Brook X GN Reader || I'm The Grim Reaper

Chapter 65

You walked down the long driveway with a small jump in your step. Humming, you ran your thumb over the handle of the basket in your arms. Looking up to make sure it wouldn't rain, you raised a hand to the doorknob and turned it slowly.

Opening it and stepping inside, you looked around the empty room. You set the basket on the small table near the door, next to a plant. Venturing farther into the house, you looked into each open door in turn before coming into one of the main rooms on the first floor. Vanessa hummed quietly as she folded clothes from a basket on the floor. You knocked on the doorframe quietly, causing her to look up. Her face bloomed into a smile as she stood up off of the floor.

"Y/N! It's so good to see you!" You smiled at her as you walked further into the room. She opened her arms and you hugged her. "How are things at home?" You smiled the best you could. "Same as last time I visited, Vanessa." She nodded, then started pinching your cheeks. You let her. "You're growing too tall for your own good," She insisted, and you laughed. "Alexander should be finishing up with his lesson now," She said.

You nodded.

Two minutes later Alex walked into the room. "Alexander! It's about time you showed up. You should really have that lesson moved into the other building," Vanessa insisted. Alex locked eyes with you and smiled. "Yusef is very hard to persuade," He conceded.

She smiled brightly, grabbing a jacket from the edge of the sofa and thrusting it into Alex's chest. He took it, draping it over his arm. "You two better get out of here before something comes up," She said, ushering you to the door. "Only God knows how much time you have,"

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"You said you baked these yourself?" He asked as he sorted through the basket. You nodded proudly. "They look better than last time we had a picnic..." He mumbled, inspecting a biscuit. "That's what happens when you practice, Alex. Not everyone is a gifted kid," You teased, poking him in the cheek. He grumbled something under his breath, shoving your hand away.

"I was giving you a compliment," He said in defense, grabbing a cookie from the basket and taking a bite. His eyes lit up. "Does this have raspberries in it?" You smiled. "I knew you'd like them. Alicia started a garden at the start of spring, she said I could use some of them." Alex nodded, taking another large bite of the cookie.

You looked over the small park as two girls walked past, giggling. "No, she looks like her name would be Amelia." One of them said. "No way! Her name would be a month, but a summer one. Like April, or May!" Another girl ran past them, waving at you. "My name's actually Elle," She yelled at the girls, who turned to each other. "I was closer!" The second girl said. "No! That's not even close to a summer month," The first one yelled, chasing the other towards a family grouped together far away from both of you.

You thought for a moment. "I wonder what we look like to other people. What name would I be?" You wondered aloud.

"I think you look just like your name," Alex put in from beside you. "Really?" He nodded. "I think you look like..." You paused. "Brook." "Brook?" He repeated. You hummed in confirmation. "I don't know why. Maybe it's just your facial structure," You said, reaching a hand out to grab his chin. His cheeks flushed slightly as he looked at the family, where the two girls chased around a dog.

"You'd also be a rabbit." You said surely. "A rabbit?" He mumbled, finally making eye contact with you. "Why?" You shrugged your shoulders, leaning closer to him. "I like rabbits," You said simply, pecking him on the lips before pulling away. You pulled the basket onto your lap to sort through it, picking up a brownie.

"You know, if you ever ditch me for that company," You started. "I'm not going to do that," He defended. You rolled your eyes. "Hypothetically, Alex. I'm just saying, you've been really busy lately." "When the preparations are done and I actually take over the company when I'm 18, I'll have more time. They're just doing extra classes to understand things better." He explained, leaning a head on your shoulder. You brought a hand up to wrap around his shoulders, playing with a little bit of his hair. Soft as ever.

"You sure you can't just get Natasha to do it? I'm sure she'd love to, with how she talks about you when it comes up..." You said bitterly. "I don't think she would do a very good job," Alex admitted. "She might surprise me. But I wasted a long time taking classes and preparing for it. I don't want to just give it up so easily." You nodded. "I suppose not,"

"And it'll prepare us for the future," He pointed out, picking up another raspberry cookie and biting into it. He held the cookie in front of your mouth and you smiled. "You're so cheesy," You admitted, taking a bite of it. He hummed in agreement. "It's a good day out. We should do this more often."

You nodded. "We really should."

It was silent for a while as you both ate and watched the people around you, as well as the sky.

"Hey, Y/N?"

"Hmm?"

"I love you."

"I love you too."

*

"I think it's starting to rain," Alex said, reaching a hand out. You followed his action and felt the sprinkle of rain hit your palm. "We should get going, then. It's a long walk."

The rain picked up heavily by the time you had packed the blanket and food into the basket again, and by the time you were getting back to Alex's house you were both soaking wet and clutching your stomachs from laughter. The dark didn't bother either of you as you snuck into the house quietly, into Alex's chamber, and into bed. After changing into a spare pair of clothing, of course.

(In the meantime we have gotten Satan's backstory and Scarlet has been told to kill Chase or go to the ninth level. yay.)

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