Heyyaaa
May I request dorm leaders finding out youβre a girl please? If itβs too much u can make a part 2
Dorm Leaders Find Out You're a Girl?!?!?! (NOT CLICKBAIT!!!)
TW: Mentions of transphobia (nothing awful, just literally dropping the word lol); Idia is creepy
Info: Riddle, Leona, Azul, Kalim, Vil, Idia, Malleus x Reader (Platonic or Romantic); Fluff, Comedy(?)
πThis one is gonna be long, like 5.3k words long. I love writing the dorm leaders so damn much <3 Besides, thereβs been a long wait for this one, so I hope I make it worth it! You might see some favoritism shine through, but I did my best to keep it even. Hope you all enjoy!
Tags: @kierancaz @danchann33 @arashrita @the-ace-reader @akiyamasmizuki @kitsun369 @bloomstruck (I think I got all of you)
First Years
Ortho Sebek
Second Years
Third Years
-Okay so, I know weβre all wondering, how the hell do you get away with hiding your gender for so damn long?
-Firstly, those ceremonial robes do great at hiding the figure. The only tell would maybe be your hair, but feminine men arenβt unwelcome at Nightraven College, so you mostly get a few questioning stares and thatβs it.
-Secondly, Crowley wants to save his own fucking ass. He already has to hide from the press that he has a MAGICLESS student from ANOTHER DIMENSION here, he doesnβt need the fact that you are a woman ALSO on his plate. So, obviously, he helps you hide your gender from others.
-Grim knows, of course, and he keeps his mouth shut for a few yummy cans of tuna (and threats of being expelled from Crowley <3)
-Even when you were just a janitor, he couldnβt have the rumor that he put a βhelplessβ young woman to work. (Like it wouldnβt be expected.)
-So how do you two do it?
-Baggy ass uniform. Crowley gave you at least three sizes too big.
-Your figure is completely hidden. Sure, you look completely homeless, but at least youβre hidden.
-For your voice, you simply deepen it. After some point, you blackmail Crowley into giving you a potion to help with it, since it's so taxing on your voice. (Or maybe your voice is naturally deep!)
-Sam provides you (for an unfairly pretty penny (not too different from your original worldβ¦)) any feminine hygiene products you might need.
-Honestly, youβre set for being cared for, but itβs the adjustment period thatβs the hardest part.Β
-Truly, itβs very jarring to suddenly be thrown into both a magical world and be isolated in a man's world with nowhere to hide.
-At least in your world you had other women who could understand your struggles. Here though? Youβre completely alone.
-You notice how⦠messy some of these guys could be. How some of them smell⦠really rancid. -How rough they were with you and each other.
-Honestly, itβs kinda eye-opening. The way men show affection to each other is oddly refreshing to watch and experience!
-Ace and Deuce specifically are a good⦠trial run.
-Thatβs not what weβre here to talk about thoughβ¦
-For the most part, it's incredibly easy to hide yourself for the first while on campus. Everyone on campus is so self-absorbed that they donβt bother questioning you.
-Your only real risk factor is Savannaclaw, but it's easy to avoid those guys (minus Jack, of course).
-However, you can only hide your gender for so longβ¦ Itβs mentally draining to keep up this facade all the time around people you care about.
-So⦠how do they find out?
Riddle
-Riddle is the last student in Heartslabyul to find out.
-Itβs not like he did anything to you for you to hold off on telling him (you know, other than the whole almost killing you that one time thing), itβs just that you donβt feel inclined to tell him.Β
-Simple as that.
-He also really has no reason to question your gender.Β
-Riddle didnβt have must interaction with people his own age until he came to night raven college, he doesnβt have the same social ideologies as other people do.
-Nightraven college is really his first touch with society outside of his mothers very watchful, conservative eye.
-So, excuse him for not picking up on stupid little gendered norms that the other students do.
-In his eyes, you dress like a man, you act (sort of) like the other male students, and you prefer he/him pronouns.Β
-Thereβs nothing more to it then, right? If you identify as a man, he has no reason not to treat you as such - nor should he suspect you would hide your gender like that.
-Besides, this is an all boys school! Crowley wouldnβt allow you to attend here unless you were also a boyβ¦ right?
-He is aware there are exceptions β and you are already QUITE the exception, but surely Crowley wouldnβt be so cruel as to force a young woman to attend an all boys academy.
-Ah, sweet Riddle, ever in denial.
-He isnβt STUPID though. He notices how brotherly Trey is to you. He knows (and has heard) your many βsecret sleepoversβ with Cater.
-He ignores these things and doesnβt comment on them simply because, well, he likes you!
-He helps to tutor you sometimes, and heβs gotten to know you through that, and he really does come around on enjoying your presence.
-So, he ignores Trey and Caterβs odd behaviors for your sake.
-You keep him and his dorm members in high spirits, why would he want to shoo something like that away?
-He doesnβt really questionthings until heβ¦ overhears a conversation between Deuce and Ace. (A rather loud one, for how supposedly secret this topic was meant to be).
-One of them had gotten in trouble with a professor, and he was going to give them a stern scolding when he overheard what they were talking about.
-βDeuce, dude, youβre gonna want to sit down for this one.β
βWhat is it, Iβm busy trying to finish my potionology homework.β
βSeriously this one is crazy, youβre not ready for for it.β
βAce, if youβre just messing with me Iβm going to leave.β
βDude, the prefect is a girl.β
ββ¦What?β
-Riddle did not bother the two after that. In fact, he just walked back to his room to sit and think about what he just overheard.
-It DID make sense. You didnβt quite fit in with everyone else for reasons outside of your otherworldly origin.
-You acted differently than the typical guy here at NRC, and you seemed to get along with the peers that were more βtraditionally feminineβ best.
-It would explain Treyβs coddling and Caterβs secretiveness.
-Still, he didnβt want to assume. This was Ace and Deuce, and Ace could just be messing around with Deuce.
-So, at your next tutoring session, he broaches the subject as politely as possible.
-βSo, prefect, I haveβ¦ overheard something that I wanted to ask you about.β
βOh no, am I in trouble because of Ace and Deuce again.β
βNotβ¦ technicallyβ¦ I did, however, overhear them talking aboutβ¦ you being a woman.β
ββ¦Iβm gonna kill them.β
βI could collar them for you, if that would help.β
-The confirmation was reassuring for Riddle in multiple ways.Β
-1) Ace isnβt as terrible of a person as the thought he was.
-2) He wasnβt crazy in noticing the slight differences in you and your other peers.
-Now, you and Riddle arenβt exactly super close by any means, so your interactions with each other are limited to when youβre either being tutored or with friends in Heartslabyul.
-However, he is notably more nervous than he usually is.
-He doesnβt have some super secret crush on your all of the sudden, he justβ¦ never really had a chance to interact with women before.
-His mom kept him very sheltered from the opposite gender, so he has little to no experience with them.
-On top of that, because of his mother, he does have a slight fear of women. Heβs afraid heβs going to upset you and youβll blow a fuse on him or something.
-You have to assure him that you donβt bite and you wonβt suddenly start screaming at him for no reason, and then he begins to relax a bit.
-Still, heβs very sweet and gentlemanly to you.
-If you need help with anyone around campus, you should come to him and he will have them dealt with accordingly.
Leona
-Leona βRespects Womenβ Kingscholar.
-Leona has SLIGHTLY worse smell than Ruggie, but he also knew immediately upon your arrival that you were a girl.
-In fact, he knew you werenβt a trans man, because they smell distinctly different from the typical woman.
-There arenβt many trans people in the Savannah though, so Ruggie not being able to pick up on that doesnβt really shock him.
-Leona, however, has smelled and seen plenty of trans people in his life time β you arenβt one of them.
-He wonβt lie, heβs definitely interested in you. Women where he comes from are big and strong and proud, youβre just kind of plain.
-He keeps his ever curious eye on you though, because heβs interested in how you might navigate this whole thing.
-Now donβt get it twisted, he doesnβt care about you, heβs curious about you.Β
-If you were to ask him for help on something, he wouldnβt offer it. (Not that you would, you seem particularly averse to him).
-However, if he were to see some creep trying toβ¦ wellβ¦ creep on you, heβd chase them away without ever having you know he did.
-He was your secret bodyguard who wouldnβt admit it even if you held a knife to his throat.
-Still, he stayed out of your way and you stayed out of his.Β
-A symbiotic relationship that you werenβt even aware existedβ¦ until you got in his way.
-Like Ruggie, when you start getting a little too involved in his ahem business, he gets pretty damn annoyed.
-Youβre not exactly a threat to start, but you are a little trouble maker. If you find out what heβs up to, youβll ruin his plans completely, and he canβt have that.
-However, heβs not exactly comfortable βtaking care of youβ like he is his male peers.
-He respects women, okay, you canβt blame him for not wanting to purposefully hurt you. (If his mom and brother found out, heβd never hear the damn end of it)
-He sends out Ruggie to scare you off, explicitly telling him he canβt hurt you on purpose.
-He knows Ruggie already has an idea of whatβs going on, so he doesnβt have any qualms with telling him to be careful with you.
-Still, despite all this, he doesnβt really broach the topic until heβs forced to.
-Heβs made it known to you, at this point, that he knows your secret.Β
-He hasnβt caused you any extra trouble since his overblot, and he keeps his dorm members off your back, so you have no reason to interact with himβ¦ until, again, you get yourself into trouble.
-This time itβs YOU dragging him into your mess, despite him wanting nothing to do with it.
-You are convincing, though, so he gives and allows you to stay in his dorm room β rent free! Isnβt he so nice.
-Jack offers himself for protection if you need it, but you can see that Ruggie is quite bemused with the whole situation, so you decide to turn him down.
-Leona hasnβt tried anything yet, and he really could if he wanted to.
-You decide you can trust him. (You have to trust him).
-Then presents the issue of sharing a bed.
-Leona isnβt a weird pervert, okay. He isnβt absolutely leaping at the idea to be in bed with you β heβs so sorry.
-Honestly, it makes him a bit⦠uncomfortable.
-Sharing a bed is something you do with family or someone youβre involved with, not the weird magic-less kid whoβs at least three years too young for you.
-So, Leona, ever the womenβs rights activist, approaches you with a proposition.
-βListen, I know youβre a woman and I know you know that. Weβre not sharing a bed, there ainβt no way thatβs happening.β
βOh, so would you like the poor helpless homeless woman to sleep on the floor? How cruel can you be Leona.β
βShut up, Iβm not gonna do that to you. Listen, you can have the bed all to yourself and Iβll sleep on the couch, so long as you promise not to tell a single soul about this.β
βI promise.β
-You immediately tell Ruggie the next morning, and he is sure to make sure Leona never forgets it.
-Living with Leona for the short period of time that you do is very insightful!
-Heβs actually pretty funny, much smarter than he lets on, and almost brotherly to you. Which does not fit the M.O. you built of him in your head.
-Heβs gruff and pushy, but he does it out of genuineness.
-You end up getting really close to him because of it.Β
-His quiet and laid-back demeanor are a break from the chaos of everyone else on campus, and he doesnβt make a big deal out of anything so you can just complain and he nods along unbothered.
-Only thing you notice that upsets him is when you bring up guys who bother you.
-Those guys tend to stop bothering you shortly after. How strangeβ¦
Azul
-Azul is hands down the last person on campus you want knowing about this.
-Riddle, Ruggie, Trey, Cater and pretty much everyone with half a brain tell you to stay as far away from him as possible.
-You see him in the halls sometimes, and he doesnβt look to bad. Unapproachable, sure, but heβs a rather pretty guy. Well put together and seemingly very smart from what youβve been told.
-He helped to subdue Grim in the opening ceremony, so you know heβs magically capable. Heβs also a house warden, so that goes unspoken, I suppose.
-He seems interested in you, from what you can tell. He always waves at you when he does see you in a sort of fake friendly kind of way.Β
-Youβve seen him and his little (large, very large) goonies admiring ramshackle before.
-Youβve also politely asked them to not do that when you moved in, because it freaks you out a lot. To which they all gave you very eerie smiles and walked away.
-They remind you of a very small mafia, and you decided to heed your friends warnings because of that.
-You do so successfully for a long time too. Other than the few previously stated interactions, Azul seems un-inclined to bother you, and you donβt want to catch his leering eyes.
-Little do you know, Azul has a much more watchful eye on you that you initially thought.
-Sure, you donβt have much to offer him magic wise, but you have ramshackle. Oh, how he wants ramshackle.
-You are key to obtaining it, he just⦠has to find something on you first.
-Youβre so painfully average. Perhaps a little more pretty in the face than his other peers, but you sacrifice that with the atrociousness of your uniform.Β
-Truly, nothing about you is different.
-He almost gives up until Grim delivers him an opportunity in a pretty little bow.
-You agree to his contract out of the goodness of your heart, just like he knew you would. So sweet and kind are you, to practically hand him the deed to ramshackle on a silver platter.
-He notices, however, that Jade grows a very⦠sudden fascination with you.
-Sure, he told both Jade and Floyd to keep and eye on you and keep you in like, but for Jade to be so interested⦠very odd.
-Then, shortly after, Floydβs own interest is piqued. Alrightβ¦ less odd than Jade, but to have both of their eyes on you must mean heβs missing something. (I know I previously said that Floyd found out after Azul, but I was stupid and wrong and you should never listen to me when Iβm talking about Floyd).
-He tries to get it out of them by any means, Asking, blackmailing, manipulation. He really does try, but their lips are sealed tight.
-It frustrates him to no end that they know something he doesnβt, and that he canβt figure out this very big secret.
-It stumps him for so long, because heβs looking in all the wrong places for the answer.
-Meanwhile, you know that Jade and Floyd know and you are TERRIFIED waiting for Azul to use this against you.
-The suspense starts killing you and making you anxious enough that its affecting sleep, so you decide to bite the bullet and arrange a meeting with him.
-Azul is honestly delighted, because he was just going to outright force the truth from you at this point.
-βIβm glad you set up this meeting, Iβve been meaning to talk to you.β
βI knowβ¦ Iβve been pretty nervous about it since Jade and Floyd started pestering me.β
βBefore I talk about what I want to, Iβd like to hear what you have to say. Iβm a good listener after all.β
βToo good, if you ask me. Uhm, anyway, so I know that Jade and Floyd to you that Iβm a girl already, but Iβm really hoping you would just leave me be. You owe me after all.β
ββ¦Youβre a girl?β
βDid they not tell youβ¦?β
-what. What? WHAT?!?!?!
-How could he not tell, he feel so incredibly stupid. Its so obvious now that he thinks about it.
-No wonder Jade and Floyd wouldnβt stop teasing him about it.
-He agrees not to let the secret out β he DOES owe you his life, after all. This is a minor trade.
-However, he does not mentally recover from this revelation for a while.
-He doesnβt treat you very different, I suppose. Heβs more gentlemanly with you, and is generally more friendly, but those things come from saving a persons life regardless.
-He is, surprisingly, willing to ensure your whole gender thing doesnβt get out so long as you work a few hours at the monster lounge.
-Probably the best at keeping it to himself and making sure it doesnβt get out. You wouldnβt expect any less with Azul, though.
Kalim
-You and Kalim donβt really have much of a chance to interact.
-He seems sweet enough, and you know heβs much kinder than the rest of the dorm leaders, but you donβt really have any reason to interact with him.
-Kalim also doesnβt think too much of you.Β
-You caused a ruckus at the entrance ceremony, thatβs for sure, but you kinda blend into the background.
-Besides heβs a party animal β constantly hosting these huge parties at his dorm just because he can.
-As someone trying to keep out of trouble and hide such a huge secretβ¦ yeah, parties arenβt exactly your forte.
-So, when you get roped in to coming to Scarabia over winter break, Kalim is pleasantly surprised!
-Heβs always excited to make a new friend, and youβre pretty infamous around school, so heβs extra excited to get to know you.
-Kalim has no reason to question anything about you, like most other people would.
-However, he isnβt stupid. He has plenty of younger sisters, and he picks up on social queues better than youβd expect.
-He definitely suspects something is off, but he figures you would tell him if something was up.Β
-You actually find him quite easy to be around. Heβs someone who makes it easy to let your walls down and just relax with.
-Despite his sudden mood shifts, he always makes sure that youβre happy and healthy and doing the best you can be in your position.
-However, you run out of the magical potion that deepens your voice pretty quickly, and you have to go back to dramatically straining your voice.
-You sound sick, honestly, and it makes Kalim worry.Β
-He figures that youβre forcing yourself to deepen your voice so youβre still perceived as a man.
-Instead of asking you directly, as Kalim does, he goes to Jamil.
-βJamilβ¦β
βWhat do you need, Kalim?β
βDonβt you think somethingsβ¦ off with the prefect?β
βOff? What are you talking about, nothings off with them.β
βNo, I meanβ¦ do you think they might beβ¦ a girl?β
ββ¦Kalim, thatβs very rude to say. You need to be more respectful.β
ββ¦Youβre right, Iβm sorry. Could we get him something to soothe his voice though, it sounds rough.β
-Kalim is a lot more watchful of you after that. He justβ¦ knows something is wrong, but he doesnβt want to be rude.
-Itβs actually you who comes to him when no one is around for help.
-βKalim, uhm, I need your help.β
βSure, whatβs up?β
βSo, Iβm pretty sure you know, but Iβm not a guyβ¦ Iβm a girl, and I really need help hiding it. The longer Iβve been here, the harder itβs been on me.β
-Sweetheart he is, he promises to both help you and keep your secret to himself β and he does both surprisingly well!
-He offers his private bathroom to you so you can shower in peace.Β
-Itβs honestly the best bath youβve ever had with all his sweet smelling oils. Your skin feels so smooth and renewed.
-Still, even with this, you still donβt feel safe with anyone else β plus the fact that Kalim has random and horrifying mood shifts. You have to flee.
-And yet you still get dragged into more trouble with the octatrio. You still get exposed to the whole dorm by a crazed Jamil, and now have to deal with the horror that theyβll tell everyone.
-Kalim feels awful, and thus shows his forgiveness in the best way he can: giving gifts.
-You get tons of apology gifts from him in the coming months. Baskets of the best shower stuff youβve ever had; a new, better fitted but still innocuous uniform; enough tuna to keep grim satisfied for years (and sweets that you happily keep to yourself).
-Itβs so nice, but you start to feel bad. It feels like youβre taking advantage of his guilt, when youβre not really upset at anyone involved anymore.
-Youβre welcome at Scarabia any time. None of his dorm members will ever cause you any trouble, and you can dress and act and sound however you want within Scarabiaβs walls.Β
Vil
-Miss beauty queen himself. We love Vil, we Stan Vil, we adore Vilβ¦Β
-Oh my god heβs a pain in the ass though, especially for you.
-He sees through you in an instant.
-Truly, Vil finds you to be more of a little pest than anything.
-You are constantly in trouble, you are magic less, and you decided to needlessly hide your gender.
-The last one is the worst offense in his eyes.
-Vil is someone who does not value gender, but expression. Your gender does not matter as much as your expression, therefore you hiding your expression irks him.
-Heβs understanding enough in the fact that he knows you might be doing this to protect yourself, but he finds it stupid and useless, because youβre easy to see through.
-He avoids you, and you avoid him. Simple as that.
-Unfortunately for Vil, youβve caught Rookβs eye, which means he must sit through many hours of Rook rambling on about his βfindingsβ about you.
-When you tried out for the VDC, he was simply going to turn you and Grim away, but Rook convinced him to give you a chance.
-Rook wanted him to help your reveal your βinner beautyβ, though Vil wasnβt sure if you had any of that.
-You wore baggy, horrifically ugly clothing up until winter break. Your hair was constantly a mess. Your skin was poorly taken care of, and the bags under your eyes were as dark as night.
-It almost made him feel bad for you⦠so despite his better judgement, he decided to invest time in you.
-Vil makes it very clear that he knows what your whole secret is.
-βI am aware of the fact that you are a woman, however, I will continue to use your preferred pronouns since it seems to bring you comfort.β
-Heβs very insistent that you allow him to do your skincare AND your makeup whenever you give him the chance.
-Especially when he moves into ramshackle temporarily, heβs very insistent on maintaining your skincare routine.
-He essentially makes your entire nightly routine himself, and is right there over your shoulder making sure you do it right.
-Despite how overbearing it is, you actually make good friends with him through this.
-Being stuck alone in a room with no one but him to talk to forces you two to talk.
-You get to learn why he cares so much about appearances, and he gets to know why you hide to protect yourself.
-βItβs justβ¦ easier to pretend, because guys will bother me less that way.β
βI canβt understand why they would bother you. Youβve done nothing to them, so why would they want to do anything to you.β
βThatβs the thing, I donβt know either. I just know itβs scary, and I donβt want to deal with it.β
-You move him, honestly. Youβre strong even though youβre scared, and thatβs beautiful. Thats what true beauty is.
-He helps you embrace your inner self and express that, while still helping you to hide your gender in a way that feels safe.
-You are always welcome at Pomefiore, and you can come to either him or Rook if you have any issues at all.
-Itβs like having a big sister, almost.
Idia
-Idia has eyes everywhere.
-Every inch of that campus is (illegally) being monitored by his watchful eyes.Β
-When heβs bored in class, he flicks through the cameras to amuse himself β maybe heβll see someone slip and fall on their ass. That would be funny.
-Heβs not really interested in you in particular.
-In fact, heβd like to keep a very far distance between the two of you.
-Youβreβ¦ intimidating. Youβve fought some of the most powerful mages on campus and won.
-Total final boss energy, not something Idia is interested in being around.
-What he IS interested in is that wittle kitty youβve got following you around.
-When heβs bored in class, he goes searching for Grim, and where Grim is you are sure to be.
-So, despite his aversion to you, he ends up spending a lot of time watching you.
-He starts to notice⦠things about you.
-He notices that you seem to put on a tough guy persona around⦠well⦠other guys in your class.
-When itβs just you and Grim though? Youβre the softest softie heβs ever seen.
-Itβs top tier cringe watching you try to being all macho, so he much prefers your more quiet and relaxed self you show in private.
-Seriously though, youβre a TOTALLY DIFFERENT PERSON when youβre alone with certain people.
-EVEN YOUR VOICE CHANGES!!!
-Itβs so uber creepy, itβs like a jumpscare every time you drop that fake deep voice.
-If heβs being real, youβve got a pretty voice. Honestly, youβre really pretty period. Too pretty to be a guy honestly.
-β¦
-β¦.
-β¦..HOLY SHIT!!!
-He has to check your medical files to be sure β which he obviously has access to, thanks to having access to everything Ortho has access to.
-Blah blah blah allergies, blah blah blah horrific injuries from overblots, blah blah blah- AH HAH!
-Next to gender you are listed as⦠transgender man.
-He doesnβt wanna be that weird transphobic incel, but from what heβs seen? He highly doubts that.
-From what heβs seen in his (invasive) watching, youβre definitely doing the troupe of hiding your gender to better fit in.
-He feels like heβs in an anime or something.
-He doesnβt really want to bother you about it β but from watching you, you seem like someone heβd really enjoy being around.
-Ortho also insists that heβd get along with you very well!
-β¦Itβs worth a shot right.
-He tries several times to βbumpβ into you, which always ends in him skittering away in fear.
-He psyches himself out every time. βThey wouldnβt even wanna hang out with a loser like me.β βTheyβre way too cool for someone as lame as me.βΒ
-Itβs not until you invite yourself to one of tabletop clubβs meetings that heβs forced to interact with you.
-Heβs really banking on the fact that youβll be too busy talking with Azul to notice him, but then Azul leaves and its just you and him.
-Him and youβ¦
-Both of you⦠in total and complete silence.
-β¦yepβ¦Β
-βUhm, Idiaβ¦?β
βyES!?β
βI came here cause I wanted to talk to you, sorry for being so underhanded about it, I just couldnβt get you alone without you running off.β
βAHβ I mean, ahem, okay. My bad.β
-You totally cornered him like an evil villain.
-All because you wanted to⦠be his friend?
-Is he dreaming, going insane perhaps, did HE get isekaied into an alternate universe where he was likable???
-Nope, Ortho just talks him up a lot, and you think his hair is cool. Huh. Kinda lame compared to what he was thinking.
-You guys talk a LOT after that. You exchange numbers and you text him about all sorts of stuff β and heβs actually interested in it!
-You learn that heβs been watching you and Grim for a long time, and while you scold him.
-You think itβs pretty funny that heβs embarrassed about his love for cute things.
-βIf youβve been keeping your eye on me for so long, you mustβve figured out that Iβm a girl, right?β
βYeah, youβre not great at hiding it. That macho guy act is suuuuper lame, you look like a noob lol.β
βHey! Iβm just copying what Deuce told me to do!β
-You guys donβt really see each other face to face very often, but like I said you text a lot.
-Sometimes heβll text you shit like βI saw that, saved it for blackmail.β After you biffed your shit on the pavement or something.
-When Idia gets more comfortable, you two spend hours on call whenever you get the chance.
-He lends you some of his precious manga, and even gives you an older TV he had laying around so you can watch stuff at ramshackle.
-Sometimes he invites you over to play video games with him and Ortho, and he gets all cocky and proud when you gush about how cool all his tech is.
-And, yeah, Idia definitely forms a little crush on you β but he would do that regardless of your gender.Β
-He just likes you a lot, and you can feel safe on campus knowing heβs watching over you when you need it. (Mostly watching Grim, tbh.)
Malleus
-We know that Malleus enjoys⦠creeping outside of Ramshackle.
-He spends quite a lot of time on your front lawn, therefore, heβs usually in proximity of you.
-However, he is very intimidating!
-As a young woman in a magical world that you are not from, a very tall man with horns is the exact opposite of what you want to be around.
-Besides, youβve heard the rumors about him β how powerful he is, and how scary he is.
-Malleus, on the other hand, is admittedly curious about you.
-He finds humans in their own right incredibly interesting, but you are not just a regular human.
-You are a human who has no magic and is from another world entirely.Β
-You are something he has never once seen in his whole life, so excuse his childish curiosity.
-Still, youβre sort of cleverly avoiding him at every chance you get, and he just canβt quite find the time to talk to you.
-Until one night, you come back rather late and you find him in your yard⦠again.
-You send Grim in by himself and decide to confront him by yourself, because you are tired of being afraid to fall asleep at night.
-βHey, you, could you maybe not stare at my house in the middle of the night!β
-Oh. You are quite feisty, and very bold to approach Malleus Draconia with such an aggressive tone.
-βIβm unsure what you mean, Iβm simply admiring the architecture.β
βI donβt care WHAT youβre doing, youβre freaking me out! I know youβre supposedly some big scary monster guy, but I need you to STOP being weird outside my house.β
ββ¦My apologiesβ¦β
-Malleus is pleasantly surprised at your spunk β heβs never been spoken to like that, heβs excited by it.
-After you yell at him, you let him explain himself, and you realize he is just⦠really, really bad at socializing.
-He wasnβt watching you, he just really enjoys silence and ramshackle is the quietest place on campus β even with you living in it.
-So, you give him the benefit of the doubt, because he really does just seem like heβs lost on everything around him 90% of the time.
-You donβt hang out with him during the day, but if you happen to see him on your lawn (as he usually is), you go out and hang out with him for a while.
-It makes Malleus happy, because you treat him like a friend. You give him cute nicknames, and you invite him inside for snacks, and you go out of your way to say hello to him when you pass him in the halls.
-He also gets to know more about you, and his curiosities about you and your world get quelled.
-He doesnβt really question anything about you, especially not your gender.
-Gender is hardly important for fae, and you seem confident in your expression, so he has no reason to wonder. Besides, there are far more thrilling things about you than your sex.
-So, you and Malleus start to grow close. So close, in fact, that you can confidently say that heβs one of your closest friends.
-At this point, almost everyone who you want to know about your gender knows. Everyone but Malleus.
-Initially you kept it a secret because you didnβt know how good he was at not talking, but nowβ¦
-Now, well, you donβt really have a reason.
-People usually question you at this point, or at least seem suspicious, but Malleus?
-Malleus shows not a hint that he thinks something is up. Itβs odd to you, isnβt he supposed to be super smart or something. Maybe heβs just too respectful.
-Regardless, you decided to talk to him about it the next time you see him staring at the gargoyles around campus.
-βHey Tsunotaro, whatβre you up to?β
βJust admiring these gargoyles here, arenβt they fascinating? They were the first few installed in the school, if my memory serves me correctly.β
βThey are very cool, but could I ask you something not gargoyle related?β
βWhat is it, child of man?β
βYou know that Iβm, uhm, a girl right?β
βOh. I did not know that, how interesting.β
-He doesnβt understand why you would hide that, but it doesnβt really perturb him that much.
-The most you got was an eyebrow raise, and then he was back to his gargoyles.
-You were pretty satisfied with that, so you figured he wouldnβt tell anyoneβ¦ and then you hear him loudly talking about it with his friends in Diasomania.
-Sighβ¦ he means well, but he just doesnβt get the social stuff.
-Youβre not mad, because pretty much everyone knows at this point, but it still sucks that heβs such a loudmouth.
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