Third day of fyeahrunefactory's Valentines week
Tuesday, February 10th: Confession OR Unrequited/A Misunderstanding
Pairing: Frey/Kiel
Words: 1580
I think this is the longest one as of right now. I've yet to finish the last prompt.
“I want you to go out with me!” Kiel heard Frey's voice shout from the other side of the door. He was returning home to cook for Forte since it was about dinner time. He was about the enter before he heard Frey's voice. His hand dropped to his side and he felt his heart tighten. Frey was asking his sister out? Forte was the only other person that could be in the house so it had to be true. That reasoning didn't make him feel any better though. He turned and fled. He ran all the way to the general store.
“Did you forget some ingredient for dinner, Kiel?” He heard Blossom ask either not taking in his state or purposely not mentioning it for his sake.
“Not exactly.” He gasped out. “Is Doug here?”
“Aye, he came home early grumbling about Dylas again.” She huffed and Kiel could tell she was watching him go upstairs so he could talk to Doug.
“You look like hell.” The first words out of the dwarf's mouth was not exactly what he wanted to hear. “What are you crying for?” He asked making room for Kiel to enter his room.
Kiel wiped his face trying to get rid of the tears. “I don't know. I should be happy, but I just feel pain.”
“That makes no sense.” Doug said flopping onto his bed. “Start at the beginning.”
The younger teen sighed and took a deep calming breath. “I was heading home to fix dinner, but when I got to the door I heard Frey confessing to Forte.”
Doug was silent for a moment, “That does hurt a bit. Who knew the princess was into girls? Although I always though that she was more interested in you.”
“Huh?”
“I mean she's always smiling with you, giving you things, and taking you out training.”
“She does that with everyone though.”
“Not really. She makes sure to give you something every day. We don't get treats everyday like you. Also she takes you out once a week. Although I guess now it's just to make sure you two get along if she's dating Forte.”
Kiel hummed sadly and looked down. He felt conflicted. He didn't know that Frey gave him more attention than the other guys. It made him happy that she did that. However having the reason being in order to get closer to Forte or at least make it so he wouldn't protest her love for Forte left him sad and feeling used. Frey wouldn't have any evil intentions and she probably only wanted to make sure everyone was happy, but it hurt a bit even still. He didn't know why it hurt either. Surely he didn't like Frey romantically, right? The color drained from his face. “I like Frey romantically.”
“Huh? Did you just now figure that out?”
“Shut up!” Kiel shoved Doug's leg in embarrassment.
Doug laughed, “You're an idiot aren't you? You didn't even realize it all this time? Idiot. Idiot!” Doug continued to tease Kiel.
“You're such an ass sometimes Doug! Geez. Ah, whatever! I'm going to sleep!” Kiel then fell to his side onto the floor.
“Shouldn't you tell Forte you're spending the night here?”
“It's fine! Besides... I can't go home like this right now. I need a night away.”
The dwarf sighed, “Whatever. At least go grab you some blankets or something. I don't want to be seen as cruel because you fell asleep without anything.”
Kiel made a sound of protest, but did as Doug told him to. He fell asleep shortly after getting the makeshift bed ready although he didn't sleep very peacefully. Morning came and Kiel decided it was best that he head home to cook Forte breakfast instead of eating with Blossom and Doug. “I'm home, Sis.”
Forte came dashing out of her room, “Kiel? Where were you?”
“I spent the night with Doug.”
She sighed in relief, “Tell me next time then. I was worried that a monster got you or something.”
“I can take on monsters now, Forte. You don't have to worry about me.”
“I'll always worry about you. You're my brother.” Kiel looked away from his sister in embarrassment before both of their stomachs growled. After a short laugh Kiel went about making breakfast for the two of them. Their day fell back into their normal routines. At the watchtower Kiel let his mind wonder as usual. He was fine with Frey dating his sister. He wanted happiness for the both of them. He could push away these feelings for the princess eventually.
“Kiel! I finally found you!”
The young male turned around to see Frey beaming at him. He smiled lightly, but looked away. He couldn't face her yet. “H-Hi Frey. Did you need me?”
“I want to go out with you!”
He just stared blankly at her. Why'd she go and say that? Wasn't she dating Forte now? Oh wait, perhaps this was one of those relationships he heard about where there's multiple partners? Frey liked both him and Forte? Kiel bit his bottom lip, “I can't be in a relationship with my sister!” He blurted out then dashed away. He heard Frey call for him as he ran, but he ignored her.
“Something wrong Kiel?” Jones asked looking over him with a worried face after he had ran into his and Nancy's weekly little dates.
“I'm fine. My head just hurts a bit.” He felt Nancy part his hair this way and that.
“There's no injuries.”
“Really, I'm fine. I think it's just stress.” Jones frowned looking at him. “I'm fine. Sorry I ran into you. I-I'll be going now.” Kiel finally rested once he was at Dragon Lake. He watched the water and the small fish he could see from the shore. Suddenly he felt a weight on his head.
“You look blue, Kiel.”
“Leon.” The younger greeted. “I don't know if I am. I think I'm more confused than anything.”
“About what? Tell me anything you like.”
Kiel made a big sigh, “Last night I heard Frey ask Forte out then today Frey asked me out. I don't understand why. I can't be in that type of relationship with my sister! Then does Forte know Frey was going to do this and agreed to it? I can't see Forte doing that.”
Leon laughed at him for a few moments, “Maybe your sister rejected her. Think about that.”
“So I'm second best?!” Kiel let out a frustrated yell of defeat. “I don't want to be second best with Frey. I don't want to be the backup plan, the rebound, the-- the—” Kiel couldn't speak anymore as tears were falling from his eyes again. Leon frowned and sat beside him, but said nothing and Kiel was thankful for that. Eventually Kiel's tears stopped, but they still remained silent for a while longer.
“Alright, wash your face. You don't want others to see you like this.”
Kiel nodded and leaned forward to wash his face with the lake water. He took a deep breath in and out. He could at least face his sister, although he wasn't sure about Frey. Kiel got up and dusted himself off. “I'm going to talk to Forte about all of this now.”
“Good luck, kid.”
Normally Kiel would have protested at being called a kid, but he didn't seem to have the energy to. When he got home Forte wasn't home yet, that was normal, she was making her rounds probably. Soon enough though he heard her enter. “Sis? Can we talk?” He called out from his room.
Forte soon appeared, “Are you okay? Did your sickness come back? Jones said you weren't feeling well. What do you want to talk about?”
He shook his head. “I'm not sick so don't worry about that.” He bit his bottom lip trying to gain the courage to talk about the problem. “Forte, I want you to be honest with me. Yesterday I heard Frey confess to you then today Frey confessed to me. Did you reject her or are you okay with that type of relationship with more than two people? I only see you as a sister so I really can't accept that type of relationship with you and Frey.”
“Huh?” He watched as his sister's cheeks became pink. “Kiel, I think you've misunderstood something. Frey didn't confess to me.”
“What? --But I clearly hear her in the here and you had to be the only one in the house.”
Forte looked away, “She was practicing. She's been so nervous about asking you out that she came to me and asked what would be the best way to ask you out. I told her to just be blunt about it so she practiced it so she'd have the courage to say it to you. You've jumped to conclusions again.” She laughed, “I guess this explains why Frey was telling me that you thought of her as a sister.” She laughed even more and wouldn't stop for a few minutes no matter how much Kiel complained. “Go explain it to her right now, mister.” Forte teased.
With a red face and a pout Kiel left the house and headed to Frey's room. He explained to Frey what happened and she laughed at him as well. Her smile was a lot better than the tears that had stained her face. Kiel eventually laughed at himself as well before holding Frey's hand.