Fire emblem x reader (requests opened)

Sylvain x reader what might that something be?

The school ball was approaching and I was probably going alone since nobody asked me, but it's not like I would have accepted it anyway, I had a crush, one specific crush I had been harbouring for a very long time

Too bad said crush was my classmate Sylvain womaniser Gautier, granted he didn't have a date either, but he's probably going to dance with every girl he saw, he started flirting with me too, but I figured it was just for fun, like he did with the others, whatever, I'm probably going alone.

I walked back to my room ready to start my homework for the day but as I opened the door I saw something on the ground, an envelope wax sealed, I went in full alert mode, locked the door behind me and examined my surroundings before picking up the letter, I had heard too many horror stories starting like this

The paper pieces I used to see if someone opened the door and window were in their usual places, nobody entered this room, the sender must have slid the letter under the door, that was a good starting point, the wax used was f/c, oddly enough since no class used coloured wax but they did sell it at the market, I doubted it was a coincidence, as I opened the letter I noticed something really odd, I couldn't recognise the handwriting

"
Dear y/n,
I'm writing this letter to you to let you know the feelings I have for you, and also because if I told you face to face and hart to heart you probably wouldn't have believed me,
I think saying you're beautiful would be an understatement, you're closer to perfect than you are to beautiful, I'm usually a good speaker but you knock the breath out of my lungs each and every time.
Another thing about you that always impressed me is your brain, you're easily the smartest person I know whether it's in class, on the battlefield or here at the monastery you're always a step ahead of everyone, it's almost funny that my dumb ass fell for you,
And it's also because of this that I'm writing to you, I'm challenging you to find me, as if I came to you you'd perceive this as a dumb joke.

P.s. This would have been easier if in class you hadn't told you can recognise handwritings
Hope to see you soon detective y/n, mr J
"

Ok, i'm gonna start to carry a weapon with me, this thing either is a display of BAD social skills, a poor excuse for a joke or a stalker, the sooner I find out the sooner I can understand just how much I actually needed to worry.

It was obvious he was a classmate of mine, the sign mr J probably didn't mean anything besides that we're talking about a mr and not a miss, he said he's always been eloquent so I can safely exclude Dedu and Felix.

Since he said flirting directly wasn't an option this leaves me with three main suspects Dimitri, which is possible since in 17 years of knowing him I've never seen him trying to flirt with anyone, Ashe, which is too innocent to flirt directly with anyone, and Sylvain, it's a bit borderline as an option but still possible.

I tried not to think about it as I started my strategy exercises but one thing was obvious I actually hoped the sender was Sylvain, it would actually make sense, but it's probably just my brain filling in the blanks of this story with my hopeless crush, I should get rid of those feelings before they mess up friendships or, even worse, cloud my judgment in dangerous situations.

The morning later I walked to class early as usual, as most mornings I was the first one, or so I thought, there was a flower on my desk, it was a rose, along with a smaller note "mornin' y/n, hope you like it, I remembered you saying this was your favourite flower, hope you will accept my little challenge and maybe my feelings too"

I took the flower and examined it, f/f, there was no doubt, he was right about it being my favourite flower and I could easily exclude Dimitri from the list, he tended to avoid delicate things and flowers were considerably delicate but on the flip side Ashe spends a lot of time in the greenhouse.

I sat at my desk beside Sylvain, he noticed the f/f and was smirking "looks like you caught someone's attention, care to spill the tea?" I rolled my eyes at him "the name's Nona" I said "Nona your business?" He guessed "yep" I confirmed flickering his forehead right before Byleth started his lesson.

In the afternoon I was on gardening duty with Ashe, so I decided to ask him if he saw something odd around there, maybe I could find some evidence, luckily Ashe was on duty with me, as we were grabbing the water from the pond I had an idea, I asked Ashe "hey, were you here on duty yesterday?" He shook his head "yesterday Dedu and I were on kitchen duty, Sylvain and Ingrid were here"

The world stopped for a second, it couldn't be Sylvain, I needed more confirmation "hey Ashe, I was wondering what's your favourite flower?" As we walked back inside and started watering the plants "it's violets, yours?" The fact he had to ask means only one thing, the letter was Sylvain's...

"Oh, mine's f/f" I replied, before we went back to work in silence, I had to go find Sylvain as soon as possible...

As I was lost in thought I heard Ashe calling me "y/n, are you alright? You look distracted" I shook my head saying "don't worry, I'm perfectly fine" as I started watering a bush "you already watered that" Ashe pointed out taking the bucket out of my hand before I could drown the poor plant "I checked on the rest of the plants and it seems like none of them needs watering, evidently Ingrid and Sylvain watered them too much yesterday, so we should be done for the day" he said "perfect, thanks Ashe, I'll see you tomorrow" I replied running to Sylvain's room so fast I nearly tripped on the stairs to the second floor.

I reached his door and knocked, not even knowing what I was gonna tell him, if he even was in the room in the first place, he opened the door flashing his stupid charming smile "looks like you finally found Nona" he mocked "I'll admit it took a while considering I didn't think you were this level of social ineptitude, how do you have a social life and a whole ass reputation as a womaniser if you can't even speak to a girl?" If he wanted to attack he was gonna get his ass beat.

The look in his eyes told me I may have gone a little too far, he looked almost ashamed, I hadn't seen him like that in a while "I do struggle with things I actually care about" I slapped my forhead at his reasoning, not knowing wether to slap him or tell him I felt the same "you know if you were anybody else I would have beaten the shit out of you for this little stunt, right?" I said already smiling at the situation it took him a second to realise what I said, I swear I was sending enough mixed messages to put the song to shame, but after all this time he saw right through me (either that or he understood that since I didn't beat the shit out of him I just might have been interested).

He flashed his best charming smile and raised his hands in defeat "sorry, I might have pushed my luck with this one, is there any way I can redeem myself in you eyes?" I smirked back at him "I have something in mind but I'm warning you, it's gonna take quite a lot to make up for the stalker-scare you gave me" his eyes lit up "and what might that something be?" I grabbed him by the collar and pulled him in "we're sneaking out of the ballroom, just the two of us..." I whispered in his ear, setting up my little revenge "and we're doing a training date!" I concluded, pinching his cheek like I used to do when we were still kids, but this time I left a kiss on it before pulling back and left, saying "I'll see you at the ball~"