The Anger Subsides [Tabi x Reader]

By the Fireside

It was late at night, the full moon on display above the clouds.

Cold outside was, that time in spring when the heat just begins to come in the day, while the nights stood frozen still.

It was the perfect weather to hide in a house and hibernate in. The ground had not yet thawed yet.

In the den the light was dim. Only lit by the fireplace in the middle and the shine of the full moon through the windows.

As two flames danced in the fire you sat upon the couch staring at them, content in where you were.

All was not quiet as the sound of the embers filled the room with light cackling calmly. There was another sound though, the light snoring of the person sleeping atop you, sprawled over the rest of the sofa.

There were three of you at first. You, your partner and a mutual friend, Agoti. The latter had excused himself earlier, sensing that you two were going to have a moment.

It was now just you and your partner, Tabi. Sometimes called "Goatboy" by you playfully. You insisted it had nothing to do with the two horns upon his head. "It means 'greatest of all time'"! You had said. It was a boldfaced lie but he grew to accept it regardless.

Today had been a good day.

Once upon a time you'd never heard of the guy. Course you saw the explosions and his 'handiwork', though at the time you knew not the perpetrator.

In his 'past life' as you referred to it, he was some superstar rapper. You'd never really listened to the stuff so you hadn't heard of him. Then some incident occurred and, well you tried not to speak too much of his past. It just pissed him off.

You had only met him by chance, a friend of a friend of a friend. And you clicked with him. It was a bit rocky at first, as he was always distant, seemingly uninterested in friendships.

He was more interested in working relationships, ones that would help take down some 'twisted family' as he referred to it. You weren't interested in the details, he had been wronged once and it ruined him. That's how you knew them.

When you managed to convince him to date he got angry, figuring this was some bit you were doing.

"Did that girl put you up to this?"

"You're just trying to use me! Don't lie to me! I'll gut you!"

"Did Agoti put you up to this? That traitorous swine!"

Those were just some of the things he had claimed at first. When he realized those weren't the reasons he still tried to dodge it.

He complained you were doing it to make fun of his 'partial invisibility' and that he was a 'freak', something you barely noticed when you hung out. It's not like his neck and stuff weren't there. He was still a regular guy.