Work Text:
You were having a bad day, horrible even.
And no one seemed to notice.
I mean, you couldn’t blame them, you’ve been acting the same as ever just a bit more..reserved.
No one questioned you, because of course they didn’t think much of it, though on the inside you really were feeling like shit.
You sighed, reading your book on the house of Daena, it was just moments after Alhaitham came to greet you, and you could still see him walking in the distance, trying to reach the section about philosophy.
You glanced at him and then back at the book, the words on it mixing up as you couldn’t focus enough to read.
Did no one really notice you were upset?
You didn’t want to go around and complain to everyone about it, and tried to act like normal, yet you couldn’t help but feel sad at the thought of no one noticing your odd behaviour.
That’s what you thought at least, because there was a certain someone that hasn’t laid his eyes off of you the entire day, glancing at you from the other side of the room, debating to himself wether he should talk to you or not.
He couldn’t take it anymore, it was painfully obvious you were upset about something and the more infuriating factor was the obliviousness of everyone else around you! He really had underestimated the stupidity of humans.
‘Idiot, we’re friends- why am I scared to talk to an insect like her..she’s been acting out of character the whole day..’
he gazed at your sitting figure, intently tying to understand what you were thinking about, to no use of course.
That’s when he mustered up the courage to walk over to you, with your head still low on the book.
He stopped right in front of the table, waiting for you to acknowledge him but you never did, so instead he opted to just greet you immediately, a cocky smile forming on his lips immediately.
“Greetings worm”
His voice dripping with arrogance, trying to act as normal as ever and hiding the want, no.. the need to know what was upsetting you.
He was really weirded out by this thought, yet he couldn’t help himself, he wanted to know what was upsetting you, and maybe even comfort you..or something.
You look up at him absentmindedly, waving and smiling as you went back to ‘reading’ your book.
He rolled his eyes at your lack of basic human decency and he walked over to stand next to you, peeking to see what you were reading but noticing the book was upside down.
He scoffed as he rotated the book, catching you off guard as you looked at him standing next to you.
“What? It was upside down, are you even reading this book?”
He questioned with a raised brow, crossing his arms and looking at you expecting an answer.
All you could do was apologize and go back to staring at the pages of the book, thinking about your day.
After a while of just standing there the wanderer’s had enough, he couldn’t bear to see the pitiful sight in front of him any longer, making your chair move to face him as he sat to a chair next to yours.
He sighed and looked at your surprised expression.
“You look…weirder than usual..is something the matter?”
He stared at you, a genuine expression of worry and curiosity could be seen on his face as you widened your eyes
“Oh- uh…what do you mean? nothings wrong! I’m fine I swear”
You gave him an awkward smile and his gentle expression turned into a serious one, looking at you unamused.
“Stop with the useless human ways of speaking, it’s obvious you’re not fine. And it seems like no one has noticed, tsk. What a bunch of idiotic humans, and they dare call themselves scholars”
He stopped for a moment, looking at you straight in the eyes and making your heart skip a beat.
“Just spit it out already”
He rolled his eyes as you stared at him, you couldn’t hide the shock on your expression, your slightly agape mouth closing immediately after realising you had opened it.
You never thought he of all people would notice you being upset,
Your smile turns into a frown as your walls come down quickly, making you sigh in exhasperation.
“It’s nothing really, it’s a stupid thing to be upset about. No need to tell-“
He interrupts you from speaking further by talking over you.
“It’s not stupid if it’s making you this upset. You can tell me, I’m not one to judge”
He smirks and you lower your head, you were quite embarassed to say the reason behind all your sadness, especially so if you’re opening up about it to the wanderer, he’s been through so much he’ll definitely think your reason is stupid.
Though you decide to give it a shot.
“Fine, I’ll tell you..”
you mumble while holding your head in your hands, and as you raise it you notice him being closer to you than before, curiosity was the only thing you could read in his eyes as you stared back at him.
His gaze was quite alluring really, it made you want him to stare at you for longer. You quickly let go of the thought as your lips quivered and you opened your mouth a bunch of time to speak, but words just won’t come out of you.
Instead, your eyes welled up and you looked down, trying hard not to cry in a public space.
So you quickly decided to grab his wrist and take him sewhere more private, to be exact an empty storage room, and locked the door behind you.
He stares at your back for a few moments, noticing as you started to tremble and sniffle.
The wanderer’s eyes widened in shock at the sight as you turned around, you were…crying?
He didn’t know what to do, he was panicking now, looking around frantically for somewhere for you two to sit on but he found nothing.
He looked at you break down in front of him, his heart (if he even had one) breaking in a million pieces.
“Don’t cry…”
He mumbled out but you didn’t hear him, holding your head in your hands as you started to slide down the door, sitting of the floor.
“I-…I’m sorry…this is stu-“
He interrupted you once again, rushing over to your side and patting your shoulder.
“It’s not..just tell me why you’re so upset, maybe I could..help?”
He was shocked by the words that came out of his mouth, since when has he been so nice? And to her nonetheless! Yet he couldn’t care less in this moment, the only thought in his mind was to help you.
He really couldn’t bare to see you like this, breaking down in front of him, you’ve always been so…strong and confident, it really is weird for him.
“I..fine”
You said, trying to calm your sobs as you stares up at him, and he gave you a such a warm smile you thought you’d never see on his face.
“I guess..I’ve been having problems with my self image recently…”
You said in between sniffles, looking away in embarrassment as his eyes widened once more, then he gave you a curious look.
“Self..image?”
He seemed to not understand what you were saying. To him, you seemed fine, beautiful even.. he really looked confused about your statement, earning a chuckle from you.
“Yes, I don’t know why I’m telling you this but.. I know I don’t look the part, but I’m really insecure.
And w-well.. yesterday someone made a comment about my appearance, and I guess it just stuck to me.”
He widened his eyes once more, he couldn’t believe what he was hearing, not one bit.
Why would someone make a comment about you? And why would you think so lowly of yourself? He was baffled to say the least.
“And you care about what other people say? That’s pathetic”
He scoffed but soon regretted his words, because you started crying again.
He panicked once more, frantically trying to make you stop by repeating small apologies.
“I’m sorry- I’m sorry, I didn’t mean it! You’re not pathetic just please don’t cry”
He moved his hands in the air really fast, as if surrendering and you looked up at him, a small smirk on your face as he quickly understood what had happened, blushing in embarrassment.
“That’s not funny. I’m trying to help you.”
He seemed annoyed by your teasing, though a part of him was relieved you were still your usual self.
“I’m sorry, I just don’t know how to deal with these situations..I really do feel worthless and ugly..I know I shouldn’t care about beauty, but..what if I never find love because of my appearance?”
His face turned into that of shock once more, he couldn’t physically fathom why you would think of yourself like that, he was really starting to get pissed off by what you thought about yourself.
“I don’t see it.”
Your gaze shifted to his eyes again, confused.
“What?”
You spoke softly, your tear stained face making him soften, the only thing he wanted to do now was show you how precious you are to him, and he intended to go through with his plan, he didn’t care about his ego , right now you were more important.
“I don’t see all that ‘uglyness’ you’re talking about. And don’t think I’m saying this only because you’re crying”
You looked at him in surprise, not managing to get a single word out of your mouth as you stared at him with hopeful eyes, wanting to hear his every thought about you.
“I personally think you look..nice.”
He whispered the last part, looking away from you with a hint of blush on his face. You were flabbergasted by the revelation, a smal smile forming on your lips.
“Really?”
You gave him the most innocent and hopeful look ever, and he couldn’t help but finally give in completely, hugging you tight while blushing profusely.
“I think you’re dashing, your face is flawless, your body looks like it’s been crafted by the most skilled of gods, trust me, I know a thing or two about that.”
He mumbled against your shoulder and you couldn’t help but get flustered, his words really got to you.
“Wha- what??”
Your voice was higher by two octaves as the blush crept up your face, your thoughts running wild at the sudden show of physical affection and the compliments.
“I won’t repeat it again..”
he said as he moved away from you, apologising for touching you without asking, which made you chuckle.
Your face was still red and the wanderer couldn’t help but stare a you with pure adoration as you laughed.
“You look divine”
He said absentmindedly, craving more of your affection after having that small sample from before, the small smile on his lips was still there, and he looked lovestruck.
You widened your eyes, stopping your laughter to stare at him in disbelief, your cheeks tinting with a deep shade of red once more.
“What did you say?”
You asked, though you heard what he said, you still couldn’t believe it. You definitely needed to hear it again, and again, and again..
it sounded nice coming from his lips..his lips huh? You’d lie if you said you didn’t dream of him kissing you before, and now that you’re in such an intimate situation, it almost feels like it might actually happen soon.
“I said you look divine, I never lie, do I?”
He said in a teasing manner, his signature cocky grin plastered on his face, though you clearly noticed the blush on his cheeks.
You quickly got hopeful, you needed to kiss him, every single cell in your body was screaming for you to do it, your eyes couldn’t stop glancing at his lips.
You thought you were going crazy.
Of course your glances didn’t go unnoticed by the wanderer, that was quickly getting more and more flustered at the thought that you might want to kiss him. He had to admit he was glancing at your lips as well, hoping for something that he thought would never happen, but now all his hopes might as well come true.
There was a moment where you locked eyes, and in that moment both of you realised the desire you felt for each other. Right now, there was no need for words.
You both started inching closer to each other, so close he could almost hear your heart beating out of your chest, all of this was so intoxicating to him, he craved more.
So you both closed your eyes and did it.
You were kissing him gently, as he quickly kissed you back, clearly not knowing what he had to do in that moment.
You parted soon after, faces still close to each other as you stared in each other’s eyes, as if trying to read your minds.
The wanderer was the first to speak
“What does this mean?”
He was breathless, whispering as he cupped your cheek, gently stroking it with his thumb.
You let out a small chuckle and looked at him
“What do you want this to mean for us?”
His cheeks turned a rosy pink as he kept staring in your eyes, as if entranced by them.
“I want to be by your side, as more than just..friends”
His soft expression was making you melt, he seemed so genuine and innocent you couldn’t help but smile warmly at him.
“I want to be more than friends as well”
You wrap your arms around his neck as you slowly pull him closer once again, kissing him deeply.
He seemed surprised at first, but he soon kissed you back, better than the first time.
He was still cupping your cheek with one hand, as the other slithered towards your waist, pulling you closer to him and making you hum in the kiss.
You parted after a while, both out of breath as the only thing you could look at was each other, you were completely bewitched by him.
“Does that mean you’re my lover now?”
He said, hopeful as a genuine smile formed on his lips after he saw you nod.
He then proceeded to hug you, burying his face in your shoulder as he inhaled deeply, relishing your touch.
“You smell good..”
he said mindlessly as you hugged him back, putting a hand in his hair to caress it gently.
“You’re beautiful. Don’t ever dare to forget that. And I’ll personally take care of anyone who says otherwise my dear”
You blushed and hid your face in the crook of his neck, as you felt him relax in your embrace.
You stayed like that for a while, then he helped you up and personally cleaned your face up, kissing every last part of your face as you chuckled.