💛 Like any Isekai story. You died, and then got transmigrated.
💛 But you got into Diasomnia. You might be thinking. 'What is wrong with getting into Diasomnia?'
💛 You're a Diurmal Fae.
💛 Knowing the Diasomnia yandere cast having three Nocturnal Fae characters, you are genuinely fucked.
💛 Though luckily enough you were able to hide it, for now at least. You were sent a year earlier than when the Story started. And just your luck, you were put into a four person room with Silver.
💛 Even though Silver is like 5'9, you were about 5'0. You need to understand, you were short asf. Lilia is only 5'2 and then here you are.
💛 You were able to avoid Silver as much as you could and it was quite easy. He was usually just sleeping or following and protecting Malleus.
💛 Though sometimes it is quite unavoidable.
"Tsk, I will show you to not bite off more than you could chew. Brat." A group of Savanaclaw Students were ganging up on you. How did you even get into this situation?
Well. It was Vargas's class, as a Diurmal Fae you were able to follow through quickly but you made a small mistake of accidentally just staying in the air while sitting on the broom and one of these Students in front of you had bumped into you and had cursed you out for just staying there.
So now, after classes, you were cornered at a stairwell. There were about 4 to 5 Savanaclaw Students, even if you were a Fae that was able to control magic a lot better, you can't take a 5V1. Not only that they're all buff people while you were literally around 5 feet tall.
It might as well be a death sentence for you, not even a week in before Riddle took over and you were about to get beaten up. Suddenly, an arm wrapped around your waist and you were pulled back against someone else. You noticed the green vest and it didn't ring a bell until you saw the unique 'Magic Pen' shaped like a sword.
The tip was pointed at the group of students. You don't know what's worse, the fact that you were about to get beat up or the fact that one of the cast characters were protecting you.
Everything in your head was ringing, "Shit, it's that guy's guard.", "We should get out quickly." Ah. You didn't even hear what Silver had said, or maybe it's just Silver's canon resting bitch face that scared them. And being THE Malleus Draconia's retainer….
"Are you okay?" Looking up you saw Silver, the evening sun cast a light glow on the side. He looked so beautiful…. "Y—yeah! Thanks and all, but I really, really need to go!" You pushed yourself away from him and ran towards the opposite direction. Even if you could feel Silver's lingering gaze on you.
💛 You realised that you had a problem. Clubs. You didn't want to join any of the clubs because that would mean having to interact with any of the cast. So you decided to create your own!
💛 Gardening Club, taking care of the environment and tending to various plants. As a Diurmal Fae, it was perfect for you. And you were able to receive help from the smaller fairies.
💛 A few handful of students decided to join your club. There weren't many students in your club but enough.
💛 But that brought another problem….
About a month after school started, someone unexpectedly came to you after classes. "Bonjour, are you perchance [Name]?" Looking back you saw Rook. Though it seems Vil hasn't sat him down to become the bob French you knew. But he was close enough.
You nodded, "…Uhm, yes." studying him. It's better to stay away from people like him. Especially from people with a Unique Magic like his. 'I see You' is the scariest one honestly. "Did you need anything?" You asked, making sure your expression looked as blank as you possibly could.
Those hunters eyes scare you as fuck, "Oui! I wish to offer Ro Dui Poison a magnifique Bouquet and was wondering if You could help me?" Ah, so it was just Rook being Rook. Unable to refuse, you decided to make him the bouquet but to come by tomorrow morning.
💛 You don't even know What Vil's favourite flowers would be. Or what compliments him. AT ALL. But you remembered Vil's Broomquet card and its specific flowers so you just went with that.
💛 Red and pink Roses of equal quantity, a few red dahlias here and there, a bit Cordyline, purple carnations, rhodanthe, pink hyacinths, red peonies, pink that's leaning in a to a darker shade Phlox and finally Violet Lavatera. You didn't even realise just how much you and your club members had planted until you finally made this Bouquet.
💛 You decided to add a few extra sparkles onto the flowers to make them look prettier. Perchance they would shine similar to how Vil would shine after his shoots.
💛 Turning around you let out a yelp as Rook had secretly arrived for who knows how long. "Monsieur Fairy! It seems you are done with the bouquet I assume?"
💛 You pointed at yourself upon the nickname, almost getting a heart attack thinking your secret got out. But none of the fairies had helped you. "…Yeah, you arrived quite early." You said while handing over the bouquet. Looking at the bouquet you're reminded of the day Silver had helped you, perhaps you should gift him a bouquet with a card inside thanking him?
💛 That sounds nice…. Though you still have classes today so maybe at a later time. And Rook was already gone….
💛 You decided to.
💛 You made the same bouquet on his Broomquet card too. Wrote a short thank you letter, made sure that none of your fairy dust got onto it and wrapped it up carefully
💛 You snuck back into your own dorm room, got to Silver's drawers and placed both the bouquet and thank you card in it. Then fled.
💛 Hopefully, your school year would be peaceful.
NOTE: Y'all won't be mad if I make the Reader get captivated by Yuu, right?
This is short asf. But then again I just want to test the waters first. Do y'all want Reader's first year experiences or just jump straight to when Yuu comes to Night Raven College?
Some of the yanderes are Platonic. Examples are Ortho and Lilia (+Najma too). Some are not yanderes at all, Examples are the cast's parents, the teachers and staffs
Imma keep doing my Riddle and sibling reader part two rn
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# THE BETTER NORRIS ! F1 GRID X ADOPTED NORRIS! READER, SMAU
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part one, part two, part three. (discontinued)
# WARNINGS : cussing, i know nothing about the parents of lando so everything is fictional. lowercase intended, spelling errors (english isn’t my first language). lando's actual siblings are not really mentioned in this since I don't know anything about them. reader hitchhikes. an excessive usage of emojis such as “🙄, 🤫, 😝, 😭,😊,😉”. reader is 17 in the story btw (the age isn’t really mentioned so i guess you can imagine it however you want)
# SUMMARY: the adventures of the formula one driver lando norris adopted sibling, y/n norris.
# AUTHORS NOTE : this is my first smau (that i’m posting). there’s no meaning behind this story i really just wanted to make it for fun. backstory for how reader (you) were adopted is not explained. reader is kinda of portrayed as bisexual, sorry only like three times. pretend lando is a soccer/football fan (and likes messi). some of these scenarios/comments actually happened to face claim.
# FACE CLAIM : marian guevara/theatomicbabe on instagram (i love her so much)
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thebetternorris visited jamaica once again, spent every moment with the children and made memorial memories that i will remember forever, thank you @junglenonprofit for making this event happen🤍🇯🇲
landonorris: very cool hair style in the last photo is that your new look?
-> thebetternorris: maybe it is. you should also try finding a new look instead of looking like a washed up mop you have on your head that you call curls
-> carlossainz55: ay no, she got you with that one 🤣
-> landonorris: I WAS LITERALLY BEING NICE. WHY DID YOU COME AFTER ME??
landonorris: since when did you go to jamaica???
-> thebetternorris: since two days ago, man keep up with the times 🙄🙄
maxverstappen1: y/n does your mom know you’re in jamaica??
-> thebetternorris: no.. don’t tell her, she doesn’t have instagram 🤫
-> ciscawauman: y/n norris.. you said you were with friends for this week?
-> thebetternorris: hi mama 😊😊 im with bsf/n. but im on my way home! (max emilian verstappen this is all your fault, im coming after you)
-> maxverstappen1: sorry y/n.. hi mrs.wauman!
-> ciscawauman: hello max 👋 y/n please don’t threaten someone through comments
username1: y/n’s interactions with the drivers will never fail to make me laugh
username2: i love you y/n!!!
username3: will forever appreciate how y/n is not pr trained. her posts and comments heal me
-> mclaren: that will change very soon, sadly.
-> thebetternorris: @.mclaren YOU WILL NEVER CATCH ME ALIVE
lewishamilton: good work, little norris, very proud of you, keep doing good in the world 🥰
-> thebetternorris: I LOVE U SIR LEWIS
-> lewishamilton: love you too
-> landonorris: lewis please ignore her
username4: y/n’s reply to lewis’ comment is so real
username5: the third picture is so cute 🥹
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april 21, 2024 (dates are for the post above ^^)
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thebetternorris 🍸🪩🌃🍾
landonorris: who is that guy in the last photo?
-> thebetternorris: i have no clue, i js chose it because i looked good. i think he was trynna lure me into a cult?
-> landonorris: WHAT?? CALL ME RIGHT NOW
username4: you can always rely on y/n to never disappoints with her outfits 😫😫
oscarpiastri: how come you never invite me to party out with you?
-> thebetternorris: because you steal all the girls and guys too 😕😕 also you’re too old
-> oscarpiastri: i’m barely 23??? and thank you or sorry idk man, you confuse me
username6: y/n’s life is so entertaining
username7: i wanna be like y/n when i grow up
username8: my goal in life is to party like y/n does
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april 25, 2024
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thebetternorris no caption 🌞 👤: @.girl1 @.girl2 @.girl3 @.guy1
girl3: i had so much fun y/n see you soonnn
-> thebetternorris: me too! see you soon 😊😊
-> landonorris: y/n what is this???? what do you mean see you soon???? ANSWER MY CALLS Y/N
landonorris: who are those girls and guy on the last two photos???
-> charles_leclerc: leave your sister alone, as if you weren’t doing crazy stuff this week either 🤣
-> thebetternorris: @.landonorris they have names you know, you shouldn’t just call them “those girls”. i thought mama taught you better. 🤨🤨
-> landonorris: @thebetternorris sorry..?? but you didn’t answer the question.. also please @charles_leclerc don’t expose my doings of this week onto the internet
username9: you’re the loml in a another universe 😔
-> thebetternorris: why not this universe 😉
-> danielriccardo: damn little norris has more rizz than her brother 😭 @.landonorris
-> landonorris: why do i keep getting attacked 💔
username10: having the caption as “no caption” is having a caption
-> thebetternorris: 🤓🤓
username11: does y/n like girls cause that third photo is a bit suspicious LMAOO
-> username12: i think so, especially because of her response to oscar's comment on her previous post
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april 27, 2024
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thebetternorris thank you @.newyorkcityfc for inviting me to document the New York City fc vs charlotte game. visiting the new york city fc game made me want to try out soccer, turns out it might be time that i change career path 😝
landonorris: you’re in new york??? since when. and @.newyorkcityfc just invited you???
-> thebetternorris: since two days ago and is that an insult?
-> landonorris: who are you staying with?
-> thebetternorris: man stop asking so many questions 😕
charles_leclerc: weren’t you in jamaica like less than a week ago?
-> thebetternorris: weren’t you in china less than a week ago? why you judging where im traveling, i don’t judge you. you literally fly somewhere each week for your go karting 🙄
username13: y/n’s post are so unpredictable each time 😭 she was just helping children in jamaica and is now at a soccer game in nyc
-> thebetternorris: gotta keep y’all on your toes 🤫
-> username13: toes 🤤
-> thebetternorris: NAH GTFO LMAOOO
username14: y/n becoming a soccer player when??
username15: all of the norris siblings are so talented
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april 29, 2024
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thebetternorris miami grand prix day 2 & day 3 🤙. found out some guy with the same last name as me won? idk but congrats @.landonorris
username16: dang her brother just won his first race and she doesn’t even make a post about him?
-> username17: for real, like everyone congratulated him right after but not even his own sister
-> username18: @.username17 well she is adopted 🤣
username19: it was so fun meeting you y/n!!!
-> thebetternorris: thank you pretty
username20: thank you for the water y/n 😊😊
-> thebetternorris: of courseee, had to give you that rich voss water 😉😉
-> landonorris: you gave a stranger water?? when?? you were with me the whole time???
-> thebetternorris: hey man you gotta start appreciating the people that support you, he was a worker ✊🏼
username21: hey i was the guy you were signing “way 2 sexy” with lolll
-> thebetternorris: AYY MY MANNN, i posted u on tiktok look at it 😉
jamescharles: omg i met you!! you’re gorgeous 🥰
-> thebetternorris: JAMESS HEYYY, i put you in my tiktok 🤙🤙
username22: omg you hugged me, remember i picked you up 😭
-> thebetternorris: I REMEMBER YOUU, that hug was great thanks man i needed that 🫵🏼 posted a full tiktok abt you
username23: your first outfit is so art teacher-coded
-> thebetternorris: is this a compliment or?? thank you though 😭
-> landonorris: @.username23 THATS WHAT I TOLD HER
landonorris: the number of people commenting that they met you is insane. @thebetternorris
-> thebetternorris: what can i say i'm js that guy 😼
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may 5, 2024
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thebetternorris congrats to @.landonorris for winning your first grand prix, in america 🦅🇺🇸, i’m so so proud! turns out having an adopted sister isn't so bad for your racing career after all 😜. btw to everyone in the comments section getting their gears all tangled because I didn't congratulate him sooner, chill out. I was busy practicing my own racing skills. yk, just in case he needs some real competition 😴 sorry @.maxverstappen1. i’m so proud of you, i'm forever grateful that i got picked from the “bin” i was found according to you 18 years ago, and it resulted in me being your sister :) 👤: @.landonorris @.oscarpiastri
landonorris: thank you for the congratulations, but did you really have to use those photos of me?
-> thebetternorris: damn you got your congrats just be grateful man 🙄
oscarpiastri: so this is why lando was crying, btw thank you for using a good photo of me
-> thebetternorris: OSCAR ARE YOU SERIOUS. @.landonorris YOU CRIED?? LMFAOOO
-> landonorris: @.oscarpiastri YOU SNITCH.
maxverstappen1: thank goodness you’re not a f1 driver, you’d be some real competition. we need to try go karting together soon 👍🏼
-> thebetternorris: i know this is a joke but thank u max 😔 we should go karting soon so i can beat you at it 😈
-> username24: i would pay to see y/n kart against max
username25: i don't even know anything about f1 but this made me tear up
username26: y/n getting hate for not congratulating her brother is insane
username27: people getting mad about y/n not congratulating lando as if they know anything about them
username28: y/n was one of the first people to congratulate lando, yall are hating a literal kid for smth so little 💀
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may 7, 2024
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thebetternorris pov that one unemployed friend on a tuesday (saturday). thank you @.mles for the invite and for letting me meet the goat @.leomessi 🩷🩷
joyboy: finally found someone that is everywhere like me
-> thebetternorris: paris fashion week next 😉?
-> landonorris: NO???
username29: IS THAT LIONEL MESSI??
-> thebetternorris: that’s literally oomf what are you talking abt 🙄
ueername30: y/n is literally everywhere but home
username31: y/n's smile 🥰🥰
carlossainz55: Real Madrid CF>>>
-> thebetternorris: carlos get outta here 😕😕
username32: te encantaría ser un hombre nunca lo vas a ser y eso es lo que te jode (you’d love to be a man and you’ll never be a man and that fucks with you)
-> thebetternorris: @.username32 me encanta ser mujerrr (i love being a womann)
-> username32: @thebetternorris pues lo disimulas fatal (well you hide it well)
-> thebetternorris: @.username32 que es ser mujer para ti? (what is being a woman to you?)
-> username33: SHE GOT YOU THERE 💀@.username32
landonorris: you meeting messi before me insane 😔
leomessi: gracias por tu apoyo 🩷 que chistoso la caption 🤣 (thank you for your support 🩷 how funny the caption is)
-> landonorris: oh you’re joking.
-> thebetternorris: @.leomessi 🩷🩷 (i’m so normal abt this..)
username33: i wanna be y/n's camera man
username34: who is taking these pictures of y/n
-> thebetternorris: for this game, some guy named jarvis took these photos idk but we're homies now
-> landonorris: WHO IS JARVIS???
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june 5, 2024
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thebetternorris i look sunburnt, swear it's just the lights 👤: bustarhymes
bustarhymes: it was nice meeting you little norris
-> thebetternorris: it was great meeting you man, your music is great
danielriccardo: mate i think you need a new cameraman because most of these are blurry...
-> thebetternorris: my pictures look better than yours, you're letting your jealousy show
landonorris: nah bro how did you meet busta rhymes before me.
-> thebetternorris: because i'm better than you
username35: you dead ass look like han jisung omg
-> thebetternorris: thank you, idk who that is but i get that a lot 😭
username34: y/n looks so much like young miko it’s insane
charles_leclerc: you look scary in the first picture
-> thebetternorris: i saw your paparazzi picture from the beach, your shoulders look scarier, learn how to put on sunscreen 😬
username36: y/n’s style is so 🥰
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june 30, 2024
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thebetternorris back at the big apple 🍎🏙️
itsyoungmiko: hi twinn
-> thebetternorris: hey twin, we should meet up soon
lancestroll: how do you travel everywhere?
-> thebetternorris: walking and hitchhiking
-> lancestroll: hitchhiking? be safe norris
-> thebetternorris: yea hitchhiking. not all of us have private planes that our daddy pays for🙄(just joking, love u @lawerence_stroll pls give me money)
-> lancestroll: your brother literally flies private. please don't ask my dad for money 😭
lawerence_stroll: hello y/n, how much money do you need?
-> thebetternorris: HI MR.STROLL, thank you for the offer I was just joking, you're so nice. see you at the next gp 😊
username37: who is that on the last photo?
-> thebetternorris: THATS ME. LMFAOOO
username38: ain't no way you're in new york city rn, you were in florida a day ago.
-> thebetternorris: that's what hitchhiking is for, duh
-> username38: you dead ass hitchhiked a ride from florida to new york city. that's like 20 hours...
-> thebetternorris: “that’s like 20 hours…” ☝🏼🤓
username39: are you gonna go to the british gp?
-> thebetternorris: yes sadly 💔 lando is forcing me against my will 😕
oscarpiastri: don’t forget my keychain pls
-> thebetternorris: ofc man ill give it to you soon 🤙
zhouguanyu24: very cool pictures y/n and cool outfit
-> thebetternorris: HI ZHOUUU, i got you something for you and sweet corn 🥰 thank u for the compliment 😙
username40: future mom lore is gonna go insane
-> thebetternorris: 😈
landonorris: y/n are you ever not in the US. come back home..
-> thebetternorris: USA 🇺🇸🦅🦅
-> logansargeant: USA USA 🇺🇸🦅🦅
-> landonorris: @.logansargeant logan please don’t lure my sister into your cult that you americans have
-> logansargeant: @.landonorris we don’t have a cult in america 😭 well… don’t quote me on that 😔
Platonic!Yan!Camp Half-Blood x Comfort!Goddess!Reader.
Just some more hc’s of a scenario I came up in my head!
Warnings: Short, Yandere tendencies, Platonic!!, obsession, the kids being upset. Spoilers for the beginning of the second book!!
The camp was under attack and Percy found himself, and his two friends arriving at the scene. He and the others all joined in on killing the metal beast that plagued the camp.
Percy was itching to see you again, Annebeth was also since she was always with you since she came to the camp and that summer she went with her father.
The camper’s returning had no clue of the changes in the camp. Not only from the new activity director, but from a change you had brought.
The first time Percy walked to his cabin to drop off his things, annabeth on her way to with Tyson following them, caused confusion.
A big white cabin with carvings of the same he saw in Olympus. It was beautiful. Flowers growing up the sides of it, statues placed around it and the gold accents. It was beautiful, like a new aphrodite cabin.
There was a crowd of campers surrounding the outside as two older campers stood on ladders to hang up the new flag.
“What’s happening?” Percy leaned over to his friend. She just shrugged, “I didn’t know there was anyone to add, maybe the lesser known have had children.”
Then chaos broke loose when the flag finally dropped. And the symbol made the campers gasp and rub their eyes to see if they actually saw it.
It was your symbol.
When they found you at the train grounds with some of the students that stayed there over the summer. They rushed around you and screamed for answers.
“Why is there a new cabin?” “You can’t have children!” “This isn’t far!”
Yeah yeah we all know how it goes down. The child screaming, and demanding answers. All they could do was watch you tap your foot and wait for them to quiet down like a mad mother. Once they all calmed down that decided to listen to your speak.
And everything was true. You had children and they are close to the age to coming to camp, even could come to camp now. And oh boy, they started to scream again.
Those poor children had no a clue how much they had going for them.
Some campers could wait to meet your child, and love them the way they love you. Become their protectors, surely they would be as comforting as you.
Some campers hated them. They didn’t need to met them, they wanted them gone. You had a whole camp of children to take care of but you had to go and have your own? That’s now how this should work, aren’t they enough for you? But they knew they couldn’t do much about it because once you got upset, the gods were angered.
And then, the other half. Didn’t really pick a side in it. They are willing to share, or not. What ever happened they didn’t really care since you’re still at camp.
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Little teaser for the Luigi & Bowser friendship (100% stays platonic!) comic. Got started on it! Though I dunno when I’ll be posting part 1. Just got back from a trip, need to sleep for a few days /jk lol! Also going to start job searching, so I’ll see what happens to my free time. But, glad I’m getting to work toward the comic, heh! 😄
Will you write a part two for “ Mother knows best” ? It’s so good and your writing really made it come to life! I was wounding if you would bc maybe the r is trying so hard and constantly doing work and trying be better. R gets too mark for her paper/exam but it isn’t good enough for Lesso and she says something that are hurtful to r and r tears up and leaves her office but instead of going back to her dorm she goes on a walk and and then goes back. All R does is study and think about what Lesso says. Maybe R doesn’t go her lesson with Lesso and avoids her for a week or longer? Lesso sees that and goes the talk to r making and she sees the r is exhausted and she can barely stand. She’s on a bad conditions and she’s in class. R fsits during her class and Lesso runs r class bc she concerned and cares for the r. She apologized to r when she wakes. It’s okay if you don’t want to write this.
Again I love your writing!
Mother knows best PLATONIC (Lady Lesso & Student! Reader)
Part I, Part II, Part III
Author's Note: Hello! So sorry for the long wait. I had so many things going on with traveling, working, college. But here I am with your request. So glad someone requested more. There should another right after this one for Lady Lesso. Again. Thank you for waiting.
Summary: After a harsh critique from Lady Lesso leaves you questioning your worth, you push yourself too far in an attempt to meet her expectations.
So when she returned your paper with a neat, decisive mark at the top, too neat, you knew something was wrong before she even spoke.
"This is... adequate," she said coolly, eyes scanning the parchment once more. "You followed the structure correctly."
Your chest tightened. Adequate.
You stood straighter, hands clasped behind your back. "I-I stayed up revising it, Lady Lesso. I cross-checked the projections twice, and I-"
She lifted a hand, silencing you without even looking up.
"But," she continued, voice sharp as glass, "it lacks refinement. Precision. I expected better."
The words landed harder than they should have.
You swallowed. "Better...?"
She finally met your eyes then, her gaze piercing. "You are capable of more than this. If this is the level of effort you intend to present, then you are wasting both my time and your potential."
That did it.
You felt it first in your throat-that tight, burning pressure-then behind your eyes. You nodded stiffly, forcing yourself to speak.
"I understand," you said, voice trembling despite your best efforts.
Lady Lesso frowned, just slightly, as if something about your tone didn't sit right with her-but the damage was already done. You turned on your health and left her office.
You didn't go back to your dorm.
Instead, you walked.
Through the courtyard. Past the towers. Beyond the paths you usually took. You walked until your feet ached and your thoughts blurred together, until her words looped endlessly in your head.
I expected better.
Wasting potential.
Not good enough.
By the time the sun dipped low, your eyes burned and your body felt hollow. You returned to your room only to collapse onto your bed-papers spread around you like evidence of a crime.
From that day on, you worked harder.
Too hard.
You skipped meals. Stayed up late. Redid assignments that hadn't even been returned yet. You avoided Lady Lesso entirely-missed her private lessons, took the long way around the halls, kept your head down in class.
Days passed.
Then a week.
Lady Lesso noticed.
Of course she did.
By the eighth day, you could barely sit upright in her lecture.
The room swam. Your notes blurred. Your head dipped forward again and again, exhaustion pulling you under no matter how hard you fought it.
Lady Lesso paused mid-sentence.
Her eyes narrowed-not in irritation, but concern.
"Enough," she said abruptly.
The class froze.
"You," she said, pointing directly at you. "Come here."
You barely made it two steps before your knees buckled.
Gasps echoed through the room as Lady Lesso moved faster than anyone had ever seen her move-catching you before you hit the floor.
"Class dismissed," she snapped, her voice brooking no argument. "Now." The room emptied in seconds.
Lady Lesso supported your weight effortlessly, her grip firm but careful. You were dimly aware of her speaking-sharp instructions to a passing professor-before everything went dark.
You woke in her office.
On the couch.
A blanket had been draped over you.
You blinked, disoriented, before realizing Lady Lesso was seated nearby, arms crossed, watching you intently.
"Awake," she said. Not a question.
You sat up too quickly and winced. "I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean to-"
"Stop." she said sharply.
You froze.
Her expression softened-just barely. "How long have you been sleeping properly?" she asked. You hesitated.
Her eyebrow rose. "...I don't know," you admitted.
She exhaled slowly, rubbing her temple. "You have been avoiding me."
"I didn't want to disappoint you again," you said quietly.
That.... stopped her.
Lady Lesso was silent for a long moment. Then she stood.
"You misunderstood me," she said at last, voice lower than usual. "What I said to you that today was not meant to break you."
Your hands clenched in the blanket. "It did."
Her jaw tightened.
"I was wrong," she said, the words stiff-as if unused. "I spoke without considering the weight my expectations carry. That... is my failure."
Your eye widened.
"I do not apologize lightly," she continued. "But I am sorry. Truly."
She turned back to you, gaze steady. "You are not weak for struggling. You are exhausted because you care."
Your throat burned again, but this time the feeling was different.
"I see how hard you are trying," she said. "And I should have said that sooner."
You nodded, tears slipping free despite yourself.
Lady Lesso hesitated-then placed a hand on your shoulder. Firm. Grounding.
"You are under my care," she said quietly. "And I will not allow you to destroy yourself in pursuit of perfection."
You took a shaky breath.
"....Thank you, Lady Lesso."
She inclined her head.
"Rest," she said. "Your work can wait. You cannot."
As you settled back against the couch, exhaustion finally pulling you under again, you felt something unfamiliar settled in your chest.
