Connecting Heartstrings | Gladion

>>Chapter 16<<

(Y/N) woke up to Hau jumping up and down on Lillie's bed and hitting her with a pillow.

— "WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP!!!!" — Hau screamed. (Y/N) stood up while Lillie stayed in the bed laughing and screaming at Hau to stop.

(Y/N) silently took a pillow and got close to Hau. When she was close enough, she lifted the pillow up in the air and aimed at Hau's head. A large thud was heard across the room. Lillie slowly opened her eyes only to find Hau face first on the floor and (Y/N) beating him senseless with a pillow. She laughed a bit and then ran to stop (Y/N) before she murdered her best friend in cold blood with a fluffy pillow.

— "Oh, hey Lillie" — (Y/N) said smiling casually while hitting Hau with the pillow. — "There's another pillow over there, care to join me?" — She calmly said while Hau screamed bloody murder down on the floor.

Before Lillie could reply, Gladion screamed, completely annoyed. The anger on his face was crystal clear, Hau's screaming woke him up and it seemed like Gladion's sleeping time was golden.

— "HAU I SWEAR TO GOD I'M GONNA KILL YOU, YOU LOUD SON OF A..."— Gladion walked the hallway to his sister's room screaming. He was ready to murder Hau for ruining his precious nap, but as he walked into Lillie's room with a murderous intent, he found (Y/N) already doing the job for him. His anger went down for an instant and was replaced with confusion. — "What is going on here?" — He simply asked, staring at Hau curled in a ball on the floor and (Y/N) repeatedly slamming the pillow against him.

— "(Y/N) is trying to kill Hau for waking her up." — Lillie said while looking at the two fighting. Gladion smirked realising they both had that in common.

Hau reached out for a pillow to defend himself against (Y/N)'s violent attacks but (Y/N) noticed.

— "OH HELL NO." — (Y/N) screamed and threw herself at Hau's reaching arm and bit him. Hau screamed. The fight was on. Hau started pulling (Y/N)'s hair and she started scratching and biting like a child. Lillie and Gladion stood there for a few moments, not understanding how those two could be so childish.

Gladion had just about had it with the fighting pair and so he walked up to them without saying a word and simply took (Y/N) by the foot and dragged her away from Hau. As soon as (Y/N) felt someone grabbing her she turned, ready to kill but when she noticed it was Gladion she completely froze. Not because it was Gladion, but because he was shirtless. She quickly got up, dusted herself off and turned around faster than lightning to hide her blushing face.

Hau got up and was about to thank Gladion for saving him, but he shot Hau a death glare and he completely stopped in his tracks and opted for turning around to talk to Lillie. Gladion then turned to look at (Y/N), who was still facing the other way, red as a tomato; not that Gladion noticed.

— "Are you okay?" — Gladion asked, walking closer to (Y/N) trying to look at her, but she kept hiding.

— "Sure, I'm fantastic...I need to pee." — (Y/N) replied and left the room to go to the bathroom, leaving Gladion, Hau and Lillie completely confused at her behaviour. One second, she was all murder and the next she was flustered and running away. Lillie and Gladion were completely baffled, while Hau laughed on the inside knowing full well what had happened. Hau was the only one who was not oblivious to (Y/N)'s feelings. And (Y/N) could only hope for him to keep his mouth shut. Thankfully for (Y/N), Hau said nothing.

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Everyone was having breakfast downstairs. (Y/N) was unusually quiet and just staring at her plate without eating. Hau thought she was still flustered from earlier but in reality, she was a nerve wreck. She kept thinking about her plans and how she would probably mess up her friendship with Lillie and Gladion for some petty revenge. But she had planned this since she was a child who had just lost her parents. She now had access to Aether Paradise thanks to her friendship with Gladion and Lillie but finding the labs to retrieve her dad's project would be a real challenge.