just to be quiet with you - hnk fic
bortz x neptunite fic takin place during phos's 102 year coma. also forget the idea gems dunno what tf kissing is I'm putting it in just because!!!
synops: they cared so much for the diamond the silent gem could feel themselves loosing their chance day by day, only for one to be given for a patrol day with the fighting maniac. they could only hope this be their shot.
sitting up in their bed, neptunite couldn't seem to feel sleepy as the words echoed in their mind. 'tomorrow. we're patrolling.' in the straightforward deep voice of bortz. playing with a strand of their hair they couldn't help but feel so many things. fear, excitement, flustered, their chest heaving at the idea of patrolling with the battle maniac and face feeling warmer despite the sun being replaced with the moon.
yet their face stayed the same neutral look it always did. curling their legs up to their face and chest they hid in them, only thing they could do was excitedly move their feet quickly in place. they paused however as something troubled them.
dia. they cared so much for the diamond they were always paired with. how could they possibly rival such a protective love that bortz had for them? would it even be possible? they felt like something was tightening as they thought this over...flopping down on their bed neptunite could feel sleep looming over themselves and dozing off as the light from their jellyfish dimmered and the light of the moon shone through their window.
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standing in the grassy fields the wind lightly blew neptunite's matching ponytail twins, along with the majestic long gemified mane of bortz's. both standing in silence, neptunite knowing that bortz was examining them for being the reason their silent while neptunite couldn't seem to form any significant words besides the three that echoed in their head.
"get ready." bortz commanded, already in a fighting stance as neptunite got in a similar stance seeing the lunarian airship heading for them. raising their sword to themselves the barrage of arrows broke and jumped off it. moving backwards they looked to see bortz doing the same, their sharp eyes looking for an opening to attack.
"cover me." they commanded again as they started running away from it, neptunite following and deflecting the arrows following them, a bit less though as the lunarians were restocking, the perfect advantage for bortz they thought. looking however they noticed a fast approaching one heading for the maniac as they turned. the sound of it's contact to a gem and cracking echoed as neptunite's arm fell infront of them, bortz glaring at it and the now one handed gem whose right ponytail was similarly cut by the arrow. with no time to confront them bortz started running for the airship, with neptunite knowing that they were going to get something for this.
'i'
running for them neptunite dodged and deflected the arrows as they looked to see that all of them were restocked and ready, watching bortz jump into the air, deflecting the arrows with movement and their hair alone, catching the silent gem off guard they felt an arrow lightly cross their face, moving back to defend themselves again as they kept an eye on bortz who had disappeared on the ship. only thing they could see is their hair flipping and the largest portion of the ship melting down.
'love'
the arrows lessened to a stop, with one striking their leg and gravity getting the better of them falling. as the ship dissipated they could see the familiar long haired figure jumping down it as they closed their eyes.
'y-...'
.....opening their eyes, neptunite moved their left hand to their cheek, feeling the cracks over the blunt of the arrow that created em. laying back they could feel themselves laying on a tree. looking up it was cut halfway, broken almost with no branches, and feeling the blanket like tarp they were sitting on.
"I didn't command you to defend me." they looked to bortz who was sitting next to them and had small cracks on their face, looking down their clothes were semi-tattered in places and their leg chipped, their hand holding the remnants from it they assumed. "I can take care of myself."
they started but nodded lightly to them. "apologies." they mumbled as both sat in silence. "...rutile was short on glue so the others are busy looking for some, it'll take a while for us to get carried away and repaired." neptunite nodded. "I also wanted to have this privately." they stated with neptunite nodding again. here we go.
"your too distracted easily, I could already see when up there you were too busy staring at me to notice getting cracked and shattered. be thankful I was there or you would've been taken away." they growled at the taken part neptunite noticed as they continued. "you also lack proper communication with your partner. not just myself. benitoite has a similar problem with not understanding your non-verbal takes and communication, this issue can lead to any of you getting taken if your not more vocal on your actions and plans."
neptunite nodded again. "mm...understood." they mumbled out, hearing bortz groan. "if you have something to say you should say it. or at the very least vocalize it in a way for your partner to understand. otherwise, your fighting tactics are of par. your able to take command and your stance is of average for fighting, and your take of deflecting arrows hasn't left much damage on your sword. you could do better though, and i'll show you how to after we're repaired understood?"
neptunite didn't respond, instead their site was on bortz's empty hand. scotching closer the gem raised a brow at them, neptunite's greyish purple eyes peering and hand quickly moving to put itself over bortz's. "...were you listening to me?"
"mm. I understood."
"...then what is this?"
"you said, I should vocalize myself in a way for my partner to understand." bortz nodded. "yes?" neptunite hummed as they held the glove covered hand, moving their fingers to hold between the spaces in bortz fingers. confused bortz did the same, their face warming up to a dark reddish black color like their hair.
"this...is a start I suppose." they mumbled as neptunite nodded humming lightly. their hands soon parted as rutile and the others got back with glue, benito fretting over them like it was their fault as they helped with the glue. looking to their side they could see dia was helping aswell but with the powdering as bortz allowed them to powder them. they felt that glimmer of hope inside of them fading as they watched side eyed.
as soon as they were both finished the gems dispersed, taking the tarp and bowls with them as neptunite took a seat back on the tree. already they were feeling tired even as they felt bortz shadow looming over them.
"neptunite." the gem looked up at such piercing eyes. eyes that closed as their own widened when they felt their mouth on bortz's in a kiss. a quick chaste one as they moved silently away from it to look eye to eye again at them. "don't worry so much." they stated as they slowly straightened out, giving their hand to them. "now, lets practice with your stance." neptunite nodded as they took their hand and got up, continuing to hold it as bortz made no effort to let go.
"...I do too." they mumbled, the reddish black hue in their face popping up as neptunite nodded in understanding, relieved and grateful for the confession they never spoken of out loud.