The Birth of Venus || Various!TwistedWonderland X Siren!Reader

✧30. Heartslabyul. ✧

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"Y/N!" You slowly opened your eyes. "wh-" "Henchman!" You felt Grim's paw smack you in the face. "I'm awake! I'm awake!" Your voice was raspy. You felt pretty terrible. Your whole body ached and your arms stung. "Goodness, you had me worried..." Yuu mumbled as he helped you sit up. "Thought you died, freak." Ace chided. "Yeah, fuck you..." You grumbled in response. "My arms hurt like hell." You remarked as Yuu helped you to your feet. "Yeah, they looked pretty rough..." Your Vice Housewarden smiled with concern and moved your arm over his shoulder to steady you. You looked over at Riddle who had woken up as well. "Well, it's about time the two of you woke up... We were just about losin' our heads here - figure of speech, sorry - 'cause we thought you might never wake up!" Cater fidgeted with a piece of his hair.

You looked down at your arms. They were wrapped with gauze. Crowley had returned at this point, conveniently right when everything had ended. "Ah, Mr. Rosehearts and Mrs. L/N appear to have regained consciousness. Excellent." Crowley smiled. Your legs still felt weak. Jesus having legs is the worst. "Don't worry, Riddle. Just try to rest." Trey fretted over Riddle. Ace crossed his arms. "Yo, that's just the sort of coddling that led to him going nuts in the first place!" He pointed accusingly at Trey. "Now the garden is torn up from the floor up, not to mention that we could've died!" He shouted. He was right. The garden was an absolute disaster since Riddle had torn all the plants from the ground. You probably came out the worst considering your arms were wrapped shoulder to wrist with gauze. You're even bleeding through the gauze at some points. "He's right. It was looking bad for a while there." Deuce commented and you nodded along.

"For cryin' out loud. When you humans let that stress build-up, the results sure ain't pretty." Grim mumbled as he climbed Yuu like a ladder and settled on his shoulder. There was a beat of silence before Riddle spoke. "The truth is, I... I really wanted to eat the chestnut tart." He covered his eyes with his forearm. "Huh?" Ace raised an eyebrow in confusion. "And I don't care if the roses are white, or the flamingos are pink." Riddle went on. "And I prefer honey to sugar cubes in my tea, and I like milk tea better than lemon tea anyhow. And after a meal, I want to be the one sitting around talking with everyone..." You could hear the sadness in his voice as he spoke.

"Riddle...?" Trey furrowed his eyebrows with confusion. "And I really wanted to play with you and Chenya more, Trey..." He choked out before sniffling a few times and finally letting out a loud sob. "WAAAAAAAH!" He cried out as tears began to pour from his eyes. "Riddle Rosehearts, in tears... Hashtag #WOW." Cater stared in awe. "You think a few crocodile tears is all it'll take for me to forgive you?" Jesus, Ace, have some damn tact. "Give the guy a break, Ace." Deuce cringed. "I'm sorry, Riddle. I knew you were suffering, and all I did was pretend not to notice." Trey confessed with a sigh. Riddle only continued to sob. "So I'm gonna say what I should have said earlier. Your way of doing things was wrong, and you owe everyone an apology." Trey continued.

"I'm sorry... I'm really sorry!" Riddle choked out in between tears. "I know I've been saying I wanted an apology from Riddle, but now that I got one, y'know what? One stupid "I'm sorry" doesn't even come close to making up for what he did!" Ace yelled, shaming Riddle further. "Remind me to smack him in the back of the head when I get better, yeah?" You mumbled to Yuu who responded with a "Yes, ma'am." He gave you a small smile. "DUDE! Way to be a capital-J Jerk!" Cater exclaimed in shock. "And proud of it! Have you forgotten how he made a total fool outta me?!" Ace stubbornly crossed his arms. "Have you forgotten how he just threw away that chestnut tart we worked so hard on?! That ain't something you can make go away with a few tears and a flimsy "I'm sorry"!"

"Wow. I ain't never met anyone who was better at holdin' grudges than I am." Grim mumbled to you and Yuu. Riddle looked over to Ace. "Then... Then what do you want me to do?!" He cried. Ace thought for a second. "You know... I don't got a birthday coming up anytime soon." Deuce looked confused. "Huh? What are you talking about?" Ace continued with his train of thought. "So I demand a do-over for the unbirthday party! Except this time, we ain't gotta do squat. This time, YOU'RE the one who brings the tart!" He pointed at Riddle. "And no getting Trey to make it for you! Do that, and then things are square between us." He said calmly. Yuu raised an eyebrow at Ace. "Except you had lots of help making YOUR tarts...?" "Yeah, just admit you want a tart." You smirked teasingly.