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“Now, Kiss!”

Based on this hc I made earlier :)

3474 words

Fandom: The Lunar Chronicles

Pairing: Kai x Cinder

Fluff

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Kai knew that the annoyance was part of having a sibling, but he hated it all the same. Nainsi would tease him about everything and when she figured out his crush on Cinder Linh, it only got worse. When Cinder calls Kai on the day that Nainsi brings some friends, she suspects that something might be cooking in the pot. Is she right, or are they friends for another agonizing day?

(Also I decided to name her Nainsi bc I’m too tired to brainstorm anything else I like it)

“WAKE UP KAI!” was the first thing Kai heard after being unfortunately interrupted by a sweet dream involving a certain someone. He was awake now, with a 100-pound pillow being tossed onto his head. Groaning, he flipped to his other side, squeezing his eyes shut as if that would make the tiny monster go away.

“KAI WE’RE GONNA BE LATE!” Nainsi yelled. She threw another pillow at him and when he didn’t show any signs of stopping, she yanked the cover out. Thank the stars for sheets.

“Stars, what time is it?” Kai managed to ask. Knowing his family it was probably five in the morning.

“Seven-thirty, ” he groaned again. It was way too early to get out of bed. Plus, the school didn’t start until eight-thirty so they were very much not late. He tucked his head in the pillow and wished for his sister to magically vanish away into whatever drama she obsessed with now.

“KAI! GET OUT THE BED RIGHT NOW!” Kai turned his head to glare at her. She glared right back.

“You know Cinder gets up super early for whatever reason. That’s something you two can get along with, ” instead of rolling her eyes like she usually did when Kai talked about Cinder, Nainsi's lips formed into a coy smile.

He cursed.

She somehow smiled even further and cocked her head, “Got any plans with her tonight?”

He could feel his ears turn red, and he tried to kill her on the spot with his eyes. His little sister took the smart choice and sprinted out of his room with Kai on her heels.

She screamed as he followed her down the stairs into the kitchen, seeking refuge next to their father’s chair. Kai could tell he was annoyed by the posture he was in and the way he took another sip of his coffee.

Nainsi shot Kai a smug smile that he wished to wipe off her face, “are you gonna wear pajamas to school, Kaito?”

“I’m going to kill you.”

“Ah, yes, but then you’ll spend the rest of your life in jail and will never see your precious Cinder again.”

He glared at her once more and left to go change. When he came back, the aroma of fried eggs was so strong that it filled the whole house.

His father was humming a tune while seasoning the eggs with pepper, now in a less annoyed mood. There were two plates on the kitchen counter already equipped with breakfast. Nainsi rebelliously made cereal instead of eating eggs. Kai, on the other hand, was grateful for the free breakfast.

He sat grabbed a ate and sat at the barstool, preparing to dig into his meal. Dad wanted to make small talk instead, “Good morning, son, and you're welcome for the delicious breakfast that I so graciously made for my marvelous kids.”

“Good morning, father, and us marvelous kids are so grateful for this delicious meal that makes caught us by surprise. But unfortunately, one of your children prefers Lucky Charms to you’re amazing breakfast, ” Kai responded after swallowing his first bite of eggs.

Nainsi looked up from her cereal, “that’s because I don’t like eggs, they’re disgusting.”

“You don’t like anything, ” she stuck her tongue out. Kai picked up his plate and placed it in the sink. Unsurprisingly, he was still hungry, so he went to see what was in the fridge.

“Kai, why don’t you ever want up early?” his father asked.

“Um, because-”

“Because he’s up all night thinking about making out with Cinder in the back of her BMW, ” the little monster interrupted before he could continue. He grabbed a tomato and slammed the fridge shut.

He then threw the tomato at her, “two strikes, Nainsi.”

She dodged the tomato and looked back at Kai with big round eyes.

“Hey, it's too early to fight with your sister just yet, ” interjected his father, “also, if you couldn’t tell, your mother is working double shifts at the hospital today so she wouldn’t be coming back tonight and I have a business trip. I know you have some friends coming over today, Nainsi, so behave better than usual. Both of you.”

“What friends are coming over, Nainsi?” Kai mused, an idea forming in his head.

“Just Geovanna and Emily. Possibly Ben but he hasn’t confirmed yet,” she answered, “why?”

“Just wondering. Anyways, we gotta go now,” Kai pulled on his sweatshirt from the laundry and headed towards the front, “bye dad.”

He nodded at Kai, currently preoccupied with his second mug of coffee while Nainsi rushed to follow Kai.

It was freezing out, as it usually was during winter in Maryland, but today was unusually cold. He turned on the car while Nainsi hopped in the passenger seat.

“Are we gonna go or what?” she barked.

“In a minute. Let me close my eyes for a bit.”

“You always do that, you lazy bum.”

“Your insults are getting drier and drier Nainsi.”

“Just go, ” this time she hit his forearm with her binder from nowhere. Repeatedly.

“Okay, stop hitting me. Ow.”

They drove off towards the school. Although Nainsi lived to tease Kai, they got along pretty well. They talked about this new show and had similar opinions on it during the short car ride. Once they were at Nainsi’s school and she was gone, then he could start playing the radio.

He bid his goodbye’s and see you later’s and now was off to his school.

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Kai was unsurprisingly drained during the last period of the day. He fiddled with the corner of his notes to keep himself awake for at least ten more minutes. When he felt himself starting to doze off, he began to replay the day so far.

When he got to school, Cinder was marked absent which made his day worse. He always looked forward to hearing her sarcastic remarks or her smiling at one of his witty jokes.

Anyways, she was gone and he was sad, but Cress wasn’t. She happily explained to Kai that she and Thorne were going on a date Sunday. He was happy for her, truly, but all he could think about was how he can unsuccessfully tell his feeling to Cinder.

Not telling her felt like he was forgetting something important every day, except he was not forgetting. He knew exactly what he was doing and it killed him, but he also didn’t want to ruin the good that they have now. Then Kai would think about how it would be better and his thought would circle around and around.

After meeting up with Cress, they endured through the first two periods they shared, Scarlet and Thorne joining during the second. Although he had plenty of friends to talk to and enjoy, he couldn't help missing Cinder.

She's gone for one day and you feel like this? he thought, get a break. The little voice inside Kai's head was right.

Then the last bell rang, startling him. He stood up and began to pack his things. Then he fast-walked out and left.

"Kai!" he heard someone call.

Iko and Cress gestured at Kai to come to their lockers. He obliged.

"Look, Winter's birthday is in a couple of weeks, during the break. We want to throw a party because it's her sweet sixteen! We already have all the decorations ready, I know it's early, but long story short, can we throw it at your place?" his blue-haired friend asked as innocently as possible. Although she had to change her posture, tone, and expression to look innocent, Cress had that personality as her default.

"Please, Kai?” Cress pleaded and she knew what she was doing. It was always impossible to say no to her without feeling guilty. Or maybe it was just Kai who hated saying no.

“Of course! My parents are going to their parents during that week, so I’ll just ask to stay behind.”

“Yay! Thank you so much!” Iko hugged him tightly, “also not a word to Winger. It’s going to be a surprise.”

“Sounds nice.”

“Yep. I got to go to my job interview, remember what I was telling you about. Ah, the chance to work a boutique, what a dream,” and with that, his friend walked away.

“Hey Cress, did you hear anything about Cinder, ” he pressed.

She nodded, “Adri was mad at her again so she’s stuck at the garage, ” the blonde began to nibble in her fingernails. Noticing the bad habit, she brought he hand down.

“Oh, ” he hated Cinder’s stepmother, he truly did. And it killed him he couldn’t do anything about it.

They walked silently down the hall. Girls batted their lashes and some greeted him but he ignored it as usual.

“Do you think Adri would let Cinder free tonight?” he asked, now in the parking lot of the school.

“If you’re the one taking her anywhere then, of course, Adri would.”

Cress, Cinder, and Winter all skipped one grade. Cinder and Winter skilled first, and Cress skipped seventh. Cress was the smartest of them all, granted, and they don’t have a driver's license. So Cress got a ride with her older brother Jacin, and so did Winter (Jacin’s girlfriend). Cinder usually rode with Thorne, but on the good days, she rides with Kai.

They reached Kai’s car which was near Jacin’s car and being the super over-protective brother he was, he glared Kai down. Kai found this confusing because his feelings for Cinder were quite obvious, but then he saw Thorne parked next to Kai.

Thorne was currently ‘interested’ in Cress which made her a flustered mess.

Cress walked quickly to Jacin’s car and hopped in the back. Kai called goodbye and started his car. Then there was a rap on his window.

“What?” he asked Thorne, “I got to pick up my sister.”

“What flowers does Cress like?” he lifted an eyebrow at his friend, “not like that,” what Thorne did not know was that Cress told Kai everything about their date. Perhaps Thorne wants to keep it secret until then.

“Uh-huh.”

“Just answer the question!”

He shifted in his seat, “I dunno. Ask Jacin.”

“Great advice,” Thorne deadpanned.

“Get her roses. Those are super romantic and she’s all about the romantic gestures.”

“Nah, too cheesy. Pretend it's Cinder, what would she like?”

“Cinder doesn’t like flowers. Wrenches, however, are much appreciated.”

“I think I’ll just get roses.”

“Yeah, now move, my sister is waiting for me, ” Kai rolled up the windows and drove out.

Time passed very quickly and the next thing he knew, Nainsi was climbing in the passenger seat with her three friends in the back seat.

“I thought it was only two people, ” he whispered harshly.

She shrugged, “Ben decided to come.”

“What are you gonna feed them.”

“Pizza.”

“Who’s money?”

“Yours,” he shoved Nainsi but she shoved back.

“Fine but you owe me.”

“We’ll see, ” she turned in the seat to talk with her friends.

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Once everyone was settled inside and pizza was ordered he began to brainstorm ways Kai could punish Nainsi for this morning.

Then, like a light bulb, a perfect idea formed into his head. He walked into the laundry room where a basket filled with his clothes was waiting for him.

He pulled off his shirt, grabbed the basket, and headed into the living room. His sister was watching a realistic drama with her friends, although Kai wasn’t sure the drama wasn’t ‘realistic’ at all.

This plan happened before on accident with the same friends and they just stared at him while Nainsi shooed him out. Little did he know that her friends would just start talking about him and his looks. When Nainsi told him this, he groaned and whined about how he got enough of this from school. So when Nainsi had people over, Kai would camp in his room to avoid the awkwardness.

Now, he knows how her friends would react. And how she would react.

But before he could do anything, the phone in his pocket vibrated, making him turn a one-eighty back into the laundry.

It was actually Cinder calling and he answered quickly, “hello?”

“Uh, Kai?”

“Yes?”

“Can you do me a favor? Please?” it sounded like she was outside where it was currently raining.

“Yes, of course, what do you need?”

“I need a ride. I’m stuck here in the rain, by myself. Also, this is going to sound weird but, can I also stay with you for an hour and a half?” she defeated like she lost an argument.

“I can pick you up and you can stay with me. Nainsi has some friends over but it should be fine, ” Kai wondered if he sounded too cheery.

“Ok, thanks. I’m at the gas station outside your neighborhood, by the way.”

“Great, see you in a few minutes. Bye.”

“Bye, ” she hung up.

Kai hurried to put on a shirt and grab two rain jackets from the close, just in case Cinder needed one. Then he walked into the living room and out the front door, only to come back in. He forgot to tell Nainsi where he was going.

“Hey Nainsi, I got to pick up someone. I’ll be back soon though, ” she nodded, mouth full of pizza crust, “uh, don’t open the door to strangers. Bye.”

This time he didn’t go back inside after he left. He drove out of the neighborhood, slowly because it was pouring buckets and he could barely see three feet in front of him. After an eternity, Kai finally reached the gas station and parked under the large roof.

He didn’t even see Cinder come in, only heard her, sacring him witless. She smiled apologetically while tossing a white plastic bag onto her lap. It was full of snacks.

“Thanks for coming to get me, I owe you one now, ” she said, handing him one of the bags of chips.

“Of course, Cinder, I would do anything for you, ” the corner of her lip curved upwards as Kai’s cheeks heated, “that came out wrong. I meant that you’re my friend and such. Like the good moral movies where like the one friend reminds the other what friendship is truly about?”

Cinder snorted, “Like My Little Pony?”

“Isn’t that a TV show?”

“Same thing.”

“Is not.”

“Whatever, I know what you meant. Peony had made me watch enough TV shows and movies to last a lifetime.”

“Okay then, ” the rain seemed to finally thin during their conversation making it much more comfortable conditions for Kai to drive in.

Cinder had a habit of talking with her mouth full and the ‘good manners kid’ inside of him cringed. He hoped he hid it well.

Anyways Cinder explained why she was soaking wet at a gas station abandoned with snacks. She was bored and hungry and wanted something to do. So she walked to the gas station, alone, for snacks and a good walk.

Kai raised an eyebrow at that, “you live far away from me, how and why did you walk miles just for a bag of junk food?”

“People can do miraculous things when they are bored, Kai.”

“Yes, and penguins can fly if they really set their minds to it.”

“They are a bird so, hey, nothing’s impossible.”

“Who drove you?”

Cinder shoved a chip in her mouth, “Pearl,” she admitted reluctantly.

“What?”

“I skipped lunch and she knew I was hungry so she drove me here and left me while I was getting snacks. She also called me and said that it was a prank she couldn’t resist.”

“Oh, ” Kai said as they were pulling in his driveway. It was drizzling now so there was no need for the rain jackets.

“I’m also supposed to be at the garage until later so that's why I have to stay that long. If I come back early, Adri would get mad, and I don’t feel like getting yelled at today.”

“Ok,” he said as he walked out of the car.

He opened the door for Cinder and followed her inside. Nainsi and her friends did not move from before he left, but they switched shows. His little sister locked eyes with Cinder, immediately getting up.

“Hey Cinder. I did not know you two were hanging out today?” She said conspiratorially.

Cinder nodded, “yeah it was kind of sudden. Also, Peony is not with me, sorry.”

“That’s okay. I’m going back to my friends now. So you guys can ‘hang out’” Nainsi emphasized the last part then ran off to her friends.

“So, um, what do you want to do for an hour and a half?” he asked.

Cinder turned to him, “I don’t know, what do you want to do.”

“I don’t know.”

“Let’s just go to your room then.”

“Good idea, ” Cinder has been to his house enough to know the layout. He followed her to his room where she fell on the bed.

“Working under cars all day isn't good for the back you know, ” she explained, muffled by a pillow.

“I would expect so because your posture is not up to standards.”

She snorted, “I guess that’s true, ” Cinder sat up and leaned on the headboards, “sorry for taking up your space. And for calling you. Stars, this was a bad idea, you already have people here. I’m like an intruder-”

“Why are you apologizing so much? I don’t care if you light my room on fire, ” Kai accused. It was true, ever since he met her, she would apologize for every single tiny thing, as if every single wrong thing she did was unacceptable. He moved towards her to place a hand on hers, “it’s okay, Cinder. And calling me was a good idea because you saved me from the little demons.”

Cinder let out a genuine laugh that ended with a genuine smile. A smile that never ceased to make his heart twitch. He bashfully realized that he was still holding her hand.

Kai let go but she only grabbed his hand back. He watched her intertwine their fingers, trying to ignore the strong pounding of his heart. He dared to look up and realized that Cinder was staring at him.

He looked into her chocolate eyes that seemed to shine with stars. He wanted to dive into that sea of brown and lie there for eternity. As long she was there.

“Now kiss!” cried a shrill voice. Kai jumped away from Cinder, noticing that she copied his actions.

“Aw, come on just kiss already, the tension was so thick, ” said... Peony?

Cinder’s eyes widened, “Peony, what- how did- why are you here?”

“Well first, I was invited to the sleepover but I had volleyball practice so I had to come late. I just got here. And second, I saw Nainsi sneaking up here so I followed, and oh my stars, we ruined the money, didn’t we?” Peony looked at Nainsi.

“We did. Sorry guys, we’ll go now.”

“Yes, now you can kiss in peace, ” the girls left, leaving Kai very flustered. He glanced at Cinder and saw that her cheeks were also tinted pink.

“So, do you want something to eat, ” he asked finally. He could not bear the silence anymore.

“Yes, ” she nodded, although they already are in the car.

They got up to leave but before he could open the door, Cinder grabbed his wrist and pulls him down. The next thing he knew they were kissing. It was quick and soft and amazing. It felt like everything suddenly clicked and the world was righted. Like the stars finally aligned.

She pulled away and Kai could feel the heat in his ears. His heart was beating so loud that he was sure Cinder could hear it as well.

“Let’s go get some food, ” she breathed and opened the door. She was still holding his wrist, he realized. He intertwined their hands like before, but this time it felt more meaningful. It was like their hands now signified that they were more than friends. That they loved each other, even if they hadn't admitted it yet. But he could feel it and was sure that she could too.

They entered the kitchen and Cinder began to talk about food options but all he could think about was the kiss. He wanted to kiss her again. And to hold her.

Someone cleared their throat behind them, making them turn around. Nainsi, Peony, Emily, Geovanna, and Ben all stood with knowing faces. Nainsi smirked, “finally.”

Peony looked like she was about to explode with happiness, “I already told Iko. She’s ecstatic.”

Neither Kai nor Cinder said anything. Nainsi probably knew because of the looks on their red faces and told Peony. Then Peony told Iko and Iko probably told everyone in their friend group.

So now everyone knows.

“Just to be sure, you guys did kiss, right?” asked Emily.

Slowly, Cinder nodded. Kai opted to stare at his feet. Peony whooped, Nainsi squealed, Cinder blushed, and Kai groaned.

“Ok now we will leave you alone, for real, ” Nainsi promised, dragging her friends away.

“Why are there so many people here?” Kai murmured then turned to Cinder. She leaned on his shoulder. They were still holding each other's hand, “I really want to kiss you again, by the way.”

“Me too.”

“Okay then, ” he cupped her cheek with his free hand and kissed her. Cinder squeezed his hand affectionately. He once again felt like everything was where it was supposed to be, where he was supposed to be, and that was with Cinder.

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This is the original video from the “kai, every time he successfully sasses levana” and you could say I’m satisfied

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i think it should be mandatory for authors to release novellas about all the endgame ships 5 years after the series ended because this expecting me to just move on with my life thing isn’t working

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Could you make more IDBTWY prequels ?? I was rereading the fanfic and i kept thinking about it. I am very curious to know what happened at the time when elriel dated at school. ❤❤

One for the Face

So, I know this doesn’t technically follow the prompt exactly, but it is a prequel to IDBTWY and shows that fun relationship between the two of them. Also, I’m American and we say soccer instead of football, so that’s what we’re getting here. 😂 Anyways, I hope you enjoy it and thanks for sending me this! 💕

Please let me know what you think about this update. I love getting your feedback. Constructive criticism is always welcome. 💕

If you do not wish to be tagged in my work because you no longer ship Elriel or just want to be removed in general, please let me know. No hard feelings. Hateful words will not be tolerated.

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Azriel was being a bit of a showoff—he knew that. But when the girl he really liked was in his class playing the sport that he dominated, well, he really couldn’t help himself.

He had been ecstatic when she walked into his P.E. class after having biology together.

Elain Archeron had captured his attention from the first moment he saw her. She had this regal grace, something that no other high schooler seemed to display. She was incredibly kind, quiet, and hands down the most beautiful person he’d ever laid his eyes on.

To say he was a goner would’ve been an understatement, but it was ultimately the truth.

Which was why he was out showing off on the soccer field during their P.E. class. As the only sophomore on the varsity team, Azriel was well accustomed to the rules and the game of soccer. It was why his teacher let him take control of the class today.

He and Rhys were currently battling out for the ball—his brother was nowhere near as skilled with his feet—when Az saw Elain had lined up for the perfect shot towards the goal.

“Elain! Heads up!” he called and kicked the ball toward her.

The only issue was that Azriel was used to playing with people much taller than she was—and more adept. He watched in dreaded anticipation as the ball arced up high and nailed her right in the face.

Elain went down with a cry and he stood frozen in place, in utter horror of what just happened.

“Um, not to butt in or anything, but if you wanted to tell a girl you liked her, that probably wasn’t the best way to go about it,” Rhys mocked.

“Shut up!” he hissed, shaking out of his stupor and ran over to her. Azriel moved people aside so he could kneel by her head.

Her hands covered her face, but it didn’t stop the tears from leaking through.

“Shit, Elain. I’m so sorry!” he said, touching the top of her head as if to soothe her.

She carefully removed her hands, her eyes still watering from the impact on the nose. “Ow,” she groaned, blinking up at him.

“Are you okay?”

Her face twitched a bit. “I think so. Help me sit up?”

He was there instantly, hand holding hers, the other on her shoulder helping her into an upright position. Azriel swore lowly when blood started pouring out of her nose. “Oh, fuck. You’re bleeding.” Without thinking, he tugged his shirt off and bunched it up to press at her nose.

Elain’s eyes widened as she took in his naked torso.

“Mr. Knight!” his teacher called, finally making his way over to them. “Since you’re so desperate to get out of your gym clothes—” a few girls giggled at that. “Why don’t you help Miss Archeron to the nurse’s office and head back to the gym to change into your street clothes.”

“Yes, Sir,” he called out, helping Elain stand up. When she swayed dangerously on her feet, he wrapped an arm around her to prevent her from falling over and carefully guided her off the field.

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Elain clutched at his shirt, holding it firmly to her bleeding nose. It smelt like him—like midnight mist and cedar. And sweat, which was oddly not a bad scent on him.

They had never been this close to each other before. Her body tingled where it touched the bare skin of his torso.

She knew Azriel was fit. But she had never seen him with his shirt off and boy, had she been missing out. Even though he was still in what was considered his “teen-body,” he was well-cut. The swell of his shoulders, the toned abs.

Elain was glad his shirt was pressed to her face so he wouldn’t be able to see her absolutely drooling over him. Gods, could she be any more pathetic?

“I really am sorry,” he said again as they approached the front office where the nurse was stationed.

She tried to smile, but it pulled at her tender nose, so she settled on, “I know. It’s okay. It’s not like you did it on purpose.” She narrowed her eyes playfully, looking up at him. “You didn’t do it on purpose, right?”

His eyes widened in alarm. “No!” I would never—”

Elain cut him off with a laugh. “Azriel, I’m just kidding.”

He played mock offense. “El, don’t wound me like that.”

She froze at the name. He had never called her that before. He had never called her anything but “Elain,” and the sound of that nickname on his lips made something inside her turn molten.

Azriel stopped with her, brows furrowing. “What is it?”

Even though her mouth was covered, she knew he could see the smile in her eyes. “I like when you call me that,” she admitted, blushing slightly.

Something in his hazel irises shifted then—almost as if they were burning. “El,” he repeated slowly, letting it curl off his tongue. It made her name seem more sensuous.

Just the sound of it from his lips had her stomach erupting with butterflies.

His mouth curled up in the corner like he could read her thoughts. “Then I’ll have to call you that more often.”

Her cheeks heated even more from the way he looked at her. Elain had thought he might be into her. They always seemed to go back and forth, toeing the line of friendship into something more, but then he would always halt and pull back. She wasn’t sure what to make of it sometimes. In all honesty, it made her somewhat dizzy.

But she knew she liked him and just wished he’d give her a clear signal. To finally make a move and ask her out.

His hand reached out to move the shirt away from her nose. Bending at the waist to bring himself eye level with her, he brought his thumb up to brush at her upper lip.

Elain’s breath caught in her throat.

“It doesn’t look like you’re bleeding much anymore, and it doesn’t look broken.” He replaced the shirt against her nose.

“I think we can take professional soccer player off the list of potential careers,” she joked.

Azriel tipped his head back and laughed.

The sound slithered down her spine. It wasn’t often that the broody male in front of her let out such a joyous laugh and Elain took satisfaction in knowing she was the one who pulled it out of him.

“I think we are in agreement there.”

She removed the shirt to stick her tongue out at him, making him chuckle again.

“Okay, let’s get you taken care of first, and then we can discuss possible careers for you.”

Elain couldn’t help but giggle lightly as they reached the nurse's office. “I’d give you back your shirt, but I don’t want to give it to you all bloody.”

“Keep it,” he grinned. “I’ll just get a new one.”

She blushed again but nodded. “Thank you for walking me here.”

Azriel scratched the back of his head, pink dusting his cheeks. Seeming to decide on some internal debate, he said, “Anytime, El.” He winked at her, the most Rhysand thing she had ever seen, before jogging back to the gym.

When Elain returned home from school that afternoon, she immediately washed the blood from his shirt. Though it didn’t still have much of his scent, she still decided to sleep in it that same night—and many nights after that.

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On and Off Again, Part 4

A/N: Hi! First, I wanted to say, I love all your comments and read and reread every single one. I'm not always in the headspace to give adequate replies, but please, please know from the bottom of my heart, that I am so grateful for your support and each and every comment gets a fangirl squeal from yours truly! I know its been a hot minute, but thanks for sticking with me here. April is a busy month for me at work so I wasn't able to update at all last month. And then I got sick and so did my kids. And then I just got super in my head about everything I had written and rewrote this like 85 times. So be gentle with me. Also. The taglist is a hot mess due whatever Tumblr is doing with the new text editor. And my kyboard is dying so I'm sure there some mistakes in this So once again, be gentle with me, I trying to figure it out.

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Aelin glanced at the clock as she typed furiously. 11:43. Shit. Her 2:00 deadline was looming. Why had she put off the edits on this article?

“Sanctions have done little to temper the nihilism that abound among the masses, proving that the common folk may profess to be knowledgeable in the intricate workings of economic systems, but in fact are perpetually under informed.”

Right. Because Cairn was a pretentious dick and reading his articles, let alone editing, made her want to stab her eyes out. Communication with him was even worse. He took every correction as a personal attack, an insult to his almighty intelligence. In his last email he had raged at her for adding Oxford commas into his work, explaining to her all the reasons it was pedantic or whatever. Never mind that she was required by the office standard that they be used.

Aelin continued to skim the article and add corrections and notes as needed. She glanced at the clock again. 12:03. Damn. She was going to have to work through lunch to get this done. Her stomach grumbled in protest.

She worried her lip with her teeth, weighing her options. Working through lunch should get the edit done in time, but at the cost of being hangry and lethargic by the end of the day. The last time she had worked through lunch she had gotten into a shouting match with Rowan that had ended with them both in the HR office. Deciding that was not an experience she was willing to repeat, she clicked on the chat and shot off a message to Aedion.

Aelin: Hey, you know how you’re my favorite cousin?

Always one to put off working, his response came just seconds later.

Aedion: Don’t lie. We both know Elide is your favorite.

Aelin: Ok fair, but in my defense, it’s Elide.

Aedion: haha. Anyway. I think you were attempting to flatter me into doing you a favor?

Aelin: Right. You know how Carin is an asshole?

Aedion: You put off his edits again, didn’t you? And now faced with the unimaginable trial of having to work through lunch, you come to me, your dear cousin, in hopes I will save you from starvation.

Aelin: Its scary how well you know me.

Aedion: NO

Aelin: AEEEEEDDDDIOOOOONN.

Aedion: Absolutely not.

Aelin: PLEEASE.

Aedion: 100% no.

Aelin: But I’m dying.

Aedion: NO A. You are the reason there was an office wide ban on having food at our desks. Rowan has finally eased up. I am not about to lose my rights to my chocolate stash AGAIN.

Aelin: I promise. I swear. I will not spill anything.

Aedion: I am not going to be involved with you being the cause of an early demise of yet another computer. Accomplices go to jail to Aelin!

Aelin: I’ll order your favorite Chinese. I’ll get extras for your lunch. You just have to pick it up and bring it to me so I can work and eat at the same time.

Aedion: NO

Aelin: Extra spring rolls

Aedion:... I’m listening

Aelin: And crab wontons

Aedion:...fine. But you’re paying. And if I hear one whiff of complaint from IT about rice stuck in keyboards, I was NOT involved.

Aelin: Deal.

Aelin: Also, I’m gonna need caffeine. Grab me the largest iced coffee you can?

Aedion: how about it just get you a coffee iv, cut out the middle man and all that

Aelin: they have those?

Aedion:🙄

Fifteen minutes later, Aelin was happily munching on her lunch, and feeling less likely to murder Carin as she once again made a note that adding u into harbor and other 'or' words to sound more British and therefore more credible was one, against company type standards, and two, dishonest as he was as far from British as a person could get.

Forcing Aedion to grab her lunch turned out to be the correct decision. Aelin’s head felt clearer and she was able to focus better. And she only wanted to murder Cairn every other word instead of every word.

With five minutes to spare, Aelin was able to finish her copy edits and then send them off to be reviewed. Signing in relief, she reached for her still mostly full and definitely warm by now drink she had hidden behind her monitor, just on the off chance Rowan walked by and caught her with food at her desk. Not that she was scared of him or anything. Definitely not.

Right as she took a long victory swig of her drink, Rowan rounded the corner to her little cubicle.

“Galathynius, I need to switch out your-“

Aelin jumped a mile at the sound of his voice, spewing iced coffee and dropping her cup. Sticky, sweet liquid went everywhere, down her shirt, pooling in her lap, across her monitor, running in rivulets through her keyboard, waterfalling from her desk to the floor...everywhere. Her skin began to feel disgustingly clammy as the coffee seeped through her clothes and it took everything in her to not grimace at the uncomfortable situation.

Aelin turned to Rowan, plastering a fake grin on her face. “What can I do for you Rowan? You said something about switching something?” Because maybe, just maybe, if she played it cool enough, Rowan would not murder her for the absolute shitshow that had just happened and had most definitely cause irreparable damage to her monitor.

Except when she looked at him, he wasn’t glaring at her with his very special murder eyes he reserved just for her. No, it was almost as if he hadn’t noticed her computer was messier (and likely stickier) than the faces of most toddlers after sweets. Instead, he was looking at her slack jawed and blushing. Well. Not at her specifically. More like, at her vaguely chest region.

Aelin looked down and felt her heart stop.

Because her now coffee soaked blouse had turned essentially transparent, showing off her probably needs to be thrown away but is far too comfortable and damn it’s just hard to find a good bra so I’m going to wear this one again bra…

(Gods, why hadn’t she worn one of her cute ones today?

Aelin decided not to address the fact that she was worrying over Rowan Whitethorn not seeing her in a cute bra.)

But none of that really mattered, because right now, at that very moment, the taciturn, reticent, irascible and (mostly) unflappable Rowan Whitethorn was staring at Aelin’s chest and blushing.

She cleared her throat loudly, startling Rowan, who flushed an even deeper, more delightful shade of crimson that Aelin would treasure for all time.

“Really, Rowan? Really?” she asked, laughing, because what really could she do but laugh in this situation.

Rowan glared at her, obviously struggling to gain some semblance of control over the situation, but failing as he turned so red Aelin felt he was beginning to resemble a tomato in a white wig.

“Well, I was going to switch out your mouse for a wireless one, but, I can’t even handle this, and you and the keyboard, and the monitor, and oh Gods, what did you do to the monitor, Aelin-”

Before Aelin could so much as blink, an incredibly flustered Rowan, who seemed to be having a conniption at the sight of the destruction her drink had wrought to her workspace, was turning and dashing out of her cubicle, as if he could, quite literally, not get out of there fast enough. Of course, in his haste, he ran right into one of their coworkers, scattering papers everywhere. Aelin couldn’t help but laugh out loud at his antics, as he awkwardly picked up everything and ran even faster away from her cubicle. Aelin wasn’t sure if she should be flattered or offended if the sight of her coffee sodden breasts was enough to have the almighty Rowan Whitethorn running for the hills. Though, really, she was sure it was the destruction of yet another computer that really did him in. way, she decided to count it as a win in her ongoing battle to annoy her least favorite IT person.

After cleaning up her disaster of a workspace as best she could, Aelin clocked out early as a reward, leaving behind the now ruined monitor and keyboard. (And also because if she had to stay in her sticky clothes for the rest of the day someone would be dead.) So what if she was definitely going to have to grovel to Rowan at some point for a new monitor and keyboard, cause she was fairly positive there was no rescuing them at this point, that was tomorrow Aelin’s problem.

The next day, however, she was not prepared for the fallout of her actions. The day had started off well enough, she was still laughing to herself over the whole ordeal, a slight spring in her step from thinking about how embarrassed Rowan had been. In fact, Aelin was attempting to think up ways she could embarrass him further, when she rounded the corner to her cubicle. And the sight before her was enough to immediately stifle her good mood.

Half the floor was gathered around her desk, holding back giggles, and when Aelin saw why, she couldn’t exactly blame them. Her computer, monitor, all of it was gone. And in its place, was a child’s toy laptop and with a sparkly sippy cup sitting next to it. She shooed everyone away and then ripped the note taped to the front of it and very nearly just threw it in the trash, but she decided to read what the smarmy bastard had written on the note first

Here’s your temporary laptop while I figure out how to unstick your keyboard, yet again. Also, here’s an maturity level appropriate cup for you to use so we don’t have the same problem come up again since you refuse to acknowledge your no food at your desk ban

Ok, maybe she shouldn't have laughed at him. Or ruined another monitor.

“It’s not THAT funny!” Aelin whined, feeling a bit like a broken record. But all her friends were once again laughing their asses off as Aedion regaled Lys, Elide, and well, honestly half the bar, with the story of Rowan’s rather ingenious revenge. Not that Aelin would ever admit it was an ingenious revenge, especially since even the ever scowling, dark-haired bartender was doubled up in laughter.

“What did you do Aelin?” Lys asked.

Aelin smirked into her cup. Her reaction had been a stroke of genius, in her own very humble opinion. “Well obviously, I couldn’t let him know he bugged me. So I walked around all day with the cup and computer like nothing had changed. I even took it to meetings.I think it pissed our boss off so much he had to bring me a new computer by lunch. Granted it's terrible, but whatever.”

“Did you give him back the cup?” Elide asked.

“Nah,” Aelin laughed. “It even has unicorns on it. Plus, if its the only way I can have coffee at my desk, I’ll suffer through it.”

“Wait,” Aedion turned to her, “I thought we could have food at our desks again? I’m sorry, I’m not switching to a sippy cup too.”

Aelin glared at her drink. “About that...only I’m still banned due to the great rice catastrophe of four Tuesdays ago. And well yesterday of course too. Apparently, he sent me an email about it.”

Aedion burst into laughter again. “Oh Aelin, you really gotta start reading that poor boy's emails.”

"Not gonna happen," Aelin grinned wickedly. “It makes him far too grouchy when I don’t. Now...I need your help coming up with payback.”

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