The Arcana Oneshots

Rowdy~Malak

A/n: this time it's a female reader. Sorry about my confusing pronouns, sometimes I do she/her sometimes I just say they/them. I am going to try and stick with them/they but I got into the habit of typing she/her so I apologize in advance. (Obviously unless the story is meant to either be male or female. In which I will say before the story begins)

JULIAN'S POV. (1st person)

        Today I asked my lovely girlfriend on a date. Nothing fancy this time. Today we're just headed to the Rowdy Raven. It's more of a hang out than a date. She has been so busy with the shop due to Asra always being gone on trips, I figured they needed some time to rest. The worst part is, is that Malak insisted on coming. Even when I said no he just followed me anyways. So here I am at the Rowdy Raven waiting for my darling.
         I'm sitting at the bar drinking a salty bitter when the door to the Raven creaks open. I think nothing of it because I am sort of early, that is until I get a kiss on the cheek. I turn my head around to be met with my girlfriend, as Malak rests on her shoulder. I give Malak a deadly glare then tilt my head to look at my girlfriend once more. "Hello darling seems we're both a bit early" I say while handing her a drink. She gratefully excepts the drink and says "thank you, well I know your one for being early and didn't want you waiting forever." I don't respond instead decided to just give her a bright smile. She smiles back and sits down in a seat next to mine. Malak hops off her shoulder and starts trying to drink her drink. "Malak that's bad, your going to go crazy drinking that" she scolds the bird lightly. I laugh at this and say "hold on now I want to see a drunk Malak." Her eyes go wide "out of all the times you've been here, he's never been drunk?" I think for a moment before responding with "no I don't recall a time when he was." I take another sip of my drink. "Can we get him drunk then?" She asks with a wicked smile. I give a crazy smile back and say "let's do this." She then hands Malak the salty bitter. (Pretend this wouldn't kill the poor bird)

TIME SKIP~

           "This was a bad idea" I say while ducking behind the counter trying to get even more coverage. Malak sweeps down and tries getting MC but before he can I pull her body down to the floor. "Good god, how is he this crazy!" She tries not to yell. I simply shrug my shoulders in response. "How are we going to stop him, do we just wait for him to crash?" She questions while trying to get a better view of Malak who currently is pecking some random drunk man whose passed out. "I can try getting him now, if not we're going to let him crash" I say while standing up from behind the counter. I creep over to the un moving man and the crazy drunk bird. I try capturing him in my arms but he moves at the last moment making me fall onto the table. I stand and slam my hand on the table out of frustration. "It's okay" MC yells at me, trying to cheer me up. I give her a slight fake smile and go back to hide with her.

TIME SKIP~

         "How the hell is he still going" MC says as she tries to stay awake. Her body is slumped against mine and her eyes are dropping. I rub her back and say "he's bound to crash soon, he's been at it for hours." I peek over the counter and look for Malak. "I don't see him anyw-" is all I can get in before a bird is flying right towards my face. I quickly duck behind the counter and cover my head. MC's head snaps up and she says "are you okay?" She takes my hands in hers. I give her a sheepish smile and state "I'm fine just that rowdy bird needs to calm down." I rub my face with my hands and try to think of something. "I got nothing" MC speaks before I can. "I have nothing as well darling" I mumble. She leans her head on my shoulder and hums in delight. "Try to sleep darling I will wake you once the bird passes out" I say while pulling her body closer to mine. She doesn't respond, she only falls asleep.

TIME SKIP AGAIN~

          My eyes open and I look around the area confused. I then see MC sleeping peacefully on my shoulder, which causes my face to grow warm. I tilt my head up only to see that we are still in the Rowdy Raven, when everything rushes back to me. "Wheres that bird" I mumble before carefully removing MC's body from mine. I stand up from behind the large counter and dart my eyes around looking for Malak. I finally find him passed out on one of the wooden tables. I give out a little "tsk" before walking over to him and picking him up in my hands. I then go over to get my sleeping beauty. I place the bird on her stomach and pick her fragile body up bridal style. I carry both of my favorite person/bird out of the Rowdy Raven and bring them into the cold night air. "Finally" I say before venturing out into the busy streets.

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