Unknown - Hobbit x reader

The Beginning

"...I should have listened to Josh"

I swung my shoulder-length streaked hair back as I heaved my backpack home after a long day at college. Before I set off this morning, he had suggested taking some shit out of it. I suppose I should have, if the backache I now have is any indicator. Though...... I need everything in my bag, right? I mean, I need my notebooks and supplies for college, and the emergency stuff is, obviously, for emergencies. What if I get stranded?

Rounding the street corner, my house finally came into view. It was just an ordinary terraced house on the outside, but as I walked through the front door, the paint and tools scattered everywhere, not to mention the inspirational quotes strung on the walls immediately show it's an artist's house. My stomach grumbled as the distinct smell of my house mate's cooking flooded the kitchen and living room. "Honey, I'm home!" I yelled. It was an inside joke between the two of us to act like we're together.

"Hey, glad you got back safe! Any incidents I should know about?"

"Nah, just a couple of douchebags at college again."

After answering Josh, I decided to move into the kitchen to see what was cooking. Seeing the remains of the cake batter, I couldn't resist. 'Just a little wouldn't hurt, right? Nah'

"I see you there, sweetheart"

I chuckled nervously, already regretting being caught.

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Spread-eagled on the floor, I decided to officially give up on my coursework for the night - it was getting late - and I wanted to do some stargazing before I went to bed, my days in high-school astronomy class still affected me today. Throwing on an oversized jumper to protect my arms from the bitter autumn wind, I crept downstairs and onto the front steps. Sitting down to put my walking shoes on, I noticed that it was suspiciously quiet for a busy neighbourhood. I quietly shut the door behind me, slung my bag onto my shoulder, and made my way into the woods. It was the best place around to go stargazing – it was large enough that the streetlights didn't affect your vision. After climbing to the top of my favourite tree, and though many of the stars were masked by the light pollution from the city, I found my favourite constellation, Cassiopeia. The strange crown-like shape of it had always been easily recognisable to me.

I laid back to mull over the events of the day, and my mind drifted back to the time Josh and I first met.

It was the first day back from Christmas break, and I had had enough of everyone's bullshit already. Being around the same few people for two weeks had put my mind on edge with being around large numbers of the douchebags. As soon as the day finished I ran off into the woods, ignoring the shouts of my few friends, desperate to find somewhere I could calm myself. I scrambled up one of the trees, thanking god for practising climbing when I was younger. Josh must've been on his way home but he stopped under my tree noticing me. He comforted me then and asked if I needed him the next day in school. We've been best buds ever since – he's like a big brother to me.

Before I knew it, I had fallen asleep......in the tree. 

Only, when I woke up I wasn't in a tree..