'thats the way i loved you.' ajax tartaglia x reader.

chapter 1

                                                                                              GIVE ME A CHANCE, [NAME].

you felt awful. you and your boyfriend had gone into a huge fight and he had broken up with you by.. a letter.
you're honestly confused on what had gone wrong. . . you missed him alot but atleast you had your bestfriend since children, tartaglia.

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it had been atleast two weeks since you and your ex had broken up, you haven't heard from him ever since. you and tartaglia were sitting in comfortable silence until he decided to break it. ''hey [name]? remember that time when you promised you would let me have a chance on dating you if you and scaramouche ever broke up??''  the mention of the sixth harbingers name makes you sigh as you replied ''yes, i do remember. are you still up for that?'' you asked, even tho you're not fully over scaramouche, you did promise tartaglia that you'd give him a shot if you and scaramouche ever broke up.

''ofcourse, [name]!'' the ginger smiled. ''if it makes you more comfortable, we won't say it's official until we're sure the relationship will never be one-sided.'' he added and you agreed to his statement. ''well then [name], are you free tonight?'' tartaglia asked, standing up from his seat. he offered you his hand to help you get up and you gladly took it. tartaglia might seem calm outside but his red-tinted cheeks say he's been waiting for this for a long time now.

you let at a small laugh at his actions and nodded ''yeah, i'm free tonight. i'm surprized you're not all up in fatui work, tho?'' you sounded confused and tartaglia chuckled. ''most of my work is fighting, i only often get paperwork because that's the job for the other harbingers.'' you nod, and remember on how you and scaramouche never had gone to dates alot, but when you two did, it felt special. scaramouche never had time because of 'fatui work'.
you went silent and tartaglia sighed. ''you'll never get over him if you keep thinking about him, [name].'' childe spat out and you were shaken out of your thoughts. ''. . .right.' you answered. ''i'll pick you up at 9!'' he said, leting go of your hand and slowly walking away as your thoughts flooded your head as you slowly waved at him.

you missed scaramouche, you missed him alot. but you push those thoughts away as you go walk back to your place to get ready.

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soon, you arrived at your place. . . . then you soon realize you haven't been there since you and scaramouche broke up. the picture frames of you two were still up, and everything smelled like him. . it just made you feel worse because you were letting yourself get courted by his co-worker.

you sighed and you walked to your bedroom. the memories with him flushed back in a hurry, scaramouche left his guard down if you two were alone, why did it ever come to that..? you shrugged everything off and wore an acceptable outfit for the date. you checked the clock, 8:58pm... you looked away expecting him to come at 9:30pm or later, but what you didn't expect is for him to be.. exactly on time.

you heard a knock. ''tartaglia??'' you were shocked to him him so ''early''. ''are you ready to go, [name]?'' you were still a little confused that he was on time.. is this what they call a 'healthy relationship'? you had always been told when you were with scaramouche that he wasn't the right one for you. you quickly go back to your sences and nod quickly. ''yep!'' you opened the door fully and revealed your outfit. tartaglia looked stunned. 'wow. . . [name].. you look beautiful..'' tartaglia looked like he had imaginary hearts in his eyes and you couldn't help but blush in embarrassment.

''really?? no one has said that to me before.. are you sure you're not lying to make me feel pretty, tartag-'' he interupted by shushing you. ''call me ajax, also i'm sure everyone thinks that you're pretty too.'' he complimented and that made you stumble on your words.
                                                                                        '' well then, let's go, shall we?.''

''LET ME SHOW YOU THE WAY TO LOVE YOURSELF.''

Authors note:
roughly 702 words.. i couldn't make it to 1000 sadly, but i'll try next time!
also, are  there any swifties here?? ehe . . .
hope you guys enjoyed chapter! i'll try to update two times a week.