Epiphany. [Guren Ichinose x Reader] ➥ Book 2. [Semi-hiatus]

Epiphany ~ Chapter 22, Part 2.

-Narrator-
Last night when Guren bumped into Lilith in the hallway, he sighed as he laid eyes on the intoxicated girl who had just bumped into him,

"Oh, Master Guren! Hi!!!" She waved, all sprawled out on the floor,

"Have you been drinking?" He looked down at her, it would be useless offering her a hand to help her up as she'd just fall and take him with her, so instead he hoisted her onto his shoulder,

"Yes! I've been drinking plenty of water and now I need to pee, so could you let me down? Pretty please!"

"Water my ass, you reek of alcohol. I'll take you to your room, so use the toilet there."

She nodded in cooperation, and fell limp,

"What the hell? Are you sleeping?" Guren entered her room,

She rose her head immediately, "No, silly! It's actually pretty comfy up here!"

"Well, rides over." He put her down on her feet and she looked like she was about to crumple to the floor, so he had to help her steady herself,

"I'm going!" He announced, Lilith doesn't usually drink by herself, so he had to check to see if Naomi was still alive, considering how she was the worse drinker of the two; and the whole household knew this,

"No! Wait! I need to tell you something, really important." She drawled, entering the bathroom,

"Tell me tomorrow."

"No!" She screamed, angrily poking her head from behind the door, pointing at him, "We both know I won't remember any of this tomorrow." She argued, making her first rational point since Guren first found her on the floor,

"Jesus Christ, woman." He muttered, leaning against the door and waiting for her to finish her business,

When she finally came out, Guren cocked his head to the side, "What's up?"

Lilith got into her bed, tucking herself in before signalling for Guren to come closer,

He sighed rolling his eyes before complying and walking over to stand beside her bed, "What is it?" His arms were folded in front of his chest as he slowly grew more impatient,

Lilith looked around, before signalling for him to get even closer, Guren gave her a long threatening stare, before sitting on her bed,

"Don't tell me to get any closer or I'm leaving without you telling me."

She ignored him, "Listen- you cannot tell anyone, my life will be in danger if you do."

"What is it? Why is your life in danger?" He was concerned for a second,

"Ok." She giggled excitedly and Guren was convinced that whatever she was going to tell him wasn't going to be as life threatening as he initially thought, "Y/N wants to have kids." She childishly clasped her mouth with both her hands as if to silence herself,

He sheepishly cocked his head to the side, "...and why are you telling me this?" He wasn't sure about how he felt with this not coming from you yourself,

"She said some bullshit about being shy and all," she rolled her eyes, dismissively waving her hand, "But it's something she's thought about since Nico was here."

He couldn't help but smile a bit, "Right...and why is this so life threatening to you?"

"She said she'd kill me if I told you, and to be honest, I've already said too much." She shivered,

"She won't kill you," He shook his head, "Anyway get some sleep, I want you guys to be awake for tomorrow." He said as he stood up,

"Ooh, are we doing something fun tomorrow?"

"It probably won't be fun for you." He deadpanned,

"Ah, so mean..." she yelled in a pout, Guren shook his head at the childish reaction before she yelled out something else, "You better get busy tonight, I want to babysit again!"

He choked, hastily shutting her door so the others couldn't hear what else she had to say,

Next was Naomi's room, "Naomi, you haven't got alcohol poisoning have you?" He knocked before entering, only to find not just her passed out on the bedroom floor but also Y/N.

He groaned, but wasn't as surprised as he thought he would be, regardless he shook his head and lifted Naomi to put her onto her bed, which she'd conveniently fell asleep right next to;

The thing about Naomi, however was that every interaction with her was difficult, regardless of whether she was conscious or not, as she felt herself being lifted off the floor she raised her leg, inches away from kicking Guren on the head,

"Keep it up, and I'm dropping you drunk or not." He threatened,

"Oh, it's just you?" Her eyes opened at slits, "Then I DEFINITELY wanna hit you." She raised her voice, aggressively throwing her arms out, luckily she was clumsy enough to miss,

"Hit me later." He tossed her down on the bed, to which she stretched and resumed sleeping, before he turned to you on the floor,

"I thought you'd be on your best behaviour?" He picked you up, princess style as he finally made his way to your bedroom, earning a groan from you, as you opened one eye to see who it was,

"Hm? Are you kidnapping me?" You questioned before shutting it again,

"Kidnapping?" Guren repeated in slight confusion,

"Mhm." You lazily nodded, "But I'd be lying if I said you weren't the hottest kidnapper I've ever seen." You admitted, as he sat down on your bed with you still in his arms,

"Oh, you mean I'm not your first?" He flatly rolled his eyes, while biting back his smile at the compliment, "Besides, shouldn't you be concerned that you're getting kidnapped?"

"Shut up, Guren." You suddenly snaked your arms to his shoulders, a newfound urge to greet his soft lips with your own overtook you as you found yourself carelessly leaning in to him,

He smiled at your attempt as his own arms wrapped around your waist, but instead of meeting your lips as you'd expected, he flipped you onto your back, "I'd rather makeout with you when you're sober, so get some sleep, princess." He got up, tucking you in as you glared at him,

"Fine, I'd rather sleep than look at you anyway." You shot a petty retort before turning on your side so that you were facing away from him, however considering your intoxicated state he didn't expect you to fall asleep as quickly as you did.

He gently swiped a few stray hairs away from your face, looking down at your calm sleeping face; as much as he wanted to have a child with you, he couldn't help but wonder if it was safe enough to do so at such a time as this. Instead he internally decided that he'd leave it up to you to decide when you want to tell him.
————————————————————A/N: Looks like my unofficial official update day is Sunday 🤩