First Fight with Kid
Requested from Tumblr
A/N: I overslept so I’ll try to post after work and tomorrow. Thank you all for the support so far. (Also, there’s one more Eustass Kid request of these so if he’s your fav, this Valentine’s event was really for you)
“If I knew you were going to be so needy and annoying, I wouldn’t have accepted your feelings.”
Those words left you frozen, your words dying down. You had only wanted to bring up how he was making you feel lately. It was as if you weren’t his partner. But he kept brushing you off, making anger course through you, thus the argument. A sadness overwhelmed you and your face cracked from rage to scrunched up from the tears that were welling up. Kid froze as well after glancing at your face and you tried to bring back the rage; you didn’t want him to see how he affected you.
“Then I take them back! You jerk!” Then you were gone.
You kept away from the ship, occupying yourself with the island and all its stores. But no matter how much you window-shopped or filled up with food, Kid’s words still were in your head. There was a pain in your chest as you took a seat by the ocean, away from the ship but still in view so that they didn’t leave you. Not that they would try but you never know, especially after your argument.
The more you thought about your relationship, the more you felt the sickening weight in your chest and the feeling of throwing up. You were the one that confessed, the one that put a label on the relationship, and the one that initiated affection. Had he just been entertaining you? You were truly falling for him and yet… was it all just out of pity?
“What’s a pretty thing like you doing out here? All alone?” A voice purred, getting louder as they approached you. You sighed, keeping your gaze on the waves ahead of you. You didn’t want to deal with these fools approaching you. Can’t you be miserable on your own? You stretched your arm out and flipped them off, making the man and his two friends chuckle. When you heard that they kept their pace, you sighed again and brushed the sand off of your pants as you stood up. “Oh, feisty as well? You’re just my type-”
You turned and lodged your foot into the man’s stomach, sending him flying back between his two friends. You lowered your foot and watched as he rolled in the sand before moving your gaze to his friends. You spotted the way their legs shook so you took a seat instead of taking care of them, wondering if they would leave or you’d have to send them flying too.
“How dare you! You little- AH!”
You didn’t turn your head, choosing to rest your chin on your knees as you heard two loud thumps along with the yells of pain. You knew who it was without having to turn around but that didn’t stop the lump from forming once more in your throat. You heard his heavy footsteps in the sand before he sat down next to you. You put your hands in the sand to push yourself up but you felt his human hand wrap around your wrist.
“Don’t.” The grip on your wrist was tight and you only sighed and moved your free hand to wrap it around your knee. His grip loosened on you and you fully hugged your knees again, turning your face away from him.
He didn’t say anything which annoyed you. You longed to be closer to him so at least your arms were touching but his words from earlier scratched their way back. You couldn’t even bring yourself to be angry again. You just wanted to not feel so hurt anymore. You sighed after a couple of minutes of silence and you sat up, patting the sand off of your legs. Anything to not look at the man.
“I… I meant it back then. I take back… my confession. If my feelings only annoy you, then there’s no reason to continue pretending, right? So… Yeah, I take it back-”
“No, you aren’t.” His voice startled you, especially when his shadow was the only indication that he had moved before his hands held your shoulders. Your wide eyes met his narrowed ones as he now was on his knees to be closer to you. “You’re not taking anything back, idiot.”
Your eyes narrowed now and you put your hands over his to peel them off of you but he only tightened his grip. “You can’t tell me what to do!” The annoying lump in your throat came back and this time your eyes started to burn and fill with tears. “Why don’t you want me to take it back?! I’m annoying and needy to you so what’s the point if I’m the only one that cares about our relationship!”
You couldn’t look into his eyes anymore as you moved your gaze to your lap, tears finally slipping as you choked out on the last word. Even your hands on his loosened to fall on your lap as the sadness overwhelmed you. No matter how much you tried to believe that it was easy to say all this, it hurt. You truly cared for Kid but could you really continue feeling like he didn’t care? Your thoughts were interrupted when you felt his hand on your cheek, the warmth of his skin something that surprised you every time.
“I love you.” He rumbled, making your eyes widen and shoot up to look into his. His face was scrunched up from being flustered with a blush running across his face to his ears. Your breath hitched as your hands trembled. His eyes glanced away before meeting your eyes again. “I… I didn’t mean what I said. You’re not annoying and you’re not clingy.”
He sighed heavily before dropping his hand so that it wrapped around your waist, his metal arm joining it, hugging you tightly to him. He pressed his forehead to your shoulder and your wide eyes could only look straight ahead towards the water. You tried to keep the tears back but some slipped again as he rumbled against your skin, words that you rarely, if ever, have heard from him.
“I’m sorry… You’re mine so… don’t take it back.” After a moment of silence on your end, his arms tightened around you and he groaned against your shoulder. “Will you say something, brat?”
You turned your head a bit to look at his red hair only to see his ears were red as well. You took a shaky breath before raising your arms to wrap around his neck, no longer feeling your limbs were made of lead.
“I love you too, Kid… You’re still so mean to me, though…” You murmured. You felt his body relax before he moved his hands to under your thighs so he could lift you. He fell back on his butt and hugged you tighter with you on his lap. His actions made you blush and you squeaked when he pinched your side.
“Answer me faster, idiot. You had me scared for nothing.” He growled but he nuzzled against your neck anyway. You sighed softly but still let yourself relax.
“You have to make it up to me.” You felt a kiss against your skin where your neck and shoulder met as a response before he squeezed you gently.
“Yeah, yeah. Whatever.’ He sighed against your skin, sending a shiver down your spine.
You took a deep breath. You knew that you would have to bring up your concerns again but you were sure that he would actually listen this time around.
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