Road To Us || Porco Galliard

⤜Chapter Twenty⤛

You slid down the stairs at about nine in the morning, feeling refreshed after sleeping in.

"Mornin'!" You said to Porco and Colt who were sitting on the couch as you were on your way to the kitchen.
"Morning sleeping beauty." Porco said and Colt waved.

"Hey (N/n)! What do you want for breakfast?" Marcel said as you entered the kitchen. You waved to Reiner and he waved back as you spoke.
"Let's do açai bowls! And everyone can add their own toppings." You said excitedly. Reiner smiled back and sighed internally.
You had a lot of energy today.

"She's really energetic today." Porco whispered to Colt who nodded with an almost pained expression.
"Occasionally, she'll get really hyper after having a good sleep in. She's not hard to deal with but she always ahaha so much energy. But she'll come crashing down in the afternoon." Colt checked his watch. "I'd say maybe three pm." Porco looked a little lost but nodded anyways.

"Hey guys! Come make açai bowls with us!" You yelled from the kitchen. Both Colt and Porco sighed as they got up and walked to you. You were humming happily as you pulled out different toppings of fruit, muesli and nuts.

Breakfast was eaten outside, the birds singing obnoxiously nearby. A small fairy wren hopped its way over, tilting its head curiously to look at you. You smiled and held out a small piece of nut on your finger. It fluttered forth and curiously came closer. It stopped just out of reach to stare at you suspiciously. You let out the smallest chuckle as it quickly pecked at the food and flew off.

"That was cute princess." Porco said smiling at you. You blushed and looked away.
"Wow so bold Porco. And so early in the morning." Colt said, stretching his arms out and dropping one on your shoulder. Marcel and Reiner laughed.

"You two are getting along well. I was worried there might be some issues." Marcel sighed. "But my worry was for naught as you two are probably going to be dating by the end of this trip." He eyed his spoon with fake curiosity. Reiner and Colt were pink from trying to hold in their laughter, you were crimson with embarrassment and Porco was almost purple for the same reason as you but with an added dash of rage.

It became chaos the minute a noise escaped from Reiner. Loud raucous laughter and yelling shook the table and you looked away with wide eyes, an uncomfortable expression resting on your face.

As the boys fought, you were feeding your new friend more fruit and nuts. It chirped happily every time you threw food up for it to catch. Slowly trusting you more, the little bird came and nestled into your hand. You gasped as it almost cooed at you. Your finger met the top of it's head, feathers brushing against skin ever so lightly. You giggled and held your hand up so the little blue bird was eye level with you.

Porco held his phone up and snapped a picture with the shutter sound on, the other boys looking at him funny.
"What? You guys do it all the time." He shrugged. Marcel sighed and Colt rolled his eyes. You turned to look at them with the biggest grin on your face.

Your eyes shining with excitement and your hair the tiniest bit messy as the sun made it glow. You held the bird out for them to see.

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You turned to look at Porco who was once again holding his phone up. You tilted your head curiously, the bird in your hands doing the same.

"It's a cute bird." He shrugged nonchalantly. He was obviously mildly embarrassed that he forgot to turn the shutter noise off but tried to play it off.

'The bird isn't the only cute thing though.'
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"Well, what are we going to do today?" Reiner asked. You hummed in thought, lying across the couch.
"Let's relax today. We can go for a dip at the beach in a few hours. Let's have a chill day." Marcel suggested.
"That sounds nice. Let's go at three? We can go get ice cream or something." Colt replied looking at you. You smiled and nodded, before turning to look at Porco who was standing leaning against the wall.

"Oh sorry Pock. I didn't realise I was taking up so much space." Apologising, you moved to sit up so there was space for Porco. He shook his head.
"Nah it's okay princess. I'm okay to stand." You narrowed your eyes at his words.
"Sit." You demanded. Colt and Reiner were snickering in the background and Marcel watched, curious to see how his brother would react.

Porco sat down next to you but dragged you down so you were lying down, head in his lap. Your eyes widened in shock before looking up at him only to see him wearing a smug smirk.
"Happy princess?" He raised an eyebrow, his smirk growing at the bewildered expression on your face. You turned your head away, shifted to get more comfortable before letting out a little huff. The men laughed at this causing your embarrassment to grow even more. But you didn't move. Instead you lay on Porco's thighs, hiding your smiling and blushing face from view.

You had ended up falling asleep; as did Porco's legs. But he sat still, enduring the discomfort for you. Every time you shifted, he winced.

"Wake her up and tell her to move." Colt suggested, beating Reiner in Mortal Kombat once again. Reiner groaned loudly.
"Shh! I'm not going to wake her up. This is the best way for her to not crash or anything later on." Porco said, happy to have an excuse to keep you close.

"Just admit you like her. It's getting kinda sad now." Marcel sighed, not even looking up from his phone. Porco growled.
"It's been a week. Shut up about it and piss off." He said, looking down at you, moving a stand of hair from your face.
"Besides, even if I did, I'd be too scared about hurting her." He murmured softly, making everyone's eyes soften.

"She's fragile. But I think you'd be able to take care of her when she needs it. And she'll be able to soften that hard head of yours." Reiner said, gazing at you with affection. "She's my best friend and I want the best for her. And I think you could be the best for her."

Porco looked at Reiner. A new respect growing for the man he once hate as a boy.
"Ya know Reiner. You're not that bad." He murmured quietly. You shifted and made an noise that almost sounded like you agreed. Everyone chuckled at this.

"Well Porco. Take all the time you need to decide what you want to do. For now, let's let sleeping beauty sleep." Colt said, holding up a controller for him.
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