♥︎Arcana one shots♥︎

~Lucio x Reader Angst!~

Word count (no authors note): 2330

Y/N POV

I had a horrible knot in my stomach for the entire night as I would lay in bed waiting for my "dear" Lucio to return. He left hours ago to some important meeting "Probably one of the most important I need to attend! I'm sorry to leave you here all alone darling, I promise to make it up to you~" his words buzzed around my head, trying to reassure me and calm me down slightly.. but as the clock was ticking, it wasn't working.

The past few weeks as well have been, challenging for us. Lucio asked me to be his girlfriend about a year ago. And I quickly became the Countess of Vesuvia. That in itself was a lot to take in. It felt like I had gone from living on the streets to a queen in glistening jewels in a matter of seconds! But of course that's not the only reason why I fell for him..

Lucio noticed me in a large crowd when we first met. Specifically it was at the masquerade ball. Asra and I didn't have a lot of money, but we were able to afford the masks that were needed to be allowed in. I was wearing a short, white dress with some gold wrapped around it, adding a bit of a design to the gown, nothing too fancy, but enough to catch the eyes of the count.

He quickly noticed me and we began to talk. He was.. an idiot. A cocky idiot. And I was starting to fall deeply in love with him. We spent the entire night together, he showed me around the entire palace, boasting about how old and expensive it was "See this room we're in? It was built by my own great grandfather, out of pure gold!" He would smirk, clearly proud of himself.

We danced and ate and sang together. The entire room was pratically on us, but we didn't mind too much. Our eyes were glued to each other.. my e/c eyes were stuck onto his bright red ones.. it was so strange to me. I never felt that emotion before, that kind of love was so foreign to me, and I didn't understand it. But I loved the idea of Lucio teaching me.

Normally I wouldn't be into the type of guy he was. Cocky and pouty, always looking for any opportunity to show off what he had. And would always throw a fit like a baby whenever he didn't get his way. But the way he charmed me.. and the way his words seemed to wrap around my waist and pull me closer to him, I couldn't help but fall. He seemed to deeply care about me too, always looking out for my safety. Even thought we just met.

"Oh Y/N, you seem parched.. would you like some wine?" "Y/N! Please be careful, we wouldn't want the dear princess falling now would we?~" "Oh.. the beautiful and dreamy Y/N, would you care to have a dance with this goat?~"  it all made me easily flustered and blushing, just wanting more. And on top of that, it would add to Lucio's confidence.. I think that night we were both falling for each other just as equally.

At least I like to think that, but now I'm not too certain. Not as much as I was before.

That caring and dreamy Lucio that I met seemed to be gone. He barely spent any time with me anymore, we didn't even sleep on the same bed.. and I always wondered why. Why did this happen suddenly? Was it all because of me? Was I doing something wrong?

Did he not find me as beautiful? That's what I assumed at first. So I would try to wear more makeup, more revealing clothes, lose some weight, you name it. I tried just about everything to make me look prettier. And Lucio didn't bat an eye. Was it our sex? I tried to be more adventures in bed (no matter how uncomfortable I was) and he still just seemed to uninterested in me.

It was breaking my heart more and more.. but by bit. It had been going on for a few months now, but specifically these past few weeks seemed to be the worst of it. The moment I would wake up, he was gone. And the moment I fell asleep, he still wasn't with me. He said he was busy.. doing work. "My dear.. life has been troubling in Vesuvia over the past months, I'm going to be more busy. I never realized how high maintenance you were.." that last sentence really broke me, I didn't know how to respond.