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It was surprising to you when Dorothea told you that he’s pretty vocal around everyone else.

Actually, Philip’s behaviour was much different around you, he’d be a little awkward and reserved, it made you a little upset, did he have a problem with you or something?

You grew up pretty close to Dorothea until you lost all contact for a loooong while, you crossed paths and decided to join forces.

Meeting everyone and getting along with everyone.

Except Philip of course, he was a tough bean. 

Because they were Dorothea’s friends, you really wanted to get along with everyone, but you never managed, you just thought that was his character.

So it made you a little depressed when you found out he’s pretty lively normally. 

You didn’t want to put more effort into being friends with him since clearly he wanted nothing to do with you so you just let it be and accepted that the way you were wasn’t something he wanted anything to do with so fine.

Yuliy noticed and casually slipped it into a conversation between the both of them, leaving Philip blabbering over his own words and cheeks flushed.

Philip decided he should apologise, so he went to you when the moment was right, i.e. when Yuliy not-so-discreetly shoved him into you and left you alone. 

You started off as a clean slate, and it was going great, although you grew feelings for him slowly but surely, even though you didn’t want to.

You didn’t know he returned the feelings, however, until Dorothea teased him, saying that you were nearly in a death situation when you got attacked by a vampire.

It wasn’t true, obviously but the whole group could tell you fancied each other and watching Philip squirming wasn’t something any of them would miss. 

He went R U N N I N G to find the both of you -- who went into town to buy some groceries.

Whilst Dorothea’s story seemed a little unreal given that you were both in town, it wasn’t completely untrue.

“(Y/N), (Y/N), (Y/N)!!!” you heard someone calling out behind you as Yuliy walked into a bakery.

“Huh?” you frowned as you recognised the blond head racing straight towards you, “what’s-”

He did that.

I.e. cupping both your cheeks in his palms and slamming his lips into yours, kissing you desperately.

Your mind went black, you froze into place, in shock and surprised.

When he pulled away, he hugged you tightly.

“Don’t scare me like that again, I’m sorry it had to come to this for me to tell you, but, from now on I’ll be honest and never leave your side -- if you’re okay with that.” 

His voice was slightly muffled by how buried it was in your neck but it was crystal clear to you, which ironically only confused you more.

“What?” 

Philip pulled away to get a good look at you.

“What do you mean ‘don’t scare me like that again’?”

“Dorothea told me you nearly died because of a vampire!” It was his turn to frown now.

“I never was, Yuliy took care of it before I even understood what was going on.” clearly, you were eyeing him suspiciously and his heart nearly dropped out of his stomach, face read and he let go of you.

“O-ooh, I’msosorryIdidn’tmeantodothat,forgetiteverhappenedIwasn’tthinkingstraightokay?I’msorry!”

He was blabbering in embarrassment and your heart was waltzing with joy, a huge grin on your face as he avoided eye contact.

“I’ll uh, just go,” he murmured, turning around after he calmed down.

Gripping his jacket to stop him in his tracks.

When he glanced back at you, he had a desperate look in his eyes, not something he wanted you to see, on the contrary, he was trying to hide it.

He wasn’t significantly taller than you but you gazed up at him, slowly walking up to him and placing your lips back against his.

Philip didn’t hesitate to slide an arm around your waist to pull you closer, his other hand gently grasping your chin to savour the kiss fully.

“Um, did I miss something?” Yuliy’s voice interrupted the both of you.

The pair of you never had such quick reflexes than in that very moment.

You pulled away in the blink of an eye.

“What?” you gulped, glancing at Philip as he stared at the ground with burning cheeks, red ears and scratching the back of his head in embarrassment. 

“I’ll just go, I trust you can get (Y/N) home safety hm?” he had a polite, oblivious tone but Philip could tell he was sending him an amused smile.

The both of you watched him leave until he turned around a corner, before acknowledging each other’s presence again.

Slowly, he redirected his attention back to you.

“Do you wanna get something to eat? I know a place…” he trailed off.

A smile found its way onto your face as you nodded.

“That sounds nice,” it sounded so soft to his ears and he looked up at you in shock, surprised you even agreed to this despite what happened moments ago, he didn’t have a response to that.

Seeing the blank look on his face, you chuckled, intertwining your fingers with his and tugging on his arm.

“The place?” you tilted your head to the side.

“R-right,” he blushed, squeezing your hand and guiding you towards it.

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