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

Chapter Seventeen : The Little Moments

After discussing the plan further, Y/N and Laurance head out in search. Y/N had her dagger in her satchel and Laurance had a sword sheathed. 

Celeste also followed along as they went to explore the right side, Aaron and Aphmau going to the left.

Laurance and Y/N walked in a comfortable silence, going over a bridge, looking around for anything. After some time, Y/N had started carrying Celeste who didn't seem to mind. The girl wrapped her cape tighter around her arms. In all honesty, she was feeling really cold.

"Ophelia.." Y/N turns her head to look at Laurance, who was still looking around as they walked.

"Are you cold..?" Y/N tried to calm her shivering down a bit, "N-o, why?"

He chuckles, wrapping his arm around her and rubbing her shoulder. "There's no need for that Laurance.." she smiles nervously, taking his hand off her shoulder.

"Okay then," he ruffled her hair. They walked around in silence until they came upon a small clearing where they saw Aphmau and some stranger. He was holding her cheek, leaning in while Aphmau looked hesitant. Laurance was listening in on their conversation.

He was trying to kiss her.

Y/N places Celeste on the ground and runs to tackle the man, after a short struggle, she is straddling him, holding her dagger to his throat.

"You know, if it wasn't for the dagger, I don't think I'd mind having you here beautiful." The guy winks, he had white hair and green eyes. "Aphmau are you okay?" Y/N ignored the man below her and turned her head towards the shocked girl. Laurance was standing in front of Aphmau with his sword drawn.

"Ophelia! He was trying to help us!"

"Aph, we heard the whole thing, how could you try to kiss someone you don't even know?!"

"For all we know, he's not who he says he is.." Y/N mumbles, her focus on the man now. It didn't matter how she looked at him, he thought she looked hot either way.

"Look, I am who I told her I was and I did not lie about the information I gave her. Also, I'm not THAT much of a jerk. The only thing I lied about was the making out part.." Travis sighs heavily, looking away, obviously a little irritated.

"Look it's been YEARS since I've seen a beautiful woman around my age! The rest of the village is either too young or too old for me to romantically pursue..

Y/N glares down at him, "Stay away from her.."

"Alright," He puts his hands up in surrender, "In all seriousness, you guys are in trouble." Y/N was shocked by the sudden change in his demeanor. Travis easily moved Y/N by grabbing her waist and setting her aside so they could both get up.

What the-

Y/N immediately scooted away from him, not used to being touched, especially by a stranger.

Laurance came over and held out his hand, right next to Travis who wanted to help her up.

She shakes her head and pushes herself up, "Come with me to my hideout and we'll talk more about it there."

"And how do we know we can trust you?"

Travis looks back at him, "It's either me or the Demon Warlock.."

Laurance scoffs, sheathing his sword, "Fine.. but I'm watching you Travis."

They all followed Travis, Y/N behind all of them, shivering quietly.

They were all walking for a couple minutes before they came upon a neat looking house. Travis welcomed them all in, and they all stood a couple feet away from his as he went to do something in the kitchen.

"Aphmau.. I don't really trust him.." Y/N sends a pleading look to the both of them. 

Aphmau just looks at her with a confused expression, "Why-?" "Well for one, he tried to lie and get a kiss from you."

"He was manipulating you.. it wasn't very smart on your part to agree though.." That last part of Y/N's sentence was more mumbled than anything. Aphmau glances at both of them, "I'll admit it, I let my guard down, alright?"

"Aphmau, I understand that you probably just want to get the kids home safe but please don't make rash decisions like this anymore." Laurance puts his hand on her shoulder, Aphmau only starts smirking playfully at the both of them.

"What if I did want to kiss him," Y/N watches her expression carefully, realizing she was joking. Laurance seemed to catch onto that as well.

"Haha, very funny. But please be more careful next time.." He sighs, clearly annoyed that she decided to joke about this. Her safety could've been on the line and Laurance, as her guard, was extremely worried.

"If you'll excuse me.. I- need to step outside.." Laurance looked away and walked outside, walking up the bridge.

"I'm gonna go talk to him.." Ophelia smiles and runs out quickly, following him.

"Hey," Laurance looks over at her, "Hi.."

"Look, I'm not going to say anything, and you don't have to tell me anything if you want." She pats his back, "I just didn't want you to be alone."

"But now Aphmau's alone.. with that Travis guy."

"She's a grown woman, Laurance, I'm sure she knows how to protect herself."

"That's true.. but I can't help but worry for her." Y/N shifts her body, leaning comfortably on her forearms, looking out at the snowy view.

"Laurance.. I understand that you care for her.. but you can't just off like that. You could've been in danger." He gives her a questioning look.

"Shadow Knight or not, you're not immortal you know.."

"Wait, how'd you know-"

"Cause you have to kill someone you were close to. Aphmau's not dead," she pokes him, "I'm not dumb you know."

"It could've been someone else.. but you're right, I'm not immortal.."

The girl nods slowly, proving that she was right, "So you need to be careful, right.."

He lets out a sigh and looks down with a smile tugging at the corner of his lips. "Yeah.. I should probably be more careful."

"Great, now we can go inside, where it's warm-" Before she could finish her sentence, Laurance had her trapped in a warm hug, his arms wrapped around his waist.

The hug was very welcoming but Y/N wasn't used to hugs. Even so, her body immediately reacted to Laurance as she hugged him back, wrapping her arms around the back of his neck. Laurance softly nuzzles his face into the crook of her neck. "Thank you.." he muttered

She felt a smile form on her face, "What're you thanking me for..?"

"For being here, and talking to me."

He pauses for a moment, "...and for hugging me back, I was really cold out here," Y/N chuckled and he started laughing.

They both pulled away from the hug, staring into each other's eyes for a moment. The way Laurance looked down at Y/N, his soft expression and her beautiful E/C eyes.

Y/N was the first to break eye contact, "We should probably go back now."

"Right-"

They both go back to Travis's place, when they got there, Travis was close to Aphmau again. They both just left, hanging out for a bit since Aphmau was busy.