After a week of stress and brewing inner turmoil Yuu gets sadder and sadder so Malleus turns into a cat so Yuu can pet his head while they cry silently in bed to sleep
It can be however you like
This just gave me ideas, lots of them!
I hope that you’re okay with me taking some ✨artistic liberties✨ while writing for this prompt. I also took some time because I really wanted to do my best!
I really hope you like it!
This will be a long one. There’s also an extra part at the end!
The reader will be female!
Warning: Mentions of anxiety and mental illness
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A Friend Is What You Need
You’ve had a very long mentally and emotionally exhausting week. Everyone noticed the fact that you weren’t feeling well, except a certain someone.
You were walking down the hallways of NRC with Ace, Grim and Deuce. The boys were trailing behind you, but you didn’t notice as you were deep into your thoughts.
“Don’t you guys feel that y/n looks a bit sad lately?” Grim whispered to the other two.
“Yeah, I’ve noticed that too!” Ace whisper-yelled back.
“She’s probably exhausted because of all the exams and the recent overblot.” Deuce pointed out.
You kept walking not noticing that the boys weren’t with you anymore. They were too deep into their conversation to notice that you had walked far ahead as well.
“My poor henchman! She needs my support! I should go to her!” Grim started looking around for you.
“Fna?! She’s not here! Where’d she go!?”
“She must’ve walked ahead without us.” Deuce reassured the cat monster.
“We should prepare something to cheer her up!” Ace suggested to the others.
The boys began loudly discussing how to cheer you up, when someone approached them.
“Oh? What are you all doing in the middle of the hallway, if I may ask?” Lillia approached the boys from behind.
“Fna! You scared me!” Grim jumped into Ace’s arms.
“Lillia senpai! We were discussing how to cheer y/n up! She’s been looking sad lately.” Deuce answered.
“Dude! Get down!” Ace yelled at Grim, dropping him from his arms and getting a loud yelp in return.
“Ah. I see. I have noticed it as well. I think that she might need to ‘let it out’ as you youngsters call it.” Lillia gave them a reassuring grin.
“Right. Hmmm….I think that we should bake something for her. When she sees what we’ve prepared, she’ll cry in happiness!” Deuce put his fists together in excitement.
“We should get going then! Let’s go ask Trey-senpai if he can help us!” Ace pushed Grim and Deuce to get them going.
“Wait, Ace! Ahgh!” Deuce and Grim protested loudly.
“Thank you for your help, Lillia-senpai!” Deuce thanked his senior.
Lillia waved at the boys with a smile before teleporting to Diasomnia.
Lillia arrived in front of Malleus’s chambers. He knocked and headed in after hearing a muffled “come in”.
“Excuse the intrusion.” Lillia saw Malleus sitting at his desk finishing his homework.
“Ah, Lillia. Is something the matter?” Malleus looked at his caretaker with curiosity.
“Well, it seems that your dear friend is feeling unwell-” Lillia got cut off by a concerned Malleus.
“Is she sick? I need to visit her.” Malleus’s concern caused rain and lightning outside.
“Malleus. Please calm down and let me finish.” Lillia gave him a stern look.
“My apologies. Please continue.” The dragon fae calmed down, causing the weather to go back to normal.
“I just heard from her friends that she was ‘looking sad lately’. I only thought of telling you because I know how much you cherish her.”
“Indeed, she is the only true friend I have. Y/n is the only person I can be myself around. I have to help her out, even by only being there.” Malleus spoke sincerely.
“I know. Be on your way then. You do not have all day.” Lillia chuckled heartily.
“I will, thank you Lillia.” Malleus spoke before teleporting to Ramshackle dorm.
You were laying in your bed, looking at the ceiling. Exhaustion, stress, anxiety and negative emotions were slowly consuming you from the inside. You couldn’t sleep it off and you couldn’t cry it out. All of these factors made you mad at yourself.
“Why can’t I just be happy? Just this once. Please.” You spoke to yourself softly but the voices in your head became louder.
“Just shut up! Let me be! I don’t want to hear more from you!!” You grabbed your head in pain.
The more you fought the voices, the louder and more controlling they got. They demanded you give up but, you wished for something to make the fight against them worth it. You didn’t only need your own voice to fight them alone, you needed another voice to help you as well. The voice of someone who understood you.
“Child of man? Are you alright?” Malleus walked to your side, his voice snapping you out of your trance.
“Tsunotaro. What are you doing here?” Your voice was barely above a whisper.
“My apologies. I walked in when you didn’t answer the door. I think that I did the right thing, you seem to be in pain.” Malleus looked at you in concern.
“I’m sorry for worrying you. I’m fine, really. Just a small headache.” You lied to him, looking away. You didn’t want to burden him with your problems.
“Y/n. I know that you are hiding the truth. I know that something is troubling you, however, I will not pry further. Please allow me to just stay by your side.” He looked at you with determination.
You sighed in defeat and patted the spot beside you on the bed. Malleus seated himself at the edge of the bed, looking away from you with his head low.
“Malleus? Are you upset?” You asked him carefully.
“No. Not with you. With myself.”
“Why? You didn’t do anything wrong.” You approached him carefully, putting your hand on his shoulder.
“I didn’t realize that you were feeling unwell until I heard of it from Lillia. Truthfully, it makes me feel like a bad friend. Have I really not shown any compassion to the point where you hide your pain from me?” Malleus questioned himself.
“No, Malleus. You’ve been an amazing friend! I actually feel at ease because you’re here right now. I’m a lot calmer now. I was going crazy before you came.” You laughed a bit awkwardly.
“You have been calling me by my first name instead of Tsunotaro and it is making me feel sad.” Malleus spoke seriously, glancing slightly at you.
“Huh? Pffft! Ahahaha!” You laughed heartily at the grumpy dragon fae.
“It is not funny. I am truly serious. Child of man-” Malleus trailed off when he saw how happy you looked and began laughing with you.
“I’m sorry Tsunotaro! You looked really cute-” You suddenly began sobbing.
“Child of man?” Malleus looked at you in surprise but his expression softened as he got an idea.
A green light shone brightly beside you. You looked up to see a black cat with green eyes where your friend had been seated. It moved its tail from side to side and moved close to your hands, making you pat its head. You chuckled in amusement and spoke to it softly.
“Did you just turn into a cat because you wanted to console me or because you craved head pats? Tell me the truth Tsunotaro.” You sniffed as you looked at the fae seriously.
“Both. I want to console you and get head pats. I also want you to speak to me like you would speak to a normal cat, I’ll do my best to resemble one.” Malleus spoke bluntly while reassuring you.
“I could give you head pats in your normal form as well. It would be strange though, so this is better.” You smiled at cat Malleus and motioned for him to get closer so you could pat him.
You layed down on your side with cat Malleus an arm’s reach away. Tears started flowing down from your eyes and you sobbed as you felt all the sadness leave your body. Malleus looked at you every now and then, occasionally patting your arm to calm you down and make sure that you were okay.
You fell asleep after a while, snoring loudly out of exhaustion. Malleus patted your arm and head before hopping of your bed and turning back into his normal form. He made sure to cover you with the blankets before leaving.
“Good night child of man. I hope I can become a friend that you can trust with your worries someday.” Malleus looked at you with a sad smile before teleporting to his dorm.
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“Ahhhhh! We’re finally done!” Ace stretched in exhaustion.
“Baking sure is hard! It could even count as a sport!” Grim stretched as well.
“It’s all worth it as long as prefect likes it.” Deuce reminded the other two.
“Yeah. Let’s go deliver it to her! I hope she’s still awake.” Ace picked the cake up while Deuce and Grim carried the two tarts.
“Aghh. This is exhausting! How can a tart be this heavy?!” Grim complained as they made their way towards your dorm.
“Ah, ugh! Stop complaining! We’re almost there!” Ace gritted his teeth and kept on walking.
“Eh, ahgh! Anything for prefect!” Deuce spoke out of breath causing Grim and Ace to feel sorry for him.
The boys finally arrived at Ramshackle dorm and walked through the door completely out of breath. Putting the baked goods on the kitchen counter, they searched for you.
“Don’t tell me she already went to sleep-” Deuce spoke the thought they had been dreading.
“That would probably be for the best. I’d hate for her to be awake and deal with all the sadness she’s been dealing with.” Ace sighed in defeat.
“You can stay here. Like a sleep over. She’ll be surprised when she sees us all sleeping in the lounge!” Grim grinned happily at his own thought.
“I’ll text Cater-senpai and Trey-senpai.” Deuce started texting them.
“I’ll prepare our sleeping spot.” Ace began preparing.
The boys finally settled down in the lounge. They all slept quickly.
You woke up a bit early, feeling a lot better after getting a good nights rest. You headed to the lounge because you couldn’t find Grim anywhere in your room.
You walked in quietly to find a sleeping Ace holding Grim in his arms on the large couch while Deuce was sleeping on the small one. You giggled at the sight and took your chance to take a picture of your adorable friends.
Ace woke up groggily and his eyes widened when he saw you. He shook Grim awake and, to your amusement, yelled at Deuce to wake up.
“Prefect!” Deuce jumped up from his place and ran to you, Grim and Ace doing the same.
They all jumped at you, engulfing you in the warmest hug you could possibly get. They let go of the hug after a minute and dragged you towards the kitchen excitedly.
“Close your eyes, y/n! We have a surprise for you!” Ace made sure that your eyes were closed properly.
You arrived at the kitchen. Deuce opened the fridge and took something out, placing it on the table in front of you.
“You can open your eyes now!” The boys yelled in unison.
“Okay!” You opened your eyes slowly to see the excited grins of Ace, Deuce and Grim. The most mouthwatering desserts were placed in front of you as well.
“You made this?” You asked, touched.
“Yes! We really wanted to surprise you and make you feel better.” Deuce explained.
“Thank you! Thank you so much! You’re the greatest friends anyone could ever wish for. I’m so lucky to have you.” You began crying in happiness and hugged the boys.
“Anything for our friend!” Ace said with a grin.
The two boys and Grim gave each other a thumbs up when you weren’t looking, indicating that their plan was a complete success.
