A Grim Reaper's Love - Grell Sutcliff x Reader

Chapter 13 - A Dream's Haunting

Tuesday, 1st of January, 1799

A new year has arrived, and all Grim Reapers were assembled in the hall. You were a bit excited about this assembly, at the same time you were a little nervous. The feeling of having all the Grim Reapers assemble here overwhelmed you, because for heaven's sake. This room was filled with loads of Reapers you didn't even know, and never have seen. A room filled with a bunch of strangers, was definitely not your favorite thing.

You sat between Saffron and Grell. Saffron on the left, and Grell on the right. "Hey, [Y/N], what do you think about those guys next to Will?~" The redhead whispered in your ear. You shivered as you felt his hot breath against your skin, and you faintly blushed, but you looked over to where William was. There were two men who looked rather handsome. Well, at least handsome in every girl's eyes, but to you they looked like normal men.

"I think they look pretty okay." You replied.

Grell smirked. "Well, at least they're good-looking men." He murmured. You nodded in response to show that you heard him.

Ah, for how long have you've known Grell to talk about good-looking men? Since forever. However, he doesn't really talk about them often, so you felt a little more relieved by that fact. The silver-haired teacher, Ms. Crevan, went up the stage carrying a couple of papers.

She took the microphone and looked at the crowd with a serious expression. The entire room went silent, and the silver-haired woman started to speak.

"Good Afternoon. My name is Andrea Crevan, welcome to the annual New Years speech here on the Grim Reaper Dispatch Society." She bowed, and the room applauded. "The old year has reached it's final moments and we are about to celebrate the arrival of 1799. This year has been fortunate to most of us. And with pride and professionalism we will master 1799 as well." She smiled. "Happy New Year, 1799 to the Shinigami Society!" She jumped in joy.

All of her students stared at her in surprise, while all the other Reapers cheered along with her. Grell, you, Saffron, William, Lewis, Felix, and some other newcomers just stared at her in confusion. This was definitely not like the Ms. Crevan you faced during classes. You caught a glimpse of Undertaker giggling next to the stage, and you were still too dumbfounded that you just stared.

Not long enough, Undertaker saw you staring at him, and he waved. You accidentally jumped in fear, but then relaxed after you saw him laughing at you and he fell on the floor laughing. 'What an odd man..'

After the assembly, there were no classes at all, so you all just roamed around the Dispatch not knowing what to do. You were with Grell the whole day, and the both of you seemingly just talked about random things. At a couple of times, the both of you both laughed at some jokes, and also laughed at the teasing you two did to each other.

Today was quite the good day.

You finished writing in your diary when Grell had come out of the bathroom, his flaming crimson hair was damp, and you had just took notice of how hot he looked with wet hair. You blushed as soon as he caught you staring, and he just chuckled as you looked away. You put back your diary and pen, and laid in bed, Eventually falling asleep. The last thing you heard was Grell's sweet soothing voice, wishing you another good night's sleep.

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You awoke to what seemed like a commoner's bed. Ragged, filthy, and not to mention stained with black splotches. You were wearing ragged clothes, oh how you hated these rags. The filthy stench of these clothes were absolutely unpleasant. The wooden floor, was covered in dust and small spiders. Across the room there was a window. The window was open, and on the window sill stood a black crow.