(Discontinued) The Firefly I see in Front Of Me | The Golden Guard x Reader

22 - Thank You's

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Y/n and Hunter quickly made their way to Marley's again. After leaving so rude and abruptly and not showing up until now they both felt a little guilty. Especially since Hunter broke his front door.

Their walk was short but tiring due to the events that just occured, so they were both silent until they arrived and when they did the door to his house seemed to be intact so they were both relieved with that. Hunter went to knock then stepped back for when the door opened but it didn't... He knocked again just to be sure and still nothing.

"He's not home?" Hunter asked.

Y/n turned her head to him but kept her eyes on the door. "Probably picking up his kids?" She suggests

Hunter walks down and takes a seat on the porch steps. "Let's wait for him to get back then." He says.

Y/n sits next to him and looks around the area in boredom, her arms stretched out as they rested on her knees. Hunter sat in a similar position but his arms crossed. It was pretty silent but not in a bad way and he thought to himself if it was a good time to do what Luz told him to.

He glanced to her hand and bit his lip nervously. He did want to hold it but is it the right moment? Thinking about her reaction to such a gesture in a moment like this would seem weird; she wouldn't react casually. But then again, what is a good moment? They've held hands before but the circumstances seemed reasonable, and it was her that took his hand, not him.

Hunter glanced over to her who seemed to be zoning out and would eventually fall asleep. Her eyes were heavy for her and her head slowly lowered to look down, Hunter almost hoped she would lean in his direction and fall asleep on his shoulder. But he only could hope since she woke herself up by shaking her head.

She was awake but seemed nervous and wanted to look to him, but was embarrassed or ashamed. What is she thinking about? He thought to himself.

He reached out for her hand without thinking and before he could touch it she turned her head to look at him. Quickly he came up with something to say. "I-I just wanted to see the scars again..." He says and glances subtly to the left, nervously.

She offered it up by letting her wrist fall in his hands and she yawned. She didn't care much, and didn't bother thinking about if it was weird, her mind was on something else.

"They don't hurt?" He asks, staring her her palms and she shakes her head, while glancing at him. "If you kept the wound clean they might have healed better." He says.

"Maybe." She wiped away a tear from the yawn. "But I think my hands look cool now." She laughed and he laughed a little too before giving her hand back to her.

"Yeah, you're right." He shrugged in slight agreement. "I guess if you slap anyone it could freak them out."

Y/n snorted and imitated a different voice. "They go 'dude, why's your hand so fuckin' weird!?'" The two burst out laughing at the vulgar joke. While Hunter leaned forward in laughter, Y/n leaned back onto her arm.

In a stretched laugh she says, "Ooooh... We're stupid." Hunter let's out one last giggle before trying to sit of straight again.

Y/n sat up too and wiped the newly formed tears from her laughter then got soft. "I should thank you." She starts and awkwardly starts to fidget with her shirt. "For taking that blow for me. I don't think anyone else would have done that for me." Hunter smiles warmly with a slight furrow of his eyebrows. "I mean, I wish you wouldn't have done that but I can't say I would have been strong enough to handle it all like you did. Uh..." She glanced to him awkwardly and rubbed her neck. "What happened happened, I guess, and I'm glad nothing bad came out of it... Also, I'm glad you're okay."

Hunter nodded with the smile he wore and responded. "Me too, I'm glad neither of us got hurt." He said and adjusted himself. "So... Weird, random question.. Uh." He intertwined his fingers and rested his chin on his thumbs. "Do you have trouble expressing your... Emotions?"

She pursed her lips and made a sternly annoyed or nervous face, glancing to the left with her eyes. "Well uh... Yeah, yeah I kinda do." She took a small breath and held the back of her neck and with an awkward shrug she admitted. "I didn't..." She stopped and corrected herself. "I hoped it would be any kind of problem but now that you're asking about it, I think it is." Her tone lowered with the last 4 words. "What... Uh, wh-" She froze, trying to find her words.

"It was something I noticed slowly. Not because you did something bad." He assured her so she didn't start feeling bad. "Like just now, you had a hard time saying thank you." He explained. "It's not that bad though. There's nothing wrong I just... Wanted to know." Y/n turned her head forward while keeping her eyes on him. "I just wanna know more about you."

She smiled and looked forward again. "Then I guess I should start accommodating for you." She relaxed a bit and looked at the ground. "Thank you for saving me in the beginning, and caring for me after that too."

Hunter smiled and raise a fist up but she looked at his fist confused. "It's supposed to be a gesture friends do. Like a congratulations scaled down. You just bump your fist on mine" Her smile was crooked by she followed along and accomplished the fistbump™. "It's a human thing, people started doing it a couple years ago when Luz first showed up."

"Cool." She laughed then spotted Marley in the distance. "Hey, he's back!" She says as he walks down the road talking with 2 smaller people beside him. Presumably his kids. Y/n stood up to greet him and Hunter followed suit.

When Marley saw the two he greeted them first. "Ah, you two!" He smiled with the humble old man energy. "I see the position worked, I'm glad."

Hunter nodded. "Yeah, thank you for everything." He says and reaches for his pocket. "I came back to-"

"Oh, actually, come inside real quick. I have something else for you." He ushered his kids inside and gestured for Y/n and Hunter to follow.

His kids went to the back of the house where their rooms were and came back out after setting their stuff down. Marley went to a locked cabinet where he seemed to store many kinds of potions and herbs. "After the girl told me that you broke both the veils during a possession I wanted to give you this one too as a replacement." He handed Hunter a smaller glass bottle with a cork lid. The liquid inside was a dull, dark greenish yellow and swirled with a misty black endlessly. "It's that coven seal release."

Hunter's eyes widened as he stared at the item then up to Marley. "I don't have the money for this right now!"

Marley shook his head. "No, you won't pay for it." He says. "And you won't pay for the one you already used. I'm not shaking 2 kids down for cash."

"It's not-"

"Nope."

"With a business running like this you could really be taken advantage of. It's really for your own good that you let us pay." Y/n explains with the posture of a smart-ass.

Marley shakes his head and laughs. "Alright look." He sets his hand on the table. "Don't pay, but work it off. I'm in the process of making a business instead of selling at the night market."

Y/n's face filled with determined excitement. "Yeah?! That's awesome! I'll definitely help!"

"Glad to see the enthusiasm!" Marley laughed aloud. "You boy, I've already seen good work from you. And from the girl I've seen the determination and caution. You'll do fine."

"So what are we doing?" Hunter asks.

"Collecting ingredients."

"I came here to say thanks and apologize for the door but now I'm hyped."

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Published: April 9, 2022

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