Sour candy melts on your tongue. A crick forms in your neck from craning it to get a good look at Idia's phone screen. The two of you are watching trading card unboxing videos. It isn't a game you play, and he prefers the video game side of the franchise, but there's a rare holographic card of his oshi in the new card series, so the two of you watch videos until finding one with the coveted card.
"What!? He actually pulled it!?" Idia screams, sitting bolt upright. "How much!? I'll pay anything for it!!" He feverishly types a comment on the video, making you laugh hysterically. His dramatics over pieces of media will always bring you joy. "Y/n! This is serious!"
"I know, I know!" You cackle. He pouts, dropping his phone on the bed next to him and hitting you with a fierce cuddle attack.
"You're pure evil, Y/n! For making fun of me, I demand 20 kisses as repayment!" He's so cringe, and you love every moment of it, every embarrassing demand for affection that has ever come from his spiky mouth. You grab his cheeks and bury him in kisses, all over his face. You don't keep count. You definitely go well over the 20 he initially requested.
His face and hair are burning pink, as if he wasn't the one who demanded the love explosion in the first place. He turns away from you and buries his heated face in his hands, incoherent whines spilling from his lips. You give him time to cool down. He's still getting used to the whole relationship thing.
You lay on your side and admire the view of your flustered boyfriend. Getting to this point was like trying to dig through a wall with a spoon. The first conversation with him got you interested, followed by a crush developing after repeated visits to the board game club to hang out with him. Somewhere along the way, it blossomed into a deep love that you couldn't hide any longer. Naturally, you were the one to confess, though it had been rather obvious that the feelings were mutual for some time. His hair always gave him away.
You remember how he could barely get his words out, but he managed to get it across that he accepted your feelings. Then you kissed him for the first time. It was just a chaste, gentle peck on the lips. And then he fainted. On top of you. You have to stifle another laugh as you recall the moment.
"You're the worst..." He grumbles, turning back towards you and slinging his arm over your waist.
"I only do what's asked of me," you defend. You run your fingers through his fiery hair and scratch his scalp. The tips of his hair are still tinted pink, and might be for a while. You could stare at that hair all day. It's simply not fair for one person to have this much cuteness. He's a cuteness hog, stealing all of the cute in the world and taking it for himself. The fact he allows you to bask in that cuteness, to be the one who gets to praise him for it, is nothing short of a miracle.
For a regular girl like you to be chosen by a man as smart, talented, and powerful as him is a rarity in Twisted Wonderland. You didn't choose him for his money or family status. You didn't even know about that trivial nonsense until after you were already deeply in love with him. The surprising part has always been that he chose you too.
You're desperate to keep him. The concept of being with anyone else is unthinkable. But you're not worried, he's just as desperate to keep you. Not only did the king of virgins find a girlfriend, something that shocked the entirety of the school (even Ortho), but it was the girl he dreamed of every night. The girl he secretly doodled in his note taking app while he spaced out during class. The girl whose Magicam pictures he had saved in a heavily guarded folder on his desktop. The girl he anonymously sent valuable gifts to in games.
"I love you, Idia." You'll remind him of it every chance you get. He squeals into your chest. The pink that was slowly fading from his hair returns.
"I-I love you, too..." he whispers. He shifts to lie on top of you.
"You're crushing me, sweetheart." Your voice is choked from his weight pushing down on you.
"You crushed me first. This is revenge."
"How so?"
"You crushed me with your love. Take responsibility." You sigh, pretending to sound annoyed.
"It can't be helped." You crane your neck to kiss the top of his head.
"Y-you realize you can't ever leave, right? You're... you're stuck with me. Rookie mistake, Y/n. Shouldn't have gone down my route if you wanted an option to stop playing the game."
"Are you serious? What about my last save state? Send me back!" You joke.
"Y/nnnnn!!" He whines like a spoiled child.
"I'm kidding! I'm never quitting this dating sim, so don't go and glitch out. You're just as trapped with me as I am with you."
"As long as you know the score." He grabs his phone from the side of the bed. "Here, watch whatever you want. I'm gonna keep my face buried in your boobs for a while." He flops his head in the middle of your chest, dramatically nuzzling into them.
"Hentai," you mock. He laughs his signature laugh into your shirt. You rest one hand on his back while the other scrolls through videos on his phone. Life is good in the sanctuary of his room. Just you two, being the cringey geek couple. Being yourselves, together. You'll forever wonder how you got here, but will always be thankful for it.
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Twisted Wonderland x Reader Stories and Oneshots
FanficOne shots and stories about the Twisted Wonderland guys Ongoing stories within this book: Read The Fine Print (Azul x Broke Reader) (Moved to new book) Idol and Otaku (Idia x School Idol Reader)
