The Boy Savior - Ekko x Reader - Season 1

Chapter 8

"When I'll be old enough," the little girl whose face was burned whispered to you - her name was Aether as you learned earlier. "I want to be Ekko's wife!" She said proudly and you chuckled, shooting a look towards the boy who was sat not far from you.

He was deeply entangled in a conversation with a boy, named Syler, about something you couldn't hear what was - but it seemed to engage the both of them quite much.

"Oh yeah?" You asked as you gently pushed your shoulder against the little girl's.

"Yeah!" She reassured you knowingly and you couldn't help but laugh a little.

"Understandable. He's a nice, handsome, and clever young man after all." You replied and looked at the boy again, who still seemed to pay all his attention to his conversation. He probably had visited these kids a hundred times before, because they seemed to know him very well and vice versa. Ekko told you they couldn't come to live with the firelights because they all had someone they had to take care of...

Your smile faded a little when you looked at Aether again, who couldn't open her left eye anymore because of the chemical burn that ran all along the left side of her face. Working in such a dangerous place like a shimmer factory with only one eye was like a death penalty for someone this young...

"Hey Aether, can I ask... can I ask how you got injured?" You gently brushed the remaining strands of black hair out of her left forehead as you spoke.

"I tumbled and fell against a table on which we poured the shimmer into the vials. The shimmer was still hot," she replied, shrugging as if it was the most natural thing on this earth for a child to work in a factory... your heart sank as you watched her one opened eye that shone so brightly. She deserved more... All of these children deserved more. Just like your family...

"I have a gift you know." you leaned closer to her as you spoke as if you shared some deeply confidential information - which was kind of true in your case.

"What gift?" Aether asked, furrowing her brows. You couldn't decide whether she was curious, confused, or suspicious as she looked at you - maybe all three at the same time.

"If you give me a hug, I'll show you in exchange!" you said seriously and since the deal seemed fair for the girl, she agreed. You hugged her to your chest and leaned your head on hers as you started concentrating on your heartbeat again.

But after a while Ekko came to your mind, you couldn't help it.

You remembered him standing by your figure still sitting on the ground in front of the tree, his hand reached out for you and you felt the warmness inside your chest greater than ever as it rushed through your veins. Your palms felt hot when you placed them onto Aether's cheeks and after a few seconds only, you felt that you were done.

You slowly let go of the girl to look at her. The skin that was scarred before now seemed fresh, healthy, and pink, but most importantly, she could open both of her eyes now! You smiled at her - a little tiredly - as you said: "It will grow back." you brushed her hair behind her ear once again. "I've healed plenty of chemical burns in my life and the hair always grows back." and you weren't lying. You had to heal injuries like this all the time when your family was still alive...

"Whoa..." you heard the single word of amazement before all the kids rushed to surround you at once.

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"Are you okay?" You heard Ekko's voice coming from your left side. He stood next to you, watching your face as you tiredly nodded at him.

You ended up surrounded by the children, all showing you where they hurt and telling you how they got injured with their wondering eyes opened widely. In the end, they even formed some kind of a messy queue waiting for you to heal them one by one.
And you did.

Ekko stood a few steps away from you all the while, watching you work silently. Sometimes he talked with the kids who showed them their healthy arms or legs or fingers, but he did not interrupt you.
When you healed the last boy's - his name was Thomas - wrecked ankle as well you felt drained. Like never before.

Your whole body felt weak and heavy and it was hard for you to even lift your arms, but when you looked at the kids, not a single one of them limping or wearing a bandage anymore, you were content. What was the point of even having an ability like yours if you were not using it at all...

You were made for this.

"Better than ever!" You lied. You didn't want to draw him back from his businesses he might still have to take care of with your tiredness and after this place, you wanted to see more.

The young firelight might have been right about Zaun. You just needed a little more to believe it...

You said your goodbyes to the children soon after. It was getting too late already and Ekko still had one more thing he wanted to show you. You leaned against his back as he navigated the hoverboard under you - you felt your head becoming too heavy. You were only lucky because the boy drove the device much calmer than ever before, otherwise you were sure you would have fallen off behind him...

You saw that you were flying towards the higher parts of Zaun, you could even see the sky above you in the distance, laying a huge purple cover over the city. Puffs of smoke tainted it here and there, but it still seemed so clear for you.

You closed your eyes and took deep breaths of the cold air flowing around your head, hoping it would help you clean your mind and get some oxygen into your brain.

You felt yourself almost falling asleep when:
"So, you think I'm handsome?" Ekko asked playfully and your eyes popped open.

//A/N: No picture this time because wattpad won't let me upload it :( //