|DISCONTINUED| A Hᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴏғ Gᴏʟᴅ (Hunter × male reader)

A pleasant surprise

Art in the title card made by yours truly
Sorry there was no chapter yesterday I had to make sure I was mentally prepared for King's Tide (my attempts were futile)
Not gonna spoil it.
Anygays enjoooooooooy

(Actually one more thing- thanks for almost 500 reads. :>)
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You and Hunter have been avoiding each other for around a day and a half and it. SUCKS.
You never realized just how much you hung out with him and depended on him to keep your ass in the coven.
You're tired of it. Shits gone on too long, so you're gonna do something.

You walk around the halls hoping to see hunter at some point. You do, and you start following him subtly.
You're around 10 feet behind him. You quicken your pace and get closer, now 5 feet away.
You continue this until you're side-by-side with him. You've changed the way you're walking to appear different.

You suddenly grab him- accidentally very aggressively- and move him so he's looking toward you.

"What are you doing!"

He yells at you.
You lift up your mask for a second,

"Calm down, it's just me, Y/n."

Hunter calms down a bit. You can't see his expression because he's wearing his golden guard mask, but you assume he's confused.

"Listen, I just came here to say.. sorry. About the other day when we almost- ..yeah."

You let go of him.

"Apology unneeded, but accepted. I thought you didn't wanna talk to me?"

You slump a little bit,

"Dude, you literally left my room faster than you can teleport. I wanted to say sorry, but then you said something like 'what if I don't need you to apologize?'.. what was that even about?"

Hunter goes stiff, he takes a breath in to speak but-

"OW!"

Hunter yells, he looks down and so do you. Your palisman kota is bitting the bottom of hunter's leg.

"You-!"

You whisper yell.
Kota looks up at you, a look of confusion in his little eyes.
You continue to whisper yell,

"What are you doing in the halls! You'll get caught! Go, go on leave you have to go!"

Kota scurries away and you sigh.

"You okay?"

You say to hunter.

"Yeah, just stings a bit. It's fine."

"Stings? Are you sure it isn't infected? It is technically an animal bite."

"Of course! you worry too much."

'you worry too much'
The words play over and over in your head. Not worrying enough made you lose someone.. someone very important to you.. you don't worry too much, you just care about him.
He doesn't know that though, so you stay calm and just say,

"Thanks, I guess."

It could be seen as a compliment, so you'll take it as one.

"So, no more awkward stuff?"

You ask.
Hunter chuckles,

"Pff- We both know you're awkward to promise that."

You chuckle back, smirking at him.

"And you're not? As if!"

You both laugh a bit. It was true, both of you are quite awkward.
You two hang out, doing tasks together and just being friends.
...
Friends?
..you feel like more than friends.
Closer.
More attached.
You get each other, you finish each other's sentences! ...nevermind that phrase is tacky- but you get it.
Maybe it's just a delusion because you like him or maybe.. just maybe.. it could be real?
Nah, that's dumb.