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//Tatara's Pov\\

She's always reading...her (e/c) orbs almost never leave the pages unless it's a dire emergency or food is involved...sometimes...I wonder what how's through her head when she reads.

Tatara frowned and puffed his cheeks out childishly letting out a grumble as he watched (Y/n) flip another page in her book. She had a fuzzy red blanket wrapped around herself and Anna who had joined her since Makoto had said he wanted time alone.

"(Y/n), are you going to read forever?"

His question remained unanswered as the (h/c) haired girl's fingers flipped yet another page in her book, her lips closed in silence.

Getting a bit jealous of her book Tatara grinned as he got an idea. Silently he walked up behind the couch the girls were curled up on. He waited a few seconds, seeing if they'd notice. The young princess of Homra glanced at Tatara, though she stayed quiet before curling into the older female.

Finally, the brown-haired male leaned down so his lips were close to her ear as he whispered softly.

"Hey (Y/n), is that book so interesting compared to me?"

(Y/n)'s face started flushing a deep pink and she nearly jumped out of her skin as she quickly closed her book and turned to Tatara, seething.

"What was that for chocolate eyes!"

Tatara raised an eyebrow as he dodged her question, more interested in the nickname.

"Chocolate eyes? When did that nickname occur to you?"

"Don't try dodging the question!"

Tatara sighed before he loosened a breath and whined softly.

"Oh, come on (Y/n)! You never put your book down! What's so great about it?"

(Y/n)'s cheeks flushed pink as her (e/c) eyes looked anywhere but at Tatara as she mumbled as quietly as she could.

"It's because...you know..I ah...mrmrm"

Most of her words were lost as she started whispering so quietly he found himself wondering if the girl could even hear herself.

Luckily he wasn't kept wondering about what she said for too long, as Anna came to his rescue.

"She said that's it's a fantasy series that has cute romance moments in it that she wishes would happen to her.."

Tatara's lips pulled up in a smirk as he turned his brown eyes to the (h/c) haired girl who now had the fuzzy blanket covering her red face.

"(N/n)~ what type of cute moments are you fantasizing about him?"

"S-Shut up Tatara! It's nothing! It's just daydreams anyway..."

Anna looked up at him before she pushed herself to her feet, unwrapping herself from the red blanket cocoon. Quickly and gently she grabbed Tatara's hand and led him into a room away from the now confused (Y/n).

"(Y/n) marks pages....she says she likes to reread them...she..."

Anna frowned rather than keeping up her regular blank mask. She seemed to be debating on revealing whatever she was about to say. Finally, she gave a small shake of her head and continued.

"She told me she wishes she could be in those moments with you...she said I had to keep it a secret...but...you feel the same I can see it"

Tatara blinked as he looked down at the young lolita, then he grinned and patted her head gently.

"Thank you for telling me Anna, I have an idea...do you think you could get (N/n) away from her book?"

Anna offered the tiniest smile before she nodded and ran back out to the main room, leaving Tatara and his thoughts alone.

//(Y/n)'s Pov\\

I yawned slightly as I rubbed my eye with a hand while my free hand, held my book open in front of me. That was before I felt a small hand pull on my sleeve.

Humming I bookmarked my page and closed the book as I set it on my lap, looking at my favorite silver-haired lolita.

"What's up Anna?"

"...Can we go for a walk?"

That's unusual, Anna usually enjoyed relaxing on the couch, shrugging the strangeness off I smiled and nodded as I picked up my book.

"Of course we can, let me go put this in my ro-"

Before I could finish my sentence, Anna quickly and carefully grabbed my book from me, running upstairs for a minute before coming back down.

"You would have taken longer than I wanted..."

Puffing out my cheeks I went to deny it before I blew out a breath and chuckled lightly as I grabbed Anna's hand, leading her out of the bar after telling Tatara we were going for a walk.

"You have a fair enough point I suppose"

~Timeskip to when you return because Kuro is lazy~

I giggled quietly as Anna wiped at her lips which had been stained with strawberry icecream as we walked into the bar.

"Tatara, we're back!"

Sadly it wasn't my favorite Chocolate Eyes that answered my call, it was our king.

"Tatara's busy said he was doing something important and didn't want to be disturbed"

I found my lips drop into a frown that I tried to hide quickly but sadly not quick enough.

"Puppy"

My face flushed red and I turned to Makoto growling, knowing he wouldn't yell at me for it.

"Shut up! I'm not like a puppy at all!"

Makoto looked at me, both eyes open instead of the normal one eye.

"Just tell him, get it over with, you've known him for years"

I sighed as I ran a hand through my (h/l) hair, watching Anna sit with the king.

"That's what I'm afraid of King...he could say no and it could ruin the friendship we have..."

Makoto threw a pillow near him at me, hitting me upside the head which caused me to yelp.

"HEY!"

"Quit making excuses, you're a member of Homra, if you can kick someone's ass then burn them to hell you can tell that brat how you feel"

I stood there chewing on my lip for a minute before I nodded and offered a small chuckle and a smirk.

"I don't think I've heard you give such a long lecture before King~"

My feet quickly started moving towards the stairs as I saw him pick up another pillow. Grinning I ran upstairs as I yelled out.

"Mercy!"

A smile pulled on my lips as I pushed my bedroom door open and store into the room before plopping onto my bed, staring at the ceiling.

"Just tell him huh? Like its that easy..."

Shaking my head vigorously I leaned my back against my pillow and crossed my legs out in front of me before I grabbed the book that Anna had kindly left on my nightstand, and started reading.

After ten minutes I was oblivious to the outside world, my eyes were glued to the page and I was leaning forward getting as close to the words on the page as I could without my vision blurring.

My heart thumped as I read excited to see what happens next before I suddenly felt a weight on my bed causing it to dip, and arms wrapped around my waist from behind. I sniffed the air slightly and identified my sudden hugger.

"Tatara? King said you were bus-"

I felt my breath hitch and cut my words off as Tatara leaned his face close to my neck before he placed a feather-light kiss on the sensitive skin. I felt my face flushing red as well as my ears as Tatara pulled away and hummed quietly near my ear.

"You looked so pulled into your book I thought it'd be a shame to scare you, so I thought if I hugged you it would let you continue reading...why, did I distract you?"

I swallowed before trying to get my mouth to work, sadly it just wasn't up to par so I was left gaping like a fish out of water. Where was cute little Chocolate Eyed Tatara?

"(Y/n)"

I felt myself melt as my name rolled off his tongue, he said in such a husky tone I could barely breathe.

"You should have told me sooner"

I started panicking before I finally got a few words out.

"What do you mean?"

Tatara chuckled softly as his voice went back to his soft and loving tone that I was so used to. He rested his chin on my shoulder as he hummed his answer.

"I love you with every beat of my heart, with every single cell in my body. I love you with everything I am (Y/n)"

My eyes widened and almost as soon as I turned my head to look at him I felt his soft lips press against mine. Slowly closing my eyes I let my book fall from my hands onto the bed as I wrapped my arms around Tatara, losing myself in him.

Finally, we pulled away for air and Tatara grinned playfully.

"Your book gave me some ideas for the future~ say thanks to Anna later would you? I would have never known otherwise"

I gasped and looked at him, my (e/c) orbs wide.

"ANNA TOLD YOU?!"

"Well, about the crush anyway...she lent me the book earlier when you thought she was putting it away"

I whined softly as I let myself lean against Tatara's chest, enjoying that he still had his arms wrapped around my waist

"....I can't trust anyone with my secrets..."

"Like your secret kink for-"

"Shut it Tatara"

"Only on one condition"

I sighed before nodding, letting him go on.

"I get to hold you like this when you read, I like being close to you"

I let a soft smile sit on my lips as a gentle coo left my mouth.

"Of course Tatara, I'd love that"