First time making a fanfic. Not proof-read so forgive my mistakes. And probably OOC for the plot.
You hope this was all a joke, a prank.
You really REALLY hope it was.
One time you're just in class and the next you're being spoon fed by Phainon.
You've known Phainon since childhood but along the way, his family left the neighborhood to live in another. Being just kids when you got separated, you lost contact with each other and went your own ways until you both end up in the same university.
Phainon, with his natural charm and social skills easily became the talk of the university. Unlike him you don't stand out which you are grateful for, seeing how popularity is a double edged knife.
How did it even come this point?
"[Name]!!!!! QUICK SOMEONE'S LOOKING FOR YOU!!" Your friend runs up to your seat, pulls you before you can even respond.
"Hey-"
"IT'S URGENT!! Oh gods, what did you do? They're very restless!"
Opening your mouth, about to say 'who?' Just in time for your question to be answered.
Phainon. Brows furrowed, a slight red on his ears and an impatient tapping of his foot. He looks disheveled far from his usual neat or in times, aloof appearance. He looks like an irritated dog over his usual energetic Samoyed vibes. Leaning on the wall, head down and a hand on his nape. He's lost in his own thoughts until your friend's voice interrupts it.
"I've brought her!"
He looks up from his shoes and stares at you. It took time for his red tinted ears to spread to his whole face, now a red flustered mess.
"Phainon?" Your voice cuts off his thoughts.
"[Name]!!! I- um-uhh-"
Feeling hundreds of eyes staring at the two of them, Phainon grabs your arm and drags you away. "Im sorry, let's go to a much quieter place."
You let him take you away. Not even protesting as things went fast, faster than your mind can process. And so he did. He took you away, away from prying eyes, a privacy just for them.
In an abandoned hallway you stopped him from running, pulling on the arm he took.
"So- uhm...long time no see? I guess... what do you need me for?" You started, unsure how to start the conversation yet you mustered something atleast.
"[Name], I'm sorry I dragged you away without your permission. The thing is...." His words die out making you curious to what's next. His hand still held your arm, firm but not tight, afraid you'll run away after hearing him if he let's go. "It's been awhile, [Name], oh how I've missed you."
Blue eyes stare intently at you. He looks like a wet puppy, how cute. You swore you could see white puppy ears deflating like how your dog misses you. You shake your thoughts away to focus on the situation.
"Yeah its been a while." Taking a deep breath to clear your thoughts. "Let's cut to the chase, we have class in 10 minutes. What do you need me for?" As much as you want to chat with him to catch up to whatever is happening in your lives, you don't want to be late to that class that gives demerits when you're 5 minutes late with the worse and most strictest professor you ever had.
"Right. Right." A flicker of disappoinment crosses Phainon's face but quickly disappears. The hand that wrapped your arm glides down to your hand. Was his hands always this large?You draw back your eyes up to Phainon as he takes a deep breath. Phainon gathers his will and thought onto this words.
"I like you ever since childhood. I really really like you. If you would...um..." Phainon's averts his gaze, red color tints his ears. Everything stopped, your surroundings, your mind, even your heart maybe. Are you even hearing this right? Must be a prank. This must be. After all its been years since you've made a proper conversation. He hates you. You've lived with that thought.
Yet against your better judgement. Deep inside, you really did long for him but mind and heart thinks differently.
"...yes..." A Word slips from your mouth without your consent. You weren't even mentally there, your mind slipped long ago when he told you he likes you.
Reality snaps back when you felt a crushing hug on your ribs. White fluffy hair blocks your vision. His head on the crook of your neck.
"W-what? Phainon, are you ok?" Panic engulfs you. Did something happened while you were out daydreaming?
Instead of a clear response, Phainon adjusts his head. Shifting closer to your crook.
Did he just sniffed me? Like did he just inhaled deep????
After a while, Phainon straightens up and grips your shoudlers. His eyes are sparkling with excitement. If you haven't known better, you would mistake Phainon as a dog. If he were, his tail would be wagging so fast that it might generate electricity.
"Tomorrow, 10 am. I'll meet you at the Cafe 2 streets from this university."
"Huh? Uh ok?"
"Good." Grinning, he leaned and took a quick peck on the corners of your lips.
"I'll be waiting." And left you alone dumbfounded on the hall way.
You were thought that you would be left alone in the cafe seeing that you arrived first or that he'd come with friends and laugh at you for falling for their pranks and dares. But lo and behold, Phainon comes running to you.
"I'm sorry I'm late, Aglaea forced me to changed my clothes. Why can't people see the beauty of wearing yellow and purple?"
Yeah. No. You remember his horrible taste on outfits like the back of your hand, thank god to this Aglaea person for changing his outfit. You silently commented.
"Did I made you wait too long?" He asks, running a hand onto his disheveled hair to style his hair back and fixing himself.
"Oh no worries, I just arrived." Liar. You liar. You arrived 25 mins earlier due to how anxious and excited you were.
"I see. Shall we head inside?" Phainon takes out his hand, gesturing for you to take it. Looking at his hand and then to his stupidly cute handsome face. You tried to assess any mischief or hatred in his eyes, but you only see the genuiness no matter how you search. He tilts his head as he patiently waits for your move. Seeing as how no matter how you assess him, actions, tone, reactions, it all feels genuine. You gave up and surrendered yourself and took his hand.
That new student that is now the talk of the university, that childhood crush that you got separated with is now spoon feeding you of a cake inside a cozy cafe. You took the food still questioning how things ended this way.
"Are we like...having a date right now?" You mumbled mindlessly while munching on the cake he spoon feeds you.
"You dont remember?" Phainon stops his movements. He didn't mean it to slip but you heard a whimper when he asked. He did noticed that lost in space expression of yours, perhaps because of his impromptu confession so partly it's his fault.
"I- huh? What exactly happened yesterday?" Blinking fast to clear your thoughts. Hopefully you don't sound rude knowing that you weren't able to pay attention to what he said yesterday.
"I guess it was my fault for giving you a shock with my sudden confession." Phainon glances down at his hands, fiddling with the cream stained spoon. "Forgive me, [Name] for not considering your feelings." Looking back up to you, there's determination in his eyes.
It takes you back of that child you once raced with. That small bundle of white hair, determined and committed, dashed with determination claiming the win.
Taking a deep breath. "But [name], please believe that when I said I've liked you since childhood, I really meant it!" Phainon took your hands and gripped it, not to tight but enough to let you feel that he is serious. "I'm sorry I rushed you, I was unable to control myself when I heard the rumours..."
Rumours? "There's such? What is it?"
Phainon quickly looks down at your hands that he's holding. Embarrassed to say. "I heard... You got someone. They're always with you and eat with you..."
"Are...you jealous?" Hiding a smirk behind your hand, you cant help it. Cute of him.
"Yes... Because you promised!!" Phainon exclaimed, suddenly standing up, hands slamming the table, ears bright red. His loud voice startled the people inside the cafe, earning us weird stares and mumblings. After some apologies to the customers and employees, he turns back his attention to you
Phainon breathes heavily, trying to calm himself down. "Promised?" You asked. Unsure what he was referring.
"You don't remember!?" This time loud enough just for you two. "Do you not remember the hills at the back of your house where we always go play after classes. We ran, chased birds, climed trees and such. We made a promise there."
Of course you remember. Every time you spent with Phainon, it was etched on your mind. The wind passing through you, letting your hair fly. Climbing trees to get those juicy fruits. Chasing birds that landed on ground to either to feed them or due to challenging Phainon which of you gets one first.
But you don't remember a promise. Perhaps it has been long that you forgot some parts of the past. Or that ever since you two got separated, it became blurry.
"What promise did we make?" Everything stopped for Phainon. He can't hear anything else. His heart sank but he still kept his composure albeit flustered to persuade you that you did have a promise with him.
Phainon takes a deep breath and blurted in a frenzy. "WeChallengedEachOtherThatIfOneOfUsReachesTheTopOfTheHillFirst,TheLoserGetsToDoWhatTheWinnerWantsWithoutComplain.IWon,AndYouHappilyAcceptedMyRequest."
"Woah, woah slow down." Putting a hand on his shoulder, patting him to calm down. "I did not clearly hear what you're saying. Slow down."
Breathing deep, closing his eyes, Phainon managed to calm down. It took a while for him to say something again. "Long story short, we challenged each other in which the loser gets to do what the winner requests without complaint. And I won."
"And what was the request?" You asked, leaning forward to hear him more.
Phainon stops, blood flows up to his cheeks and ears making him redder than a tomato. He turns to his side, unable to make contact with your eyes.
"Phainon?" You call him. Checking if he's still in reality.
"I requested..." Taking a deep breath. Phainon carefully let's his words hang albeit still not looking at you. "That when we grow up.... you'll accept me as your...." His last words took longer than the other, as if contemplating what word to use. "...lover..."
Everything suddenly stopped. You cant hear anything else but the fast beating of your heart. This whole time, Phainon has been loyal. His heart already set up for you ever since childhood. You really thought he was just playing around since you both were children. But no. He's dead serious on his confession and his love for you.
No voice came out of you. Hiding that barely restrained grin with your hands, you became a flustered mess.
Hearing no sound coming from you, Phainon became anxious and curious with your reaction. Peeking from his white hair, he saw your face barely restraining that happiness. Phainon perks up from his seat yet his eyes gave an anxious excitement. "Am I right to assume you agree to my request?" He mumbled and added. "Just like before?"
"The loser can't complain the winner's request. Just like before." You giggled at the thought of the rules you set. Even without the rules, your answer would still be the same. "I accept your confession, Phai."
Phainon, gets up from his seat across from you and went to your side and hugged you tight. Really, if he had a tail, it would go so fast. "Ahhh I miss hearing you say that name. I really so miss you, Dawnlight. Thank you." He exhales a relieved sigh. Guess he was thinking a lot.
One word catches your attention. "Dawnlight? Me?"
Phainon looks at you properly now. "Yes! Can I call you that? Oh but if you dont like it, we can just use 'babe', 'baby' or-"
You stopped him with a kiss. "No, I like it so much. Please call me that." You grinned happy to be with him again. Phainon got dumbstruck by your action. He then leans on you peppering you with kisses across your face.
He then suddenly stops and cups your head. "Right. What about that guy that always accompany you? Are you cheating?"
Was he thinking about that guy this whole time? "Pfft-" You cant help but laugh at it that tears formed at the edges of your eyes.
"Wha- what?"
"Oh my Phai, that was my cousin. We're in the same department and classroom. I'm not dating anyone." You wiped away the tears.
"Before?"
"Nope."
"Then I'm first?"
"Yes."
Phainon hugs you again, this time tighter. His head digs to your shoulder. You swear you hear a whimper of happiness and some mumblings of being happy.
Although this time its your turn to ask. "Did you have someone before me?"
That heavy weight on you left as Phainon stand upright, hands still on you. "No. Some girls did try to flirt with me. But you were the only one I could think of." His hands from your shoulders runs up to cup your face. "And I'm glad I didn't give in."
Phainon, took a quick kiss to your forehead and lips "I'm glad i found you again, Dawnlight." He smiles at you. So gentle and warm, it made your heart flutter.
Your moment got broken though with the sound of coughing and some clapping. You both quickly came back to your environment and laughed at the absurdity.