..Remember Me? (Branch X Reader)

First Comes love, Then Comes Marriage, Then comes-

(A/N
So sorry for taking so long folks! High school's really keeping my hands tied ATM. I'll try to make this chapter longer than usual tho I can't promise faster updates.)

"Branch!! You won't believe it!! King Gristle and Queen Bridget just invited us to their baby shower!!!"
Exclaimed Poppy one  afternoon, Branch who was enjoying his usual afternoon tea immediately spat out the beverage in shock, staring at Poppy mouth agape. "They're having a BABY?!?" He exclaimed, as the rest of Poppy's crew walked in, equally as elated as their Queen, who was currently running in place in excitement.

"OOOOH! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT BRANCH-?!"

"Poppy, inside voices please. " Branch sighed, a slight migraine starting up in his head. Man, as much as he loved this troll, she was a bit too much for him at times. He preferred the more quiet ones - 'like (Y/n)'  His mind told him, to which he immediately banned the very thought of thinking of his - probably deceased -friend in any romantic aspect. Poppy mutters a bashful sorry, before repeating in a much quieter volume.

"Can you believe it Branch?!? Oh it was almost like yesterday, we were playing matchmaker for them, making Bridget look pretty, while also avoiding certain death-"

"That was three years ago."

"Now they're having a little baby Bergen on the way~" Poppy gushes. Branch smiles, walking over to Poppy and taking her hand in his.

"Well I must say, the most memorable things of all from that experience for me would be.." He drawls out, Poppy looks at him expectantly.

"Would be..?" She mimics.

"Would be every second with you~" Branch finishes with a smirk, to which the Queen lets out a rather unladylike snort. "Pfft,- you cheese ball." She guffaws, giving his nose a little 'boop'. The little moment is disturbed by the series of AWs Poppy's friends made, who had seen the entire interaction unfold. Poppy pulls her hand out of Branches grasp, "well, I best be off to prepare. Gonna be a looong walk tomorrow!" The pink troll then shoves the crew out of the doorway, excitedly barking orders at her friends for preparations. She sticks her head in one last time. "Oh forgot to say, LOVE YA!" And she's gone. Branch smiles happily at her, shaking his head at her antics.

A solemn look falls over his features again as he sighs, turning around to the items on his table, a map, some navigating instruments, and a list of places, many crossed out. Branch looks over the map, at the many places he's searched and sighs heavily.

"..Still no dice.." He mutters to himself defeatedly, the begins packing everything away.
"I'll just do more research when we get back.."

He then picks up the polaroid photo of him and (Y/n) as young trolls, his grandma behind the two smiling warmly. (Y/n) had lost her colors long before Branch had, losing what little family she had left to the Bergens, Branch's grandma had taken her in and she was always so grateful to them every single day...

"You should be more happy for yourself, Branch.." (Y/n) muttered beside him.

"It takes more muscles to frown than to smile!" She forces a grin. "Says the grey troll" he snarks, knowing full well she wouldn't take offense to it. (Y/n) chuckles,

"well just because I'm grey doesn't mean I'm always bitter. Grey is a neutral color, it's dark, but also light. And that's how I feel all the time."

Branch nods, he sort of understood, but not that much.
"...(y/n)..?" He starts, "if I turned grey, would you still love me?".

" of course..forever and always! "

Branch sighs, as tears threaten to pour from his eyes, he never did follow her ideology...who knows, maybe they'll bump into each other during the trip to bergen town.  "Or maybe we'll end up finding her corpse.." The darker part of his brain muttered.

"Okay I think... Maybe it's time I took a nap.." He stretches his limbs, feeling his entire body relax, at that moment he also lets out a big yawn. "I think all this sleep deprivation is making me go coocoo" Branch leaves his packed items on the table, going upstairs to his and Poppy's shared room to rest.