《roses》 ☆bfb/bfdi au☆ [COMPLETE]

21. extra

leafy kept staring at coiny. sure, she was listening, but there was this looming thought that seemed to overpower his casual and cheery voice.

"...and then, i–hey, leafy?" coiny inched closer to her, and he could notice tears forming in her eyes. "are...are you okay?"

leafy breathes a shaky exhale and wipes her eyes. "yeah, it's just..." she touched the scar that was just below her eye. she was thankful coiny had saved her from rose's grasp, but she couldn't help but think...

"why do you still care about me?"

"huh?"

leafy struggles to hide her sniffles. "i've done all these terrible things... i stole dream island, i became this short-tempered mess, i...i hurt everyone with rose...i almost killed you! why do–why do you still care about me? why did you save me?"

coiny cups leafy's face in his hands. "leafy, i–"

leafy responds by grabbing his wrists, shaking. "everyone has a grudge against me! i try so hard to please people–i try so hard to be helpful and supportive, but i keep messing up!"

he looks at her, worried. tears fall down her face, and he wipes them away with his thumbs. "leafy, that isn't true... don't feel that way!"

leafy takes a deep breath, and continues rambling. "but it is true! i completely ruined my only friendship with firey! nobody's ever there for me, yet i'm there for them! how can i continue doing this when nobody wants to try being friends with me!?" leafy closes her eyes, letting more tears stream down her cheeks.

coiny looks away, eyes searching for the right words.

"i still try," he mumbles, voice barely a whisper.

"...what...?" leafy breathes.

"i still try!" coiny insists. "i've known you for so long, it's way too hard to continue holding a grudge against you. i know you're a good person. i know you're helpful, i know you're supportive, you're the most perfect person i know, leafy. i care about you, and–and more importantly, i love you, leafy!"

her eyes widen even more when coiny closes the gap between them. she could taste the salty feeling of her tears. she could feel the soft touch of his lips, and she melted in his embrace.

the only thing that mattered to her anymore was him. she finally had someone that would accept her for who she was at the moment. someone who wouldn't care about her past, someone she could form her future with.

she loved him too.

★★★★★

yk the ending scene in bfb 15 where coiny just looks at leafy concerned/facepalms AND WHEN he talks to her in the post-credits
like?? HE STILL CARES!!!!! HE KNOWS ALL THAT SHIT HAPPENED IN BFDI BUT HE GOT OVER IT!! HE CARES ABOUT HER IM TAKING THIS INFO AND RUNNING WITH IT

(also thats about when i started writing this fic lmao. so... yea you see where i went with this)

also i had this mini chapter in the drafts for a while soo :3

-mint