Road To Us || Porco Galliard

⤜Chapter Twenty-Two⤛

You opened the glass door of the ice-cream parlour dramatically.
"Jean? Marc?" You called out as the other stepped in behind you.

"(Y/n)?" You heard your freckled friend's voice from the back of the store.
"Wait (Y/n)?" Another voice asked.
"Hi (Y/n)!" You heard Jean call out. Three males entered the front part of the store.

"Connie?" Reiner's voice was filled with surprise.
"Reiner?" Jean asked, eyes widening.

"Wow this is weird." Colt nudged Marcel as you, Connie, Jean, Marco and Reiner got caught up in conversation.
"Yeah. It's almost like we're intruding." Marcel replied. Porco rolled his eyes and stood behind you, hand on your shoulder.

"Can I order?" He asked coldly. Connie looked at him.
"S-sure man. What do you want?" He stuttered. You sighed and slapped Porco's arm lightly.
"Don't worry about it Connie. How's Sasha?" You asked smiling. Porco's frowned and rubbed his arm. He opened his mouth to speak but you held his hand and gave it a slight squeeze to keep him quiet.

"She's good! Her and Niccolo have moved in and are planning on opening a diner." You gasped as your eyes twinkled.
"That's so cute! But oh wow! That'd be so cool! Niccolo was such a good cook." You sighed happily, remembering all the times in food studies he'd cook.

"Yeah. Well Sasha eats like a princess everyday of her life because of him. It worries me how she's still thin." Connie mumbled. Porco rested his chin on top of your head, his cold silver eyes boring into Connie's warm and friendly gold ones.

"So uh what ice cream would you like?" Connie asked with a gulp.
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You smiled and waved at your old friends as you left the ice cream parlour, licking the treat in your hand.

"Thank god. I felt so awkward and out of place." Marcel said, stretching his arms out, almost dropping his ice cream in the process.
"Yeah." Colt laughed. "But yeah, that's cool that you got to see your friends again (Y/n)." You smiled.

"Jean mentioned a party and he said that literally everyone was going." Reiner said.  Your eyes lit up as you exclaimed excitedly.
"Ooh! When?"
Besides you, Porco rolled his eyes and chomped down on the last piece of cone he was holding before brushing his hands off.
"When did he say it was?" You clapped you hands together excitedly.
"Uh I think he said Friday, and it's Wednesday today." Reiner said, chuckling at your excitement. "He said he'd text me the details later." You spun around in excitement almost dropping your ice cream if not for Porco holding you steady.

Walking along the street of shops you stopped suddenly.
"Self care night tonight?" You asked. The boys looked at the store you stopped in front of and sure enough, it was a cosmetics and beauty store.

Reiner's face darkened as he seemed to be remembering traumatic experiences whereas Colt and Marcel laughed at his expense.

Porco looked mildly confused at their behaviour, turning to you for an explanation. You smiled before letting out an evil giggle. You scrolled through your phone for a moment before holding it up for Porco to see.

A picture of Reiner wearing a cat ear headband to hold his short hair off of his forehead was shown as he held his hands in the signature 'Nya~' look with bright pink nails. He was also wearing a face mask that made his skin look blotchy and pink.

Porco's eyes widened and he tried to stifle his laugher with his hand.
"Oh lord. I can't-" He burst out into laughter, causing everyone else to do the same as Reiner hung his head in embarrassment.

You entered the shop with a grin, pulling Porco by his arm behind you. Reiner, Colt and Marcel had gone to get the snacks as someone had eaten all the fancy cheese already.

You and Porco both knew what they were all doing. And you knew that he knew and he knew that you knew. But the two of you ignored it, wanting to enjoy your time together rather than make it awkward.

"Didn't you already pick up masks and stuff from the shops?" Porco asked as you were matching nail polishes to your chipped and picked at light blue polish.
"Yeah but why not get more? This stuff is way better quality anyways." You replied. He looked over your shoulder and pointed at a bottle.
"I think that one would suit you." You picked it up and held it up against your nails.
"Ooh! I like it. Thanks Pock!" You smiled and he patted you on the head. He held the basket as you went around chucking stuff in.

You had gone through everything and you were then waiting patiently to pay. You rocked back and forth on your feet, humming to yourself. The person in front of you finished paying and left, allowing you to move up to the counter to pay.
"God finally. She was making a fuss." Porco whispered to you.
"Karen." Was all you said in reply, causing the man to snort.

"Hello." The worker said, looking weary from her last encounter. You looked at her sympathetically as she started scanning your items.
"Hi! How are you?" You asked her. She smiled and sighed exasperatedly.

"Difficult customers always bring my mood down." She said. She was rather young, presumably a high schooler working a shift. You laughed and agreed. She was almost finished when you realised that Porco had disappeared. You frowned and bit your lip worriedly. Time slowed down and it felt like hours when only mere seconds had past.

Your breathing became irregular and you started shaking your hands as if you were shaking off water.

"Miss. Miss, are you alright?" A man behind you grabbed your shoulder and you flinched away in fear. He leant in closer, making the situation worse for you.

His hand was slapped away in an instant and you found yourself pulled to someone's chest.

"Hey. Hey. Shhh." Porco rubbed your back soothingly. He turned to the man and glared at him, a low growl only audible to you emitting from his chest. You were aware of him walking, holding your body up a bit so you were still clutched to his chest but your feet weren't touching the ground.

You had calmed down a lot from just breathing in his scent. He smelt like black coffee and cologne. He placed you down gently before holding an a around your waist as the two of you walked.

"You okay princess? What happened?" He asked, eyes soft with concern. You smiled and nodded. He narrowed his eyes at your response.
"I don't think you can sweep an incident like that under the rug. I was gone for about two minutes and you start to freak out. What's wrong?" He persisted. You sighed, smile dropping.

"I am fine now. Thank you for calming me down. It's just that.." you paused, trying to find the right way to say your next words. "I got really scared that you left me for a moment." You smiled apologetically. He eyed you with blatant skepticism making you feel weak under his gaze.

"There's more to it, isn't there?" He asked, tearing his eyes away from you to look forwards. You looked at your feet carrying you across the concrete.

"There's always more to a person than what we see."