing green eyes and the long tail with a tassel at the end.

"You block the road"

You raised eyebrow, looking around. There was more than enough space. It would not have been difficult for you to move and give way if this person were not so rude. So you crossed your arms over your chest and looked at him defiantly.

"That`s how? I can say the same thing to you," you understood that it was stupid to stir up a quarrel with a stranger, but you were not in the best mood to endure rudeness.

The stranger frowned, burning you with his eyes, "Huh?"

You were ready to swear by anything that the already hot air almost sparkled with tension. You were a little scared by his aura, but you were not going to retreat.

"Head Leona!" Exclaimed Bucchi, who arrived on time and interrupted your game of staring. "What made you get up so early?"

Early? According to your assumptions, the sun had risen long ago, and lunchtime was long past. What time the person in front of you usually woke up, you were not interested. Why he still came out at an unusual time was another question. 

At the moment some fact came to you. Did he say the head.. Leona? Damn it. Mentally, you slapped yourself. Just you and your luck. Of all the possibilities, you fell out with someone you should have avoided at all costs in the first place.

"I picked up smells of two traitors who led an unfamiliar herbivore into my territory," you almost squirmed at his choice of words, but you held it in. If he also had some special ability, like Riddle, the last thing you wanted to experience it for yourself. Apparently, your reaction amused him. "Let's see how it is going to escape from the predators.. I dare you."

Throwing the last phrase, looking straight into your eyes, he left with a lazy unhurried gait. You looked questioningly at Ruggie, who no longer had that grin on his face, "That makes things harder. Oi, don't stand still," he called out to you in annoyance. "Plans are changing. Now you have about five minutes to get out of here, or.. bam! And you will have to pay me for organizing your funeral."

Whatever Ruggie said, his words set the right mood, because you, along with Jack and him, as well as Grimm, hurriedly ran somewhere. To be more precise, you just ran after, allowing them to lead you in an unknown direction. Did you believe them? You had no idea, but if they decided to betray you now, then you would be very unlucky. You barely had time to grab your bag when Jack jumped out from around the corner and the three of you, not counting the cat, left the building through seemingly endless passages.

You didn't meet anyone along the way, which confused you even more. As if everyone hid and waited on someone's orders. Whose exactly, you already guessed.

Yes, you were a little rude to the head, but that wasn't enough reason to make you the #1 target. On the one hand, you felt similar to the people of this world, and on the other hand, they acted as no sane person would ever act. Really, why the moral principles of the local inhabitants were so different from yours. A loud lion's roar from somewhere above cooled your insides. Looks like your time was up.

You hadn't fully recovered yet, and running was hard for you, but fear was enough fuel to open up a second wind. Sweat flowed in a hail, covering your eyes, and lungs seemed to clog with sand. However, you did not stop for a second, because after a while you really heard the sounds of the chase. It all started imperceptibly, with a barely noticeable trembling of the earth, which you attributed to your imagination. Then you started to imagine a roar behind you, but from the seriousness of Jack's face you understand that it was true. As calluses on the legs, and a voice escaping from the throat, in the form of a wheeze, and possible death.

Before Heartslabyul, you didn't think about it. No matter how hard it was, the old woman with the scythe seemed too distant. However now you could feel her breath on your neck more and more clearly. You still planned to return home, finish reading the very book that you kept putting off. Complete the game for which you always hadn`t time. If your journey would end here, then...

You shook your head. You didn't want to think about it.

"Aah! Hold on, just a little more!" Ruggie's voice sounded muffled, as if in a vacuum.

You felt how fast your strength was fading away. As probably everyone around. Before you could cough up your own lungs, and the muscles, unable to withstand the tension, stretched like strings and tore, you, on the verge of consciousness, felt the blond grab your hand and forcefully throw you somewhere. Having come into contact with the water with your whole body, you stretched out your hands to the surface, afraid of drowning. Choking, you saw the backs of the guys moving away in the opposite direction and the sonorous voice of Bucchi, "I`ll get my payment when you`ll become rich and famous."

Fighting the rapid current of the river became unbearable and you let it carry you away.