Kiss You || Merlin X Fem! Reader Fanfic

Chapter 17

Morning finally came, hours after your dreamless sleep. You woke up, still sleepy. You sat up on your bed and closed your eyes again until a knock was heard on your bedroom door, slightly awakening your senses.

"Y/N, wake up. It's time for breakfast. After that, we're going to rebuild the facade." You heard the voice of Red Shoes from the other side. Without fully coming to your senses, you nod. You heard footsteps becoming quieter. You assume she left. You wanted to be lazy all day, maybe it's from the cold air of the morning, or you woke up from a comfortable sleep.

You groaned as you forced your body to stand up and get dressed. You made your way downstairs, only to find Merlin waiting for you. You looked at him with your resting face, "Morning." You greeted him and walked to the dining table. Merlin looked at you with confusion. He thought you completely forgot what had happened last night or just tried to ignore him.

You were ignoring him. You completely bottled up your feelings for Merlin for the sake of Red Shoes, even if you might regret it someday.

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Merlin zip-lined through the rope used to pull up the facade, after steadying the top, and onto Red. She giggled at this, and you rolled your eyes and scoffed, "I know, right." Jack said this as he noticed you. You looked at him in your cold demeanor. He raised his eyebrow, sensing you being odd.

You were really bothered seeing Merlin and Red getting close, too close for your liking. "Pino, Noki, Kio, show us what you got." Merlin's voice pulled you out of your thoughts. "Here we go!" They controlled the robot's arms to pull the facade up, and the rest except Red helped pull from the sides. "A little to the left... oh too much, a bit more right," Red instructed.

Once the facade was firmly placed down, Hans and Arthur handed buckets of light blue and white paints and brushes, and all began to paint the facade. While painting, you saw Merlin gawking at Red as she painted the wall. She noticed Merlin and smiled, making the wizard flustered, and you now know exactly what you've been feeling from the moment the F7 and you first met Red Shoes.

Jealousy.

After painting the whole facade, you all took a step back to admire what you had finished. "Now that looks like a real home," Red said in awe, and you agreed. Everyone took a break and hung around outside. You took a seat by the tree and closed your eyes, letting its shade relax your nerves. "It's a perfect copy of my drawing" You opened your eyes as you heard Red from a distance.

'What's going on?'

You saw the triplets operating their invention, printing out the exact copy of Red's flyer. "Let me try. This will definitely make it easier to find your dad." Merlin switched with the one who operates, wanting to flex on Red. You scoffed and moved to the back of the tree. You don't want to see this. You definitely do not like Merlin getting close to Red. But...

'He is not mine. Why am I acting all possessive over this?'

This thought made you depressed all of a sudden. You thought about how Red will be with Merlin and how you should be happy for them when they get married. And now, you were thinking that your closest friend and your crush would actually get married, and you will live adventuring and battling monsters but never really be satisfied for the rest of your life.

You hear grunts behind you. You see Merlin trying to pull the broom out on the same tree you were relaxing on. You sighed, walking away from the tree. You saw Jack by the house's doorway and sat next to him. "What has gotten in your head again?" He abruptly asked. You were startled at his sudden question. "W-what do you mean?" You asked him, acting all dumb. "I know that face. It means something is bothering you." He stated as he gave you the don't fool me look.