| fluff | fem!reader | rebekah mikaelson/reader | vampira | posted on wattpad | unsolicited | mention of jelly beans |
Spring was her favorite time, the bright sun, the loose clothes, flowery dresses, and the scent of roses in the air, it was enormous perfection.
When you became a vampire in the eighties, you were seventeen and met a knowledgeable vampire at a school dance.
You should hate high school, however, being transformed by a man who just wanted a hobby opened new doors to your life, gave you pleasures you could never describe.
And even if you wanted to return to your human life, you knew that wasn't possible, and even if it was, you had already gotten used to what it was.
One of the biggest changes was your taste, drinking blood was a great difficulty that you had to deal with alone, learning to control yourself at night, avoiding taking a life as much as possible.
You stopped being a night vampire almost ten years later, when you saved a witch, who decided to give you a daylight ring, something most wouldn't do.
Being blessed with sunlight after years brought a new shine to your life, new reasons to continue no matter how silly it may seem.
You've also gone back to testing new deadly meals, searching for something that doesn't taste so "dead" to your sophisticated palate, and you can't find anything better than jelly beans.
It was strange, you remembered eating when you were still human, but you never paid full attention at the time.
But as a vampire, you experienced it first in Florida, on a spring day with the sun on your skin protected by the ring of light.
They were a specific type, not the hard-shelled ones that stick to your teeth and make you bored of chewing, but the soft ones with sugar.
The flavors vary, the green one was a little sour for you, not good enough, the orange one seemed sweet, almost like paper, the love you was almost like the green one, however, its sourness was very little and the taste was cloying and the purple one seemed very sweet.
His only salvation had always been the red, strawberry jelly bean with little sugar crystals surrounding it, the flavor exploding on his sensitive palate.
It wasn't too sweet, nor without sweet, fortunately it didn't taste like paper and even in so many decades it never became cloying.
You would easily say that red jelly beans were your salvation, the only thing you considered good enough, the only sweet you loved and that went beyond any salty food you didn't despise.
Kol Mikaelson made jokes about your taste, he used to say that red jelly beans couldn't hold a candle to green ones, and you always countered by saying that he only thought that because you were as acidic as he was.
" Don't move too much. " Hope's childish voice scolded her and out of the corner of your eye, you could see Klaus give a smile, proud of his daughter.
" Yes, ma'am. " you replied, straightening your posture one last time.
The ten year old's small hands worked on her hair, surprisingly making a braid that most wouldn't be able to do, but Hope was always way beyond her time.
You were the smartest child you had met in decades, which without meaning to be presumptuous reminded her of yourself as a child.
Your mother used to say that you could become president without any effort, and your father always said that he was tremendously proud of you and your grades, even when he was drunk.
It was strange that he could always be so affectionate with you, drunk or not, when with your mother he always attacked you every time he drank.
You blinked a little faster, trying to push away the thoughts of the people who are gone, regardless of your relationship with your parents, you would miss them forever.
You were in the garden of the Mikaelson Mansion, a remote part of the city, where normally the originals were solving problems, however, on weekends like those they took time off to spend time with family.
you had met Elijah before all of them and when you learned what he was your initial thought was that his life had come to an end, even though the connection they had was undeniable.
It wasn't romantic at all, but it was totally superior to that, and as time passed you met Klaus when Elijah called you, seeking help to protect Hope.
You weren't that old or very powerful a vampire, but you could never deny a friend's request, especially to protect a child.
Even though initially Klaus didn't look favorably on her and you can't help but imagine that he would easily have a dagger made for you, avoiding having to kill her the conventional way, they eventually become friends.
It was no different with Rebekah, you met her when she arrived in the city, and they both got along absurdly well, almost as if they had known each other for years.
" You better listen, you don't want to ruin my painting, love. " stated the hybrid and you frowned looking at him.
"It's telling us? " ́ asked and he gave a smile.
"But of course, I have a perfect sunset behind you, and my daughter and my best friend are at an exceptional angle, I wouldn't miss that for anything. " he replied, and you smiled.
"Okay, but I want image rights." he replied jokingly, and Hope smiled.
" Me too. " the child said and Klaus made an offended face.
" My goodness, this is a plot. " he stated in disbelief.
" You see, brother, at some point in a thousand years someone would have to surpass you. " said Elijah, going down the porch steps, so he could admire both the girls and his brother's painting. "This is magnificent.
" Thank you, at least someone is giving me some support. " stated the hybrid and you laughed, rolling your eyes.
You turned your attention to the front, where Rebekah was watering some plants with the help of a ruler, you were wearing light clothes, a white tank top with no wrinkles and dark fabric pants, boots on your feet that fortunately weren't damaging the lawn.
You turned your attention to the different types of roses, while you felt your hair being touched by Hope, who from time to time asked you to hold a strand of hair.
You can never be more content with your life, however, the long period you sat on the lawn in Hope's care and being painted by Klaus next to the child and the magnificent sunset, you had to admit needing sugar in your stomach. blood.
Their spectacular red jelly beans.
The vampire searched the house's closets with her eyes wide open, perhaps things weren't going as planned.
How could a perfect weekend not have red jelly beans?
You closed a closet door catching a glimpse of your reflection in the mirror, the perfect braid in your light hair and the greenish eyes showing your disbelief.
The vampire went to the room looking at each jar of sweets, unfortunately they were all the ones Hope used to eat and not you.
Maybe you should start cutting out some sugar, because consuming all the jelly beans you brought on a Saturday was absurd.
Well, it wasn't entirely your fault, you had shared most of it with Hope, hiding it from Hayley's eyes, who always talked about sweets before main meals.
You were two big jellybean traffickers.
" Auntie, what are you doing? " Hope asked, rubbing her eyes after waking up in the middle of the night.
The girl had gone to sleep a few hours ago, and given that you normally didn't sleep due to your vampire ability, you and the majority of the house were still awake.
" The end of the world, my dear. " you replied, approaching the little girl and placing a kiss on her cheek. " But don't worry about that, I'll solve everything myself. " you stated and the child nodded.
"Are you sure?" he asked, his voice a little groggy with sleep.
" Yes, little angel. " he assured, picking up Hope, who laid her head on his shoulder, yawning. "Now, you will go back to bed, and when you wake up, auntie will make your favorite pancakes.
"With blueberries?" She asked as you opened the door to the child's room, which was next to Hayley Marshall's.
"Exactly," she agreed, placing the child on the bed. " Sweet dreams, sweetheart. " you whispered, kissing the little girl's forehead.
"Good night, auntie." Hope whispered, taking a few seconds to fall asleep under the gaze of the vampire who was smiling broadly.
"You're a light sleeper." whispered Rebekah, at the door and the vampire agreed, leaving the room in silent steps, leaving the door open.
" I think you heard me searching the house. " confessed the vampire.
" It's hard for someone not to hear it. " joked Rebekah. " Kol said you were about to start World War III.
" If I go without my candy for a long time, yes. " you said, and the original was sure that it was easily possible.
Rebekah knew that without the little reds you liked you could easily become someone else, you were a faithful servant of the jelly beans, and without you it would be as if your kingdom had collapsed.
Sometimes it seemed like you loved treats more than anyone else.
"You, a little wine will help you." suggested the vampire, giving him her arm.
You looked at her thoughtfully and made a childish pout that made the original smile.
Giving in, you linked your arm through Rebekah's, returning to the kitchen.
Rebekah Mikaelson didn't sleep all night, just like you, you spent the night in front of the TV, drinking wine and criticizing the films that were showing.
Your criticisms border on professional and if you were one of the producers of the films, you would dare to say that you would cry over what was said by your friend.
Even years ago the word sounded strange, because even though I was always so open to you, being by your side whenever I needed you, listening to you, the feeling of friendship never belonged to heart of the original.
Almost eleven years, that was how long you had known her, much less than your brother Elijah, and the same amount as Kol or Klaus, however, you knew that her feelings for you were totally different from theirs.
Eleven years was too long, Klaus always said you never did anything slowly, not even falling in love, he judged you for that, but almost eleven years had passed and you were sure you were in love, but those words never left your mouth .
Maybe it was the years of love that, true to you, weren't always, that brought more problems to your life than you could count and it was undeniable how much it shook you.
Pretending a life changed by going to schools and crashing dances, acting as if it belonged to him when that wasn't the truth.
Worldly life didn't matter so much now, you wanted to have what was taken from you back, but with your family here you were at peace and it was inevitable that you wanted it to last forever.
And in a way it would last.
You were preparing your morning coffee using Rebekah left the house, leaving a warning to your brothers that it wouldn't be long.
New Orleans wasn't far away, and when you arrived in the city you knew the exact places you needed to go to get what you wanted.
you would try differently this time, but you wouldn't deny it any longer.
He had no problem falling in love quickly, better than not loving at all.
You twirled a strand of your golden hair around your finger as you analyzed the painting, your gaze wandering over each detail, reinforcing an expression of suspense and criticism.
" If you keep making all this suspense, I will compel you to tell the truth. " Klaus stated from the other side of the studio, you smiled, not knowing for sure if it was in fact just a joke.
" I took vervain. " he replied, but it wasn't true and from the look Klaus gave you you knew he knew that.
You didn't take vervain, you never did, it was your vote of confidence in them at the beginning, and that extended until now, and even with the original hybrid's provocations you knew that none of them would ever compel you.
" I thought it was amazing, daddy. " Hope stated, and Klaus smiled happily, kissing the top of the child's head.
" Me too, it was amazing, and you know how critical I can be. " you replied and Klaus nodded satisfied.
"Of course, I've seen you say things that would cause films to be banned from the catalogue." he replied and the girl smiled, winking at you.
You left Hope with Klaus, who shows you other old paintings, kept in the residence for a few years.
You walked through the corridors humming a song, until you arrived in the room where Kol was centered between the TV, not so focused on the program that was playing.
"Did you happen to see Rebekah?" he asked, missing the vampire some time ago who, according to Elijah, had gone to the city, and the original turned his face towards you.
"You arrived just now, darling, you're outside." he replied. "Lollipop?" He offered, showing the lollipop he had taken from the ones Hope usually consumes.
"No, thank you." He thanked you, refusing the sweet that was sickening to you.
Kol knew this, and was teasing him about missing his adorable jelly beans.
you continued on your way, passing you through the kitchen, where you saw Elijah and Hayley working to make a blackberry pie, which looked delicious.
You stole one of the berries under the hybrid's gaze, who looked at you, forcing a playful "ugly" look, and you smiled happily, leaving the back door.
It was close to dusk again, and you couldn't be happier to witness a sunset again.
The greatest beauty of immortality for you was how many sunsets you could admire.
He saw Rebekah a few steps away, and walked towards the vampire sitting on the tree swing, the light wind ruffling the magnificent doctored strands, highlighting the immortal beauty even more.
Being an immortal, you would easily say that Rebekah was Aphrodite, but it would be an exaggeration to say that the Goddess was as beautiful as you.
Rebekah Mikaelson was Aphrodite.
You sat next to the original, adjusting the flowery dress similar to the day before, and kept your gaze forward, watching the sky starting to take on a pinkish color, and a slight orange.
" Spring is coming to an end, that's a little depressing. " he said, looking at the vampire who smiled.
" At least the color of summer will make you a little happier. " Rebekah argued and you nodded knowing it was true.
Even though spring was your favorite, you loved all seasons, especially here when the sun was even brighter.
"You spent the day out, Elijah said he went to town." She said, paying attention to the original's eyes, which seemed to show some fear. " All good?
" I did something, at the time it seemed like a brilliant idea, but now that you're here I don't know if it can happen. " you he said, leaving the vampire confused.
"What do you mean by that, Bekah?" asked the young woman and the vampire turned her head, taking something that was hidden in the corner of the swing.
You stared at the glass jar with your mouth open, the material seeming to shine a little from the sun's rays reflecting off it, the intense red becoming worthy of all your admiration.
" I brought you a gift. " said the original, and you took the pot carefully, afraid that with all your emotion you could go overboard in terms of strength.
It was a glass jar of jelly beans, all as red as you like, with sugar crystals all over them, and the heart shape, which wasn't normally what you bought, however, it was still amazing.
You looked at Rebekah giving a wide smile.
"That's amazing, thank you." She said extremely excitedly, and pulled the vampire into a hug that she immediately returned.
" I knew you would like it. " you said, still hugging the young girl. "But it's just... I have to say something.
you turned away from you, waiting for the original to continue, you held the glass jar tightly and the original moistened her nervous lips.
" What is it? " you asked softly, eyes narrowing in confusion.
" You know me, I never do anything slowly, ever. For years I lived on the consequences of love, on the desire for a life that I couldn't have. " you said. "But when Hope and you arrived at the family practically together, I saw that I could have a normal life, even though I was still like that... You showed me a way to live like a mortal, even though I wasn't one, with your impeccable taste, reviews that would make film producers cry and an overwhelming addiction to red jelly beans.
You smiled, surprised by what was said to you.
" Well, you helped me with that too, every second you were by my side. " you said, feeling warm at heart being with you.
" It's not just that. " said the original. " For almost eleven years, I tried to mask my emotions, I tried to change them, to find a way to not get hurt, but I was always wrong. " you stated, and you felt the touch on your hand on the bottle.
"Do you mean to say that...
" I'm in love with you." shot Rebekah, interrupting the girl. "I know it's confusing, that we never had room for that, but I couldn't help it, I didn't plan to love you that way. But it's impossible for me not to love you, all your beauty, your passions, your way, everything in You enchant me, princess jellybean.
You froze over her words, your green eyes fixed on the woman who said she loved you, your heart so hot and racing, beating as if you were simply alive.
" You make me feel like a mortal. " you said, placing the jar of red jelly beans between you. " But that's not bad, because I've never been so alive.
" I think not having love in an immortal heart was the worst punishment anyone could face. " said Rebekah. " But having is the meaning of being alive.
You moistened your lips, feeling your immortal heart racing, alive with the unique feeling that passion could give you.
Rebekah brought her face closer to you, her gaze falling on your red lips and kissed you, in a unique, sweet and passionate way.
An explosion of feeling took over her body, you brought your hand to the original's face, upset that it took so many years to realize something like that, but grateful that this day had arrived.
You discovered that the flavor of Rebekah's red lip gloss was now your favorite candy too.
