Chapter Text
Ship: Rust (vast & rune)
Characters: vast & rune
Tw: none :)
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Vast pov:
I layed in my bed looking at the wall I was facing, I had just woken up and didn't want to get up. I turned around to see a bird on my pillow.
"Shuo, go away" I told the bird as I pushed it off my bed then turned back around cuddling the pillow I had just thrown to the side prior. As I started to doze off I heard a knock on my door. I got up and started walking towards the door leading to the main door, I opened the door and to my surprise it was Rune.
"Oh hello vast! Did I umm interrupt something?" The shorter asked
I thought for a moment on what to say
"Umm no I had actually just woken up- did you need anything?" I asked as I rubbed my blank eyes
"Oh I was just passing by umm I'll be going now!" Rune spoke in a very awkward tone? Hell how you describe it? It was as if he felt out of place?
"Oh umm you sure?" I asked as a bit of disappointment slipped into my tone without me noticing till after it had fallen out, god tell me he didn't notice
"I umm, would it be ok if I did stayed? For a bit?" Rune had answered
fuck Fuck FUCK
Panic swept through
"Sure yeah" I said as I gestured him into my home
"Wow what a lovely home although it does lack decorations" he said as he looked around
"Oh well-" I spoke as I opened the curtain to the large window and got cut off
"Wow is this yours vast?" He asked as he held a magpie plush that had been sitting there for a while now
"Umm..." I spoke in a almost whispered tone
"Oh I love him what's his name?" Rune asked as he hugged it
"Oh actually it has no name- umm.." I said nervously
"You can name it if you want" I continued
God what was I thinking
"Oh really?" He asked as his purple eyes lit up with joy
what was this feeling? It was like something was in my stomach fluttering around
"Hmm," Rune thought before a magpie, which I'm assuming is Jasper or Rye brought a piece of paper
"Oh 'name it after..hmph.." Rune read the piece of paper
"Vast?" He asked
"Huh?" I asked I was afraid I zoned out or something face
"Vast, I wanna name it Vast"
"Alright" I whispered to myself
Rune looked around a bit
"Umm sorry bought the mess" I spoke to rune which seemed to spook him as I had gone from the widow to behind him
"Oh it's alright Vast" Rune said as he moved to face me and crossed his legs setting the plush in his lap. I had sat down at the edge of my bed and started at him, I wish I knew how to be a good host.
"So, what have you been doing lately it's been a while"
"I've been gathering materials" I lied, I felt guilty for lying to Rune but he couldn't know about the ovalisk
Not yet perhaps one day
"Ah alright, did you have any plans for today?"
"No not really" I told him, another lie making the guilt worse I was going to work on the ovalisk
Eventually rune and I had fallen into silence, but it wasn't awkward silence but rather comfortable silence
"Oh you should get dressed your still in you pajamas".I looked at myself, he was right. I was still in the dark blue cropped shirt and the black sweatpants
"I guess you're right" I got up and walked towards the wardrobe across from my bed before I realised Rune was Infront of it
"Umm I need-" I started before rune spoke
"Oh I'm sorry!" He got up dropping the plush
I didn't know why but I grabbed the plush and handed it to him then went back to grab clothes
"Umm thanks" Rune spoke I looked over at him hugging the plush again
"Yeah" I tried to hid my smile as I grabbed clothes and headed to the bathroom in the other room
Rune Pov:
Vast walked over to the door heading to the other room
why was I feeling like this? What was this?
I looked around my eyes locking on his bed for some reason, I wasn't sure why. I walked over to it and sat down, his sheets messed up, followed by the green blanket and 3 pillows two on top lined up and a third laying against the wall almost.
I layed down hugging the magpie plush. My hair layed against the green blanket. I closed my eyes
this felt wrong yet right almost. Everything felt peaceful
I had felt myself slowly drift into a slumber like state
Vast pov:
I walked into the bathroom and shut the door.
I layed the clothes on the bathroom counter.
Looking at myself in the mirror,
How could Rune ever like me? My eyes are as blank as the snow, this ugly scar across my eye, my long hair. Nothing about me was masculine or pretty.
"The peacock really did hurt me in a way" i thought to myself i looked at the clothes and realised...
"fuck"
instead of my usual clothes I grabbed a black cropped shirt and ripped blue jeans.
"Welp" I thought to myself before I started to get changed
Runes pov:
"God I need to get out of the basement and fix my sleep schedule.." I scolded myself in a loud whisper
"Why? Have you been having trouble sleeping or?" I heard a voice say, I was too into the slumber like state to say anything. Everything felt calm, the plush on my chest felt heavy but calming,
"Work" I hummed almost
"Hmm" The voice hummed. I heard footsteps coming closer until eventually I felt it sit down next to me.
I opened my eyes to see Vast sitting next to me, quickly sat up
"Oh umm hi Vast" I said awkwardly
fuck I fucked up now vast is going to get weirded out and ask me to leave
I looked over to him, his blank white eyes, his scar, his hair.. everything about him was just perfect...
I looked into his eyes before I realised, he was wearing different clothes then what he normally wears.
"Oh you chose new clothes" I stated trying to change the subject
"Hmm, I did" Vast had always been the one to have a lack of words
"Vast, you umm you look good" I said to him
"thanks" he whispered trying to make it louder then how it came out.
I looked at him again
"Your hair is lovely" Vasts face slowly got red.
"Umm thanks Rune. Although it's really damaged" vast spoke out in slight embarrassment
"Oh?"
"Yeah I don't really take care of it, I was thinking of cutting it perhaps. I was told it makes me look too feminine"
"No! Don't cut it! It's pretty even if it's damaged" I protested against his words
"I- Rune it's really damaged" Vast spoke again
"I don't care, it's pretty you can do so many things with it" i once again protested
Vast looked at me and then started to take the braid out his hair letting it loose
"See it's-"
"Pretty, it's really pretty..." I was amazed Vasts hair was curly but due to it being in a braid for so long it was more wavy. I ran my hand through his hair just a bit
Sure it did have a few knots but nothing major
His hair was also frizzy, it made him look ..cute...
Vast pov:
Rune ran his fingers through my hair, I could feel the knots here and there but it felt nice
I looked at rune
His purple eyes looking into mine as he softly smiled at me
"I umm" I began but trailed off, rune still ran his hand through my hair
"Vast, can I play with your hair?" Rune asked with a look on his face as if he desperately wanted to.
"Sure, umm do you need a brush?" I asked
"Oh yes!" He said
god why was his accent so cute
I got up and walked over to the wardrobe and grabbed a brush and a few hair bands for him
"Here" I gave home what I had gotten
"Do you want me to sit on the floor so you can reach easier?" I asked
"Yes that would be lovely!" He smiled in excitement
I sat on the floor with a good distance between us
"Vast?" Rune asked
"Yes?" I replied as I looked up to him
"Could you umm move closer, you don't have to but it'd be easier"
"Sure" i moved back a little bit
"Tell me when your good" i told him
"Closer"
"Closer"
"There, that's good" the blond spoke
I sta there untill i realised, runes legs were almost on my shoulders, he had back me up right against the bed frame.
I felt my cheeks get warm. The only reason why Runes legs weren't on his shoulders was because he had moved them to be around his shoulders instead.
I felt rune slowly part my hair into two
"Tell me if I pull you hair ok?" He asked me
"Ok" I spoke back
Rune slowly started to brush my hair making his way up my hair untangling it. Soon enough I had felt myself lean into his touch. Rune was gentle and soft with me compared to how he was with others. Rune always check in with me to see if I was ok with something.
"Keep your head up please" rune said to me softly
"Huh? Oh yeah sorry" I mentally scolded myself for leaning into his touch.
Once rune finished brushing it out he started to fluff it up. His hands running up my hair and gently throwing it upwards to make it fluffy. He split my hair into two again except this time it was a upper half and lower half. Rune put the upper half into a ponytail then started to wrap it into a small bun. He once again fluffed up the lower half.
"Vast look at me for a sec-" I looked up at him and locking eyes
"Pr..tt" Rune whispered to himself, I could hardly hear him
"Hmph?"
"Nothing" Rune said slightly embarrassed.
"Alright" I said as he fixed my hair so I had small bangs.
"Done!" Rune spoke in his happy tone
"Let me grab a mirror" I went to the wardrobe and pulled out a small hand mirror with magpie wings on the sides
"I hope you like it" Rune said nervously
"I really do, thank you Rune" I spoke to him
"That's good, I'm glad"
Rune Pov:
I felt how butterflies danced around in my stomach hitting the walls repeatedly
"Hey Vast?" I spoke
"Hmph?" Vast looked at me
"I umm I really liked this I hope we could do this more often but I should be going before Ava does anything" I said to him
"Oh alright, but umm yeah we could try and do this more often" Vast said to me
"Alright bye Rune" vast said to me I could here sadness in his voice.
"Bye vast and here" I handed him the magpie plush
"Bye thanks for everything, be safe Rune" I heard him say as I waved off to him before I was out of view
Vast pov:
I held the plush in my arms
"Give it to him" I heard a magpie say
"I should give him something more important"
"Hmm....."
3rd person:
Later when vast went to bed he cuddled with the magpie plush while Rune layed in bed both thinking of the events earlier in the morning.