˗ˏˋ Zayne x Lemurian! Fem! Reader: Ebb Day ◛⑅·˚ ༘ ♡ ˎˊ˗
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[ Reader is Related to Rafayel because I said so<3]
╰┈➤ ❝ [ My Ocean Belongs To You ] ¡! ❞
"Zayne, do you like art galleries?"
"Yes. How come you're asking?"
"My big brother is hosting an art gallery<33. Wanna come with me:0?"
"When is it?"
"Saturday in the afternoon!"
"Sure."
And that was how Zayne found himself in this situation, while you sported a pretty little frilly long dress— He was simply wearing his typical black dress shirt and trousers. Of course, he was secretly staring at you the whole time, he's always been interested in you but never had once vocalized it nor has he ever openly made it obvious or even drop hints.
Besides, he had been a little stressed from work as of late. He had to deal with a lot of troublesome patients during the weekdays and there were too many close calls on his surgeries as of late so he badly needed to take his mind off of the hospital even just for a bit.
And you are his favourite kind of cure.
Zayne followed behind you as you pranced in your steps, guiding him to the location of the art gallery. it didn't take the both of you too long to arrive to the place.
Fine and extremely detailed canvases were attached to the walls, each one unique on their own.
Zayne wasn't much of a painter, he could only sketch since he had to draw a lot of anatomical diagrams back when he was still in medical school.
"Your brother is very skilled" Zayne says as his gaze landed on the different pieces.
"Right?" You beam, hopping in your steps even more happily as you admire your cousin's works. "He's always working hard on his paintings."
He follows behind you, admiring the image of you more than he does admiring the pretty paintings around the both of you.
"Ah, there he is!" You spring into happy little skips as you made your way towards a man with deep purple hair boredly leaning on the wall and fiddling with a pen in his fingers. "Oppa!"
"Geez, pipe down, I can hear you just fine" He says in a sarcastic but gentle voice as his bluish-pink eyes similar to yours land on you. "I thought you were joking when you said you'll visit"
"Oppa will be disappointed if I didn't" You grin, making him roll his eyes.
"Who is this?" His gaze falls on Zayne, pushing himself off of the wall.
"I'm Zayne" He introduces himself.
"Zayne..." The name rolls off of the painter's tongue, pondering as he tries to remember where he has heard it before. "Ah yes, you're my sister's doctor, right? She wont stop yapping about you I almost went deaf from it. I'm Rafayel"
"Oppa!" You protest, smacking his arm.
"Hey, ow!" Rafayel fake winces, a dramatic expression on his face as he gasped. "Guppy, that is not how you treat your older brother! Isn't family supposed to love eachother?"
"As if!" You stick your tongue out at Rafayel and Zayne stood awkwardly in between this little banter.
"Pfft," He scoffs, rubbing the spot you had hit. "Still as feisty as ever like a sea urchin."
"You're as round and ridiculous as a puffer fish" You bite back.
"...." Zayne felt like he really shouldn't be here at this moment.
"Anyway, I'm gonna go off there and greet Thomas" You say in a childish, high pitched voice as you point at a direction and storm off.
Zayne shook his head, wanting to follow you but found it rude if he left your brother all alone without a proper conversation. Besides, he could see you in his peripheral vision.
"I meant it though." Rafayel starts, humming as continued playing with the pen absentmindedly. "She speaks very highly of you like a little baby dolphin learning how to jump off of water for the first time."
"...I'm glad she thinks so, but I'm only doing my job as her doctor" Zayne answers, pushing his eyeglasses back.
"Isn't that what every doctor says?" Rafayel scoffs, crossing his arms as both men overlooked you who is happily chatting with Thomas and asking about some paintings. "My little sister is a handful, isn't she?"
"Well," Zayne hums, deciding to play along with Rafayel. "She often doesn't listen to her doctor's orders and is somehow scared of staying in the hospital at night believing ghosts might swallow her."
"...Did she actually say that?" Rafayel cocks up an eyebrow.
"She did." Zayne simply confirms while watching you prance back to them and tug at Rafayel's arm.
"Oppa, oppa, I want the pretty puzzle piece music box, get it for me!" You say childishly, pulling at Rafayel's hand.
"Hey, I'm not a wallet" Rafayel groans but allows himself to be dragged over to the gift store area.
Zayne followed you both, watching as the two of you bantered on and on. He could tell that Rafayel spoiled you a lot, watching as he keep saying sarcastic remarks and marine related insults while letting you pull him around.
"You're a grown woman now and a hunter, why exactly do you need a music box puzzle?" Rafayel rolls his eyes.
"Because it helps!" You reason out, shooting a hopeful look at Zayne. "Right doctor Zayne? Right?"
"Puzzle making and achieving to finish it can certainly boost dopamine production," Zayne replies, sighing as he realizes what you are using him for. "As for sleep, well, music boxes can certainly help lull you to sleep."
"Ugh, using your doctor card on me, really?" Rafayel groans, but pays for the puzzle piece anyway. "Now shoo, there's an ice cream store at the front. Your brother is buisy doing grown-up stuff so children should behave."
"I'm not a 2 year old!" You say as you hold the now packaged puzzle piece before storming off.
"...." Zayne was about to follow behind you until he heard Rafayel's voice again.
"Do you know about Lemuria? There's a secret rumour amongst their merpeople" he says, "Every year there's a day when the tide is low, and it flows in the opposite direction. It's on that day that Lemurians are at their weakest hence why they keep it a secret. Even the weakest humans can end them if they so please."
"Then how come you know of this?" Zayne inquires.
"Well, it's a fairy tale" Rafayel dismisses his question. "She's waiting for you"
Zayne nods his head politely before going towards your direction.
Throughout the whole time on the ice cream shop, he keeps thinking of what Rafayel said. And for some reason, he can;t take it off his mind.
Despite that, he chooses to just focus on the you who is busily munching on the ice cream he had bought for you earlier.
"Slow down, it's not going anywhere" He says, picking up a napkin and wiping the cream off of your cheek.
"But it's just so yummy!" You protest.
"I know," Zayne nods his head, "But still, eat a little more slowly.
Zayne shakes his head, smiling faintly as he found the whole situation a little ridiculous. He could tell Rafayel thought that he spoils you too. After all, he's putting up with your childish antiques and scolds you as if you were a small child.
Overall, this litle... Outing turned out well since he met your older brother.
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For the past two weeks, Rafayel's words bothered Zayne over and over. It kept repeating in his mind and it even echoes in his ears whenever he woke up. It's a miracle he didn't have any surgeries these days and managed to keep a proffesional act despite it high bothering him.
To add to that, you havent texted or called him a single time.
Sure, you're not required to talk to him all the time but today seemed particularly different as it nagged him.
Zayne pinches the bridge of his nose, sighing in frustration as he finished up the last of his reports.
He then reached for his phone and instantly dialed your number.
Thankfully enough, you picked up.
"Hello?" You voice was horrible, making Zayne immediately alarmed.
"Are you alright? your voice is a little rough" He inquires, taking his doctor's coat off. and grabbing his keys.
"A fever?" He sighs, storming out the hallways and into the parking lot. "You're home, aren't you? Have you taken your temperature and drank medicine?"
"Cant..." You breathe heavily. "Too weak."
"Stay in bed." Zayne said as he hopped into his car and brought life to the engine. "I'll come."
He then dropped the phone call as he drived out of the hospital and towards your apartment.
Zayne knew deep inside it was probably just as a normal fever, but there's a surge of panic in him as he hurried over. The moment Zayne parked, he hurriedly went upstairs. He was irrational with the way his mind is overthinking things.
Surely it's just a fever.
Zayne opened the door to your apartment and quietly locked it behind him then going to your bedroom where he found you curled up in your bed.
"I'm here" Zayne says with a gentle voice, his tone a little lower than usual as he gently pries off the blanket off of your face and placed a palm on your forehead.
"Ngh... Zayne" You whine a little.
"Ssh," He said, removing his palm and reaching for the bedside drawer and pulled out the thermometer.
Zayne took your temperature and cocked up an eyebrow at the results.
You're burning up and yet you have a normal temperature. He aimed it at himself and gave back a good result too, meaning it's not broken or playing tricks.
"???" Zayne looks at you, wanting an explanation.
"Water... Please." You whisper.
He rescinds in demanding an explanation, your voice isn't fake and neither is that glazed over look on your face.
"Stay here, don't pull the blanket over your head" Zayne said, getting up from his seat.
He was running a number of possible explanations on why you're feeling the way you do. Maybe it's stress induced, or something. Perhaps a better option now is not to ponder but take you to the hospital because it might be a dangerous situation.
He walks back into the bedroom and sat paused,
"...." Zayne places the glass down, crouching down towards you and observes the glittering blue things on your face.
'That wasn't there earlier' He thought, his forehead knitting as he reached to brush a finger on your cheek where the crystal like things glimmered.
The touch caused you to whimper a little and he pulled his hand back immediately.
"Every year there's a day when the tide is low, and it flows in the opposite direction. It's on that day that Lemurians are at their weakest hence why they keep it a secret. Even the weakest humans can end them if they so please."
Rafayel's words repeat in his mind.
"Zayne..." You mumble, curling over to him before trying to get up.
"Your face,..." He inquires, helping you sit up while another hand reached to place pillows against the headboard and laying you against it. "Lemuria?"
He hesitated at the question, watching your expression droop.
"...Sorry." You apologize.
"There's nothing to be sorry for" He said, reaching up to fix the blanket on your lap. "Are you feeling like this because of ebb day? The tides being low and the water flowing backwards?"
"..." You look up at him, alarmed. "How? Who? Y-you're not supposed to know those."
'Ah..' Zayne mentally curses at himself for being too brash on his approach.
"Your brother, Rafayel, he told me" He said, and felt relieved as you calm down.
"...That's funny" You mumbles. "He told me to never tell anyone and yet he told you. Big brother trusted you with a secret depsite just meeting."
Zayne didn't answer, wondering too why the painter would do that but froze as he felt you nuzzle his shoulder.
"You're not mad... Or weirded out?" You ask.
Zayne shakes his head, reaching up and gently stroked your head. "Why would I? Just because you're not... Human?"
"I'm not" He shakes his head, gently pulling you over to his lap so he can hold you more properly and you can rest more comfortably on his shoulder. "There's no reason to. It just makes me a little concerned that maybe my treatment plans on you dont work or worst, it could be detrimental to you."
"We're the same as humans" you explains. "Just... Different in a lot of waya. I get hungry and get sick like humans. So it's fine."
"I see." He hums, stroking your head.
He almost wanted to nuzzle his nose on your head but stopped himself.
"You won't hurt me, right?" You ask, fidgeting. "Brother said that humans would abuse a creature's weakness once they find out."
"Never" He said, pausing in his ministrations on your strands. "I would never hurt the person I like. If anything, I wish to protect you"
He brings your hand up to his lips, and kisses the inside of your palm.
"I would never, ever hurt you." He shakes his head, those intense amber-green eyes. "Not now, not in the future, never in my lifetime nor in the next ones. No matter who or what you are, I will never hurt you"
꒰ A/N: I'm just so weak against Zayne pls sniffsniff. I love him sm I just want to hold this silly man. I wanna cuddle this precious man qwq!!! My precious Zayne TT. This man is fr one of my biggest comfort character. I can't wait for his birthday event in september. Also I'm srry if u cringe at the feesh insults its my kind of humor xDD!! ꒱
ʚ(੭´͈ ᐜ `͈)੭ .。✧・゚: ~♡ —! stories written by kyunnie; translations, reposts, plagiarism are strictly forbidden.