Male♂Megara/Reader - My Hero

(Megara → Just Meg)

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You ran as fast as your legs could take you. Anything to get away from your boyfriend that had just dumped you in front of all your close friends. He didn't even give you a satisfying answer on why he broke it up. He just said it was, 'Better of this way'. You knew the truth though, he left you for another girl he has been bragging about for the last couple of weeks you have been together. You should have saw it coming a mile away but instead of facing reality, you pretended like it wasn't really happening. Now its come to this and you were left heartbroken.

You sped through the streets of the large Greek city, accidentally shoving away bystanders as you fled away with tears in your (e/c) eyes, They would look back at you with odd looks and glares but you just didn't care. Your heart was torn from your chest because your now ex-boyfriend cheated and left you in the dust. You continued to sob as you ran straight for the forest to get away from everything and everyone. You just needed to get away and feel bad for yourself. Your heart felt so empty. Your ex and you had been dating for a year now. Why would he give up everything you both had for some girl he barely knew? Running out of breath once you were deep within the forest. You miserably stormed over towards a large boulder in the middle of a grassy clearing where you kneeled down and wept for your loss. Having your arms resting on the boulder as you sobbed into your arms, you continue to cry for a while until you heard something in the distance cry out.

A rippling shrill that sounded much like a bird but scarier sounded through the once quiet peaceful forest. Picking your head up and brushing away your (H/l) (H/c) hair from your face. You look in the direction of where the sound came from with wide eyes. 'What was that?' You think with fear bubbling in the pit of your stomach. Once you hear a masculine scream in the same direction as the shriek that sounded like a demonic bird, you instantly stand up to your feet and gaze intently into the woods to see if you saw anything. You heard someone scream, your first reaction should be to run away but you had other ideas. You couldn't let that poor innocent person be harmed if they were in trouble! Working up enough courage or stupidity, you start rushing to go see where the commotion was coming from.

You pushed away the thorny shrubbery that was in your way as you went through the sharp branches and thick layers of bushes. Passing a grouping of huge trees, you finally reach your destination. There in front of you is another opening near a rushing river and waterfall. You see a man with short dark brown hair with a lilac headband around is head with a long thick bang hanging on the left of his face. He also had unique vibrant violet eyes and was dressed in a long light purple chiton that matched his eyes. He appeared to be running from something with a frightened expression on his finely chiseled face. You raise an eyebrow and look behind him to see no one there. What was he running from? "Hey, are you okay!?" You yell to the man that stopped running to look over at you.

"Get out of here, girl!" The man shouted to you as if he was agitated by your presence. You give him an odd look and were about to ask him why but were left bewildered when something flew down from within the air. You gasp loudly as you see a black and silver feathered harpy opening its talons to grab onto the man from behind. You scream for him to watch out but were too late. You watch helplessly as he is nabbed onto and flown upwards into the sky. The man struggles in the harpy's deathlike grip and it was then you knew you had to help him before the harpy stole him away and possibly ate him. 

"Hang on! I'll save you!" You shout out to the man before thinking hard on what to do. 

"Help would be nice!" He replied sarcastically while trying to throw punches at the bird half woman but it wasn't helping much. You bite the bottom of your lip as the harpy circles around the area around you. 'Think (Y/n)! Think!' you mentally panic to yourself as you watch the flying creature above. Now looking around for something to use as a weapon. The only thing you could possibly use was a rock. It was better than nothing and worth a shot. Picking up the biggest rock you could find, you stick your thumb out at the harpy to improve your aiming accuracy. Locking onto the harpy with your thumb, you pull back your arm and toss the heavy rock into the air at full force. The rock zips through the air and with a lucky hit, it smashes right into the harpy's face. The man gasps as the harpy flinches from the rock to the face and loses control of its flight. You watch with nervousness as the harpy goes skyrocketing down while at the same time dropping it's victim before it crashes into the river with a loud splash.

You rush over to the brunette that was now rubbing his backside in pain from the fall. "Are you okay, sir?" You question him with concern. He grunts and shifts his narrow bright violet eyes to look at you with a clenched jaw and teeth.

"Never been better in fact. Nothing brightens my day like being kidnapped by a hungry harpy. How are you doing?" The man says with more sarcasm as he begins to pull himself up, while ignoring the hand you had out for him to take. You cringe slightly from his blatant sarcasm that seemed to even radiate off of him. He didn't look so gracious after you had just saved his life. He kinda seemed like a jerk, a handsome one, but still a jerk.

"Hey, I just saved your life. The sarcasm is really not necessary." You said and crossed your arms over your chest as he now is standing in front of you. Staring at you with a blank stare, he rolls his eyes and frowns.

"Yeah, what do you want a medal? Thanks, but I probably could have escaped that harpy myself. But whatever, you're my hero. Just don't expect me to get sappy about it." He replied and begins to stretch his well-toned arms out with a small yawn.

Now you remembered why you temporarily hated all men. The one just broke up with you unfairly and now this one is too prideful to be appreciative for saving his petty dumb life. Frowning you eye him down through narrowed eyes, "You're welcome…" You grumble and decide to ask him his name. Might as well know the name of the person you just saved, whether he's grateful or not. "Who are you exactly and why were you out here?" You ask him skeptically. He blows his long bang of hair out of his face and replied very unenthusiastically. 

"Name's Meg." He drones and tilts his head with his stare still held on you with much disinterest. "I'm out here because I can be. Why are you out here, hero?" he asks with a monotone kind of voice that hardly sounded that intrigued to hear what you had to say to him.

"My name is (Y/n) (L/n). I'm out here because I can be." You mock his voice which barely seemed to bother him. You keep your arms crossed and look annoyed by this Meg character.

"It appears we're two birds of a feather… Or perhaps, harpy if you know what I mean." Meg joked as he glanced over at the harpy that had fallen unconscious in the crystal clear river. He gazed back at you with a half smile, "Well, (Y/n)… How ever can I repay you for saving my life? I'm sure that is why you're still standing here." He asked very backhandedly. 

You furrow your brows in offense. Why does he think you want something for saving him? You could've just done that out of the kindness of your heart! Meg notices your glower cast on him and sighs with a faint eye roll. Why were women so uppity to get defensive over every little thing? He just didn't understand women or care for them too much. Not after his experiences with them in the past. All women were slime to him, only looking for something in return or something to complain about. Meg's lips twitched back to a frown that was his usual facial expression he typically held. 

"What makes you think I want something for saving you?"

"What are you saying? You did that from the 'kindness of your heart'?" He scoffed and flipped his bang out of his face. "I know how you women work. What do you want? I don't have much." He stated bitterly. 

You couldn't believe he made such a sexist comment but for some reason you got the vibe that there was more to it then just simply thinking lowly of women because he could. "Actually, yes I did it from the kindness of my heart. Believe it or not, I am a happier person knowing you are not a harpy snack right now." You tell him plainly which makes him scoff again. 

"How good-hearted of you. You are truly a hero and a saint. Now if you excuse me…" He trailed off and tried to leave you right then and there. You instantly turn around as he brushes past you. You bring your hands up to your hips and glare his back that was turned to you.

"What's your problem, Meg? Why are you being so mean to me? I just saved you for Zeus' sake!" 

He pauses next to a tree and places a hand against it and lowers his head with his usual frown. "I don't have a problem with you, hero. Are you happy now?" He retorts and glances over his shoulder at you. You frown poutingly and shake your head.

"No, I'm not… Look, I think we're starting off on the wrong foot. How about we redo?" You say to try and make amends with the handsome boy that was obviously skeptical of your intentions. He blew on his hair's bang again, which seemed to be something he did often as he turned around to face you again.

"I hope you don't mean to redo the part where you save me from the harpy and decide to change your mind and leave me to die."

You roll your (e/c) eyes but can't help but chuckle at his odd sense of humor, that was highly sarcastic in nature. Then again, he seemed like he was always teeming with sarcasm and witty remarks. "No, that's not what I meant. I would still save you from evil hungry harpies even if you're a bit of a jerk." You say and he smirks surprisingly. His smirk was very attractive, it was slightly crooked but it made him look more personable. You bet if he genuinely smiled for once it would actually make him seem… nice, not to mention drop dead gorgeous.  

"A jerk, huh? I can tell we're starting off on the right foot now." He quipped and began walking back over towards you from the tree he was leaning his hand against. You give him a small playful smile and couldn't help but do over your introduction.

"Hello, Meg. It was sincerely a pleasure to save you from that harpy. My name is (Y/n) (L/n) and I hope you know I saved you from the bottom of my heart because I cared NOT because I was expecting something from you."

Meg's half smirk turns into a full one as you rather dramatically reintroduce yourself with a melodramatic bow to him. He snorts and even chuckles a bit. "Hello, (Y/n). I 'sincerely' thank you for saving me from that harpy. You just said my name so as you know my name is Meg. If what your saying is true, I thank you for not trying to badger me for what I have. Or rather don't have, but you think I do have. You get my point…" Meg played along and even bowed to you with his smirk still in place. You chuckle and he joins in on the laughter. 

"I feel we've come to a much better place now." You nod your head and he nods back with the faintest of smiles. It was just enough for your heart to pace faster than normal. He really was charming… for a sarcastic jerk. 

"Agreed. But now that we're 'on good terms', I think you should tell me what you are actually doing out here in the forest all by yourself. I heard crying earlier was that you?" He questioned with the raise of an eyebrow. You look embarrassed by his accusing tone and look away unhappily. Your thoughts were now back on that big stupid idiot you used to call your lover and friend. Sheepishly, you nod your head and look away from his watchful eyes. 

"Why were you crying?" He pried on, obviously noticing your discomfort but curious enough to ignore it. 

You sigh and shake your head. "It's nothing really… I just broke up with my boyfriend… or well he broke up with me for another girl. He told me it was just… better off this way." You tell him which makes his eyes flash with recognition. He frowns almost sadly and glances down at his sandals. 

"You too, huh?" He says quietly and looks back up at you, while flipping his bang again out of his face. You stare at him with narrowing confused eyes. 

"What do you mean?"

He sighed and put his hands on his hips as he looked over towards the unconscious harpy that was still in the water as he spoke rather hesitantly. "I had a girlfriend one time. Promised her I would do anything for her, like a good boyfriend and lover should. Her life was on the line one day, she was near death, and I was willing to do anything to save her from it. I ended up selling my soul for her life. She did live on after that. I was so happy until she walked off with another guy. Now I have to pay my debts and suffer the consequences of my actions. It was stupid of me to give so much into a relationship. I was just simply in love and that all came crashing down on me. Heh, you must think I'm an fool, right? But no matter, I won't ever fall in love again and make the same mistake. Love is for fools."

You frown sadly by his very personal story that you were shocked he even shared with you. You couldn't imagine selling your soul for another's life. What he did was so valiant and compassionate. To think that girl had literally the perfect boyfriend at her fingertips, who risked his life for her own. Then to ruin it all by ending up with another man that would never even scratch the surface of what Meg did for her. It was so sad… You honestly wanted to cry for Meg. No wonder, he thought so lowly of women and love. For some reason, you wanted to convince Meg that love isn't so bad even if love has hurt you. You knew you just needed the right person and, unfortunately, Meg had sold his soul for one that wasn't his significant other. 'Poor Meg…" You think glumly as you watch him looking back down and appearing troubled by his own thoughts and memories. 

Stepping forwards towards Meg, you place a hand on his shoulder. His eyes quickly veer back to look you in the eyes with that disturbed hurt look in his sparkling light violet narrowed eyes. "Don't give up on love, Meg. I know that's easy for me to say since I didn't go through that, but not all love ends in tragedy. Be glad you didn't end up with the girl who would stab your back in seconds like she had. You don't deserve someone like that. You deserve someone with a caring heart, who would die for you if you were in the place of death instead. Love is not for fools and you are not a fool either. You didn't do anything wrong. You never knew she would abandon you like that. You need to forgive yourself." You comfort Meg, who was staring into your eyes and taking in everything you had said to him to heart.

"You don't understand, (Y/n)… I sold my soul to Hades for that girl! Is love worth the pain that it brings if you chose the wrong one, which could happen over and over again?"

"Is love worth it if you find the right one, which only happens once?" You counter which makes him fall silent and look away from you with a deep grimace. He hated love. He promised he would never say he was in love ever again. Why were you even making him reconsider his thoughts on the matter? 

"No! I won't…I won't fall in love. I won't say I'm in love. Just get off my case, okay?" He tried turning away from you but you weren't giving in. You chased after him as he began walking away aimlessly from you. 

"Meg, if you found someone you love, who truly loves you back. There would be nothing to regret. Just because you did something in the past doesn't mean you have to let it affect your future!" 

Meg lowered his head and growled under his breath in aggravation before turning sharply to look at you. You were slightly taken back by the angry look on his face. "What are you trying to prove, (Y/n)!? Why do you care?" 

You fell silent for a moment but kept your wits about you under his intense glare. "I care because I know how it feels to be hurt and I care because you are such a hurt lonely person who deserves true love without heartbreak. You hide it, but I see you are a compassionate good-hearted man behind that wall you built up to keep everyone out, including love. If you just let someone in again. You could find true love and a girl who truly cares about you."

"Like you?" He suddenly questioned with a softer look in his eyes. Your cheeks flushed red as he said those two words. You couldn't get the thought of being his out of your mind. Why would he say that? You cared for him, but did you care about him like that? You were still basically strangers, but still...

"I-I…" You stammer and now were the one looking down, adverting your (e/c) eyes from his own. He stared at you blankly and brushed his bang out of his face with his hand. 

"Well?" He said.

"I-I-I meant someone… a girl but- I meant-" Meg placed a finger to your pink lips to stop you from rambling on anymore. He genuinely smiled at you which made your heart beat at what felt like a unhealthy pace. His smile was truly drop dead gorgeous. 

"I know what you meant, hero." He teased with his smile never fading away, "But to be honest. If I ever fall in love again. It would be with someone like you…. Uh, sorry, that was rather cliche to say, but I do mean it." He said and lowly chuckled at the blush dusted across your cheeks that was even brighter than before. Leaning in, he placed a soft kiss against your lips that was quick but painfully sweet. "You're all right, hero. Maybe, I'll need you to save me again, sometime. Just keep your eyes on the sky and hopefully I won't be there." He laughed which inherently made you giggle along with him. The both of you smiled at each other. Meg started walking away from you while putting up his hand in farewell, "But really, (Y/n). I hope I see you again. I'm sure, I'll be here again waiting. Just don't leave me hanging too long or I might have to come looking for you myself." Meg said over his shoulder and grinned. "Stay safe, my hero." With that he walked off into the depths of the forest, leaving you there with a meaningful bright smile. 

"You too, my damsel in distress." You smirked and chuckled to yourself as you looked off in the distance Meg had walked off into and out of sight. Feeling a newfound source of happiness, you also began to stroll out of the forest to go back home. You couldn't wait for your next visit with Meg. 

He might need saving again, after all… And you would be there to protect him.