Many hands make light work | Marius Von Hagen
Summary:
or you and Marius think you're so smart using non-verbal languages to hide your relationship around the other NXX members.
Unfortunately for you, your teammates are smarter than that.
Crossposted on Ao3 as an Marius x OC if you don't want to wait for everything to be converted :D
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I. Sign Language
Vyn arrives early to the NXX meeting-- to his chagrin.
The first one to catch on to your hijinks is Vyn, because why wouldn't he?
All things considered, Vyn was having a good day. He had woken up early and didn't feel groggy for once; his plants were thriving when he had watered them that morning, and he only had one scheduled lecture.
With such a nice morning, of course his afternoon only goes downhill after that.
The sun is just setting as he arrives at the NXX office in the afternoon. He swiftly removes his coat, entering the high-security building using the improved identification system Luke and Marius had set up. He was ready to make himself a nice pot of tea and maybe even dig into the secret pile of desserts he, Rosa, and Luke love to stash in the fridge while he waited for the others. He was about to enter the kitchen when he noticed two other NXX members were already there.
Marius is leaning on the bar counter, one foot on the support bar of a kitchen stool and the other planted on the ground, fiddling with his phone. That was normal. What was odd was the way you were nearly folded on a chair, your head in your hands, as you looked numbly to the side. Usually, you were very chipper and eager to talk to the other CEO. Vyn watches as you groan, making Marius look up from his phone.
He sees Marius' right hand form into the shape of an okay gesture, and he tilts his head.
Are you okay?
Vyn raises an eyebrow in interest. He didn't know Marius knew sign language. Even odder, you look up at him from your stooped position on the counter and sign back, shaping your hands into a loose C shape on your chest and dropping them down.
Tired.You sign back. Vyn sees you smile a little before continuing.You look like shit.
Marius scoffs, hands moving quickly to sign his reply.
Excuse you, I'm an absolute looker. Marius argues. Plus, you wouldn't be so damn tired if we weren't up all night fu-
That was all Vyn needed to see before he stepped into the kitchen, making sure his footsteps were heavy.
He had to make sure to make his presence known. He could only hope his smile looked normal as he walked up to the two, even when he felt the edges of his mouth twitching.
Screw getting dessert, Vyn thought. He felt like he was going to be sick.
"Hi Vyn, " You say, smiling as you right yourself up on the chair, resting your chin on your hand. "You're here early."
"It's almost five in the afternoon." Marius deadpans. "The only thing early here is his graying hair due to his age-" Marius is cut off by you smacking his arm. Vyn watches unimpressed as the younger male jumps.
"Ow! What??"
Vyn looks blankly at Marius as he goes about making his tea, pouring the already-hot water into his cup of black tea. After the appropriate steeping time, he looks back at the two, only to find them still squabbling. Vyn tunes them out. There was zero indication of the explicit conversation that the two were having earlier on their faces.
Innocent as May children these two. Vyn thinks drily.
He takes a long sip of his tea as he thinks about the consequences of this newfound information. For their team and for the world at large. Ideally, the team dynamics wouldn't really change all that much. Vyn knew the two weren't the type to mix business with pleasure. Then again, these two were the most well-known public figures in their little group. If word got out about the two CEOs dating, they were going to get into a press nightmare.
If you and Marius were truly dating, then PAX and Hyperia's stocks were about to soar through the roof. He watches the two of you argue, feeling a headache coming on.
Really, this wasn't worth coming in early at all.
"Vyn! Can you tell this heathen not to bother me and that he looks more like a crumbled pumpkin." You plea to the psychologist. Vyn doesn't know how their conversation devolved to this but to your delight, Vyn promptly threw a piece of cold apple pie to Marius' face with a smile.
Justice is a treat best served cold, after all.
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A/N:
This was a Marius von Hagen X OC that I rewrote slightly to make it into an X reader.
The entire thing is done and published in my Ao3 if you want to read the whole thing :D
