Owari no Seraph (Various x Reader)

Scared 怖い (Guren x Reader)

Requested by @jackyessa
A/N: You and Gruen are already lovers in here. May contain spoilers. Unedited.

Flickers of red light flashed inconstantly through your closed eyelids, it was now morning, your exhausted self noted disappointedly. A problem had came up late last night and you were called in to deal with it since no one else was available, but you knew that there were people available and it was just that they just didn't want to help. And because no one was kind enough to help, it took a good few hours of your precious sleep time to settle the problem and figure out a solution. By the time you were done with everything, it was already four in the morning.

You groaned loudly as you sat up, or at least tried to, and reluctantly forced your heavy eyelids open. Every fibre of your being screamed for sleep and rest – including your brain. The only thing that stopped you from falling asleep again was the prospect of facing Kureto Hīragi's wrath.

You'd rather fight a thousand wars with a thousand vampires than face his displeasure. Plus, there was a meeting with him and all of the higher ranking officers you needed to be there in time for at seven forty five.

"What time is it?" You groggily wondered aloud before turning your head sideways towards the clock on your table. The big hand was halfway between on seven and eight and the little hand on six. Seven thirty.

You stared at it in horror, blinking a few times, hoping that you were just seeing things because of lack of sleep. But no, the time stayed the same. You quickly calculated how long it would take to get ready and to get there. It would take at least ten minutes to get to the main building's meeting rooms, leaving you with five minutes to take a shower, get dressed and brush you teeth and hair. Eating can come later. Meeting comes first.

After doing everything in record speed, you tore down stairs, across roads, over debris, into the main building, up stairs again and finally kicking the meeting door open.

"You're late," A cold voice resounded in the silent room. Kureto Hīragi stood at the head of the long oval table, glaring at you with his eyebrows furrowed. "But since this is the first time it has happened, I will give you a second chance. However, come late again and you lose your ranking."

"Yes, sir. I apologise, sir." You bowed you head apologetically, feeling awkward and uncomfortable with everyone around the table staring at you. 'And just who was helping him late last night by settling a problem?' You thought, irritated.

You looked around, trying to find an empty seat. Then you realised that there was only one, and it was next to Gruen. Your heart sank, due to this morning's rush, you had totally forgotten about the fight you guys had two days ago. Rather, it was more you one sidedly accusing him of things and Guren trying to defend himself. However, you did regret using the harsh words you did, you didn't really have a good enough reason to use them after all.

To your surprise, he looked relieved when your eyes meet his, but the look of relief soon disappeared as fast as it had appeared and was replaced with the look of concern. Startling you just as much as his relief had.

"What are you doing just standing there? Sit down!" Kureto Hīragi ordered impatiently.

You quickly made your way towards the empty seat, blood rushing towards your face. But just before you reached the seat, you tripped over a bump in the rug and face planted onto the ground. The room was instantly filled with jeering, sniggering and tittering. Your eyes filled with tears, today was just not going well for you at all, nothing seemed to be going right.

"Leave her alone. Just leave her alone!" Immediately, everyone fell silent, almost as if someone had suddenly ripped out their vocal cords. You eyes trailed towards the person that had defended you. It was Guren. His face was cold and stiff, so unlike him...