𝓕𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮| Mizzen x M! Reader

Birthday part one: Ryhlee

my birthday has always been hard to celebrate. all I can think about is my parents, and how no matter where I go, I'll never be able to meet them, to talk to them, to know them like parents should know their kids. I never really had a parent figure growing up, Eliana was more like a sister than a mom, and I mostly saw her as my best friend. My parents where covey, and I constantly wondered if they were fun and colorful, or depressing and dull, I wish I knew. 

I thought about what my parents would be like for what felt like hours, Mizzen called for me. "Coming!" I yelled, standing up carefully (knee still hurts) and made my way outside. I put my glasses on, and everything was finally clear, I could see Mizzen and Coral around a fire they had built, and Olivia was washing Coral's jacket. "Still has your blood on it" Coral said awkwardly, noticing me staring at her "oh yea, sorry about that" I sat down next to Mizzen, and he handed me and water bottle "thanks" I said, taking a small sip and putting it down. "Happy birthday Ryhe" he whispered, kissing me softly, I put my head on his shoulder, tired from last night "sorry I kept you up last night" I mumbled tiredly. "Your fine, it's not your fault. Plus, I think you suffered from it more, you look like you could fall asleep at any point" he ruffled my hair, and I nodded slightly, making him laugh. 

"Alright lovebirds, we better get moving if we want to be in district thirteen by later tonight." Coral said, shoving the last of the supplies in her bag. We stood up, ready to go, and I stumbled for a second, adjusting the weight on my knee "are you going to be ok walking? I can carry you on my back if you want." Mizzen offered "no I'm fine, I'll wait until my legs give out then force you to carry me" I joked. "Okay, it's a deal" we shook hands and followed behind Coral and Olivia, Mizzen took my hand lightly and we walked in peaceful silence for quite a while.

"Where close to being out of the mutt territory, we can talk as loud as we want soon enough. District thirteen is only a few miles from these woods" I mentioned, wanting them to know we were closer to district thirteen than they thought. they all sighed in relief at the thought of being closer to safety, and I laughed slightly at their complaining. "I never want to walk again!" Coral yelled out "talk about a hike" Olivia mumbled. "I'm just excited to be out of here and to 13, it's probably a lot better than four and twelve combined" Mizzen looked over at me, smiling. We fell back into comfortable silence once again, making our way towards the end of the woods, all celebrating when we saw the signs for district thirteen slowly creeping up on us. "We should destroy the sign to confuse the peacekeepers" I said, and in an instant Coral struck the sign with her spear, taking down all evidence of it being there in a few slashes "shall we continue?" We all cracked up and kept walking, determined to make it to thirteen by sunset.

At some point I ended up climbing on Mizzens back, but it was close to thirteen as we could see it in the distance. We were celebrating our victory and the pace quickened as we grew eager to make it to safety. "Do you want me to walk now? My legs feeling better, and I think I could make it." Mizzen stopped and I jumped off, getting ready to keep walking "we're so close Ryhe! So close!" Mizzen exclaimed, I smiled at his joy. I was excited as well but wasn't feeling well enough to celebrate. As the gate came in to view, Coral grabbed our hands, and we started running towards the gate of freedom "we're so close! Just a little farther!" Coral led us into the gate, and as soon as we made it in, we all fell over, crying and laughing with joy. I jumped on Mizzen, and we shared a kiss, still crying. Coral ran over and hugged us, Olivia joining in "congrats guys, your free!" Olivia said, shacking us happily. Free. Eliana would be proud to hear we were free. I miss Eliana.