The Town in the Forest || Technoblade x reader

Smirks & Scares (Cpt. 16)

I'm not going to make you guys sit through the reunion between Y/N and her village cuz besties that would be boring.

Also you guys are the only thing keeping me from abandoning this so thank you.

~ Techno's POV ~

Y/N reuniting with her village was really something...the adults were very worried about her wounds, and the children wanted to hear all about it. Of course, the people Y/N brought to watch the entire hearing were now traumatized and didn't talk to Y/N once. Other than that, she explained what the deal was, to which some of the adults accepted while others were more hesitant.

We had been there for a few hours, then I could sense her getting uncomfortable. I don't know what it was, I just felt it...

While she was talking to someone, I assume an elder or what she called "sofoí," she suddenly looked worn down. So, I approached her and whispered in her ear.

"Just let me know when you want to leave. I have something cool to show you."

She suddenly lit up and turned to smile at me, before turning back to the elder. The elder smiled at her before pushing her, and she laughed. She then waved to her villagefolk and held her hand out at me to signify that she still needed help walking. So, I approached her, chuckling a bit.

"Shall we?" She laughed.

I smiled back, holding out my arm for her to grab. "We shall."

- A few minutes later -

I led her behind the castle, making sure her limp wasn't bothering her. I was utterly surprised to see how much she recovered during her times walking around, but I still wanted to support her, just in case.

The walk was quiet, but it was a comfortable silence. One filled with warmth, unspoken words, but still warmth.

We finally got to our destination; there was no one around, and by this point it was dark out. However, there was too much light here for us to see the stars, so I led her to the entrance of a maze of shrubs.

King Phil has this made when me and Will were children; the shrubs were about 4 feet tall, and you could see over them. At the middle of the maze was a platform made from marble.

As I led her over, it eventually got darker as we were walking away from the lamps, and it helped that the moon wasn't out tonight, likely because its rising time had been early lately. I led her through the maze, already having it memorized from my childhood. Eventually, we got to the platform.

I led her over to it, and we sat down on it.

"Lay down." I said after a moment, laying down myself.

She looked over at me, before doing the same. Her breath was taken away; I could hear the gasp as she saw what I did.

A beautiful, almost pitch black sky, scattered with bright stars. I assumed that since she lived in such a thick woodland for so long, she didn't see this often.

I grabbed hold of her hand with my hand, then used my other one to point at the sky just west a bit.

"You see that? That chain of stars is the constellation of Virgo, the Virgin zodiac. And that..." I moved my hand a bit more North, "is Ursa Major. Most people know it as the Big Dipper. Oh and there's Ursa Minor, also called the Little Dipper!" I said, moving my hand North to point to another chain.

She squeezed my hand slightly, before whispering so quiet it was almost incomprehensible, "wow, major nerd alert."

(A/N: Besties I used a big word, I apologize.)

I looked over at her, feigning offense. She could barely see it in the darkness, but it caused her to giggle so I guess that's a win for me. I was expecting the voices to arise, however I was met with the sound of the night breeze.

"Yknow what? I think nerds are cute. Seeing someone so passionate about something, stop at no end to know everything about it...it's charming really." I could hear the smile in her voice, and smiled too.

"Yknow, I think finding a random village in the woods with a gorgeous chief is the best way to spend an evening." I replied a cheeky smile coming to my face.

"Oh yeah, and how often do you do that? No wait let me guess, Prince Technoblade must have bitches, so he does it weekly. Why didn't you tell me?!" She punched my shoulder playfully, laughing soon after.

"...you know, these last few weeks have been chaotic, even confusing. About 5 weeks ago, some random guys came into my village, and now here we are. I got stabbed, so that's definitely different than my old life." She laughed like it was funny, but to me it was painful. When she said that, I felt a pant of guilt go through me and couldn't help but hear that scream again.

I was snapped out of my thoughts a moment later when Y/N started pushing my shoulder, now sat next to me. "Tech? You alright? You just started shaking all of a sudden, and you wouldn't respond when I said your name. Is something wrong?" I looked up into her eyes, an abundance of worry and confusion swimming in those beautiful e/c eyes of hers.

I sat up too, cupping her face in my hands and slowly rubbing her cheek, putting my forehead against hers.

"I'm really sorry I couldn't protect you then. Words will never be enough to express just how sorry I am."

She looked at me, a confused look in her eye.

"Sorry, I guess I'm just...not really ready to talk much about it...it's just...you screamed...it haunts me..." I trailed off, diverting my gaze from hers, and she seemed to understand.

She took my face in her hands, making me look at her directly. "Don't worry; there was nothing you could do. Actually, if anything you probably saved my life. I can't really say since I was...unconscious..." she was picking her words carefully, "but I think it was probably you. Especially because I woke up in your room."

I felt a bit better, but the guilt was still buried deep down and I could feel it. Still, I nodded and grabbed her hands that were currently on my face, intertwining one of mine with hers.

"Well, m'lady, shall we head back? It's quite late and I fear for your exhaustion. Tomorrow isn't really busy, but I do want to show you something cool."

She nodded, before wrapping me in a hug. I didn't really expect it, but I wasn't complaining. "...let's just cuddle forever." I lay down, dragging her with me and cuddling her on the cold surface. She laughed and I smiled, burying my face in her hair.

"Ok cmon, you're the one who said we need to get back." She said after a minute, struggling out of my grasp. I rolled my eyes and let her out, slowly getting up and taking her back to the castle.
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Word count: 1139 words
Written: 07/11/21

I feel like Prince Techno would 100% get bitches.

Also, "unconscious" was 100% gonna be "on the verge of death" but then I was like- wait...that would be bad wording...but I really want the bad wording...but I will not add the bad wording.

Edit: bro I gave my friend my username and uh-

Hi bestie do you like the story so far?