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What was it that you saw in him?
That was a question Sebek found himself asking a lot these days. From the moment you two met and started your strange friendship with one another. You have for some reason stuck around him. Everything he said, everything he did, you were there, looking at him like he was something worthwhile. It confused him, irritated him and left him floundering at times. He knew he wasn't the best kind of company, he was loud and could be hard headed. He could get snippy and defensive and smug, so much so that it made it incredibly hard for others to approach him. Sebek knew these supposed shortcomings, knew how they affected the people's perception around him. Not that he cared, they weren't Lilia or Silver or Malleus, who's opinions mattered to him.
In his eyes they weren't worth the extra effort to worry over. That however changed when you came into the picture. You who spoke to him with a nonchalantance, you who wasn't afraid to speak out and call him out when you felt he was being too harsh. You with your unbearable warmth and surprising patience. You who looked at him like he was a person. It was something Sebek tried not to dwell on, though a lot of times he failed to do so. That glaringly obvious fact that he wasn't a complete fae nor a complete human. A child from both worlds, isolated from them. Forever on the outside of both places, with no place for people like him. It was a fact in his life, a lonely life that he was born into. Never truly accepted by human nor fae, save for his elders whom accompanied him from Briar Valley. Yet you......
You accepted him. Despite his round ears and reptilian eyes and sharp fangs. You hadn't even flinched at the very things that separated him from both humans and fae. Instead accepting them and still remaining by his side. It was bewildering, it was maddening. It was so very you. Sebek's gaze found itself drifting towards you, taking in the sight. You, born with no magic and from an entirely different world, who had helped and saved countless students from disaster. Was currently sitting next to him, completely content. There was no worry on your face, just a peaceful calm that seemed to seep through when you were with him. Your hand, intertwined with his, was comforting. Comforting in a way he hadn't really felt in his lifetime. Looking at you, Sebek always asked himself what exactly you saw in him that made you stay. And still to this day he doesn't know what the answer to that question is but.......
If it was something you wanted, he'd give it to you. He'd give you his company, give you his hand to hold. As long as you were wanting to stay by his side, Sebek would give it all. If it meant seeing your smile and hearing your voice calling his name, then he'd do it for as long as you shall live. Because it was you. And there was no one else like you.