epic air wubbox x gn reader

9 | a crush...

THANKS FOR 3K!!!! and sorry for not updating in like 40 million. i was uhhh trying not to harm myself.
anyways expect more. ive established a schedule for myself so i should be able to write more often.

So, it had been about a week since I made my discovery. Air has a crush on me...Air has a crush on me...That still made me feel funny. My mind circled the thought as I fed the pair of Reebros I had recently bred.
This circle was interrupted when I felt a claw tap on my shoulder. Turning around unfazed, I was met with Stoowarb's iconic warm grin.
"Need some help?" he asked, his face and voice soft and genuine. Stoowarb was a such a good friend ever since I had hatched him, along with Parlsona (this is the weirdest sentence ive ever written out of context). He often helped with some tasks on Air Island, and did some maintenance things while I was on other islands for a while.
"Sure, thanks!" I returned his soft grin, and split the food I held in two. I handed it to him before trotting over to a chatting group of Maws.

As they dug eagerly into their pizza, I let myself unfocus, and looked up into the sky. I could make out Air in the distance, flying around and clearing clouds.
I rebalanced myself. He seemed like a dark blur from here, but there was still an occasional shine that came from its wings. My face started to tingle for some reason. I only stopped staring when my sensory issues were violated by the course tongues of the Maws licking my hands. I pulled them away.
"Ugh..." I muttered to myself.

Lastly, I went over to the island's T-Rox, which was examining the newly activated Wubbox. Within that week, I had also finally managed to afford a common Wubbox and easily powered it up. I smiled while thinking about how much Air Island has improved in such a short time...Handing them their food, I looked once more at the sky.
Air soared, his layered wings flapping and making a soft rattling noise. I thought of the smile that was probably spread across his face, and the excitement in his core as he propelled himself through the sky, and his voice, and his laugh, and his...WHERE DID ALL THESE THOUGHTS COME FROM?! God, had I become this deranged in the timespan of a week?!

"Looking at Air?" Wubbox cut through my thoughts. Their voice, like Air, was mangled by that gargle synth, but not as much as Air's. It was also lighter. Wubbox was more extroverted, but not as mischievous as him, too. In just the day it'd been since he was activated, he'd gained the trust and friendship of nearly everyone on this island. Right then, he was smirking at me, maybe judging me for looking at Air so passionately.
"Um, yes..." I was a bit embarrassed if they could tell how I felt or not.
"He seems a little...Showoffish." Wubbox speculated. I jumped to its defense.
"No he's not, he just really likes to fly," I defended. "Who wouldn't?"
"True." Just then, I heard Stoowarb's enthusiastic pawsteps from behind me.

"I finished passing the pizza around!" He proudly announced.
"Thanks for all the help!" Stoowarb nodded and skipped away in Parlsona's direction. I glanced back at Wubbox. "Okay, I think I'm gonna go study now."
"Good luck." He said. I went into the castle. Studying was probably a lie because I didn't know if distracting myself with it would even work. I grabbed a book labeled Study Of Light Monsters and flopped onto my bed. I couldn't guarantee it but I could try.
As I flipped through the book, Air plagued my mind. I ignored it. I occupied my mind with an excerpt about Fluorophyll and Fluoress's nature.
"It just like me fr haha...FUCK"
Ok this wasn't gonna work. I didn't wanna accept that I was in my feelings over a fucking Wubbox. I slammed the book shut and just curled into my blanket.