Royal Pain (Guzma X Reader)

Sorry

Warning! I have a lot of cuss words in this chapter for some reason. Everybody is just a lil cranky in ultra space I guess.

Guzma squinted and looked at the two of you.

G: "what the shit is a Nebby?"
L: "Nebby is a-"
G: "If it's one of those fucking beasts, I'm out."

He put his hands in the air defensively and began walking away. You rolled your eyes and grabbed Lillie's hand to begin walking in the opposite direction.

"C'mon Lillie. We don't need his negative ass anyways."
Guzma from the distance: "Sure needed me when your were blue in the face, but whatever."

Guzma was too far away for you to hear the remark. You and Lillie continued searching the crevices of the surrounding crystals for Nebby. You tried to stay mindful of staying hidden from the beasts, Lusamine, and Nigel. He was sure to have awoken by now. However, you started to lose hope and consciousness while searching for Nebby. The time seemed to move slower when there was no sun. There was no way of telling how much time had even passed. You anxiously tried to dismiss the ideas of starvation, dehydration, sleep deprivation, and any other word that ended in -tion, because they all had a similar outcome. Death. You, unfortunately distracted yourself with the thoughts of Guzma. You started to notice qualities about him that had faded since your first encounter.

"He...cares?" You thought to yourself. "Nah. He only cares about being in a stupid gang, fuckin bitches, and getting shitfaced drunk."

"HE'S SO STUPID!" You accidentally yell out loud.

Lillie jumps at your sudden outburst before you both jump at the shrill scream of a "jelly beast."

L: "Quick! Behind this crystal! Go!"
Lillie pushes you behind a cluster of concave crystals right before she is grabbed by a glowing tentacle.

"NO!" You silently mouth to her. You try to reach for her hand, but you can't reach it. Lillie is carried into the air and taken away. Before she leaves, she says, "It's ok, Maisie. Find Nebby. Nebby will get us all out of this."

You fight back tears as the wave of disappointment rushes over you. You're now alone in ultra space, cowering behind a crystal, your ex is on a murder mission to find you, you don't know if Lillie is being eaten by a beast, and the one person left that can help you is a total turd.

***5 Hours Later***

You jolt awake and nearly slam your head on a crystal. "Shit," you say as you slowly stand to your feet. The atmosphere looks the exact same as when you had last been conscious. There was some part of you that wished you'd wake up to realize everything was a nightmare. That would've made the most sense, but that's not how these fic's go.

After searching more for Nebby by yourself, you finally convinced yourself to go and find the big idiot himself, Guzma. Just his name makes your stomach drop and eyes roll simultaneously. You walk in what you think the direction of his whereabouts are.

You're walking for what seems like hours in a direction you're not even 20% sure on with your arms crossed and face in a constant scowl.

???: "You're so stupid." A bland voice comes from above. It startles you.
"SHIT! Wait...Guzma??" You shield your eyes as you stare up at a towering, glowing formation of crystals. He jumps down, cooly, and walks up to you.
G: "Could ya not yell here? I dunno about you, but I'm trying not to die. Should try it some time."

He walks passed you and pushes you with his shoulder. His hands are in his pockets. You're confused for a second before you walk quickly to catch up to him.

"Where are you going??"
G: "Why do you care?"
You force yourself in front of him and into his view.
"Ok, what is your problem?! What's with the sudden attitude? I mean, I'M the one that should be pissed off right now. Not you." You poke his chest, which irks him.
"I heard ya yell out into this abyss about calling me stupid, aight?!"
"Oh, you're really mad about me name calling you?!" You're getting even more angry now. "How about I force you to work for me for little to no pay, threaten you with a broken glass bottle, chain you to my fucking bed, shove my junk down your throat, hop on top of you and slobber all over your neck, and really give you a reason to be pissed off with me?!"

There's a silence. Guzma drops to his knees and pulls on his white hair.

G: "That wasn't...I didn't mean...I couldn't...UGH!"
You remained silent and averted your gaze to a nearby crystal.
G: "I'm sorry."
"You're sorry?-"
"I know it ain't shit really, but I am sorry. I could give you a million excuses to reason why those things happened to you, but it's no use."
"What do you-"
"I mean that, yeah, I was fuckin' possessed and shit, but I was still aware of how my body was being used...and I...I didn't try to stop it."
You didn't say anything.
G: "So, I'm just...sorry...I'm as good as any of these flyin' beasts."

You sit cross-legged in front of his kneeling body after a few more moments of silence. He's still sitting on his knees, looking down into the ground.

"Thanks."
He makes eye contact with you and looks angry.
G: "Don't fucking thank me, Maisie, or whatever your name is."
"I'm thanking you because...no one has ever apologized to me for the way that they've treated me. Even though the shit you or your beast did was absolutely terrible, it still means a lot that you acknowledge that it is bad and needs to be apologized for."
"I'm not following."
"Just, get up!" You stand abruptly and grab his heavy arm. 
"What?"
"Start paying back your debt to me by getting up and helping me find Nebby."
He pulls his arm back down, which makes you fumble a little before he says, "It's no use. We're gonna die here."
"Yeah, with that attitude. C'mon, I really...ugh...need your help...and shit."

He looks up at you, rolls his eyes, and lifts himself back to his feet. He he scans the area before he walks in a specific direction.

"Wh-where are you going?"
G: "To Lusamine and I'm guessin' your lil friend, Lillie? What? Did she get captured or somethin?"
You ignore the question about Lillie and ask, "How do you even know they are this way?"
"Well when you're a tall tower like myself, ya see things like beams of light coming from the distance. That's where our psycho bitch. That's where ya friend is. And that's where the lil baby beast is."
"Uh, ok?"