Hear Me Out (Sebastian Solace X Reader) Long Ahh Haitus

Close Comfort

"Hello to you too, Seb." My words came out with a breathy laugh as I patted dust off that transferred from the vent and onto my swimsuit once I crawled out of the vent. Looking back up towards Sebastian, after deeming myself a little cleaner, I saw him with a small smile pulled at his lips as he cupped his hands together, leaving his third arm to hover. Sebastian looked me up and down, taking in the sight of my new swimwear.

"What's with the new get-up?" Sebastian asked as he pointed his extra hand at me. I shrugged my shoulders as I walked further into Sebastian's shop, away from the vent.

"I don't know. It just came like this, not my choice." I exclaimed as I walked toward Sebastian's tail and leaned my back against it, making sure not to lean on the items that were placed along his tail. Sebastian didn't seem to mind me resting my weight on him as he made no comments, nor did he retaliate by moving his tail to flick me off.

Now that I was closer, I saw something that I hadn't noticed before about Sebastian. I stared intensely at Sebastian's extra hand, seeing something glint in the light provided by his angler lure. Was that a golden wedding ring?

"Hey, Seb, not to intrude or anything, but what's that on your hand?" I questioned as I pointed a finger at the golden band around his finger. Sebastian took a gander at his hand to understand what I was asking about. Sebastian brought the ringed hand upwards to reveal it to both of us clearly.

"Ahh-.-. This old thing.- It was a wristband given to me by my mother. After being experimented on, it wouldn't fit around my wrist, so I keep it on my finger now." Sebastian answered as he played with the golden accessory on his finger by spinning it between two fingers from his right hand. Sebastian's gaze was fixed on the ring, but his mood didn't sour as he reclasped his hands together to let his ringed hand hover once again at his side. I nodded my head in understanding.

"It looks nice. For a second, I thought it was a wedding ring." I said truthfully as I moved my gaze away from Sebastian's face to look at his tail, flicking small things off of it out of wanting something to do. Even with my gaze averted away from Sebastian's expression, I could feel the look of dumbfoundedness being burned into my skull.

"I-. I'm not going to even ask for your thought process." Sebastian deadpanned as his smile was now a small frown as I looked up from picking stuff off his tail to look at his annoyed face.

"Well, sorry for assuming." I said sarcastically as I crossed my arms over my chest and rolled my eyes. It was now that Sebastian decided my stay on his tail was overdue and flicked me off with a sudden jerk forward. Little did Sebastian know, I predicted this happening, so I was already prepared to steady myself from falling forward on the floor.

Until I tripped over my own foot when trying to stabilize myself, surprising myself as I let out a 'GAH' and accepted my fate to land face first into the concrete floor, until Sebastian reached a hand out and grabbed the oxygen tanks strapped on my back to stop me from falling on the floor.

"As much amusement I would've gotten from you falling on your face, I don't want to hear your annoying whining." Sebastian stated his reason for stopping my painful fall as his ear fins flicked back as he scowled at me. Though at first Sebastian looked as surprised as me from his own actions, he looked as if he didn't mean to catch me from tripping on my own feet.

With me still in Sebastian's hold, he moved me to sit on his tail, close to his upper body, balancing me on his tail so I wouldn't fall. Sebastian still looked annoyed with his ear fins pointed downwards and a frown pulled at his lips, though he didn't act angry or annoyed.

"Well then for you, oh, so. graciously saving me from falling on my face.. Even though you're the reason I was going to hit the floor-... . I will reward you!" I expressed as I pulled off the bag that I strapped to my left thigh and one of the bags on my waist that I started to fill up because the other started to get too full. I unstrapped the bags from myself and handed them towards Sebastian. Sebastian's face now was one of confusion as he tilted his head as his head fins spread out and flicked around.