"Little Lady" || Laurance Zvhal x Fem!Reader - MCD

Chapter Fifteen : Baby Blue

Laurance had gone to his own room to rest and Y/N was sitting in her room drawing things in her book.

She had sketched her bow and herself holding it.

Before she knew it, her pencil moved in a direction she wasn't expecting.

She drew herself, but she also drew Laurance-

"Ugh- no." She flipped the page over, not wanting to see the drawing.

All she could think about right now was Laurance, it bothered her a lot.

Y/N sat on the ship of Phoenix Drop, waiting for it to set sail. She was leaning on the edge of the boat, watching Aphmau say her goodbyes to Nicole. Some girl with red hair came up to her and put something in Aphmau's arms before pointing up at Y/N.

Aphmau stopped Laurance, who was also going to get on the ship, and handed him whatever she was holding. 

Y/N decided to sit down, leaning her head back, looking up at the beautiful blue sky.

Laurance came over and sat down with something that was swaddled in a blanket.

Y/N stared at it in confusion, her first thought was that it was a baby.

He smiled and unwrapped the blanket, revealing a little black kitten with the most beautiful blue eyes. They reminded Y/N a lot of the color of Laurance's.

"Wait is that the cat from-"

"From cat island? Yep, turns out she came here along with Celeste." He hands the kitten over gently, it immediately hops up onto Y/N's shoulder, pressing it's soft face up against her own lovingly.

Y/N reached up and caresses the kittens head. "Have any name ideas?"

"Kitty," Y/N murmured, Laurance chuckles lightly at her blank response.

"Kitty? Wow, how original," he grins.

"It's a cute name for a cute cat." She smiles, looking very cute to a certain someone who was talking to her.

Laurance pushes back his hair, meeting Y/N gaze. Some hair had fallen to cover his eye, Y/N reached over without thinking. She pushed it away, so she could see both of his eyes.

His baby blue eyes stared into her own E/C ones, filled with admiration, playfulness, and..

Well she didn't want to look any further, her eyes darted back to Kitty who was now laying on her lap.

"A cute cat for a cute Little Lady.." he mutters, still looking at her with a soft expression.

Y/N put her hood up, mostly so he couldn't see the tips of her ears turning a light shade of pink.

The ride was a little longer than she expected, but somewhere along the way, Laurance had put his arm over the back of her chair.

"Ophelia.."

"Hm?" She hums quietly in response.

"How did you come upon Phoenix Drop? You weren't there when we left.." She turns toward him.

"Well, I ran away from my home, I had no one there for me, so I decided to start fresh." A simple answer for a complicated and long story.

The story she doesn't want him to know, the story of Y/N. Not the Ophelia he knows.

They arrived at Phoenix Drop when the sun was just starting to set, leaving the sky a pretty shade of pink mixed with orange. Y/N got up and stretched, Kitty running off.

Y/N hops off the boat, Laurance following.

"Ah, home sweet home.." she breathes in deeply before letting it out.

"How would you feel about taking a walk with me, Little Lady?" She didn't seem to mind the nickname now. She smiles slightly, nodding her head. "We can go on a walk.."

They set off, walking through the trees, talking about different things.

They walked into the remains of a house, sitting down on some cobblestone that was left there.

"So you're from Meteli?"

"Yea, and I was a guard over there. The ladies couldn't get enough of me.." he chuckles.

"Alright Casanova, even with your long orange hair?" Laurance only raised his eyebrows at her, "Of course, with my handsome face it doesn't matter what I look like."

"And you had green eyes.."

"As I told you.." he smiles sadly.

She looks at him, making eye contact, "Blue eyes or green eyes.. they're beautiful."

"Oh-" Y/N could see his cheeks were dusted with a light pink color. Him saying he was handsome was one thing, hearing it from her.. he felt loved.

Y/N giggled, "Don't be so embarrassed Laurance.." He loved the way she said his name, it sounded so perfect. And the way she laughed, it was so adorable.

He just cleared his throat and looked away.

"I feel so comfortable with you.. I can't explain it but even though we met not too long ago. I feel like I've known you forever."

"I know what you mean, I feel that way too."

While it was the most simple way they could share their feelings with each other, Y/N knew not to share too much. She couldn't help but fall for him, when she was around him, words just came pouring out. Sometimes without her realizing.

Her quiet thoughts were interrupted by Laurance holding her hand. She looked at their hands, Laurance leaned over, "Is this.. okay?"

Her heart pounded against her chest, "Um, yeah.. it's fine.." she mumbles, leaning against the wall behind them.

They stayed there for a while, peacefully enjoying each other's company. When they decided it was time to head back, it was already dark. They went to the treehouse thing where they had extra beds.

They went up and went their separate ways, Y/N going toward Katelyn and Laurance going and staring out the spaces between the fences.

"Hey Katelyn,"

"Hey, I see you came over here with Laurance.."

"It's nothing like what you might be thinki-" Katelyn puts a finger to her mouth, Y/N is surprised but stops talking.

"Look, Ophelia, you two seem like you'd be good for each other. If you could, I say you should give him a shot." Katelyn smiles and pats her shoulder. Y/N just goes over to one of the beds and sits down, very confused.

She groans and lays on the bed, she glanced over at Laurance who was talking to Aphmau.

Her mouth forms a small line as she watches them. The way Aphmau looks at him, she envies them.

They're known each other for a long time. He would probably want Aphmau. Or maybe he was playing her, he did have a reputation for playing with girls.

But that was past Laurance. He seems to be focused on Y/N, but she wasn't so sure now.

What if he's just toying with me.

Stop with all the mushy stuff and just be his friend.

No almost kisses or holding hands.

Just friends..

Just friends..?