Hamilton One-Shots

Lessons (Pianist!Hercules Mulligan x Reader)

Prompts - "Teach me how to play?" "Sorry, I thought I was alone..."

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You peeked around the corner of the door frame, glancing at the ivory keys of the piano in the relatively small room. You and the hamilsquad were hanging out at Hercules' place for the day and you had come inside for a moment to get something to drink. While walking throughout the house you had come across the room that you were currently looking into that held a gorgeous grand piano.

You had always known that Hercules played, but you had never seen or heard him play. You had thought to yourself many times to ask him to play something for you but it seemed that a lot of the time he was around you began to get nervous and flustered. You couldn't deny it, you thought the man was pretty cute.

Looking around the house and seeing no one was there, you thought to yourself that it couldn't do much harm to try to play something for just a few seconds. Could it?

You stepped into the silent room, staring at the piano that sat in the center of the room. Sliding into the chair, you looked at the papers that stood against the wood. There were a few sheets of music that you couldn't understand in the slightest, notes littered all over the sheet. Your mouth nearly fell open, how could anyone understand what this thing meant? You made a mental note to ask Hercules about it later.

You shifted your gaze to the keys that your delicate fingers hovered over. You had never had any music lessons or any idea how to play any instrument. Pressing a few of the keys all at once, you cringed at the noise it made and as you pulled your hands back towards you, you could hear some stifled laughter from behind you.

Your cheeks immediately began heating up as you quickly spun around, glaring at the person who was behind you. It was none other than Hercules Mulligan, who seemed to be quite enjoying watching you mess up.

"How long have you been there?" You asked, a bit annoyed.

The male in front of you grinned before responding. "Around..." He paused. "The entire time." Your cheeks began to glow brighter at his comment and you looked at the ground sheepishly. "Sorry, I thought I was alone..."

Herc's grin only grew as he strode towards you, sitting by your side. Without breaking eye contact with you, he gingerly placed his fingers over a few keys and you listened as a blissful noise came out. Your eyes widened as he began playing without budging his eyes away from yours.

He leaned towards you a little, smirking. "Do you like it?" He inquired as he continued with his song. You nodded with a smile in response and his smirk grew once again.

"How long have you been playing?" You asked. "You're absolutely amazing."

"Almost my whole life, and I'm not that great," He denied. "For how long I've been playing, I should be a lot better."

"Well," You began, "I think that your playing is stunning. Do you think you could teach me how to play?" You asked, hopeful.

Hercules amusedly smiled, "I can try. Here." He reached for your hands and you could almost feel your face catch on fire at the sudden contact. He hovered them over the keys he was using earlier. "Place your fingers here, here, and here." He said, placing one finger onto a key each time he said 'here'.

"O-okay." You silently cursed yourself for stuttering.

"Nervous?" Herc inquired with a raised eyebrow. "Your face is awfully red."

"S-shut up." He just rolled his eyes and gripped your hands tighter.

As he guided your hands across the ivory keys, you couldn't help but stare at Hercules. He looked so content playing the instrument and teaching you how to play. Lost in your staring, you didn't notice as he began looking at you weirdly.

"Y/N? You okay? You're staring at me."

You felt a blush begin to crawl all over your face and your gaze immediately shot down to the floor. "Sorry..." You muttered.

He smirked once again. "It's fine, now, can you remember what I just told you?"

"Um-" You looked at where both of your hands were, then back up to Hercules. You grinned sheepishly. "Not in the slightest... I was too busy admiring you." You said, mumbling the last part.

Herc raised an eyebrow. "What was that last part?"

Shit.

"U-Um, nothing... I, uh, just said 'not in the slightest'" You stuttered out defensively.

"Is that true?" You nodded, swallowing hard. "Because I believe that I heard something about you admiring me." He began shifting forwards until you could feel his hot breath hovering over your lips. You said nothing as you stared deep into his eyes, your mind going crazy with thoughts.

Summoning all of your courage, you raised your face to meet your lips with Hercules'. His soft lips moved in sync with yours, kissing you sweetly. You sat there for a few seconds before pulling away with a shy smile on your face. You wished that it could have lasted longer but you felt a bit guilty for doing it. Although he looked slightly surprised, there was a sly grin plastered onto his face.

"Sorry about that..." You murmured, avoiding his eyes.

Hercules chuckled. "Nothing to be sorry about, in fact, I wouldn't mind if you did it again." It was your turn to grin and the gap between you was closed once again, your lips pressed tightly together.

A loud bang was heard along with the voices of Alexander, John, and Lafayette calling out yours and Hercules' names. Herc pulled away and you pouted your bottom lip out with saddened puppy eyes as the three men burst into the room with identical smirks plastered onto their faces.

"What's been going on in here?" Alex asked, peeking into the room.

Hercules rolled his eyes. "Nothing, we were just about to leave, come on Y/N."

"Sure you were, stop flirting and get back out here."

Both you and Hercules stood and began walking out. Just before you left the room you felt Herc lean down next to your ear, whispering "Don't worry, I'll give you more lessons."