See Right Through Me - Millard Nullings x reader

3 Off guard

Millard pov
I would never hit a girl. Especially one that I quite like. What did y/n have to go through? I reached out slowly and wiped away her tears with my thumb. I slowly lifted her off of the floor. "Show it to me again."

She looked so caught off guard,"no one ever asked me to do that either." Both of us chuckled slightly. She focused on of the lights near by and it slowly started to get brighter and brighter until the bulb broke and what looked to be some sort of lightning bolt was zipping around the room. She quickly caught the bolt in her hands and started to move her hands in circles around the now ball of electricity. I was shocked at her peculiarity. I loved it! "Wow! I wish I could do that. Beats being invisible."

She clapped her hands and the electricity went away. She took a small bow. "Thank you Millard," she smiled widely and I could sense my cheeks become hot. Good thing she couldn't see it.

Y/n
Is it strange, or should I say peculiar, that Millard is the first person to be nice to me? He is wonderful compared to my father. He's so kind and sweet! And we both love reading, but I feel like I still can't trust anyone. I can't show my emotions. I stopped smiling and turned to go outside. Millard ran after me to lead the way. He showed me Fiona's garden that she was tending to with Hugh. The twins were playing with Claire and Bronwyn. Enoch was in the basement with Olive as usual. Victor was helping Emma put the baby squirrel back in the tree. Horace was sitting by a large bush in the shape of a T-Rex when he spotted me and walked up to me and Millard.

"Ah, y/n!" Horace always smiled when he saw me. Maybe he liked me. I think he's a little too extra for me. I catch a glimpse at Millard before responding to Horace,"Hi, Horace!"

I could only assume that Millard was glaring at him. "Y/n, we should continue the tour," Millard kept walking and I ran after him and gave a quick wave to Horace. Millard walked back into the house and up into the attic. "Millard why are we in here? It's quite musty."

"Horace doesn't come up here much. He doesn't like the dust either. I keep more books and other things up here."

I furrowed my eyebrows at him,"do you not like Horace or something?"

He adjusted his hat and stuttered,"no! Horace and I get along quite well. But it's just that-"

Suddenly the attic door swings open revealing Victor. We both jump at the semi-loud bang. "Hey you two! It's dinner time!" Victor left after he shot a smirk at Millard. Millard balled an invisible  fist and grabbed my wrist,"please ignore Victor. Let's go to dinner."

I was pulled all the way to the dining room Millard sat down and I quickly became the center of attention. I rubbed my arm awkwardly until Horace gestured to the seat next to him,"y/n, there is a free seat by me!"

I was about to walk to the empty seat at the end of the table when I was pulled into another seat. "Y/n, I think it's best if you sit next to me," Millard said rather quickly. I gave an apologetic smile to Horace and started eating. I haven't eaten anything in a couple days. Nobody talked about anything until Ms. Peregrine noticed Claire wasn't eating,"Ms. Densmore, why aren't you eating?"

Sitting next to me, Emma spoke up,"she nervous to eat in front of y/n."

"Oh! You shouldn't be nervous. You should eat." The little girl smiled and took the giant turkey leg in front of her. She brought it up to the back of her head and in ten seconds flat it was just a bone. I was beyond impressed. I quickly caught my mouth from dangling open.

All the way at the other end of the table Enoch decided to take a jab at me,"So apparently the new girl doesn't know proper manners," he snarled,"didn't your mother ever teach you?"

I could feel the tears in my eyes. He glared at me and smirked. Ms. Peregrine was about to say something until we all noticed the chandelier starting to grow brighter and brighter. I was looking down at the table while everyone was focused on the bright light. I slammed my hands on the table and stood up,"my mother has been dead for ten years."

Just when the bulb was about to explode Millard grabbed my hand and everything stopped. The bulb stopped glowing and I just looked at him. I could feel my face turn red. It was almost like time paused. I blinked and I looked at everyone in the room. They were all staring at me either with fear or shock. I shook out of Millard's grip and ran out of the room.

Millard pov
"Good job Mill. You scared her away."

I shot Enoch a glare,"no, Enoch! YOU scared her away! I was trying to help her. You just ruin everything! Go back to the basement where you belong."

The whole room was speechless. I've never raised my voice at anyone. I stormed out of the room. The last thing I heard was,"I guess Millard really does like y/n."

I was about to run back in there and punch Horace for saying that but I decided I needed to find y/n first. I ran out the front door to the beach I walked along it for a while. I didn't find anything so I started to walk back to the house when I noticed the attic window was open. I ran as fast as I could to the house and up to the attic.

"Y/n!" I yelled as soon as I entered the attic. She was sitting on the window sill. "Don't come any closer."

"Y/n, what are you doing?"

She looked back at me for a brief moment. She had tears in her eyes. I reached out for her but slowly pulled my hand back. "I'm doing something I should have done years ago."

She pushed off from the window,"NO!" I screamed. I grabbed her wrist and her weight started to pull me out the window with her. She started to scream,"what are you doing?!?"

"I'm not going to let you die! You just got here!"

"I want to leave this cruel world!"

"I want you to live it with me!" I clearly did not realize what I said until I watched her face soften slightly. She grabbed onto me with her other hand and I managed to pull her through the window and onto the attic floor. We both stood up and she immediately put her arms around my waist. I was almost surprised as I felt my cheeks flush.

"Thank you, Millard." I put my arms around her neck and just held her. It was the only thing either of us wanted to do in that moment until Victor, Horace, Emma and Olive ran into the attic.

"Are you guys okay?" Emma asked more quietly as she noticed us together. They all just stood there. Horace almost looked proud. When I looked up I tried to push y/n off of me as fast as possible. She looked at me with confusion until she saw everyone looking at us,"um, I'm okay. Don't worry!"

She looked back at me and smiled before she went downstairs with everyone else.