bal (mal and ben) oneshots [completed]

overworked

Mal POV
i haven't really seen ben lately. he's been locked up in his office half the time, and the other half he's been on trips or in meetings.  it's gotten to the point where he dosen't even come to school anymore, his parents got him a private tutor to finish his education.

whenever i see him he's always stressed and has no time to talk.  it literally drives me crazy. 
as of today, i've haven't had a conversation with him in a week. my last class of the day just got out and I head to my dorm i share with evie.
as i'm walking my phone rings. "hello?"

"hi mal! it's belle, listen i'm very worried about ben it's kept me up at night. he's like.....always negative and nothing brings him joy. i think seeing you will make him happy again. i'm forcing adam to put enroll him back into auradon prep so hopefully that'll get have a positive affect on him. anyways, what i actually called to ask to you about was that I was wondering if you could come over and come see ben. i feel like your presence is really needed in his life right now. what do you think?"

"of course belle! I've been dying to talk to him. i've been feeling that his presence is needed in my life too."

"i'm so sorry he hasn't been talking to you, i've should've bought you up in a conversation and get him thinking about you...but uh i'll see you in....how's 15 minutes?"

"that sounds great i just got out of class!"

"ok honey I'll send your ride right now. see you soon!" and with that belle hung up the phone.

the limo gets here and I get in. my mind is racing thinking about what i'll say to ben and what he may say when he sees me. after a few moments i arrive at the castle. i walk in and i'm greeted by belle with a hug. "go right up stairs. you know where he is. "

i head on upstairs and gently knock on the door.

"what now?" ben yells as i'm opening the door. "what could you possibly need from me right now mal?" ben says in a very annoyed tone.

"well hello to you too." i reply while raising an eyebrow. "look, i just came to check up on you. are you okay ben? you haven't been talking to me or any of our friends, and your mother says you haven't been acting like yourself lately. what's wrong? i'm worried about you."

"i'm fine, damn it! why does everyone keep talking to me like somethings wrong with me! do you not see all of this work i have that keeps piling on top of more work? i have no breaks! i barely sleep and i miss-"

ben stops shouting and puts his head in his hands.

"i need you to leave." ben says after a moment of silence.

"ben i-"

"i don't want to hear it mal. leave."

i slowly walk out of ben's office, slamming the door on my way out. slump past the concerned maids. past ben's concerned parents.  i walk into the dorm hall and past my concerned friends. all the way to my room. my eyes overflow with tears as i rest my head on my pillow, drifting off to sleep.

the next morning i woke up to find evie, jay, carlos, lonnie, and jane standing at the foot of my bed. "ok this is creepy..
can i help you?" i say, pretty sure they saw my watery eyes yesterday.

"what happened last night?" they all say in unison, which, again, kinda freaked me out. i explain the situation, and leave each of them speechless.

lonnie then speaks up. "mal i think you should go talk to him, i've known him long enough to know that he's probably beating himself up right now."

"you're right, i'll go try to talk to him again but if he shuts me down again i'm done."

i arrive in front of his office. i take a deep breath and then knock.  no answer. i have a gut feeling that he's in there so I head on in.

as soon as i walk in i hear "i'm so sorry" i look up and see ben with a look of guilt on his face.  he looked like he hadn't been sleeping well and his hair was a mess due to him running his hand through it, something i've noticed he does when he's nervous, anxious or stressed. i stay silent. instead of speaking, i just walk up to him and look him in his eyes. i was going to give him a piece my mind but instead, i broke down.

i just cried into his shirt. i guess he was shocked because he didn't hug back until a few seconds later. "i'm so sorry mal, so so sorry. I shouldn't have spoken to you the way i did yesterday or completely dismiss you. i shouldn't have taken out my anger on you it's just that i've just been under so much stress lately and i-"

i cut him off by kissing him and feel my cheeks heat up."its alright, ben."

"i've missed you, mal"

a/n: lmaoooo i just went through and edited this omg what was i thinking three years ago

i am so so sorry 3k people read that 💀💀