#The Purple Sign

[selfaware-bungou-stray-dogs]

The Purple Sign. Part IV

Self-Aware! Nikolai Gogol x GN! Reader

Description: There's The Purple Sign on your door. Part IV

Fluff. Gogol pampering.

Gogol speaks both Ukrainian and Russian.

Warning: OOC. English is my second language.

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You were on the kitchen. You were preparing for tonight.

Earlier today you saw Kolya. He took The Purple Sign from its display in the library and was laying on one of the many couches in the living room. He was staring at it, deep in thoughts.

You signed. For the last few days, you knew, that Kolya soon will use The Purple Sign. His behavior changed, and it was your cue to start preparing.

It's not like Kolya never used The Purple Sign spontaneously. Few times you were greeted by Purple Sign on your door and with Nikolai Gogol curled on your bed.

It would be the case, if he simply had a bad day. But, Nikolai Gogol and some other of your new friends had terrible weeks.

And you need to help them feel better.

Besides, you want to cook Nikolai's favorite dish.

You glance at the oven. Piroshki was ready.

Few of them were with rice and meat. Few of them were with egg and onion. One was with jam (and, of course, jam almost run out of the pastry).

The hardest part of the preparation was over.

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The dish with piroshki was covered with kitchen towel. It was standing on the laptop bed table.

You turned on the purple lights. Boil some water. Took two cups from emergency shelf and some tea.

From the drawer with Nikolai's name on it you took a pair of comfy clothes.

You made your bed as cozy as you can. At the end, it was soft, and covered in pillows and blankets.

You put your laptop on the bed table. You opened a folder with Nikolai's name.

Videos. A bunch of them. Circus performance from all over the world. Quiz games. Scary movies from all over the world. You opened the random video and paused it.

You put on your pajamas.

Now it's time to wait.

The moment you lay down on your bed, you saw a familiar golden light up above. You looked up and saw The Purple Sign was dangling above your head.

You took The Purple Sign and place the bag with comfy clothes in Nikolai's hand. You carefully pet his hand, showing, he can come in.

Hand disappeared.

You stepped outside for a moment and put The Purple Sign on your bedroom door.

You return to your room and lay down on your bed.

A few moments later, you were crashed in Nikolai's embrace.

He was laying on you. He wasn't wearing his signature attire, except of his coat. Instead of that, he was wearing clothes you gave him.

He still had his mask on. His braid looked unkept.

He tilted his head and looked you in the eyes.

Both of you were quiet.

You cupped his face. He closed his eyes, enjoying your warmth.

With two fingers, you removed his mask. His mismatched eyes looked tired.

You carefully unbraided his hair. Long locks of white hair were slightly tangled.

You remove his coat. He didn't let you stand up to put it on a chair and just threw it on the floor.

You run your fingers through Nikolai's hair.

He spoke.

"I am afraid."

You breathe in, but stay silent.

"I am afraid, that one day, I will want to prove myself that I can truly be free... Free from you, [Y/N]. Free from my dear birdy."

You still were silent.

"I am afraid, that... I am not fully human. That one day, instead of making a truly human decision, I will make the wrong decision... Because I was made to make this wrong decision."

You cupped his face again. You were looking each other in the eyes.

Kolya gulped and whispered.

"I am afraid, that I will do something, that will make you hate me. Or that one day I will hurt you."

You close your eyes and rub your nose against his.

"You won't. You are a human. A normal person, like any person you can find on the street."

You kissed his scar.

"You and I are both humans. Real humans."

You kissed his eyelids.

"Not good. Not bad. We just two people doing things."

You kissed his temple.

"We will make mistakes. We will fall. We will fly."

You kissed his forehead.

"But nothing will take our humanity or freedom in making choices. I knew, that you will never do anything that will make me hate you."

You take his hands and placed on your neck. You looked each other in the eyes.

"I trust you. I will accept your choice. You are important to me."

Nikolai Gogol was quiet. He was looking you in the eyes.

You knew, that he will never hurt you. Because you were one of 'his'. If you are truly one of 'his', it means that you are under his protection. If you're truly one of 'his', it means that you have a great friend.

Then a small smile appears on Kolya's face.

In one moment, your head was laying on his chest and his arms were wrapped around you.

"Ти просто диво, моя пташка¹" he whispered in your hair, leaving few kisses. "Настоящее сокровище, птичка моя.²"

You snuggle closer to him.

For a few minutes you lay in each other's arms.

"Up for a video marathon?" mumble you.

"Mhm" Nikolai rubbed your back.

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Both of you were laying before bed table. Piroshki were eaten and tea was drank.

Nikolai was spooning you, a few locks of his long white hair felt on your face.

The video of quiz game were playing on your laptop.

Both of you were safe. Both of you were real humans.

Kolya hugged you closer.

You feel happy. And something tells you, that Nikolai feel the same happiness as you.

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1. Ukrainian. "You are a miracle, my birdy."

2. Russian. "Real treasure, my birdy."

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