𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞| 𝐺𝑜𝑗𝑜 𝑆𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑢 𝑥 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟

𝐈𝐗

The night started pretty peacefully, but it wasn't long before people started coming up to me and shower me with questions. Most of them were women, who I guess were looking for some company tonight.

Some of them were really interested who I was, others were interested in my body. At some point I felt really uncomfortable talking to them and I made my way out of the conversation.

I didn't really care what they had to say, after all I was just a gardener. The only woman, who I was looking forward to speak to was Y/n, but for some reason she didn't seem to share the same interests as me. She kept avoiding me to talk to other guests. And every time, when I caught her alone and asked her to dance she just looked the other way and rejected my offer.

I couldn't put my mind to it. What did I do to upset her like that? Why did she stopped talking to me all of a sudden?

The song that we danced too earlier started playing in the background. Most couples got up to share a sweet moment together. I finally had enough of being ignored the whole night, so I decided that I didn't came here for nothing and at least she owns me one dance.

I left my cup to the side, I fixed my hair and I started walking up to Y/n, who was sitting there watching all the couples dance. But before I could reach her and ask for a dance, one prince showed up out of nowhere and took her to the dance floor. I stood there watching like an idiot, while y/n was smiling at him.

My blood started boiling. I don't know why, but I hated the way he placed his arms on her back and the way he was holding her close. He was practically breathing in her neck and I could see it on y/n's face-she was uncomfortable.

"May I get a dance?", the Queen herself steps up to me and gave me her hand.

She looked pretty good concerning the fact that she spent most of her time tonight watching the others. I took her hand and I bow to her to show my respect. She made a deep curtsy to me and finally got closer. We started dancing and she began leading me closer and closer to where y/n was dancing with that man.

And before I knew it we were already next to them only inches away from each other. The Queen grabbed the man by the shoulder as she was spinning around and pulled him back, so I took the opportunity and took his place. Y/n turns her face to the side as me and her partner switched places.

We are not face to face again, closer than ever and we moved into the rhythm of the song. She refused to look at me and the song was almost over, so I had very limited time to talk to her.

"Why are you upset?", I spoke to her trying to stay as calm as possible, "did I said something to you? Was I rude to you?".

"I am not upset", she told me, but still refused to look at me. I got pretty mad at her. She was lying in my face.

I finally grew the balls and I grabbed her by the wrist. I started to lead her outside the room till we were completely out of sight. Y/n didn't fight me, didn't try to push me away, she just followed me outside.

I finally let go of her hand and we stood face to face with each other. She was still avoiding my gaze, but I took her by the chin and I forced her to look into my eyes.

"It's okay, if you're upset, but I don't appreciate you lying to my face", I spoke to her, "I know you are upset, so why are you hiding it?".

"Here we go again", she rolled her eyes, "you and your insensitivity. You can't be nice, even for one night, can't you?".

"What did I say that got you mad?".

"It's not what you said, Gojo, is about what you didn't say!", she finally started talking to me more openly, "the fact that I tried my best to look good and I can't even get a compliment from you! Are you that blind?".

"I don't understand. Be more specific!".

"How obvious I have to make it for you to notice what I feel?".

"What you feel?", I looked at her with obvious confusion on my face, "I don't understand".

"You never understand! I've been trying to get your attention since I first saw you, but you always blew me off. Am I that unattractive to you, so you had to clear up the air after you made a compliment to me? For a moment you made me feel special, then you cut my wings completely...what's your deal?".

"I'm sorry..", I said.

"No! You're not. You're not sorry, because you still don't understand why I am upset. So quit lying, Gojo, just pretend we never talked".

Y/n pushed me off her way and held her dress, so she can move easily. Then she walks past me to get back to dancing with that stupid Lord, or prince, or whatever he is.

"If you don't want me here, why did you brought me here in the first place?", I turn to ask her and she spins around to look at me.

"I wanted you to be here!", she said.

"If you wanted me to be here, then you wouldn't have been dancing with another man in front of me".

"Are you bothered by who I dance with?".

"No! But it seems like my presence here is pointless, if you're dancing with him".

"You're thinking about yourself again. Of course you are....you're not think how I felt, when you cut me off tonight, right?".

"When?".

"What you said about the hand kiss! That you won't be kissing anyone else's hand! That made me feel special for a moment. And then you had to blew it away by saying 'I didn't mean it like that'. Too bad! I wanted you to mean it like that, Gojo! I really did".

"Is that why you're mad at me?", I walk closer to her and I stand in front of her. I am looking down, she's looking up, our eyes locked together again.

"Yes!", she yelled, "yes, that's why".

"Why would a princess want the opinion of an outcast? I am just a nobody to you".

"I want your opinion, because I like you! I like you, Gojo! There is something about you that draws me to you, that I wanna explore and I hate it that you don't see me like that".

"Like what?".

"That you don't like me back!".

"I barely know you...just give me a chance to get to know you and I might like you".

Y/n didn't say anything more. She just walks in the ball room again and left me standing there with nothing else to say. I decided that this is my sign to leave. I turn my back to the big hall and I started walking to get outside.

"Leaving so soon?", the Queen showed her face to me leaving the ball room too, "aren't you enjoying your first ball, young man?".

"Not much", I looked at her through my shoulder and gave her a smile.

"I'm not enjoying this either", she slowly walks up to me and then stops right next to me, she looks up and smiled, "I've been to so many of these, they are the same every year. I would much rather have a cold beer with a nice young company than being here".

"I might lose my head, if someone sees me speaking to you, my Queen".

"Oh, my! Is that head of yours so precious that you're declining my offer?", she joked and I laughed at it.

"You know what....I would enjoy a cold beer right now", I nodded my head.

"Then what are we waiting for, young man?", she started walking ahead.

"Right after you, granny", I smiled and started walking after her.

UNEDITED