He is coping
Part 1 | Part 2 (Yuki's POV)
Tags: Ace Trappola x TWST Yuusona - Yuki (My yuusona) confession Fic || Heartswool Aceyuki Aceyuu || 1,300+ words || In Ace's POV || Fem!Yuu|| There are Four parts but the second and third parts is just Ace breathing copium || Story is set after book 7
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Part 1
"Yuki, I like you…" Ace confessed one afternoon while he and the Ramshackle Prefect sat alone in one of the benches in main street. His cheeks were bright pink and his eyes glued with anticipation waiting for a reply from a girl who he has been pining for months.
"…Um, thank you, I like you too." Yuki smiled awkwardly.
"No not as friends but I mean like—I like like you." he corrected himself. "Like, can we go out on a date or something?"
Ace waited for Yuki. Her eyes were big staring at him.
"C'mon Yuki, say something…" Ace said in his mind as if telepathically talking to the prefect. Thank you clearly meant a rejection but can't accept that yet. Maybe she's just dense.
Silence.
"Um…I forgot I have something to do so uhh…Goodbye." she added then stood up and walked away slowly as if she just shat her pants. She paused. Ace wanted to follow her but when he stood up…he noticed her flinched.
"Don't follow me!" Yuki shouted then ran to the direction where Ramshackle Dorm is located, leaving Ace alone like an idiot and not having any answer to his confession.
Ace felt his heart dropped as well as his feet dropped to sit down again. A flat out rejection. He's been dumped, probably ghosted and the worst part is, she didn't say the scripted words you're just a friend…or let's just stay friends.
Part 2
Ace didn't handle the prefect's answer that well so he stayed in his room, lied on his bed…scrolling through magicam, waiting for Deuce to get home so he can rant about his day but sadly, hours passed…Deuce didn't show up during the tea party and at dinner time.
He really needed someone to talk to and his other roommates ain't it but he fell asleep early, waiting.
Later…midnight…Dorm room is dark
Ace yawned and reached for his phone. 12am. He was thirsty so he lazily stood up. He then heard a light groan when his foot hit something as he walked. He looked down seeing someone in the familiar pink with leopard print hoodie on the floor, sleeping on a mattress.
"What the fuck Deuce is sleeping on the floor for?" Ace groaned to his thoughts, his eyes looked up at the other bed in front of him. "What the…"
His eyes widened, face flushed and he fell out of the balance and fell on his bed. There is Grim and Yuki sleeping on Deuce's bed all snuggled in blankets.
Confusion. Embarassment. Happiness…Mixed feelings. He usually had sleepovers with Yuki at Ramshackle but this is the first time she sees her sleeping in his own room.
"Why is she—" Ace stared then looked around immediately. His shoulders relaxed as he saw his other two roommates on the other side sleeping. He's clearly in his Heartslabyul dorm room. "Am I that much of a simp to actually dream of " he sighed, thinking of his dream about the prefect that Overblotted Malleus gave him before.
Ace is coping, his drowsiness gone as he was too busy thinking so hard of the signs if it's a dream or not. If seeing Yuki sleeping in Heartslabyul is a dream then she should be sleeping in his bed and not Deuce's but dreams are kinda random so it's possible.
SLAP! Ace slapped himself. It ain't a dream…
"Wait a minute…is she wearing Riddle's collar?" he asked himself again…Yuki, despite being magic-less is wearing Riddle's collar, but Grim isn't wearing one.
Why? What did Yuki do to get Riddle mad? Ace has doubts again if it's really a dream. He got pale. "Did I do that in my sleep?" Ace asked himself. He only learned his unique magic last month, no way he could muster it in his sleep.
Ace admits he's upset sure but he still considers her a friend so collaring one of his best friend is evil of him to do.
"You know what Ace, just get up and get yourself a glass of milk. You need to pee anyway." Ace said to himself standing up, massaging his temples and went out.
Part 3
"Milk…where are ya!"Ace said to himself as he opened the fridge to amuse himself. He immediately reached for the bottle of milk at the door. He can smell various pastries stored and that's enough of a distraction for him. He learned his lesson back then.
Unlike in Ramshackle where he can raid Yuki's fridge anytime, in Heartslabyul, If he's hungry for tarts, he'll feed his eyes instead.
"Aww…Trey's tarts are so tasty to look at—hm?" Ace gushed feeding himself by looking but something caught his eye, a familiar smell. He had a big wide grin. "Ooooh is that cherry pies I smell?"
He fell silent, staring at plate of heart shaped hand pies with a few cherries exposed at the middle.
"Wait…why only hearts? Shouldn't there be different card suites too?" he asked himself, his curiosity piqued as he searched. He didn't saw anything except more pies and tarts .
Ace stares at the hand pies. They're not that perfectly shaped but he does find it weird since based on the numerous strawberry tarts, those hand pies are the only different being cherry flavored. No extra batches in plates. No other hand pies in a different shape. Just this one.
Suspicious and very tempting.
At the back of his head, he thought of something. "Did Yuki made this for me?" he asked himself with a little blush. The thought of Yuki cooking at his dorm's kitchen for him is kind of cute.
"Nah! No way! You dumped me, why are you even baking for someone you just dumped." Ace coped, chuckling as if he's talking to the prefect. "Besides, why are you baking at this kitchen so late?"
Ace stared at it one more time. He wanted to eat one. His hand almost reaching out but he clenched and stopped himself, quickly looking behind to see if Riddle is there. "Rule 089 did say not to eat tarts without queen's permission but these are hand pies so…"
Ace took one. Luckily, Riddle isn't around to off his head.
He returned to his bed. He can't sleep knowing she is technically asleep in his room but because of the midnight snack he ate…he fell asleep anyway.
Part 4
Ace woke up. Deuce's bed was clean… the mattress on the floor is gone. Ace sat there and checked his alarm. He woke up a few minutes early. Maybe it was a dream after all…
"Yaaawwn…Good morning…" Ace greeted with a big stretch when he arrived at the mess hall. As he went to his usual spot, his designated table, he sat between Deuce and another student. He sat there, his mind processing looking for answers why Yuki is in front of him.
"Am I that upset about yesterday that I kept hallucinating about the prefect?" Ace wondered in his head seeing Yuki.
"I'm sorry for running off yesterday, I made this for you…" Yuki said handling out a pink box tied in a red ribbon, the content inside is seen. She gently put down on the table in front of him but Ace stared at her without actually listening to her.
"Crap…Yuki don't break my heart again for dumping the second time…" Ace thought as he began to talk to her in his head.
"…I really like you too so my answer is uhh…yes!"
Ace flinched as he realized Yuki is done talking. He has to say somethig to reassure her. "Oh don't sweat it. I get it but I just hope we can continue to be friends after all—wait…" he paused.
He then heard groans and felt Deuce's surprised glare under his neck as if everyone in the hall was glaring and silently judging at his direction. He saw Yuki's pale and surprised face holding someform of tears. "What do you mean yes? A yes to what?"
He saw Yuki blinked but she began to turn shy and fidget. "Yes…to your confession yesterday? To us dating?"
It was Ace's turn to blink. Confusion, excitement, Happiness, Mixed feelings and then he realized he almost dumped her.
"Oh…"
It was anti-climatic but at least they finally began dating so yay!