Heyaa, are you planning to make a part 2 of the adeuce fic where they both confess to reader? You have a really nice writing style, I haven't even noticed when I read through your work!
🫧- OH MY GOD OH MY GOD HIII!! ACTUALLY IT WAS ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE JUST THAT PART BUT YOU GAVE ME A REALLY REALLY GOOD IDEA TO MAKE A PART TWO FOR IT SINCE IT'S KIND OF A CLIFFHANGER LMAO HEHE >w< THANK YOU SO MUCHHH FOR YOUR KIND WORDSS ACKK I'M CRINE T-T
"It's A Love Triangle?!" ❤︎ [Pt.2]
˚₊ · »-♡→ Adeuce x Gn!Reader
Fluff (still with a sprinkle of angst bcs we, yes we, love pain)
>> Pt.1 ⋆˚࿔
Synopsis: They figured it was finally the time, knowing they got each other as competition. Now it's only for you to decide whose love reached you the fastest.
1.9k+ words
A/n: HELL YEAHH PT.2! This is kind of a tough choice, I love them both smmm T-T MY TWO LOVERBOYSSSS
The evening sky was awfully quiet for both Ace and Deuce. It's as if the winds decided not to bother their troubled minds, giving them the tranquility of the night to recall everything that happened.
So, it turns out they both liked the same person.
You, who came into their life without any expectancy.
Who made them find the better version of themselves.
Who showed them how wonderful it is to love.
And to hope of being loved by you,
They had a not-so-serious conversation, thinking it was the only way to resolve this conflict. It was a bit too awkward—to say the least, and very embarrassing considering it's not really the usual for boys like them to talk about love stuffs, especially towards the same person. They're still rivals despite being friends, and they both have no idea which one stood out the most now because of how unbelievable the events have been occuring as of today.
The duo still acted normally when you finally arrived to class. Yes, there's tension happening while they try to compete for your attention, which made you feel a bit concerned when they started teasing each other (mostly Ace ragebaiting Deuce) a bit too hard.
Like when Ace started throwing obvious hints about Deuce liking someone and criticizing him for absolutely being lame for not having any past relationships, saying he's too "Scary-looking and a punk" with Deuce almost throwing hands before commenting that Ace is "An asshole with an empty head" and with their dormleader, Riddle, shutting them both up with a wave of his pen and a collar around their necks.
It was a dumb act to lose their cool infront of you, likely an immature one to be so pressed against one another. Words just hit different when they're meant to hurt others,
but love isn't love without a little bit of pain.
Nobody knows to be honest, perhaps your heart now belongs to someone else?
You don't seem the type to gaze your eyes somewhere far, you don't seem to be distant or avoidant as well, and you're most likely not smiling too widely out of nowhere like them when their minds are too high up in the clouds
Translation: when they're thinking of you.
Still, something bothers them. Would love be really worth it to ruin a friendship that was built on trust, companionship, teamwork, and differences?
If you happen to like one of them, what about the other?
It'd be a pain either way, so what's the point?
You can't just pick one and leave the other, right? That's cruel, even more painful than a thousand blades through the chest.
But that's a reality they never wanted to discuss.
Deuce wondered, his chest feeling tight as he shifted his weight on a newer position for the hundredth time. The comfiness of the blanket comforts him like a warm hug, making him feel contented despite having numerous thoughts.
He had a few words with some of the ones he trusts the most: his senpais, his other friends, and some that seems like they'd listen to him.
Say what your heart wants to, but act what your brain thinks of.
He wondered what's it like to be yours.
It would be just like how it used to be, except for the fact that you and him are no longer considered as friends anymore but rather as a couple..
To be recognized by everyone as your boyfriend and your lover. To be able to hold you like no one else does, to see you and understand you like nobody else.
It made him feel so full of love. It's unbearable. It's uncontrollable.
Deuce's heart is full of genuineness and pure innocence.
Then, a question came into mind:
What would he do if you liked him back?
Will he run? Will he back away? Will he feel happy? Sad? Worried?
He's certainly gonna feel a whole lot of new emotions.
He'll go on a date with you, spend each time that passes by with you, hold your hand, kiss you, hug you, touch you-
He blushed, lips curling into a small smile as his eyes softened upon remembering the times you and him spent together during study sessions, the way he sits so close to you, hearing your gentle voice as you helped each other figure out a way to understand the lessons better. For someone as tough-looking as him on the outside, he's incredibly mindful and soft when it comes to you, too soft that it's sweet.
He never had a person so special like this in his heart and mind before. I guess he underestimated how intense love can make a person feel.
Another question popped out, this time, he felt his chest being squeezed again.
What would he do if you didn't like him back? What if you picked Ace instead of him? Will he see it as an unfairness, or will he accept it like a man?
He's only lying to himself if he said that didn't hurt him so much. It's more painful than being punched or even kicked. It hurts more than violence itself. It felt like his heart was the one getting beaten up.
Nonetheless, he'll make sure that won't happen.
He'll do whatever it takes to prove that he's the better choice.
Ace on the other hand, was facing the window, gazing at the moon's silhouette passing through the curtains. He couldn't sleep as well. All that talk with Deuce got his heart set in a panic mode.
It's frustrating to him, to think that out of all the people he could compete with, he's still competing with that cauldron-obsessed freak. He might've had a bigger chance of success if it's just some random guy but no- he had a much more persistent rival and it's making him feel stupidly grouchy.
He could surely-no, obviously win in a spell battle against him, but he doesn't wanna be the bad guy in this love story; a complicated love story, to say the least. No matter what, he's not planning on getting on your bad side and lose his chance.
He cursed under his breath. He did try to ask for help from one of his senpais, and all they said was to not make things difficult and be straightforward.
A quality Ace is not so good at, but that doesn't matter!
All that's important is for him to tell you everything.
A heart-to-heart with you is just what he needs. He needs to know, he's sure both of them needs to know. He needs to know whether or not he has a chance with you. All that question and what ifs are making him annoyed and It has to stop, because it's surely devouring him whole.
Someone like him is known to be persistent and determined when their heart and mind is set to do so. He can be annoying, but that's just a mask to hide that growing feeling underneath.
Ace's heart is vulnerable, but blooms from trust and playfulness.
Oftentimes he'll find you looking through the fields of grass. He had learn to understand that this was your way to freshen up your mind but deep down, he knows it's an excuse to hide that you're feeling homesick. When you're too quiet, or when you're acting a little bit gloomy, that's his cue to distract your mind with such thoughts by being there for you, it's a bit embarassing for you to admit it—you can drop the tough act now, but he's learned your ways, the shift in your tones, the mood that shows more on your face rather than your body.
To love is to be known, and Ace seems to be the master on it.
The day started normally after a night full of uncertainty. They've gotten used to wait for you during school days, particularly right outside your dorm or barging in if you overslept again.
They'll almost find the most unreasonable and questionable ways just to spend time with you that it's getting ridiculously obvious that the'yre doing it on purpose.
Like that one time Ace pushed Grim away to sit next to you, and when confronted by the feline, he excused that his spot was too cold and your side is probably warmer.
Let's say the cafeteria almost blew up that day.
Or when you caught Deuce talking to your potionology partner with the attempt to switch sides so he can pair up with you instead because he excused that you guys studied this lesson together.
Didn't end really well when Crewel almost whipped him with the stick.
It was almost as if they were desperate. To be frank, something feels off with your friends. You can't point fingers on how or what seems to be the cause, but there's a different atmosphere in the air whenever you're around them. This happens to be whenever all of you are together, even Grim was acting strange, he had that all-knowing smile whenever the two Heartslabyul students are arguing as usual.
Well, you can't say you didn't try to ask your little friend about it as confronting them head-on might be considered as rude, but to no avail, he's got nothing to say.
It might be an exaggerated statement, thought you can't really blame yourself, you're just worried about them.
Aside from Grim who stayed with you all throughout your journey in this world you're still unfamiliar with until now, the two stayed with you no matter how hard or how troublesome the events could get.
That time you and Grim were trapped with no way out inside Scarabia during winter break, where they literally went all the way back just to save you.
You also want to be there for your friends, to help them when in need and to form a strong bond not even magic could ever break.
Being with them was starting to feel like home, it felt safe and secure. Even during the time where you feel like there's no really way of going back, they're always right by your side.
And you can't thank them enough for being there, always.
Although, you ponder if you really knew them by heart.
They have learned to love you in their own ways.
They both said, eyes full of hope and with a longing sense of fear in their hearts.
'I like you.' What an easy word to say, However, it could mean something different depending on the people and how they voice it out.
Ace declared it with pride.
Deuce expressed it wholeheartedly.
Your heart hammered, unable to process everything that's happening.
Just what on Earth is going on?
Maybe this is the reason why their fights tends to get too heated. Why they're always sticking close to you, why they always act so weirdly different.
Despite trying your best to answer, there was silence. Your throat feels like there's thorns all over it, and your mind's all mushy that you feel like you're gonna pass out.
"D-don't worry! We won't rush you! I know this is abit too much to process right now but we're willing to wait, Prefect!"
"We might've gone way too far with confessing at the same time, but I guess you could say that. Just don't make us wait for too long, got it?"
That's okay though, with or without a choice, that's not a sign to give up.
They'll just have to win your heart now that you finally know what they feel.
To finally let their hearts lead them to love.
This time, it's more evident; more clear and more natural. No more hiding anymore.
Either way, they don't mind waiting for how long it'll take you to decide.
A different competiton isn't a new thing when it comes to them.
