Trials of the Heart

Epilogue

warning: smut in the beginning

"i'm not hurting you, am i?"

"w-well no," you stammered out a little, blushing at his forwardness.

he slowly pulled out a little before sliding his way back inside of you, making you feel every inch. you shuddered a little, back arching at the feeling. you had come so many times that he slid inside of you with minimal resistance.

"good," he replied, kissing your forehead tenderly. "i said i'd take care of you tonight. i don't want you exerting yourself."

you chuckled a little, cupping his cheeks in your palms. "kuni, i'm fine. i'm fully recovered, don't worry."

he moved so his mouth was right by your ear, "still. i wanna take care of my wife. is that so bad?" scaramouche made an experimental thrust, making your back arch as you clenched the bedsheets with one hand. he was holding your other hand and stroking your ring occasionally with his thumb.

"i-i never said i was complaining. it's just that... you're normally so rough."

"i want to give you the princess treatment," he replied, kissing your neck and leaving small hickeys behind. "do you feel good, my love?"

you nodded, squeezing his hand. "yeah... you always make me feel good."

he groaned a little at that, his restraint snapping thread by thread as he slowly kept thrusting, making you feel every single part of his cock. "keep talking like that and i'm gonna lose it, so be careful. i don't think you realize how much i want to ravage you right now."

you tightened around him at his words, and he faltered a little since he didn't expect that at all. his words were arousing to you.

"fuck... don't do this to me," he said, continuing his pace which sped up slightly. "you're not making this easy on me, baby."

"i know," you said, a little challenging and haughty.

"i'm trying to be gentle with you," he gritted out, but then he made a very hard thrust that made you see stars and let out a surprised moan. "but if you're gonna be a brat, i don't see why i should be gentle."

both of you were on your honeymoon in mondstadt, and he wanted to make sure it was memorable...

more like making sure your pussy memorized the shape of his cock for days on end.

you had a whole list of what you wanted to do but had been unable to get to do any of it because he had been keeping you in bed for the past three days. he'd fuck you so hard you couldn't walk, which left you in bed. but then because you didn't leave the bedroom of the goth hotel, you'd get railed again because he got turned on.

it was a vicious cycle... but you couldn't say you hated it.

after you came for the nth time that day, he finally pulled out and made sure you drank water while cleaning you up. scaramouche had changed the sheets out more times than you could count, and while it was embarrassing for him to hand all the sheets to room service and get new ones, you'd rather not sleep in a bed with your arousal covering part of it.

he laid down in bed next to you, passing you your hoodie from your suitcase. after you slipped it on, he hugged you from behind, spooning you and leaving small kisses over the red marks he left. "you're so pretty... i don't think i'll ever get sick of you."

you blushed a little, "wow... someone's being sentimental tonight."

he glared at you but didn't refute it.

but then he said something shocking that you didn't expect at all.

"Y/N... have you thought of us having a kid someday?"

you felt your breath hitch, and you turned your body in his grasp. "wait... a what?"

"a child. i want a child with you."

"but you can't-"

"an artificial being," he clarified. "i know i want us both to live forever but... there's an alchemist here in mondstadt that i wanted to consult."

you felt your heart skip a beat. here was a man who claimed he didn't like kids, yet came with you to an orphanage and helped a kid fall asleep. heck, even one of his friends from his past was a child. now he was asking for one of his own and you could feel your heart swell at how much he's changed.

"you want a child," you asked breathlessly, almost not believing it.

he shyly nodded. "yes. i want one with you."

"but... kuni are you absolutely sure? it's a lot of responsibility... plus what do we do if the kid wants to be immortal like us?"

"you can freeze his aging, can't you? just like you froze yourself. in addition, homunculi have unique properties as well."

"... you have a point," you thought aloud.

he gave you a small smile and kissed your forehead. "it's just food for thought, love. if you don't want one, we don't have to have one. we can have one at any time."

you nodded and snuggled into him, "yeah. let's give it some more thought first."

"alright," he replied. "after all, like i said, we have all the time in the world to think about it."

you giggled a little. "true that."

he smiled content with having you next to him.

after the two of you got married, you gifted him a wedding ring of your own that you created using the same metal as the one you used for the artificial heart. the ring on his finger was made by you, having a very simple yet elegant design. it was a simple wedding band, the words "i am human because of you" engraved on the inside of the ring. the words were invisible to the eyes of others, but he could feel the words on his porcelain skin and resonate within his soul.

he placed a hand on your cheek and caressed your skin with his thumb. "i love you, you know that?"

"i know," you chuckle bashfully, nuzzling into his touch. "you tell me every day."

"saying it isn't enough, i want you to feel it every waking moment. if there's a day that comes where you wake up and you don't feel loved, i'm not fulfilling my duty as your husband."

"oh come on, why so formal," you blush a little.

"Y/N, after all the shit we've gone through - correction. that i've put you through, you deserve nothing but the absolute best. i'll go to any lengths to make sure you're happy."

you giggled a little, "oh you lovesick boy."

"i literally and figuratively gave you my heart, does that not say enough," he asked incredulously, teasing you.

both of you laughed at that, enjoying your time tangled under the sheets in each other's arms. and that's how both of you would spend forever: waking up next to each other and going to bed every single night in a loving embrace.

however...

back at your workshop in sumeru...

the faint humming of a partially built mechanical heart is heard beneath a box,

waiting to be finished 

for its rightful owner to claim it for his own.

the end