Escaped - Hunter/Golden Guard x Reader

Part 3 - The Library

You feel a quick but hard slap on the side of your face.

"AHHHH! WHAT THE-huh?" you look up to see the Golden Guard staring down at you.

"Ah finally, you're awake," the Golden Guard spoke, "you sleep like a bear, I almost thought you were hibernating."

You blush from that comment. You then rub your eyes and tiredly turn your head to see the clock next to you, "6 am???"

"Yeah, we need to get moving if we want to get done by today," he chuckled, "I'll be waiting outside as you get ready." He walks outside of the room and closes your door.

You stretch and put on your shoes which you left on the floor next to your bed the previous night. You stand up and walk to the door. You can hear him talking to another scout outside.

You begin to blush, hearing that cute voice, how he articulates his words so perfectly. You're not sure why, but you could feel your face getting warmer.

After admiring his voice for a quick moment, you open up the door and notice that unlike the night before, there are a lot more scouts out. You saw at least 30 of them just outside of the door.

"You ready to go, human?"

"Yeah."

As you follow him outside, you begin to stare at him. You want to know more about this strange, cocky, yet admiring figure, but you're too afraid to ask.

He begins to slow down his pace to stand next to you. "So, what do you think would be a good place for you to live?"

"I've not thought about it yet. I don't know what is here, from what I've seen this place is so much different than the human realm."

"Huh. That is a fair point. I could take you around, I don't have any other missions today."

You begin to blush at the thought, he's the only person you've actually met here so far, you want to get to know him better. "That would be nice," you say softly.

You both reach the door and you watch as he pushes it open. He pulls his staff out and you sit on it. You grab onto him, preparing for the speed that came with flying last time. Instead, you get a slow ride with a soft breeze flowing in your hair.

"By the way," the Golden Guard starts speaking, "I never caught your name."

"Oh, it's (y/n)."

"(y/n), that's a very pretty name."

You giggle softly.

"I know I told you to call me the Golden Guard, but," he puts his hand onto his mask, then tenses as he puts his hand down, mask still on his face. "I'd like it if you.."

You look towards him, curious as to what he would say next. He sure is nervous.

"I'd like it if you called me Hunter instead."

"Hunter?"

"Yeah." You can feel his embarrassment seething through his golden mask.

"Of course I'll call you Hunter! I like that name." Without thinking, you hug him. You can feel him tense up with emotion.

You let go of him, "sorry, sorry, I didn't mean to do that."

"What was that?"

"Huh?"

"What you just did. Where you put your arms around me."

"Oh, that's a hug. Do you guys not do that here?"

"no, but," he pauses again, debating his next words, "it felt, nice. You humans make me feel weird, heh."

"Oh?"

He shakes his head, leaving his trance. "But that's besides the point, we need to find you a place to stay."

You two fly down to a tall building. He walks in and you follow close behind him. You look around and see isles upon isles of books.

"a LIBRARY?!"

You get shushed.

"Yeah. You were.. 'hugging' a book last night, so I assume you like them."

You elbow him with a tiny smirk on your face, you appreciate his attempts of using your new vocabulary.

"There's also some hiding spots here, I believe." He walks up to the librarian, though you can't really hear what he's saying.

While they are talking, you find a place to sit, and smile. You begin thinking of all the things that led you up to this point. Luz, going a different way, and you regret none of it. You feel someone sitting on the couch next to you, and you look over, seeing Hunter with a key in his hand.

"Got you a place. Follow me and I'll show you."

You follow him into the back of the library, it's dusty and it smells new. "Huh, old things smell new." He pulls back on a book with a leather covering and differently oriented pages. There is a keyhole in the side of the book which Hunter sticks his key in and twists to have the whole bookshelf open.

You both walk in together and the door shuts behind you.