yooo my partner found this book and didn't even realize it was me writing it until a certain chapter on when I explained how we got together so anyways if my partner is reading this ilysm <33

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The human realm was odd, and Hunter wasn't a huge fan of it.

Well, also, he was far away from his home living in a house with two humans, a basilisk, the lesbian who beat him in battle that one time so he had to resort to manipulation and threats to get a useless key that ended up broken (which he's still slightly bitter about), his best friend, and his crush.

He had no freakin idea what to feel.

At least, Vee, Luz, and Amity would be sharing Luz's room, and Hunter, Willow, and Gus got the couch.

He felt safer with the illusionist and the captain, they were both much more powerful than he was. Finally, he could sleep without having one eye open.

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"Is that really how he sleeps?" Luz asked as soon as she walked down the stairs.

Willow had no idea if she was referring to Gus, who was sleeping upside down with his legs up against the wall, or Hunter, who was sitting like he was watching TV but ready to get up, except asleep.

Willow was curled up in a ball between the two, wide awake with an empty bowl that once held cereal. She couldn't move, Hunter was using her leg as an armrest, his hand holding her knee, so she couldn't really move.

Luz shook her head at the scene and retrieved the empty bowl from Willow. Then, a genius idea struck her.

She came back, and Willow's eyes widened.

The things she was holding were a pit and a pan.

Walking right up to Hunter, , Luz slammed the pot and pan together twice.

"whAHH—" Hunter woke up, startled, and more or less fell to the left of him. Which is where poor Willow happened to be.

When Hunter fell on top of her, Willow ended up accidentally knocking Gus off the couch.

Willow was going to ask Gus if he was okay, but got caught mid breath by Hunter looking directly at her for a couple seconds, laying down next to her and hugging her tightly like a koala, mumbling "Hmm, you're warm", and promptly starting to snore.

"Did I really watch that happen?" Gus asked from the floor, rubbing his head.

Luz set the pot and pan down and giggled. "I'm gonna tell Amity. Maybe come up with some ship names."

After standing up and brushing dirt off of him, Gus smiled. "Can I join?"

Guess he wasn't hurt too badly from falling off the couch. Luz and Gus ran back upstairs, leaving Hunter and Willow on the couch.

Willow merely sighed and glanced at the boy cuddling her. His eyes were wide open, just watching her, he'd faked the snoring so people wouldn't notice.

She blushed, and adjust herself in his arms, so that she'd face him.

"Do you know what a 'ship' is?" Hunter asked her.

Willow did know, but she didn't want to explain it. Yet, something in the way Hunter looked at her made her explain it.

"Uhm, yeah. It's them thinking that we," Willow's cheeks tinged red. "They think we'd look good as a couple."

Hunter raised an eyebrow, blushing lightly.

"I think I agree with that statement." He spoke awkwardly, the blush on his face becoming much more noticeable.

"Me too." Willow agreed.

Then, she wrapped her idle arms around him and pulled him close to her. She rested her head on his shoulder.

"I love you." They both said at the same time.