The Boy Savior - Ekko x Reader - Season 1

Chapter 27

It was cold and dark. And silent. It felt so peaceful to just be lost in this senseless nothing. It seemed too enticing at that moment to just stay in this void and rest...

But then your brother came to your mind. He was alone and he needed you. You were probably the only living being in the whole world who could and also wanted to help him. You couldn't just give up on him...

And Ekko... If you could had moved a single muscle in your body, your lips probably would have curved into a sad smile... Because you knew that he probably didn't need you at all. Especially now that he had the Z-drive and a hope to change what had been written in stone for so many years. You were sure his mind was occupied with someone else and yet there you were, hoping that his heart would be big enough for two people...

You felt wind against your cheeks but it felt so unpleasant now, that all the warmness had left your body. You usually liked the cold - given the way your powers worked, always making you feel hot. But not this time.

You wanted to gather your strength to force your eyelids open, but not a single muscle in your body could move. It felt like they were desperately trying to spare the energy, you had still left inside you, for your heart to be able to keep pumping your blood through your veins.

The more you tried to use your brain, the more you felt that you were going to black out again. And eventually, after a few more seconds, you did.

***

"What the hell happened to her...?" you heard Ekko's voice in the distance and you immediately felt the warmness inside your chest. It was hardly there and so faint, but helped you already - your eyes finally moved behind your eyelids. "She's barely breathing..." you heard the slight panic in his voice.

"We... We ran into Jinx." Raven's voice spoke from your other side. Everything echoed so strangely in your ears...

"What?!"

"Y/N... she somehow protected us... she just jumped in front of everyone and there was an invisible shield... it was kind of incredible..." you heard the girl spoke but it was getting harder and harder with each passing second for your brain to understand the words.

"Why the hell did you go there on your own?!" Ekko asked furiously but Scar's voice joining the conversation cut him off.
"We haven't even seen you for days, Ekko." he sounded upset. "Things still need to be taken care off..."

You'd never heard them argue before. You didn't like them jumping to each other's throat for something you did. You wanted to interrupt them, trying to force your eyelids open again, but you couldn't. You couldn't even hold onto your consciousness anymore as the voices faded into complete silence and you were once again swallowed by the nothing.

***

You were lying on something soft. A warm blanket covered your whole body that made you feel safe and comfortable and also made you want to just stay and sleep more. The smells filling your nostrils also made you happily soothed. It smelled like wood, oil, leaves and paper.

You heard the peaceful afternoon sounds of people outside the room and the rustling of the branches and leaves of the tree you loved so much. A perfect way to start your day - you thought and a peaceful smile lay onto your lips.

But then you heard the careworn sigh coming from right next to you and you knew you should remember something...

You tried to make your brain work as hard as you could before opening your eyes. You saw that you were in Ekko's room and when your gaze fell onto the boy, sitting on a chair next to you, his elbows resting on his knees while his palms massaged his face, everything clicked in place. You sat up like a spring scaring the boy next to you.

"Y/N, oh my god!" He immediately jumped off his chair to sit on the bed next to you and pull you into a tight hug. He buried his head into your neck and his presence, touch and brush of his breath on your skin all made you get covered in pleasant goosebumps.

"Are Raven and Scar okay?" You asked. Your voice was hoarse and your throat was so dry, it felt like you hadn't drunk in days.

"Yes..." he said, his hug tightening around you. "When they brought you back, I thought you were dead... too..." he said after a while. "And then you didn't move at all for days... I thought you weren't gonna make it..." he went on, his voice becoming more and more upset with each of the words leaving his mouth.

"Ekko..." you huffed. His hug was so tight you could barely breath. You wanted to hug him back but your arms were pinned against your body - so you just awkwardly bent your lower arms, hardly able to reach his back as you tried to caress him. "I'm fine, but you're crushing me..."

He let go of you unwillingly and you were finally able to have a good look at his face. The afternoon lights seeping into his room shadowed his features as he was sitting with his back to the window. And yet you could still see that he was in a really bad condition. Stress was slowly eating him up - at least all the dark circles around his eyes indicated that. He even seemed that he lost some weight...

You couldn't see him like this... You slowly reached your palms out to grab the boy's cheeks and he leaned into your touch right away. He closed his eyes, enjoying the contact and you felt your powers working right away. You wanted to help him feel better... But after only a few seconds, Ekko's eyes popped open and he strictly grabbed your wrists to pull your arms away from his face.

"Don't!" he said swiftly. His brows furrowed and he suddenly seemed upset as his brown eyes darted into yours. Your lips fell open as he threw your hands away and even stood up from the bed to leave you there on your own, with your confusion.

"What..." you started but he cut you off.

"Don't use your powers on me again!" he said and turned his back on you. You just sat there and watched him, not being able to find the words.

"What's your problem?" you asked after a while of complete silence in the room. The lighthearted voices coming from outside of his window felt so distant now, as you thought how it wasn't exactly the reaction you needed - or longed for - at the moment.

"Raven told me you almost died because of your powers..." he started and you immediately felt your temper rise.

"Excuse me?" you cut him off. "I almost died because of Jinx." you saw his back tensing when he heard the name. He took a deep breath which he held in for a few seconds before letting it out.

"I'm sorry." he sighed as he turned back to face you. You felt a part of your anger vaporize immediately when you saw his tired expression and you wanted to say that everything was fine. But then he went on...

"I shouldn't have let you go there..."