Russia x Reader: Let's Be Lonely Together

    Ivan sighed as he sat down, leaning against the tree bark. It seemed like he would spend yet another day of sitting under a tree all alone during break. He often wondered why no one approached him. Was he really as frightening as others made him out to be? Now that he thought about it, the only people that talked to him with ease were his sisters, Natalia and Yekaterina. Ivan still didn't understand why no one approached him though. He wasn't a psychopath or anything like that. He preferred the term socially awkward because one, he often felt quite nervous in social settings but no one really knew mostly because he covered it up by smiling and two, he was most definitely NOT a psychopath. Sure, it seemed like he was because of the aura that usually surrounded him if he was angry or because of the fact that he sometimes carried around a water pipe but Ivan could (and would) assure people that he was not a psycho. That is, if people actually listened and didn't run away, spreading rumors about how he was insane and murderous...

    "Excuse me, can I sit with you?" A voice, obviously belonging to a girl, snapped Ivan out of his thoughts. He looked up at her. She had (e/c) colored orbs, (h/c) locks, and was smiling at him. Ivan blinked and said, "What?"

    She repeated her question again. "Can I sit with you?"

    Ivan couldn't believe it! It looked like his days of loneliness were finally coming to a close. He nodded and moved a little to his right. The girl sat next to him, leaning against the tree bark as well. 

    "What's your name?" asked the girl, looking at Ivan. 

    "Ivan Braginsky," he responded. "And yours?" 

    "I'm (F/N). (F/N) (L/N)." 

    Ivan never recalled hearing a name like that before. "You are new, da?" 

    (F/N) nodded. No wonder she had approached Ivan. She didn't know about the rumors surrounding him yet. Again, (F/N) broke the silence. "So why are you sitting here all alone? I don't think you're new like me. Are you?"

    Ivan shook his head. "No, I'm not new. I'm just lonely."

    "Oh. Well, that makes two of us then. I've tried to make friends here but it seems like the others just ignore me." Her smile had faded and she was looking at the ground, plucking out leaves of grass and twirling them around her fingers. Ivan examined her. She looked gloomy. For some reason, Ivan did not like seeing her this way. He preferred to see her smiling, just like a few moments ago. Suddenly, (F/N) stopped twirling the leaf of grass between her fingers and looked at Ivan, a smile spreading across her lips. 

    "Hey, I've got an idea," she said.

    "What is it?"

    "How about... we be lonely together? Just you and me?" she asked. 

    Ivan smiled. Unlike all of his other smiles, this one was different. It was real. Genuine.  

    "I like that idea a lot, actually."

    His days of loneliness had finally ended.