•~Stanford Pines X Birth Defect Reader~•

•Part 15 | Close To Confessions•

You were sitting on your bed sewing up the small tears from the hail outside, which was still pouring down hard. After a bit, you heard tiny footsteps rushing to your door. It was most likely Mabel, the footsteps were too small to be either of the Stan twins, and Dipper was probably still asleep. You were right, Mabel came bursting into your room. "I forgot to ask what you were doing with- GASP. Is- is that Ford's coat-!?" "Yes, it is. Why is that so shocking? It got ripped out in the hail-"

"YOU TWO-" She stopped herself from yelling and shut the door before running over to the bed and sitting next to you. "You two were out that long? The hail started like 3 and a half hours after you guys left! Did you two do something else?" You readjusted yourself and kept stitching up the trenchcoat with firm stitches. "When we left we went off the trail a bit and we hung out on an old willow tree for a bit, we were only at lunch for about an ho-" You were cut off by Mabel gasping.

"You two have something going on!" You chuckled nervously and felt your face go red. "Mabel it's nothing. Even if there was something he is far too smart to go for someone like me." You said, trying to void the fact that you already knew that Ford liked you, due to you 'accidentally' overhearing him and Mabel talk a few nights ago. "Sure sure. Just bring me my sewing stuff when you're done with your future boyfriend's coat." She got up and walked out of the room quickly, too quick for you to respond. You sighed and kept fixing up Ford's coat.

Ford POV:

I was working down in my lab, though it felt a bit unnatural not having my trenchcoat, but still, I was getting things done. My train of thought was broken by someone running down the basement stairs, sounded small. "Who's there? Dipper? Mabel?" I said as I turned to face the entrance. Mabel came down "GRUNKLE FORD GRUNKLE FORD!" She seemed excited, so u thought she was gonna ask about me and Y/N being gone so long.

"Listen, Mabel, I know me and Y/N were out quite a while, but I asu-" she cut me off "You remember a few days ago when we were talking in the kitchen about your little interest?" How could I have forgotten? I could feel my face grow warm. "I can't keep it in anymore-! SHE LIKES YOU! SHE DOES!" She looked overjoyed. I got immensely embarrassed and far more red.

"Mabel you must be mistaken, we only got a bit sidetracked and the hail ripped my coat. Which she had offered to fix for me while I worked down here." I tried to stay calm to explain it to her. "Nonononono. Grunkle Ford, she likes you! You need to ask her out!" She said excitedly, and I could feel my face burning at this point. "Mabel calm yourself. I will not be asking Y/N out. I wish I could kid but she deserves better than an old guy like me who spends most of his time in a basement hidden by a vending machine."

"What!? Nonono you need to ask her out! She likes you I know it! You shouldn't be scared of getting rejected she likes you! What will it take an audio recording of her admitting it?" I knew she was joking. But that would make me do it. "That would be something," I said as I turned back to my work. "It's on!" She said as she ran upstairs. I was too late to stop her, and I didn't bother trying.

Back To You:

You finally finished stitching up Ford's trenchcoat, and you wanted to return it right away. You had it for long enough. You walked out of your room and Mabel rushed by you to her room, wondering what that was about. You folded Ford's trenchcoat neatly and began walking downstairs, then toward the vending machine. You entered the code and began walking downstairs. You heard Ford in the distance. "Mabel? It's not possible that you got her to c-" he cut himself off when he saw it was you.

"Ah-! Y/N." He cleared his throat. "What brings you down here?" He said as he stood up from his chair and walked over to you. "Well, I was coming down here to return your trenchcoat. But what were you and Mabel talking about?" You said as you handed him his trenchcoat. He cleared his throat nervously. "Oh- nothing of interest. Thank you for sewing this back together, it's done so well!" He said as he looked at the spots you stitched together. "Thank you, Ford- just an old nack of mine,"

"Well, I thank you greatly Y/N," Ford said warmly. "Yeah- no problem. I'll let you get back to work now." You said as you turned around and walked back upstairs and back to your room. You were getting pretty tired, so you laid down and tried to get some sleep. After about 3 minutes, you fell fast asleep.

You don't know how long you were asleep for, but you woke up in the middle of the night, the hail was still coming down. You checked your phone and it was around 1:00am. You yawned and got up, you felt like a water would be nice right now so you stood up and began walking downstairs toward the kitchen.

You got down and saw Ford sitting at the table, he didn't have his trenchcoat on and he was sipping something out of a mug while reading his journal, it smelled like he was drinking coffee. "Goodmorning-?" You said tiredly. His head immediately turned to the doorway that you were standing in. "It's past midnight, why are you up?" Ford said as he set down his journal. "I just woke up and was just gonna grab a water and head back to bed. The real question here is why are you up?" You said as you rubbed your eyes.

"I couldn't sleep. But that's not abnormal for me, I don't sleep much anyway." He said as he opened his journal again. "You know it's not too healthy to be getting such little sleep right?" You said as you stepped into the kitchen. "Yes I am aware." He said with a sigh as he sipped his coffee again. "And drinking coffee at 1 am probably doesn't help." You said as you sat across from him at the table. He looked up to you and smiled a bit. "Probably not."

"What are you even doing awake?" You asked him. "Im reading through the pages in my journal that Dipper wrote in. He acts like me when I was his age." He said with a warm smile. "So he's like a little mini-you?" You asked with a light smile. He nodded. "That must be nice." You said with a short sigh. "You should go back to bed Y/N." Ford said as he looked up at you again. "Not unless you to." You said as you leaned back in the chair with a smug smile.

He chuckled lightly and looked up at you. "Well then  you'll be up for a while." You smiled at his statement. "I guess so," there was a moment of silence, you didn't wanna bother Ford, but at the same time you wanted to talk to him. Maybe you should tell him how you feel, you already know that he likes you, so what's stopping you? Maybe you heard the conversation wrong from before and they weren't talking about you.

"If I go to bed will you?" Ford asked, breaking the silence. "Well, yeah." You said in return. He sighed and stood up. "Alright, goodnight then." You looked at him, baffled for a moment, before composing yourself quickly. He had walked off to his room and you walked off to yours. You fell back asleep easily.

Ford POV:

I sat on my bed, but I couldn't just go back to sleep. I had far too many thoughts in my head. I was hoping by flipping through my journal I could get my mind off things. Those things being Y/N. Flipping through my journal wasn't working so I thought I'd at least try and sleep. So I set down my journal and tried to go to bed. I realized I left the door open, but I couldn't be bothered to shut it. After a bit, I finally got some sleep.

Back To You:

You woke up again about an hour later. You realized Ford might not have kept his promise, so you stood up and walked down to the kitchen. Ford wasn't there, so you decided to check his room. You walked slowly and carefully as to not wake anyone up. His door was open, when you peaked in he was fast asleep, but he fell asleep with his glasses on.

You sighed and thought you should take them off for him, it could hurt his face in the middle of the night or they could break. But Ford was probably a light sleeper, so you debated it. After a moment, you decided to try and take off his glasses for him, but you knew you had to be super careful as to not wake him up.

You slowly and quietly made your way over to him, and slipped off his glasses. He seemed fast asleep still. You folded the glasses and put them on the bedside table. You pulled the blanket over his shoulders which made him stir a bit, but he stayed asleep. After a moment of looking at him and how adorable he was when he slept, you crept out of the room and shut the door quietly.

You sighed softly and walked back to your own room. You sat on your bed and thought for a moment that he might be mad at you for doing that, so you decided against telling him that you did that. You curled up in bed before slowly falling asleep.