Sahed x Y/n (gender neutral) (from Marionetta Webtoon)

☆ Part 16 ☆

That night you sat in your room, unable to fall asleep, watching the clock as the minutes turned to hours with no sign of sleep.You felt bad about earlier and knew that you might have overreacted a little bit. 'So much for going to bed early' you thought, annoyed with yourself for ruining your night's plan of going to sleep at a reasonable time for once. After a few more minutes you heard a quiet knock at your door, before it was opened without waiting for a reply. You knew who it was instantly and for a split second, considered pretending to be asleep, Sahed often came by and let himself in when he came to visit and you wanted to go back to normal with him so you sat up.

"Heyyy, just the person I was hoping to see" he smiled weakly, sitting down next to you on your bed, leaving a little more space than usual. You felt a pit in your stomach, wanting desperately to be how you usually were with him.

"The one and only" you sighed, attempting to play along. He looked down at you, his hair hanging down a bit and the dim light from the lantern in your room creating a soft glow across his face.

"I'm sorry for not telling you that I'm secretly a psychopath..." He said quietly, dropping his usual persona, being completely serious.

"It's ok, I accept your apology. You're not a psychopath, you had your reasons. You replied, having to look up at him to maintain eye contact.

"I still should've told you" he said, getting just a little closer.

"I should've guessed" you smirked

"Sorry for overreacting a little" you added, feeling bad for running out on him earlier.

"Eh, it was a fair reaction. All good" he cracked a smile and you did too, unable to keep being serious like that. Your heart melted a little as he smiled and he must've noticed.

"Oh come here" he put an arm around you, pulling you next to him and you leaned your head on his shoulder. He kissed you on the top of your head and laid down next to you, you did the same and you knew this was going to be one of those times that you ended up staying up most of the night talking about literally anything.

"What are we doing?" You finally asked, laying so close that your legs were across his and his arm was around you.

"What do you mean?" He asked, still looking up at the ceiling.

"What is this? Like, what is going on with us?" You weren't sure what to make of this, he visited you like this often and it usually ended up with him falling asleep next to you, which you didn't mind at all, but you were just curious.

"Just two friends, hanging out in the middle of the night I suppose" he replied simply. You weren't sure what you were expecting him to say but part of you hoped that he would say you weren't just friends.

"...unless..." He sat up a bit so he was laying on his side to face you.

"Unless...? What?" You held his gaze, waiting for him to finish his sentence.

"Unless you were hoping for a different answer" he finished, raising his eyebrows waiting for your reply.

"I don't know, I just thought maybe we were more than that" you looked away, feeling dumb for saying that. It sounded like such a cliché once you said it out loud.

"Like best friends?" He feigned confusion before giving up and grinning at you.

"Oh shut up you know what I mean" you laughed, knowing that he wasn't quite that dense.

"Ok fine maybe I do..." He trailed off yet again and you gave him a look.

"Maybe just remind me to make sure" he seemed way too proud of himself, knowing that this was going to drive you crazy.

"Like maybe we finally admit that we're together, like a couple?" You explained even though you knew that he already knew.

"Works for me. We basically already were, if I'm being honest" he chuckled. It was true that everyone already knew that you guys had a thing, but it was still nice to be able to be sure.

"Yeah, but now I can say you're my boyfriend" you smirked at him and even in the dim light you could see that his face turned a little bit red.

"I supposes that's the case now isn't it, *love*." He added extra emphasis to the last word, making sure you noticed, which you did. It was safe to say that you were both red in the face now, not used to being able to say things like that to each other. There was a moment of silence and you stared up at him, he slowly leaned in and kissed you again. (Come up with something better here please, idk how to write this stuff)

"Glad we got that all figured out" he smiled and you could hear it in his voice. He then shifted back to how he was laying before, looking at the ceiling once more.

"Me too" you couldn't help but smile some more, leaning over him to shut off the lantern. He then wrapped his arms around you so you ended up laying your head on his chest.

You two fell asleep like that, finally able to sleep after everything that had happened. You both actually got a good night's sleep whenever the other was there. Falling asleep to the sound of leaves and wind outside, a little bit of moonlight drifting through the window.

[AN: *cough* It's about damn time *cough*]