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Music is Life >> Groot X Reader

Title: Music is Life

Paring: Groot X Reader

Warnings: none. You're just chilling with a tree

Spoilers: none. Just listen to some 80's music and see Guardians of The Galaxy if you're unsure about it.

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You had been around Peter Quill and the gang in space for a while, and got to know everyone on board pretty well, and got on with them all. Especially Groot, the tree man. He'd grown back into the huge tree guy he had been before since the throw down with Ronan, and hadn't lost any of his cute.

You were snuggling with a blanket in the deck of the ship with the earphones of Peter's cassette in your ears - he didn't know it but you 'borrowed' his device often - when the talking, walking tree came in.

"I am Groot," you heard through the headphones, and slid them from your face with a grin. Of all the crew on Quill's ship, Groot was your favourite. And, like Rocket, you were able to understand what he was saying.

"It's a music player," you explained, "from Earth."

Groot lowered himself to sit beside you, and a frown appeared on his face. "I am Groot," he intoned.

"Music is...music is sounds put in a way to make it nice to hear, to different people." You explained.

"I am Groot." he nodded.

"Sure, you can hear some," you grinned. "But don't tell Quill. It's his."

You lifted the headphones to his head, and guided the band over the holes he had as ears. You could hear the faint thrum of the beat of the 1980's music in the air.

"I am Groot..."

You took the buds from his head, and nodded. "You can dance to music too, you know," you added, remembering the way you had seen him trick Drax while he grew taller post Ronan. "Sway and stuff, bop maybe."

"I am Groot!" you heard the talking tree proclaim, standing, and nodding with a smile, you tugged the plug for the phones out and let the music play aloud. You dropped the blanket and rose to dance with Groot, not properly, though. You waved your limbs awkwardly like a squid, or, Groot, and the two of you bobbed like trees in the wind.

"I am Groot." He confirmed, and you laughed.

"Guys..." You heard Quill's voice nearing in the ship, "you'd better not be touching my stuff!"

You stopped mid dance move and almost pounced on the player to make the music stop. As Peter came in, you realised you and Groot were both awkwardly staring at him.

"Well? Were you?" he asked.

"I am Groot," he attested.

"Nope," you grinned like the cat in Wonderland and quickly covered the cassette player and headphones with the blanket. "Not us."

"Huh," he sighed, frowning, turning away. Leaving you and Groot silently chuckling.