Listen to me!!!! Male reader x Arven: reader loves to take pictures (not selfies) of everything around them and only realize they are into arven when they both are checking the rotom phone gallery and like half of all the photos during the titan path are just of arven.
holy frick i love this idea…
Whenever you first started your treasure hunt, you had almost completely filled your phone with pictures of different pokémon, plants, tents, food, whatever the hell you can find.
You needed to get a new SD card just for your new pictures, the one with the largest storage you could find.
Whenever you started helping Arven with the titans, he noticed you always had your phone out, taking pictures. He loved the look in your eyes you would get whenever you'd find something you wanted to take a picture of.
He'd find himself daydreaming about you, how handsome you were, how your eyes would glitter when the light would hit them just right, how kind you were… He could go on and on about how amazing he found you.
You'd always have this weird feeling around Arven, something you couldn't exactly put your finger on. It made you feel like you had eaten an entire bucket of the richest chocolate frosting and went on a swing set.
After getting all the Herba Mystica and healing Mabosstiff, you both hugged the life out of each other. His arms were strong, but his body was a little squishy, you loved it so much and never wanted to let go.
Arven on the other hand felt like he died and went to heaven (or whatever paradise is in the pokémon world). His touch starved aah would've started crying if he wasn't already (from relief of Mabosstiff being healed)
After the events of Area Zero, you were both sitting in your dorm, talking about stuff and things.
"So... What exactly do you take pictures of all the time?", Arven asked, scooting closer to you on your bed.
You beamed at him, Nemona had been the only one who ever asked. You assumed he wasn't interested...
Pulling out your rotom phone, you swap to the gallery. You could feel your heart beating out of your chest in excitement.
Arven's face went from your phone screen to your face, had you been looking at him, you would've noticed the pure affection he stared at you with.
"Okay, so I had to get a new SD card a little bit around the time I started helping you, so you'll notice a lot of my pictures at the start are-", you cut yourself off upon seeing the unaware, candid pictures you took of Arven. You swore you took more pictures of the titans themselves...
Thinking back... Maybe you didn't...
These feelings you have around him, they've only gotten worse. You get really hot, excited, nervous, distracted...
Oh no...
You have feelings for him.
You have feelings for Arven.