AN: A little something to keep me motivated for this fic.
Didn't want to get too serious, so I decided to do something light.
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Today was just an typically ordinary day.
An ordinary day to do nothing but laze about in Idia's dorm.
Ortho paused his current playthrough of farming dancing blobs to gaze at the "potential couple" doing their own thing.
His brother was currently raiding online with his online companion Crimson Muscle, while you were busy playing on a handheld console. You had said something about wanting to help solve puzzles with a "Gentleman traveler and his apprentice" before the new game comes out sometime this year.
Maybe he should be more concerned about his brother's personality rubbing off on you than the other way around.
On the other hand, you both were now comfortable enough to do whatever, he guess?
Perhaps you missed a step after skipping the confession? He really doesn't know.
What exactly comes next?
Please don't let it be another session of feeding his brother peeled apple slices when he last got sick...
Thankfully, you broke the silence. "Hey, Idia?"
Idia only grunted in response, his eyes fully fixated on his game. However, he was listening.
"I know we've been friends for quite a while, well, more than that, but...I was wondering...Would you...Would you be okay with taking our relationship to the next level?"
That...Was so sudden! You really do have no shame! Idia is choking on his drink and everything!
Better calm him down before it gets worse!
"S-sorry if that was too sudden Player 1," You apologized as you patted his back. "I should've waited until you were done drinking."
"Yeah, you should have!" Idia gasped. "What's with the sudden sneak attack? Are you trying to send me to an early grave?!"
"Maybe?" You gave a teasing smile and then awkwardly giggled when he glared. "It's just that...I've seen things where the best of friends use special names for each other. Not that I'm against our current nicknames: Player 1 and Player 2. I just want something a little more...intimate y'know?"
At this Idia groaned as he quietly muttered things like "typical normie stuff", but the pink in his hair never faded. "I knew I should have never let you watch late-night shojo anime...Too many unrealistic expectations..."
"He's just shy," Ortho whispered on the other side, finally giving his two cents on the topic, causing you to giggle.
"We don't have to, if it's too much."
"I-I never said that! And Ortho, stop enabling them!"
"No promises, big bro!"
"You are so cute when you're flustered, Idia~"
You two were going to be the death of him!
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It only had been half an hour and Idia has crossed out pages worth of random names. Most of them were just you messing around and coming up with the cringiest of nicknames that even made Ortho flinch with how sugary sweet some of the names were.
Seriously, how can anyone call their friend 'Schmoopsy Poo' and keep a straight face?
"I'm sorry, Prefect, but I can't agree with any of these. And what's the deal with 'Smashy-smashy Eggman'? That doesn't make any sense!"
"Sorry. Had a favorite movie back from my world on the brain and just couldn't help but quote it at least once while I'm here. I'll tell you all about it after we're done with all of this."
Idia sighed. "How about something simple? What kind of name would you want to go by?"
You paused mid-scribble as you pondered on what he suggested. It took about a few minutes before your face burned an alarming red.
'Quite the reaction there, Prefect. Mind sharing with the rest of us?'
"Well...There is one that I kinda want to try..."
"Oh? What is it, big sib?"
"Idia...Do you remember that one horror game with the little girl and her black cat?"
Ortho had an idea where this was going, but let you continue much to his brother's embarrassment.
"I...would like to be called one of those names of endearment that the cat called her. I would like to be called 'darling' and for you to be called 'dearest'. Is that okay with you?"
"D-d-darling...D-d-dearest..."
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"Idia?"
"Brother, are you okay?"
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"Again, sorry for overheating your brother, Ortho. Didn't mean to overdue it this time."
"Don't worry about it, big sib. He lasted longer than his previous record which is 10% less."
"That's quite an achievement. Is there anything I can do?"
"Don't worry about it too much. I'll just put some gamer stuff under his nose and he'll be back up. For now, just head on back to Ramshackle."
"Alright...thanks again Ortho, for humoring me."
With you finally out of the room, the younger Shroud could only shake his head as he stared at how pathetic his brother was being. All of that because of a simple pet name...
"They wanted me to call them darling...and me dearest...how cringworthy can they get...how lame.."
"Idia, I can't take you seriously with that dumb look on your face."
Only in the Ignihyde dorm would that count as progress. Best of luck to you, Prefect.
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Ortho: the Ever Observant Brother (Idia X Reader)
RomanceAs Ortho grows and become his own person, he finds himself wondering if his brother truly is improving or getting worse. Or: Ortho suddenly finds himself becoming a third wheel to his brother's relationship with Ramshackle's Prefect and isn't sure h...
