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(Request) Eavesdropping - Roman Reigns

You just finished changing into your casual clothes and decided to go to catering for the rest of the night. You had won your match and didn't feel like going to the hotel yet after showering.

You had started working on Smackdown a few months ago and were friends with most of your colleagues. Even the ones that weren't really friends still seemed to like you. All except one that is.

You spotted your friends at a table. Or well, your friends and Roman, who was the one person that did not seem to like you.

As luck would have it. The only free seat left happened to be the one right next to him. 'Just great' you thought to yourself.

"Hey guys, what's up?" You asked as you sat down.

"Not much." Bianca shrugged with a smile before adding "Great match out there, Y/N"

"Eh, I've seen better." Roman muttered.

"Thanks Bi." You smiled at your friend, ignoring Roman's comment completely. "

"Roman! Don't be so rude" Sasha scolds, slapping his arm.

"I was actually being polite" he shrugs.

"Don't bother Sash, not worth it." you told her before you turned to Seth. "So how are Becks & Roux?"

"They're great. Roux is precious as always and becks can't wait to come back." He smiled. Seth always seemed to smile brighter when talking about his wife and daughter.

"I can imagine. And I bet she'd want her title back."

"Actually, it's my baby's title now." Montez pointed out before kissing Bianca's cheek.

"That's right fam." Angelo agreed. "And you know she's the best."

"Guys stop it." Bianca chuckled.

"Once I figure out this new finisher, I'm working on we'll see who's the best." You smirked at her. The two of you were great friends but the two of you were also super competitive.

"You're working on a new finisher?" Sasha asked interested. She loved talking about move development as she loved the technical aspect of wrestling.

"Yeah, and I think it will be pretty good once it finally comes together." You told her proudly but before you could go into details, Roman had to make one of his rude remarks like always.

"Doubt it. Everything you do is average at best."

If looks could kill. Roman would have been 6 feet under because of the glare you shot his way. "Excuse me?"

"Just saying it as it is." Roman shrugged. "Maybe if you spent more time training and less time on your looks, you'd actually be good at this"

"What the hell is your problem!?" You finally snapped at him as you just couldn't deal with any more of his crap. "Ever since I got here you have been nothing but rude to me and I've had just about enough of it. What have I ever done to you to make you hate me? Nothing. I did absolutely nothing. I couldn't have since you've been acting like this since day one. You didn't even know me, you still don't. Maybe if you would have taken the time to do so you would know how much time I spent training. Honestly if you dislike me so much why can't you just ignore me instead of being such a dick every time."

With that you stormed out. You were angry and hurt and needed to cool down. You really didn't want to deal with his negativity towards you anymore.

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After you had cooled off for about an hour, you made your way to the locker room to go grab your stuff.

You were used to dealing with stuff like this. You had wanted to become a wrestler since you were 6 years old and a lot of your classmates had called your dream stupid and unobtainable countless of times. Even when you started wrestling on the indies you had to deal with doubters and haters.

None of it ever bothered you but for some reason, Roman had managed to hurt you.

You were about to round the corner when you heard voices talking to each other.

"I still don't get why you are always so rude to her man." You heard Seth say.

You decided to stay hidden around your corner so you could overhear them. After all, you were pretty sure that the 'her' Seth was referring to was you so it wasn't like you were getting into somebody else's business.

"I told you, I don't feel like talking about it." You heard Roman grumble back at him.

"Too bad. I don't know if you noticed but she was really hurt by what you said, you big oaf."

You quickly made a mental note to thank Seth later for having your back.

"I know" Roman sighed and... did he sound defeated just now?

"Then why the hell did you do that?"

"Because I like her, okay?" Roman admitted to his friend. "It's because I like Y/N."

"You sure have a sucky way of showing it. Why be rude to Y/N if you like her?"

"I don't know." Roman groaned. "When we met her, she just looked so beautiful and she was so polite and sweet. I pretty much liked her from the start but she's too perfect. Y/N is way out of my league. I knew she either already had a boyfriend or she would just flat out reject me. I kind of figured that if I'd be rude and push her away then that would be better than being rejected by her while being myself."

'Wait.' you thought to yourself. 'That's what he thinks of me?'

You couldn't say you didn't feel butterflies at the thought of Roman wanting to date you. Sure, he had been rude to you but you had eyes. The man was gorgeous even when being a dick. And you had always wondered what he would be like once he stopped being rude.

"That honestly is the dumbest thing I've ever heard you say. But it does explain a lot." Seth chuckled. "You still owe her an apology though. Y/N is a great person and she didn't deserve those mean comments. And honestly, just give her a chance."

You decided that now would be a good time to walk out. Once you did so, you cleared your throat to get their attention.

"Y/n." Roman said startled. Looking at you like a dear caught in the headlights. "We didn't see you there."

"I noticed." you said indifferently. You were not going to make this too easy. You wanted that apology.

Seth pushed Roman towards you before walking away to leave the two of you alone.

Roman let out a deep sigh. "I am so sorry for treating you like I did. I was rude and even plain mean to you at times. You didn't deserve that. You were right, you never did anything to me so my behavior was uncalled for. I know I don't deserve it after months of being rude to you but do you think that in time you could forgive me Y/N?"

He genuinely seemed to feel sorry for all of it. You decided to forgive him, but not without stealing his thunder.

"I don't know. Why don't you pick me up for lunch at noon tomorrow so we can talk about it?" You asked him with a teasing smile.

"Lunch as in a date?" He asked you almost hopefully. It was actually pretty adorable.

"Yes, you big oaf." You nodded with a smile.

"You heard that much huh?" Roman chuckled. "You know eavesdropping is pretty rude right?"

"Eh yeah but I figured I'd get even and at least now you have that date with me." You teased him. "If anything, you should be thanking me for eavesdropping."

And thank you he did. Every day that followed for your entire relationship.

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-Rodam- thank you so much for your request and for being so patient. I hope this comes close to what you had in mind for it. Please let me know what you think!

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