Oh look, it's late at night. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. Lol. 

Just in case you don't actually know what comes next, Robin was sitting on the couch and staring at the ceiling like he was brain dead or something. In reality, he was going over lyrics in his head, and when he did that he had a tendency to just space out. 

He snapped to attention when he heard footsteps, though. His eyes opened and he found himself staring directly at Sheik, who looked tired. Actually, no. Tired was a minor understatement. He looked exhausted. 

"Um. Sheik, is everything alright?" Robin asked, only stumbling over his words slightly. Then he winced as he saw a confused look cross the blonde's face. He took a deep breath and repeated the question, marginally slower this time so Sheik was sure to understand.

"Yeah, it's fine." Sheik replied with a sigh. "Just thinking too much to go to sleep."

Oddly enough, Robin got the feeling that he wasn't telling the entire truth, but then again he himself had been doing that for months whenever Sheik would ask him if he was doing alright. Funny how that worked. "Alright. Uh, do you wanna sit down?"

Sheik shook his head. "No. Thank you, though. I just want to talk to you for a bit. I think it might help me sleep." 

Jesus fuck, why did he have to be so goddamn... Robin didn't even know how to describe him. Adorable? Yeah, that seemed to work best. 

"Okay. Um." Robin looked down at the various pieces of paper that were scattered around him and tided them up, if only so he had something to do other than focus on how he was probably blushing furiously by now. "What did you want to talk about?"

"Well, actually, it's more I wanted to ask you if you had anything you wanted to tell me." 

Oh.

OH.

Did he know? Had he somehow figured it out? Oh god oh fuck he was so fucking screwed. 

"Uhhhh no, why do you ask?" Robin laughed nervously. 

"You've been kinda distracted lately. I just wanted to double check and make sure everything is alright." Sheik smiled a bit at him and Robin could've sworn he died a little inside. 

His eyes. His goddamn eyes when he smiled. 

"Well..." Robin looked away and ruffled the hair on the back of his head. "Forget it. It's nothing." 

Sheik gave him a look that said he wasn't convinced in the slightest. "Look, you know you can tell me anything, right?" 

He was going to have to tell him. Marth was right. There was no way he could keep this going any longer. Especially not when things like this happened. 

"Yeah, of course." 

"So?"

Robin winced. "If I tell you... will you promise not to get mad?" 

"I could literally never get mad at you, Robin." Sheik said quietly. 

Someone end him. Please. His heart can't TAKE this. 

He took a deep breath. Inhale, exhale. Wheeeew. You got this buddy, come on! 

"iminlovewithyou" Robin muttered, almost too quickly for even him to understand. 

"Um. Do you mind repeating that?" Sheik asked, looking surprised, embarrassed, and confused all at once. 

"I'm in love with you." Robin said before his brain could catch up to him. 

Oddly enough, Sheik actually looked... relieved? 

"Thank you." 

Robin blinked in surprise. "...What?"

"I'm proud of you."

"But why though?"

"Because you're brave." Sheik replied simply. 

"Okay but what good does that do?" Robin asked, a little bit angrily. "Can you just tell me what the hell is up with you?"

Sheik winced. "I... it's a long story and I don't think you would believe it. But trust me on this when I say that bravery saves your life."

"Why."

"Well, for one thing-" Sheik stopped himself and sighed irritably. "Goddamn it. I can't explain it." 

"Then just try." Robin pleaded. He resisted the urge to grab Sheik's hands- he knew that the blonde didn't like that, he was oddly particular about his hands for some reason that Robin had never actually been able to get him to explain- and shrugged his shoulders helplessly. "It can't be any weirder than what I just told you."

"I have dreams about the future." Sheik said flatly. 

"..."

"I told you that you wouldn't believe it!" 

"What the hell?"

"In these dreams, I see a future where you didn't say anything until it was far too late, and you did a lot of bad things. I'm trying to stop that from happening. So this," Sheik paused to gesture helplessly around him, "needed to happen in order for what I saw to become nothing more than a dream." 

"Jesus fucking Christ." Robin exhaled slowly and ran a hand through his hair. "So you're telling me you already knew?"

"Not until I first started getting these dreams, and I don't even know why I'm getting them. And I just..."

"It's okay." Robin whispered. "I know you don't love me back the way I want. You don't have to say anything." 

"I'm sorry." Sheik whispered, his voice sounding strained. He never had liked upsetting people, even when it's completely out of his control. He's far too nice for his own good, but that was one of the reasons Robin had fallen for him in the first place. 

"It's not your fault." Robin smiled halfheartedly. "I mean, you don't have any control over this. Maybe if I'd have been a bit quicker to realize that I'm in love with you, this could've gone different." 

"That's not your fault either."

"Maybe so. But it's useless to dwell on the past like that." 

An awkward silence settled over the two of them. 

As long as he was here, he might as well tell Sheik about the other thing that was bothering him. If what he had said about the dreams of the future was true, he was pretty sure he knew what had happened. Because he'd thought about trying to do it several times. 

"Look, I... what happened in your dreams?" Robin asked quietly.

"Are you sure you want to know?"

"Yes."

"You manipulated Corrin into breaking up with me, then abused me for months and nearly drove me to the point of committing suicide."

Okay, so the first half was familiar. The second half? Not so much. What the hell had his alternate reality self been thinking? 

"Then I guess now's a good time to say that I've thought about doing the first one, because I'm jealous of Corrin. I'm jealous of the way you smile when you're around him because you always look so happy and I want you to look at me like that." Robin said softly. "But I always think better of carrying it out, because loving someone means you want them to be happy. Even if that means you have to watch them love someone else. So... I just have to make sure. Does he make you happy?"

"Of course." Sheik answered without hesitation. A brief flash of the little smile he always got when he talked about his boyfriend flickered across his face, but it was hidden quickly. Probably because he didn't want to upset Robin. 

"Like I thought." Robin sighed. "I'm not going to get in the way of that. You deserve to be happy, Sheik." 

"So do you." 

Man, talk about a sucker punch to the gut. 

"I-"

"You'll find someone who will love you back the way you want." 

Robin stood up and impulsively hugged him. After a second, he felt the blonde hug him back. 

"Thank you." Robin whispered before letting go, gathering his papers, and walking away. 

Marth was right. It felt a lot better to get this out in the open. Sure, it still hurt, but it didn't feel like he was suffocating anymore. 

Though, he wasn't really sure which was worse: falling for a straight boy (or a gay girl, he didn't mind either one), or a gay boy who was already in a relationship. He had experience with both, and they both sucked. 

But now he could start moving on, even if that idea seemed completely impossible right now. He'd just have to trust Marth's advice. 

VIRAL COMPILATION OF THE DAY! (I lied, it's not a compilation this time. Lol.)

101 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Stan Robin from the Brawltang Boys

Written by BRAWLTANG SUX >:((((((

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