Aris Jones X Reader One Shots

My Hero (Part 3)

Aris's P.O.V

When I woke up I was in the Medical Wing. I don't know what happened or why I was here. Did I do something stupid? Did I get hit upside the head or something? Because I felt like hell.

Sitting up, I rubbed my eyes as I tried to recall everything. Putting my feet over the edge of the bed, I found myself face to face with Y/N.

Well, almost. She seemed to be asleep, curled up in a chair beside me.

That's when it all came back. Everything. The Maze, finding her, dragging her out, and passing out in the snow.

"Y/N, hey, wake up, wake up,"I said frantically, having this fear that she wasn't just sleeping. That she was truly gone. Because I can lose anything but her so if she doesn't wake up, I don't even know what I would do. Because I need her. I need her with me forever.

Because I'm in love with her.

"Y/N?"I repeated, shaking her shoulders again. She groaned and mumbled something incoherent as she opened her eyes. Then, her entire face lit up.

"Aris!"She exclaimed. Before I could react she threw her arms around me. I just hugged back as tight as I could. Just to be sure that she was real, that she was here, and that she was okay.

"I'm sorry that you had to come rescue me. I just fell from the wall, and if you hadn't come looking for me I'd be dead,"She whispered.

"I should have just gone with you from the start. I shouldn't have let you go without a partner,"I whispered back.

"Still, I'm okay all thanks to you. I should have just stayed with you, Aris. The only time I even enjoy being out there is with I'm with you anyways,"She admitted.

"I feel the same way,"I promised.

"My hero,"She sighed, pulling away. Then, she pressed a kiss to my cheek. It was so small, barely a second, but I felt my entire face turn red. Without even realizing I raised my hand to where her lips had touched me. She kissed me. She had actually kissed me. I mean it was on my cheek, but that counts.

"Are you okay?"She checked.

"I'm fine, but are you? You must have been out for hours. You were freezing."

"Good as new. The Nurses said I just went into shock and that you were most likely worn out. They were worried it was frostbite for little bit. Said you were barefoot."

"Yeah. It was easier to walk than skate while carrying you."

"I'm done exploring that place alone,"She sighed.

"Did you find anything out there?"

"Yeah. I found out that I have very bad climbing skills,"She shrugged.

"So what-"
"I missed a vine and fell."

"I'm just glad that you're okay,"I said, reaching for her hand. She accepted and intertwined our fingers.

"I'm thankful you are too and just for you in general. Thank you."

"As long as you're okay it's worth it,"I promised, running my thumb over her knuckles. She looked at the ground as she turned a light shade of pink.

"I'm just grateful that you're here and that you exist. If I lost you I'd just lose it. That would be it. For my sanity, my comfort, my happiness. Because the only time I truly smile without a care in the world is when you're with me. Aris, it's you. It was always you."

"What are you saying?"

"I'm saying that you are everything to me. That I'm in love with you. I'm in love with the way you smile. I'm in love with your freckles that you can only see if you're close enough. I'm in love with your laugh. I'm in love with the way you look so free when you're skating. I'm in love with the pure heart you have despite everything. I'm in love with everything about you,"She confessed.

I sat there as I tried to think of the right words to her, of how to tell her how I feel. How it took almost losing her to see what was so obvious.

"There are a million things I could say about you. If I put everything I love about you in a list I would never stop talking. You're the only person I truly feel like myself around. I could say anything at all, and I wouldn't even think of how you would react. You're like the little bit of sunlight we get here. It's so simple, but it makes the entire world brighter. You're special, Y/N. You're worth everything,"I breathed out.

"So then what do you say? You wanna give us a shot while trapped in an ice prison?"She asked.

I looked at her. At her shy smile, her bright eyes, and then at our hands. We still hadn't let go. There was no reason to.

"With everything in my heart, yeah. I would love that."