Pairings: Gaius x F! Robin
Timeline: Modern AU
Warnings: Fluff ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Disclaimer: I don't own Fire Emblem: Awakening
Authors Note: I was in the mood for some silly fluff. This is a chaptered story but it honestly won't be that long… Enjoy!
"A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same."
~ Elbert Hubbard
~x~
Friday, 2:30 PM
It's official. Robin's day couldn't possibly get worse unless a tornado ripped through the city and killed everyone. Okay, maybe she's over-exaggerating, but in her defense, she has a right. Robin sponged away red paint residue off her shirt with a damp paper towel in the girls' bathroom, seething.
Did she deserve to be shoved into locker and to have paint thrown on her for the simple reason that she's friends with Chrom? Not just Chrom but a bunch of other 'popular' boys that she's known since she was six? Robin sure as hell didn't think so.
Their beloved Chrom had a girlfriend. So why was Robin assaulted? The girls claimed that Sumia didn't "tarnish" Chrom's reputation as their relationship was "pure". Whereas Robin was apparently some vindictive harlot with nothing better to do than "seduce" Chrom. And those sociopathic females – if she could even call them that – had the audacity to drench her in paint when she defended herself.
Robin let off a stream of curses that would make Sailors cover their ears and irately hurled the paper towel ball into the garbage. This would be the reason why Robin's best friends were guys.
"Oh my… Robin what happened?" Olivia gasped. Robin turned on her heel and deflated against the counter top. Correction. If Robin was being completely honest, she would admit that Olivia is probably her best friend.
Robin grimaced, "It's not noticeable, right?" The entire front of Robin's knee length pleated blue skirt was covered in paint. Her grey vest and blazer also suffered varying degrees of a bloody makeover. Her father would probably kill her for the amount of money dry cleaning will cost.
Olivia appraised her once again. "Do you have a spare uniform?" Robin sighed and nodded. High school girls were psychotic. "What happened?"
"Oh those crazy girls in my Chemistry class ambushed me near the cafeteria. They demanded I stop trying to 'sleep' with Chrom and that I never speak to him again. When I refused, they attacked me," Robin said. She gave a shrug and Olivia went to hug her.
"But Chrom has Sumia," Olivia protested. The pink haired girl tried not to glance down at Robin's stained frontal area. Robin guessed it was doubtless a challenge considering how bad it was.
Robin laughed, her anger completely vanishing thanks to Olivia's cheery disposition. "That's what I said!" Olivia shook her head and offered to run and grab Robin's uniform.
The chestnut haired teen refused. "You'd just be adding fuel to the fire. I'll go get it." Olivia nodded. The paint didn't bother Robin… no what bothered her was the entitlement those girls thought they had when it came to controlling Chrom's friends.
Stepping into the hallway, nearly empty except for a few loitering students, Robin made her way to her locker. Olivia had already said her goodbye after forcing Robin to swear she would text her once she changed and was okay.
"Woah, Bubbles, what happened? Did you get confronted by a giant tomato monster or something?" As if materializing out of thin air – AKA the boys bathroom – Gaius blocked Robin's path.
She rolled her eyes but chuckled nevertheless. "If only. No, Chrom's psycho fangirls attacked me in the hallway and threw paint on me thanks to my refusal of ending my friendship with Chrom."
Gaius' dark green eyes widened in amusement, "You don't say." She could hear the clink of his lollipop rolling around in his mouth. She wasn't sure even to this day where he stored all of his candy. "I insist on escorting you to wherever it is you're going."
"I insist you escort yourself to class, Gaius. When was the last time you went? September?" she retorted. She had a sinking suspicion a blush was creeping up her neck. Was it hot in here or was it just her?
Gaius scoffed and handed her a truffle without another word. Robin shoved it in her mouth and chewed on it with her eyes glued to the floor. Gaius strolled along next to her, whistling a jolly tone which both provoked and entertained her. Why was it that she couldn't say no to the ginger haired teen? He infuriated her to no end and yet she would almost consider him her best friend… if Chrom and Olivia didn't hold that position.
Dammit her head hurt already and his unique scent – as if he bathed in liquid candy every night – was giving her a headache. Robin shoved him. Gaius stumbled, squinted at her and then smirked. "Oh ho is that how you want to play it?" He jostled her in return, although far more playfully than she had. It continued until they reached Robin's locker.
~x~
Saturday, 7:01
"ROBIIIIIIIIIIN!" Chrom shrieked for the third time after her character snuck up behind his and killed him. Robin giggled madly and danced her character away from certain death at the hands of Chrom. He'd given up repeatedly saying 'dude' every time she even got remotely close to his character and settled for her name for a larger affect.
Saturday nights were relatively the same for Robin. She would leave her house at about one in the afternoon to walk down the street to Gaius' house. Sometimes they would just stay at his house with a bucket of chocolate covered popcorn and a pile of B horror flicks; most of the time however, they would drive over to Chrom's in Gaius' truck around six for video game tournaments and pizza. Sleeping over at either Chrom or Gaius' house wasn't really a big deal for Robin, either. She's practically lived at their homes since she was seven.
Although as of late, it's been about a month since Robin and Gaius actually went to game night. She truthfully felt guilty about neglecting Chrom. Gaius had just found a huge stock pile of shitty horror movies and staying up into the wee hours with him was more appealing than gaming with Chrom.
The current rotation on the Xbox was Robin, Chrom, Vaike and Lon'Qu. Robin annihilated as per usual while her other three friends battled for second. Chrom button mashed, Vaike screamed curses every few seconds and Lon'Qu glared lasers at the screen.
Time ran out on the level with Robin as the winner and Lon'Qu trailing close behind at second. Chrom was dead last.
"Why do I bother inviting you over?" he complained. Robin smiled her best shit eating grin and Chrom narrowed his eyes. He wrapped his arm around her neck and gave her a nuggy. Robin howled with laughter and kicked him in the shin in her attempt to escape. He released her and she landed in Lon'Qu's lap. Chrom laughed.
Lon'Qu didn't even notice. Robin's eyebrows drew together as she carefully moved off the dark haired boy. If a girl came even within a foot of him intentionally or not, he would straighten up and all but turn into a statue. Robin handed her controller to Henry.
"Hehehehe," Henry chortled and settled into what used to be Robin's seat. Sometimes it still amazed her that Henry was dating Olivia. Whenever they played COD at Henry's house and Olivia was there, Henry would repeatedly shoot corpses and Olivia could barely be convinced to play. Olivia did balance Henry's crazy well, if anything. Robin was happy for them regardless.
Robin moved to a stool behind the couch to watch and wait for her turn. Gaius plunked down next to her, offering her a lollipop. Robin accepted the treat. Gaius hooted and hollered along with the guys, occasionally flipping the bird at Vaike for one of his brilliant comments.
Frederick was a button masher like Chrom and watching the two of them battle in COD was one of Robin's thrills in life. Henry's forefinger remained clutched against the right trigger. He shot nothing and everything while laughing manically.
If she spoke generally, she was good friends with all the boys in room. Sometimes even more of Chrom's football buddies would be there – not that Robin minded – but she didn't really get along with the rest of them.
"Yo, Robin," Vaike drawled, scooting his stool closer to hers. "Teach wants to know when you'll get yourself a girlfriend."
Robin nearly choked on her lollipop. Gaius dissolved into laughter, falling off his stool and basically rolled around the floor. The other four were two busy killing each other in COD to catch Vaike's question. "Excuse me?"
Vaike blinked innocently, "You like girls don't you?" Robin stared. She stared at him for so long it probably morphed into a glare. She briefly wondered if it was possible to blow someone's head up with her mind. Okay so she didn't have a boyfriend but did that automatically make her a lesbian? Vaike flinched under her livid glare.
"I do not!" Robin hissed. Most of her friends had significant others, whatever, but that didn't mean she needed someone, right? Only Gaius and Lon'Qu were single aside from her. Lon'Qu was terrified of women – though Robin's suspicion of him liking Chrom's younger sister might not be wrong – and Gaius has had his fair share of girlfriends in the past.
The blonde smirked. "Oh, I see how it is." Vaike left it at that and wrenched his phone from his pocket to probably text Miriel. How he ended up dating such an intelligent girl still baffled Robin.
Robin twisted to kick Gaius' leg. He's still laughing. Rosy from embarrassment, she almost could not accept he still found her ill-fated situation funny. "Shut up…"
Gaius straightened, wiping imaginary tears from his eyes. "Bubbles… oh man, what a sweet victory!"
She glared at him, "What's that supposed to mean?"
He winked. "You'll understand when you're older." Robin swore to the Holy Heavens if Gaius wasn't her friend she probably would have killed him right then and there.
"Okay you two, I don't know what happened during my session of ass kicking but it's your guys' turn," Chrom intervened, somewhat bewildered by their exchange. Robin snatched the controller from Chrom's hands. He held his arms up in surrender.
Robin crushed the lollipop between her teeth and snarled, "You're going down."
Gaius paled a tad. He accepted his own controller and leapt over the couch to sit down. Purely for her own delight, she sat next to Gaius and gave him another look. He gulped.
The mission began. Frederick continued button mashing and Henry kept sniping his opponents from the trees. Robin made it her personal mission to hunt down Gaius. An endless cycle of them killing the other in revenge for being killed marked the pace of the match.
Something kept itching at the back of her fury clouded mind. The lack of reaction from Lon'Qu when she fell on him, Chrom's constant use of dude and Vaike's random declaration; no it couldn't have meant what she thought it did. Oh Gods… it did. They saw her as a boy.
She peeked at Gaius out of the corner of her eye. He couldn't see her as a guy either, right? She's slept in his be—damn he undoubtedly did. Why did her heart plummet when she made up her mind about his feelings for her?
Robin's fingers fumbled. Her eyes widened when the controller slipped from her hands. Gaius smirked at her – that dammed white lollipop stick hanging out of the corner of his mouth – and killed her character. The round ended. She'd lost.
Vaike seized the controller which was left abandoned on Robin's lap. He collapsed to the ground in front of her when he grasped she wasn't moving. Robin's mind was in shambles.
Her face steamed like a tea-pot once it was done boiling. She's never felt quite so hot or red in her life. Her lips flap in a fleeting attempt to speak.
Gaius observed her, "Are you feeling okay, Bubbles? You always win when we play COD even if you want to kill me; figuratively of course. Cat got your tongue?"
She's in love with him. Answering him was out of the question. She just wanted to stitch her lips together so she'd never have to answer his question. Robin loved him. Loved. WHEN DID IT HAPPEN?
And she was just one of the boys. Oh what's a girl to do?
Uhhh, sorry if Robin's characterization is kind of sporadic. But I mean, I feel like it's understandable. She's used to acting and being one of the boys and suddenly she's hit with all these confusing emotions. So hopefully our little tomboy Robin will get our beloved thief (who is not a thief in this story?) in the end. Stay tuned! (This pairing is destroying my life °(ಗдಗ。)°. )
~Emerald~
