Book of Diasomnia ? Diasomnia x Reader

005. spoiling him with love and affection [malleus]

• One day you two got paired up for an astrology homework where you had to read each other's palm. Malleus reached out his hand to you, expecting you to begin. He obviously enjoyed the sensation of your fingertips gently moving along his palm and when you looked up you could see he had closed his eyes and his pointy fae ears were twitching slightly. You took a lot longer reading his palm. On purpose. Your fingertips eventually left his palm, moving on to caress his fingers, the back of his hand and his arm, obviously no longer having anything to do with the homework. He wanted to pull you closer, to wrap his arms around you and just hold onto you like he had been missing you for years. Through it all, Malleus remained silent. He feared breaking the silence would make you stop. He missed your touch the second it was gone. As a fae he felt time pass differently from humans but since he started longing for your love, the days seemed to have no end, especially during busy weeks when he didn't see you a lot. When you stopped, he opened his eyes and you told him the results of your palm reading so he could note it down. But before letting go of his hand, you gently pulled it closer to your face and pressed a kiss to his knuckles, telling him his future is one of being loved and cared for. He's pretty sure that was NOT part of the palm reading but it could just be an honest mistake on your part. And the kiss could be explained as a gesture of respect towards royalty. Maybe you were trying to adapt more to his fairly old-fashioned customs? His heart told him you loved him but there was always this fear in the back of his head. The fear of scaring you. Of making you accept a relationship with him because you feared rejecting him. Of seeing you leave. He felt bad about the fact that there was a chance in his mind that this was purely platonic for you, yet he was over here fantasizing about the idea of spending his life with you. Meanwhile while you were sure he was obviously enjoying your affections, you weren't always certain how Malleus interpreted them. Whether he'd even put a label on them at all. You didn't want him to worry about the nature of your bond for now, you simply wanted to see him happy. You also feared his rejection. But none of that stopped him from reciprocating your gestures when it was his turn to read your palm. And you let him, eyeing him curiously when he wasn't looking. You couldn't help but smile at how he held your hand like it was the most vulnerable but precious thing in the world. Because that was how he felt about you. Like you and everything you two had was fragile but unique and irreplaceable. You relaxed under his touch, listening to the calming sound of rain on the windows. Malleus also placed a kiss on your hand. If you're visibly flustered, he'd smirk at you, asking you if something was wrong. "You guys do know this isn't supposed to take you over an hour right?", Lilia grinned, standing in the doorframe, "I made dinner."

• Malleus has a lot to experience when it comes to modern society. That goes for entertainment as well. He doesn't know much about movies, games or modern music. But if you like it, he'll gladly listen to music with you. He likes slow, meaningful songs and he'll tell you which ones he likes best. So eventually, thanks to either online algorithms or your vast library of songs, you'll find a bunch of things you think he'd like. So whether you put them on one of those old mp3-players, a CD or on a playlist that you sent to his phone in the hopes he won't blow that one up, Malleus is overjoyed about the fact that you found so much music that made you think of him and that you went out of your way to compile it for him because you thought he'd like it. He listens to it a lot. When coming across some cheesy love songs he'd ask himself whether that was what you felt for him. Whether those lyrics were a message to him or whether he was just reading too much into it. He knew he felt that way about you.

• When Ghost Marriage rolled around, you had your hands full trying to help your fellow students to free Idia from Eliza's grasp, so you were glad when it was over and everyone was celebrating her wedding with Chubby. When visiting the Diasomnia dorm, you noticed Malleus seemed upset. You eventually noticed he was sulking about not being invited to the wedding celebration after the fighting was over. He told you he'd never attended a wedding before. You would have loved to have him there. So you did the best you could do, considering the celebration was already over: You put on a slow song and asked the fae prince for a dance. Malleus looked at you surprised and then smiled, taking your hand and beginning to dance with you. It was a slow dance that paid no mind to being perfect. You'd eventually rest your head on his chest, listening to his heartbeat. He wrapped his arms around you, finally being able to experience the embrace he had longed for. He gently held the back of your head with his hand. You don't know how long you remained like this. Several songs had passed in the meantime but neither of you wanted to let go. You started gently running your fingertips up and down Malleus' back and he let out a sigh, pulling you closer to him. Your embrace only ended with Lilia knocking on the door. But that was the day you decided you couldn't stay silent any longer. You needed to tell him. You wanted him to know how much you loved him.