Genji’s Dragon

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Prompt: 

Genji’s dragon really loves to hang out with s/o. s/o and Genji are not yet in an established relationship and they both are shy about their feelings for each other.

Word count: 2048

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You sat by yourself in a large windowsill, quietly enjoying
a book as gentle rays of sunshine beamed through the glass to give you warmth.
The day was a bit overcast, but there was just enough sunlight to keep you
comfortable.

While invested in your story, you feel an odd warmth gather
in your lap. Keeping your eyes on your book, you hesitantly reach down with one
hand to feel what’s going on down there. You feel… scales… and a long,
serpentine body. Is that a snake!?

You fall out of the windowsill with a shriek. Luckily, you
weren’t too far from the ground so you don’t get hurt too bad, but now your
head was whipping around looking for the spooky scary snake that dared snuggle
up to you. You were confused to find no such thing sitting around you, but as
soon as you looked up, you see a wispy green dragon floating in the air mere
inches from your nose. You let out a shriek and cover your eyes as a defensive
reflex. Staying still for a few moments, you start to think you may just be
hallucinating, but you feel a gentle warmth touch one of your hands. Something
akin to a lick, you think.

Slowly, you lower your hands from your face and see the
dragon is still there. It lets out a frustrated chuff before snuggling up to
your cheek, gently wrapping around your neck, and resting its head on your
shoulder so it could take a little nap.

Well, it would appear this creature didn’t mean you any
harm, but you were still incredibly weirded out by this situation. Where did
this dragon come from? Why does it want to sleep on you? Wait, dragons are
real? So many questions ran through your mind, you almost didn’t notice when
Genji showed up. You spotted his feet in your peripheral vision and looked up
to see a rather confused ninja.

“Oh! Genji!” you say, startled.  “Sorry, sorry. I was reading but then I fell
and now I’m… here…”

With embarrassment clear on your face, you get back up on
your feet and try to avoid eye contact with Genji. Since the moment you first
saw him, you have had quite the crush on him. Even when you mistook him for an
omnic at first, you wished he would be yours. Of course you’d be caught in such
an embarrassing position in front of your dream man…

“So, um, what brings you here? I don’t usually see too many
agents in this corner of the Watchpoint.”

“I’m… actually not too sure,” Genji responds, as if in
thought. “I just felt like coming here. Like some instinctual pull brought
me—“

Just then, the little dragon wrapped around your neck perked
its head up and let out a defensive little snarl at Genji, to which Genji took
a step back and yelped in surprise… which then made you yelp out of fear.

“What is that
doing here?” Genji asked, pointing at the dragon. His visor hid his face, but
from his voice you could tell he was completely flabbergasted about all this.

“Oh! It uh, just kind of showed up? That’s actually why I
was on the floor. It scared me. Thought it was a snake… Heh, do you know
anything about this?”

Now that you mention it, you began to recall Genji having
something very similar—

“That’s my dragon!” Genji nearly shrieked. It almost sounded
like he was embarrassed about something, but you couldn’t think of anything
that could possibly cause him to feel that way.

“Yours? Oh, you
mean that glowy dragon that appears when you do your… sword thing? I didn’t
think it was… sentient.”

Genji held his hand out toward you and the dragon let out a
little growl before begrudgingly uncurling from your neck and twirling around
his arm. In an instant, the dragon vanished on a poof of green smoke and it was
as if the creature had never been there to begin with.

“It is, somewhat,” Genji said with a sigh. “Most of his
behaviors are derived from my own personality and mood. I didn’t even notice it
had emerged, let alone left me. I’m sorry it frightened you. I’ll be sure to
keep better control over it.”

Now you were feeling a little bad. You didn’t want him to
feel so self-conscious about this.

“No, no,” you assure him. “It’s not that big a deal. Now
that I know what it is, I wouldn’t mind having it show up again! It was
actually kind of warm as it rested on me. Kind of like a long cat.”

You could feel the color flushing in your cheeks as you
began to realize how silly you sounded. How dare you describe Genji’s cherished
dragon like that? That’s one way to ruin your chances with the guy you crushed
on.

Yet, it seemed he did not take offense. Instead, Genji let
out a little chortle and nodded his head in agreement.

“It is sort of like a cat, isn’t it? That just means it gets
into more trouble than it should. But, if you really don’t mind, I suppose it’s
alright. If only I knew what drew it to you in the first place.”

Oh, but he knew. He knew all too well but was too afraid to
admit it. Just like you had fallen so hard for him, Genji had fallen just as
hard for you if not harder. It would seem now his desires are finally starting
to become too much for him and his dragon thought it would be best to take
action. Sadly, Genji didn’t think you’d be willing to go out with him. Despite
his time with Zenyatta, he is still somewhat concerned with his appearance and
feels in his current state, he in unlovable—at least not in the intimate sense.
He can make friends and close companions just fine, but to take on a lover? It
was impossible, or so he thought.

With that, Genji simply gave you
a little wave and left you alone. But, even with him gone, you swore you could
still feel his presence deep within your chest.

That night, Genji dreamed of holding you in his arms. He
wanted to squeeze you tight, kiss you hard, and make you all his. Of course,
that was just a dream, but come morning, you woke up to find Genji’s dragon had
returned. The glowing green serpent was curled into a little ball on your
stomach, much like how a cat curls up. Does this thing even know it’s
reptilian? Regardless, you found it pretty cute, even if its presence did give
you a bit of a start when you woke up. You reach out and gently stroke the
dragon’s cute little head, then rub down along its back. The dragon lets out a
pleased purr and presses against your hand for more affection.

However, this contact must have sent a jolt through the
dragon, because as soon as you started petting it, Genji launched up from his
bed with a gasp and instantly knew his dragon had wandered off again. He was
correct in assuming his dragon had gone to be with you again. Damn, it was too
early for this…

Genji felt himself being consumed by an addictive warmth. It
was something that made his heart pound out of his chest and he silently cursed
his dragon as he simmered in jealousy. He needed to get his dragon back, but
most importantly, he needed to see you.

Genji got himself out of bed and rushed to put himself
together. It was as if every moment apart from you left him more and more
antsy. Once he looked decent, he rushed out of his room and simply followed the
compass in his heart to find where you and his dragon were hiding. It was
likely you were still in your room given the early hour, so he hoped he
wouldn’t be waking you up or anything.

You remained in your bed, gazing at the dragon with loving
eyes as you lazily stroked its limp body. It had become so relaxed under your
touch it was basically a limp noodle by now. After what felt like a good hour,
you hear a gentle knock on your door that still managed to make you turn stiff
with surprise. Then, as much as you didn’t want to, you carefully got yourself
out of bed and pulled the dragon off of you. The spirit was not pleased in the
slightest, but allowed it for it knew who was at the door.

You open it to see Genji standing there. Of course, you
think to yourself. You grab the dragon out of the air with a mastery that gave
Genji a shock. You had only known the dragon for less than a day and you
already handled it so well! It was good to see you were quickly establishing
such a good connection.

You hold the dragon out to Genji and he shyly takes it back.
The dragon dissipates as he makes contact with it.

“Heh… Sorry again. It would seem my dragon is quite fond of
you.”

You smile just a bit in your still sleepy state, picking up
on the adorable shyness in Genji’s voice.

“Well, I think I’m becoming quite fond of your dragon as
well,” you reply.

The ninja perks up just a bit at this. He couldn’t tell if
that tone you were using was flirty or not, but he considered it to be enough
to make a move. A very subtle move, he hopes.

He inquires, “Is that so? Perhaps we could, I don’t know,
arrange a meeting time of sorts? Just a time for us to hang out so you can
spend some time with my dragon. I mean— at least then maybe the darn thing
would stop running off like this. It’s much more bothersome than it lets on.”

You had a sneaking suspicion that this may or may not be
Genji asking you out on a date. You really really hoped that was the case. Your
heart swelled and you internally screamed at the thought of it, but you didn’t
want to get your hopes up too high either. You figured it would be best to play
it safe, but that doesn’t mean you won’t be totally relishing in this
opportunity.

“I think that sounds lovely,” you say after pretending to
think it over for a moment. “I’d love to spend more time with that sweet dragon
of yours! Oh—and you too, I guess.”

With a coy little wink, you tell him he can text you
whenever he is in the mood to hang and the two of you can just work it out from
there. Then, you shut the door and flop back onto your bed to try and get some
more sleep, but you just can’t. You’re too busy rolling around and screaming
into your pillow. A date with Genji! Well, not a date exactly. But still! A
DATE WITH GENJI!

Meanwhile, Genji has a silent celebration of his own on the
other side of your door, pumping his fists into the air and letting out soft,
whispered “yesssss”s under his breath. Looks like that whole “get a date
through your pet” also applies to ancient spirit dragons. Even his dragon
emerges once again to twirl around his head and let out a few excited chuffs
and rub up against Genji’s face plate with glee.

Still, the dragon’s plan to break the ice has worked, but it
thinks it still needs to help Genji, at least until they get married. The
dragon ceases its celebration to look back at your door, then glance at Genji.

“Don’t you dare,” Genji whispers angrily and gestures for
the dragon to return to him, but nope. The dragon reveals a mischievous toothy
grin and phases through the door to snuggle up to you again.

Genji whines and slowly sinks down to the floor with his
head in his hands. His descent is accompanied by a long “noooooooooooooo” until
he hits the floor. This was so embarrassing. He wishes he could put a leash on
that thing.