Of Fond Memories [Skyrim and WoW one shots] (Requests Closed)

(Skyrim) Cicero- The Jester's Heart

Requested by: eclipsequeen

It was a boring day at the Sanctuary, (y/n) got an off day but it seems like she hasn't much to do except lazing around
"Damn..." (y/n) sighed out of boredom as she repeatedly kept stabbing the old wooden table, ever so lightly.
A light breeze ran through your (h/c) hair, that made you look out the window, the sky was cloudy as you could tell by the lack of sunlight outside, small bugs flew around the pond outside, and there was light rain that caused pit pat sounds on the roof, and you began daydreaming.

Soon you even got bored with that and decided to walk around the sanctuary. Nazir was sitting around the dining table, Babette was mixing something in the alchemy lab, Arnbjorn was eating and Astrid stood at the main gate, leaning over a map on the table.
"Hey Astrid" you greet her
"Yes, (y/n)?" Astrid replied with her usual powerful and feminine voice.
"Any tasks for me?" You asked, (e/c) eyes glowing
"No.... it was your off day remember, come back tomorrow" Astrid replied, rolling her eyes
You sighed as you walked away from her.

"Listener!" A loud, almost angry voice came across the room, you looked up at the door with Sithis' portrait on it and walked up there.
"What is it..." you asked, curiously
Cicero had his back towards you, so you couldn't see his face and only hear the ramblings he went on and on, he barely even noticed you walking into the room.
"Cicero!" You called him, he looked back at you as you noticed his hat was missing and his straight auburn strands fell about his face, that he was now setting aside.
"What?! Can't you see I'm looking for something!!!" Cicero almost shouted
"Well you called me!" You shouted back
"I did?.... I did yes! Help poor Cicero to find his hat! Poor poor Cicero!" Cicero spoke the words so sadly that it sounded like he was about to cry. He shook his head, his auburn locks sliding all over his face. You stared and admired the looks for awhile; Cicero was kneeling over a messy chest, with his head facing the floor causing his hair to fall on his face with only revealing his eyes. You sighed as your cheeks flushed, "Cicero" a thought crossed your mind but soon your musings were interrupted by Cicero's shouting
"why is Listener standing here yet?! Does she revel as poor Cicero suffer!!" He barked looking at you
"No..! I was thinking something! Fine tell me where did you last saw your hat?!" You quickly asked him
Cicero shrieked in joy, as he ran up to hug you "sweet listener..." he slyly said in a low voice, you couldn't understand why. But then again, Cicero is half crazy.

"Let's start outside the Sanctuary!" He said as he ran towards the main gate, with you following him.
You saw Cicero standing near the black door, waiting for your arrival. As you did, he politely stood beside you as you unlocked the gate and you both exited the Sanctuary.

The sky was much clearer now, the afternoon's heat seems much warmer now. Your (h/c) hair began to glitter under the sun rays, as you felt Cicero's eyes caught up on them. You looked at him but just as your eyes met his, he bobbed his head and set his glance near the trees... you could've sworn you saw his cheeks going pink.

"No! No! No!! Cicero can't find his hat!" Cicero shouted as he sat under a tree, frustrated from searching his hat for two hours
"It's ok, we'll find it!" You tried to encourage him as you struggled to look for the lost hat
"...listener! I might've kept the hat in Falkreath Watchtower! Yes!" He said as he stood up
"Then let's go" you stood up and began to follow him.
The whole short journey Cicero spoke of how he'd kill people, as in explaining them with poem and how he'd stab the fair maid Nelly in her belly.
Just as you neared the rope bound bridge of the watchtower you saw and heard boulders falling your way
"Listener!" Cicero gasps as he quickly holds you by your shoulders and tackles you on the ground, far from that bridge, behind a tree. "...Is the Listener, okay?" Cicero asked in a low, innocent voice as his face was only inches away from yours
"Cicero! Let me go!..." You shrieked as he realized and stood up, helping you to stand up as well
"Cicero apologizes! He didn't realized...that we were in such a...state" he chuckled as you glared at him
"Bandits on those towers!" You quickly said as you loaded your bow with arrows and began to shoot them.
You took out a bandit and saw that Cicero was no where to be seen, upon closer inspection you saw that he was on melee engaging the bandits "damn jester will get himself killed!" You cursed under your breath as you quickly ran up the towers.

He almost had cleared them all out but a bandit was about to hit him from behind, just then you shot the bandit as she lay motionless
"Here's your hat" you said, casually holding the jester hat at him and glancing at his messy hair once more
"Cicero thanks you!" He thanked you, the energetic voice was suddenly low now. You fix the hat and straighten it up. You walk up to him, and put the hat on his head
Cicero was staring at you with a smile as his side bangs fall over his eyes as you put the hat on his head, upon noticing him you smiled back but blushed a bit
"What..." the words came out less like a question from you
"Thank you...listener, sweet listener" he smirked.

At evening, you two were walking back to the sanctuary. The sun had set, the sky was now painted in pink and purple hues with dark blue clouds spread around the sky. (Y/n) sometimes glanced at Cicero, with his hair still unkempt and his bangs shadowing his eyes, with that tiny bell hanging around at the back of his hat. She wanted to speak, a compliment to the handsome jester perhaps, but as they had reached the Sanctuary, she couldn't.

Later that night
"Listener..." you hear Cicero calling you, in whispers as you were the only one awake with him, you were reading the song of Pelinal but you were interrupted by him
"I'm reading Cicero, what is it?" You asked him
"I lost my hat...again!" He said poking his head out from behind the bookshelf
"Again?!" You were annoyed
"Please help me find it?!" He pleaded.
With no choice, you followed him to his room. His cupboards,chests and wardrobes all unorganized and messy in his struggle to find his hat
"This, here... can you come here a moment..." he said looking at a wall near the nightmother's coffin
You walked up to him, and suddenly you were pushed against the wall by him as he slightly chuckled at your frightened reaction
"Hat's not lost...! Hehehe!" He laughed, his breath hitting your chin
"Cicero..."
"Shh! I merely wanted to meet the sweet listener" he said softly as he held your chin up with his slender finger, gently placing a kiss on your lips as he held your waist "sweet...listener" he whispered between the kisses as his warm breath sent electric shocks all over you...