I ship this too much.
Two hot characters together? Yes please.

Naib's POV

I watch as Eli play with his owl from the other side of the room.

He looks so cute when his owl flies around him and he looks up with that hecka cute smile of his....

Oh my god Naib control yourself!

I groan and hit my head on the table. Esther who was beside me reading jumped a bit and looked at me. "You're red again, Naib. Just go over there and tell him," she says while flipping a page.

I look at her like she's crazy. "Are you serious? I can't just go there like that and confess!" I burts.

"Like what should I do? Just whip out the 'hey I'm gay and I like you' sentence? That's just weird!" I add.

Esther giggles and close her book. "You're being over dramatic, Naib. It's not like he's gonna bite. I mean, his owl does but it's not like it's gonna attack you," she assures. I glare at the musician. Way to comfort me, best friend.

She giggles and picks up her book, putting it between her arm and waist. "Just be yourself, Naib," she reminds, leaving me as she walks over to Tracy.

I sigh and look back at where the seer was, only to find him not there.

I quickly start scanning the room to where he was. Where did he go? Did he seriously just left me hanging? I wasn't done staring at him! Oh my fu—

A tap on my shoulder made me look at my side, and what I saw was a beautiful human being..............'s owl. The owl was perched on my shoulder, it's claws digging through my clothed skin.

I wince but dismissed the pain when Eli sat beside me. I blush and look away. The owl hooted and flied back to it's owner, perching on Eli's shoulder and pecking his cloak.

"Good day, Naib," he greets, petting the bird to acknowledge it's existence. I let out a groan and cover half of my face with my hand.

He chuckles and pulls out a chessboard from below the table. "Care to have a fair game and chat with me?" he asks. I clear my throat and nod.

We set up the pieces, him being white and me being black.

He moved his pawn, which I copied. Back in the days, we would play chess with the other Gurkha's so I can't say I'm bad at it.

"So Naib...." he says, starting a conversation as he moves another piece. "Hmmm?" I reply, taking my turn.

"I have heard from a cute little birdy that... you have feelings for me?"

I froze. I look at where Tracy and Esther were and noticed they were giggling while looking at us. I glare at the black haired girl. She winks at me and looked away. I sigh as I look down after doing a turn.

I remained quiet, not noticing that the man in front of me was getting worried and uncomfortable "Naib? Is everything alright? You know I don't like it when you suddenly turn quiet over something I say," he whimpers, making me blush of the cuteness. He moves a piece and captured my pawn. "All I was asking if it was true. Sorry if it caught you off guard."

I click my tongue and captured his horse. He made his move while still looking at me "You wouldn't understand," I mumble, holding onto a chess piece.

"I will understand," he replies, placing his hand on top of my hand that was currently still holding the piece.

I blush and look away. "No you won't," I retort, moving the piece and making his hand fall off.

As I pull my hand away, he grabs it and pulls it close to his..... h-h-heart.

"Then help me understand it more," he says. I felt his heartbeat, making me blush 2x more worse. He chuckles and grabs my face. I lean onto his touch unintentionally.

I heard him chuckle again "No wonder Jack used to like you. You're so cute~" he teases and leans over the table so that our foreheads would touch. He suddenly kissed my forehead, my nose, my cheeks, and my jaw. I heard squeals when he was aimimg for my lips.

W-wait! I did not give consent to this!

I exploded into deep red colors and quickly pushed him away, standing up and facepalming to cover up my face.

"W-W-WHAT ARE YOU DOING, ELI!" I screech. Good thing there was only four people here or we would have been dead.

He laughs and stands up. He walks towards me and holds my face. "Aww, I'm sorry. I was just trying to show you how I feel about you," he whispers, quickly stealing a kiss and running away, his owl following behind.

I stood there frozen and in shock.

When the gears on my hand started working, I quickly grab my hair and pulled myself down. "GODDAMMIT ELI!" I shout as I hear laughing behind me.

I don't know if I should thank Esther or not.
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Y'all already know I ship this XD.

I need ideas for a summer special. Suggest activities, scenarios, etc. pleaaase I wanna give you guys quality chapters :(((