Varian x Reader One-shots

Flowers

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It was early spring on Corona, a beautiful time to go outside and play in the dirt, and meanwhile playing wasn't exactly what you two were doing, you were definitely outside for a reason.

"What about this one?" You picked up a small yellow flower with a pretty look to it, showing it to your best friend, who looked at you like you were a small child who barely understood what life was.

"(Y/N), that's a dandelion, they are one of the most common weeds of them all, I don't understand how that could help with my machine" He continued walking through the fields, searching on the ground for more flowers.

"I think they are cute, they are my favorite type of flowers" You cheerfully said, putting the small dandelion on your hair. "What are we looking for again?" You asked Varian, catching up to him, he was considerably far away.

"We are searching for flowers with a big amount of energy so they can power my machine" Varian explained as he kneeled in front of a set of flowers and started inspecting them.

"Ooooh, I see" You two had been neighbors since six months ago, when you moved to Old Corona because of business reasons. With time, you had become Varian's lab assistant, as he called you, tho you preferred the term best friend.

"Aha!" Varian shouted and picked up a stack of pretty small blue flowers with white center. "Pretty!" You exclaimed and saw as Varian put it on his messenger bag.

"Well, let's go, there is science to do!" He made an emphasis on the word science, making a pose as if he was brave adventurer, and to that you couldn't help but giggle.

"So, do you know a lot of things about flowers?" You asked the boy as you follow him down the path towards his house once again. "I do, actually. I have learned about many things thanks to alchemy. I know how to spot the energy of a flower with just seeing it, I know the habitats of the plants, their need conditions, their sentimental meaning..." He then rambled on about how much he knew about the subject, which was something he really liked to do.

As the time passed, you got a little bit tired of walking, and decided to take a break, just like you had done on the way up there. You placed your bags on a place where you had a beautiful view of the ocean, almost a romantic one.

"This feels nice" You said, as you took a deep breath and watched the beautiful ocean in front of you. "It does" He said, sitting down besides you and doing the same as you.

"I love this... just the two of us in a nice place" You said, laying your whole body on the grass and looking towards the sky. Sometimes you wondered if what you felt for Varian was just friendship, or maybe something else. Moments like this were what made you doubt if your heart could beat for him just as a friend, or if it's acceleration when he was around meant something else.

"I love... this too" He was shy in his words, he seemed to be wanting to say something else, but the shrugged it off and opened his bag, starting to work in God knows what.

You knew he would be mesmerized in his work for now on, which was something you truly hated, as it drifted away time you two could have together, but you learned to deal with it.

You stood up and decided to go towards some bushes to search for some flowers.  "I won't be gone for long, don't miss me" You played, and you could see  a smile grow on him, but his eyes didn't moved from his little project.

You moved along, seeing all the beautiful flowers on this garden. You wanted to give Varian a gift, it felt nice to make him happy, and it also made your heart go to high speeds, which for some reason made you feel nice.

You continued looking through the flowers, until your eyes fell upon a beautiful white flower in some bushes. The flower had rows of white as snow petals with an hypnotic pattern in the way the petals were arranged.

You didn't knew why, but something on those flowers screamed Varian at you, and you instantly knew it would be the perfect gift. You approached the flower, and gently with your hands, cut the flower out of the bush, being careful to not hurt any other flowers, and leaving room so he could put the flower on a pot.

You lightly grabbed the flower and walked back to where the young boy was, he seemed to have finished whatever he had done and was packing up his stuff.

"Hey!" He greeted you with that cute puppy smile that brightened your day. "This is for you!" You extended your arms towards his with the flower between your hands, you felt your cheeks become pink, and you moved your gaze towards the ground, feeling too nervous to look at the boy.

"It's... a white camellia" His voice was one of surprise. You moved your eyes a little to look at him, and you saw how his hands were going closer to the flowers and simultaneously to your hands, finally grabbing the flower and you lowered your hands back to your body.

"Do you like it? I don't know how much energy in emanates, but it made me think of you and.... I thought it would be a nice gift" You turned back to look at him, who seemed in awe about the gift you just placed upon him.

"I... do you know what this flower represents?" His question took you off guard, was it something bad? What did you just offended him? You started to panic upon all this.

"N-no, is it something bad?" You asked in fear, feeling tears coming to your eyes, why would you cry? It was just a misunderstanding, there's no need to cry.

"No no! It isn't something bad, it just... thank you" He gave you a genuine smile that comforted you, you also saw how his cheek were slightly redder than before, but you didn't know if it was because if your gift, or because of the lighting of the scenery where you were, considering a sunset was starting to appear.

"Oh! We should probably get going before the moon appears" You exclaimed, realizing how late it was, and how you could possibly get lost if you didn't hurry.

"Y-yeah" Varian's voice seemed nervous for some reason, his cheeks still red. You were about to question it, before his hand hit yours by surprise and dragged you down the small hill towards Old Corona.

The whole way you didn't cross sights, but neither of you seemed against the idea and action of holding hands. You found it kind of romantic to be walking down a field of flowers, holding hands with the friend who meant so much to you.

When you got to his house, the moon and stars were already up, but you still had time before you had to go home. You entered his house, not leaving his grip until you got to his lab and he decided to put your gift on a beautiful crystal vase. He placed it next to his working table, where he started working, you started working too, neither of you aware of the burning sensation on the other's cheeks.
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Hi! Alex, the author here! Hope you liked this first chapter, umm in other note, I want to point out that the flower mentioned on the text (and the one on the picture) is a white Camellia, which means "You are adorable" or adoration.

Either way, hope you liked this chapter, you can point out any spelling mistakes if you want, and you can make request too if you want. Have a good day♡