Keeping Him Happy (An Add x Reader Story)

Chapter 20

Another chapter is here! I really need to do better about the time that passes between my frequent updates. I somehow keep getting off track.
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        It had already been two days, yet (y/n) hadn't returned. It bothered Add that he didn't do anything about it and Esper had decided not to go back to his time just to make sure Add didn't go after (y/n) while he was gone. After he had released the void in Add's room, he started to teach him a few things that he said took him quite a bit of time to figure out. As a matter of fact, Esper was sparring with him right now.

        "Pay attention," Esper said with a bored expression as he zapped Add with his more advanced dynamos.

        "Ow! That actually hurt that time!" Add complained.

        "It was supposed to. Your mind wasn't clear," Esper said as he easily dodged Add's series of attacks. Add only frowned at him and continued to fight as best as he could. Esper had told him not to hold back saying that Add wouldn't be able to actually do much damage to him just yet. As much as he hated to admit it, Esper had been right. Add's attacks weren't doing much at all whenever they did land. Esper had pretty much seen most of them coming. Add suspected that his future self was somehow cheating,, but Esper claimed that he didn't remember anything that Add did just since there was a period of delay.

        Esper suddenly disappeared into a rift, which Add had learned they were called, and reappeared behind him. He saw it coming though so Add created a rift of his own but couldn't create an exit to the rift. "Damn it!" he muttered, waiting for a few seconds before Esper appeared just as he always did with that same 'you didn't do it right' look in his eyes.

        Esper reopened the rift, allowing for Add to get back to the grassy feild that they were sparring in. When he got back though, he was kicked to the ground. "What was that for?!" Add snapped.

        "The match wasn't over. I only brought you back because I had to," Esper said without even the slightest bit of remorse. Add just sat there on his dynamos just above the ground and sighed. Two of dynamos circled him as he began to allow himself to drift back into his thoughts. "Don't," Esper warned.

        "Don't what?" Add asked as he looked over to Esper who was sitting on his own dynamos.

        "She can handle herself. She told us that for years and yet we never really believed her."

        "I wasn't even thinking about (y/n)!" Add claimed.

        "You weren't yet. You always do. I should know. My memories have been rewriting themselves based on what you do. Apparently she crosses your mind a lot," Esper mused. Add only kept silent. "There was one memory that I found questionable though. I didn't know that I slept with a cat plushie that (y/n) bought me. I wonder how recent this was..."

        Add's face turned completely pink and he got up and walked away from Esper. "That never happened!"

        In actuality, it had only happened one time and (y/n) had caught him that one time. After that, he hid the plush kitten away from himself and vowed to never like such a plush cat ever again. "If it never happened, why was I able to go back in time and get a picture?" Esper said, now holding a single photo between two of his fingers that Add was sure wasn't there a moment ago.

        "Burn it. Now," Add ordered. That sort of thing should never exist and he wanted the evidence gone immediately.

        "I'll make a deal with you. If you win against me in just one sparring match, I'll burn it without a second thought. If you don't, I'll use this as blackmail material for later. Not sure for what though," Esper said.