Evil Masterpiece ❬ Black Hat x Chubby!Artist!Reader ❭ ON HIATUS

7. F E E L I N G S

Y/N woke up feeling slightly disoriented. She waited a while until her eyes adjusted with the darkness of the room. Now she could finally see. Well, just furniture's silhouettes, but it still counts.

Her eyes landed on the window, observing the beautiful red-purplish starry sky, making her realize that it was night time.

"Uh, night already...?" Y/N said to herself, yawning.

She tried to move her body and get out of the bed, only to find that something soft was preventing her of doing it. Arms. Not anyone's arms. Black Hat's arms.

Y/N immediately remembered the earlier events: another depression crisis, Black Hat strangely comforting her, Y/N asking him to stay with her. The girl deduced that Black Hat fell asleep too after she did. It was not a surprise, he really needed to sleep too.

Y/N's face grew red as she stared at a sleeping Black Hat holding her tight like she was his favorite stuffed animal.

After the initial shock, the girl realized that she could just watch him sleep for a while. His expression was so peaceful. The twilight made his skin turn into an even deepest shade of grey.

She then moved her hand to his face and caressed his cheek.

Black Hat's skin was so cold, it was like touching a corpse. His skin looks really tough, but touching it was almost like holding a fragile porcelain doll. How can someone look so rough yet be so soft?

Her fingers traveled between his eyes and around his monocle - she asked herself how would he look like without it. And then they finally landed on his lips. His soft, cold lips. Such a temptative thing to do.

It was really strange when Y/N touched his lips. She felt her face growing warm and her heart pounding fast. Suddenly she... she felt the urge to kiss him.

She wanted to kiss him.

She slowly leaned on, closing her eyes. Her lips centimeters apart from his own, she could feel his calm breath on her skin.

She needed to kiss him.

It is so close that she can feel the taste of his lips.

...But she can't.

She opened her eyes again, looking at how close both were, suddenly feeling guilty.

This is not the right thing to do. First because it's Y/N's own boss we're talking about. Second because stealing kisses from anyone is bad.

...Doesn't matter how much you want it. Neither how much you like the person.

Like? The feeling that is almost... love?

Wait...

Does Y/N is actually in love with Black Hat?

That's something that never passed through her mind.

Being in love again... it surely will be painful.

The girl's eyes had gone wide as Black Hat slowly opened his visible eye with a confused expression. Both just stared at each others eyes, only a few inches separating their faces.