It was early in the morning and the tavern was in silence. No muttering and yelling of customers. No clashing and spillage of ale. No fights. Nothing. Just quiet and peaceful silenc-

CRASH!

Y/N lifts her head from the hammock, looking over to where the crash came from to see Ban on the floor. An ale bottle that was on the small cabinet behind him wobbling before falling on his forehead.

"Seriously?" She asks, eye twitching. "Why are you making so much noise so early in the morning?" Ban looks at her before yawning.

"Nice bed hair." He says, ignoring her question and still on the floor, looking over at her. She shakes her head, planting her face into the hammock with her hand hanging out the side.

"I regret deciding to room with you"

"Out of bed you lazy butts!" Hawk shouts from the bottom of the stairs. "Come and get your breakfast!" Y/N groans as Ban gets up.

"That pig is going to be my breakfast if he doesn't shut up." She says, her voice muffled from being squished into the hammock. Ban stands up, noticing that Y/N isn't moving. He makes his way over to her and begins to violently swing the hammock back and forth.

"Come on puppy, time to wake up!" Ban says, laughing. Y/N growls and rolls over onto her back and sits up, glaring at Ban.

"I. Am not. A. Puppy!" She says, leaning over to where Ban's hand is grabbing the hammock and biting down hard. He yells in pain and begins to shake his hand to try and get her off.

"Ow! Ow! OW! Okay, okay, I'm sorry!" He says, anime tears falling down his eyes. "Just let go of my hand!" Y/N reluctantly lets up her biting, Ban holding his hand close. Y/N gets up and out of the hammock before stretching with a big yawn. Her shirt lifts slightly to show her still bandaged up the torso. Ban looks at it with a frown. "Why aren't you healing?" Y/N looks at him confused before following his gaze to her bandaged torso.

"Ah, well, I don't have the juice." She answers, patting the bandaged torso. "I can heal my small injuries but ones like these are a big no right now." Ban goes to ask something before she interrupts. "And no I don't know why. But I believe it has something to do with my sacred weapon or something. Luckily it's not hurting, so I can manage."

"You sure?" Ban asks.

"Of course I'm sure! I'm not the lieutenant of the Eight Deadly Sins for nothing." She says. "Oh! And another thing, I'll bite your hand clean off next time you do that. Got it?" She asks eyes squinted at him.

"Yes, Lieutenant." He says, nodding with a silent smirk. She turns around and grabs her coat and collar off the bench that lays underneath the hammock before putting them on and fixing her hair.

"Say, why aren't you sleeping with the princess?" Ban asks.

"Because this is my room that was until the princess took in and then now you." She replies, walking over to the door and opening it. Ban follows behind her.

"So you let the Captain sleep in the same bed at her?" Y/N chuckles.

"He won't be doing anything. He's a bit tied up." She says.

"Doing what?"

"I mean he's tied up." She says as she pulls Ban over to Elizabeth's room and opens it to show Meliodas in the bed with a rope around all his midsection, unable to move. Elizabeth sits up on the bed looking at him.

"Oh. Hey, captain" Ban says, snickering. Elizabeth and Meliodas look over at the door, seeing the two."

"Good morning Lady Y/N and Sir Ban," Elizabeth says with a closed eye smile. Ban and Y/N snicker to one another before closing the door and walking away. Ban heads back to their room while Y/N walks into a small storage room to get out some spare ale bottles.

"I can't wait to drink these, I'm gonna get so drunk, drunker than me on a Monday lalala~" She sings as she pulls out a crate and hears something hit the floor. She looks down to see a small wooden carving. "What the?" She puts the crate of ale back on the shelf and bends down to pick it up, inspecting it. She smiles lightly, "I wondered where you went." She strokes her thumb over the carving of the bear.

Y/N walks through a small village which is surrounded by plains and forests. She is carrying a bag over her shoulder and she makes her way across a stone bridge where a small lake runs underneath.

"Look at the baby crying!" She hears. She turns her head to the side of the bridge to see 3 older boys standing in front of a young boy, whose face is bruised and dirtied. His face

"Hey, why don't you go and cry to your mommy!" The tallest one of the three boys says before laughing. "Oh that's right, you don't have one. You don't have a dad either!"

"I heard that he didn't even meet them. Guess they wanted to get away from you  that bad huh?"

"They were probably embarrassed by him!" Another one says. says, making the other two laugh.

"That's not true!" The younger boy shouts. "They weren't embarrassed by me! Granny told me that they loved me very much! They just couldn't stay here because they were too good for this earth!" Y/N shakes her head and puts her hand in her pocket while the other is still holding the bag over her shoulder. She then begins to continue her path, deciding to stay out of the little fight between the young kids.

"Well, your Granny is a lying hag!" One of the boys says, seemingly to be the leader. "You know, she probably put a curse on your parents!"

"Don't talk about her like that!"  The younger boy shouts, launching himself forwards to jump on the leader boy and begins to hit his fists against his chest. "You don't have the right to talk about my family!" He shouts. As the younger boy continues to hit the leader, who has his arms up to cover himself, he fails to notice the other two boys behind him holding bricks. They hold the bricks above their head, going to strike the young boy in the head with them.

"Well, you won't be here to stop us!" The leader says, smirking. The youngest stops hitting the leader and slowly turns his head to see the dark shadows over the other two faces with evil smirks, the bricks over their heads. The younger boy's eyes widen. "See you, never" They bring the bricks down...

Time seems to slow down as Y/N drops her bag and turns her head, growling before poofing into her wolf form. She runs over to the boys, growling and barking. They all turn their heads to look at the oncoming wolf and they quickly drop the bricks behind them before running away, screaming. The leader quickly pushes the younger boy off him and gets up, tripping over at first before quickly getting back up. The younger boy sits up and puts his head down, excepting his fate. He slightly flinches when he feels a hand on his head.

"You okay kid?" Y/N asks. The boy looks up at her, before hesitatingly nodding. "Good. Now let's get you up off the ground." She holds out her hand and the boy slowly grabs it before he's pulled up. Y/N notices a wooden carving on the ground and picks it up, she bends down in front of him and holds it out to him. "I'm Y/N. What's your name?"

"T-Tyran..." He replies, grabbing the wooden carving of the bear.

Y/N smiles before placing the wooden bear in the inside pocket of her jacket before picking up the crate of ale and walking out the door, closing it with her foot.

Later that day Elizabeth and Meliodas sit at a table in the tavern, with food all on it. Meliodas is eating his food while Elizabeth sits quietly. Hawk stands beside the table looking up at the two while Y/N is behind the tavern bar, grabbing herself a bottle of ale.

"Uhm, Hawk? Y/N?" Elizabeth asks. The two hum in response. "The next time you tie up Sir Meliodas maybe it could be a little bit looser. If he feels uncomfortable then sleeps not easy for him."

"He could sleep on a rock," Y/N says, leaning on the bar. She opens her ale with a pop before taking a drink.

"It defeats the whole purpose if he's able to move," Hawk says. "Lying there on the same bed with you, he's gonna have more hands than a teenage octopus. Precautions must be taken!"

"Sheesh, can you turn it down a notch? Some people are still tired." Y/N says, scratching her head.

"But I..."

"If you just look at it as part of foreplay, it's not that bad at all," Meliodas says, mouth full of food. Y/N spits out her drink, eyes widened.

"W-What did you say?" Elizabeth asks.

"Do no-repeat that, Meliodas!" Y/N warns.

"Who knows maybe tonight you can tie me up instead of hawk and Y/N." He says. Elizabeth flusters with her hand on her cheek. Y/N throws an empty mug at his head.

"Quit being a perv to her Meliodas!"

"You sleaze bag," Hawk says. Diane's face pops up from the window beside them.

"Hey, did I hear somebody say your gonna tie up hawk!" Diane asks, smiling. Hawk jumps.

"No ones roping my roast!" Hawk shouts. Y/N licks her lips.

"I could go for some roasted pork right now." She says, taking a drink of her ale. The group hears footsteps and they turn their heads to see Ban walking over to them

"I could sure use a drink Lieutenant." Ban wines, sitting down on one of the stools with his eyes closed.

"A little early don't you think?" Diane asks. Ban frowns before opening his eyes to see Y/N drinking a bottle of ale. She covers the bottle's label with her hand, smiling.

"It's apple juice." She lies, taking another drink. He sighs and closes his eyes again.

"Would you like to have some breakfast with us?" Elizabeth asks knife and fork in their hand.

"You don't expect me to eat the Captain's awful cooking do ya?" Ban says handheld out.

"Tch," Meliodas says playfully before Ban catches a bottle that was thrown at him by Meliodas who is now behind the tavern bar with Y/N. "If you don't like it then make it yourself."

"Done mind if a do," Ban says before opening his ale with a pop, only for it to blow up in his face. Y/N snorts, looking at Meliodas.

"I shook all the bottles." She says between laughs.

With everything settled and breakfast out the way, Meliodas places a map on the table.

"Alright, guys." Meliodas says, pointing on the map "It's time to head to the necropolis. We'll start looking for King there."

"Didn't you say Fatty was six feet under these days?" Ban asks, a bottle of ale in his hand.

"It's the only lead we got, so I think we might as well check it out." Meliodas answers.

"I'm surprised that he wasn't with Y/N. He was always stuck to her side." Ban says, taking a drink of his ale. Y/N, who is sitting on the tavern counter behind him, smacks his head.

"He wasn't always stuck to my side! Unlike you, he knew when to give people their space!" She says, glaring at him.

"The city of the dead sounds scary, what kind of place is it?" Elizabeth asks.

"I have no idea," Meliodas says, crossing his arms. "Honestly, all I know is that it exists." He turns his head to Y/N. "Y/N?"

"Okay just because I'm the sin of Death doesn't mean I know everything there is to do with Death." She says, taking a drink of ale. They look at her and she sighs in defeat. "Okay fine, I do. It's just where dead people go and walk around."

"It's gotta be haunted then if that's what it's like," Hawk says, lightly sweating. "Bet it gloomy and dark all the time with rows and rows of creepy graves everywhere." Elizabeth gasps.

"There won't be any bugs right?" Diane says, her eye peeking in through the window. During their small worried conversation, Ban has fallen back to sleep with his head on Y/N's lap. Her fingers weave through his silver hair as he snores.

"Once we get there and start looking what will happen if we do find King? Do you think he's gonna be alive?" Hawk says. Elizabeth covers her ears in fear.

"Oh! Please don't say anything else!"

"Quite scaring her Hawk," Y/N says.

"Some ghosts huh?" Meliodas says.

Later Meliodas, Elizabeth and Y/N walk out of the tavern. Y/N dragging Ban by his ankle without breaking a sweat, who seems to be in a deep sleep. They walk down the stairs and Y/N drops Ban off halfway before walking over to stand beside Meliodas and Elizabeth. Hawk's mom stops walking.

"We're here!"

"So this is the necropolis?" Diane says, looking over the small and seemingly abandoned village. "It's not what I expected."

"How did a run-down little village end up with a name like that anyway?" Hawk asks.

"Rumour has it that this should be the closest place to it," Y/N says, placing her hands behind her head. Hawk's mom buries herself into the ground and they walk closer to the village.

"Let's see if we can get some intel on King and find out where to go from here. " Meliodas says. "And we're all gonna need to make a little food money right away, so...let's get the tavern up and running!"

"Well, what do you know, guess the Captain does sell the drinks," Ban says.

"He just shows off his sword whenever he can," Y/N mutters.

"When he's working he's so cute~! OMG~" Diane says, smiling down at him.

"And I'm gonna put all of you guys to work too!" Meliodas says, pointing at them. He first points at Diane "You. Bring in some customer's jumbo billboard girl." Diane's eyes turn to start.

"Are you sure!?" Meliodas doesn't reply and he points to Y/N.

"You be on guard duty. Make sure no one leaves without paying and there are no fights."

"How surprising" Y/N says sarcastically. Meliodas then points to Ban.

"You start grilling up some tasty grub, Jailbird cook."

"Oh, who me?" Ban says, slightly surprised.

"Are you sure you want this guy handing out food?" Hawk asks.

"Trust me, I know it's hard to believe but this guy is a real wiz in the kitchen," Meliodas asks.

"Yeah well, I don't know about that," Ban says, one hand on his hip while the other is stretching out in front of him.

"All right let's get to work. Put your backs into it guys!" Meliodas says, clapping his hands with a smile.

"Please Sir Meliodas, I want a Job," Elizabeth asks, smiling at him. "My injuries don't bother me anymore." Meliodas huffs a smile at her before sharing a look with Y/N, who nods.

"Just don't push too hard," Meliodas replies.

"You got it!" Elizabeth says with a closed eye smile. Y/N drowns out the sound of their small conversation before she feels a tap on her shoulder. She turns to face Ban, who gestures his head to the village.

"Wanna come with me to check it out?" He asks. She shrugs.

"Meh, why not." The two begin to walk away. "I mean, who is gonna try and steal from the tavern? There's no one even here." Ban has his hands on his pockets while Y/N has her signature posture with her hands behind her head as they walk side by side.

"I think the old Captain is losing his mind," Ban says. "What kind of info does he expect us to pick up in a gloomy dump like this?"

"I haven't the slightest idea. I've known Meliodas for many many years and I still don't understand his ways sometimes." They continue to walk through the abandoned village.

"My oh my, this joint is seriously run down," Ban says as they look around. Ban stops suddenly which causes Y/N to follow. She looks at him in confusion before he gestures over to a wall where a small blond girl is leaning against.

"What the?" Y/N mutters.

"Elaine?" Ban mutters loudly. The girl moves her head to face the two sins, their expressions turning shocked. Y/N smiles, scratching the back of her head.

"Sorry about that kid." She says. Ban smiles.

"It couldn't possibly be her," Ban says. Y/N looks at him again in confusion.

"Be who?" The two are interrupted by a loud thud noise. They turn their heads to see the girl had collapsed face-first onto the floor.

"Oh"

"Great, you scared her so much she passed out," Y/N says, glaring at Ban. "God knows how much I wanna pass out every time I look at your face."

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27/01/2020

Last Edited: 29/09/2023

Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and some little banter time between Ban and Y/N (And just FYI you two are completely platonic. Brother and sister relationship. And you two do I have a backstory together! At least for not I've got a backstory for the two of you!)